All's well that ends well

[thecastle]

[ So you've wished the dead back to life, but there's still 2 wishes you have to make. Ultimately what happens from here is entirely in your hands, but for the first time in eight weeks everyone is alive and whole again (even that pesky merman). There is that corruption you should deal with, but surely you know what to do about that.

Once you've settled and wound down a bit, maybe you should relax a bit before going your separate ways. You've earned it.

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[browbeater]

[wait, what? he glances at him and frowns,. like he's confused... more than anything. He'd already started thinking of the night in question, as much as he didn't want to. And he pauses.]

... You don't want to see what actually happened?

[hoodini]

[ —stop?? don't ask him if he's sure, you jerk!! clutching his hoodie right over his chest and not looking mako in the eye. ]

O-of course I'm sure! Who wouldn't... want this...? I need to— [ he can't finish the sentence. ]

[browbeater]

[thats the confirmation he needed-- and something he should have probably asked before agreeing. He purses his lips, weighing what to say next. He didn't want to have to relive that night but also... Jin deserved to know?]

You... can if you want. But you don't have to. It might even be better for you not to.

warning he's gonna kiss mako

[hoodini]

Don't— Don't pretend to be nice to me now! [ he's stupid, angry, petty, and he doesn't like being looked down on. he's scared too, and he's not as mature as he pretends to be. these are all terrible traits that are combining in the worst of ways.

trembling, he puts both his hands on either side of mako's face. ] Just do what I told you to do! [ and then he kisses mako. a dazed look crosses his face and, despite what kurosaki said, there might be some effect on mako.

mako won't relive what happened in any capacity but if mako would have reacted to seeing jin alive after he thought he was dead, those feelings will flood into him out of nowhere. there's no clear origin, they'll just be... there. sorry not sorry. ]

[browbeater]

[there's a lot of relifef washing over him now, matched in equal parts with guilt. On a lower level there was still some scaredness and confusion there, but it was well outweighed by the other two emotions. He can't trace it, and he quickly steps back, because that was weird and unexpected, from the rush of feelings (and their origins) to what his powers were.

He expected a lot-- being kissed? Not one of the scenarios he considered, with time traveling. He stares at him, waiting for either him to say something, or for that rush of emotion to die down.

The guilt and relief together were a lot, and it stunted his ability to really talk for a moment.]

Did... you see what you wanted?

[hoodini]

[ it takes a while before kurosaki does anything. over a minute this time, so hopefully mako waited until the fog in kurosaki's eyes dissipated before he spoke. not that it would matter. the second kurosaki's consciousness snaps back to the present, he drops to his knees and covers his mouth.

that—was awful. the worst thing he's ever gone through in all sixteen years of his life, and it leaves him with so many feelings. deep disgust, anger, guilt, some of which is directed at mako but most of which is at himself. it was just a memory, he knows that. it wasn't real. but when he dives the memories are as real as what's happening right now. this was a mistake.

this was a mistake.

when his voice returns it's pained, wracked with guilt, and strangely full of conviction. ] ... it was my fault.