With You (Souyo)

Be Kind

Yosuke's POV:

"How is he?" Shin asks, sitting on the edge of my bed. "Yosuke? What's wrong?"

"Nothing," I shake my head, snapping out of my thoughts.

"Was it something Miura did?" He asks. "'Cause if it is--"

"No, Shin," I sigh. "Really, it's nothing."

"I may not be a good brother, but I am a good friend. I know you're lying."

"If I told you, you'd never believe me."

"Of course I'd believe you," he smiles, patting my knee as I sit beside him.

"I don't know what's going on with him."

"Yu?"

"Yes," I groan. "It's like everything I say is the wrong thing. I can't get through to him. He just thinks I'm acting against him."

"...Yosuke..."

"...And it's your fault."

"...What?"

"You. You and Hana... All this shit is suffocating him, Shin."

"I... I know, but—"

"And, what? By the end of the week, none of it'll matter, huh?"

"Please," he begs. "Please, stop reminding me."

"He deserves more, Shin. More from me. More from you. He deserves to be happy."

"He was upset when you went off with Miura, too."

"I know that, dammit," I snap. "It was a mistake, I'll admit."

"You were meant to be there for him. Because I knew I'd just fuck everything up."

I sigh. "If anything, he needed you most tonight."

He bites his lip.

"He's acting strange, too," I say quietly.

"...What do you mean?"

"He's acting... like you."

He frowns, turning to me. "I'm confused."

"He got kicked out of the rink."

"For what?"

"For punching some guy."

Shin pauses for a moment. "...Really?"

"Yeah," I nod. "It freaked Rise out. It freaked all of us out."

"He's a calm guy, but... sometimes that's the only way."

"Shin, he was in public," I scoff. "It's not like the guy was much of a threat."

"Fuck..." He whispers.

"...And I walked him home, too."

"...Oh, yeah?"

"Things were said," I mutter. "Everything I said just pissed him off even more. He couldn't understand what I was trying to say... So he pushed me."

"Pushed you?" He furrows his eyebrows. "...Did it hurt?"

"...Yeah," I murmur. "It wasn't a gentle push, to put it simply. My back still hurts."

"...Are you alright, Yosuke?"

"I'm not mad about it," I say. "I was just... scared, I guess. I mean, it felt like he was going to do more. It felt like he wanted to do more."

"He didn't." Shin shakes his head quickly. "Trust me, Yosuke, he adores you, okay?"

"Not in the way he adores you."