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Kunikatai - Past memories

Warning (kinda): This is kind of an AU so if someone doesn't like these you were warned uwu

How do you declare someone as a 'normal' person? Simple: There is no normal person. Everyone is trying to hide their difficulties and their differences. There is no normal since everyone is a unique individual. But some conceal it better than others. Some fit in better with others.

Other people have situations that make this process of fitting in more difficult. Be it own experiences or the own mental state. Sometimes a single thought can stand between one and the world. How do normal people deal with this you ask? How do people without social anxiety see the world? Who knows. At least Katai wasn't one of them.

To Katai the world was scary. Everything was disturbing. The scariest of all: Other humans. If he could he would just lock himself inside his room forever. He would if it wasn't for the people around him stopping him. Dragging him out of the cage he built himself . It's good to do that. With a little care and help you can help others since avoiding the situation will not cease ones fear.

However the introvert will not welcome all situations. Sometimes the shy introvert would rather flee than face his fate. Oh and Katai really wanted to run right now. Back into his safe cage. However then everyone would look at him as if he's nuts. Therefore he just stood in front of the tall building. The university he would start attending as an IT student.

He went completely alone to this university. Not that he had many friends in his class. There were 2 other otakus that were sometimes talking to him. Not much but it was more than the shy boy could have hoped for. Though now he was on his own. No one even sharing a glance. Katai even arrived way too early due to his anxiousness which made the whole situation even more embarrassing.

Finally it was time for the first lecture so Katai could relax a bit in the back of the hall and listen to all the formulars. They were very interesting yet they felt a bit familiar. The brown haired male shrugged the feeling off. Maybe he had seen them in a book. He then proceeded to note them down. Maybe he could use them for a code...

Normally books described a day going by in a flash and finding thousands of friends. Then magically the person you fell in love with appears and so on. For Katai the day felt like it was never ending. As the seconds felt like minutes he felt so many stares at him the embarrassing shy guy. Representing not a little bit of manliness.

Katai sat down on a bench to eat a small bread as the day started to end. Many students leaving yet he remained since the train would arrive later. And as he waited a bubble of students wandered past him.

"How are you so well trained?", was what he heard or "Do you have a girlfriend?". Not only women but also men were gathering around this person and as he looked up he saw why.

The man in the middle was tall and had long blonde hair. On his perfect face was a pair of glasses sitting. It was as if the world had stopped for the nerd on the bench. This person was perfect. Ideal, a small voice in his head said.

"Katai?", the tall man called out to him

He blinked a bit and stared right into the other ones eyes. Oh no. Oh nonononnonononoooo. Now both of them made eye contact. No how embarrassing. Katai didn't even know how long he had been staring.

The blonde girl in the group snickered: "What a creep".

"I- uh...", Katai started stuttering. He didn't want that to happen. Why did this guy call out to him. He felt his face flush red.

"It is not nice to call someone a creep", the blonde guy scolded the girl next to him. He had an angry look on his face. Even his eyebrow twitched a bit. "You can go forth I have business with this gentleman here", he shushed the others away.

He then turned around: "Come with me". Without another word he took Katai's wrist and dragged him with him.

"A-a-are you this years representative? D-did I f-forget to submit something", Katai stuttered as he was dragged into the building. Almost all students gone home up till now. They were alone. No no no no no calm your bi ass Katai!, the shy man screamed at himself.

"Katai"

"Y-YES", Katai answered as if he was called twice upon roll call.

"This might sound crazy but please hear me out. I think we have met before", Kunikida remarked. His face was serious. And then he hugged Katai.

WAIT H-HE HUGGED-?

"I-I mean I wasn't really v-v-visible in – uh – high school b-b-but I don't remember y-y-you so-", Katai started. He was fully flustered at this approach. What was happening?!

"I mean in our past life. Before being born into this world I mean- I know this sounds crazy", the other stuttered. This perplexed Katai. He had never stuttered. Carefully the smaller man pushed Kunikida away. As their eyes met he felt a massive amount of shock going through him.

Kunikida was crying. Tears were rolling down his cheek his face showing true desperation. It broke Katai's heart. And his head to be honest since he felt a sharp pain going through it.

Pictures started flooding in. So many information. People he had never met but knew their names. Strange occurrences due to 'abilities'. Right at the end the face he saw now: Kunikida crying. A hand on the other ones cheek.

"It's laughable! I haven't even met you yet nor have I truly experienced this! Everything feels so strange! How can I explain this? How does this fit in my plan?", Kunikida sat on the ground. Katai too was at a loss for what was happening. It seemed so surreal. However he always was more flexible than the other one. He had no ideals tying him to one certain path. He accepted his fate since he knew that he couldn't change it anyway.

Slowly he crouched down to the man whose world seemed to shatter more with every second. And even though he normally was too embarrassed to make skin contact he wrapped his arms around the crying idealist. "It wasn't your fault", he whispered.

Why was Kunikida crying? It was due to the way their lives parted. Katai had thrown himself into the line of a bullet that was about to hit Kunikida. Yosano wasn't around so the wound was fatal. And now Kunikida felt responsible for his death. Not that Katai would change the scenario. After all the memories returning his feelings for the other started to bloom as well. It was not only his past self that fell for this selfless perfect person. The more he remembered the more he admired Kunikida.

"The past is in the past. We cannot change what happened nor can we determine that it really happened...", Katai stopped. He knew so much about this man yet not about this life. He would love to keep talking with him, keep learning things about him. "How about we l-l-leave that be and start anew? I-I-I'm Katai Tayama n-n-nice to meet you", Katai smiled as he reached out a hand to help the taller one stand up.

Kunikida grabbed the helping hand and smiled: "Kunikida Doppo. A pleasure to meet you."

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First AU after how many chapters lmao? Welp hope you enjoyed it even though it's very different this time uwu (I really don't know what to think about it)