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Who: Yoko and Kamina
Where: Somewhere on the beach up on the island
When: Late Evening
Status: Closed! It's a private reunion of a dead man and his girlfriend with a big booty.

[ Even the stars were different.

Yoko had spent enough long nights stargazing since she'd first gotten to the surface to know that much and the realization only managed to make her feel very alone. It could have been true, the story she'd been told about being a different world. But at least her investigations, asking questions and poking around, had led her up here instead of leaving her in that underwater dome.

She sits in the middle of a blanket she's laid out on the sand, leaning back as she still stares up at that strange skyscape despite its unfamiliarity. Her rifle lays next to her, always on hand even in a seemingly peaceful moment like this. It wasn't like she'd decided on where to stay yet anyway, no place to store it mostly for the fact that she didn't like going down into the bubble any more than she had to.

It was just all so frustrating. She didn't belong here, she should have been with everyone, finally building on the surface. She seizes a nearby rock, pitching it into the waves.

She wasn't going to go down without a fight, but right then it seemed like there wasn't anything she could target that would make a difference. ]

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If you wanna make 'em skip, you gotta throw 'em flatter.

[Kamina stands behind her, further land-inward, the wind playing with his hair and cape, sending it out flapping behind him. His hands rest in his pockets casually, far more relaxed now that he is up here. Down there, in that bubble there had always been some tension to him, but at least here he can breath in the open air. He even saw a rainbow earlier.

With a grin, he raises a hand.]

Yo!

[It's good to finally see a familiar face.]

[ Yoko could swear her heart stopped in her chest when she heard that voice. It was one she only ever knew in her dreams now, and she's halfway convinced that she must have fallen asleep on the beach. She twists to look at him, starting to scramble to her feet with none of her normal coordination.

She can make him out so clearly in the light of the moon.

All that escapes her is a gasp that sounds suspiciously like a sob, and that isn't very far from the truth. ]

What kinda greeting is that? After what we just did too.

[Come on, the last thing he remembers them doing was sharing that totally awesome kiss. And now she is staring at him like that making such weird noises? He doesn't like it.]

[ It probably won't help that there are tears in her eyes. Just seeing him like this brings everything back, the day months ago they had lost so much she had wanted nothing more than to hold close to her heart forever. But everything about him, that tone of voice and the way he held himself, that was Kamina, wasn't it?

If this was a dream, it was a cruel one. ]

Kamina...

[ It's not much of an answer, but maybe rushing suddenly to close the distance between them is a better one. ]

[Kamina oofs a little when she rushes at his chest, bringing up his arms automatically to encircle her. It's weird, really weird. He's never seen Yoko cry. That just doesn't make sense.]

What the hell is up with you? You're acting weird.

Sh-shut up, okay? It's not weird, I'm not--

[ She thumps her fist against his chest lightly before she hugs him, clinging tight. It doesn't matter if none of this makes sense. Since when had he ever made sense when he'd been alive? ]

You're here, Kamina, right? You're here.

Of course, I'm here. You can see me, right?

[He leaves one arm slung around her, reaching up with his hand to scratch the back of his head.]

I can.

[ She says the words like they're somehow profound. But more important, she can hear the beat of his heart when she rests her head against his chest. ]

How can you act like this is nothing? [ She takes a shaky breath, and she still doesn't let go. ] After everything...

[This behaviour is really confusing. Super confusing!]

...Is this about the kiss?

You never paid me back. You- you...

[ It comes out muffled, tremulous and as if she's on the verge of a fresh wave of tears. ]

You don't remember, do you?

Remember what? I told you I was gonna pay you back ten times after we win. We ain't even started fighting yet.

Stupid, we already won. The fighting's all done, Kamina. We won.

Of course, we won! I told you, didn't I? Simon can do it.

[He pauses.]

I can't remember it at all, though. I was getting into Gurren and then I was here.

Mm.

[ She can't say why, not right then. Kamina was there and as dense and wonderful as she remembered, and she didn't know how to say much else. ]

You missed a lot, Simon showed everyone just what humans could do.

[He smiles. Not one of those giant grins, or a taunt, but just a smile.]

Of course, he's Simon, after all. His drill will pierce the heavens and break through to tomorrow.

That's right.

[ She looks up at him, her expression vulnerable and soft. Those tears in her eyes are spilling over her cheeks, and she really doesn't have the complexion to be crying like this. ]

And we're here. Together.

[Kamina frowns at that face, his expression for once without it's normal bluster and bravado. Instead he's just wearing a soft, somewhat worried expression. He brings up his hugs hands to frame her face, wiping her tears off her cheeks with his thumbs.]

What's with that look? And those tears? Of course, we're together. We'll always be together. I still gotta repay you, after all.

I...

[ His hands are warm and comforting, and the trembling tenseness to her starts to slowly bleed out. ]

I really thought I'd lost you.

[His frown deepens.]

What are you talking about? I'm always there.

[ She shakes her head faintly. ]

Don't you get it? We lost you. [ Her breath hitches. ] You never repaid me because--

Because what?

[He's got a feeling, but no, it's gotta be her words. She's gotta say it.]

In that battle... [ She had thought she'd almost come to peace with it in the past few months, but now it's like the wound was as fresh as that day. She could still vividly recall every detail. ]

...you died, Kamina.

[ She brings a hand up to her chest, over her heart. It had been the one place he had still lived on, she had thought. Her fingers curl into a loose fist. ]

[...he died. He died. He-- No, he didn't feel dead. How did you feel being dead? He wasn't sure of that, but he figured it was a hell of a lot more boring than this. Nope. He feels just fine. Just as alive as ever.]

I-- You must've had a nightmare. I ain't dead. Look at me, Yoko. I ain't dead at all.

Maybe...

[ But she doesn't sound convinced. ]

Or... if this is a dream, I want to stay asleep a little longer. Don't wake me up, okay?

[ She raises up on her toes, moving to kiss him. ]

[He cups her chin much like how he had the first time, leaning down to kiss her.]

Stupid. It was definitely a nightmare. The great Kamina-sama wouldn't just die.

[ Her eyes fall half-lidded as they kiss, almost as if she's afraid he'll just disappear if she closes her eyes. And maybe she is, but she can't help herself.

Yoko can't help herself, not even with him there and filled with that incredible bravado. Everything is just right, everything is him right down to her memory of the press of his lips against hers. If this had to end, she just didn't wnat it to be any time soon.]

[He kisses her slow, tender, inexperienced, one hand propping up her chin, the other wound around her back to keep her close to him. It was crazy to think he was going to die. It had to be a nightmare of Yoko's, had to be. Maybe she still wasn't as used to trusting into Simon's ability to pull through at the last minute like he was. But they'd see, they'd all see; Simon would do it.

And even if, theoretically, he did die. Then it would be fine. Cause his little bro was there to take care of the Dai-Gurren Brigade for him.]

[ For a moment, nothing else really had to matter. The one thing she'd wanted, locked away deep in her heart, was to be with him. Though she'd been able to keep going forward for the sake of the world that they were going to create, she could stop just for a little while and focus on the fact that Kamina was right there. ]

[Eventually he breaks the kiss, his hand still under her chin as he leans back a little.]

See, I told you I was gonna pay you back ten times over. And I'm just gettin' started.

[ She tucks her head down against his hand, a blush rising on her tear stained cheeks. ]

I'm holding you to that.

Good. What good is a man if you can't even keep him to his word.

Now stop crying. It looks stupid on you.

[ She turns without pulling away from him, scrubbing at her cheeks as the flush on them darkens. ]

You don't have to say it like that.

It's true. You ain't got the face for tears. Makes you look all freakin' splotchy.

Then... you shouldn't make me cry anymore. I've got more important things to focus on than tears.

Yeah, that's right. We gotta burst outta here. We can't stay in a dump like this.

[Even if the surface, at least, is far better than what is there below.]

Alright, let's do it, whatever it takes. I'll always be right behind you.

Good. I can focus on looking ahead if I got you watching my [ass] back.

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