{4th Demon}

[dejerate]

So. I've been remembering a lot, recently. About my parents, about things back in that other life. About bringing back the dead somehow. Or, there was talk about it. I'm not sure on the details of it, but. I'm still trying to figure things out, I guess. Put the pieces together from what little I do remember so far. Which is hard when it seems like my memories are jumping around a lot? But I guess that's probably pretty common for most if not all of us at this point.

All this probably makes little to no sense to most all of you. I should probably just write all this down in a notebook or something to try keep track of these memories. Rather than blabbing to everyone like this. Actually, I'll do that after posting this. Try figure some sort of timeline or links between it all, what I do actually remember so far.

But still. I'm probably not the only one who had a heck of a month last month, reuniting with Mika aside. Let's hope this month is quieter? Maybe give us a break?

Who am I kidding. This is Retrospec. Of course that ain't happening.

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[allforyuu]

I don't think so either. I wanted to go to your side so bad. But.... that vampire was around.


[He doesn't even remember the uniforms. What he remember clearest was on the taste of blood in his mouth and the fact that Yuichiro cried.]

[dejerate]

I dunno yet what the story was, Mika. Not until I remember more. Whatever happened, we found each other again though. Just like now.

[If Yuu is right in assuming from what he does remember, Mika being a vampire and wearing that uniform, that Yuu must have run. Must have left as Mika had begged him to do. Spent those in between years assuming the other had died, if his conversation with Guren was any indication.]

[allforyuu]

The important part was hat we found each other again.

Have you considered that? It must have been amazing luck for us to meet again in this life.

[dejerate]

It is pretty amazing luck. I mean, especially considering you could have just as easily been born in Russia instead. But I'm glad. Heck, I didn't even know you were moving here in the first place.

[allforyuu]

I take that as a good sign.

I should have let you know sooner. I just wanted to unpack first.

[dejerate]

Even if you tried to get in touch to let me know earlier, we have communication issues here with anywhere outside Recolle, so. I wouldn't have known you were coming anyway. It's fine. But that's why I suddenly wasn't able to get in touch with you for a while.

[allforyuu]

Was it?

I thought it just meant you were growing happier with your new life. I'm glad, though.

[dejerate]

More the opposite, with dealing with this app. But yeah, that's why. I didn't mean to worry you or anything.

[allforyuu]

I'm just glad you're alright, Yuu-chan. I'll probably worry about you nevertheless, to be honest.

[dejerate]

I'm not that much younger than you. And I can handle myself.

Most of the time.

[allforyuu]

i know.


but that still doesn't stop me from wanting to make sure you're okay.


speaking of which, how is that guy who adopted you? is he nice to you?

[dejerate]

You worry too much, Mika. I'm fine now. No more fever or anything.

He's alright. I mean, he chose me. Out of all of the kids. It gets kind of rough with moving so often but that can't be helped with his work with the military.

[allforyuu]

you'd worry just as much for me if i was careless too

That's a really nice way of thinking about it. Does he feel like a real family?

[It's a good thing this is just text, because Mika wonders if his voice would betray what he really thinks about the man who picked Yuu out of their little makeshift family.]

[dejerate]

But you're not. And I'm not. That bad?

It's just the two of us, but yeah. It does. Moving here and meeting Ava proper has helped too. I mean, not that we're biological cousins or whatever but. You know. No family left, biologically, but there's still her. Still him and his relatives at least.

[allforyuu]

You can be a handful

I really hope I'll get to meet Ava soon. And i'm glad that you feel at home with your family, but

you missed us all too, right?

[dejerate]

Oi. But yeah, definitely you can meet her! She doesn't have the app anymore, but. Even without talking to her about that, she'd still want to meet you too, probably.

Of course I did. I still keep in touch with some at the orphanage.

[allforyuu]

We can still talk about regular things? Like classes and what to do in town.

I'm glad. They really care about you, you know.

[dejerate]

Yeah. That sort of thing. For now, anyway. I just miss talking to her about all this. She's been the other constant, more or less, besides you.

I know. I miss them too. That's why it's rough, when communications are down with Recolle.

[allforyuu]

How long has it been since she lost it?

It really is. I...

I feel a little guilty about being adopted. They deserved it more.

[dejerate]

Ah, probably about a month or two? Not that long but longer than it seems, given what keeps happening with this app, basically.

I know. It's not up to us though. We were -- we are still just kids. All we can do from here and now is to try help where we can. That's part of why I've been debating, what I want to do when I finish school.

[allforyuu]

If she lost it that recently then she's bound to get back on it. I hope.

I know. But still. It felt terrible leaving them behind. To be honest I hope I can somehow go back to helping them, once I'm done with school. What about you?

[dejerate]

I dunno. I guess we'll see. We'll know if she does get it back.

I was thinking, there's social workers here? So we could ask about that? I mean, as one option on helping kids that need it?