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WHAT IN PERSON, YA FOOLS
WHERE anywhere
WHEN Day 8, evening

[ it's beginning to be summer -- or something like that, sort of. late spring? the weather has been warming up is the point and in the twilight of, well, now, the fireflies have also come out.

twinkling little stars that are actually bugs. Rather, slightly larger than the normal firefly -- in fact, perhaps they seem more like will o' the wisp sized.

But still, a lovely summer. If you follow one they may lead you (crashing into) the path of someone else.

Or the lake.

Definitely also the lake. ]

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[In the background, Dave is grinning at Kaito "You don't even want to HYPOTHESIZE about where I got that shitty Fieri book" but the real feature of this scene is Dave turning to look at Kaito.

Just look at him.]

If you wanna pass me those time tables over there.

[Younger Kaito reaches to shove the timetables back and--]

Don't forget the books.

--Oh my god they're right there.

[which just makes older Kaito actually?? Laugh?? For some reason?

He's also withdrawing tho, circling around behind his Dave, as younger Kaito obediently gathers up the books. He stops being mean to his younger self to be decidedly less mean to younger Dave.]

Go ahead and visit me whenever. You're both going to find it easier to deal with the other one for a while.

[Younger Dave is definitely taken aback, shooting an unsure glance between... everyone in the room. But eventually his gaze lands back on future Kaito, thoughtful]

Okay.

[Older Dave would obviously prefer a parting hug or something given the way he's hoovering but he settles for a wave.]

You'll figure out the time shit.

[and younger Dave spins the turntable, mercifully ending time shenanigans for now]

[ once they are back to the right time, Kaito puts the books to the side and then just remains flopped over]

...You should probably practice on something unimportant.

[Dave sits on the floor and kind of also just, flops back against the couch.]

Yeah.

[Cool I'm gonna just lie here and think about stuff]

[cranes his neck back to look at Kaito.

He is so sulky it's kind of cute.

He TOLD him about doubles man.

Anyway Dave takes out his laptop and some headphones and starts mumbling raps to himself]

[Well, at least it was a useful humiliating time hop.

By lie here and think about things we actually meant take a nap.]

[awesome that means I can just skip over Dave's training arc.

After he gets the suit fixed Kaito is still asleep on his couch so Dave just grabs a pillow and settles on the floor to catch a few hours before work.]

[DAVE YOU HAVE A BED

Is what Kaito thinks when he wakes up and finds Dave napping on the floor]

[I mean, he DOES, but he doesn't ever SLEEP in it.

The good news is he does not try to sleep in his sunglasses.

He probably starts waking as Kaito starts moving around, blinking at him as he gropes for his shades.]

[Oh well, he was going to try to not wake you up, but since you are awake]

You have a bed.

[Hastily crams his shades onto his face and gestures to all the pillows and shit scattered on and around the couch. Now that he thinks about it was probably weird to lay down on the floor next to Kaito rather than just crash in a bed like a normal human for one night but oh well he does weird shit all the time.]

Didn't want to carry a whole pillow all the fuck way over there.

[do i ask about his eyes being red or the fact that he is sleeping on a couch

hmmm]

Why are you sleeping on a couch anyway?

[ok he actually would have preferred the eyes question.

It's definitely something stupid and embarrassing because he looks embarrassed. He gestures to the tv like, That is the reason, and adds, flippantly:]

I don't know, something about lying in the dark and the dead quiet in a mostly empty space when shit likely magically replenishing lunchables is occurring just kind of flips me the fuck out.

Oh.

[idk i don't have this issue like at all

But also apparently future dave gets over it]

Maybe you'll get a TV for the bedroom.

[It takes Dave a second to get what he means. Then he shrugs. ]

That would definitely be an actually reasonable solution.

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