Yuume had just run a finger over his animal patient's injured paw, when his phone rang. He felt vibrations in his, but he knew his priority was Shimo right now, not anyone trying to call him.
"And how is our little yubiwa?" asked Shoguri, arranging the drugs on the shelves. "Do you think he did it?"
"He should contact me soon" replied Yuume, then jumped when Shimo sank her teeth into his skin.
"I told you to wear gloves" Shoguri pointed out.
"I'll heal myself" replied Yuume, putting the cat inside it's carrier. "Will you carry her to her owner?"
"Sure" Shoguri opened the door and nearly dropped poor Shimo to the floor. "Yuume?"
"What?"
"Contact with your yubiwa yourself" he said. "Now."
Yuume blinked, not understanding, what happened, but he obediently went to the office and took a bell out of his bag. The cold darkness pulled him into it's embrace.
He opened his eyes and saw Kin in front of him.
"Do you know already?" asked the yubiwa. "Or you're just reckless?"
"What do I know?" Yuume looked at him curiously. "Wait. Tsuneo is alive?!"
"Probably" Kin nodded. "I found this moron, who killed him and told him some nice things. We can meet in your times. You remember you don't have to pay me a whole amount at once, right?"
"I remember" Yuume ran to Kin and hugged him. "Thank you."
"You'll thank me, when we meet, Tansetsuki" Kin patted his back. "We have to hang up before I miss my train station."
When Midtimes blurred out, Yuume got up. And then he remembered that someone called him before.
He looked at his screen and saw kanji for Tsuneo's name. Yuume almost stopped breathing.
He opened the door and entered the cabinet. His brother was sitting at the desk and tried to talk with Shoguri, but he was too much in shock.
"Oh, Yuume!" Tsuneo got up and walked to him. "Why you and..."
Tsuneo couldn't finish, what he wanted to say, because Yuume put his arms around his neck and almost fell him over, then he started crying.
"Emm... Sho? What's going on? Can someone finally explain this to me?"
"I can just say it's good that Shimo was a last patient tonight" said Shoguri. "We have to have a serious talk."
Tsuneo stroked Yuume's hair. It was much brighter than his and longer for sure. But they had same eye colour and similarly built bodies, including their height.
He didn't understand Yuume's reaction. Last time they met yesterday. What happened that made his brother react like that? That day was really strange.
When Yuume finally calmed down, he left vet's office and changed his clothes. He didn't remember the timeline, where Tsuneo lived. He knew that he will remember it, when he's going to drink this potion. But for now he was so happy that these memories weren't his priorities.
They went to the 24/24 opened restaurant. They ordered coffee and cake, which made the waitress a little confused, because it was already late evening.
"So... I died" repeated Tsuneo, holding a spoon like a cigarette.
"Yes" Yuume nodded. "I went to Jikan Guild to undo this."
"Yuume! But it's very expensive, how is it even possible?" Tsuneo seemed to be worried.
"I've been saving for five years" explained Yuume. "Well, almost five. And it's not as expensive as you think."
"Besides, he killed two birds with one stone" added Shoguri. "Besides saving your life, he also met this traumatised, cute, sad asshole with tendencies to hanging on a tree and now he has crush on him."
"Shoguri" Yuume scolded him.
Shoguri just laughed.
"It explains a lot" said Tsuneo. "Everyone was acting strange today. And some of them told me that they dreamed about me dying. Everyone had the same dream. It was weird, that's why I wanted to talk with you."
"Tomorrow I will also think that it was just a bad dream" Yuume put his hands on Tsuneo's. "I love you, brother."
"I love you too, Ume" Tsuneo stroked his head. "And now I love you even more."
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