BRADLEY, YOU'RE DIVORCED BTW

[malewife]

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W3: Sunday

[battling]

[I promised you a thread and then I didn't give you a thread so here's a memory in the void.

A blue haired man stands before you, dressed warmly. "After that, Boss, about our upcoming preparations..."

You look at him, amused grin at your lips, "Hey, just call me Brad. We don’t have that kind of relationship anymore, right? You're like a partner to me." The two of you have been together for years and years at this point. He hasn't gone anywhere.

Immediately, the blue haired man is flustered. " I-I can't possibly do that. You’re the boss. I’m just your underling..."

You stride across the cavern, looping an arm around his shoulders, "Don't be so distant now, Nero. I only got this far because of you. How many times do you think your advice saved me from a close call with death? I would have turned into stone a long time ago without ya. Our enemies and allies both know that you're number two. Just call me Brad. Go on, try saying it."

Nero's shaking and red but slowly, "... Br... Brad......"

"Yeah. ...Ahaha! What are you getting embarrassed for!" You ruffle Nero's hair, voice full of warmth. Heart just as war.

Nero pouts for a moment, but his face is bright red and he's smiling. "Shut up...

...I'm happy, Boss...... No...... Brad.

I’ll make sure I’m someone worthy of your acknowledgement — a man you won’t be ashamed to call your partner. You can count on it."]

[malewife]

[ Well... Upon seeing this, Joonghyuk's lips twitch because gross but also damn it really is sad how these wizards got divorced. It's hard to think about the execution when memories keep sharing like this.

In comparison to this Nero memory, Bradley gets this one. ]

[battling]

[Good, sweet, exhausted Nero... why did you agree to this.

This is so much.

"ex something" indeed.]

[malewife]

[ He really wants to say how did you screw up so badly, but Aikawa is dead and he remembers how Bradley reacted to that.

... ]

We don't need to talk about it. [ ... ] Aikawa. Today would be the day that those memories disappear.

[battling]

"Until Sunday after execution".

[Ugh. That's not much time to work with.]

[malewife]

[ A sigh cause that is tiring. Why did it take them so long to figure out if the item was used or not? ]

... What will you do if you find out who killed him?

[battling]

[They didn't even get the item until the last, like, three hours of trial.]

... Good question.

[malewife]

[ ... A sigh. ]

Aikawa wouldn't want more people to get hurt.

[battling]

... I know.

[His enemy is the host, who's the mastermind behind all of this.]

[malewife]

[ Closes his eyes tightly. ]

Not much about the Nightman has been discovered yet. [ very few things ] ... Your memory.

[ I guess they can finally touch this. ]

[battling]

The most I've heard is the guy's bound by contracts.

[the way i forgot this was a memory thread and i was like "oh shit did my memory get erased". He cants his head slightly.]

Yeah?

[malewife]

... How did you two become how you are now?

[ Joonghyuk asks, having had a divorce himself. ]

[battling]

[Are you asking why he's divorced. This is the wrong half of the pair for that.]

If Nero didn't tell ya, I can't.

[malewife]

[ YEAH ]

I was able to surmise why from his memory and how he talked about you, but I wanted to know what you think.

Or else I will be putting the blame on you.

[ He sides with Nero, to be honest. ]

[battling]

[He shrugs, because like. He loves Nero and that's fair. It probably is his fault.]

He wanted to settle down 'n I couldn't do that.

[So Nero shoved him in jail.]

[malewife]

... Your line of work was dangerous, from what I surmised from Nero Turner's vague mentions of you.

[ ... ]

You couldn't. Even for him?

[battling]

He used to work with me, back then.

[...]

Sometimes, as much as you love someone, who you are as people just can't fit together forever.

[malewife]

[ He goes silent, but Bradley may sense that he doesn’t judge him.

If anything, he has gained more understanding. Whether he thinks it’s right or wrong doesn’t matter. Releases you from this. ]