The nights in the pillow fort are now a weekly occurrence.
Every Saturday, the two oldest brothers would gather up all the pillows and blankets in the house and gather them together by the living room couch. And while the two of them built the fort, Yugo and Yuya perused their family's selection of movies for the four of them to watch. Once everything was in place (including the slowly-dimming-from-overuse fairy lights), they would all crawl inside and lay down in a now familiar dogpile. One by one, they would fall asleep, eventually leaving Yuto to be the one to turn off the long forgotten movie.
And then, Yuya would dream.
Some nights were better than others. Occasionally, instead of dreaming of the more scarring memories of his past life, Yuya would be soothed by happy ones.
Dueling with Yuzu and the kids from You-Show Duel School.
Peaceful school days.
Mother's cooking.
Dad's ever present smile as he flew through the air of a duel stadium.
Sometimes, Yuto and his brothers were present, memories from their many lives together bleeding through.
One of Yugo's many wedding ceremonies to Rin, with the star attraction being the D-Wheel themed wedding cake.
Yuri, working quietly alongside their mother in the house garden and whispering to Yuya the meaning of certain flowers.
Yuto, who some lifetimes ago, decided he wanted to join a rock band, playing his heart out on stage as the small but excited crowd cheered.
The dream sharing was more common now, too. Not every night, and almost always when Yuya was dreaming of that place, but Yuto found comfort in the fact that they could be there for Yuya, even if they had no way of stopping what had already happened.
All-in-all, the lives of the Sakaki brothers weren't great, but they were getting better.
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After Leaving the Bridge
Fiksi Umum"Me and Gongenzaka were flying. But then he fell." Many lifetimes after the conclusion of The Bridge Between, Yuya is starting to remember his time in the Bridge Between during his life on Earth, just like his brothers did before him. What his broth...
