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"No," Chid said, shaking his head. It was so nice; it was warm and the air smelled different from how he had ever known it to smell. "My mother was from a city on the ocean, but I never got to see it myself."

"I know this place."

"You do?" Hitomi pulled her gaze away from the view to look over at Doppio. She wasn't the only one looking at him, either.

"Costa Smeralda!" Doppio's amaranth eyes sparkled with familiarity. "I grew up here!"

"That's really great, Doppio! We should definitely go into town and see if anyone you know is there!"

"So you grew up in a place like this, huh?" Reigen ruffled Doppio's hair as if he was proud. "You might wanna change first, though. I dunno how many people would recognize you in your getup."

"Oh. Yeah." Doppio was still in the patterned breezy halter dress they had dug out of the back of the van. He had gotten so used to the cross-dressing --the dresses were much more comfortable than the men's clothing in the heat. Who could blame him?

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"Do you have any other clothes?" Max had only ever seen Doppio in drag. "I'm sure I have something that will fit you." Sure, it was still women's clothing, but at least it was jeans and a t-shirt.

“…Could I see what you have?” All he had was Reigen’s track suit. It was comfortable but it wasn’t that cool looking and he found himself caring about that more than he usually did.

"Sure, come over here." Max climbed into the van to open up her backpack for Doppio to rummage through.

Hitomi cast a nervous glance at Reigen, but didn't speak until Chid wandered far enough away that he wouldn't overhear their conversation.

"I know I might be worrying about nothing... but what if Doppio remembers something he's better off not knowing?"

Reigen cocked his hip against one of the trees as he watched the waves lap the shore. “I won’t lie, I’m worried too.”

Especially after Max’s bizarre encounter with a Doppio that was very much not like the nice boy they all had gotten to know and like.

“You haven’t had any visions about it, have you?”

Hitomi shook her head. "No, not yet."

“What are you most worried about?”

Hitomi knitted her fingers together. "What if whatever he finds out about himself changes him?"

“Like…for the worse?”

"I'm don't know... but I'm afraid of losing the Doppio in front of us right now."

Reigen hummed in agreement. “His circumstances are pretty strange, I’ll admit…but he trusts us. The best thing we can do is trust him back.”

Hitomi gave Reigen a nod that she hoped registered more confident than she felt.

"Okay, you get changed," Max called out as she stepped out the van. She slammed the sliding door shut behind her.

"What's up with the serious faces?" she asked, looking from Reigen to Hitomi.

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“Just fretting over our cute Doppio a bit. Can you blame us?”

"Can't wait to have him show you the outfit he picked out."

“Speaking of, you never saw him in Hitomi-chan’s princess getup, did you?”

"No. And you two hid this from me?" Max looked at the two of them with mock hurt, as if their inaction was a personal affront.

Reigen grinned. “I’m sure if Hitomi-chan asks him real nice he’ll put it right back on.”

The wanted posters had thinned out but it had come in real handy when they were in the thick of them.