[Week 5, Saturday: Yusuke]

[purrtagonist]

[a lot of what needed to be said had already been said at the trial, but. . . of course things aren't perfectly okay anymore. and that hurts-- although it hurts even more to know that whatever it is that broke happened to do so on the day after they lost Makoto]

[but it was Akira who broke it. who violated so many codes, and lied to the people he cared about most, even if he didn't want to. and so, when the trial is done, Akira seeks Yusuke out so they can continue their. . . talk]

[just in case either of them have anything else to say]

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[wantsnudes]

How can I be anyone else?

[Yusuke smiles wryly. If there's anyone good at being themselves, it's him.]

... I understand. I hope now you finally have the freedom to be yourself once again, too. We can't change what happened in the past, but we can still keep fighting for the future.

[purrtagonist]

Yeah.

[and that's exactly what he had tried to tell Yusuke during the trial]

I do feel more-- free, so to speak.

[not completely, because he's still somewhat bound by the role given to him in the Game. but he doesn't have to hide it so much. he doesn't have to lie. and he has people who will help him break through the chains that bind him to the messy job he's been given]

[and that is liberating, isn't it?]