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  Rating:
      Explicit
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  Category:
      F/F, F/M, M/M
  Fandom:
      Persona_4, Persona_Series
  Relationship:
      Kujikawa_Rise/Shirogane_Naoto
  Character:
      Kujikawa_Rise, Shirogane_Naoto, Amagi_Yukiko, Seta_Souji, Tatsumi_Kanji,
      Kuma_|_Teddie_(Persona_4), Satonaka_Chie, Hanamura_Yosuke
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      Published: 2015-07-09 Completed: 2015-08-19 Chapters: 14/14 Words: 52739
****** Lover's Fortune ******
by Nightwoofking
Summary
     Naoto Shirogane wanted to live up to his family name, but he was
     wasn't very intimidating when he was red as a tomato. With their
     opposite personalities and many miscommunications they're going to
     need a miracle for them to get a clue.
Notes
     I have a head canon of Naoto being a transgender male despite what
     the game says, if you don't like it then don't read. I will most
     likely write stories of Naoto as a girl but not in this story.
     Also this will be multi chaptered, not sure how long. I'll have to
     wait and see if you all enjoy it and please if you have anything
     ideas on how to improve my writing or what you would like to see in
     the story then don't hesitate to tell me. Same goes for questions
     about anything in the story.
     Enjoy my first story
     I don't own Persona 4 or any of the characters
***** Getting Used To you *****
Naoto shifted uncomfortably under the stare of his admirers, usually they
didn’t faze him at all but after what happened in the Midnight Channel, things
had changed. With the shadow revealing his true gender he felt much more self
conscious. Even with what the investigation team had said about him not really
wanting to be an adult or male, he truly felt like a male. He even went as far
as consulting a psychiatrist, who told him that he had Gender Identity Disorder
and that he should continue seeing her.
The psychiatrist also insisted that he use which ever pronouns he wants and to
dress with what he was comfortable with. She even helped him get started on
testosterone which helped him a lot already. His voice had deepened somewhat
and he was happy to have a growth spurt, though Yosuke still teased him for
still being on the shorter side.
The town disregarded what was said on the midnight channel and chalked it up to
someone trying to ruin his image. The investigation team wasn’t very
understanding about how he felt but they respected his wishes of being male and
used male pronouns, that made him extremely happy. One member out of them all
went above and beyond to try and make him feel comfortable,. The bubbly ex-idol
took it upon herself to make him feel comfortable, but unfortunately it hadn’t
worked as she had planned. Rise would try to compliment him and praise about
everything that he seemed uncomfortable about or anything she thought would
help him.
‘Wow Naoto you’re so cool!’, ‘You’re such a lady killer Naoto!’, ‘You’re voice
would be great for a duet with me, I don’t get to sing with guys to often!’
These compliments made him feel uncomfortable since he wasn’t used to such
attention directed to him in person. Sure he continually received letters of
confession that would say the same things Rise would say, but they were never
said to him. Also it didn’t help with the fact he had begun to develop feelings
for the former idol.
He found himself continually losing his cool around her and was worried about
making a fool of himself. Speaking of losing his cool, he was sitting on the
rooftop with the investigation team as they were all eating their lunches. When
Rise hugged him from behind and tried to ask for some of his food. He had made
a noise of surprise and almost spilled said food. Rise didn’t remove her arms
and stared at him as his face steadily turned red. He was starting to get
inappropriate thoughts as he took down observation on how she felt against him.
Naoto cleared his throat, “May I help you?” Luckily he didn’t stutter.
Rise let out a loud laugh, further embarrassing him. She had catch her breath
before replying, “Sorry Naoto, I just thought you looked really cute!” The blue
haired detective pulled down his hat and tried to pull away from the brunette.
This only egged her on and she wrapped her arms around his chest and buried her
face in his jacket. Naoto tensed up when he felt her arms on his chest. Rise
noticed him and instantly let go. None of the others noticed the small
discomfort and simply laughed it off.
Naoto found himself missing her warmth as it still lingered on his back and
stared down at his food. He didn’t look up as he handed his lunch to Rise, she
made a surprised noise before gladly accepting it. “Thanks Naoto, you’re so
nice!” Naoto simply nodded, he eased back into the group conversation about
taking a trip to the beach when it was warm again. Naoto was about to speak up
when he felt someone grab his chin and turn him. He blushed when he saw Rise’s
face close to his and she was trying to feed him.
Naoto’s mouth had hung open from the shock so Rise easily maneuvered a piece of
chicken into his mouth. The group was silent as the watched the two’s
interactions, “Why’d you do that!?” Naoto spoke a bit too loudly and too high
pitched for his liking. Rise smiled her stunning smile, “A little thank you for
giving me your food.” The prince detective quickly turned his head away from
her and lowered his hat. “You didn’t have to…” He said quietly. The starlet
giggled at his reaction, "I know, I wanted to feed you.”
Naoto felt his heart beating wildly, “Ooh ooh Rise, don’t feed the midget, feed
me!” Yosuke said excitedly and opened his mouth expectantly. Rise was about to
say something until a mischievous grin broke out on her face, “Sure Yosuke!”
She said and the brunette’s face lite up and he closed his eyes. Rise picked
something from her forgotten box lunch and fed it to him. Yosuke happily chewed
until his eyes snapped open and he shouted, “Ooh hot! Hot! Water! Water!” He
ran to his backpack and pulled out a water bottle, only to down it in a few
seconds.
“A ghost pepper I presume?” The young detective asked and simply received a
wink in response, causing his cheeks to become dusty. The group laughed at
Yosuke’s misery, “Stop laughing! How could you Rise?” Yosuke asked while
getting on his knees and exclaiming to the heavens. Rise scolded him as if he
was a child, “That’s what you get for calling Naoto names.” Yosuke mumbled
something under his breath. Chie spoke up from behind him, “Good job Rise! He
had it coming.” Yosuke went over to Souji and tried to get him to side with
him, only to be shot down.
The group idly chatted before the bell rang and signalled the start of
afternoon classes. As Naoto packed up his stuff and everyone left he noticed
that Rise was standing next to him. "Is there something you needed to discuss
with me?” He asked politely and grabbed onto his book bag. She had a small
smile but her eyes showed something different. "I wanted to say sorry about
earlier, I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.” The detective was stunned at
how thoughtful the former idol was, admittedly when he first met her he thought
she was a simple air head. That simply was not the case, especially with how
emotionally sensitive she was.
"It’s fine, you didn’t do anything wrong.” He reassured her, but she didn’t
seem to believe him, “Can I do something to make it up to you?” She offered, he
shook his head. “No it’s fine really.” Again she was not satisfied with his
answer. She looked up at him and put on her best begging face. Her bottom lip
stuck out in a pout and trembling slightly, she even had tears in the corners
of her eyes. Naoto knew she was faking but he couldn’t help but cave. He sighed
softly, “Alright, what did you have in mind?”
She cheered in victory, “After school meet me at the lockers.” She left before
he could question her further. Though confused he did go to the lockers, he
didn’t see Rise so he took the chance to empty out his shoe locker. It had
become filled with love letters from various girls. He sighed as he didn’t even
bother reading the letters, he did however put them in his book bag. Last time
someone saw him throw away all the letters they had cried and ran away from
him.
Rise popped out of no where and noticed the love letters almost immediately,
“Ooh Naoto you lady killer~ Are you going to date any of them?” Rise teased
happily, but something about her tone implied her feeling something else. Naoto
shook it off as he thought he was simply over thinking it. “No, I have no
intention of returning the affections of these admirers. I simply don’t want
people to see me throw them out.” Rise smiled brighter and pulled on his arm,
“Where are we going?”
The brunette had a knowing look in her eye and Naoto gulped nervously, “We’re
going crazy, what else?” Naoto didn’t say anything else as he figured she
wanted to surprise him. She pulled him all the way to her house, “I’m going to
take you anywhere you want!” She said happily. “I don’t have anywhere I want to
go.” He tried to reason, causing the brunette to think. “What if we went to the
bookstore?” She offered, “I’d very much enjoy that.” He said smiling softly.
The idol cheered and bounced up and down with energy, her pigtails were
bouncing as well. “Let me just grab my purse.”
He patiently waited in the tofu shop for her to return. There was a loud scream
from upstairs and Naoto burst through the door with his pistol drawn. He saw
Rise standing on top of her bed screaming and pointing at something on the
ground Upon further inspection he found a medium sized and non-lethal spider.
He snickered as the former idol kept yelling at him to get rid of it, he used a
paper and cup to capture it and released it out the window.
As he turned around he was engulfed in a tight hug. He awkwardly returned the
hug when his initial shock faded. Rise pressed her face into his shoulder and
gripped onto his jacket, Naoto was surprised by how nice it felt to hug her. He
again felt the familiar warm and softness of her and now her hair brushed
lightly against his skin. He involuntarily shuddered and caught a whiff of her
scent, ‘it’s similar to strawberries and something warm like...cinnamon.’ He
thought to himself.
He felt slightly guilty for enjoying the hug so much and he was the first to
let go. Rise looked away bashfully, “Thank you Naoto, now I owe you twice.” She
said and held up two fingers to emphasize her point. Naoto tried to insist that
it was okay and he simply did the gentlemanly thing, but Rise was having none
of it. The two left the shop and made their way over to the book store.
Naoto was pleased to see that they had stocked quite a few new novels he had
never read before. They stayed together as they browsed over the selection.
“What do you think about this one?” Rise said while holding up ‘Witch
Detective’. The blue haired boy cringed when he thought back on the first time
he had read it without any prior knowledge, “I’m not a fan.” He said and
something caught his eye. In the back of the store there was a section
dedicated to idol next to him. It even had a cardboard cutout of said idol
wearing a very flashy and colorful outfit.
He glanced at his friend to find her fixated on ‘Witch Detective’. He rolled
his eyes at her silliness but felt his heart warm at how cute she looked ‘Did i
just think she was cute?’. He quietly made his way over to the ‘Risette’
section and pulled out a few magazines. Most of them were her simply posing in
different outfits or advertising something. Despite the lack of real content,
he found himself looking through most of the magazines. He reached for another
but he instead found one of the idols CD’s. He had never really heard much of
her music but he was curious.
They had quite a few of her CD’s and the detective prince was conflicted on
whether or not to get them. He decided that he’d get just one out of the
plethora of choices. It didn’t take him long to decide on what to get, as he
based his choice on the covers of them. He aimed for the covers where Rise was
the most covered. He was stuck between three choices, one had Rise in a baggy
pink button up shirt and thigh highs and she was sitting on a bed. Another had
her in an orange blouse and frilly skirt and she was on stage. The last one had
her in an orange dress and she was sitting under a tree.
“Ooh that’s an interesting choice~” The idol sang in his ear and the detective
flung the CD’s into the air from fright. Luckily he recovered quickly and was
able to catch them before they fell, but that didn’t stop the brunette from
giggling at his reaction. “I didn’t know you liked my music.” The idol teased,
much to his dismay. “I haven’t heard your music.” He said and looked back at
his choices, “How are you my friend if you haven’t even heard any of my songs?”
She said with her arms crossed and pouting.
“Well I’m trying to fix that by getting one of you CD’s now,” He explained and
showed her his choices, “Which would you recommend?” He asked and looked over
the songs listed. “Depends on what music you like.” She said and grabbed the
CD’s out of his hands. She giggled when she saw them all, “So far you have
three very different ones, how did you choose these?~” She asked with a knowing
smile. The detective's cheeks flared and he pulled down his hat to try and
cover them . “I wanted to respect you and your privacy, so I chose the most
modest ones.”
Rise was stunned by his explanation and felt touched by it as well, “I owe you,
so how about I buy you all three?” She said and made her way over to the
registrar, “No that’s quite alright. I’ll buy them myself.” He said and was
quickly rung up. Rise pouted beside him before buying a sharpie. “I’ll sign
them for you then.” She said gently and took the CD’s. “Who do you want me to
make them out too?” She joked.
Naoto decided to play along, “I want one to be made out to Naoto, you’re
biggest fan,” Rise giggled but wrote it anyway. “I want another one to be made
out to the Detective Prince-” Rise cut him off. “Who I’m his biggest fan.” She
wrote, causing him to blush. “The last one you can decide what to write.” He
stuttered and looked down. Rise hummed thoughtfully before scribbling
something. She handed the disks back to Naoto. He looked at the last one with
her in the baggy shirt and blushed when he read what it said.
It read ‘To the cutie in the blue hat~’ Rise noticed his reaction and giggled,
“I hope you like it~” she said and stole his hat. She adjusted it on her own
head and looked back at him. “Hmm.” She pressed a hand to her chin in thought.
“What is it? And may I have my hat back?” He said and made a reach for it, but
she stepped out of his reach. “Yep, still a cutie even without the hat.” She
giggled and stuck a pose as if she was holding a gun. Naoto blushed from the
comment and from seeing her adorableness. ‘I feel like a love struck teen.’ He
noted to himself and realized it wasn’t too far off.
“Detective Risette is on the case!” She said and pretended to shoot her hand
pistol. Naoto simply took his hat back, “As much as the name sticks, I highly
doubt you’d want to be a detective. It’s taxing after awhile, even on myself.”
He said while thinking back at the unfinished reports he had waiting at home
for him. Rise pouted at the lost of the hat, but agreed with him. “Yeah it’s
seems like too much work, but then again being an idol isn’t easy either.” She
said and sighed at the thought of how many people still treated her like an
idol.
“I can only imagine.” The young detective said, she had given him horror
stories about being an idol. The stalkers, late nights of practicing, the
multitude of cover shoots. The idea of showing himself off to the world made
him internally cringe. The idol beside him gasped and grabbed onto his upper
arms. Her face was so close to his that he could smell her lip gloss, “That’s
it! We should pretend to be each other for a day!” She said as if it was the
greatest idea ever to be had.
“How would we even go about that?” He asked and tried to remove her grip on his
arms, the brunette pulled back and gave a him very confident look. “We dress
the parts of detective and idol and then we’ll show each other what we do
everyday!” Naoto shook his head, “I do not wish to participate in this.” He
tried to walk away but the other gripped onto him like a vice. “But you said
you could only imagine, now you can see what it’s really like!” The blue haired
male couldn’t deny he had said that, even if he meant it in a different way.
“I didn’t mean for you to take it as me wanting to try being an idol.” Rise
rolled her eyes, “C’mon it’ll be fun! Your stage name can be the Detective
Prince!” She said excitedly and started tugging him towards the shopping
district. “Where are we going?” he asked and tried to keep his hat from flying
off his head. “We’re going to Kanji! I want him to make you some idol clothes!”
They stopped in front of the of Tatsumi Textile shop. “I never agreed to this
game.” He said but either the idol didn’t hear or was ignoring him since she
pulled him inside the shop.
Ms.Tatsumi was waiting at the front, “Oh how can i help you two today? Are you
looking for Kanji?” She asked sweetly. Rise nodded and smiled back, “Yes, I
wanted his help making so clothes for Naoto.” The older woman nodded at him,
“Ah yes I remember Naoto very well, Kanji dear your friends are here.” She
called to the blonde before turning back to them. “I would like to thank you
all for being friends with Kanji, he’s a rather shy boy but he’s been so happy
since he’s met you all.” The woman’s words were heartfelt. “It’s nothing
Ms.Tatsumi, Kanji is a great friend.” Naoto said and saw the thug enter the
room with a bright red face.
“Oh Kanji, you’re friends wanted your help making some clothing.” The woman
said, totally unfazed by her son’s appearance. “Alright ma, and stop saying
weird things!” He yelled and looked over to the other two, “C’mon, I have stuff
up in my room.” he said curtly and turned to go up the stairs. The two looked
at each other before Rise dragged Naoto up into the thugs room. It was what you
expected from him, it was plain for the most part. On his bed and desks he had
many small, most likely handmade, cute plushies. He had various fabrics and
yarn in a basket near his desk, which had a sewing machine on top of it.
“So uh what clothes we’re you guys gonna make?” Kanji asked nervously and
directed all his attention to Rise. She smiled and pulled Naoto in front of
her, “I want to make some idol clothes for Naoto so he can get a feel for what
it’s like to be one!” She said happily, Naoto made a pleading look to Kanji.
But the taller male didn’t notice, “Hmm alright, that’ll be easy. I need some
ideas and Naoto’s measurements.” Kanji had a look of realization as he said the
last part, he was going to have to be up close and personal with Naoto.
The detective didn’t care for what was going to happen, but it’d be faster if
he cooperated. He quickly took off his school jacket and looked expectantly at
Kanji. “I’m ready for my measurements.” The delinquent stammered and blushed as
he ran to get his tape measure. Rise giggled beside him, “I’m glad you agreed
to do this.” Naoto turned away from her stunning smile and something occurred
in his mind, “What about you? Are you having clothes made?” He asked and eyed
her.
She shrugged, “I figured I could borrow your clothes since you dress like a
detective so much.” Naoto blushed at the offhand compliment, “Thank you.” He
said quietly as Kanji returned with a notepad and tape measure. Naoto had his
measurements taken before so he knew what to expect. He spread out his arms and
Kanji began to measure him and write them down. While the detective didn’t
think too much about the thug being so close to him the same could not be said
for Kanji. His heart was racing and his hands were shaking so much. He was so
close and he had fleeting touches against the detective.
He felt so different than how he looked, he felt sturdy against his hands
unlike his fragile appearance. ‘Oh god what if notices i’m touching him!’ the
thug thought. Kanji almost dropped the tape measure when he moved to measure
the detectives legs. He made sure to not think about it and tried to take the
measurements as quickly as possible. Rise quietly watched the two’s
interactions and thought it was funny how embarrassed Kanji was but how unfazed
Naoto was. She realized that the same could be said about her and the
detective’s interactions, how she would tease him and make his get flustered.
The thought that she was the one that affected him the most, pleased her
greatly. “Alright that’s it. So what’d ya have in mind?” Kanji asked the idol
while looking over his notes. “I was thinking we stick with the detective
theme, but make it more flashy!” She made jazz hands and pulled a sketchpad out
of her purse. She quickly sketched something before showing it to Kanji, Naoto
wasn’t able to see it. “Hmm, yeah it’s definitely flashy. Maybe a few tweaks
and we got ourselves a winner!” The bleached blonde seemed to be getting
excited for making the costume as well.
Naoto internally groaned as the two kept passing back and forth the notebook
and exchanging ideas, but they did not let him see anything. He laid down on
Kanji’s bed and played with some of the stuffed animals as the other two were
picking out fabric. “Here I’ll pay you for making it.” Rise said when the
sewing machine started going. “Nah it’s cool. I wanna make this.” He said and
focused on his work. “Well let me pay for the fabric then.” Kanji just grunted
in approval. Naoto found the sound of the sewing machine and the idle chatter
very soothing and soon he drifted off.
He was jostled awake when he heard Rise squealing very loudly. He looked out
the window and saw the sun was going to set soon. He looked back at the source
of noise and saw Kanji’s back and Rise fawning what ever outfit he was holding
up. Naoto tried to peek past Kanji but he was simply too large. He then noticed
he was completely engulfed in stuffed animals and that only his head was
sticking out. He sighed and sat up, causing the toys to fall down onto the bed.
Rise noticed him getting up and quickly pushed Kanji into the closet, “Quick!
Hide it!” She turned back and smiled at him. “It’s not finished.” She explained
and snickered to herself. He narrowed his eyes as Kanji came back. “So you guys
can come back tomorrow and it’ll be done,” Rise hummed in agreement, “Here I’ll
walk you guys to the door.” The tall man offered and rubbed the back of his
neck. Naoto and Rise left when the sun was almost completely set.
“I shall accompany you home.” Naoto said, causing the idol to smile at him. She
wrapped her arm around his and leaned her head on his shoulder. The haired boy
blushed but didn’t let her touchy feely personality get to him, he was slowly
getting used to it. “What do you have planned for me?” He asked and was hoping
she’d go easy on him. “After we get you changed I going to teach you some songs
and dances,” She said quietly before continuing, “Can you bring some of your
clothes tomorrow? You can have me do whatever you think would help me get into
the role.”
“Alright, I’m not sure if my clothes will fit but I’ll bring them. I need to
come up with what to have you do.” He said and they arrived at her home. She
smiled brightly at him, “Thank you for being a gentleman and walking me home.”
She hugged him tightly before running back into her home. Naoto felt lingering
touch of the idol all the way home and kept smiling even as he worked on his
mountain of reports. Maybe this wasn’t such a bad idea.

He remembered the CD’s he had bought and decided to listen to them while he
worked. He tried the one of her under the tree first and found he didn’t like
it. It was too upbeat and forcibly happy for his liking and he quickly changed
out to the one of her on stage. He also didn’t like this one, it was too fast
and too many techno noises that you could barely hear her voice. He dreaded the
last one as it started to play, but he found it wasn’t too bad. It was pretty
mellow compared to the others and had mostly instruments playing instead of
added in noises. It was also the one where Rise’s sweet voice was heard the
most, it calmed him greatly and he gradually fell asleep listening to it.
***** The Idol and the Detective *****
Chapter Summary
     Something I've always wanted was Naoto being an idol like Rise, just
     imagine how glorious it'd be. I also have some references from
     Naoto's Dancing All Night trailer. If you haven't seen it you can
     just look it up, 'Persona 4 Dancing All Night Naoto Trailer'
     I do not own Persona 4 or any of the characters
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
The next day was Sunday so they didn’t have school and it would be easy for
them to stop by Kanji’s. Naoto woke up with his head on his desk as he had
fallen asleep while working. He found his phone buzzing and he saw it was from
Rise. He was shocked to find what she had sent. It was a picture of him asleep
last night with the piles of stuffed animals around him. She also sent shots of
Kanji placing the animals and her posing next to his sleeping form.
He regretted falling asleep when he read what she had sent, ‘Q-t detective
letting his guard down. Wat a scoop <3 <3 <3’ He sent back a text telling her
to delete the pictures. He jumped when he heard a ringtone behind him. He
looked back and saw that Rise was standing in his room, “You just now got my
text? And never.” She said deviously and tugged at the detective’s arm. “C’mon
I want to see you in the costume.” She whined and tried to tug him to the door.
“I need to shower and change first.” He said and pulled free from her grasp.
She sighed and sat at his desk to wait for him. He made sure to shower and get
dressed quickly, in fear that the idol would go through his things. He came out
to find her looking at his CD player. She noticed him and held up the signed
CD’s, “Which one did you like the best?” He thought back to last night and
pointed at the one of her in the pink shirt. “This one, the others weren’t bad
but they were not compatible with my taste in music.” He said as politely as he
could.
The idol giggled, “Yeah I figured. I like this one too, my producers gave me
more freedom with this album.” She said while fingering the case. “Allow me to
get the clothing for you before we go over to Kanji’s.” She nodded as he went
over to his closet and picked out an outfit for her, he went with his custom
made double breasted cardigan and a white button up shirt. He grabbed a ribbon
to tie around the collar and went into his drawers to put out a pair of navy
plaid slacks that he thought would fit her.
“How did you even get into my house?” He asked as they made their way over to
the Tatsumi residence. He eyed her suspiciously as she giggled. “You’ll never
know.” She said and went inside the shop. Again Ms.Tatsumi was sitting there to
greet them, but today she had a box next to her. “I’m sorry but Kanji isn’t
here, he left to go run some errands for me. He told me to give you this.” She
said and handed Rise the box, “Ooh yay~ Here’s the money I owe him for the
fabric. Please tell him thank you for me” The brunette handed her some money
and the woman nodded, “I’ll tell him for you and please come by any time you’d
like.” They politely left after that. “If we aren’t doing it at Kanji’s, then
where are we going to take on the others role?” Naoto asked as they were
standing in front of the shop.
“We can go to my house or yours.” Naoto thought about his grandfather coming
home, he didn’t know what the idol had in store for him and didn’t feel trying
to explain the situation. “Your house is fine.” He said and they started to
head over to her home. It wasn’t busy so she didn’t have to help out for the
day. The two went up stairs and Naoto wasn’t sure what he was expecting, but
the room fit her perfectly. The walls were a pale pink and there were multiple
posters of various things pinned to the wall. Her room was relatively clean,
other than the few stuffed animals laying around. It gave an overall ‘cute’
vibe.
“Now it’s time to change~” Rise sang and pushed Naoto inside of her bathroom
with the box. “I’ll get changed while you’re in there.” She said through the
door. Naoto opened the box and took out it’s contents. Once he was dressed, he
eyed himself in the mirror. He was wearing navy and turquoise plaid pants that
purposely folded up at the ankle. It also had a black leather wallet chain that
was attached to two of his belt loops. He wore an aqua vertical striped button
up shirt that had white cuffs attached. He tucked in the shirt and it showed
off the very prominent black and white checkered belt.
They had also made him a coat similar to the one he brought with him, but it
had a variety of shades of blue and it didn’t actually button. They also gave
him a blue plaid tie that matched his pants. They even went as far as to make
him a hat just like his own but the band around it was checkered. There was
also a pair of fingerless gloves for aesthetics. Overall he had to admit he
liked how he looked, though flashy he was able to pull it off. He didn’t even
understand how Kanji was able to make all of the clothing in such a short
period of time. He knocked at the door and heard Rise giggle before saying
“Come in~” He entered the room to see Rise was already dressed and he handed
her his hat to complete the look. She had squealed when she saw him and gladly
accepted the hat.
Everything fit her quite well, except she hadn’t buttoned the coat since her
chest was too large. Naoto blushed at the thought as Rise really got into the
role. She pulled out a plastic gun and shot him with a foam dart. He blinked in
surprise before smirking, he moved quickly and disarmed her without hurting
her. He pulled her arms across her chest all while moving behind her. “Don’t
let your guard down.” He whispered in her ear before letting her go. Rise froze
and buried her face in her hands as she tried to stop her face from blushing.
It was hard to stop being flustered with how good Naoto looked and having him
do that to her out of no where. ‘How is it even possible for him to look that
good.’ She was also enjoying dressing in his clothes since they gave her
comfort and smelled like him. She turned back to look at him, “Are you ready to
be an idol?” she said jokingly. “As ready as I’ll ever be.” He said causally
and Rise vaguely wondered if the new clothes gave him a confidence boost. She
would have to keep that in mind for later.
“Alright first let’s teach you how to act like an idol, you have to have some
sort of personality to go with the look.” She explained and thought for a
moment, “You could play the cool collected detective, you could pull off a bad
boy like a detective gone bad, or maybe the heart throb that steals everyone's
hearts.” Rise said swooning over the thought Naoto as a confident lady killer.
She noticed Naoto’s tie and loosened it a bit and unbuttoned his top button,
causing him to get flustered. “I’d prefer to be the detective since that’s how
I naturally am.” What he said caused Rise to laugh out loudly. “What’s so
funny?” He asked confusedly. “It’s just that you look so cool and when you’re
investigating you are, but when I got to know you I realized how much of a dork
you are.” She said and dissolved into a fit of giggles.
Naoto blushed as the idol continued to laugh at him, he wanted to prove he
could be cool. He thought about how the brunette would tease him and had a
fantastic idea. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled their bodies
together. He looked deeply into her eyes and had a somewhat naughty smirk. “Is
this acceptable?” He asked in a soft husky voice. The starlet's eyes widened as
she quickly pulled away and turned her back to him. “That will work, just keep
doing that. Yup, definitely.” She said quickly while nodding her head. Naoto
knew when he saw that, that he was going to milk this. He wrapped his arms
around her and leaned close to her ear so his lips were almost touching it,
“Are you sure this is fine Rise?” He purposely dropped an octave when he said
her name.
Rise was speechless and was trying to screw her head on right as she felt Naoto
smirk against her ear, the movement made her shudder. She needed to turn the
tables on this as she felt his heat sink through her clothes. She had an idea
and knew it might backfire, but it was the only thing she had. She reached back
and grabbed the back of his neck before turning her head to look at him. She
gave him a sultry look and purred. “It’s perfect.” this caused the detective to
avert his eyes and become very red. ‘Oh god she looks so provocative.’ He
internally screamed and let go of her. He turned away from the desirable idol,
“Uh alright, w-what are we covering n-next?” He stuttered.
Rise didn’t laugh as her own situation wasn’t any better when she tried to calm
herself. “We can work on dancing.” She said to get her attention off of her
racing heart. ‘He’d be an even bigger heart throb then he is now if he acted
like that.’ “I apologize, but I highly doubt I’ll be able to dance well. I
faired well with ballroom dance, but this is something different.” He tried to
reason. “No way, every idol has to dance. We’ll start off small.” She said and
cleared an area for them to dance. “Just copy what I’m doing.” She did a simple
move and waited for Naoto to try it.
Naoto took a deep breath before executing the move perfectly. Rise was stunned
and decided that if he was able to do that then he’d be able to handle more
advanced moves. She performed a series of moves and watched as Naoto copied
them perfectly. She really was impressed and continued to show him other moves.
‘Yep he’d be a definite heartthrob...’ It only took them half an hour for Naoto
to learn a whole dance routine and Rise applauded him for doing so well. “I
can’t believe you thought you’d be bad at this.” she said and saw him panting
lightly as he finished performing all the moves in one continuous succession.
She had to admit that seeing him dance was really hot. His movements were
smooth and precise, like the detective himself.
“I was simply copying you and I’m sure it wasn’t very good.” He said and Rise
grabbed onto his arm, “No it was amazing! If you can sing as well as you can
dance then you could be a real idol!” Naoto’s eyes widened, “S-sing? But I
can’t sing.” He tried to say more but Rise stopped him, “You have an amazing
voice, I think you can sing. Trust me, I’m an idol.” She said as if it was an
everyday occurrence. Naoto was still hesitant but nodded nonetheless. ‘Why am I
always trying to make her happy?’
Rise pulled him to sit on her bed when she brought out her speaker and hooked
up her MP3 player to it. “Just listen to the words and then try to sing some of
it.” She said and played a slower song, the young Shirogane listened intently
and when the song ended she asked him, “Do you think you can sing some of it?”
Naoto shook his head, “I remembered the words, but I don’t sing.” he said and
twiddled his thumbs. “Why don’t I sing with you?” Naoto didn’t say anything for
awhile before he nodded.
Rise began to sing softly and it gave him butterflies in his stomach. She
hadn’t restarted the music so he could only hear her voice. It was soft and
unrushed but it was also strong and steady as her mouth caressed each note.
Naoto wanted to listen to her forever but the look in her eyes urged him on. He
took a breath before he started singing along. He was was singing at a lower
pitch but they still harmonized, surprising them both. They kept singing the
song together and continued until they ended it softly. She smiled widely at
him and started to play a different, faster song. “Can you handle this?” She
asked to make sure he was okay with it.
He nodded and memorized the song. When he ended he expected Rise to sing and
let him join in, but that wasn’t the case. “I want you to try this one on your
own.” She and waited patiently for him, he nodded and she started to playing
the song again. Naoto noticed that the song didn’t have the words so it was
going to be hard to hide his singing. He started off quietly to try and cover
up his voice but Rise urged him on, “Louder, I want to hear you.” She had said
somewhat breathless, confusing the detective. But he allowed more of his voice
to show.
Rise sat in stunned silence when she really got to hear him, his voice was a
beautiful tenor and sent goosebumps over her skin when he copied the singers
huskiness. When the song and his singing ended, she felt excited and wanted to
hear more. “Now for a performance you put it all together. Try dancing like we
practiced and singing the song at the same time. Make sure to keep your stage
act up the whole time.” She said and pulled him up to stand. He stood nervously
and pulled his hat down to hide his face. Rise took the opportunity to take
pictures of him while she still had the chance and when she had more than a few
she switched her phone to record him.
“Please Naoto, I really want to see you perform.” She begged and used her puppy
dog eyes, she knew the detective couldn’t deny her after that. “Alright, but
please forgive me if it’s not what you expect.” He said and Rise squealed from
excitement. She started the music and watched as Naoto nodded his head to the
rhythm of the song before he timidly started to dance and sing. Rise felt her
breath was stolen away as she watched how the detective moved and how he
started to give it his all. He moved perfectly to the song and every note he
sang made her go weak in the knees.
She felt like she was at a live concert from a real idol and she was fangirling
on the inside. Naoto felt his heart racing as he tried to do his best to make
the brunette happy, he made sure to sing as loud as he dared and danced like
his life depended on it. He gained more confidence as he noticed the look of
awe on the starlet’s face and he even added his own moves that he thought would
work well. By the time the song ended he was panting and was on an adrenaline
high .  ‘What are you doing to me Rise?’ He thought as she stood up and
squealed loudly, while jumping up and down.
She threw her arms around him, “Naoto that was incredible! You really could be
an idol if you wanted to!” She insisted and complimented him. The blue haired
man blushed and looked away, he was happy that he was able to pull it off and
that Rise enjoyed it. “Thank you, but I think I’ll leave being an idol to you.
I’m not one for attention.” He explained and enjoyed their hug. Rise pulled
back and was overflowing with energy, “Okay, now show me what it’s like to be a
detective!”
With everything he had done, he had forgotten about showing her what it was
like to a detective. “The best I can show you is have you tried to solve
riddles for hours on end.” He joked, if he really tried to show her what it was
like to be a detective he was sure she’d be miserable. The idol pouted, “Then
what do you want to do?” Naoto thought for a moment, “Why don’t we go over to
June’s for food?” He offered and the brunette readily agreed.
“Alright, allow me to change.” He said and made a move to go into the bathroom
only for Rise to pull him back. “Nope, you’re going to show your outfit off.”
She said and tugged him towards the door. “Why do I have to show it off?” He
asked while trying free himself her grip but to no avail. “Because you look
really good in it.” She said simply and shut up the Shirogane. The two made
their way over to Junes where they saw a familiar bear handing out balloons to
kids.
He waved at them and some children tried climbing on top of him. “Should we..?”
Naoto asked Rise, “Nah, he’ll be fine.” Naoto pulled out a chair for her,
“Thank you Naoto, ever the gentleman.” The idol complimented, causing the blue
eyed man to blush lightly. “What would you like?” He asked politely. “Fish and
chips.” She said in a mock british accent, causing the other to laugh. “Alright
and you would like a Second Maid to drink?” he asked to make sure he was
correct. “Yeah, I’m surprised you remembered.” She said bubbly. “Why wouldn’t I
remember?” He asked quietly before walked off, his comment made her heart
flutter.
Rise watched as Naoto walked off wearing the new outfit and couldn’t help but
stare. She still hadn’t gotten over how good he looked and his performance from
earlier was running through her mind. As she stared at him she noticed that
there were others staring at him, many girls their age were looking at him like
a piece of meat. Rise realized what it must have looked like to those women, a
young, very attractive, sharply dressed gentleman was here with his friend. It
would have been so easy to steal his attention since they weren’t together.
Just thinking about it made her angry and when Naoto returned he immediately
noticed.
“I’m sorry I took so long.” He said thinking he had done something to upset
her. Rise hurriedly assured him, “No, no it’s fine and thank you for getting us
food. I was just wondering what everyone’s doing today.” She said nervously and
started to eat her food. Naoto pondered her words, ‘She’s probably thinking
about Souji’ He thought grimly as he ate some of his fries. The two ate their
food in relative silence until a blushing girl came up to them. “Uh hi.” She
said nervously to Naoto. She was relatively small girl and had black curled
hair, she was cute but didn’t catch the detective’s eye. “Hello, how may I help
you?” He said politely, not noticing the glare Rise was shooting the girl.
“I- I was wondering if you c-could sign something for m-me.” She stuttered and
was eyeing him up and down. The detective could tell she was interested in him,
but didn’t want to be rude. “Alright, do you have a pen I could possibly
borrow?” The girl nodded frantically and handed him a pen and picture of him
when he was being interviewed on Tv. He was surprised by the picture but took
them anyways, “What would you like me to put?” He said as he clicked the pen.
“To your biggest fan.” She said simply and Naoto had no choice but to write
that and he signed his name below it.
He handed it back to the girl who gasped and held it to her chest, “Thank you!”
She leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek before running back to her
friends. Rise was ready to kill her when she saw Naoto touch where the girl had
kissed him and he sighed softly. “I can’t seem to escape fans for one day, I’m
sorry if that ruined our day together.” He apologized to her and she felt any
trace of anger melt away. “It didn’t ruin our day together, it just made it
more memorable.” ‘Yeah I’ll make sure to remember that girl.’ She thought to
herself.
The detective smiled that smile he reserved for her, causing her to faint on
the inside. “Thank you for not getting mad.” He said and the two resumed
eating. It was fairly uneventful when the two finished and decided to go for a
walk in the park. The day was chilly but Rise pulled Naoto’s cardigan closer to
her and she felt plenty warm. “You’ve mentioned before you’ve had stalkers
before, any interesting stories?” Naoto asked as the walked down a path.
Rise hummed thoughtfully, “This one time I had a stalker who kept sending me
wheels of cheese and sending the same message over and over again, it always
said ‘I know this is cheesy, but will you go out with me?” Rise giggled softly
at the story and Naoto chuckled as well, “That’s interesting, I have one as
well. I had an older woman contact me as in she needed me to solve a case but
when i arrived she kept insisting that I ‘investigate’ her bedroom.” The two
laughed and continued to exchange funny stories about their careers until it
was starting to get dark.
Naoto walked her home and the two parted for the night. Naoto was walking home
when he heard something behind him. He quickly drew his pistol and spun to the
location of the noise. He saw a figure in the dark and he moved so he was
directly under a street light. “Come out!” He barked and slowly the figure came
into focus. It was the girl earlier that day and when he realized that he
holstered his pistol. “What are you doing out so late?” He asked worried that
she might be doing something illegal.
“I-I wanted to see you again.” She stuttered and walked closer to him. He
resisted the urge to roll his eyes. “So you decided to follow me.” He stated
and the girl nodded, “I did it because… because I felt like we had a
connection.” She said while placing a hand on his chest. He had to squelch the
urge to flinch back and swat her away as he spoke. “I’m sorry if I misled you,
but have no interest to be with anyone.” He pushed her hand off of him and she
hung her head.
She stepped closer to him and pressed both her hand against him, “We don’t have
to be together, we can have just this moment.” She whispered and leaned in to
kiss him, he stepped back and heard someone calling his name in the distance.
He looked to see it was Rise who was holding a bag in one hand and waving to
him with the other. She ran up to him and was panting from running. “You forgot
your clothes.” She said and handed him the bag, before turning to girl. “Hey
wait a second, you’re the same girl from today.” She said and glared at her.
‘She even tried to kiss him!’
The girl returned the glare, “Yes I am, and now if you’ll excuse us. We were
having a moment.” She sassed the brunette and Naoto knew it was time to put an
end to her deluded fantasies. “No we were not having a moment. No we had no
such connection. And no I have no interest in you.” He said coldly. The girl
gasped and her eyes began to water. She started crying and ran off in the
opposite direction. Rise looked at him surprised by his actions. “Wow Naoto, I
didn’t know you had it in you.” He looked back at her and his hardened
expression softened.
“She was being rude to you, I simply could not stand for that. I’m sorry for
the trouble I’ve caused.” He said apologetically. She felt special that he
would do that for her, “Thank you and don’t apologize for things you can’t
control.” she said and grabbed onto his arm, “Walk me home?” Naoto didn’t
hesitate to agree and he explained what had happened on the short walk to her
home. They arrived fairly fast and before the parted Rise joked “Well now you
have another stalker story to tell.” and said their goodbyes again. The
detective prince went home without any complications. As he took out the
clothes from the bag he noticed that they smelled of the idol. He couldn’t
comprehend why he held his jacket in his arms as he went to bed, but he felt
slightly guilty. He silently apologized to the idol as he fell asleep.
 
Chapter End Notes
     I hope you enjoyed this chapter and these awkward dorks. Again if you
     have any questions or comments don't hesitate to ask.
***** I Accept You *****
Chapter Summary
     I'm happy that people are enjoying the story and it inspires me to
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     story to have sex scenes or not. I'm leaving this decision up to you
     all.
     Also I have done a drawing of what I pictured Naoto's 'idol' costume
     would look like, tell me if you'd like to see it.
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The next day Naoto and Rise met up before school and walked there together.
When they went to class Rise found herself staring at the blue haired boy
during their lectures and hardly listened to anything. ‘Why is he so cute?’ She
asked herself when she noticed him scrunch his nose for a quick moment before
putting up his mask of indifference. ‘His fans would faint if they knew how he
looked when he smiled.’ She bit her lip as she thought back at that special
smile he had that only she got to see.
She started doodling random things in her notebook, like another costume for
Naoto, various flowers she found fun to draw, a squid monster attacking Yosuke,
things of that nature. She only looked up when someone tapped on her shoulder,
she looked up to find Naoto gazing intently at her. She blushed lightly, “Yes?”
She asked softly and noticed all of the other student shad already left.
“It’s time to leave, are you feeling alright?” He asked worriedly. She smiled
at his concern, “Yeah, I just dozed off. Those lectures were boring!” She
whined and the two went down to their lockers. When they opened their lockers
letters spilled out of both of theirs, causing them to laugh. “I guess it’d
can’t be helped.” The detective said softly. “Hey Naoto?” Rise asked while
cleaning out her locker, he made a noise of questioning. “Do you want to hang
out today?”
The detective looked through his planner, “I can today, but after that I won’t
be free until Saturday at the earliest.” He said somewhat sadly and in truth
the idol was sad as well, but she could see him again on Saturday. “Let’s make
the best of today then!” She cheered and the two went over to Aiya’s and
chatted and laughed with one another, enjoying the other’s presence. “What’s
the case you’re working on?” Rise asked as Naoto swallowed his food. “We’re
investigating some gang members who are distributing narcotics.” He explained.
Rise fawned over the new information, “That’s so cool~ I know you’ll be able to
stop them.” The blue haired boy blushed softly, “Thank you, I aim to stop them
before Saturday.” Rise shook her head. “I know you’ll be able to do it, you’re
not called the Detective Prince for nothing.” She always found a way to
compliment him. Unfortunately his own pessimistic thoughts weighed down his
heart, ‘She probably compliments Souji as well’ He didn’t let his dampened mood
show on his face. “Thank you Rise, I think you believing me will help with the
investigation.” The brunette smiled back at him, “I think even without me you’d
be able to do it.” She insisted and the detective felt like teasing her. “Yes I
suppose you’re right, it just helps to have you.”
The idol pouted but laughed softly, “I hope that they don’t over work you.” she
said concerned for him. “Knowing the police force, there’s a higher then likely
probability they will.” Rise pouted again and said in a silly voice, “Poor
baby.” Causing the detective to flick her forehead. She rubbed the spot softly.
“I’m used to it by now, but it is still annoying.” He sighed. She touched his
hand, “I’ll make sure to call you and keep you company.” She said brightly.
Naoto blushed from their hands touching and from how caring she was. The two
finished eating and Naoto walked her home. They shared a hug before parting
ways, ‘At least I can see him at school.’ Rise thought happily.
Rise felt she had jinxed herself since it ended up that Naoto wasn’t in school
either, as the police force wasn’t carrying their own weight. He made sure to
apologize to everyone, especially Rise, for not being in school in case they
needed him. Souji assured him that they weren’t planning anything that required
the whole group, so it was fine. Even though he wasn’t in school he talked to
Rise fairly often, especially on his lunch break when he would call her. “How
is everyone?” He asked while leaning back in chair. “Oh everyone’s doing good.
Say hi everyone!” he heard everyone’s greetings and wishes for his safe return.
“That’s good to hear, have I missed much?” He asked and drank some of his
coffee. “Not much, but when you get back I have some homework for you.” Naoto
internally groaned at the thought of more work, but he would be diligent.
“Thank you for going through the trouble of acquiring my homework.” he thanked
the idol who giggled in response. “It’s fine, I don’t mind.” She said and
honestly wanted to ask the blue haired detective for help with the homework.
“What have you been doing in my absence?” He asked the idol and felt he was
being a bit too curious. “Oh not much, we’ve all just been doing our own things
and hanging out. Today I planned on helping my grandmother. ” She hadn’t felt
like doing much without him being around, but she had ended going for lunch
with Yukiko and Chie the day before. And that was interesting in it’s own
right. They all had met up at the Junes food court and we talking about their
plans for the rest of the week when Rise noticed something.
“Yukiko what’s that on your neck?” Peeking out of her scarf was a purplish
discoloration. The poor girl turned red and stuttered out, “I d-don’t know what
you’re t-talking about!” She tried to move her scarf to hide it but only ended
up revealing more of it. “Is that - Is that a hickey?” Rise asked and when the
other blushed brightly she knew she was right. “No it’s not! Yukiko got bit by
a bug! She attracts them a lot.” Chie shouted and helped the Amagi Inn heir fix
her scarf.
Rise had an idea of what was going on and decided to push them a bit. “Do you
attract bugs too Chie?” She asked and saw the brunette smack a hand over her
collarbone. “Yeah i do!” She yelled again and Rise couldn’t help but laugh out
loudly. “Oh my god you too!” She giggled loudly, further rattling the two
girls. “What are ya laughing about!?” Chie yelled and blushed furiously. “I’m
laughing at you too! Really you two shouldn’t hide being together.” Rise said
simply and both girls mouths dropped in shock.
“We-We’re not dating.” Yukiko said nervously and refused to look at the former
idol. “Yeah, what Yukiko said.” Chie added and seemed just as nervous. Rise
sighed and figured they weren’t ready to go public yet. “Alright, whatever you
guys say. But if you two are then I totally support you.” She said and smiled
brightly. “Thanks Rise.” Chie said after a while and she took the moment to
tease her. “Oh but I thought you two weren’t together?” Chie stood up and
clenched her fist, “Why you!?” To this Yukiko burst into a fit of giggles and
the other girls joined in.
“What about you?” She asked and the detective explained. “We raided the
suspected warehouse and detained the culprits. We found all the proof needed
against them as well. All I need to do is fill out and turn in my reports.” To
him it was a totally average case. Rise was instantly interested and wanted
more details. “You were in the raid?” She asked excitedly. “Yes I was in the
raid.” He smiled at how fascinated she was by his work.
“Did you shoot anyone?” At this Naoto had to laugh at how childish she sounded,
he usually hated childish things but not when it came to the brunette. “No I
did not, but I was shot at and I had to take down a few of the thugs.” He
explained and heard her gasp. “Did you actually get shot?!” She yelled and it
startled the group. “Hey is Naoto okay?” Kanji asked in the background. “No I
was not hurt in any way, those thugs didn’t know how to fight either.” He heard
her telling everyone he was safe and free of harm.
“How did you take them out?” She had a childlike wonder in her voice and again
Naoto tried to think logically on how he ever gained feelings for her. ‘When
did I gain feelings for her?’ “I simple disarmed them and subdued them.” The
idol was seemingly hungry for details. “Did you kick their butts?!” She sounded
like she was talking to a super hero. “In layman's terms, yes I did. I had to
use physical force on those I trounced.” He tried to stay humble but it was
hard with how excited the brunette was. She squealed loudly, “That’s so cool!”
The detective pulled his hat down out of habit to hid his blush.
“Since everything has been taken care of I shall be returning on Saturday.” The
idol gasped. “See I told you, you could do it.” She seemed very happy that he’d
be coming back when planned. “To see you again was great motivation.” He said
softly without fully realizing what he had said  “I can’t wait for you get back
tomorrow!” She said while blushing at his words. The young detective chuckled
but agreed, “Yes it will be nice to end this case and see everyone again, do
you have any plans for tomorrow?” He asked really hoping she didn’t.
“Nope, I’m totally free. Why do you want to hang out?” She asked, it made her
happy that he wanted to see her. “Yes, it’ll be refreshing to see you again so
you can go ahead and plan whatever.” His small comment caused her to get
flustered slightly, “Alright, I’ll make sure you’ll have fun.” Yosuke felt like
that was a moment for him to speak, “Not too much fun~” He teased and was hit
by Chie. “Well my break is almost over, I’ll meet you after school tomorrow.”
He said and knew he was going to miss her voice already, “Okay, bye Naoto. Make
sure to take care of yourself.” And they hung up. He was so excited for
tomorrow since he’d get a chance to be with her again.
He was about to start working again, but he had some troubling thoughts. He
leaned back in his chair and looked up at the ceiling. He couldn’t get the
brunette out of his mind, he missed her more then he’d liked to admit. Absence
does makes the heart grow fonder. Along with missing her, his mind seemed to
creating different scenarios of the two of them. Most being not so innocent,
especially in his dreams. ‘Curse those magazines and curse these hormones.’ He
thought to himself.  It probably wasn’t helping that he used her CD’s from
before as a sleep aid. He leaned his head on his desk and internally groaned.
‘Just one more day.’
The next day he excitedly ran all the way to school. He had missed his first
few periods and lunch due to the police station taking forever to look over his
reports. He had sent a quick message to Rise to explain his lateness. She
hadn’t seemed to mind as long as they’d get to see each other. He came into
second to last period and was happy to see that his usual spot next to her was
free. Though he noticed she seemed giddy, she was looking out the window and
shaking her leg. He took his seat and tapped her shoulder, she turned to him
with a bored expression. When she saw it was him she made a soft squeal and
hugged him.
Some of the students around them turned to stare, causing to the young
detective to feel uncomfortable. The students began to whisper and talk amongst
themselves about their interaction. ‘Surely there will be rumors.’ Rise pulled
away and was thrilled to see him, she started whispering. “I’m so happy you’re
back.” Naoto couldn’t agree more. “What do you have planned for us after
school?” He thought it’d be best just to ignore the others. “You’ll have to
wait and see~” She sang song and for the rest of the class period they talked
until the seperated for the last period of the day.
As promised they met up after school and Rise pulled him along to her house and
brought him inside. “We need to get my motorcycle and then we’re going to the
mall.” Rise said in her carefree voice. Naoto was glad they were able to spend
time together, even if they weren’t dating they were still close friends. She
got her purse and keys and they went back outside and went to her motorcycle,
she tossed him the keys and winked as she put on her protective gear. Naoto was
blushing again but didn’t argue, since he was happy to be able to take her for
a ride.
Naoto got on and instructed Rise to hold on tightly, she laughed before
wrapping her arms around his waist. “Don’t kill us now Detective Prince, I have
things to do tomorrow.” She joked around and Naoto scoffed. “That’s highly
unlikely, since I am more than adequate with driving a motorcycle.” Rise
giggled softly at his reaction, she leaned her head against his back. “Yeah I
know, you’d keep me safe.” She said absently minded. Naoto shuddered as she
nuzzled against his back, he revved the engine and soon they were off. ‘I want
to see what Naoto would be like on a real motorcycle.’ The idol mused and
giggled to herself after imaging the detective wearing a leather jacket and
slicking his hair back.
During the ride Naoto couldn’t help but show off a bit to Rise by speeding up
and weaving in and out of traffic. She laughed gleefully and that made his
heart swell, he felt delighted that she was enjoying herself. ‘These irrational
feelings are completely unfounded, but they don’t feel horrible. Quite the
contrary actually.’ He thought and blushed at the idea of him having feelings
for the idol. It hadn’t taken very long for them to reach Okina with Naoto’s
speeding, Rise felt like teasing him for it. “Now now, as a private detective
you shouldn’t be setting a bad example for the kids.” Naoto relaxed and rolled
his eyes, he looked around and saw that there were no children anywhere.
"In case you haven’t noticed, there are no children in the vicinity to set an
example for.” Rise blushed when she noticed that, “Well don’t set a bad example
for me then.” She said and gained her momentive back, Naoto smiled at the
challenge. “You don’t have to worry about that, nothing I can do can make you
any worse.” He chuckled when he saw Rise huff, “What’s that suppose to mean?”
He noticed how cute she looked mad, "I was only kidding Rise, I think you are a
good person.” He said reassuringly.
Rise nodded, “Good, you better be.” She grabbed onto him again and dragged him
into a clothing store. “Rise, what are we doing here?”, "I’m going to buy you
clothes since i still owe you one.” With that she began to hand him various
pieces of clothing before shoving him into the changing room. She had
remembered the sudden confidence boost he had last time he had new clothes.
Naoto sighed before he began to tackle to large task of trying on everything
Rise had picked out for him. After awhile of trying on the clothes to see if
they fit and how they looked, Rise spoke up, “Come out so I can see how
everything looks like on you.”
Naoto knew better than to try and argue so he tried on blue v neck with navy
blue worn jeans, he also wore black combat boots when Rise requested it. When
he exited he heard an audible gasp from the performer who was eyeing him up and
down. Naoto rubbed his arm shyly as he felt uncomfortable with her staring at
him, he couldn’t tell what she was thinking and it worried him. ‘Does it look
that bad?’ "I knew skinny fit jeans would be best for you!” the exclamation
startled his thoughts. An employee heard her and came over, “May I help you
two?” Rise turned to her and the women realized who they were.
“Yes please, I would like to get some clothes for my friend and maybe you could
help me gather some.” Rise explained, the woman nodded frantically, “Oh of
course, anything in particular?” Rise didn’t even hesitate with her answer,
“Something form fitting and also I’d prefer if it’d be in blue, it helps brings
out his eyes.” The woman looked over to Naoto and nodded, she quickly left and
went around the store gathering things. The detective felt flustered by what
his companion said and went back to the dressing room to show her how the other
clothes fit.
The next couple of hours went in a pattern of Naoto showing Rise a few of the
outfits before the woman came back and gave him more clothes. Rise always
seemed to have a compliment for each outfit he wore and it honestly gave him a
bit of confidence boost. ‘I feel egotistical to think I look good, but Rise
seems to believe that I do.’ He thought nervously. They had two piles of
clothes by the time they were going to pay, a small ‘no’ pile and very large
‘yes’ pile. Rise was about to buy everything in the ‘yes’ pile before Naoto
stopped her, “Rise that’s too much.” He said sternly, Rise tried using the
pouty face on him again but it didn’t work.
“Rise I don’t need a lot of clothes, how about we go through what we have a
pick out only a few things?” the brunette thought for a moment before agreeing.
They spent an hour going through the clothes again and it was usually Rise who
got the last say in whether or not he got it. For example, he had tried to put
back a turquoise vest but Rise had grabbed in out of his hands and placed in on
top of the counter. “Rise I don’t need a vest.” He tried to reason. “You don’t
need it? Naoto it’d be a crime if you don’t wear it, you look so good in it.”
‘All of these compliments seem to have an ulterior motive.’ He considered the
different possibilities.
But Naoto was too embarrassed from that incident to try and stop her judgement
on anything else. By the end of their sorting they had managed to get the pile
to ⅓ the size it was before, but it was still quite a bit of clothing. Naoto
insisted that he pay for at least some of the clothes, but one glare from her
instantly stopped him. They carried the clothes over to a cafe that was close
by and placed their orders. "I’m going to pay for our dinner and I won’t let
you say otherwise.” The young detective made his stand. Rise smiled softly,
“Alright then, then it’s really like a date.”
As soon as he processed those words he was sent reeling, he tried to say
something but only made unintelligible noises. Rise laughed loudly at his
reaction and thought he looked absolutely adorable. She touched his hand, "I
was kidding Naoto, but does the idea of going on a date with me bother you that
much?” She started her crocodile tears and sniffled to really sell it. Naoto
was quick to speak, “N- no it’s not that! I swear, I would love to go on date
with you!” Both his and her eyes widened when they realized what he said. ‘Did
he really just say that?’
"I mean-” Rise stopped him before he made both of their blushes worse, "It’s
okay Naoto, you’re so easy to tease.” Naoto blushed and looked down at the
table. They ate their dinner and talked as well, when they left the restaurant
they were in a discussion about their plans for Sunday. They concluded that
neither one had plans, “Hey Naoto, since we’re both free why don’t we have a
sleep over?” the blue haired detective froze in his tracks. It shouldn’t be a
big deal since they’re friends, but what if he had those thoughts from before.
Rise was looking at him worriedly, “Sorry I was simply thinking if my
grandfather would be okay with it, but he’s out of town at the moment so yes we
can.” Rise latched onto him and was overflowing with energy. They drove back to
town, this time not speeding, and stopped by Rise‘s house. “Here let me get my
things and we’ll go over to your place.” Again Naoto found himself waiting in
the tofu shop for his bubbly companion. It didn’t take long for Rise to return
and they went over to his house, as soon as they got to his room he dropped all
of the clothes he acquired.
“Can I use your bathroom?” She asked and the young detective directed her to
the bathroom connected to his room, while she was in there he set up some
blankets on the floor so he could sleep. He looked up when the door opened
again and he swore his jaw hit the floor. The former idol was wearing a baggy
orange t -shirt and she wore short shorts that almost showed all of her creamy
thighs, her hair was free of its ties and it reached her mid back. ‘She’s not
wearing a bra...’ He thought to himself and felt slightly light headed
The detective knew first hand how silky her skin was and he felt himself
becoming warm in response. “You can change now Naoto.” The performer had
seemingly not noticed his staring and he was grateful for that. He quickly
changed into a blue shirt and plaid pajamas pants, but kept his bandages on. He
leaned against the wall of the bathroom and closed his eyes. He let his mind
wander this time to the object of his affections who was in just the room over.
He thought about what it’d be like to feel her with just his bare hands, not
through clothing or accidental touches. The feel of her plump lips against his
own, admittedly he hadn’t kissed anyone before but he had read enough novels to
have an idea as to what it was suppose to feel like. He imagined the noises
she’d make if he touched her or the faces she’d make. He stopped and looked in
the mirror, he was flushed and panting slightly. ‘God I feel like a pervert.’
He didn’t know what had sparked these sudden thoughts but he partially blamed
them on the new hormones coursing through him.
He splashed cold water on his face and returned to the room, he found Rise
looking at some of his models that he had built. She didn’t notice his presence
until he was right next to her so she jumped when he called her name, “God
don’t scare me like that Naoto.” she lightly hit his arm and laughed. "I
apologise, it was not my intent to scare you.” Rise gave him a look of
disbelief before going over to his TV. “What do you want to do Naoto?” she
asked while looking through his collection of detective movies. Naoto swallowed
the lump in his throat as he thought about what they could do.
"It is up to you, you are the guest.” He said politely. Rise had that same
plotting smile and Naoto took a step back. She had started to approach him and
with every step she took forward, he took a step back. He yelped when he fell
on his bed and Rise pounced on him, she started tickling his sides. He wiggled
and squirmed trying to get out of her hold as he was laughing painfully. She
straddled his hips to keep him from moving and kept her attack going. Naoto
eyes had started to leak tears from him laughing so hard.
He suddenly began coughing when he felt the bandages tighten around him,
causing him to have a hard time breathing. Rise noticed immediately and had him
sit up to try a breath properly. He was able to breath but it was still
difficult to catch his breath, Rise’s worried voice caught his attention, "Is
it your binder?” she asked and placed her hand on his back when the bandages
were. He simply nodded and coughed to try and loosen his bindings.
Rise watched intently as he slowly regained his breath. "I’m fine now, please
don’t worry Rise.” Naoto tried his best to smile through the pain of his
bindings digging into his ribs. The brunette was good at telling if someone was
lying or not, she was smarter than most people gave her credit for. “Naoto I
can see it’s hurting you, can’t you just take it off?” She asked softly and ran
her hand lightly over his upper arm. He shook his head at the suggestion, "I’m
fine, I am able to breathe.”
Rise huffed and pressed her hand against his shoulders and forced him down on
the bed. She moved her hands under his shirt and onto his stomach. Naoto
panicked and grabbed onto her wrists to keep her from moving any higher. “W-
what are you doing?!” He asked frantically, he was surprised when he felt
something wet on his neck. He looked up and realised that Rise was crying
genuine tears as was evident by the look of pain on her face. He let go of one
of her wrists and wiped away some of the tears.
“Rise, why are you crying?” he asked as gently as possible. Her voice was shaky
as she spoke, “Naoto, you’re in pain right now and I don’t want to see the
people I care about in pain. Why don’t you want to take it off? Don’t you trust
me?” She asked and the tears started pouring again, Naoto removed his hold on
the her other wrist and used both hands to wipe her tears. His heart was
hurting from seeing her cry and knowing he was responsible.
In truth, he did trust her. He trusted her more than he trusted anyone, but he
just couldn’t do it. He was lacking the confidence in himself to take off the
bandages, he didn’t like taking them off when he was alone and it would be so
much more difficult with Rise being there. He didn’t want her to be disgusted
by him, "I apologize if I gave the impression that I don’t trust you, because I
do. The problem is not that I don’t trust you but that I am uncomfortable with
my own body and do not wish for anyone to bear witness to that.” He tried to
explain.
Rise seemed to get the message he was trying to convey but was still crying.
“But Naoto how are you going to sleep with it on?” She asked and finally
removed her hands from his stomach. His skin there felt oddly cold from the
lack of contact. "I was will simply sleep with it on, it’s not too much trouble
I do it often now a days.” Rise’s eyes widened and she grabbed fistfuls of his
shirt, “Naoto I researched this, people have died because they wore binders
when they slept!” She was frantic in trying to get her point across.
Naoto held up a hand to try and gain her attention, "It’s fine, i’ve done it
before.” He tried to convince her but after simply talking he was out of
breath. Rise laid her head down on his chest and sobbed loudly. He pet her head
and tried to calm the girl, “Naoto,” It was a broken whisper that made him feel
like a scum bag. "I don’t want to risk losing you…” Naoto’s  blue eyes widened
by the emotion behind those words and he knew he had to be brave and put his
trust into Rise.
“Rise,” He called softly, the sobbing women made a noise of acknowledgement,
"I’ll take them off alright? But if I do I want the lights to be off and please
don’t touch anything.” Rise sat up and looked him in the eyes to see if he was
lying. When she deemed his word as the truth she went and turned off all the
lights, the only light was soft moonlight leaking through the window. Naoto was
fine with the moonlight since it was barely anything and he needed some sort of
sight to remove the bandages. He stood next to the bed and looked at anything
but Rise.
“Alright, i’m going to remove them… May you please turn around?” He asked
quietly and Rise immediately turned her back to him. He let out a sigh before
starting to unravel the multiple bandages covering him, it was difficult since
he was doing it with a shirt on and that day he had been particularly dysphoric
and put on more bandages than usual. He felt insecure doing this with Rise in
the room, but he didn’t tell her to leave because she also gave him a bit of
comfort. The bandages had gotten tangled and he grunted in frustration as he
tried to the pull a section of it out of another. He pulled the wrong part and
it tightened around him, he let out a painful wheeze.
Rise called out to him when she heard the wheeze, “Are you okay?” She asked and
Naoto could tell she was holding back from rushing over to him. He tried his
best to sound normal as he spoke, “Yes, I am fine. The bandages simply got
tangled.” He explained and resumed unraveling himself, he let out another
painful wheeze as he sighed. Rise was trembling as she listened to Naoto but he
had told her not to look. She just wanted to make sure he was okay.
She was hit with an idea and she slowly crept towards Naoto who hadn't noticed
her as he was preoccupied with the bandages. He only noticed her when she
leaned her head in between his shoulder blades. Naoto halted his movements and
he almost stopped breathing from shock, “Rise, I don’t want you to see or feel
anything.” He stated urgently and he sucked in a breath when she wrapped her
arms around his stomach. "I can’t see it’s too dark and your shoulders are
blocking my view and I promise I won’t touch you. I just want to help you.” Her
voice was so soft and Naoto shuddered when he felt her breath on his neck.
He was extremely hesitant and his whole body was tense. Rise didn’t move
without his permission and simply rubbed his stomach through his shirt in
soothing circles. Rise had to admit she enjoyed doing it since it relaxed him
and she was able to feel what his body was really like. Even if he looked small
and his skin was soft it didn’t show how the skin was pulled over taut muscles.
Soon Naoto relaxed greatly and leaned his head back, Rise giggled softly at his
reaction.
She touched the end of one of the bandages, “Can I help you with these?” She
said into his shoulder, Naoto was still for a long moment before he nodded his
head. He needed to show that he really did trust her. He had expected her to
move quickly when he gave her his permission but she still kept her hands on
his stomach, slowly relaxing and calming him. Even when her hands went under
her shirt he felt calm. One hand stayed at his stomach while the other
travelled to his chest, he tensed when she reached the bandages. As she felt
him tense her hand moved to his ribs, just below the bandages and rubbed her
finger in circles there.
He felt himself relax again as both of her hands were soothing to his nerves.
She slowly moved her hand up to his bandages and gradually began to unravel
them. He froze slightly but relaxed himself as he trusted her. He honestly
thought that this was something out of a dream and that soon he’d be waking up
in his bed. Rise brought up her second hand and began to work on removing the
bandages. Steadily the bandages fell to the ground and pooled beneath him, he
sighed in relief when he could breath again.
When all of the bandages were removed Rise’s hands returned to his firm stomach
and gently pet his skin. He shuddered slightly when her nails ghosted over his
skin. “Do you feel better?” She asked hopefully, Naoto felt like laughing about
how relaxed he felt now and how worried he was in the beginning. “Yes, I feel
much better.” He moved one hand on top of hers and simply stayed there. "I’m
glad.” Rise cried softly from happiness as she hugged him from behind.
Soon they pulled away from one another and when Naoto turned to face Rise, he
wanted to laugh when she immediately averted her eyes. He walked up to her and
touched her arm, she looked back at him but made sure to only look at his face.
She was surprised when he pulled her into a hug, whispering a small ‘thank you’
into her hair. Rise returned the hug and they stayed like that for a long
while, Rise was first to speak up. “You’re probably tired so why don’t we go to
bed?” She asked in her usual happy tone. It was true that he was emotionally
exhausted from the endeavor but he was also extremely happy with her
acceptance.
“Yes I suppose it is time for bed, here you take the bed and I’ll take the
floor.” Naoto said and grabbed an extra pillow. Rise grabbed his arm and
stopped him from laying on the wooden floor. “This is your house, so you should
sleep on the bed.” Naoto knew how it would play out so he decided to save them
both the energy. “My bed is a king size, we can both fit and have more then
enough space.”

Rise happily agreed with the arrangement and they both settled down to go to
bed. Naoto faced away from Rise so she couldn’t see his chest and so they had
space in between them. They said their goodnights and laid down, Naoto was
about to doze off when he felt his companion gently pinch some of his shirt
between her finger and thumb. He heard her even breathing and knew she was
already asleep. ‘She’s very clingy’ Naoto didn’t say anything but he scooted a
bit closer to her. ‘Not that I mind...’
Chapter End Notes
     Funny thing is that this was one of the first parts I wrote for the
     story, I'm not sure if it shows or not but I hope you enjoyed it
     nonetheless
***** Can I Make You Happy? *****
Chapter Summary
     I enjoyed editing this chapter because it was fun to come up with
     things for them to do. Though it's a bit short since it used to be
     longer, but I split it into two and this was the shorter part. Don't
     worry the next one will be longer
     I would like to ask again if you would want sex scenes or not in this
     story. I was also wondering if you all would like to see more
     interactions between the other couples.
     I hope you enjoy
     I do not own Persona 4 or it's characters
Naoto was the first to wake up and realized that while they were asleep they
had gotten even closer. Now Rise was curled up against his back with both of
her hands gripping onto his shirt. He smiled at how clingy the starlet was. He
didn’t have anything to do so he simply enjoyed the warmth of Rise against him.
As he savored the quiet and still morning with her, he wished he could hold her
in his arms and be with her. Unfortunately he didn’t fit standard of the
multiple men Rise had gone out with.
The men Rise was always seen with or had been dating were tall, broad
shouldered, very muscular, angular faces, and they all had been naturally male.
She had also shown so much interest in Souji that he wouldn’t have a chance.
‘She wouldn’t even look your way’ Naoto made himself feel depressed the more he
thought about it, but he found hope as he tried to look at problems like the
idol would. He tried to think of positives, he had already gotten taller, he
could work out more, the testosterone would make him look more male, and he
could get surgery to become fully male.
The detective laughed when he realised how much Rise was rubbing off on him.
His laughing jostled Rise, but she didn’t wake up. She moved one hand around
his waist and rested it on his stomach. He blushed at the feeling and couldn’t
help himself when he let his hand rest over hers. The feeling of her hand on
his stomach brought back memories of the night before and Naoto was filled with
warmth and happiness.
The more he thought about last night the more he wanted to do something in
return for Rise. Something that would make her as happy as he was last night.
He racked his minds for ideas and didn’t even notice when his companion started
to rouse. Rise gradually woke up but didn’t feel like getting up so she pulled
the pillow she was holding closer to her, or so she thought. Naoto let out a
squeak of surprise when he felt her arm tighten around him. Rise’s eyes snapped
open and she completely woke up when she heard that noise.
She quickly sat up and blushed, she sputtered apologies and was worried that
she had made him feel uncomfortable in her sleep, "It’s fine, I don’t feel
uncomfortable at all.” Naoto said with his stunning smile causing Rise’s heart
to race. “That’s good, how are you feeling?” She asked when he sat up. He
reached up to pull down his hat only to find it wasn’t there, so he ran his
fingers through his hair. Rise flushed when she saw him so disheveled. ‘Stupid
Naoto and his stupid face.’
He thought for a moment. "I feel fantastic.” Rise was glad to hear he was
feeling well. “Do you wanna go out and do something?” She asked and got up to
stretched, her shirt rode up and exposed her stomach and hip bones. Naoto
looked away before he had dirty thoughts again. “Of course, what did you have
in mind?” He also got up and made his way to the bathroom, he started brushing
his teeth while Rise gave him some ideas for how they would spend their day.
“Wanna go to Junes?” She asked and he shook his head. “What about going to the
hot springs?” She asked jokingly and he sent her a glare from the mirror. “We
could go to the bookstore again.” He shook his head again as he took out his
mouth wash. “Hey Naoto? Do you have a computer I could use?” Rise asked
suddenly as he finished gargling and spat in the sink. “Yes, look in my desk.”
He said and dried his face. He found Rise sending an email to someone, but
before he even got to read any of it she sent it. “So what else could we do?”
She said and looked back at him, Naoto thought for a moment. He smiled widely
when he realized the perfect way to make her happy.
Tonight the town was having the end of summer festival and he thought it’d be
the perfect place to take her. For now they would have to do something else.
“Why don’t we go to the mall, but this time I get you clothes?” Naoto
suggested, Rise giggled a bit. “Sure we can do that, you can help me pick out
cute underwear.” Naoto turned so red that he looked like a tomato, Rise laughed
and walked into the bathroom. Naoto noted nervously that she hadn’t said she
was kidding.
The two of them did the same as before where Naoto was the one driving, but
they used his scooter this time and they arrived once again in Okina in no
time. They went to the same store as before since Rise said that she liked a
lot of clothes they had there. Naoto didn’t protest and sat down by the
dressing rooms. Soon he was being given a runway show by Rise, who seemed to be
having a ball just posing in different outfits. Naoto gave his honest opinion
on every outfit and that was how Rise chose what to get and what to get rid of.
‘Does my opinion really matter?’
They hadn’t planned on being there for as long as they did yesterday, which
Naoto was secretly grateful for because shopping with the former idol was hard.
“Naoto~” Rise called from the dressing room, he knocked on the door. “Yes?” He
asked and looked around him to find that no one was there. "I’m stuck.” She
said simply. “How did you get stuck?” He asked disbelieving her. “My hair is
caught in the zipper.” The detective should have figured, “Open the door and
I’ll help you.” as soon as the words left his mouth the door swung open to show
that indeed her hair was tangled in the zipper of a lovely orange sun dress. He
closed the door behind him and quickly went to work on untangling her hair, it
didn’t take long with his quick fingers. When he finished he zipped the dress
up all the way and stared into the mirror.
He wish he could take a picture of the image reflected back at him. Rise’s hair
was slightly tousled, but still beautiful, from the zipper and her natural look
had been accented by lip gloss. The main thing that caught his attention was
how the dress fit her. It hugged her curves for sure, but it was still cute and
flirty without being too revealing. “You should get this one,” Naoto said after
giving it the once over again. Rise was surprised by him being so confident in
his opinion. "If you think so Naoto~” she sang song.
Naoto was about to leave when Rise gripped onto his arm, “Wait you need to help
me again,” He gave her a questioning look, "I need help picking out my
underwear~” She said excitedly and Naoto tried to rush out of the dressing
room, but Rise was still holding onto him. “Uh-uh no way mister, most people
would kill to be in your position. As punishment for being mean you really
having to help me pick out underwear.” ‘What is she doing?!’
Naoto made a strangled noise when Rise made him sit down on the bench inside
the room. “Rise please tell me you are in fact kidding.” Naoto said and really
was hopeful he wouldn’t have to sit through the torture of seeing her try on
underwear but not get to touch her. “Nope! Don’t worry you’ll get a front row
seat~” Rise said seductively and Naoto’s eyes blew wide and he felt like he
wasn’t breathing anymore. ‘Release of endorphins, my heart is racing, I’m being
coming flushed, I feel a sudden craving for something. Oh god I’m sexually
aroused’ The detective took note and wanted to crawl in a hole.
Rise laughed so hard that she had to lean against the wall for support, “Oh my
god your face was priceless! Hehehehe!” Even if her laughing made him feel
better, he was mad for such an evil prank. “Oh cmon Naoto, it was just a joke,”
The detective didn’t respond to her and simply stood up to leave. Again Rise
grabbed onto him but leaned up to his ear, “Unless you wanted a show?~” She
whispered sensually. Naoto’s mind went blank and he rushed forward, only to
faceplant into the door. ‘Adding insult to injury.’
Again Rise’s laugh was heard throughout the small dressing room and most likely
the whole store. “Hahaha! That was so perfect!” The brunette laughing to the
dismay of the detective. “So let’s get back to business!” She said and Naoto
felt like curling up in the corner and dying. She held up a pair of lacy pink
panties that had a small red bow on the top. “Rise!” Naoto actually raised his
voice in embarrassment and frustration.
Again the brunette laughed but stopped quicker than the last times, “Do you
think these are cute?” She asked in all seriousness, "I don’t know! Why are you
asking me?!” He exclaimed and averted his eyes. “Because people buy cute
underwear to show off, so I wanted a guy's opinion.” She said it as if it was
obvious. "I guess, I don’t know! I’m going to wait outside.” With that he left
and sat down. He put his face in his hands as he tried to will his mind to stop
thinking of Rise in various lingerie. Then he tried to will his body to not
react to the thoughts. Both attempts failed but after a few silent moments he
calmed down a bit. ‘Wait to show off to someone?’ The detective thought and
realized she was probably talking about Souji.
When the detective ran out Rise couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty for what
had done. She had simply wanted to tease him, but the poor guy looked ready to
pass out. She took off the dress that he seemed to like and placed it with the
things she would be getting. ‘I liked how he looked at me.’ She thought to
herself. The detective always had an intense stare, no matter what but it never
made her feel uncomfortable. They felt like they were looking past everything
and only saw the true you. His eyes were one of her favorite things about him
for that exact reason. Though to be honest, there had been times in the
beginning when his gaze had made her feel bare and vulnerable.
That had changed when she found out the detective’s true feelings and goals.
The former idol looked over at the underwear she had brought to actually try
on. She wasn’t really going to make him pick out underwear, but she would keep
him in mind while choosing them… Speaking of keeping him in mind, she had
chosen out a pair of blue lacy panties and matching bra. She tried them on and
eyed herself in the full body mirror. The blue was different from what she
usually wore, but she liked the choice for multiple reasons. The blue was a
nice contrast from her pale skin and accented her very well. ‘It matches his
eyes...’ She blushed at the realization before changing back into her clothes.
While wallowing in his self pity the woman from before came by and patted him
on the back, “Don’t worry, if you two want alone time I won’t say anything.”
Naoto gaped at the woman as she walked over to the cash register to help
another customer. Rise came out after he had calmed himself, "I’m sorry Naoto,
I just wanted you opinion.” Rise said very remorsefully and Naoto didn’t have
the heart to stay mad at her. "It’s alright, I forgive you. As long as that
doesn’t happen again.” Rise quickly nodded to assure him it was a one time
deal. The two quickly got over the event and Naoto brought out his credit card
and bought everything Rise wanted, which was surprisingly not a lot.
When the two made their way back to Naoto’s house after stopping by Rise’s, he
explained what had happened with the woman. Rise thought it was hilarious and
didn’t seem mad at all that she thought they were dating. Naoto checked the
time and figured they had a few hours before the festival started. He turned to
his companion, “Would you like to go to the park?” She smiled brightly. “Sure,
that sounds like fun.” The two went over to the park and walked along the path.
The brunette was happy to enjoy the sun and fresh air with him.
The detective looked over at her basking in the light and felt his heart warm.
“I’d like to thank you again for making me feel better last night.” He said
softly and she turned to look at him. Rise smiled and her face lite up, “It’s
fine Naoto, I’m just happy I could help you.” She said and it made the blue
haired man’s face flare up. She giggled softly and looked around the park, it
was beautiful today. The flowers were in full bloom and sweetly permeated the
air. The tree’s leaves were gently swaying in the wind and some where floating
off of the branches.
She looked over to a hill and saw a spot under a tree. She decided it’d be nice
to get out of the sun and relax. She grabbed his arm and pulled him under the
tree and into the shade. She sat down and leaned against the tree. The
detective sat down next to her and sighed as he felt the tension leave him. The
air was cool against his skin and it felt refreshing as the smell of grass and
bark mingled together. He was simply enjoying the little things.
They sat in silence as they enjoyed each others presence and the view of the
park. The idol had learned from experience that the blue haired man was
somewhat awkward with conversation and liked the quiet. She giggled to herself
as she thought how much she loved to talk and be social. She supposed they both
had changed since they became friends. She learned to appreciate the
tranquillity that came with being friends with the detective and he had opened
up more from his shell and befriended others.
She hummed softly to a random tune she thought of. It was a slow and calming
melody that made the detective feel serene. He joined in and hummed with her.
Though they weren’t exactly the same, their wordless songs harmonized together.
He felt himself get drowsy from how soothing everything was. He fell asleep
during their song and leaned against the still humming idol. She noticed how
close his face was to hers and blushed lightly.
She slowly eased his head so he was laying in her lap. She smiled softly and
took off his hat and placed it on the ground next to her. She gently ran her
fingers through his hair and continued her humming. The idol looked down at his
face as the breeze blew through and his hair moved slightly with the wind. She
sighed happily and rubbed her thumb over his skin. They stayed there for a long
while as she didn’t want to disturb the blue haired man. She was content with
observing him and sitting under the tree.
The sun was going to set soon when he woke up and saw their position. Rise was
looking at their scenery and didn’t notice him waking up. He felt her thin
fingers playing with his hair and he enjoyed the sensation. He stayed still for
a moment before sitting up and looking sheepishly at the idol. “My apologizes
for falling asleep.” He said and she laughed softly. “It’s alright, i didn’t
mind at all.” She beamed and he remembered the festival. He took a moment to
collect his thoughts before asking.
“Rise, would you like to accompany me to the end of summer festival?” He asked
with elegance and grace, even though on the inside he was curing into a ball of
embarrassment. “Of course Naoto, you didn’t even have to ask!” She seemed happy
with the new plans and Naoto released a breath he didn’t know he was holding.
He was in a fantastic mood as he walked with the brunette  and Rise was excited
to spend more time with the detective.
***** The Princess and Her Prince *****
Chapter Summary
     This chapter is Yukiko x Chie, just something to show how the other
     characters interact with each other. I also posted my drawing of
     Naoto, it's not the best and it's pretty low quality but i hope you
     like it.
     I do not own Persona 4 or it's characters
     http://nightwoofking.deviantart.com/art/Drawing-naoto-
     545983248?ga_submit_new=10%253A1436756924&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1
Yukiko laughed loudly as the brunette told her silly pick up lines. Chie had
found that she loved the cheesiness of the jokes when a student at their school
had tried to use one on her. The sporty girl had fended him off and had
repeated the line, furthering making her laugh. The two were in the Amagi inn
and had been helping around when they were able to take a break. They went into
the raven’s room and Chie’s head was resting in the others lap. “Do you have a
band-aid? Because i scrapped my knee falling for you!” She smiled brightly as
the red clad woman held her sides and had tears in her eyes from how hard she
was laughing.
“C-Chie you’re t-too much!” She gasped between her giggles. She decided to keep
this streak going, “Are you religious? Because you’re the answer to all my
prayers.” As she started snorting from laughing so hard, Chie couldn’t help but
think the pick up line fit her. She looked up at her wide smile and really
thought she looked like an angel. Her hair was falling down and lightly
brushing over her. The lights above her seemed to make a halo above her
flawless skin. Her eyes closed tightly and long eyelashes were wet with tears
and her cheeks were rosy from her laughter.
‘All the guys like you, but you love me.’ The sporty women reached up and
grabbed the back of her neck. The taller woman’s eyes opened and stared into
the others hazel eyes. She smiled gently and leaned down to capture the other
lips. The two kissed softly and when they pulled away they were both smiling
happily. Chie was about to say something when there was a knock at the door.
The two jumped away from one another and blushed brightly. “Come in.” Yukiko
said and one of the workers came in. “We wanted to tell you two that we have
things under control so you two are free to go.”
The two nodded and the woman left. The two looked back at each other, “Wanna go
out to eat?” Chie said happily and stood up. She held out and hand and helped
the other up, “Sure, let’s get changed.” The two disrobed and changed into
their usual outfits. Before they left her room Chie grabbed her and gave her a
quick peck. “Was that from a movie?” Yukiko asked as they left the Amagi inn.
The brunette smiled knowingly and laced her fingers behind her head. “Yeah, its
happened in a couple of my kung fu movies.”
The two walked over Aiya’s and Chie bought them some food. “I’m surprised you
paid this time.” Yukiko said while biting into her food. The sporty brunette
smiled deviously, “I’ll always pay for you. Just not Yosuke, I’ll make him pay
for us.” She said jokingly and the raven giggled softly. “You always make him
pay!” She countered and brunette couldn’t deny the fact. “I think the pervert
deserves it.” She huffed and hungrily ate her food. She had half of her beef
hanging out of her mouth when the other laughed loudly. The brunette rolled her
eyes and thought happily. ‘It’s a good thing I love her laugh.’
The two went over to the river to have some alone time. The two sat on the
river banks and started skipping rocks across the crystal clear surface. Yukiko
looked over to the brunette and slid her hand over hers. The sporty woman
looked up at her and smiled before leaning closer. Their lips were about to
meet again when they heard something behind them. They quickly pulled away from
each other and saw a guy from their school ride his bike over to them. He took
off his helmet and got off his bike. He walked up to them and beamed at Yukiko,
completely ignoring Chie.
“Hey Yukiko, I saw you on my way back from tutoring and i was wondering if you
wanted to have a good time with me.” He had a charming voice and a sparkling
smile. “Oh sorry, but I’m with Chie right now.” She said and motioned to the
said brunette. She waved at the guy but his attention stayed trained on the
raven. “Aw c’mon, you can hang out with her later.” He said and tried to
convince her. “No, I want to be with my, friend.” She was hesitant to say
friend since she wanted to be truthful and tell everyone they were together.
The guy seemed disappointed and left without any more trouble. She sighed when
he was out of sight and turned to the brunette. She was surprised to see her
looking very angry, “What a creep!” She yelled and the raven giggled. “I’m
sorry for that.” She said remorsefully but the brunette shook her head. “Nah
it’s fine, but man i wish i could rub it in his face.” She said and that was
how she truthfully felt even if she was the person who suggested they stay
anonymous.
She didn’t want the Amagi inn or the raven’s future to suffer from her
sexuality being in the public eye. Yukiko said she hadn’t minded but Chie
wasn’t going to risk it. She thought back at when they first started going out.
It had been after they had rescued her from the Tv world and Chie had come by
to check up on her. She had voiced her worry for her and they both revealed
their true feelings.
Flashback
“Yukiko you shouldn’t be working for a few days!” The brunette scowled but the
raven simply smiled. “I won’t be, my mom’s letting me take a break.” She
explained and a woman came in with food for the weak woman. Chie grabbed the
food and brought it back to her. “Here I’ll feed you.” She said and grabbed a
spoon from the tray. The brunette spooned some of the stew to the others mouth.
“I can feed myself Chie.” She tried to argue. “You need to save your strength
and get better.” She countered and continued to feed her. She noticed that she
was flushed slightly and grew worried.
“Do you have a fever?” She asked and checked her forehead. She grew redder and
shook her head, “I’m fine, it’s just embarrassing to have you feed me.” she
explained and the sporty woman smiled brightly. “You’d do the same for me.” The
raven nodded her head happily, “Were you that worried about me?” She asked
quietly and the other grabbed onto her arms.“Yeah of course i was!” The
brunette said loudly. Yukiko smiled and hugged the other girl, “Thank you for
saving me.” she whispered into her neck. “Hey Yukiko?” She called and the other
pulled back to look at her, “Why did that other you call me your prince?”
The raven blushed and averted her eyes, “Because you really are like my
prince.” The brunette grew red and rubbed the back of her neck. “Hahaha why
would you say that?” She asked nervously. “You always come to my rescue.”
Yukiko said simply. “I’ll always be there for you.” She reassured and the
others black eyes looked into hers. She leaned forward and placed a soft kiss
on her lips before pulling back quickly. “I’m so sorry Chie!” She tried to
apologize and brunette was stunned. She grabbed the others hands and kissed her
back. “You can be my princess.” She said quietly before they kissed again.
Flashback Over
She looked thoughtfully at the water and the red clad woman noticed. “Would you
like to go for a walk somewhere else?” Chie turned to look at her and smiled at
her caring. “Yeah, let’s go over to the park!” She excitedly jumped up and they
began to walk over there. Chie found herself wanting to hold the others hand
and stopped herself by stuffing her hands in her pockets.
The two arrived at the park and started to walk down a path. “When did you want
to go to the festival again?” She asked the other who pulled out her phone, “We
can go in half an hour and we could hang out by ourselves.” Yukiko suggested,
“Sounds good to me!” Chie knew they wouldn’t be able to show they were
together, but the feelings still stood. The two were talking when Yukiko gasped
softly and pointed to a tree.
Underneath the tree the saw Rise singing to an asleep Naoto. They looked cute
together and the way the idol looked at the detective was of a affection. The
two girls left before the starlet noticed them and started walking towards the
festival. The brunette thought back on how the idol had found out about their
relationship and had approved and supported them. “Do you think people could be
as accepting as Rise?” She asked quietly and startled the raven.
She was silent for a moment, “I think with time, people would accept it.” She
said and looked back at the brunette. “Do you think Inaba would be accepting?”
She asked again and maybe she was just having hopeful thinking. The Amagi inn
heir smiled and interlaced their fingers together. “Inaba is all about being
close to your neighbors, I think they’ll accept us.” She sounded very sure of
herself and squeezed her hand lightly. “If not, holding hands can be passed off
as us being friends.” Chie said and they laughed together.
They didn’t pulled their hands away and kept their hands interlaced. They
entered the festival area and saw Souji and Yosuke walking together. They
walked up to them with separating, “Hey guys!” Chie smiled brightly and Yukiko
waved before saying softly. “Hello, how are you today?” Yosuke seemed slightly
red as he rubbed the back of his neck, “We’re cool, we got here early to meet
up with Teddie and Kanji.” He explained and right when he said that the two
came running towards them.
“Sorry we’re late.” Kanji apologized and they noticed they had topsicles with
them. “We stopped by the store!” Teddie said and ate his ice cream. ‘No one
really minds.’ Chie noted and felt her girlfriend squeeze her hand. She looked
back at her smiling happily and decided that maybe once they were more
comfortable they could tell everyone. They just needed the right moment.
***** Summer Festival *****
Chapter Summary
     I really loved writing this chapter, it was one of my favorite ones.
     I have a quick question that will impact the rest of the story, would
     you prefer Naoto to be pre op or post op?
     Also i will be writing different stories involving male/trans Naoto
     I do not own Persona 4 or it's characters
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
They returned to his home and he checked the time again. He saw that they only
had an hour before the festival. They spent that time getting ready for the
festival, Rise was busy picking out clothes for the both of them and Naoto left
for a moment to go get cash to be able to pay for everything. When he got back
he saw the clothes she had picked out for the both of them. For herself she
chose a pink dress that had orange accents and he also took in the seemingly
out of place blue ribbon that she tied around her waist. She gave him his usual
blue button up shirt but she also gave him some black suspenders and instead of
his plain yellow tie she gave him a plaid light pink and orange tie. ‘How nice.
We’re matching.’
Before he went into the restroom to change Rise stopped him for what felt like
the umpteeth time that day. She was holding a bag in her hand and she fidgeted
with it, “There's one last thing I need to add to your outfit,” She pulled out
something that was similar to a tank top, “Use this instead of the bandages.”
Rise said and handed it to him. He was shocked to find out that she got him a
new binder for his current situation. “Why did you get me this?” He couldn’t
help but ask, she looked down at her feet.
She took a deep breath before looking up at him, “You don’t want it?” She asked
and was saddened by the thought that he wouldn’t want the gift she had planned.
He quickly assured her it wasn’t that, "I just wasn’t expecting this, i’ll use
it.” He went into the bathroom and quickly got changed. When he put on the
binder he was surprised by how flat his chest was but how easily he could
breathe. He left the bathroom and saw Rise’s face lite up when she saw him.
“Does it fit?” She asked but stopped herself from looking at his chest. He
smiled softly, “Yes it fits perfectly and it works really well.” She let out a
sound of relief before hitting his shoulder. “What was that for ?” He inquired,
it hadn’t hurt but it came out of no where. “Why didn’t you use a proper
binder? Bandages are harmful!” Rise said and hit his other shoulder. "I did not
want such a transaction on my credit card and there is no where in town for me
to get one, even if there was I wouldn’t do it.”
Rise pouted, “Well now you have one so no more bandages.” She said with
authority and Naoto chuckled as he nodded. The two left his house just as the
sun was setting and they made their way over to the festival booths. The very
first thing they did was go and play some games and they both tried to outdo
the other. The first game they played was a game of darts, the goal was to hit
inside a star and if you hit inside you’d win a bubble wand. The two weren’t
interested in the prize, just winning. Naoto aimed his shot and it hit just
between two points of the star. “Watch this.” She said before piercing directly
in the middle.
He stood there in stunned silence as she accepted her bubble wand. “Jealous?”
She teased before blowing bubbles above his head. He rolled his eyes and popped
some of the bubbles floating around him. The next game they went to was
throwing rings onto bottles, overall a fairly simple game. Both of them failed
miserably at the game and couldn’t get a single ring on any of the bottles. The
woman running the stand must have felt bad for them because she gave them two
cellphone straps. One was of an owl and the other was a hummingbird.
“Which would you like?” He asked holding them up, “Well which one do you want?”
She asked back and he shook his head. “I have no preference.” She looked
between the two and chose the hummingbird. “I figured you prefer that.” He said
as they walked towards a different booth. “What makes you say that?” He looked
at the different games while answering, “You’re bright and beautiful like a
hummingbird.” The idols face went red and so did his when he realized what he
said. They were silent for a while until his stomach growled. They looked at
each other and laughed.
They went to get food since neither had a chance to eat for most of the day.
Naoto bought them steak skewers and also got the idol some shaved ice. Rise’s
face lite up when he presented the cold treat.She was happily eating it when
she noticed he didn’t get any, “You don’t like shaved ice?” She asked with her
head tilted. "It’s not that, I just wouldn’t be able to finish one by myself.”
He explained and threw away his skewer. Rise held out the frozen treat to his
mouth, Naoto couldn’t help but smile. He grabbed onto the treat to steady it as
he took a bite, he nodded at the flavor, "It’s good.” It tasted like
strawberries.
There was whistling noise and the two turned to see the rest of the group was
staring at them. Naoto quickly let go of the treat and Rise’s hand as he
lowered his hat. “Wow, I hadn’t expected you two to be dating.” Yukiko sounded
very surprised, “We aren’t dating.” Naoto said in his usual monotone. Yosuke
rolled his eyes, “Well of course they wouldn’t be dating, Naoto isn’t her
type.” The group looked at him, but it was Kanji that spoke up. “You do realize
you’re not her type either, right?”
Yosuke blushed and got angry, “Hey I don’t want to hear it from you!” Kanji
also rose his voice, “For the last time I ain’t gay!” The group started drawing
attention so Souji put an end to it, “Both of you stop, and Yosuke just because
you can’t get girls doesn’t mean you need to take it out on Naoto.”, Yosuke was
outraged. “Betrayed by my own partner!” Rise giggled beside him, “Wow Souji is
so cool~” She fawned over him and Naoto felt an ever familiar spark of jealousy
inside of him.
Rise grabbed onto Souji's arm and was asking him about what they had been
doing. Naoto sighed from the lose of Rise’s attention but he decided to talk to
Kanji. He was also good company, not that one would guess from his appearance.
“Hello Kanji, have you been having a good time?” Naoto asked politely as they
watched the others make fun of Yosuke. Kanji averted his eyes from the others
piercing blue ones, “Yeah, we’ve mainly played a few games. We were actually
looking for you two.” ‘God his eyes are intense. Kinda like the ocean’ The thug
considered to himself.
Naoto was a bit surprised, “Looking for us?” He asked quietly, Kanji smiled
lightly. “Yeah of course, you’re part of the team now!” The detective felt
happy for how welcoming the group was. He felt slight remorse for how he
perceived them all. As he heard Yosuke make a crude comment on how Rise could
have worn a shorter dress, he sighed and realized not everything was wrong. But
they still were his friends now. Kanji stared intently at Naoto and he smiled
as the young detective’s mood seemed to lift.
Naoto turned back to the former delinquent, startling said man. "Is there
anything else you wanted to partake in?” Kanji scratched the bridge of his nose
and thought for a moment. He froze when he thought about it ‘Does Naoto wanna
be alone with me?’ He blushed at the thought and looked around for something
the two of them could do. His eyes landed on a gun game, he knew that the
shorter boy well more than capable with a gun so it should be fun.
“Why don’t we try that shooting game?” Kanji asked nervously, Naoto nodded and
made his way over to the booth with the blonde following close behind. Even
though he had just said he wasn’t gay, Kanji couldn’t deny the fact he was
attracted to the short detective. Well he wasn’t too short now, he was about as
tall as Teddie. To him gender didn’t really matter, he liked Naoto for being
Naoto. “How much to play?” The detective asked and pulled out his wallet, Kanji
quickly stopped him insisting he’d pay.
The blue haired man eyes shifted but let him pay. ‘Kanji is such an odd
person.’ The game was simple, you got three tries to knock down a pyramid of
cans down using the cork gun. Depending on how many pyramids you knocked over
determined your prize. Kanji tried to impress Naoto by winning him a prize, but
he failed miserably with his aim. He had hit the top can on his first try, the
second time he missed them all, and the third one he almost hit the person
running the booth. Meanwhile Naoto took his first shot and the whole pyramid
fell, Kanji stood there stunned by this. “Uh can you show me how you did that?”
He asked nervously.
Naoto was surprised, “Of course, here follow my example.” He paid for another
round and held the fake rifle with the butt of it pressed against his shoulder,
Kanji did as he was shown. “Now you line up the sights and fire at the target.”
Again Naoto knocked down another pyramid, Kanji had managed to get another can
but the pyramid didn’t fall. The group had noticed that Kanji and Naoto left so
they came by and lay witness to the detective’s skills. Rise squealed and held
onto him, “Naoto’s so cool! Show me how too!”
Naoto blushed at the compliment and gave her the rifle. “Hold it with both
hands, the one you’re going to press the trigger with shouldn’t be on the
trigger until you are ready to shoot.” He explained and Rise was having trouble
just getting the gun into place. Naoto sighed before wrapping his arms around
the idol and adjusting her form. He corrected her but didn’t let go, “Now take
your aim.” He said quietly and she repressed a shudder from him being so close.
‘It’s kinda of hard when you’re so close.’ The idol mused.
She did as she was instructed and they managed to knock down the last pyramid.
Rise jumped up in glee and wrapped her arms around Naoto’s shoulders. “Thank
you~” She squealed and the detective tentatively returned the hug. The two
separated and the man at the booth held out a giant stuffed blue panda.
“Congratulations, here you can give it to your girlfriend!” Naoto accepted the
prize but added, “We’re not dating.” He said simply but the worker scoffed.
Despite what he said, he did give Rise the giant panda. The starlet blushed and
squeezed the animal tightly. “Thank you Naoto.” The group watched the two’s
interactions as they started playing the gun game as well. Kanji grumbled to
himself that Rise had stolen the detective's attention. He remembered something
and asked to talk to Naoto privately. The shorter man was curious and followed
Kanji to a bench where they could still see the group but couldn’t hear them.
“What seems to be bothering you?” The detective asked when Kanji didn’t say
anything. The blonde blushed and turned his head away, “Uh I-I was wondering
about, your, you know.” He motioned to Naoto’s flat chest. The detective
prince’s mind made connections and he came to a conclusion, “Did you make the
binder?” Kanji coughed but nodded his head, “Rise messaged me and asked me to
make it, she said what you used before wasn’t healthy for ya.”
Naoto felt touched by both Rise and Kanji’s worry for him. "It works perfectly,
thank you Kanji.” He said with heartfelt words. The taller male blushed but he
smiled that he was able to help his friend, “No problem man, I can make more if
you want.” He offered and Naoto was again stunned, "If it’s no trouble, and if
you do I must pay you for it.” The detective said. “Nah it’s fine, we’re
friends so you don’t have to pay for it.”
Naoto appreciated the thought and was about to say something when a certain
brunette wrapped her arms around the both of them. “Don’t you guys wanna hang
out with us?” Rise whined and before either one said anything Teddie chimed in,
“Yeah, you’re beary rude. I think we should make them buy us ice cream as
punishment.” He said to Souji, who smirked. “Yeah, I say Naoto and Kanji should
buy the whole group ice cream.” The two were shocked that their leader would be
so silly but neither one really cared.
The group made their way over to the ice cream stand and bought everyone the
ice cream they wanted. Naoto was looking at the different flavors and debating
on whether or not to get himself something, he wasn’t very big on sweets but
now seemed like a good time. Rise came up beside him and was licking her
sherbert. “Naoto do you want some?” She offered him the cone and after a moment
of hesitation he tasted the fruity ice cream. He wasn’t one for very strong
flavors but he had to admit he liked it, it was fruity, colorful, and it had a
tartness that kept it from being too sweet.
He smiled and looked at Rise who was slightly red, he grew worried and checked
her for a fever, “Are you alright?” He asked and found she was slightly warm.
Rise quickly nodded her head, “Yeah I’m fine!” She didn’t seem to be lying so
he shook it off. The two kept passing back and forth the ice cream and eating
it. “Hey partner, why didn’t you try the shooting game?” Yosuke asked Souji as
he ate his ice cream. Souji shrugged, "I didn’t want to show off.”
Rise squealed again, “Souji is so cool! But I bet you wouldn’t be able to beat
Naoto.” The said detective almost dropped the ice cream when he heard that. “Oh
yeah? Well let’s have a contest.” Yosuke said, only furthering the problem.
“Yeah Naoto versus Souji. Who is the ultimate shot?” Teddie cheered and dragged
Naoto and Souji to the booth again. They explained the contest to the man who
was more than happy to let them do it. The challenge was that each person would
try to shoot down 10 pyramids and who ever knocked down more would be the
winner.
“Let’s make this interesting.” Yosuke said before they started, “How can we?”
Yukiko asked. Yosuke had a perverted look in his eyes, “Glad you asked. How
about we have a kiss from Rise on the line.”, Naoto almost shot Yosuke for
suggesting that. Everyone looked to the idol and expected her to get mad, but
instead she smiled brightly. “Alright, winner gets a kiss from me!” Naoto
looked at Souji, expecting him to against it. Instead he looked determined to
win. ‘This is not happening!’ The detective screamed in his head. The only
person that did speak up was Kanji, “Hey hold on! Why should that be the prize?
What if they don’t wanna kiss her?”
Rise huffed as she took offense, "If they don’t want to they could just
purposely lose.” Yosuke added. Naoto knew he wasn’t going to purposely lose, he
did want to kiss the starlet but he was nervous that she didn’t want to kiss
him. While he was fighting his inner turmoil Souji started out, he took aim and
the first pyramid fell, then the second, then the third. “Wow you must really
want that kiss~” Rise teased causing Naoto to make up his mind. He couldn’t let
Souji kiss her. ‘The thought is selfish, but I can’t seem to care.’ The idol
was cheering on their leader and using her Risette voice. The gray haired boy
was on the seventh one when he missed the middle and the pyramid didn’t fall.
He adjusted his aim and got the rest of them, so in total he had only missed
one. “What happens if they tie?” Chie asked as she knew they were both skilled.
Yosuke shrugged, “They both get a kiss?” He asked more than said. Naoto took
the rifle and aimed, the first pyramid fell and then the next and then the
next. As each one fell he gained more confidence and continued on. When he was
on the last shot he felt his nerves come back, if he missed this he would get a
kiss but Souji would also get one.
He slowly breathed out and aimed, his hands felt sweaty and his heart was
pounding. He fired and everything went in slow motion as the last pyramid fell.
There was a silence before the group erupted in congratulations, “As expected
from the Detective Prince!” Yukiko said happily. Naoto was silent as he thought
about the fact that his first kiss was going to be with Rise, he looked over at
the beaming idol. “You don’t have to kiss me.” He said quietly and she tilted
her head in questioning. “Why? Are you being shy?~” She teased.
Yosuke laughed at him and Naoto felt his ears get hot, "I just don’t want you
to do something you don’t wish to do.” Rise flushed at him caring about whether
or not she wanted to kiss him, "I don’t mind, you won fair and square.” She
insisted. Souji came up behind him, "If you don’t accept your prize , I can
always take it.” Naoto turned around to see that he still had a determined look
on his face. He was silent for a while "I’ll accept it, it’s just
embarrassing.” He said to cover his bright blush.
Rise wrapped her arm around him, “Aw Naoto you’re so cute, I can give it to you
later.” She said and Teddie spoke up, “How are we suppose to know you’re going
to kiss?” He asked and continued quietly, “Beary suspicious..” Rise thought for
a moment, "I know! We’ll go behind those trees and when we’re done we’ll come
right back!” The group agreed and Rise tugged him behind some trees, Naoto
looked around and saw that they were out of the others sight but he was sure
they could hear them.
“Rise why don’t you just kiss me on the cheek?” He suggested nervously and his
suspicions were confirmed when he heard Yosuke yell out, “No kissing on the
cheek! Has to be on the lips!” Naoto reminded himself to get revenge on the
perverted brunette. He looked back at Rise and backed up slightly, he jumped
when he felt a tree behind him. Rise slowly approached him and she leaned in
close to his ear. “Do you not want to kiss?” She asked and he could tell she
was worried it was overstepping his boundaries.
He held up his hands and shook his head, "It’s just, I have not kissed anyone
before and surely I would not be any good at it.” He tried to give some excuse
for her not to kiss him. Rise gave him a sweet smile and cupped his cheek. She
observed his face, his steely blue eyes, his soft cobalt hair that she wanted
to run her fingers through, his small soft looking lips.‘How could i not want
to kiss you?’ The brunette pondered "I don’t mind.” She said softly and leaned
in with her eyes closed. When there lips touched he felt his legs go weak and
his eyes shut. She softly moved against him and he mimicked her movements.
His heart was racing when his mind registered that they really were kissing,
his mind had gone blank after that and he couldn’t think of anything else other
than the idol in front of him. His inhibitions were tossed aside when he placed
a hand on the small of her back and pulled her closer. Rise made a surprised
noise but didn’t stop the kiss instead she wrapped her arms around his neck. He
didn’t know how long they had kissed for but when they pulled away for air he
was panting slightly and he felt warm.
Rise was also flushed and her eyes were half lidded, she smiled at him before
giving him a quick peck on the lips. She walked out from behind the tree and
went to the rest of the group, meanwhile Naoto placed a hand over where his
heart was and he felt like his world was breaking down. The kiss was amazing
and he wanted to do it over and over again, but that was the problem. She only
did it because of the dare, she was probably going over and talking to talk to
Souji and tell him all about how he failed at kissing and how much he was
better.
Anger surged through his body and he started shaking, he couldn’t tell Rise how
he felt. How he wanted to be with her, she was already happy with Souji. The
thought made his eyes water and he quickly wiped them with the back of his
hand. He couldn’t go back there and he ran further into the woods to get away
from the turmoil, if only for that day. He heard someone calling his name in
the distance but he didn’t stop. He pumped his legs as fast as they would take
him and he didn’t care branches scratched his face and his exposed arms. ‘I’ll
face this tomorrow.’ He thought grimly.
He stopped for moment to rest and leaned against the trunk of tree. He tried to
calm his breathing when he felt a presence near him and went to pull out his
pistol. He forgot he had left it at home for the day. “Who’s there?!” He yelled
out and say a pair of yellow eyes in the dark. He froze for a moment before her
tried to run away. He didn’t make it far when something hit him on the back of
the head and he blacked out.
Rise ran after the the retreating figure and lost track of him. She felt bad
and thought it was her fault for forcing him into the kiss. In true she was
being selfish and wanted to kiss him, she touched her lips as she thought about
it. She was surprised by how much he got into it and how good he was for his
first time. She was determined to make it up to him and she continued to run
towards where she last saw him. She heard a loud thump and went towards it, the
only thing she found was the detective's hat and some blood on a tree next to
it. The rest of the group found her crying on her knees and clutching the hat
to herself.
That night it rained and when the midnight channel came on Naoto was on it yet
again, but he was wearing the suspenders and tie Rise picked out for him. He
still had the same shirt and the same oversized lab coat. “Good evening
viewers, I know you’re all excited to see me again. Last time I tried to
perform the ultimate surgery that would rock the medical field, unfortunately I
was interrupted. But this time I’m going to perform two medical procedures that
are dedicated to one of our viewers.” The shadow chuckled and the screen went
black.
Souji received a call from a frantic Rise, “We have to go in tomorrow!” she
shouted and Souji recoiled from the phone. Because of the the strange
circumstances he decided that the sooner they got Naoto out of the Tv world,
the better. “Don’t worry Rise we’ll go in tomorrow after school.” The idol
didn’t calm down, “Can’t we skip school and go in right when June’s opens?” She
tried to convince him that it’d be best. “No we can’t, there won’t be fog for
awhile so he’s safe. We’ll go right when school ends, I’ll tell everyone.” Rise
still wanted to go immediately but didn’t try to argue with him.
She hung up and laid in her bed. She was holding onto the panda Naoto gave her
and she even put his hat on top of it. She buried her face in it and tried to
go to sleep, the faster she went to sleep the sooner she could wake up and save
Naoto. She thought about what the shadow had said. Last time the shadow was
going to preform surgery on Naoto to stop him from being weak, was it doing
something similar? And what did it mean by dedicated to a viewer? She kept
thinking about it before she drifted off with dreams of Naoto.
Meanwhile in the shadow world Naoto felt like he was going crazy. He was
running through the rusted and broken down labratory, trying to escape the
voices that seemingly followed him. ‘Like she could ever love you.’ He turned
to the next hallway and tried to hurry his pace. There were no shadows but the
atmosphere gave him a sense of dread. ‘She has admirers much better then you,
why would she settle for the broken detective?’ He wanted to scream at the
voices, but he knew they wouldn’t stop.
He opened the next door and ran inside. ‘You’re incomplete, no one likes broken
toys.’ He felt tears sting the corners of his eyes and he found himself lost,
everything looked the same as before. ‘You’re worthless compared to him.’ He
knew deep down that it was true, but he wasn’t going to give them the
satisfaction. He took a small break and tried to asses where he was, he tried
to make a map in his mind. ‘You aren’t what she wants.’ He sighed and decided
to try taker a slower pace so he could remember his surroundings better.
He didn’t know how happy he could be to see stairs. He had to force his tired
limbs forward as he tried to find the exit. ‘She glad you’re gone.’ He tried to
ignore the voices but they seemed to be getting louder and the building was so
quiet. ‘She feels sorry for you.’ The voices were getting more frequent and
their tone was biting. ‘She wouldn't even give you the time of day, what made
you think she’d want to be with you?’ He was able to locate more stairs and
felt himself getting closer to the exit.  
‘She can do so much better then you.’ He leaned against the railing to catch
his breath. ‘You can’t give her what he can.’ Naoto began to tremble as the
words got to him. ‘She’s probably with him now.’ He felt like he was going to
be sick. ‘She needs a real man’ He dropped to his knees and tried to hold onto
the railing. ‘You aren’t good enough’ He fell from the railing and was on his
hands and knees as he felt the world spinning around him. ‘You’ll never be
enough with how you are.’ He turned over so he was sitting down and leaning
against the railing.
His breathing became shallow and he pressed a hand against his binded chest.
‘She gave you that so she wouldn’t be embarrassed to be seen with you.’, ‘What
do you have to offer her?’, ‘You’re the one who needs her, she could easily
replace you.’ The weary detective slide down to his side and his vision became
fuzzy. ‘She had fun giving you false hope.’, ‘You can’t be who she wants,
you’re shattered.’ Naoto saw a familiar pair of shoes and pants with a long lab
coat trailing behind the person. He looked up and saw it’s twisted smile and
blazing yellow eyes. “I can fix you so she can love you.” It said in his voice.
He blacked out and was fading in and out consciousness, all he saw was that he
was being dragged by his legs. “Don’t worry, I’ll put you back together.” It
would say assuringly and Naoto was too tired to say otherwise.
Chapter End Notes
     Sorry for the feels at the end but i hope you enjoyed it
***** Naoto's Shadow *****
Chapter Summary
     This may be the last chapter, the other chapters I have planned are
     mainly just interaction between the characters. If you all would like
     to see them then go ahead and tell me and I'll post them. But as far
     as the story goes, this is the final chapter
     I do not Persona 4 or it's characters
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
Rise couldn’t focus when she got to school she was constantly checking the
clock and was moving in some way. She tried to not worry anyone by smiling and
saying that she was excited for some plans she had after school. All of the
students bought it accept for the investigation team. During lunch they were
strategizing what to do. "If it’s the same as before it should be simple, if
not then we’re going to go more on the defensive side so we can last longer in
there.” Souji explained and everyone was in agreeance.
Rise didn’t bother trying to talk about anything as she stared at her lunch.
Kanji saw this and went up to her, he nudged her gently to get her attention.
"It’s cool, alright? We’ll get him today and he’ll be okay.” Kanji comforted
her, “You promise?” She knew it was silly to have him promise, but she wanted
some sort of comfort. He smiled at her, “Yeah, if I have anything to do with it
then we’ll get him. I promise.” He said with confidence and Rise hugged him as
thanks. ‘I hope you’re right.’
After school Rise ran and got everyone to hurry over to Junes where Teddie was
waiting for them. They entered the Tv and Rise immediately set out to locate
Naoto. “He’s in the same place, but it feels different from last time.” She
couldn’t put her finger on it but the area felt off. They kept their guard up
and went to the laboratory, it looked the same as before. Rise ran inside ahead
of everyone, she scanned again and found that he was in the same room as
before.
“You guys, the lab’s the same as before! This should be easy!” She encouraged
them as they ran into some shadows. Everything was the same as before but it
didn’t sit right with her. The monitors that lined the walls lite up and showed
the shadow Naoto again. “Our special guest has arrived, I will begin the
preparations for the first procedure.” The shadow said and started typing
things into a computer. “I know you’re all excited for this as I am.” And the
screens went black. The group tried to avoid the shadows in order to get there
fast, they didn’t know what this procedure was and they didn’t want to find
out.
Rise couldn’t help herself and ran ahead of the group. She stopped and screamed
when a shadow appeared in front of her. It stared at her but didn’t attack and
instead it maneuvered past her and attacked Souji. Rise was surprised, but it
helped snap some sense into her. She went back to the group and gave them the
support they needed. The screens flickered on again to show a large operating
table. The next moment the shadow Naoto walked on scene with his coat and hat
off taken off.
“Now I know you all weren’t expecting this, but this first procedure will be
performed on myself.” The group felt slightly better about their lagging pace,
but when they saw the shadow take off his tie and start unbuttoning his shirt
they were shocked. He unbuttoned his shirt all the way and underneath a thin
and lightly muscled male body. The shadow shrugged off his shirt and laid down
on the table, it had a dark smile on it’s face. “Let the procedure begin!” With
that a number of tools came down and started to slice into him.
The shadow let out deranged laughed as he bled out black blood, it leaked off
the table and onto the ground. His body convulsed and it look like it was
painful, but the shadow kept smiling. The screens went black and the
investigation team hurried their pace. They hoped that whatever the shadow was
planning for Naoto wasn’t anything like what they saw. They were quickly
gaining ground and were only two floors away from Naoto when the screens came
on again. The shadow Naoto had put on his lab coat and it was hanging off his
shoulders but he still was shirtless, over his chest were bandages. Rise
reminisced on how Naoto had worn his bandages like that before. Over his left
side the black blood had leaked through a bit, staining the white cloth.
The shadow looked proud of himself, “The surgery was a success, now I’m going
to clean up and sanitize the equipment. Then we’ll begin the second procedure
on our second participant.” The screens panned over to a tied up and gagged
Naoto before they blacked out again. Rise was happy to see that Naoto was still
safe and she redoubled her efforts to get to the room. They only encountered a
few other shadows before they arrived at the room, Rise didn’t hesitate to
enter.
The inside of the room was the same on the screens only this time they saw the
shadow Naoto strapping in the real Naoto. “Stop struggling. You know you want
this and I’m sure our guest we’ll be happy with it.” It laughed and finished
restraining him, he turned to look at the group. He extended his arms and kept
that dark smile on his face, “Welcome! I’m so happy you could make it!” His
sleeves failed as he ran over to a decorative box sitting on a desk, he picked
it up and slowly approached the group.
They raised their weapons but the shadow only smiled wider, "I’m not going to
fight you, I have a gift for our special guest.” The shadow handed it to a
stunned Rise, he waited expectantly for her to open it. The real Naoto was
trying to scream through the gag and thrashed against his bindings. She didn’t
open it at first until he urged her on, “There’s nothing bad in there, it won’t
hurt you.” But she still didn’t open it, the shadow grew impatient and the
black aura was appearing. Rise started to open it to appease the shadow but
still had a sense of dread but she slowly ripped the wrapper paper off. She
covered her mouth and gasped when she saw what was inside. It was a glass case
that sitting on the bottom of it was a black, still beating, heart.
The shadow looked back and forth between the heart and her, “Do you like it?
It’s my own.” He said and tapped on the bandages across his chest. The real
Naoto muffled screams were heard and the shadow strided over to him. He removed
the gag, “What do you want?” He asked angrily and his yellow eyes flared. “Why
would you do that?” Naoto’s voice was hoarse from screaming so much. The shadow
scoffed at him and turned back to look at the group, more specifically Rise.
"It’s obvious, give your heart to someone. That’s the illogical side of love,
but it feels good to get that weight off my chest.” The shadow joked and
stuffed the gag back into his mouth.
Rise gasped when she realized what the shadow’s heart meant and she set it down
on top of a table nearby. The shadow’s face dropped when he saw her put it
down. “You don’t want it?” He asked and before she could answer he spoke again,
"Is it because it’s mine and not Souji’s? Is it because I’m not good enough?”
He didn’t raise his voice but it held a dangerous edge to it. Rise was too
stunned to say anything and the shadow took that as his answer. He turned back
to look at the real Naoto.
“Don’t worry, as soon as we get rid of that pesky heart you won’t hurt
anymore.” He said and grabbed a large scalpel. “Stop!” Rise yelled and ran
towards them, the shadow surprisingly didn’t move until Rise grabbed onto his
shoulder and forced him to look at her. “Why are you doing this?” she asked
with tears in her eyes and saw Naoto struggling with his bindings. The shadow
cupped her cheek and smiled sweetly, "It’s for you, of course.” Rise flinched
back and again the shadow saw this as rejection.
“What is it you don’t like about me?!” He screamed at her, "I can change
whatever it is!” Rise stepped back when the dark aura surrounded him. "I can
change to look like him! I can act more like him! I can talk more like him!
Just tell me!” He screamed and his eyes were watering. The real Naoto bit
through the gag and spat it out, “Enough! Let me go!” He ordered and tried to
break the bindings. The shadow’s aura shrunk but didn’t go away, “Change of
plans. The first surgery failed, I can still feel the pain.” The shadow
whispered and clenched over where his heart had been. It hurt Rise to know that
she was putting him through this.
“Now we’re going to change, we’re going to become someone Rise can love.” He
said and pulled over a cart full of tools. “Once we change we can also get rid
of Souji, she won’t need him anymore after this.” The shadow said and Naoto
started screaming at him. “You idiot! She won’t like us even if we changed,
she’s already in love with Souji!” The shadow gave him a sinister smile,
“That’s why we need to change to be like him so she can’t tell the difference.”
Rise was horrified with knowing how he really felt.
The shadow started loosening his tie as Naoto continued, “Stop talking! You’re
being childish! I would never want to hurt my friends! You’re not me and never
will be!” He screamed and the shadow started laughing evilly, the aura grew and
he stumbled back. He tore off the bandages on his chest and black blood oozed
out of it. The blood pooled beneath him before it crawled up his body covered
the rest of him. Then the blood started to shift and change until they saw a
very familiar face, the blood had made him look just like Souji.
One of his arms turned back into blood and he whipped it at them. It sliced
through the ground beneath them and some of the equipment. The shadow started
laughing and attacking them, his arms reaching far and trying to slice through
them. The group dove for cover and tried to figure out what to do. “We need to
get past him to get to Naoto.’ Souji said and summoned his persona. Everyone
summoned their personas and tried to attack the shadow all at once so it’d have
no chance to dodge. It’s blood turned into a shield and protected him from all
the attacks.
His blood created puddles underneath Yukiko and Teddie and it swallowed them up
along with their personas. More blood shot off his body as he grabbed Chie and
Yosuke and their personas as well. He started tightening his hold on them
before another blood tentacle grabbed Souji and hung him upside down. the
shadow brought him close to him so he could look him in the eye. “I’ll make
sure she stays happy. So she won’t even think about you anymore.” He said and
started smashing Souji against the ground.
While the others were struggling Rise grabbed on to Kanji’s shoulder, "If you
can get me close to his shadow I can stop him.” She sounded so sure of her
plan. “Are you sure you can stop him?” Kanji needed to be sure, he didn’t want
her to get hurt. She nodded and summoned her persona. Kanji followed suit and
he used his persona as a shield for Rise as she ran up the the shadow. “Naoto!”
She yelled as she stood in front of the the shape shifting form. He had Souji’s
face but he was still Naoto’s real feelings. He stopped attacking the
investigation team and looked at her. The shadow smiled at her and made no
movement to attack, “See? It worked according to plan.” The shadow said in
Souji’s voice to the unconscious Naoto. Rise knew it was now or never. “You’re
wrong, it didn’t work.”
The shadow growled, “Then you must prefer someone else.” Again Rise shook her
head and walked close to the shadow, “No I don’t want anyone else other than
Naoto.” The shadow shifted back into it’s original appearance and looked
furious. “You’re lying! You’re always lying!” He yelled and he shifted to look
like Rise. “Oh Naoto’s so cool! You’re so cute! I accept you for you.” The
shadow said sarcastically before shifting back into his regular appearance.
“You just wanted to spare my feelings! Or maybe I was just too fun to tease and
make fun of! Did you want to see what it’d be like to break me!?”
The shadow was growing more powerful and more emotional with very word. Rise
rushed forward and hugged him, she buried her face in his shoulder and squeezed
him tightly. "I really do love you Naoto, I always have.” She said and the
shadow was stunned. The blood from before retreated back into his body and the
rest of the group was released. He looked at her before he began to cry and
hold on to her as well. He shakily fell to his knees, taking Rise with him.
They heard a groan as the real Naoto woke up and saw them, “What did you say?”
the shadow asked , “Rise get away from him!” Naoto screamed. The shadow pressed
a button and the bindings were released.
The detective ran forward and was about to hit the shadow when Rise wrapped her
arms around him. “Naoto I love you, I only flirted with other guys to get your
attention.” She said and pulled him closer. Naoto returned the hug and stared
at the shadow, who was smiling gently at him. He let go of her and walked over
to the shadow as he pressed a hand to the gaping hole in his chest. “You are
me, you’re that jealous part of me that wants all of Rise’s attention and to be
with her. You’re all of insecurities I have about myself, everything I thought
was keeping her from liking me. You’re the part of me that wants to give my
heart to her and love her but I was too scared of being hurt. You are me and I
am you.”
The shadow faded away and appeared as his persona. When he accepted the persona
he noticed something felt different from last time. Naoto turned to look at
Rise, "I’m sorry for the trouble I’ve caused for you,” He turned to look at the
group, “For everyone. I was under the impression you had feelings for Souji so
that’s why I ran off after our kiss.” He explained and blushed when Yosuke gave
him a knowing look. Rise hugged him tightly, "I was so worried about you, I
wanted to tell you I loved you back there but I was afraid I was forcing it on
you.” She said softly. Naoto sighed and smiled as he hugged her back, "I
suppose we’re both hopeless because I love you too.” He said with confidence
and Rise felt her eyes water from happiness.
Naoto pulled back and wiped away a stray tear on her cheek, "I’m sorry for
hurting you.” He said and the brunette shook her head. She leaned in and gave
him a peck on the lips, “Just make sure to make it up to me.” Naoto couldn’t
contain his laughter and soon the whole group was laughing at how things had
ended up. Naoto’s legs gave out from beneath him, "I’m sorry, I’m weak from
being in here.” Rise helped him up and they started walking out of the lab,
“Stop apologising about something you can’t control.” Naoto smiled and kissed
her on the cheek while no one was looking, causing the idol to blush brightly.
They exited from the tv and were all waiting in Junes for Naoto to rest for a
bit. Rise gave him back his hat, causing his heart to warm. Naoto’s eyes
widened when he felt that odd feeling again. He reached under his shirt and his
suspicions had been confirmed and his binder was loose. He felt under the
binder and realised that his chest was completely flat. Rise looked at him
worriedly, “Are you hurt?” She asked and grabbed onto his arm. “No I’m fine,
I’m better than fine.” He said and smiled that smile reserved only for her.
She squealed and hugged his arm, Chie rolled her eyes, "In all honestly I
thought you two were already dating.” Naoto blushed when everyone agreed. “You
must be tired, here why don’t we take you home?” Yukiko suggested. "I’m fine, I
can get home on my own.” He said and stood on his own, but when he took a step
forward he almost fell down if Kanji hadn’t caught him. Rise rolled her eyes at
him and grabbed his arm, she put it around her shoulders and put her arm around
him.
"I’ll take you home.” She said brightly and they all left Junes. While walking
home Rise noticed that Naoto was smiling for the majority of the time. ‘He
needs to smile more often.’ She thought to herself. “What’s got you in such a
good mood?” She asked flirtily, Naoto’s smile widened, “Two fantastic things
have happened today! Why wouldn’t I be happy?” Rise was taken aback by how
excited Naoto was but she matched his glee with her own. “What would those two
things be?” She asked and they arrived at his house. “We’re finally together
and I can show you the second good thing if you come inside.”
Rise thought for a moment, “Can I stay the night?” She whispered in his ear,
the detective shuddered and became flushed. "I suppose, but you still have to
go to school tomorrow.” Rise pouted. “Alright I’ll go to school, but afterwards
I’m coming back to take care of you.” She said and helped him up to his room.
The detectives turned a shade darker, “Deal.” Rise reached for the lights but
Naoto stopped her. “Don’t turn them on, just in case I was hallucinating.” His
comment confused her greatly but she did as he said. She helped him to his bed
and sat down.
"I want to see something that I noticed after my shadow disappeared, I ask you
to be here,” He waited to see Rise’s response. She seemed confused but nodded
anyway. "I would also ask you to turn around like we did before.” Rise turned
around and stared at the wall, now she was really curious as to what Naoto was
doing. The detective swallowed a lump in his throat as he stood up and started
to remove his tie. Rise heard the fabric drop to the floor, “N-Naoto?!” She
questioned and wanted to turn around. ‘Oh my god what’s he doing?!’
"I’m just trying to see something, we’re not going to do anything.” he assured
her and continued to take off his clothes. He slowly unbuttoned his shirt and
was hopeful when he saw how the binder was loose on his form. The shirt fell
off his shoulders and Rise could see it in her peripheral vision. Her heart
sped up as she thought about what Naoto was doing behind her, she could feel
his body heat and she could faintly smell his cologne. ‘Why’s he taking his
clothes off?’ She had a mental image in her mind of what he looked like.
Naoto quickly wiggled out of his binder and he was shocked but ecstatic with
what he saw. He saw that his chest had become that of what he dreamed. He did
not have breasts, instead he had lightly muscled pectorals. He looked further
down and saw that he still had a flat stomach and he wasn’t curvy like before.
He looked even lower saw cobalt hair peeking from his waistband. He blushed
knowing what it was and looked back at Rise. He lightly tapped her shoulder and
she hesitantly turned around to look at him. When she saw him she let out a
loud gasp, “Naoto! What happened?” She was both excited for him and confused.
He ran a hand over his chest, "I think it may have something to do with me
accepting my shadow, it’s possible that my shadow truly did change my
appearance.” Rise reached out a hand to touch him but stopped and pulled it
back. “Sorry.” She said softly but she kept eyeing his new body. He grabbed the
hand that reached for him and placed it against his chest. Rise went red when
she felt him but her embarrassment quickly faded when she was able to touch
him.
Meanwhile Naoto hadn’t realized that he had done that and turned so red that it
went down to his neck. Rise didn’t seem to notice and continued to run her
hands over his body. Everything was the same as before, but different. He still
had the same soft skin and he was still lightly muscled, but all together it
was different. Her hands lowered all the way to the hair below his bellybutton
and she flushed as well. He was different from what she pictured, but it was
all the better since this was really him. She quickly tore her hands away from
him and looked at the floor.
They stood there awkwardly for awhile and didn’t say anything before Rise
mumbled something under her breath, “What was that?” He asked and leaned closer
to her. Again all he heard was her mumbling. “What?” He leaned down so his ear
was right next to her mouth. “You’re really hot.” She said quietly and covered
her face with her hands. Naoto froze and and felt himself get flushed again. He
wrapped his arms around her and whispered into her ear, “You are also very
attractive.”
Rise buried her face in his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him. He felt
the same as before, maybe just a bit firmer, but he was just as warm. When Rise
didn’t remove herself from his shoulder for awhile he called out to her,
“Rise?” She looked up into his eyes and Naoto’s breath was stolen away. Her
eyes were slightly watering, her lips parted and quivering, her cheeks rosy and
flushed. He felt her uneven breathing against his chest. “Sorry, I’m just so
happy for you.” She said and looked back down at his chest. Naoto shuddered as
her cool fingers traced his heated skin.
He felt his own eyes watered as it really hit him. His body finally matched how
he felt on the inside. He choked back a sob as all of his insecurities had
disappeared and he finally was with the person he loved. Rise looked back at
him as he pressed a hand over his mouth and silent tears spilled over his
cheeks. Her expression softened and she pulled him down so his forehead pressed
against her should. “You can let it out.” She said softly and he let himself
cry. His quiet sobs wracked through his body as she held him and stroked his
hair.
He felt like a weight had been lifted off his chest and he felt like he be who
he really wanted to be. He felt his emotions were running high as his heart was
left bare to her. “Rise I- I’m so ha-happy.” He said between his sobs. She
soothed him gingerly and rubbed his back as he let out all his pent up
emotions. All of the walls he had built up to this point were shattered, if
only for this moment. It made the idol happy that he was sharing his feelings
with her out of his own free will. It wasn’t his shadow revealing anything, it
was the real Naoto.
The detective felt staggering to show his sentiments to all of these changes.
It had almost felt like a damn had burst inside of him and it felt so good to
let everything out. His crying started to quiet and he began to calm. He
tightened his arms around her petite body and it was almost like she was an
anchor for him. Keeping him grounded so his emotions didn’t overwhelm him. He
pulled back slowly and looked into her eyes. They were full of warmth and
understanding as she patiently waited for him to regain his bearings.
He cupped her cheek and felt his heart swell inside of his chest. Her eyes were
wide when he leaned in and kissed her. She didn’t wait to wrap her arms around
his neck and kiss back. He followed her explain again with how to move and he
trailed his hand down to her waist. The kiss became heated when Rise licked
bottom lip. He didn’t understand it at first but he remembered the novel he had
read and open his mouth slightly.
The brunette sighed happily as her tongue explored Naoto’s mouth. He tasted
good, oddly like vanilla. The detective tentatively brushed his tongue against
the idols and he was rewarded with a moan from her. He pulled back shyly and
looked back at her. She had a certain look in her eyes that made him want to
continue. He leaned in again and she met him halfway. She resumed exploring his
mouth and he again touched his tongue to hers. When he heard the small noise he
doubled his efforts to try and make her moan again. Rise was surprised by
Naoto’s new found vigor but didn’t mind at all and simply enjoyed the kiss,
letting out soft noises now and then. She ran her fingers through his soft hair
and accidentally knocked his hat off, not that either one of them minded.
Naoto pulled away when he needed to breath and he touched his forehead to hers.
Rise’s eyes were half lidded just like before but she had a fire in them “Wow…”
She breathed out and moved in for another kiss. With Rise taking the lead the
kiss was faster, more urgent then when he was in control. Naoto moaned from how
sinfully soft her lips were and he couldn’t help himself when he bit down
lightly on the idols lower lip.
Rise jolted when he bit her lip and she let out a moan. She pulled away and
stared into his  blue eyes that were filled with desire. She shuddered when she
thought about that he was looking at her like he needed, not just simply
wanted. She gave into her own desire and leaned up to his ear, she gently bit
his ear lobe and tugged on it. Naoto moaned lightly at the new feeling Rise was
giving him and he pulled her closer.
Rise felt she was on the right track when she kissed her way down to his neck
and lightly sucked on the skin there. Naoto shuddered and the room grew hot
around him, he didn’t want the pleasure to stop. His mind had gone foggy and he
didn’t notice when his hands ran over Rise’s sides. ‘His hands are bigger’ She
noted and moaned faintly against his skin, she felt a tingle in her lower
stomach and it travelled lower. She pulled her mouth off of him and simply
leaned her temple on his shoulder.
Naoto was slightly disappointed when the stimulus Rise was giving him stopped,
but he had an idea. He leaned down and kissed her ear and whispered hotly in
it, “Rise…” The said idol felt the heat in her lower half spread and intensify
from just that simple utter of her name. Naoto was going to continue showering
her ear with affection when he felt an uncomfortable tightness in his pants. He
pulled away slightly and redden when he thought about how shameless they were
only a moment ago. How him wanting physical reassurance turned into that, he’ll
never know.
He cleared his throat, "I think we should stop.” He stuttered and tried to pull
down his hat, but it wasn’t there so he settled with running his fingers
through his hair. Rise pulled away and looked at him with a concerned look on
her face. “Why? Did I make you uncomfortable?” Naoto quickly explained himself.
“No you did not, but it seems that everything has changed and I’m not sure what
would happen if we continued.” He said as loud as he dared and immediately
turned his attention somewhere else.
Rise let out a small ‘oh’ when she realized what he was talking about. She
tried to resist the urge but her eyes wandered down to the prominent bulge in
his pants. She does love him, but she figured that neither one of them was
ready for something like that. "It’s okay Naoto, we can wait.” She said even
though the heat in her lower stomach was pestering her. “Of course, I am sorry
for having to stop our activities.” He said and picked up his forgotten that.
Rise noted how flustered he was and decided to mess with him. She pressed her
hands on his chest and leaned up to his ear again, “Did you enjoy it?” She
asked huskily.
She pulled back to see Naoto’s mouth drop and from the chest up he turned a
bright scarlet. "I um I uh, I enjoyed our activities very much.” He said very
quickly and tried to hide his whole face in his hat. Rise laughed loudly at his
reaction before deciding to end his misery. She grabbed onto his wrists and
slowly pulled them away from his face. "It’s okay, I liked kissing you too.”
She said and gave him a peck on the cheek. “Why don’t we get ready for bed?” He
choked out and went over to his dresser.
“Okay, can I borrow some clothes?” Naoto was already on the same page as her
and pulled out a pair of basketball shorts and a baggy blue shirt. “Thanks
Naoto!” She said and kissed him on the cheek before running off to the
bathroom. Naoto blushed wildly before he quickly got changed into his usual
plaid pants and t shirt. He laid on the bed and waited for Rise, as he waited
he thought about the kiss again.
It exceeded his imaginary standards he had gotten from books and it was so much
better since it was with the girl he was in love with. He looked down and saw
that he had made himself excited again. He laid on his side to hide the tent in
his pants. ‘This is going to take some getting use to.’  Rise opened the door
and came through holding the shorts he had given her. “Rise!” He shouted and
covered his eyes, the shirt seemed to cover what was underneath but he couldn’t
be to sure. “Sorry these shorts were too big, I’m just gonna wear this.” She
said and climbed into bed.
"I can get you something else.” He said matter a factly when she curled against
his chest. “But I’m already comfy.” She said and made sure he couldn’t move by
grabbing on to his shirt. He sighed and decided that it didn’t matter since
they weren’t going to do anything. He wrapped his arms around her and sighed in
contentment. He was simply listening to Rise’s breathing and enjoying her scent
when he felt her shake against him. He assumed she was cold so he pulled her
closer but her shaking only intensified.
He was afraid she was having a nightmare so he pulled back to look at her. What
he found was that Rise was trying to hold back her laughter. “Uh Rise?” He
asked and she couldn’t hold her laughter back anymore. It took her awhile to
calm down and be able to speak. “You- you’re poking me hehehehe!” She exclaimed
and and bursted into another fit of giggles. Naoto was trying to figure out
what she was talking about when she realized that he pressed his, front area,
against her. He quickly scooted back and hid under the covers.
Rise’s laughing halted and she went under the covers to look at him, "It’s okay
Naoto, I don’t mind.” She said cheerfully and it slightly helped Naoto’s mood.
"I’m sorry, I don’t really understand how to control it.” He explained and
lightly held her again, but he made sure to keep distance in between them. “Why
don’t you research it or ask the guys?” Rise offered and Naoto agreed that
research would help him greatly.
Rise closed the distance between them and Naoto was very aware that he was
touching her, “Rise!” He choked out as it felt good to have her against that
part of him. "I want to be able to hold you, does it bother you too much?” She
asked and sleepily looked him in the eyes. Naoto thought for a moment and
decided it’d be fine. "It’s alright, I just don’t want to bother you.” Rise
didn’t say anything and instead pulled him closer to her. It didn’t take her
long to fall asleep and he thought to himself ‘I really am lucky to have you.’
Chapter End Notes
     I hope you enjoyed the story and please tell me if you'd like to see
     more
***** Soup Challenge *****
Chapter Summary
     I'm continuing the story!...But I don't have a plot line, he he oops.
     It's mostly going to be the characters interacting and maybe I'll
     find some other dilemma to throw our heroes into. I'll be glad to
     hear some of your ideas if you'd like to see something in the story
     I hope you enjoy!
     I do not own Persona 4 or it's characters
The next morning Naoto woke up when he didn’t feel his girlfriend in his arms,
he cracked open his eyes to see Rise was sitting on the edge of the bed with
her back turned to him. She stretched her back and let out a sigh. She looked
back at Naoto and their eyes met, “Good morning, I didn’t know you were awake.”
She seemed rather cheerful in the morning. Naoto wasn’t a big morning person,
but waking up with her helped. "I woke up when I couldn’t feel you anymore.” He
said and sat up as well.
His comment made the starlet blush, “Good morning kiss?” She offered and Naoto
didn’t answer as he leaned forward. They met in the middle and kiss started off
sweet and soft before Naoto lightly bit her lower lip again. He ran his hands
over her sides again and she moaned softly against his mouth. Rise pulled away
before things got too heated, “You’re so frisky in the morning Naoto~” She
purred and wrapped her arms around him, she gave him a light peck on the cheek.
"I don’t want to go to school!” She said and tightened her hold around him.
He softly rubbed her back and kissed her exposed shoulder, causing her to
shudder “You’re going to come back correct?”, she nodded and leaned back to
look him in the eyes. "I won’t be able to leave if you keep touching and
kissing me.” Naoto chuckled at her silliness and got off the bed to go brush
his teeth. He tripped over his clothes from yesterday and his fatigue from
being in the Shadow world. Rise tried to catch him by wrapping her arms around
him, but the momentive shifted and they fell back onto the bed.
Naoto pushed himself of the bed to keep his weight off of Rise but she pulled
him back down. She wrapped her arms around him and closed her eyes, "I guess
it’s settled, I’ll being staying since you keep trapping me~” She teased and
Naoto pushed himself up, despite her wrapping her legs around his waist. He
stood up and Rise was still holding onto him, “Wow Naoto you’re really strong.”
She said while looking down at the floor, “Thank you, now you should be getting
ready for school. You can see me afterwards.” He promised and gave her a small
kiss. She let go of him and and she got changed in his bathroom. He walked her
down to the front door and had a small goodbye kiss. Naoto decided to continue
sleeping so he’d be able to heal faster.
He woke up to find Rise calling for him, “Naoto~ Everyone’s here to see you~”
She chimed and Teddie in his human form jumped onto of him, “Naoto! Don’t be
dead!” He yelled while shaking him. The rest of the group tried to pry the bear
off of him but he only let go when he spoke, “Please get off of me.” The bear’s
face lite up and he hopped off of him. Souji smiled warmly at him, “How are you
feeling?” Naoto felt guilty for what his shadow had said.
"I’m fine, I want to apologize to you for what transpired in the Tv world. I
want to make sure you know that I don’t hate you or anything of the sort. I was
simply jealous.” Naoto explained and averted his eyes. "It’s alright, I
understand that your shadow was twisting the truth.” Naoto was glad he
understood. “We brought you food Nao-kun~” Teddie said and pull out a can of
chicken noodle soup. His eyes widened and he smiled softly at his friends,
“Thank you very much.”, Yukiko spoke up next to him. "It’s no problem, we also
planned on cooking it for you.”
Yosuke had a worried look on his face, "I don’t think he can handle you guys’
cooking.” He said and his expression turned pained. “Hey! Our cooking isn’t
that bad! And we’re just going to heat up the soup.” Chie said in her defense.
Naoto chuckled at the exchange and thought back at how many times he had been
warned not to eat the girls cooking. He wondered if it really was that bad. "I
don’t mind if you want to make homemade soup.” He offered and there was silence
among the group.
Rise broke it by hugging him and squealing, "I’ll make you the best soup ever
so you’ll get better!” Naoto smiled at his bubbly love and the guys of the
group looked worried. “We’ll have the girls and Souji make soup, and just so
you’ll feel better we’ll have a bucket on stand by.” Yosuke said and Chie hit
him in the stomach “Don’t worry Naoto it’ll be fine.” She tried to reassure
him, but he felt a bit uneasy as to what he agreed to. “Let’s go to Junes and
pick out ingredients, we’ll come back and cook here.” Rise said and everyone
began to leave.
“Hold on you guys, I’ll be out in a minute.” Rise said before closing and
locking the door to his room. Naoto gulped and she tackled him to the bed, she
held him tightly. He stroked her back and kissed the top of her head, "I missed
you.” She whined and kissed him. They kept the kiss short since the group was
waiting for her. "I promise I’ll make a soup that will help you get better.”
She said softly and kissed his cheek before leaving him alone.
Naoto migrated to the living room and idly watched television as he waited for
the energetic group to return. He was about to flip the channel when a
commercial featuring Rise came on. She was wearing some sort of bikini swimsuit
and was advertising an energy drink. The shot cut to her drinking it and some
of the liquid ran down her neck. Naoto couldn’t help but watch, but he jumped
off the couch when he heard someone clear their throat behind him.
Yosuke gave him a knowing look, “Geez you’re dating her now, you don’t have to
resort to watching her ads.” He teased and Naoto felt like dying. “N- no it’s
not like that.” He tried to defend himself but he knew it looked pretty bad.
Rise just giggled and leaned close to his ear, "I can give you a private show
later~” She whispered and sauntered off. Naoto’s face flushed when he thought
about what she meant by private show. “Wow I’ve never seen Naoto so red!” Chie
said and stared at him. He could hear Rise’s laugh from the kitchen.
He waited in the living room with Kanji, Teddie and Yosuke as the others
cooked. Yosuke began to ask very personal questions. “So Naoto, have you and
Rise done anything yet?” He asked with a perverted tone. Kanji tried to put a
stop to the conversation, “Dude! Don’t ask stuff like that.” But unfortunately
he was out numbered when Teddie decided to take Yosuke's side. “Yeah, c’mon
Nao-kun I want all the juicy details~” Naoto tried to stay silent.
Teddie huffed, “If you don’t tell me then I’ll ask Rise.” He was about to walk
off and Naoto grew worried that Rise might say something about last night or
make a fabricated lie about them having sex. He grabbed onto Teddie’s arm,
“Nothing happened.” He said a bit too quickly for it to be true. All of them
were interested, "If nothing happened then you wouldn’t mind if he asked Rise.”
Yosuke pointed out. Naoto tried to think of something to cover up his slip when
Souji called from the kitchen.
“We’re finished and bringing it over.” And the others brought out four
different bowls of soup, all looking completely different. Chie insisted that
he try her’s first. "It’s beef, you won’t be able to get better unless you get
real meat in you.” It looked innocent enough, it had cubes of beef and chopped
up vegetables in a brown broth. The smell was something completely different
though, it was something of rotten eggs and dirty gym socks. He hesitantly
raised the spoon up to his mouth and ate it.
It was fine for about two seconds before the real flavor hit, it tasted like
dirt and burnt charcoal. The meat was very dry and overcooked, somehow the
vegetables were totally fine. He looked at her and couldn’t help but sugar coat
it. "It’s a bit overcooked, but it’s good. I really like the vegetables.” To
prove his point he ate another carrot. Chie seemed happy with his answer.
Yosuke grabbed a spoon and took a bite as well, he made a face but didn’t say
anything when Naoto glared at him.
Yukiko went next. "I made classic chicken noodle soup.” Her’s looked fine as
well, it was chopped chicken and noodles with some veggies as well. There was
no odor however which worried him. He ate a spoon full and for a second he
thought he had put an empty spoon in his mouth, but when he bit into a piece of
chicken he knew that wasn’t the case. He took a few more bites before looking
over to Yukiko, "It’s a bit bland but some salt and pepper will fix that.” He
said and was relieved when she was still smiling. Kanji took a spoonful and
agreed, “Yeah a bit bland, but not bad.”
“Rise why don’t you go next?” Teddie suggested but she shook her head, “Oh no I
want to go last, Souji can go next.” His was the same as Yukiko's, where it was
chicken noodle soup. It had a nice smell to it and Naoto took a bite. His eyes
widened at how good it tasted, “This is great, I had no clue you could cook so
well.” The older boy smiled at his compliment, "I’m glad you like it.” At this
point everyone took a spoon and ate a bit, all of them agreeing that it was
very good.
Rise smiled as she gave him her bowl, “Since you’re so mature I made it with
shrimp.” She said gleefully. It was in a creamy white broth and true to her
word he could see some shrimp floating around as well as some chives and other
ingredients. Yosuke had warned him that Rise’s food tended to be very spicy, so
he took a smaller spoonful. When he ate the chowder he was pleasantly
surprised, though it had some spice at the end it wasn’t bad at all. The broth
was just the right consistency and it had a mellow taste, the shrimp helped
flavor it and were cooked perfectly.
The whole room looked at him expectantly to have some reaction to the chowder.
He looked over to Rise, "It’s really good, I do like the shrimp as well.” He
said and had another spoonful, causing the idol to smile so brightly he was
worried about being blinded. “Wait wait, it’s good?” Yosuke asked in disbelief.
Naoto simply nodded as he continued to eat the chowder. The others huddled
around the bowl and all had a taste. They were all shocked to find that it was
actually edible. “Who are you and what have you done to Rise?” Yosuke asked
after eating the soup.
Rise huffed and crossed her arms over her chest, “Hey, my cooking’s not that
bad.” Chie rolled her eyes, “Oh really cause last time Yukiko passed out from
your cooking, so how is this so good?” Rise had a mischievous smile on her
face, “I asked Souji for help.” The girls were in an uproar saying that she
cheated. Naoto smiled at his girlfriend's antics and ate the rest of the
chowder. Rise leaned her head against his shoulder and held onto his arm, “So
you really liked it?” She asked with hopeful eyes.
“Of course, even if you did have help. I finished it all as well.” Rise smiled
and kissed him on the cheek, causing the detective to check if anyone in the
room saw them. When he saw that no one was looking he pressed a kiss to her
temple. The starlet sighed happily and they all talked amongst each other until
it was dark out and everyone promised to return the next day.
Naoto settled down on the couch and knew he’d have to clean the kitchen after
all the cooking that occurred. He sighed as he still felt tired, he started to
make his way over to the kitchen when he felt a familiar pair of arms wrap
around his stomach. "I thought you had left.” He said and turned to look at the
idol. She pouted at him, “Do you want me to leave?” He shooked his head and
kissed her softly. “No I just didn’t know if you were staying or not.” The idol
let him go and walked in front of him, she ran her fingers through his hair.
"I’ll stay for as long as you’ll let me.” She said and kissed him.
The kiss was heated as she took the lead again. She had a thought and slowly
bit his lower lip, causing the detective to moan in her mouth. ‘So that’s what
that feels like.’ He pulled away quickly so he wouldn’t get too excited. "I
have to clean the kitchen.” He said so she wouldn’t try anything and to remind
himself what he should be taking care of. Rise held his hand and they both
walked into the kitchen, "I’ll help you.” She started washing the dishes and
handing them to Naoto to put away. They stayed silent for the most part, the
only noise was the clinking of dishes and Rise’s humming.
The two finished fairly quickly and Rise already had an idea of what she wanted
to do. She aggressively tugged the detective up into his room and as soon as
the door shut she pinned him against the way and started kissing him. She was
still feeling the after effects of their earlier kissing and wanted Naoto so
much. She gripped tightly onto his hair and the other hand grabbed a fistful of
his shirt. Naoto’s mind was muddled by the idols vigorous kisses, he moaned
into her mouth and she took the opportunity to snake her tongue inside.
They continued their heated kiss when Rise pulled away and leaned their
foreheads together. “That was unexpected.” The detective said as she pulled him
towards the bed. Her lust had settled a bit and now she just felt like being
held by him. “Sorry, I got kinda riled up.” She said while blushing brightly.
Naoto simply chuckled in response. He wrapped his arms around her and rested
his chin on her shoulder. “Would you like to borrow my clothes again?” He said
softly. She giggled when his breath tickled her. “Yeah, next time I’ll bring
clothes.” He pulled away and grabbed another shirt and this time a pair of
pajama pants.
“I don’t mind, I have plenty of clothes.” He handed her the clothes and she
left to get changed. While she was in the bathroom room he threw on a new pair
of pajama pants and was about to put on another shirt when Rise walked in. She
came up beside him before playfully smacking his butt, “Looking good Naoto~”
she purred before laying on the bed. The detective was blushing badly and in
his haste to get dressed he put the shirt on inside out and had to take it off
to fix it.
Rise giggled loudly at his fumbling and held her arms open for him. The two
held each other and talk softly. “I wonder what your fans would think if they
knew you weren’t so calm and cool as you make them think.” She joked and
nuzzled into his neck. “I can only imagine they would be more attracted to me
as most of the letters I ever bothered to read had something to say about
‘defrosting my frozen heart.” He explained causing her to giggle. “I can
imagine, but if they got to know you they’d realize that your heart was never
frozen, just hidden.” She said from her own experience.
“What would your fans think if they knew you were taken?” Naoto asked. “We’ll
just have to see when we go public.” She sighed happily. He felt his heart
started to beat faster and made sure he heard her correctly, “You want to go
public?” She looked up him and was smiling softly. “Of course I do, I’m proud
of being with you. Plus it’ll show your fans you’re off the market.” Rise said
the last part sharply. Naoto couldn’t repress his laughter as the idol flushed.
“Why are you laughing?” She asked and tried to hide her face in his neck. “I’m
just glad I’m not the only one who was jealous.” He said and kissed the top of
her head.
“Of course I got jealous, I was ready to slap that girl from before.” She
getting angry thinking about it. Naoto laughed at her antics but realized they
felt similarly. “When I get better I’m going to a doctor to see if there are
any repercussions.” He pressed another kiss to her temple. “I’ll come with you
it you want.” She offered and he smiled brightly.“I’d like that.” He said
softly and closed his eyes. She watched as his face relaxed and he looked like
he was at peace. She leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to his lips, she
lingered for a moment before pulling back. Rise sighed happily and cuddled her
boyfriend.The next few days were interesting when the investigation team was
constantly in his household after school and his girlfriend would try to spend
most nights with him.
***** Check Up *****
Chapter Summary
     This is the dreaded dirty chapter dun dun dun! Well not really but i
     promised i'd give fair warning if i wrote anything dirty, so this is
     my warning: This chapter contains male masturbation, if you do not
     like that then please skip over the part where i have put warnings.
     This chapter does have some important information but you can skip
     over the dirty part. I hope you enjoy the chapter nonetheless
     I do not own Persona 4 or it's characters
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
On Saturday, Naoto brought up going to the doctor to the group. “But we’ve
already gone to the doctor before.” Souji pointed out and Yosuke chuckled and
added. “Yeah last time you took your measurements so we couldn’t see.” Naoto
rolled his eyes, “It somewhat pertains to that.” He said and stood up, Rise
grabbed onto his hand. “Are you doing what I think you’re doing?” She asked
worriedly. “Hold on, what are ya talkin about?” Kanji asked. “When I accepted
my shadow this last time, I underwent a physical change.” He explained.
“What do you mean?” Souji asked and eyed him suspiciously. “After I arrived
home I found that I had physically become male.” He explained and the whole
room went silent. Yosuke laughed out nervously but when Naoto didn’t react he
stopped. “You’re not kidding?” He shook his head, “I can show you evidence if
it is required.” Again a silence flooded the room. “W-what do you m-mean by
‘evidence’?” Chie stuttered and everyone stared at her. “I can simply remove my
shirt, I’m not making this sexual.” the detective explained.
Everyone’s eyes were boring into his form and it felt like they were trying to
see through his clothes. He sighed and looked at his girlfriend with
questioning eyes, “Should I show them?” Rise looked conflicted, she knew they
probably wouldn’t believe him without proof, “If you’re comfortable.” She
noticed that he had an unwavering confidence in his eyes and that made her
heart swell. He breathed deeply before grabbing the hem of his shirt and slowly
lifted it up. The others gasped as he completely removed his shirt.
“Woah man that’s insane!” Yosuke said and the others agreed. “How is that even
possible?” Yukiko asked in awe. “Wow Nao-kun you look really good!” Teddie
complimented causing Naoto to blush from all the attention. Rise noticed that
Kanji had a bloody nose, “Kanji you’re bleeding!” She shouted causing Chie to
scream and push him off the couch. Naoto noticed and grabbed a box of tissues,
“Are you alright?” He asked while trying to help the blonde up, but his nose
bleed intensified and he passed out.
Naoto put down the tissues next to the passed out thug and went back to sit
beside Rise. She looped their arms together and leaned her head on him. “I need
to put my shirt back on.” Naoto said and tried to remove the brunette. “Don’t
you want to show off how hot you are?” She teased and stole his shirt. “Rise it
is cold, I will simply go up stairs to get another shirt if you don’t give that
one back.” She pouted but gave him the shirt back. “You’re no fun.”
Souji spoke up after a long thought process, “Alright I understand why you want
to go to the doctor now, but how do we explain your situation?” Naoto finished
putting on his shirt, “I know a doctor that is in my debt for proving him
innocent in court, he won’t say anything since he was also under the impression
I was physically male.” Kanji groaned from the floor and got up. He cleaned up
his blood and tuned back into the conversation. “What are we talking about?” he
asked and made sure to avoid eye contact with the blue haired boy.
“We’re going to the doctor to check up on Naoto and see if anyone else
changed.” Souji explained. Yosuke hummed thoughtfully, “Hey Rise? Since Naoto
doesn’t have them anymore why don’t you tell us what his cup size was?” Rise
was about to yell at him when Naoto stood up and walked over to the perverted
brunette. “Huh?” He asked and Naoto grabbed his arm and flipped him onto his
back. The detective silently went back to sit down next to his squealing
girlfriend.
“Well that was sudden.” Souji said calmly while Chie and Yukiko were laughing
together. Teddie and Kanji were trying to poke the brunette who seemed too
stunned to react. “It was a little revenge that I’ve been waiting for.” He said
and adjusted his hat. “Alright so when will we be going?” Souji asked and poked
Yosuke. “Any time is fine, we could go today if everyone is fine with that.”
Naoto explained. “Yeah I’m cool with it.” Chie said and everyone else
agreed.“Alright, then we can get going now.” He said and got up, Souji had to
pull up Yosuke and they all left.
They all followed Naoto to the same hospital from last time.The went up to the
desk, “Hello i’d like to speak with Dr. Shannon please.” Naoto said and the
woman recognized him, “Oh but of course, one moment please.” She said excitedly
and used the phone. She hung up and looked at the group, “Go into room 207 and
he’ll be waiting for you.” She smiled and pointed towards the room. The group
stopped in front of the door and saw a nurse leaving the room and looking very
disheveled. She blushed and hid her face as she rushed past them.
Naoto entered the room and they saw a doctor tucking in his shirt, He was on
the tall side and pretty lanky, he had dark hair and tan skin. He also had a
pair of glasses on. “You haven’t changed a bit.” He said and the doctor looked
at him sheepishly. “You’ve changed quite a bit now haven’t you? You’ve grown up
into such a fine man and you seemed to have made some friends, that’s new.” The
doctor said with a familiar tone and washed his hands. “Yes I suppose a lot has
changed.” Naoto said simply while the other group watched their interactions.
“How can I help you?” The doctor said and sat down on a rolling chair.
“I would like for you to give my acquaintances and I physical exams. We want to
make sure we’re all healthy.” Naoto said and gestured to the investigation
team. The doctor blinked and pushed up his glasses. “That’s surprising, I had
expected something bigger. Oh well, I won’t complain. Who’s first?” The doctor
said and motioned to a screen for someone to step behind. “Before any of us are
examined I’d like all files of this to be in my possession and for you not to
say a word about this.” Naoto said with authority.
The doctor laughed, “Of course, I’ll make sure all physical copies stay with
you and I won’t use any electronic records.” He smiled softly at the young
detective. “Also I would like you to keep in mind we are all underage, even
Kanji who is actually the youngest.” He motioned to the blonde who was more
than confused. The doctor seemed surprised as well. “Wow that’s amazing, he’s
huge. But alright I’ll stay professional.” The doctor said and motioned for
Kanji to step behind the screen. The thug was more than against it.
“Woah hold on! Why do ya gotta tell him I’m underage!” The thug said while
almost tripping over his own two feet. “Dr. Shannon is bisexual and since I’ve
known him he’s had relations with patients. It’s information that I withhold
and that makes him indebted to me.” He explained and the doctor sheepishly
rubbed the back of his neck. “Yeah, I’ve gotten better and only do it with my
assistant now too. And don’t say that like that’s the only reason I help you,
we’re friends aren’t we?” The doctor said and clapped a hand over the detective
shoulder.
Naoto shrugged off his hand and scoffed at him. “Do not draw your own
conclusions. Please do not worry about him, he won’t try anything with anyone
underage.” He assured the group and they nervously began the examinations.
Kanji was the first and had been nervous the whole time. “Uh hey can I ask you
something?” he asked as the doctor examined his eyes. “Go ahead.” the doctor
said casually. “How do you, like know?” He asked quietly. “Hmm? Oh well I’ve
experimented and found that I like men and women. If you have similar thoughts
you can always experiment, there’s nothing wrong with it. Oh just be safe.” And
with that Kanji decided he liked this doctor, even when he handed him condoms.
The next to go up was Yukiko, who was somewhat skittish after the first
impression she got from him. “Do you have a lot of stress in your life?” He
asked while checking her blood pressure, she blushed. “Well I suppose, I help
my family run the Amagi inn.” She didn’t want to make a big deal of her
working. “Oh alright, maybe take some time off. Your blood pressure is just a
bit higher than normal and a few days rest will fix that.” He said warmly and
continued the examination. Despite her first impression she warmed up to him.
Yosuke had to be forced to go since he was anxious. The doctor immediately
picked up on this and tried to reassure him. “Don’t worry, nothing will happen.
This is a professional setting and if my sexuality really bothers you that much
maybe you aren’t so comfortable in your own.” The doctor said somewhat smugly
causing the other to become angry. “I’m fine with my sexuality.” The brunette
said and it seemed more like he was trying to convince himself more he the
doctor. He simply rolled his eyes under the glasses, “Sure you are, just
remember that there’s nothing wrong with not being straight.” He said and
Yosuke felt slightly bad for making fun of Kanji.
Teddie had happily gone through the examination with no ill will towards the
doctor. ‘How refreshing.’ He thought as Teddie did most of the talking between
the two of them. “Then I had to go and find my costumes head! They were trying
to sell it!” The doctor found him very nice and friendly, something he hoped
rubbed off on Naoto. “Did you get it back?” He asked and wrote down the
information. “Yeah but some kids had gotten scared of it just being the head!”
Dr. Shannon knew the blonde was a sure fire lady killer, something the two had
in common. “How do you score with girls?” He asked the doctor who laughed at he
had worded it. “You treat them with respect and be kind, it also helps if you
have a great smile.” The bear absorbed all the information and when he smile
the doctor saw sparkles around him. ‘Yep definite lady killer.’
Chie didn’t make a big fuss about going to see the doctor and she was more
relaxed then the others. “You have really strong muscles, do you work out a
lot?” The doctor said in awe and probed lightly at her arms. “Yeah I do.” The
brunette said proudly. “You must also eat a lot of protein to keep up with
them.” The doctor said and inspected her collarbone to find something
interesting. “Yeah I eat a lot of beef, it’s my favorite.” She said happily and
squeaked when the doctor touched the purple splotch on her skin. “I’m sure your
girlfriend appreciates it.” He said brightly and Chie blushed and didn’t speak
for the rest of the exam. Even with her she grew to like how casual and nice he
was.
Souji was confident and didn’t care at all about the doctors choices. “Do you
dye your hair?” The doctor asked while touching it lightly. “No, it’s just
naturally gray.” The doctor shrugged, “Alright, I’m not going to think about
that too hard since Naoto’s hair is naturally blue.” The two chuckled softly
together. “How do you know him?” The doctor asked while checking inside the
others ear. “We go to the same school.”
The doctor smiled warmly, “I’m glad he could make friends.” Souji was surprised
by how caring the doctor seemed. “How did you two meet?” He asked in return.
“He kicked my ass when he was under the impression I had relations with an
underage woman but that wasn’t the case since I make sure all my partners are
legal. He found this out and defended me in court, so now I owe him.” Despite
what he said the doctor still had a fond tone in his voice. Souji could see why
others would like him so much.
Rise was surprisingly shy when she had her exam. She had always gone to the
same doctor when she was an idol, she was a married female so this felt odd.
“You really do have an idols body.” The doctor said casually but Rise didn’t
take it that way. “What does that mean?” She didn’t want to be harassed by the
doctor. He held up his hands to try a calm her. “I didn’t mean it in a sexual
way, I just meant that as in you being very petite. I find it fascinating that
people can stay small with all the dancing they do.” He said and slowly
approached the brunette with his stethoscope. The brunette felt flattered but
still was on guard.
“I also find it interesting that someone as happy go lucky as you hangs out
with Naoto, he’s a good kid but not very social.” He said and took her
measurements. “Well he was pretty cold in the beginning but after a while he
warmed up to us.” She said softly. ‘He talks about Naoto like a parent.’ “So
he’s been doing well? That’s good to hear.” He said and Rise noticed the smile
he had. “Yeah, he’s been really happy lately.” She said and thought back at his
smiling face. The doctor laughed at the look on her face. “Just make sure he
treats you well.” He said and winked at her, the brunette decided maybe he
wasn’t that bad.
Naoto had decided to go last and the doctor decided to make chitchat with him.
“They all are relatively healthy, which is good. The only thing I can possibly
be worried about is how skinny your friend with the pigtails is. But she’s an
idol correct?” The doctor said while checking his blood pressure. “Yes she is a
former idol, is it something dangerous?” The detective allowed some of his
worry to leak through
“Aw your girlfriend?” The doctor asked and pinched the others cheek. “Yes, she
is. Now answer my question.” The blue haired boy said while rubbing his sore
cheek. “As long as she’s eating normally and that’s how it’s always been then
it’s fine.” He explained and looked over the others shirtless body. ‘Last time
he didn’t take off any of his clothes so I couldn’t do a full examination.’ The
doctor mused.
“That’s good. Is there anything else of interest?” Naoto asked while the doctor
prodded at his ribs. “Yeah, are all your friends gay?” He asked and Naoto
sputtered. “What?” He was well aware that most of them had homosexual
tendencies but he wasn’t sure how Dr. Shannon deduced that. “Yes, for the most
part they are homosexuals.” He said simply and the doctor had to laugh. “Yeah
and they’re pretty bad at hiding it too.” Naoto agreed with him wholeheartedly.
“Now I need you to remove you pants.” The doctor said while looking over his
information. “What!?” He croaked loudly. He had shouted so loudly that the
others heard him from the other side of the room. “Everything okay?” Souji
asked without moving closer, he wasn’t sure what to expect. “Yes, everything is
fine.” the detective said somewhat hesitantly. “I need to check for testicular
cancer, the last time I ever gave you an exam you didn’t remove any clothing so
I couldn’t do it then.” The Shirogane wanted to hit the doctor, but he knew it
was better to be safe then sorry.
After a particularly awkward few minutes he put his pants back on. The doctor
pulled back the curtain when Naoto had finished getting dressed and rolled over
to the group. “I have found some small things, but I’ve already addressed them
with you all. Other than those small nitpicks, everyone is healthy and fine.”
He organized the files into a folder and handed them to Naoto. The detective
opened it to look for something when he saw some foil wrappers on the inside.
His mouth was agape when he picked up one of them and looked at the wrapping.
It was plaid and blue and had a circled on the inside, he could tell exactly
what they were.
“What is the meaning of this?!” Naoto asked angrily while showing the doctor
the foil wrapper. He sighed and pushed up his glasses again, “I tried to be
discreet. You have such a lovely girlfriend and I want you two to be safe.”
Rise blushed when seeing the wrapper. ‘It’s kinda big.’ She thought and buried
her face in her hands. Teddie grabbed the condom from him and started looking
at it. “What is it?” He asked and tried sniffing it. The doctor didn’t hesitate
to tell him, “It’s a condom. It’s used to prevent sexually transmitted
infections from spreading and help lower the chances of pregnancy.”
“What’s pregnancy?” The bear asked again, surprising the doctor greatly he
decided to simply his explanation, “It’s where babies come from.” He said and
the bear had a look of realization. “Dude stop talking about that stuff!”
Yosuke yelled and looked at the condom as well. “This is freaking me out!” He
yelled while Kanji got another nose bleed, “Does this fit?” He asked to himself
but accidentally said out loud. “Oh yes, i made sure when i gave Naoto a full
examination.” Kanji’s nosebleed got worse and Dr. Shannon handed him tissues.
“I was going to give you all condoms, but I was afraid of offending you.” The
doctor said and Naoto called him out on it. “Like hell! I don’t need these!” He
was flustered and tried throwing them back to the doctor. Dr. Shannon looked at
him in awe and stood up and hugged the blue haired male. “That’s the first time
i’ve seen you get so flustered. I’m so proud.” Naoto was getting redder by the
second as everyone was looking at the spilled condoms and noticing the size. He
let his emotions get the best of him and flipped the doctor onto his back,
similar to what he did to Yosuke.
The doctor was dazed on the floor but he was laughing as well. “If i knew you'd
react like this then i would have given you condoms a long time ago!” The
doctor was holding his sides from laughing so hard. Naoto calmed himself, “I
suppose i was being childish.” He helped the doctor up who didn’t seemed fazed
at all from the group's antics. “You can be mature and responsible by accepting
them.” The doctor said and handed him another handful of blue foiled condoms in
his size. “Why are they blue?” Yukiko asked as she let her curiosity get the
best of her.
He pushed up his glasses again, “To match him of course.” The detective turned
red again and put away the condoms while gripping tightly onto the files.
“Thank you for your help but there is one last thing i wish to speak to you
about.” The group looked at him worriedly, “Sure, what seems to be the
problem?” He sat back into his chair. “This is a classified matter, may we
speak somewhere more private?” The doctor nodded in understanding and they went
back behind the curtain on the other side of the room. “What’s troubling you?”
His voice is quiet and filled with worry.
“It’s about a similar situation to those condoms, i would like to…” He trailed
off as he thought about how to word this. “I would like a sperm count.” The
doctor had a surprised look on his face and he sighed out in relief. “Oh god i
thought you were going to tell me you were dying.” He said and held onto the
younger's shoulders. “Alright we can arrange that, we can get the sample now
and we’ll have to do lab tests. For this we need to use electronic records but
i will erase them after i’ve given you the results. Is that fine?”
The young detective nodded and the doctor handed him a small plastic bag that
had a container in it. “Just go into the bathroom over there and put a sample
in there.” He said it as if it was so simple. “There should be magazines in
there if you need them, just check under the sink.” Then walked back over to
the group. “You all can leave, I’m going to go through a few more tests.” Naoto
said vaguely. Souji shook his head, “We’ll stay here for you.” He said
assuringly. “It’s fine, you all can go.” He said with a bit more force.
“Nah man, we gotta stick together!” Kanji said and tried to comfort the
detective. “Yeah Naoto we’re here for you.” Rise said comfortingly. The young
detective knew there was no way out of it without raising suspicions and they
would probably stalk him if he came back. “Alright, if you’ll excuse me i’ll be
back in a moment.” He left into the bathroom and quickly closed the door. He
sighed, he didn’t even know how to do this. He hadn’t touched himself at all.
Other than if he was using the restroom or when he was adjusting himself. He
placed the container on the sink and glanced around.
He thought it’d be best if he tried to get aroused and then go on from there.
He picked up one of the magazines and browsed through it. It was of scantily
clad women that had on different lingerie. It really didn’t turn him on at all
so he put it down and picked up another one. Again it was similar to last one
but instead they were wearing different costumes that were vaguely connected to
the original sources. He sighed as he realized that he was going to take a
while.
He looked over the covers of the magazines and found one about Rise. His eyes
widened and he felt guilty for opening it. His mouth went dry as he stared at
the provocative pictures. The blue haired detective felt himself get turned on
and he placed the magazine down. He leaned his back against the wall and closed
his eyes. He undid his pants and pulled them so they were on his thighs, his
underwear followed suit. He trailed his hands down his lower stomach and gently
pet the blue happy trail he had.
He chuckled to himself when he realized that even his hair down there had
naturally been neat and short. He went lower and lightly brushed his fingers
over his manhood. He shuddered at the feeling and gently gripped around the
base. He stroked himself slowly and with light pressure. He let out a shaky
breath as he hardened and enjoyed the pleasure. He let his head fall back on
the wall and fastened his pace on his fully hardened length. He moaned softly
and put more pressure. He tilted his head to the side as he imagined the idol
touching him.
He pictured her pressed up against him and trailing her fingers over his chest.
Moving down his stomach and her nails softly running over his skin. Her lips
kisses over his neck and ear and sucking lightly on his skin. He groaned as he
could almost feel her for real. ‘God this sensation is incredible.’ He imagined
her touching him and he moaned out her name. His pleasure over rided his guilt
as he softly rocked against his hand.
He felt an odd warmth and pressure building in his lower abdomen. It took him a
moment to understand what it meant. He grabbed the cup off from the sink and
prepared himself to release. His body felt like it was waiting for something
and then it hit him. He felt like his body released all the stress and tension.
His body was warm all over and had a pleasant tingling sensation. His mind was
fogged over and he slowly came down from his high. ‘I can see why people do
this often.’ He mused to himself. He found his body was lethargic and lax as he
placed the cup down on the sink. He put himself away and went over to the
mirror to look at himself.
The detective would have cringed at his appearance if he didn’t feel so good.
His hair was messy and sticking to his forehead. His skin was flushed and
sweaty. He looked at his eyes and noticed that they were dilated. He sighed and
ran his fingers through his hair. He cleaned himself up and put everything
away. ‘I’m sorry Rise, I’ll apologize to you later.’ He had to brace himself
before opening the door to see everyone talking and asking Dr. Shannon
questions.
The doctor noticed his arrival and gave him a knowing look. The detective kept
calm as he handed the hidden sample to the man, “Thank you, the results should
come in a few days.” Naoto grabbed the documents again and saw that no one in
the group seemed aware of what he had done. “Thank you for taking the time to
do this and for keeping it confidential.” The doctor smiled at him, “No
problem, you know you’re always welcome.” The rest of the group started making
their way to the door. “Goodbye Dr. Shannon, please email me the results.” The
doctor walked with them. “Of course, oh and don’t forget your condoms.” He said
happily and handing the detective foil squares. The detective shot him a glare
and snatched the condoms out of his hand.
They made their way back to Naoto’s house and relaxed for awhile. “We should go
somewhere to celebrate us all being in good health.” Souji said out of no
where. “That sounds like a great idea!” Teddie said loudly. “But where would we
go?” Yukiko asked and began to think of wear to go as well. Rise stood up full
of energy. “I know! Let’s go to a nightclub!” The group looked at her like she
was crazy. “After what happened last time?” Yosuke asked in disbelief, but the
idol just nodded.
“Yeah there’s a nightclub in Okina and i have connections.” She stuck out her
hip and gave them a peace sign. “I think it’s a fine idea.” Souji said and that
was enough to convince everyone. The blue haired boy sighed, “It’ll be fine,
but no alcohol. Understood?” The group groaned and Rise wrapped her arms around
him. “Please Naoto, we just want to have fun!” the detective wanted to stay
adamant but the idol kept trying to persuade him. “We’ll behave and you can
tell us when to stop.” He felt his resistance slowly withered away. He sighed,
“Alright I’ll this only once and I’ll be in charge of how much everyone will
consume.” The group cheered and thanked the young detective.
Everyone went back home and decided they would leave after school. Rise stayed
the night again and Naoto decided to tell her about what had happened. “Here
I’m going to change.” She said and grabbed her bag of extra clothes. “Alright,
but first i need to tell you something.” He took her hands and sat down on his
bed. “What is it Naoto?” She asked worriedly, she was thinking of the worst
situation. “I have a confession to make.” Her eyes widened.
“You’re gay?” She asked and Naoto pressed his face into his hand. “No i am not,
quite the opposite actually.” He assured her. She nodded and waited patiently.
“Today when i engaged in other lab tests i was having a sperm count,” He
blushed and gauged the idols reaction. She was blushing as well but didn’t say
anything. “While acquiring a sample i used one of your magazines to become
aroused and i thought about you during the act. I profusely apologize for this
invasion of your privacy.” He said and was very remorseful.
He looked away and was scared when she didn’t respond. He looked up at her
again and found her holding back laughter. “Why are you laughing? Aren’t you
mad?” He asked and she laughed out loudly. “No I’m not mad Naoto! That’s
perfectly natural and I don’t really mind if it’s you.” She said reassuringly
and smiled at him with red cheeks. The detective grew flustered but he felt
relieved. The brunette knew that he was very shy and didn’t have much
experience with sex, but this was a whole new level.
She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and touched their foreheads together.
“How are you feeling?” She asked softly. He held onto her waist and smiled,
“Good, I’m sorry for worrying you.” She giggled and leaned in to kiss him. The
kiss was soft and sweet, something Naoto needed it. He had felt guilty all day
for what had happened and this made him feel better. Rise pulled them closer
together and ended up sitting in his lap. She ran her hand through his hair
causing him to sigh in contentment. Naoto’s thumbs rubbed circles on her hips.
The idol deepened the kiss by forcing her tongue into his mouth. He moaned
softly into her mouth and the two fought for dominance. It was a slow and
sensual dance as the two held each other. The brunette pulled away and moved
her lips to the young Shirogane’s neck. She pressed a kiss lightly to his ear,
“What did you imagine?’ He shuddered and flushed when he thought back on it. “I
simply imagined you touching me.” He whispered and bowed his head. ‘He’s so
cute!’ The idol thought to herself and gave him a peck on the cheek.
“Do you want me to?” She asked while running a hand down his chest. The young
Shirogane froze and all his thoughts stopped. He made a strangled noise and
felt light headed. Rise leaned back and looked at his shocked face. He tried to
say something but all that came out was broken sentences. “Naoto you need to
breath.” She joked as the detective was totally still. She eased off his lap
and waved a hand close to his face. “Naoto?” He jumped and blushed widly. “Y-
yes?” He tried to not look at her as he pulled down his hat.
“Are you okay?” She asked while rubbing his back. “Yes, I was surprised by your
comment.” He explained and went to his drawers. He brought back some clothes
for himself and sat back down beside her. She leaned her head on his shoulder,
“You know i was joking right?” ‘I wouldn’t mind if you want to.’ She mused as
the detective leaned his head on hers. “I figured as much, but it still shocked
me.” He explained and interlaced his fingers with hers.
“I could tell.” She teased and kissed him on the cheek. He smiled at the
affection and squeezed her hand in response. “Why don’t we get ready for bed?”
He offered and he went into the bathroom to get changed. He came back and saw
that she was already getting comfortable in bed. He smiled softly at her and
laid behind her, “Goodnight Rise.” He said and held her hand again. She closed
her eyes and enjoyed their closeness. “Goodnight sweetheart, I love you.” The
detective blushed at the nickname. He snuggled closer and whispered in her ear,
“I love you too.”
Chapter End Notes
     Thank you for reading my story and i'm glad you all are enjoying it,
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     the story.
***** Going Clubbing *****
Chapter Summary
     I'm running out of ideas ;-; If i can't come up with anything else
     then I'll have to end the story. I'm sorry if i can't think of
     anything else, but if you'll allow me to have more time for the next
     update and i can come up with more to write then i'll continue the
     story. I just can't update daily like i've been doing. So if any of
     you have any ideas then i'll be happy to try and implement them.
     Warning: This contains underage drinking.
     I do not own Persona 4 or it's characters
Chapter Notes
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After school the group hopped on their motorcycles and made their way over to
Okina, except for Kanji who rode his bike and Teddie who used his rollerskates
like before. During the ride there Chie had challenged Yosuke to a race. The
two had also tried to convince the others to race as well, but before they
started Naoto shut them down. “I’d prefer if we stay safe and no one gets
injured.” He said. “Yeah it’s probably not that good of an idea…” Yosuke said
before speeding off.
He laughed as the other sped up as well to catch up with him. The blue haired
detective sighed but gave in and sped up as well. “Hey wait! You too!?” He
heard the blonde thug behind him yell. The young Shirogane couldn’t deny that
it was fun to feel the wind rushing past him and try to get past the others.
The winner of the ‘race’ was Souji who had simply went past Chie and Yosuke who
were arguing.
They parked their motorcycles in front of a brightly lit up building that had
music blasting. They went in to see people dancing and drinking amongst
themselves. The music and lights were even more intense on the inside and they
walked up to the bar. “I’ll be right back~” The idol said and started talking
to who they assumed was the owner of the club. She came back a few minutes
later smiling happily. “Since i know the owner we’re getting a private room and
everythings free!” She said and led them to a secluded room.
“Wow you’ve got connections everywhere!” Chie said in awe. The idol giggled and
they observed the room. It was a red room that had black leather couches and a
large coffee table in the middle. There was also a small food elevator on the
other side of the room. Overall it was seemed a bit shady, but that was
expected. Rise immediately went over to the food elevator, “Hey guys what do
you want?” Teddie went over and saw an electronic menu posted next to the
elevator. “Ooh get everything!” He said and started pushing all of the buttons.
She didn’t bother stopping him since it was on the house.
The food and drinks came in a few minutes later and everyone dug in. “How many
alcoholic drinks did you order?” Naoto asked the bear, he handed him their
order receipt. “You ordered 32 drinks and shots?” The detective felt irritated
but he knew it’d be easy to just cut them off. He grabbed one of the drinks and
took a small sip. It was a bitter taste and it burned the back of his throat.
It surprised when he actually liked it and continued to drink it. His
girlfriend had downed three drinks already and noticed him drinking as well.
“Whatcha drinking?” She swayed lightly and was already flushed red. “I’m not
sure and you may not have any.” The brunette whined and hung off of him.
“Please i wanna taste it!” She tried to take the drink from him but he lifted
it out of her reach. She pouted at him before she had a naughty look on her
face. She grabbed onto his shoulders and smashed their lips together, she
instantly snaked her tongue into his mouth. Naoto froze as she kissed him
roughly and then pulled away. “Tastes good.” She whispered.
The detective looked around and saw the whole group was staring at the, though
someone of them were already tipsy. The blonde bear tried to stand up but fell
on his face and mumbled something against the carpet. Kanji had to pick him up
and they heard what he said, “Let’s play king’s game again.” He mumbled and
picked up the chopsticks that came with their food. He messily scrawled the
numbers on the chopsticks and colored one of them.
Naoto downed his drink to prepare himself and grabbed another glass. They all
picked their sticks and Yosuke cheered. “I’m the king!” Chie groaned next to
him. “I dare number 3 to take 3 shots!” Naoto’s eye twitched and he sighed. He
went over to the shots and braced himself. Rise was cheering him on and
spilling her drink everywhere. He took the first one and coughed loudly at the
awful taste and the burn was worse than before. He took the second shot and
didn’t react as badly since he knew what to expect. The third one he couldn’t
taste that much.
He went to walk back to his seat and he noticed his balance was slightly off
and his head was feeling funny. They drew the chopsticks again and very giggly
Yukiko announced she was king. “I dare numer 6 to do a ballet dance.” She
laughed loudly as she imagined who it would be. Souji stood up and stood in
front of everyone. His face was also flushed and he was somewhat wobbly. He
took a ballerinas a pose before spinning a bunch of times and stumbling
forward. “I don’t know anything else.” He said and bowed.
The room was filled with giggles and laughter and they drew again. Kanji hadn’t
been drinking that much as he awkwardly showed everyone he was king. “Uh i
don’t know what to do.” He said and stared at the chopstick. “Boo you’re no
fun.” Rise stuck her tongue out at him. The thug looked irritated and stood up.
“Fine! I dare number 5 to slow dance with number 1!” Yukiko and Teddie both
stood up and when they saw each other they laughed loudly. Yukiko wrapped her
arms around his waist and he wrapped his around her neck.
The didn’t even try to dance as their own drunkenness caused them to sway.
“You’re so light on you feet Teddie.” Yukiko said and went into a fit of
giggles. The two helped each other get to their seats. They drew again and Rise
cheered beside Naoto and he dreaded what she’d say. “I dare number 2 to give me
a lap dance!” The detective would have ran away if he wasn’t tipsy. “No.” He
said and looked over to see Souji looking down at him. “The king’s word is
law.” He said simply and Naoto looked around for help. The only person who
would try to help was Kanji and Teddie was forcing him to chug drinks.
“I don’t know who to.” He said and she glared at him. “King’s word is law.” He
groaned in frustration, he looked at the others again. ‘No one will remember
this.’ He went over the corner and brought out a chair for her to sit in. She
happily sat down and squealed when Souji started playing music. Naoto sighed
and knew that he could pull this off if he started off slow. He started to
simply dance to the music at first and danced moves he thought would be
attractive. He gradually got closer to her and hovered above her lap as he
rolled his body and she reached out to touch him. He pulled away and started to
unbutton his jacket all while dancing at the same time. He felt himself gaining
confidence and he went on, the alcohol was helping as well.
He sped up his movements and shrugged his jacket off. He came up to the now
very flustered brunette again and untucked his shirt before holding it in his
mouth and rolling his body close to hers. He let the shirt fall and turned his
back to her as he slowly unbuttoned the shirt and took it off his body. He felt
her almost touch him again so he spun around to face her and put his hands on
her knees. He spread her legs apart and rolled his body down in between them
and up so he was standing again. He hovered above her lap again and took off
his hat and placed it on her head as he rolled his hips towards her. He ran his
hands over his body and put hand behind his head and the other gently tugged
his waistband down.
The idol was absolutely stunned by how good he was and she felt incredibly
turned on. ‘Good thing I set up my camera.’ She mused and kept her attention
trained on the dancing detective. He had a naughty smirk on his face as he
leaned forward and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. She was about to grab
him and pull him back when he took his hat and walked off to get his clothes.
“Why’d you stop?!” She asked flustered by his teasing. He had put his shirt
back on when he looked back at her, “The song finished.” He said and looked
towards the other stunned silent high schoolers.
Souji was clapping happily, as was Teddie and Yukiko. Kanji had passed out from
a nosebleed and was laying in a pool of his blood. Chie and Yosuke just looked
plain shocked by what he did. ‘Thank goodness they’re drunk.’ He thought
gratefully. He put his coat back on but didn’t button it as he went to go sit
back down. Rise huffed and sat next to him. “Did i do good?” He asked to tease
her a bit. It worked as she went red and nodded, “It was too short though.” She
said disappointedly. He shrugged, “There’s a high probability something like
this will occur again.” He picked his drink back up and began to sip it.
They resumed the game when they had managed to wake up Kanji. They chose again
and Naoto felt his luck change when he found he was king. “I dare the kingdom
to stop consuming alcohol.” The room went silent before everyone started
complaining. The detective simply smiled, “King's word is law.” He repeated
what they had said to him. “Let’s revolt!” Chie shouted as she was tipsy as
well. Yukiko stood up next to her, “Yeah! New king!” She grabbed the chopstick
out of the detective's hands and gave it to Chie.
“You are not allowed to do that.” The blue haired detective said and tried to
take the stick back. “You can be king if you have good laws.” The drunken raven
said and poked his chest. He snatched the chopstick back, “I dare number 4 to
tell us a secret.” He said and Yosuke groaned loudly. “I steal a lot of food
from Junes.” He said drunkenly and passed out on the couch. “I think we might
n-need to get going.” Kanji said and swayed with the bear hanging off of him.
“I agree, I know of a hotel we can go to. Everyone is too intoxicated to go
home.” Naoto said and picked up Rise. Everyone who could stand on their own had
to help someone else. Souji helped Yosuke and Chie had to grab Yukiko. They
made their way out of the club and had to leave their motorcycles their for the
night. The group slowly made their way to the hotel Naoto was talking about and
he bought four rooms for the night. The hotel seemed fairly high end and
knowing the detective’s standards, it probably was.The people there gave them
all weird stares and whispered about them.
The person giving them their rooms seemed understanding. “Here are your room
keys, i made sure they are all close together. Also i was wondering if you’d
like us to send up some aspirin and water bottles for you and your friends?”
The detective felt very grateful, “Yes please, thank you very much.” The man
smiled and motioned them to the elevator. During the ride up Rise started
kissing the young Shirogane’s neck and sucked hard. He tried to lean away but
almost lost his balance.
When doors opened he rushed to their rooms and gave everyone their keys and
went into his own. The detective laid the drunken idol on the bed and went over
to the bathroom to calm down. He splashed cold water over his face and looked
in the mirror. The the right side of his neck had a red splash of color. He
blushed and stormed back into the room. He went to the bed and found the idol
wasn’t there. He turned around and made a noise of surprised when he was pushed
back onto the plush bed. He looked up and saw Rise straddle him.
“Wha-” He tried to say but she cut him off by kissing him. He was surprised by
the strong alcohol taste in her mouth. She ran her hands over his chest and
pushed his shirt over his stomach. Naoto’s mind was muddled both from the
alcohol and from the attention she was giving him. When she pulled back he saw
her eyes were glossy and filled with desire. He shuddered at the intense
emotions her eyes were conveying. Rise raked her nails lightly over his stomach
and started kissing his neck.
“What are you doing?” He asked and tilted his head to the side to give her more
access. She hummed against his skin and leaned up to his ear. “I’m touching
you, what does it look like?” She teased and pushed off his jacket. He sat up
and had to hold her arms down to keep from losing his train of thought. “I’m
aware of that, but why?” The idol gave him a look as if the answer was obvious,
maybe it was but not to him. “Your lap dance earlier got me really turned on.”
She said and fully sat in his lap and grinded against him.
Naoto’s mouth hung open as she pressed herself on her growing erection. ‘It’s
better with someone else.’ He vaguely registered moved with her. Warning bells
were going off in his head but it was hard to think about anything other than
the moaning beauty above him. ‘She’s inebriated. I need to put a stop to this.’
He summoned all the strength he could in his aroused haze and flipped them over
so he was on top. The brunette gave him a naughty smile, “Is that a gun in your
pocket or are you just happy to see me?~” She purred while tugging on his shirt
collar. Even while drunk she had to tease him.
“Rise, we are both under the influence and should not continue this.” He
explained and tried to resist her pulling. She pouted and wrapped her legs
around him, “Please? I want this.” She begged and tried to kiss him again, but
he moved away. “No, we’re both under the influence and can’t give conscience.”
He said and pulled himself off of her. “If you continue to sexually pursue me
while in this state, i will go and get a separate room.” He said as calmly as
he could. The idol stood up and grabbed onto his arm, he looked into her eyes
as saw she had tears in the corner of them.
“Don’t go. I’ll behave.” She sounded close to crying. Naoto hugged her and
pressed a kiss to her forehead. “I’ll stay, let’s go to bed.” He picked her up
and brought her over to the bed. She squealed when he lifted her up and held
onto him tightly. They laid down together and it didn’t take long for the idol
to fall asleep. She murmured something against his neck and pulled him closer.
The detective smiled softly and kissed the top of her head, “Goodnight.” He
said quietly and drifted off.
Chapter End Notes
     Please give me ideas because i want to continue the story.
***** Persona Arena *****
Chapter Summary
     I'm sorry I took so long with this chapter! But I'm still continuing
     the story so that's good news! I'm really happy that you all have
     been enjoying the story and I have more chapters planned, but again
     it's going to take awhile for me to finish the next chapter.
Chapter Notes
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Rise groaned as sunlight hit her face and her head throbbed painfully. She
cracked her eyes open to see her boyfriend resting peacefully. The cute look on
his face helped ease her migraine but she was startled when she realized they
weren’t in his bed. She sat up quickly and grasped her head as the pain
intensified. Her pained noises woke up Naoto and he sat up next to her. He
gently laid her down again and whispered as quietly as he could. “Take it easy,
you drank copious amounts of alcohol yesterday.” He said and heard a knock on
the door.
He quickly went to answer and found the man from before with a food cart. He
observed the waters bottles and pain medication that was set next to a very
nice looking breakfast. “The food comes with the room.” The man explained. He
thanked the man and tipped him well. The detective brought the cart back to the
suffering idol. He grabbed an aspirin and water bottle and handed it to her. “I
don’t want it.” she said childishly and tried to push it away. “It will help
you, i promise.” He had her sit up and rubbed her back as he tried to coax her
to take the medicine. She finally had the energy to take it and drank half of
the water bottle.
He brought over the breakfast and she had to admit that everything looked
tasty. There were two servings of waffles and hash browns with some chopped
fruit on the side. Naoto noticed her almost drooling over the food and handed
her a plate. She eagerly ate the pancakes and noticed that the blue haired man
was much more reserved in his eating. He knew she was staring but
misinterpreted it and stabbed a piece of fruit and held it out to her mouth.
She was surprised by the gesture, but accepted it nonetheless. She returned the
gesture and they spent the rest of their meal silent;y feeding one another and
sneaking kisses in between.
Rise layed back down on the bed and closed her eyes. “You can sleep longer, I
don’t think anyone else is going to wake up anytime soon.” He said and held her
softly. “Did I do anything stupid?” She asked and cuddled him. “Does asking if
I had a gun in my pocket or being happy to see you count?” The brunette's eyes
widened and she covered her face. “Oh god I’m so sorry.” She said behind her
hands. He chuckled softly and decided it’d be a good idea to fill her in. “You
also made me give you a lap dance.”
She looked up at him with wide eyes. “Really? Did you really do it?” She asked
in disbelief. He nodded, “Yes and afterwards when we arrived at this hotel, you
tackled me and made the gun comment.” She turned extremely red and grabbed a
pillow to hide under it. He laughed softly at her embarrassment and gently
pried the pillow away from her. “It’s alright, this is just my revenge for
making me give you a lapdance.” He said and kissed her temple.
“You’re mean.” She mumbled against his shoulder but still smiled. Naoto heard
his ringtone go off and when he checked it he saw it was Souji thanking him for
getting the rooms and that they’d be leaving to go over to someone’s house
after everyone woke up. He sent a quick confirmation text and that they’d be
able to go to his house. A few minutes later he said alright. “Rise when
everyone is in the right mind to leave, we’re going to my home.” She hummed in
understanding and kept her eyes closed. Gradually he could hear the others
getting up and soon they were riding back to his house.
When they got back Yosuke decided to bring over his gaming system and some
games for them all to play. The detective decided to watch the others play as
he watched. It was a gory and violent fighting game that everyone seemed to be
enjoying. Rise came back from the linen closet and wrapped a blanket around the
two of them as they watched Yukiko try to figure out the controls. “Don’t you
want to play?” He asked her as she cuddled him. “No, I want to keep you
company.” She said and interlaced their fingers. “I would have thought you’d be
interested in something like this.” He said when Chie cheered in victory over
the raven. “I’ll play if you do.” She said and Kanji started playing against
Chie, again the brunette conquered the challenger.
“If they have something a bit more subdued then I’ll play.” He explained while
looking at the gory deaths. Yosuke heard him and pulled out another game, “One
of our classmates made this game about us being on the midnight channel!” He
put in the game and a title screen appeared. “Persona Arena?” Souji seemed
confused and chose Vs mode. On screen was all of the investigation team and
their shadows as well. “What the hell?” Kanji said and looked over the
selection screen. He looked at himself and switched to his shadow self, “At
least it’s fully dressed…” He said.
Souji and Kanji chose themselves and started to play, “Sister complex kingpin
of steel?” The grey haired man said as he looked at his character. He looked
down and seemed gloomy. Kanji had a bulging vein on his forehead when he saw
his own name. “What the hell does bloodcurdling beefcake emperor mean!?” The
blonde asked and threw the controller down to the ground. “Hey man! Don’t break
my stuff!” Yosuke said and picked up the controller, he sighed in relief when
he found it wasn’t broken. He exited back to the select screen and chose
himself. The brunettes smirk dropped when he saw his name, “Captain
Ressentiment? The hell game is this?”
Chie pushed him out of the way and took the other controller before handing it
to Yukiko. “I wanna see our names!” She said and chose her character and after
some instructions Yukiko was able to chose hers. “The unconquerable snow black?
I think that’s kind of clever.” The amagi inn heir said and her girlfriend was
even more pleased with her name. “Spunky dragon with deadly legs huh? Dude this
game is great!” She cheered and the two women started playing, it was mainly
Chie going easy on the raven so she’d learn.
“What about me?” Teddie asked and Yukiko handed him the controller when she
died. He hummed happily and was confused when he saw his name, “The beast in
heat?” He asked and looked at the others for an explanation. “It fits.” Naoto
said and realization dawned on Yukiko as she giggled loudly at the name. She
was having fun with all of the names. “Wanna play now?” Rise said and he
nodded, they handed them the controllers and they chose their characters.
Yosuke took one look at the screen and he was laughing harder then Yukiko.
“2000 IQ killjoy detective? That’s impossible to have an IQ that high.” Naoto
mused, further proving his nickname. He chuckled as he noticed his girlfriends
and her reaction, “The scandalous superstar idol? What have i done that was
scandalous?” She huffed and he had to hold his tongue, though Yosuke seemed
eager to say something. “You have your shadow to blame!” He laughed and she
looked to Naoto. “What is it?” He asked and she made a motion with her hands,
he looked at her confusedly.
She leaned close to his ear, “Can you flip him over again?” She whispered and
he shook his head. “For that comment i think it is unnecessary.” She huffed and
the brunette continued to laugh, “I wonder if her shadows in that bikini.” He
said and took the controller to pick her character. He didn’t even get to the
select screen by the time he was flat on his back again. “Now that i have done
that, why don’t we actually try playing?” The detective suggested and slipped
into his cool demeanor again. The idol giggled and nodded.
The two were both new to gaming but they faired well against one another, Naoto
had barely won with only a little amount of health. The idol pouted before
leaning in and kissing him on the cheek. He blushed and looked at the others
staring at him and his face turned darker. “What was the purpose of that?” He
asked and touched where her lips had been. She beamed brightly, “You won so
that was your prize.” He looked down and they handed the controllers over to
Kanji and Teddie. The retook their spots on the couch and watched as Kanji was
trying to figure out how to battle against the bear’s random button mashing.
“Was it fun?” She asked softly and her breath ghosted over his skin. He
shivered slightly and nodded, he turned his head and their lips met gently. He
stayed for a moment before pulling back and smiling at the idols antics. The
two were amused when the bear cried out in angst as he was defeated by the
other blonde. Teddie looked down solemnly and the thug offered him a hand,
which he took. The bear looked up at Kanji and grabbed onto his shirt before
pulling him down and planting a kiss on his cheek. The latter’s face turned
bright red and his arms flailed as he spoke. “What the hell Teddie!?”
“Winner gets a prize!” The sparkling blonde said simply and let Yukiko and Chie
play. “Kanji was trying to yell at Teddie but the bear was laughing it off and
Yosuke was poking fun at him. Chie easily beat the raven, which surprised no
one. What surprised them was the raven giving the brunette a deep kiss on the
lips. The kiss had went on for a few moments before the raven pulled away
giggling. “That was fun!” She said cheerfully and Chie awkwardly rubbed the
back of her neck. Everyone, excluding Rise, was staring at them as if they had
suddenly become aliens.
“Wow Yukiko i didn’t think you’d score with Chie!” Teddie said in awe and
didn’t seemed fazed at all by they now apparent fact of their relationship.
Kanji covered his mouth with his hand and looked away with pink cheeks, “Is
cute…” He mumbled and Yosuke groaned. “There are no chicks left!” He said and
Souji patted his back lightly before handing him the controller. Yosuke vented
his frustration through the game and was able to beat ‘the kingpin of steel’
“Yeah man! That was good.” The brunette cheered in an obviously better mood.
Souji smiled at him improved mood and gave him a quick peck on the lips.
The brunette sat there completely still as the grey haired man looked at the
others to see if they wanted to play. “What the hell was that?!” Yosuke yelled
suddenly and grabbed onto the others jacket. His attitude didn’t change and he
stayed level headed, “It was your prize.” The brunette only seemed angered by
his answer and stormed out of the house. The others stood up to chase after
him, but Souji held up his hand to halt them. “Let him have some time to think
it out.” He said and they awkwardly talked amongst themselves to wait for the
brunette to contact them.
“I shall be returning to classes tomorrow.” Naoto said simply and they all
seemed collectively happy for his return. They all stopped their chatter when
Souji’s ringtone went off and they were expecting it to be the brunette, but
instead it was his uncle. The grey haired man picked up the phone and only a
few minutes later we was leaving to go home and keep Nanako company. The others
decided to leave and the only ones left were Rise and Naoto. “Do you have clean
clothes for tomorrow?” He asked her as she leaned against his shoulder. She
hummed in affirmation and he picked her up bridal style.
She squeaked in surprised but wrapped her arms around him. “Does this mean i
can stay the night?” She teased as he walked them up to his room, “Of course,
but we’ll need to get up early.” He gently placed her on the bed and went over
to his alarm clock. He set the alarm for an hour before school started and Rise
was calling her grandmother to tell her she would be staying the night. The two
changed into their pajamas and it was still only seven o clock. He looked over
at the bubbly brunette and found her looking through his movies, “Any thing
you’d want in particular?” He asked and she hummed thoughtfully.
“What’s one of your favorites?” She asked and he immediately picked out an
older movie he used to watch when he was younger. She giggled as she noticed
the subtle clues to his excitement. He set up the movies and turned out all of
the lights in his room. The two held one another as the movie played and
Naoto’s attention was focused on the Tv screen. Rise tried to watch the movie,
but it wasn’t that interesting to her. She looked up at the blue haired man and
found him much better to look at then the movie.
She watched his eyes stayed trained on the screen and his mouth was slightly
open as he processed the information. The light was illuminating his features
and showed the intense stare from his deep blue eyes and a familiarity as he
seemed to mouth some of the words. She found herself having not so innocent
thoughts as she thought about what else he could do with his mouth. She bit her
lip and trailed her fingers lightly over his side. He turned to her and gave
her a questioning look, “Is the movie not to your enjoyment?” He asked and she
hesitated.
“It’s okay, just not what i usually watch.” She admitted and he nodded in
understanding, “Would you prefer something else to watch?” He asked and glanced
over to his other movies, most being very similar to the current one playing.
She grabbed onto his chin and turned him to face her, “We can do this.” She
breathed before pressing their lips together. His eyes immediately shut and he
allowed the brunette to climb into his lap. ‘She is always rather aggressive.’
He noted as she deepened the kiss and explored his mouth.
She was solely going by instinct as she felt the familiar warmth in her lower
stomach. She moaned when the detective lightly nipped on the tip of her tongue
and took control of the kiss. He felt the familiar taste of strawberry and his
body relaxed as her fingers wove into his hair while his own hands were holding
her hips. They both pulled away as they heard a knocking on his door. He
awkwardly pulled away and when he answered the door he found it was his
grandfather, who was smiling softly at the younger Shirogane.
“Hello grandfather, is there something you needed?” He asked as calmly as he
could with Rise being in the other line of vision. The older man pushed up his
glasses and leaned on his cane and he held out his other hand. He was holding a
large bag that was stuffed with tissue paper. The younger Shirogane hesitantly
accepted it, “What’s this for?” He asked and the older smiled again, “It’s a
gift for you and I included something for your girlfriend, who i expect you’ll
introduce to me tomorrow night at 6 o'clock sharp. I’ll make dinner.” The older
one ruffled the younger blue locks and walked off.
Naoto was stunned and when he regained his bearings he brought the bag back
over to his equally as stunned girlfriend. “Will you be able to make it
tomorrow?” He asked and she nodded quickly, he smiled at the thought and opened
the bag. They both peered inside and found that there was a decorative red box
wrapped in a ribbon and had ‘To Rise.’ And Naoto handed it to her. “How does he
know my name?” She asked while running a finger over the boxes edges. “He is a
detective and you were quite popular coming into town.” He explained and pulled
out a blue box with his own name written on it. He noticed that his box felt
oddly heavy.
He looked over to Rise who had opened her and found chocolates inside as well
as a lipstick container. He notice there was also a silver pen and that the pen
and lipstick container were separated from the chocolate. The box was in two
sections with the candy in one and the other items in the other. The idol
thought it was cute and reached for the lipstick, he stopped her and grabbed
the two items. He eyed them suspiciously before taking the top off the lipstick
and finding it was a can of pepper spray. He did the same to the pen and found
it had a 3 inch blade inside. The brunette gasped at seeing this, “What are
these for?” She asked and he covered the weapons.
He put them back inside the box, “He wants to make sure you are safe, i have to
praise him for the fitting selection. If you do not want them i can return them
to him, but i know the candy is fine to eat.” He said and reached for the
weapons. She stopped him and shook her head, “I’ll keep them, they could come
in handy.” She stated and surprised the blue haired man. She plucked a
chocolate and fed it to him. The confections instantly melted in his mouth and
he again was silently praising his grandfather for choosing such a high quality
and fitting gift.
Rise cupped his cheeks and kissed him deeply, her tongue able to find traces of
the melted treat. He moaned at the interesting taste and feeling as he
submitted to the kiss. When they pulled away he noticed something else in the
box. Hidden in between the chocolates and the walls of the box was another
lipstick tube, he inspected it and found it was a stun gun. He a necklace that
when a button was pressed it would release the bottom half and reveal another
blade.
“I think he likes you.” Naoto said and explained how to use the weapons. “What
makes you say that?” She asked and understood the merits of the stun gun. “He’s
gifted you with four separate self defense weapons and high quality chocolate,
he also wants to meet you. It’s safe to assume he likes you.” He said and put
back the said weapons in the gift box. The idol was happy with the thought that
he liked her, she didn’t want to have any ill will with her boyfriend's family.
“What’d he give you?” She asked and looked at the large blue box sitting in his
lap. He opened the box and wasn’t surprised by finding more weapons. He listed
off everything inside, ‘A telescoping baton, a boot knife, a small gun that
presumably sprays mace, a metal necklace that mostly likely has a blade hidden
inside, a 3 sided blade with a sheath he could wear and hide under clothing,
gloves filled with steel shot, and a leather belt?’ The last item he picked up
and realized that hidden inside the belt’s buckle was another knife.
“What is all this?” The inexperienced brunette didn’t understand all of the
weapons and their concealment so Naoto took out the first item and began to
explain to her it’s merits. “This is a telescoping baton, it’s a blunt force
object that can be hidden.” He demonstrated it’s telescoping properties and she
seemed fascinated by everything. She understood the boot knife, but she wanted
to see him test it out. He put on his combat boots and demonstrated the
functionality of being able to take out the weapon, he also made motioned as if
he was stabbing an attacker.
“You look like one of the military guys in the movies!” She squealed and urged
him to show her more. He grabbed the mace gun and explained it, but didn’t use
it. He was extremely pleased with the fact that it was about the same size and
weight as his normal gun. He picked up the necklace and noticed it designed
with the Shirogane family crest, a familiar symbol on his grandfather's cane.
It was of a checkered navy and turquoise shield that had a silver wolf on it.
He pulled it apart and showed the excited idol the weapon.
She looked back at her necklace that was a heart and had the same crest on it,
though she didn’t realize it. She pressed the button and was startled by the
blade. She held it between her fingers before putting it away and looking back
at the blue haired man. He had already attached the sheath to his forearm with
the blunt blade inside. His sleeves hid the weapon totally and he started her
when he pulled out the steel weapon. She clapped in excitement, “That’s so
cool!” She looked curious at the gloves and he put on her palm. “Can you feel
that? It’s filled with buckshot so if you punch someone it will do much more
damage.” He explained and allowed her to put them on.
She stared curiously at the gloves and was a bit offput by their appearance.
They were very elegant looking leather gloves and seemed like something the
detective would wear normally. ‘That’s the point.’ She mused and looked back at
the leather belt. He grabbed it and showed her the hidden knife in the steel
belt buckle. “This is shall be wearing often.” He stated began to put
everything away. They both put away the gifts, but Rise kept out the
chocolates. She picked up a white one and popped it in her mouth, she smiled at
the flavor.
The detective chuckled as she reached for another. He did what she had done to
him and kissed her deeply as the confections melted in their mouths. She
giggled against him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. The two enjoyed
the kiss and pulled away smiling. “Do you think he meant for us to eat these
like this?” She teased and pulled him down on top of her. “Knowing my
grandfather, I’m sure he had some idea this would have.” He said and put up the
chocolates on his bedside table. Rise cuddled against him and yawned softly,
the act was cute to him and he decided to voice his thought.
“You are adorable.” He said and kissed the top of her head, she huffed and
looked up to catch his lips. “You’re cuter.” She murmured against his lips. He
pulled away and shook his head, “You are you most adorable.” He said so
seriously that it made her laugh. “Fine, but you’re the most handsome.” She
cooed and caressed his cheek. “You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever
seen.” He said simply and watched in amusement as the idols cheeks flared and
her mouth opened and closed multiple times.
She buried her face in his shirt, “I didn’t think you’d say something like
that.” She whispered and clutched his shirt. “I’ll do anything for you.” He
murmured close to her ear and she pulled back to stare into his eyes. She
kissed him gently and just stayed there for a moment and pulled back to their
previous position. “I know, I’d do the same for you.” She beamed and he smiled
in return. The two settled to go to sleep and Rise was lulled to sleep by his
calm beating heart.
Chapter End Notes
     I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please do tell me if there is
     anything you want to see in the story
***** Why I Love You *****
Chapter Summary
     I am so sorry for not updating sooner, but our internet went out for
     a week. Luckily I did work on the story while it was out and I
     promise the next chapter will be coming out soon. We're reaching the
     end of our little romp and then I'll probably upload some short
     stories I've written about the pair. I hope you enjoy the chapter!
     Again I am very sorry for not updating sooner
A jarring alarm woke the two lovers and they took turns getting dressed. They
finished getting ready and made their way downstairs to where they found the
elder Shirogane making breakfast. “Oh do come and sit down, it’s been so long
since I’ve shared breakfast with my grandson.” He ushered them to their seats
and served them a breakfast of scrambled eggs and bacon. Naoto grabbed a
pitcher of orange juice and set it on the table for them. The older Shirogane
sat down and Rise was able to get a good look at him.
It seemed time was kind to him as he could pass as someone in their late 40’s.
He had a full head of thick silvery white hair and his eyebrows were the same
color. He was a tall man, though she was sure with age he had gotten shorter.
Even with his slight hunch and need of a cane, she didn’t doubt he could fend
for himself. He had a bright smile that was warm and welcoming. Behind his
small rectangular glasses were blue eyes that were very similar to the younger
Shirogane. He had an air of elegance about him and she could see why Naoto
would look up to him.
“Hello Mr. Shirogane, my name is Rise Kujikawa. I’m Naoto’s girlfriend.” She
said formally and held out her hand. He shook her hand firmly and smiled at
her, “Hello, it’s nice to meet you Rise. Naoto hasn’t had the chance to
introduce us since I’ve been preoccupied with a case, but it’s nice to finally
meet the girl that stole his heart. Oh and please you can call me grandpa or
grandfather.” He insisted at the last part and the two seemed as if they were
already related. “What is this heart nonsense?” Naoto said from behind his
orange juice as he tried to hide his blush.
“Oh no need to be shy Naoto, I had known before you had.” The blue haired man
choked on his juice and coughed loudly as Rise tried to rub his back, “You
haven’t been able to talk to me lately so why don’t we catch up?” The older man
offered and Naoto nodded. “How was the case?” He asked and the older man shook
his head, “No no I want to know more about you and Rise.” He insisted and
caused the blue haired man to flush bright red again. The idol decided to
answer, “Well what would you like to know?” She asked warmly and the older
Shirogane chuckled in response.
“Why don’t you tell me how you two started dating?” He offered and she smiled,
she’d have to cut out some details but it’d work. “We were at the end of summer
festival with out friends and we had a contest, the winner got a kiss from me.”
She started and the older man jumped at the opportunity to tease the younger,
“He must have really wanted to win.” The blue haired man said nothing as he
picked at his eggs. Rise giggled before continuing, “Yeah I think he did too,
so we kissed. But then he ran off and I had to go running after him. When I
caught up we told each other how we felt, and the rest is history.” She
explained and the older man let out a soft chuckle.
“That’s not very gentlemanly of you Naoto.” He jokingly scolded and the said
man was trying to find a way to escape their teasing. “Oh and one more question
for you Naoto,” The elder Shirogane started and Naoto looked back at him due to
the serious tone of his voice. “When did you become fully male?” The blue
haired man couldn’t hide his surprise and neither could the idol. They were in
stunned silence until Naoto formulated a strategy, “What are you talking about
grandfather?” He asked and made it seem like his comment held no ground.
“Well I was able to tell by looking at you, you seem more comfortable in your
own skin. I also was catching up with Dr. Shannon and he mentioned that you
were completely healthy.” The elder Shirogane was smiling a self satisfied
smile as the other slapped his forehead with his hand. “I told him to keep it
confidential.” He groaned and the silver haired man was unfazed, “Yes I’m sure,
but we both have your best interests in mind so he told me.” Without missing a
beat Rise chimed in, “We can’t really tell you how he got that way because you
wouldn’t believe us.” She explained and silently pleaded he wouldn’t push.
“I figured, while you are at school I will go about changing the necessary
documents so you are fully recognized as a male. So you better get going and
remember, dinner at 6.” The silver haired man smiled and they left after that.
On the way there Rise was curious about the older man, “Do you think he’ll ask
about it again?” She asked her boyfriend and laced their fingers together. “He
might, but he won’t press the issue if I wish to not say anything.” He said
while blushing at their hands and even more when the idol placed a soft kiss to
his cheek.
They arrived at school and received stares and whispers that were obviously
about them. Rise wasn’t the least bit bothered, but Naoto was worried about
what would happen. She picked up on this and decided to talk to him about it
during lunch. As they separated for their classes the idol leaned over and gave
him a quick peck on the cheek before entering her classroom. He blushed and
touched the spot as he walked over to his own classes. He could feel the stares
and he could make out a few whispers, all of them were asking about his
relationship with Rise.
He forced himself to focus solely on the material they were working on and
waited until the lunch bell rang. He met with the investigation team on the
roof and noticed that Yosuke was not with them. Before he could even voice his
concerns Souji answered them, “He’s at home, I’m going to meet up with him
after school.” That slightly eased his worries but what really helped was
eating lunch and talking with the group. Their chit chat and silly antics
always helped soothe him. Unfortunately lunch soon ended and he went back into
the classrooms where he could feel the tension from the other students.
He was relieved when school ended and he practically ran to where he was going
to meet the bubbly idol. He turned the corner and his heart dropped when he saw
a student of the school leaning his arm against the locker and was dangerously
close to the idol. She had a scowl on her face leaned away from him. Naoto
hurried his pace but slowed just as he was approaching them so he didn’t seem
like he was going to become violent. Rise immediately lit up when she saw him
and latched onto his arm. He smiled softly at her before he turned back at the
angry looking male student.
“May I help you?” He asked in his monotone as the students eyes flickered back
and forth between him and Rise. “Yeah you can. How’d she end up with you?” He
asked accusingly and the idol was about to give him a piece of her mind when he
spoke first. “It’s a simple fact of one of us having feelings for the other and
the other recuperating them.” He explained and was about to walk off with the
brunette when the other stood directly in front of them. “Don’t give me that
bull. How would she have feelings for someone so cold like you?” He spat and
the detective felt his patience waning. He himself couldn’t explain why should
would chose him when she had other options, but it had happened. The students
words struck a chord with him, but he kept his face neutral.
“I’m not sure myself, it could be a case of opposites attract.” He said and
turned around with his arm wrapped around the idol. They were walking back to
his house when Rise tugged him over to the park. “What are we doing here?” He
asked as they walked hand in hand down the path they had taken before, “We have
time and i wanted to look back on before.” She said and pulled him to a
familiar hill that overlooked the park. He felt himself smiling as the
approached the area, ‘She wants to reminisce.’ He thought to himself and she
sat down and pulled him to sit with him.
They sat against the tree, leaning against each other when Rise spoke up. “You
wanna know why i love you?” She asked and he knew she was aware of how deep
earlier had stung. “Go ahead, I’m listening.” He said and gave her hand a
gentle squeeze. She smiled at him and looked into his eyes, “You have a big
heart, you’re super smart, you’re adorable, you were my best friend before
being my boyfriend, you’re fun to be around, you cheer me up, you get me, you
trust me and love me just as much as i do to you, and you’re always are there
for me.” With each word he felt the effect and his heart swelled.
He knew she meant every word and he leaned forward and gave her a quick peck,
“Would you like to hear my reasons?” He asked and she nodded. “You were the
first to reach out to me, you made me feel better no matter the reason i was
depressed, you supported me with everything, you cared about me when i’m sure i
didn’t deserve, you’ve always been there and trying to help me, it’s hard not
to love.” He said and he noticed her red cheeks. She pressed their foreheads
together and whispered, “I love you.” He could tell she was slightly emotional,
“I love you too.” He said warmly.
They stayed positioned like that for awhile until they felt it was time to
leave. As they walked away from the park, Naoto couldn’t shake the feeling of
someone watching them. He kept that in mind as they entered his home. The house
smelled delicious and was filled with his grandfather's busy humming as he went
around the kitchen. He had made chicken alfredo and even went as far as to make
homemade garlic bread. He motioned for them to sit down and he bussied himself
with setting the table, he didn’t allow them to help him as he set out the
food.
When he sat himself down they all began to talk and enjoy the meal. Most of the
conversation was between Rise and the elder Shirogane, but Naoto didn’t mind.
He was content with listening to both of them and making small comments every
now and then. Things grew interesting when the idol complimented the older
man's cane. “Oh yes it’s been with me for a very long time.” He said fondly and
pressed a button which released the cane a revealed a sword inside. The
brunette was fascinated and could see why the elder had chosen those gifts for
them.
“Simply press on the family crest and it will release the sword.” He explained
and put the weapon back in the sheath. “The crest is lovely.” She complimented
and the elder chuckled. “Are you wearing the necklace?” He asked and she pulled
it out from under her shirt, she looked closely and noticed the crest. She
looked back at the older man questionly, “You’re part of the family, so of
course you need the family crest.” He explained and glanced over to Naoto who
seemed surprised as well. “I’m surprised you didn’t notice.” The silver haired
man teased.
“Thank you grandpa.” Rise said warmly and Naoto felt happy with this turn of
events. The elder Shirogane was glad that both his grandson and his girlfriend
were good together. “Do you two like the gifts?” He asked and the brunette
nodded immediately, “It was a surprise, but they’re really interesting.” She
beamed and the blue haired man nodded as well, “I applaud your thought process
as all of the weapons work well with us and are very accessible.” He praised
and they all made idle chit chat as they finished their meal. “Will you be
staying the night?” Naoto asked and the brunette pouted.
“No i have to go home and I’m going to be helping my grandmother tomorrow.” She
said and he helped her get her things. He held her duffel bag and told his
grandfather he’d be walking her home. They walked out into the chilly night air
and walked hand in hand towards the Kujikawa residence. “He’s really friendly,”
Rise commented and giggled slightly, “It’s kind of funny you were so straight
faced when we met.” She pointed out and he shrugged his shoulders. “It’s hard
to be friendly when one is socially awkward.” He countered and she laughed more
at his reaction.
“That’s true, but now I know you’re a big softie.” She teased and he smiled at
her silly antics. “I think that description fits Kanji better.” He said
thoughtfully. Rise pouted and still felt slightly bad for the said punk, she
was worried how he was taking Naoto being taken. “Fine then you’re a dork.” She
said simply and he looked at her confusedly. “Dork?” He questioned and she
giggled, “Yeah because you act cool but you’re actually really silly.” She
explained as they arrived at the tofu shop. “I think you’re confusing me for
someone else.” He joked and pressed a kiss to her forehead.
She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and pulled him down for a real kiss.
His eyes fluttered shut and he held her close. They kept the kiss sweet and
gentle before pulling away and Rise giggling. Naoto smiled before placing one
last kiss to her lips and pulled away. “Goodnight.” He said sweetly and she
felt herself go weak in the knees again. “Goodnight Naoto, I love you.” Her
smiling was dazzling as he returned the words, albeit softer. “I love you too.”
And they went their separate ways.
Rise sighed to herself and tried to calm her racing heart. The detective had
been acting even sweeter as of late as she thought back on the time she had
made him act like an idol. She went upstairs and got ready for bed. As she hid
under her comforter she pulled out her phone and looked at her videos. Her eyes
widened when she realized she had taken a video of Naoto giving her the lap
dance. She eagerly played the video and was dumbfounded by the fact that he
actually went through with it and was really good. She could blame it on the
alcohol as in the video his cheeks were rosy and his eyes glassy.
She felt herself getting flustered as she hid her face in her pillow. She
paused the video and switched over the video of him dressed as an idol. She bit
her lip as she remembered how incredible it was to watch him. The air had felt
charged and she had wanted to cheer for him at the top of her lungs. ‘Maybe he
should do it again...’ She thought to herself and picked up her sketch book.
She drew a ideas for costumes before her eyelids refused to stay open and she
fell asleep holding her notebook to her chest.
***** Grandfather Shirogane *****
Chapter Summary
     Hey I'm getting back on track with this story and i do hope you all
     leave suggestions! I'm going to try and end the story in a few more
     chapters so look foreword to that. Also I wanted to tell everyone
     I've posted a work called 'Not Enough Fanfics' Where you can submit a
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Chapter Notes
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The following day was interesting as there was multiple students talking
excitedly amongst each other and staring at the detective prince and the idol
who walked into the school while holding hands. “Do you think it may have
something to do with that student from yesterday?” He asked his girlfriend who
was trying to figure out who to ask. The answer came in the form of a magazine
that someone kindly gave them when Naoto requested it. Inside the magazine were
multiple pictures of the two together. Them at the clothing store, them eating
at Junes when he was in the idol outfit, the summer festival sharing ice cream,
them on the hill kissing and holding one another, and the most recent one being
when they kissed last night.
Naoto glared at the students around them and wanted to find who invaded their
privacy. Rise grabbed the magazine from him and hummed thoughtfully, “I’m gonna
keep this.” She said and held it close to her chest as she smiled. The
detective was not only surprised but confused. “Why?” He asked as they walked
to class, “Because now I have pictures of these happy memories.” She had a
light pink tint to her face and she leaned up and gave him a peck on the cheek.
“I’ll see you at lunch!” She said happily and he couldn’t help but feel equally
as happy.
He was idly writing notes on the lecture when someone slid a note onto his
desk. He looked to his side and saw a blushing girl was eagerly waiting for him
to read the note. He internally sighed as he unfolded the note and saw it read,
‘Are you dating Rise?’ It had a check box for yes and one for no. He put the
obvious answer and handed it back to her when the teacher wasn’t looking. She
seemed crestfallen at his response but gave him a thumbs up. Lunch came quickly
and he made his way to the roof.
Before he could make it outside he was stopped by another few students. They
instead were asking him to sign the magazine from earlier, but he said he was
in a rush and they almost followed him onto the roof. They only left him alone
when Kanji growled at them when he noticed Naoto’s obvious discomfort. He
sighed in relief, “Thank you Kanji.” He said wholeheartedly and the thug looked
away with a slight blush on his cheeks. The detective noticed that the
perverted brunette was back and he seemed happier then before.
He was about to say something when he noticed Souji gave him a look to not push
the issue, so he settled with welcoming him back. “Hello Yosuke, it’s good to
have you back.” He said and the brunette returned the pleasantries without
making any jokes at his expense. He sat next to Rise, who was fingering through
the magazine again. “Would you like me to find who did this?” He asked and she
shook her head, “No it’s fine. I don’t mind that they took these pictures, I’m
glad they did.” She beamed and he decided that if he ever did find the one
responsible then he’d thank them on her behalf and tell them to stop on his
part. ‘Maybe ask them to take more if she likes them so much.’ He mused
jokingly.
“We’re going into the Tv tomorrow.” Souji warned them so they’d have time to
prepare. Rise looked over at the blue haired man and had an interesting
question. “Do you think shadows are affected by mace?” She asked. He pondered
on the thought, she was most likely thinking about bring her concealed weapons.
A taser would work since it is electricity and it’s obvious that knives work,
but he wasn’t sure about mace. “If you wish to bring your weapons, but I’m not
sure.” He said honestly, but he wouldn’t let it get to the point of her needing
to use weapons to defend herself.
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful and Naoto went home to find his
grandfather waiting in the living room for him. The elder Shirogane seemed to
have something planned, “Let’s go get ice cream together.” He said as if it was
a simpler time when the blue haired man was constantly craving ice cream and to
be with his grandfather… Okay so he still agreed and they went to favorite spot
when he was younger and visited the small town. The ice cream was all hand made
and they had interesting flavors. While they ate their respective treats, Naoto
explained what had happened at school and with the magazines.
The older man simply chuckled, “It seems i was right.” The younger one was
confused by what he said. “What were you right about?” He asked and enjoyed the
soft serve texture of the ice cream. “I figured you’d be popular, you have the
looks for it.” The older man teased while Naoto rolled his eyes. “Thank you,
you popular with women when you were younger?” He asked and his grandfather
grew a fond look on his face. “Yes i was, many ladies loved the idea of dating
a detective. The only woman who wasn’t intrigued by it was your grandmother.”
He explained and the blue haired man couldn’t help but laugh.
“The same applies to my situation as Rise and I got off on the wrong foot and
she didn’t care that i was a detective. If anything she was less likely to talk
to me because of my occupation.” The two laughed at the parallels. “Your
grandmother was something else, very spunky and determined.” He said with that
same fondness in his tone. “How did you two started dating?” The younger asked
as he never had really been told. “She had a case she wanted me to take on,
though at first she denied that she asked for my help.” He chuckled to himself
and recalled the details.
“Then at a later time when the case was coming to a close, we grew closer and
eventually tried dating. Even on our wedding day i teased her for how she
loathed me in the beginning.” The older man chuckled to himself at the thought
and Naoto offered him a smile. “That’s a humorous way to begin a relationship.”
He admitted and finished the rest of his ice cream. “I think yours is more
comical due to the fact you already kissed but ran off.” He teased and the blue
haired man sighed. “It was for a bet, so i assumed that it was for that sole
purpose.” He said and the older man laughed more.
“I had seen you two a few times and everytime i always thought it was obvious
you two had feelings for one another.” Naoto’s face became red and he tried to
get off the topic. “That’s interesting, so why don’t we talk about your recent
case.” He asked but the older man laughed. “Alright i get it, the case was
elementary with a serial killer that had a vendetta. She aimed after people
that looked like her ex-boyfriend, who was abusive.” He explained and the
younger one was very interested.
“How did you capture her?” He asked and leaned forward slightly. “She grew
sloppy when she knew we were getting closer so she tried to frame her friend,
but we found her fingerprints and DNA at the scene.” The younger’s eyes
sparkled with interest and soon they were heading home. On the way home the
elder man shared more information about the last case and answered all of the
younger questions. He was happy to spend time his his grandson and he
reminisced on his conversation with Dr. Shannon.
Flashback
The elder Shirogane received a phone call from a familiar doctor. “Hello Adam,
how may i help you?” He said and heard the other chuckle on the other end. “Hey
Haru, I was wondering if you had time to catch up over some dinner.” His
friendly tone made it very hard to not want to. He looked over at his watch and
saw that he’d have time before dinner time. “Alright, just give me the time and
location.” He said and walked over to his car. He gave him the information and
they hung up. He started driving back to Inaba and figured if the traffic
wasn’t bad then he’d be able to get there early.
He thought over the reasons for why he would want to talk to him. He assumed he
had news that he wanted to talk about in a casual manner. He knew it’d be
better to just let him tell him instead of coming to crazy conclusions. He
arrived at the cafe and went in to see that the doctor had already arrived and
had ordered him a drink. A strong cup of hot black coffee. He greeted him and
sat down across from him. “Hello how have you been?” The elder Shirogane asked.
“I’ve been good and yourself?” He questioned back with a bright smile. “I have
been good, so why have you called me out here?”
The doctor chuckled in response, “Cutting to the chase as always. Well it’s
about Naoto.” He started and watched as the detective's face grew serious.
“What about him?” He asked in a monotone. The doctor chuckled at his response,
“I apologize if i worried you but it’s nothing bad. I just wanted to tell you
that he came by with his friends for a check up and he’s perfectly healthy!” He
said happily and the detective accidentally let his surprise show on his face.
“Nothing off at all?” He asked and the doctor shook his head and took a sip
from his drink.
“He’s growing up to be a fine man. I was surprised by how much muscle he had
for such a small guy.” The doctor praised and noticed that the elder Shirogane
seemed bothered. “What’s wrong Haru?” He asked and the detective looked up at
him. “I was worried about him since he’s always been a sickly boy, I’m glad
he’s gotten better.” He said smoothly and to most it would have fooled them,
but not the family friend. He knew not to push the issue and they continued to
talk until they went their separate ways.
Flashback Over
He turned to look at the blue haired man and smiled, “Dr. Shannon says you’ve
grown into a fine young man.” He said and the other scoffed. “I still can’t
believe he told you.” He said slightly irritated but it quickly passed. The
elder Shirogane chuckled softly, “He just wanted to tell me you were healthy
and unwittingly told me.” He said in the doctor's defense and the other nodded
in understanding. “Does it bother you?” Naoto asked quietly as they entered
their home. The silver haired man tsked. “Not at all, if you’re happy then so
am I.” He meant every word and he looked over to see that his grandson had his
head hung low.
He put a hand on his shoulder and the blue haired man hugged him tightly,
taking the older man by surprise. He held the other carefully yet firmly as he
pet his hair. ‘It would seem some things never change.’ The elder detective
mused as the other whispered small thank you’s over and over again. When the
blue haired man pulled away, he was beaming brightly and it warmed the elders
heart. He ruffled his cobalt locks and kissed him on the forehead. “You should
go to bed, you need to be bright and chipper for your friends.” He said and
Naoto agreed. “Goodnight grandpa, thank you for today.” He said and went to his
room. “Goodnight Naoto.” He said as he watched his retreating form.
Chapter End Notes
     I hope you all enjoyed it!
***** Wrapped Up *****
Chapter Summary
     This is the last chapter of this story, but don't worry! I'll make
     sure to write and post more. You are also free to leave requests if
     you'd like.
Chapter Notes
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After school the group went to the food court at Junes to talk about their plan
of action. “We’re going in to train so we’ll be going into Yukiko’s dungeon and
we have to find Great Kings and let them summon.” Souji explained and the
others listened intently to his words. They agreed on the strategy and headed
into the store. They made sure no one was looking and entered the television.
As they entered Rise summoned her persona and pinpointed where the fan wielding
woman’s dungeon was. They made their way into the extravagant castle and
cautiously made their way towards shadows.
They began their attacks and cornered the summoning shadow. They didn’t
directly harm the shadow and were simply training. Something odd had happened
when Yosuke tried to summon his persona. He hit the tarot card, but nothing
happened. He kept trying over and over again, but no avail. Souji called a
retreat and they regrouped outside of the castle. The gray haired man walked
over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. The usually happy-go-lucky
brunette reacted badly and swatted the others arm away.
He realized what he had done and looked at him apologetically. “Sorry partner,
kinda on edge.” He explained sheepishly. Souji stared at him for a moment
before nodding and turning to face their support. “Rise, I want you to do a
quick scan of the whole world and see if anything’s changed from last time.” He
said simply. The bubbly brunette nodded and did as she was told, she gasped
softly and pointed to somewhere in the distance. “There’s another dungeon!” She
said and they were all shocked. “We need to head there right now!” Souji
ordered and started heading in the direction she had pointed.
The rest of the group rushed to get to the new area and were surprised by what
they saw. It was a tall business building that was no where in Inaba. Above the
swirling entrance it had a sign that said in block letters ‘Yearning Hearts’
The group looked at one another and tried to decipher the meaning of the
building. Rise spoke up about another issue, “What are we going to do with
Yosuke?” She asked the gray haired man who looked deep in thought. “He can
still fight, we just have to be careful.” He suggested and the others
hesitantly agreed.
They entered the area and found that it was exactly that of a business
building. It had organized rooms and desks that looked as if they had been
abandoned. They stayed together and gradually made their way through the halls.
The dim lights flickered on and off and the area had an overall creepy feel to
it. Naoto felt a shudder run down his back as there was a soft whistling of
wind through the empty halls. He shakily held up his gun and jumped when he
heard a creak. Rise giggled beside him as he had been startled by the doors
creaking. She took a scan of the area and when finished she interlaced her
fingers with the frightened detective.
He looked at her sheepishly and tried to asses the area. “Where are the
shadows?” Chie asked softly and the whole group was startled when they heard a
sinister laugh and the lights turned on brighter than they had been before. The
investigation team looked to the end of the hall and saw a very familiar face.
They saw Yosuke, more specifically his shadow, was standing slightly bent back
from his laughter. He was wearing a very formal looking suit and tie as he put
his hand in his pocket and looked at them with a cocky look on his face.
“What are you doing here?” Souji asked the shadow who smirked in response. “I’m
here show how much a pain in the ass this guy is.” The shadow said and walked
closer to them. “Actually I’m going to show you how much he wants a pain in his
ass.” It said and started waving it’s hands around and said the next sentence
with a very flamboyant tone. “There are no chicks left, what am I gonna do?” He
also spoke very sarcastically and everyone knew what this was about. All except
Kanji, “What’s he talkin’ bout?” The thug asked and everyone collectively shook
their heads.
“He’s been bagging on you for how you feel, just because he doesn’t want anyone
to know he’s the same way.” The shadow said smugly and Yosuke grew hostile.
“Shut up, you’re not my shadow!” The brunette yelled as the shadow tsked. “Then
who am I?” He asked knowingly and further egged on Yosuke. “I don’t know and I
don’t care, just leave me alone!” Souji placed a hand on the fuming man’s
shoulder and he looked back at him before nodding. “What are you trying to
accomplish?” The gray haired man asked the shadow.
The shadow smiled widely, “Getting your attention is one of them.” He
practically purred and ran his fingers over Souji’s forearm. He looked at the
shadow through his glasses with a blank stare as Yosuke pushed it away. “Stop
saying things that aren’t true!” He yelled and looked like he was about punch
the shadow. “I’m running a business, to make your dreams come true. So just sit
back and let me do my job.” The shadow said and snapped fingers and the others
were about to summon their personas when dark shadow hands came out of the
doors and pulled them all into separate rooms. They all heard the shadow’s
sinister laughing as they were plunged into darkness.
Naoto felt the wind knocked out of him as he landed hard on his back and Rise
landed on top of him. He groaned and tried to sit up, only to be pushed back
down. He looked up and could vaguely make out the idol’s form as she pressed on
his shoulders. He was surprised when she leaned down and kissed him and took
his moment of surprise to slip her tongue into his mouth. He tried to push her
away but she pressed hard against him. He gave up for a moment and enjoyed the
kiss, but was relieved when she pulled back. “What are you doing?” He asked
while covering his mouth with his hands.
He felt fear bubble inside of him when her eyes began to glow yellow, “A
shadow.” He stated and tried to summon his persona. “Isn’t this what you want?”
the shadow asked while running it’s hands over his chest. He hardened his
expression and tried calling his persona again, but it didn’t come. “I want the
real Rise.” He stated and the shadow pouted very similarly to the said
brunette. “But she’s busy with your shadow.” It said and tried to kiss him
again, but he pushed it back. “My shadow? Explain what all this is.” He ordered
and the shadow rolled it’s golden eyes. “She wants you, so your shadow is
taking care of that. And it seems someone else wants you~” It purred and tugged
on his arms. “If the purpose of this is to satisfy one's desires then i should
be with the real Rise.” He said and the shadow pouted before shrugging.
“Alright, have a nice trip~” It sangsong and Naoto felt the ground beneath give
out. He looked down and saw that what looked like a black slime was engulfing
him. He tried to pull out of it but the shadow smirked and pushed him
completely inside. He felt the pressure of the thick goo all around him and
then he felt none. He looked behind him just as he hit the ground again. He
groaned loudly and heard his girlfriends confused voice. “Naoto!?” He looked
over and saw a copy of himself on top of her.
The shadow gave him an unimpressed look before turning back to Rise. She pushed
the shadow off of her and went over to him, “Are you okay?” She asked and
helped him sit up. “I am fine, but this place has somehow taken our desires and
used our personas to fulfill them.” He explained and his persona looked back at
him with yellow eyes. “Correct, I suppose since you’re here i can go help
another customer.” It said in his voice before the goo from before swallowed
him. They had tried to call after it, but it was no use.
They were both confused as to what other customers would want a Naoto
lookalike. Rise had figured out who exactly and blushed slightly. “Desires?”
She asked and rubbed his back to try and help him feel better. “Or what someone
perceives as our desires, Yosuke’s shadow had said he was running this place so
perhaps this is what he thinks are our desires.” Naoto hypothesized and looked
over at the idol. He smiled and decided to lighten the situation, “Good to know
you still want me.” He joked and she giggled before giving him a peck on the
cheek.
“Of course, I better have been yours.” She said and helped him up. They were
currently inside one of the dark business offices that filled the area. “But of
course.” He said softly and tried to open the door only to find it locked. He
sighed and tried to force the door open, “Stand back.” He warned and began
kicking the door, but the door didn’t even bend under the force. The detective
pulled out his gun and tried to shoot the lock, the bullets hit but the metal
was unaffected. He growled in frustration and was about to kick the door again
when she softly touched his arm. “I think we need another way.” She said and
they checked the windows, they were up very high in the building so they
wouldn’t be able to jump. The vents were too small for them to crawl through.
“Wait I have an idea.” He said and looked over the messy desk. He found stacks
of paper and took the paper clips from them.
“Are you going to pick the lock?” She asked in awe as he bent the metal into
the right shapes. He nodded and carefully began to pick the lock. He tried to
find the tumblers but found that the lock had double tumblers so he wouldn’t be
able to open it without the key. “This lock can’t be picked, we’d need a key.”
He was growing extremely frustrated with their current situation. Rise placed a
comforting hand on his back and they sat down on the carpeted floor to try and
think of what to do. “You cannot summon your persona?” He asked and she shook
her head. “I tried when your shadow was here.” She explained and he nodded.
“I’m wondering how Yosuke’s shadow is able to do this.” Naoto pondered out
loud, “Maybe it’s powerful because Yosuke’s been fighting almost as long as
Souji.” The idol offered and he agreed.
“His shadow was also openly flirting with Souji so he must have been surprising
his ‘desires’ of being with him.” he connected the dots and looked around the
room again. “I hope that Yosuke doesn’t anger his shadow without us there.” She
was worried for the others safety and wanted to be able to help. “Is there any
way you can think of getting us out of here?” The detective asked as he saw no
feasible answer. The idol was silent for a moment before she wrapped her arms
around his shoulders and straddled him. He blushed and stammered, “What-t are
you d-doing?!” She touched their foreheads together and pet the back of his
head. “Maybe we need to finish what he thinks is our desires, before you came
here your shadow was trying to kiss me.” she explained her reasoning and it
made sense.
“So what are you suggesting we do?” He asked a bit nervous for the answer. She
bit her bottom lip before answering, “We act out of desires.” She whispered and
kissed him softly. He hesitated before he kissed back and placed his hands on
her hips. They didn’t rush, partially because of their nerves and partially
because of their inexperience. They pulled away from the kiss and looked at
each other again, both unsure on what to do next. “Uh do you want me to...?”
Rise trailed off and was debating on taking the lead. Naoto blushed brightly
before leaning forward and pressed his lips to her soft skin.
She jolted at the feeling of his lips, but quickly enjoyed the shy kisses. He
trailed from her cheek, to her jawline, down to her neck and shoulder. He
stopped for a moment and tried to think back on that one night he had simply
let his instincts take over. He closed his eyes and focused on how she felt
against him. Her body was soft and warm as she pressed against him and her
weight was calming in his lap. He could smell her sweet scent that was making
him feel warm all over. Her hands soothing stroked the back of his neck and
lightly tugged on his hair. He sighed at the pleasure he gained from her soft
hands before he continued.
He moved her shirt slightly and revealed more of her shoulder. He pressed on
open mouth kiss and sucked softly. Rise moaned in response and pulled harder on
his cobalt locks. Naoto felt heat pool in his stomach from quiet noises she let
out. He shifted slightly as he felt his pants grow tighter. He was surprised
when she pressed her hands against his chest and pushed him back against the
desk. He noticed her cheeks were flushed and seemed just embarrassed as he was.
His blue eyes were blown wide as she reached up to her top and began to
unbutton it. She revealed a very decorative pink bra that accented her assets.
He tried to look away but she cupped his face and kissed him again, this time
with more force. Naoto felt his whole body grow warmer as they continued and he
could taste Rise’s sweet lipgloss as she deepened the kiss. He moaned into the
kiss and allowed himself to touch the newly revealed skin. His fingers trailed
over her taunt stomach as she shuddered in response. He nibbled on her bottom
lip and tried to clear his mind that was being fogged over from the new
sensations. He groaned as Rise had relaxed and placed all her weight into his
lap. She squeaked in surprise when she felt him press against him.
They both couldn’t find the heart to look each other in the eyes over their
embarrassment. Naoto took the initiative as he kissed her newly exposed
collarbone. He moved a bit lower and had an idea. He opened his mouth and
sucked harder than he had before. Rise gasped and gripped onto his shoulders
when he swiped his tongue over her skin. He pulled away and they saw the dark
mark that was forming, it was low enough that it’d easily be able to be hidden.
The idol brushed her fingers over it when he apologized. “I s-should have
asked-d.” he felt slightly remorseful, he was afraid that perhaps she hadn’t
wanted him to- “It’s fine, i want to give you one too.” She replied and watched
as his adam’s apple bob nervously.
“Of c-course!” He said a bit too eagerly as he shakily reached up to undo his
jacket buttons. His nervous fingers couldn’t get the buttons so Rise pushed
them away and did it herself. She completely undid his jacket and undid the top
few of his shirt. She didn’t hesitate kissing him again before trailing to his
ear and nibbling on her earlobe. Her warm breath washed over his wet skin and
made him shudder. He felt her kiss down to the side of his neck before she
sucked on his skin. He flailed and tried to pull away, “W-wait Rise! Not-t that
v-visible!” He tried to stop her but she only sucked on his skin harder.
He gasped when he felt her teeth graze his skin and he unconsciously craned his
neck to give her more access. She pulled away from a split second before moving
to another part of his neck and began to leave a mark there. He couldn’t
process anything as his attention starved body felt like he was being overcome
by the sensations. She pressed harder against him and unintentionally grinded
against him. She was taken aback when he moaned and grabbed onto her hips to
force them together. She accidentally bit him as she felt the friction they
made. She noticed how needy he seemed as he thrusted his hips up against her.
She kept her mouth on him as her hands grabbed onto his broad shoulders and she
moved with him.
They felt the pleasure build up as they continued to touch each other and moved
in a frantic rhythm. Rise moved to the other side of his neck and started
leaving marks there, much to his hazy delight. The room was filled with their
soft noises and heavy breaths as they could only process each others presence.
‘This is incredible.’ Naoto thought to himself and vaguely registered a
clicking noise. They both froze when the door swung open and the rest of the
investigation group was staring at them. Rise let out a noise of surprise and
horror as she buttoned her shirt.
They stood up and looked at the group, glad that they all were okay. “Care to
explain?” Souji teased softly. Naoto thought it best if he explained their
actions. “With there being no exit we had hypothesized that doing as the
shadows had intended would open the door.” He said a bit too quickly. He
noticed that Yosuke was firmly holding Souji’s hand and smiling softly with
flushed cheeks. “So the shadows tried molesting you guys too?” He asked and
most of the group was blushing bright red. “Yes, but i had insisted to be with
Rise and our shadows left somewhere.” He explained and noticed that Kanji
wasn’t looking at anyone in the group.
The idol knew why and made sure not to press the issue. Knowing the thug, he’s
probably feeling guilty enough as it is. “When we get back to Junes we need to
discuss this all.” Souji said firmly and they nodded in agreement. The area was
the same as before, but it seemed to lack some of the earlier tension. They
were also able to call upon their personas again which made them feel better.
They made their way out of the tv and went back to their usual meeting spot.
The whole group, excluding Teddie and Souji, seemed too embarrassed to talk
about what happened. “Didn’t you guys like that? I had so many chicks!” Teddie
asked excitedly and they all agreed they didn’t want to know.
“Yosuke’s shadow tried to have sex with me.” Souji said nonchalantly, to which
he brunette choked on air. “So I was correct…” The detective said quietly and
Rise elbowed him when Yosuke tried to catch his breath. “That forced him to
face his shadow and make him tell me how he felt, though I guess he didn’t
realized I already liked him.” Souji finished and the brunette laid against the
table and made sure no one could see his face. “What about you guys?” Souji
asked the rest of the table and Rise decided it wouldn’t hurt to share.
“Naoto’s shadow tried to kiss me and go under my skirt!” She said and the
detective sputtered.
“You did not tell me about the second part!” He pulled down his hat to hide his
face while Chie and Yukiko shared. “Yeah same thing happened with our shadows,
but I could tell it wasn’t her because she wasn’t laughing when I put on
these.” Chie said and pulled out the silly glasses Teddie had made before. To
this the raven laughed loudly and even more when Chie put them on. “What about
you Kanji?” Teddie asked innocently and the thug looked ready to bolt if it
weren’t for the bear holding onto him. “It’s not fair if we all share but you
don’t!” He whined but Kanji wasn’t going to budge. “Would ya quit it!?” He
yelled and pried the bear off of his arm. He growled when the others tried to
question him, until Naoto stepped in.
“It alright if he doesn’t share, it obviously must have affected him a great
deal.” He said and the thug nodded thankfully, but didn’t look at him. “You
know when we went to Dr. Shannon he had mentioned that the majority of our
group had homosexual tendencies.” The detective shared and no one could really
deny the fact. “Well I knew that too, I just didn’t want Yosuke to make a
fuss.” Souji admitted and his new boyfriend’s anger flared. “There’s no way you
could have known!” He tried to defend himself. “Sorry Yosuke but i think we all
knew.” Rise said somewhat apologetically. The brunette again tried to defend
himself but to no avail. “Just be glad you two started dating.” Chie scolded as
Yukiko leaned on her shoulder.
The two girls were just happy they weren’t the only homoesexual couple anymore.
Teddie all of a sudden stood up and started tugging on Kanji’s arm. “What?” the
thug asked as he stood. The bear didn’t say anything until he leaned forward
and laid Kanji over his back. The thug was confused and shouted in surprise
when the bear picked him up and he was hanging off his shoulders. “I can carry
you!” Teddie cheered happily and the rest of the group stood up to help the
blonde. “Actually that reminds me.” Souji said and picked Yosuke up so he was
hanging on one of his shoulders. “Hey hey not cool!” Yosuke shouted as he
pounded his fists on the others back. They all laughed at their antics as both
Kanji and Yosuke tried to get down from the others grip. “Chie catch me!”
Yukiko said suddenly and ran at the brunette.
She caught her easily as the raven wrapped her legs around her waist. “Go
prince Chie!” Rise cheered and giggled softly. It was heartwarming to see them
all having fun in their own ways. Rise squeaked in surprise when Naoto picked
her up bridal style. “I thought you’d want to join in.” He said softly and her
heart skipped a bit at how sweetly he smiled. She pressed their foreheads
together and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. “Aw you don’t need to lie,
I know you wanted to hold me.” She teased softly. His smile didn’t falter as he
bumped their noses. “That’s true.” She blushed brightly as she felt a swell of
happiness.
The spent the rest of the day just messing with each other and trying to carry
each other. Naoto had tried to give Kanji a piggie back ride and he succeeded
for a few moments before they fell backwards. “I think we’ve all had a long
day, why don’t we head home and relax?” Souji suggested and they all thought it
was a great idea. They went their separate ways and knew they would see each
other at the school the following day. Rise went with Naoto back to his house,
even though the detective tried to convince her not to. They went into his
house and he was glad that his grandfather wasn’t home. They were going
upstairs when he caught sight of his reflection. He looked into one of the
hallways mirrors and noticed that he had multiple dark marks all over his neck
and most were very visible. He glared at the brunette, who only smiled and
shrugged. “You didn’t seem to mind when i was doing it~” She teased and he
sighed in exasperation. “I was preoccupied.” He averted his eyes as his cheeks
warmed.
They went into his room and he wasn’t surprised when she asked to spend the
night. “Of course, I don’t mind.” He smiled softly and hugged her from behind.
“You know you can leave some on my neck if you want.” Rise offered as he pulled
out pajamas for them. He shook his head and and walked towards the bathroom. “I
don’t think that’s necessary.” When he closed the door the idol pouted softly
and changed into the over sized clothes. She secretly wanted him give her a
visible mark so she could show it off. She was proud of their relationship and
wanted the town to know that they weren’t putting on a false air. Some people
had actually speculated they were only doing it for publicity for a return of
her to showbiz and that they had hired someone to take those pictures.
She shook her head and laid in the others bed, she was already very familiar
with it. She looked up and saw the detective come out yawning softly. She
giggled at how cute he looked and immediately cuddled him when he laid next to
her. “You remind me of a puppy.” She said softly and he looked at her
quizzically. “You’re cute and like cuddling.” She said simply. “Then you’d be a
puppy.” He countered and kissed her forehead. He couldn’t be anything but happy
with how the group was turning out. “They do call it puppy love.” She joked and
kissed him softly. “I love you.” He murmured and pulled her closer. “I love you
too.” She smiled brightly, she felt happy and warm as his arms held her firmly.
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