Persona 5 Royal AU

Chapter 35 - Waiting for Futaba

"Everyone okay?" I asked.

"Yeah, I think so." Makoto said.

I took out my phone.

'The destination has been renewed.' said the metaverse app.

"What does that mean?" Ryuji said.

Both my eyes glowed as they explained about the renewal of the heart to me. Her Palace has most likely become an oasis now that her heart has been set at ease. I conveyed this to the others and they smiled relieved. Then Sojiro came out. While the others decided to keep him distracted; Makoto, Morgana, and I went to check on Futaba.

We got worried when we saw her sitting outside her house, she seemed unresponsive. I went and got Doctor Tae to check on Futaba. We waited as Makoto starred at me.

"Ren." she whispered. "You still have those wings. Are you okay?"

"I think so." I whispered back. "They should disappear within a day. I'll just have to keep them folded."

Doctor Tae looked up.

"Well other than being out of energy, she pretty healthy." she said. "But you know a house call will cost you."

"How much?" Makoto asked.

"I'm joking." she said smiling. "By the way Ren, you aware that your shirt has blood on the back of it?"

"Huh?" I said. "Uh no I didn't know."

"Let me take a look at your back. I do owe you for your help." she said.

"Okay, Makoto can you go get Sojiro? I'll meet back with you afterwards." I said.

"Yeah, I'll go get him." she replied.

We decided to leave Morgana to watch Futaba. I followed Doctor Tae to her office. She had me remove my shirt to check my back.

"The little girl's dad visited me today." Doctor Tae said. "And the medicine you helped me perfect has helped Miwa-chan start her road to recovery."

"Glad to hear. Is the little girl doing better?" I said.

"She's doing much better and will be back to school soon." she said. "So, are my medicines helpful in your endeavor as a phantom thief?"

I froze thinking wha-, I looked at her.

"I figured it out, a sane person would tell the police but you helped me in more ways than I could imagine." She said. "Now tell me why you are like this?"

"You realized then the bleeding from my eyes wasn't normal." I said.

"Yeah, seemed like something supernatural." she said. "Not to mention I can see some faint symbols on your body."

I explained to her about what was going on. She was fascinated for sure, especially when I made my eyes glow.

"Alright then. Now that I understand, I'll make sure that you have medicine for your eye." she said.

"Thank you." I said.

She nodded with a smile. Soon I returned to the others and they told me what Sojiro said.

"So this is normal for her. That's somewhat a relief." I said.

"Yeah but what are we going to do about Medjed?" Ryuji said.

"We wait for her to wake up." I said.

We parted ways for the day. Looking at my schedule, I have a lot to do and now I have the time to meet up with my confidants. I can still feel the wings but for now I was eating the energizing curry to re-energize me. After eating, I went to buy a beginner's book on playing pool. I know none of my friends will be available due to exhaustion from the palace battle. My phone beeped.