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Ryusei Shidou might just be the most miserable person in the world. He's just lost a loved one after a lengthy battle with their illness, and still has hospital bills to pay. His art career is in the dumpster, as he hasn't finished a single project since he began spending every night at the hospital. And he just had the world's ugliest breakup with his boyfriend of three years, Sae Itoshi, the only person who'd been keeping his head above water all this time (while simultaneously drowning him, arms wrapped around his throat).
But somehow, things still manage to get worse, when he finds out that Sae no longer recognizes him, as he's had his memory of him, and their entire relationship, erased.
In a fit of rage, Shidou rushes to get the same procedure done, so he too can forget about Sae and all of the damage they did to one another. But as he traverses backward in time, exploring their memories from breakup to meeting, he realizes, far too late, that maybe he doesn't want to forget.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind AU.