[Nill doesn't even try to reply, she's still trying to keep things in place, but she shifts her hands to hold the water a little more securely, and more of it drips onto the ground of Yosuke's mind.
Nill's walking down the street, groceries her main concern for the moment, but worry for her senpai who always walked her to school lingered in her thoughts. Sick? Hurt? She had no idea. But almost on cue, a familiar voices calls to her, and she turns to see Yosuke there. His smile comes naturally, the kind a good senpai would wear. But his arm is bleeding, and he'd been waving it at her.
"Hi, Nill. I have a question for you, is that okay?" He sounds amused, but angry, too. He doesn't give Nill a chance to reply before he grabs her arm and starts pulling her into a nearby alley. "It's real important, Nill."
Nill mostly just looks worried, following behind Yosuke as she tries to gesture towards his injury. "You're hurt! You should go get looked at." Though it's not like he could hear her back then. She spoke mostly in gestures in her younger days, and she continues to do so when they're in the alley, not finding the situation strange at all. Just worried.
She reaches to take his hand, but he slaps it away. The way Yosuke looks at his bleeding hand, he's pretty clearly unstable.
"Like I said, it's pretty important. But you're worried about me being hurt, huh?" Yosuke tilts his head. "That's such bullshit." A knife appears from up his sleeve, and he swings it at Nill's face, forcing her back against the wall of the alley. Her eyes go wide, confusion and worry the only thing on her mind.
"You apologized before for not being at the hospital, right? He said you shouldn't have been sorry, but that's a lie. He wanted more people there so that he could feel sorry for himself. So that people would pity him."
"I think it's worse that you pitied him. That's not real friendship, you know." Everything is coming out of his mouth fast and angry, like he can't keep any of it down. An involuntary reaction. "That's right. He just wanted to be the hero. Wanted to protect you."
"That's not good, is it? Lying like that so that you'll like him." He laughs, and points the knife at her face. "Man, I keep forgetting to ask my questions. I just talk so much because I haven't been able to."
"So, Nill, do you think you should like someone like that? Someone who was just manipulating your emotions so that you'd like him?"
It's a little obvious that Nill doesn't really understand what's going on; she thought very highly of Yosuke, and she doesn't get what this is about, or why he's upset.
Nill lifts her hands, and reaches out for Yosuke, but all of a sudden his free hand grabs her chin roughly. "Look, it's a really simple yes or no question. Do you think you could like someone like that? I mean, you don't like me now, do you?"
"It doesn't matter if I am the one here now, does it? People are just going to think that I'm Yosuke." The knife is stabbed into the wall, just near her wing, and Nill jumps. "You can't even answer me with a simple head shake if you think I'm real, can you?"
"I have to ask everyone, you see. I don't want to -- I think it would be easier to just get rid of you all, but... I can't. You see, Yosuke couldn't stand the thought of being all alone. Of being hated." He leans down, resting his chin on top of Nill's head. "But I don't care what he thinks anymore."
"It's such shit, Nill. It's really unfair."
"Just shake or nod your head -- do you believe I'm Yosuke?"
Nill, having caught on to the situation, steels herself for his next poor reaction, and she nods her head. Yes. Yes, he was Yosuke. Even if he wasn't acting right.
"No. I'm not."
He tosses his knife into the air, and does a trick that makes Nill press further into the wall to avoid being hit. He grins. "Neat, huh?"
Yosuke smiled, and then without hesitating for even a little bit he rammed the knife through one of her wings, lodging it in the wall behind Nill. He looks like a kid with a magnifying glass, and all Nill can do is stare at him as her body starts to tremble.
Why?
"I'm not him." He flicks the knife with a finger, watching the look of pain on Nill's face. "Got it?"
Still, Nill reaches for him, trying to grab his hands, this isn't right and she doesn't want to fight and god that hurts but it was okay, he was just mad, she didn't care--
"You better run."
And out of nowhere, a Jiraiya made out of what seems to be blood appears behind Yosuke, slamming it's arm into Nill's side with a sickening crunch (Yosuke should feel that, too, a sharp white hot pain in his ribs) and sending her flying like a ragdoll out into the street they'd been on a moment before. The memory ends when Nill passes out.]
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Nill's walking down the street, groceries her main concern for the moment, but worry for her senpai who always walked her to school lingered in her thoughts. Sick? Hurt? She had no idea. But almost on cue, a familiar voices calls to her, and she turns to see Yosuke there. His smile comes naturally, the kind a good senpai would wear. But his arm is bleeding, and he'd been waving it at her.
"Hi, Nill. I have a question for you, is that okay?" He sounds amused, but angry, too. He doesn't give Nill a chance to reply before he grabs her arm and starts pulling her into a nearby alley. "It's real important, Nill."
Nill mostly just looks worried, following behind Yosuke as she tries to gesture towards his injury. "You're hurt! You should go get looked at." Though it's not like he could hear her back then. She spoke mostly in gestures in her younger days, and she continues to do so when they're in the alley, not finding the situation strange at all. Just worried.
She reaches to take his hand, but he slaps it away. The way Yosuke looks at his bleeding hand, he's pretty clearly unstable.
"Like I said, it's pretty important. But you're worried about me being hurt, huh?" Yosuke tilts his head. "That's such bullshit." A knife appears from up his sleeve, and he swings it at Nill's face, forcing her back against the wall of the alley. Her eyes go wide, confusion and worry the only thing on her mind.
"You apologized before for not being at the hospital, right? He said you shouldn't have been sorry, but that's a lie. He wanted more people there so that he could feel sorry for himself. So that people would pity him."
"I think it's worse that you pitied him. That's not real friendship, you know." Everything is coming out of his mouth fast and angry, like he can't keep any of it down. An involuntary reaction. "That's right. He just wanted to be the hero. Wanted to protect you."
"That's not good, is it? Lying like that so that you'll like him." He laughs, and points the knife at her face. "Man, I keep forgetting to ask my questions. I just talk so much because I haven't been able to."
"So, Nill, do you think you should like someone like that? Someone who was just manipulating your emotions so that you'd like him?"
It's a little obvious that Nill doesn't really understand what's going on; she thought very highly of Yosuke, and she doesn't get what this is about, or why he's upset.
Nill lifts her hands, and reaches out for Yosuke, but all of a sudden his free hand grabs her chin roughly. "Look, it's a really simple yes or no question. Do you think you could like someone like that? I mean, you don't like me now, do you?"
"It doesn't matter if I am the one here now, does it? People are just going to think that I'm Yosuke." The knife is stabbed into the wall, just near her wing, and Nill jumps. "You can't even answer me with a simple head shake if you think I'm real, can you?"
"I have to ask everyone, you see. I don't want to -- I think it would be easier to just get rid of you all, but... I can't. You see, Yosuke couldn't stand the thought of being all alone. Of being hated." He leans down, resting his chin on top of Nill's head. "But I don't care what he thinks anymore."
"It's such shit, Nill. It's really unfair."
"Just shake or nod your head -- do you believe I'm Yosuke?"
Nill, having caught on to the situation, steels herself for his next poor reaction, and she nods her head. Yes. Yes, he was Yosuke. Even if he wasn't acting right.
"No. I'm not."
He tosses his knife into the air, and does a trick that makes Nill press further into the wall to avoid being hit. He grins. "Neat, huh?"
Yosuke smiled, and then without hesitating for even a little bit he rammed the knife through one of her wings, lodging it in the wall behind Nill. He looks like a kid with a magnifying glass, and all Nill can do is stare at him as her body starts to tremble.
Why?
"I'm not him." He flicks the knife with a finger, watching the look of pain on Nill's face. "Got it?"
Still, Nill reaches for him, trying to grab his hands, this isn't right and she doesn't want to fight and god that hurts but it was okay, he was just mad, she didn't care--
"You better run."
And out of nowhere, a Jiraiya made out of what seems to be blood appears behind Yosuke, slamming it's arm into Nill's side with a sickening crunch (Yosuke should feel that, too, a sharp white hot pain in his ribs) and sending her flying like a ragdoll out into the street they'd been on a moment before. The memory ends when Nill passes out.]