#....did i go too far with this one JKHGHFGD

[jigenstits]

I see your tragic scenario and raise it Jigen at some point has to fake his death the way Lupin does (likely due to some bullshit with the exes) and the others are Not In On It

Lupin takes it so bad Zenigata thinks he fell off the face of the earth just like where is this man

tumblr glitched out and ate my original reply to this :( anyway teehee time to emotionally destroy this man

i feel like jigen would take way too long to tell anyone he's actually alive, for both his own and the gang's safety SO;

once he's "dead", lupin is completely emotionally numb at first, then it slowly starts to sink in that, oh god he's really gone

lupin cant get out of bed for the next few days, its just a nonstop cycle of waking up, crying for like an hour and then going back to sleep fujiko and goemon both try to get him out of bed but he just. cant bring himself to do anything

he takes it the hardest out of the three because he feels somehow responsible for jigen's "death", that if he had been there or if he had done something different then he'd still be alive

(tw for this next part being dark oops)

his mental stability just spirals down the drain, and he starts to question whether he should even keep going since like. whats the point if his partner is gone

he confesses these suicidal thoughts to goemon, and he steals lupin's gun just in case (him and fujiko also keep a very close eye on lupin after this as well)

eventually, jigen finds a way to contact the gang and tell them he's fine lupin cant believe it at first and needs to see jigen in person to believe that he's really still alive

when they do meet up, jigen hugs him close and apologizes profusely for not telling him that his death was faked after so many days of breakdown after breakdown, lupin is too emotionally exhausted to bring himself to be angry with him for not telling him, and instead is just incredibly relieved that he's fine his complicated feelings about this whole situation causes him to cry uncontrollably in jigen's arms

after this whole situation happens, lupin is really not sure how he's gonna handle it when jigen actually dies, and dreads the day when he does jigen also carries immense guilt for having put lupin and the rest of the gang through all of that, and will never forgive himself for not saying something sooner