Yeah, that's true. Gods need believers to continue existing. For famous gods, they never have to worry about it but for a god like Yato? It's even more important that someone remembers him. He needed someone.
[ she might've smiled wryly at the response. he's not wrong. ]
No. It wasn't my choice at all.
Back then, everyone told me it was the nature of humans to forget gods and spirits. They're beings of the Far Shore, of the afterlife. We're beings of the Near Shore, of the living. We're not meant to interfere with each other's lives too much. I didn't believe it. Or maybe I didn't want to believe it. Yato was already my friend. Yukine-kun, too. I wanted to look out for them and protect them. I liked spending time with them.
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It's more like the opposite. I wasn't interested in anything for a while.
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Was there something major going on in your life at the time?
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I did used to see gods and spirits quite a bit back then.
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I'd go to see Yato. I made a promise to see him every day because he was worried I'd forget him.
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[ or something to that effect. ]
What changed after that?
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[ after a minute or so, ]
But I forgot him. Like everyone else had.
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[ Maybe a hardened criminal, but not someone she considers a good friend. ]
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No. It wasn't my choice at all.
Back then, everyone told me it was the nature of humans to forget gods and spirits. They're beings of the Far Shore, of the afterlife. We're beings of the Near Shore, of the living. We're not meant to interfere with each other's lives too much. I didn't believe it. Or maybe I didn't want to believe it. Yato was already my friend. Yukine-kun, too. I wanted to look out for them and protect them. I liked spending time with them.
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But you remember both Yato and Yukine now. Was what people said untrue, or did you find some way around the restriction?
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[ separate, yeah. far shore and near shore. two sides. ]
I don't know if it wasn't true. [ honestly? probably not. that's the worst part. ] Or if I found my way around it.
My mouth remembered. My brain and heart didn't remember them, but my mouth did.
[ huh ????????????? ]
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Your
mouth
[ huh???¿¿¿??? ]
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THAT WAS WEIRD TO SAY ]
Sorry!! Nevermind that. [ got caught in her feels and didn't proofread holy shit ]
I remembered! That's all I meant.
[ please don't ask please don't ask
because she said yato's name so many times she reMEMBERED - !!! ]
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It sounds like it worked out for everyone involved then. With any luck, nothing like that will happen to you guys again.
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Yato is my God of Fortune so I have faith it won't happen again as long as he's around.
[ or if it does, there will be heck to pay!!! ]