Yu's POV:
Silently, he pulls up outside my house and turns off the engine.
He puts his hands over his face, leaning his back against the seat.
"Are you okay?" I ask, quietly.
"Yeah."
"Don't lie."
"No, I'm sorry. You must be tired after all this shit... Go get some rest."
"I don't give a crap about that," I sigh. "Tell me what's up."
"I'm sorry... I just feel like I'm taking you away from all you've ever loved."
"...Maybe..."
"You think so, too, huh?" He mutters.
"I didn't mean it like that," I say. "Maybe... there's another way..."
"Like what?" He scoffs. "I want to get out of here. With you."
"...I get it."
"Because, without you, I'd be nothing."
"Don't say shit like that."
"Before I met you, everything was a mess. I feel like you helped me to be true to myself."
True to himself? He's being lying to himself all this time, and to me, too.
"I should go," I grunt, unbuckling my belt and opening the car door.
"Hey, Yu?"
I turn my head. "Yeah?"
"I love you."
"Shin..."
"I- I know," he shakes his head. "You don't have to say it back or anything. I just wanted you to know."
"...I'll see you tomorrow."
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I sneak upstairs, trying not to wake Nanako and Dojima.
It's about 3:00am right now and I'm sure they're asleep, so I really don't want to disturb them. Or for Dojima to come out yelling; waking the whole neighbourhood up because I was out so late.
I silently open my bedroom door, and close it with a low creak.
I take a good look around, and see him sitting on my bed, smiling.
"What now?" I mumble, throwing my bag onto the floor, not even caring if anyone hears me anymore.
"Suprised to see me?" The boy in the stripped pyjamas grins.
"Not anymore, no."
"Sorry to come in so sudden," he says. "I just knew you'd be back."
"Whatever. Can you please go? I'm really tired."
"Don't you wanna ask me some questions?"
"Questions?" I scoff. "We're far past getting to know one another, and you're really starting to get on my nerves."
"Oh, I'm sorry," he sighs. "I do not mean to be such a burden."
"No..." I groan. "I never said that."
"My name is Pharos." He holds his hand out for me to take with a smile. Slowly, I do, but his smile doesn't fade.
"Okay, and what are you doing here... Pharos?"
"I'm not sure," he admits. "It's been quite some time since I returned to this world."
"...Just what are you?"
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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...
