Yosuke's POV:
What Giichi says doesn't exactly add up. Or, rather, what he had said as opposed to Yu.
Yu said Giichi was the one badmouthing him, and calling him a slut. Then Giichi accuses him of abuse?
Honestly, I feel more inclined to believe Yu. Of course I do. Giichi does have anger issues, I'll admit. There's something... wrong with him. He wants to be the victim, I guess. He wants my attention. But I really don't think Yu would attack someone like that.
And his parents' abuse? That's... Geez... I can't believe he never told me... And here I was, thinking it was lonely in his house. I guess being alone is better than being abused.
I know I said I was gonna call things off with him... But I couldn't bring myself to. At the bar, he was just so happy... I didn't wanna bring the mood down. And just then, he was ranting on about his life... I couldn't do it then, either...
I guess it's not a big deal if I don't tell him straight away... It's not real, after all...
But I can't help but wonder, what if?
What if he's telling the truth? What if Shin has influenced Yu in some way into abusing another person? Or maybe he was drunk?
I feel awful for thinking this way about him... But why would Giichi lie? I know he's never liked Yu particularly, but why would he want to make him the enemy? If anything, it'd seem more likey being the other way around...
Giichi and I meet up again with the rest of the crowd.
"Where's Yu?" Is my first question.
"Over there." Rise jerks a finger to the reception area. "He's on his cell."
"That's my cell," I correct. "What's he doing, all alone?"
"Dunno," Kanji shrugs. "Said he wanted to be alone, or somethin'."
"Hm."
He wants to be alone? Is that because I ditched him for Giichi? I guess that's understandable...
"Hey, Yosuke?" Giichi tugs on my arm. "Can we skate together?"
"Um... I- uh... I should go check up on Yu, first..." I explain.
He frowns, with hurt in his eyes. "Oh."
"No, Giichi..." I sigh. "That's not what I meant..."
"I'll go check up on him," Naoto says.
"You sure?" I ask.
"Of course," she nods. "You two should get going."
That certainly changes his mood around. "That's so sweet of you, Naoto-chan."
"H-hm? Oh, yes..." She's obviously not used to people using the honorific 'chan' with her. Her reaction is pretty cute, though.
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Yu's POV:
"Senpai?" A small voice calls. I look up from the phone, and see Natoto struggling to get off the ice.
"Here." I put the cell in my pocket, and rush over to help her.
"Th-thank you..." She breathes.
I sit us back down on the bench, and turn to look at her.
"What's wrong?"
"Yosuke-kun was worried about you," she sighs.
"...Why didn't he come himself?" I frown.
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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...
