Yosuke's POV:
Shin walks between me and Yu on the journey to the Dojima residence. Like he's scared I'll do something to Yu.
Is he fucking stupid? I had him first. He's my partner. If anything, I should be protecting Yu from him.
"How far's your place, Narukami?" Giichi asks.
"Not far," Yu says, through gritted teeth. We're in the central shopping district right now, so he's right. Only about ten more minutes.
"Hey," I say, trying to get Yu's attention. "Why... didn't you invite me?"
He looks uncomfortable, and only shrugs.
"Maybe he just didn't want you there," Shin answers. "I mean, god knows you can be clingy."
I bite my lip at that. I can sense Yu staring at me with pity; yearning to say something. But he doesn't.
"Maybe being clingy is good," Giichi says. "I mean, then you know he's loyal, right?"
"Loyal my ass," Shin scoffs.
"Don't make a scene," Yu frowns. Shin quickly gives him a look of apology.
"I hope you don't mind me being here, Narukami," Giichi smiles. "I apologize for inviting myself. I just thought it'd be good for Yosuke."
"You know what's good for him?" Yu says, with snark in his voice.
"Well, yeah. He loves his friends, you know? They make him forget about his issues."
"Issues?" Yu asks. "What issues?"
"He's kidding!" I quickly interrupt. "Damn it, Giichi..."
"Hey, let's not make tonight all about you, okay?" Shin says, looking ahead. "We're celebrating the fact that we won today."
"Are you sure you still wanna come, Miura?" Yu asks. "I mean, you were the opposing team, after all."
(Yu's POV)
"I don't mind," he only smiles, which pisses me off. "I'm going for Yosuke, anyways."
"Hey, let's hurry this up, yeah?" Shin butts in. "It's really starting to come down, and I didn't bring an umbrella."
"I did," Miura says, opening it up. "But I don't think the four of us can fit under..."
"Take Narukami under with you," Shin says. "I don't want him catching a cold."
"No, no, I'll be fine," I say, simply because I don't want to be anywhere near him.
"Yosuke?" Miura asks. Yosuke quickly shuffles beneath his umbrella, thanking him.
"Dammit, koibito," Shin groans. "Now you're gonna get sick."
"No," I say, taking off my jacket. "Hold it above us." Shin does as I tell him, and the fabric only just protects us from the downfall.
"You idiot," he scolds. "You've got nothing on your arms, now."
"I'm fine," I smile. "We should hurry, yeah?"
~~~
Yosuke's POV:
Shin and Yu walk ahead of us; Shin holding Yu's jacket as an umbrella.
"Did something happen to him?" Giichi suddenly asks me.
"Who, Yu?"
"Yeah," he nods. "I didn't wanna say anything during the game, but his arms looked... y'know... bruised and bloody, with a shitty job of moisturizer coating them."
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With You (Souyo)
Fanfiction(Prolly still has a shitton of typos, feel free to point them out) Yosuke has never really been great at expressing how he feels. Certainly not to his partner, at least. He'd been... thinking about Yu differently since he left. And now that he's com...
