[ It's not that he's giving up. He's just facing the facts. If he'd really died, and if Yukari is from the future, she knew that was what had happened. There'd been a body probably. Maybe a funeral. How that works when he has a body here, he doesn't know. That's an inconsistency that has been nagging at him for a while, now.
Still, it's logical to think that at least to that world, he's gone forever.
Yukari's promise to stay doesn't surprise him, but in a way it's disappointing. She has her whole life ahead of her back there. Other friends, her mother, a future she can look forward to. If he could go back and have these things, he'd do it in a heartbeat. What exactly is so appealing about sticking by the side of a sorta-dead guy in the mythical city of Asgard?
When Minato glances back at her, he's more confused than anything. Ultimately, though, he doesn't get it and doesn't try to get it. How is it possible that she could love him more than everything else waiting for her back home? And would he really not leave her behind if it were her? At the very least, it would be tempting. Now that he'd sort of figured out how to live his life, he really does want to. Choosing between keeping Yukari company and going to live his life again with everyone else back home would suck.
He can't say which he'd choose. It makes him feel strangely like he's betrayed her. She thinks too highly of him. Minato tears his eyes away and remains silent for now, though he does give a rather final nod of his head, trying to appear as if he understands. ]
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Still, it's logical to think that at least to that world, he's gone forever.
Yukari's promise to stay doesn't surprise him, but in a way it's disappointing. She has her whole life ahead of her back there. Other friends, her mother, a future she can look forward to. If he could go back and have these things, he'd do it in a heartbeat. What exactly is so appealing about sticking by the side of a sorta-dead guy in the mythical city of Asgard?
When Minato glances back at her, he's more confused than anything. Ultimately, though, he doesn't get it and doesn't try to get it. How is it possible that she could love him more than everything else waiting for her back home? And would he really not leave her behind if it were her? At the very least, it would be tempting. Now that he'd sort of figured out how to live his life, he really does want to. Choosing between keeping Yukari company and going to live his life again with everyone else back home would suck.
He can't say which he'd choose. It makes him feel strangely like he's betrayed her. She thinks too highly of him. Minato tears his eyes away and remains silent for now, though he does give a rather final nod of his head, trying to appear as if he understands. ]