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It's hard to imagine Yuuto as Den-O. Do Momotaros and the others like him as much as they like Nogami? I wonder if someone is making sure he eats enough shiitake...

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[He shrugs to himself and looks away.]

... Sakurai.

[a somewhat questioning, yet apathetic glance]

What did you mean by that?

I'm talking about the end of our story.

... Is it a happy ending?

It's what you make of it.

[Ryotarou doesn't answer for a little while, then he nods.] Alright.

I mean that, Nogami. You'll be given a second chance.

How? Ai-chan... [trails off, shakes his head and looks away] We'll have to wait and see.

You don't believe me?

There's more than one way for this to turn out.

For alternate timelines, we're pretty similar.

And yet... we still make different decisions. Did you ever go to the Milk Dipper?

... Yes.

[pause... then a small, sad smiles and he shakes his head]

Sakurai - my Sakurai - drags me there almost every other day, even if I don't want to go.

You aren't curious about her life, even in the slightest?

I went originally because I wanted to know everything. And it ticked him off, too.

... I am, but... [frown] She doesn't know who I am. She didn't know you at your age in your timeline, right? But she knew me.

[pause] It did?

She... thought I looked familiar, and once, even started to remember... But that's all. It didn't last long.

[He nods slowly.] He didn't believe that me and Sakurai were the same person at first. He didn't want me to trigger her memories and confuse the situation, either.

I... don't want to risk it.

What about you? Why would you want to possibly have her remember, even if it might make the situation that much worse?

... It gets to you.

[He's silent for a while, just... staring out into oblivion.]

Someday... surely... she said...

Surely...?

Someday... surely...

[He gathers himself a little.]

Everything... will fall into place. It won't be easy. It might even take a long time. But... it's not hopeless.

[pause, then a nod]

A-and... I won't be completely alone, either, right?

Never.