And it wasn't just something important, more like it was something really important, huh? [ Yay, context clues! (sort of) ] That's... hard. [ Sigh. ] I'm sorry, man. That definitely seems like something that's gonna need some time before things start to cool off at all. You know?
[ He's got some amount of hope, though - maybe it's just because he doesn't know the entirety of the situation, or maybe it's because he's really that optimistic. Or both! ]
[Yosuke's been great about not asking exactly what Stefan omitted, so Stefan figures - the least he could do is elaborate on it a little.] The thing I didn't tell her, man.. I lost my memories two years ago. Or it was two years ago for me, time works weird here.
But I've been getting them back in... bits and pieces, like little bursts. When I saw Elena for the first time, it was like getting most of them back in one big rush, and ever since, it's been, uh, flooding.
I didn't want to worry her, so I kind of... pretended everything was okay. [When you know, it clearly wasn't.]
Pretty much. Which sounds even stupider when you put it like that. [He would groan at himself, but he's really tired of the eternal pity party in his head.
Yosuke, though, does deserve more of the truth. Stefan's not sure how to explain his memory loss quickly or concisely - but you know what, he's gonna try.]
Long story short, I was sent to another world where I... I guess you could say, I was given false memories? And a life that wasn't quite mine. About a couple years ago, I started getting my "real" memories back, and then bit by bit, everything fell back into place.
Except not really. [Because he has no clue who Stefan is anymore.] I kinda liked my false life more than my real life, even though Elena was a huge part of it, and so it's a giant question of "do I stay this person? Or be the guy she remembered me as?"
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And it wasn't just something important, more like it was something really important, huh? [ Yay, context clues! (sort of) ] That's... hard. [ Sigh. ] I'm sorry, man. That definitely seems like something that's gonna need some time before things start to cool off at all. You know?
[ He's got some amount of hope, though - maybe it's just because he doesn't know the entirety of the situation, or maybe it's because he's really that optimistic. Or both! ]
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[Yosuke's been great about not asking exactly what Stefan omitted, so Stefan figures - the least he could do is elaborate on it a little.] The thing I didn't tell her, man.. I lost my memories two years ago. Or it was two years ago for me, time works weird here.
But I've been getting them back in... bits and pieces, like little bursts. When I saw Elena for the first time, it was like getting most of them back in one big rush, and ever since, it's been, uh, flooding.
I didn't want to worry her, so I kind of... pretended everything was okay. [When you know, it clearly wasn't.]
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[ He knows it's none of his business, and is fully expecting to be told as much, should Stefan reserve that right! But in the meanwhile... ]
So... what, you pretended you never lost your memory at all? Even though seeing her is what brought back a lot of it?
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Yosuke, though, does deserve more of the truth. Stefan's not sure how to explain his memory loss quickly or concisely - but you know what, he's gonna try.]
Long story short, I was sent to another world where I... I guess you could say, I was given false memories? And a life that wasn't quite mine. About a couple years ago, I started getting my "real" memories back, and then bit by bit, everything fell back into place.
Except not really. [Because he has no clue who Stefan is anymore.] I kinda liked my false life more than my real life, even though Elena was a huge part of it, and so it's a giant question of "do I stay this person? Or be the guy she remembered me as?"