[Just wanna stay alive]

[toremainbehind]

[It was just an ordinary day.

He was just working at his uncle's bar as usual, cleaning the glasses and maintaining the orders for delivery. He's given up on trying to kick Mikoto out when he comes over right after school, well aware how his best friend likes to come and sleep on the couch before opening hours start.

On the radio, he idly listens to another report on a famous couple after discovering they were soul mates, and he scoffs softly to himself.

Soul mates.

It's rare to find them in their world, but when found, it's suddenly as if the whole world changes. People make such a big fuss about it, and it slowly grates on his nerves.

Mikoto himself was unimpressed.

He accompanies his friend, though, when he receives a call about Mikoto's 'stalker' being in the hospital, curious as to who this person is to be so determined to go after the grumpy redhead. He waits for Mikoto go in first before following him.]

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[preciousmemories]

[When the door to his hospital room opens, Tatara's surprised for multiple reasons. He wasn't sure his father knew he was in the hospital. Who else would bother to visit?

But then he looks up from his book and--It's King. It's King and someone else and that someone else

is

different.

He only manages to say "King" before he realizes why the oddness felt familiar. Everyone talks about it all the time, but he never really cared. It would be interesting if it happened, he'd thought. Soul mates, huh...

He's not sure how to feel about it, now that he's apparently met his. He smiles anyway, resting the book against the arm in a sling.]

What brings you here? [Originally it was just going to be said to King but...Now it applies to both of them, he thinks.]