Desire and Love [AkiraxYusuke P5]

Chapter Thirty

   "How's your head?"

   Mishima rubbed his eyes and yawned as Ryuji sat on the bed beside him.

   "Hurts a little... but I'm doing better..." He let out a chuckle. "Was it like this when you first got your Persona...?"

  "Yeah, my body felt like crap all over. But I got over it pretty quickly! I'm tough!"

   Mishima laughed when his friend flexed his muscles and playfully pushed him.

   "So, how soon will we be going back?"

   "Probably later tonight. You and me are gonna sleep in the attic space in Leblanc, so our parents won't freak out if they find us sleeping and can't wake us up. Futaba already explained to Sojiro," Ryuji explained.

   "Ok," Mishima spoke softly, "What about Yusuke...? At the club yesterday, Anesa said Yusuke did something to her... you don't think he tried to hurt her...?"

   "I don't know," Ryuji stood to look through his clothes in his closet. "But if he's got some weird shit going through his head, we should keep tabs on him like Jaehyun said,"

   Mishima glanced away with blush on his face when Ryuji started taking his clothes off and changing into his gym clothes.

   "But we don't gotta worry about that until later. Ready to start training?"

   "Yeah, ok..." Mishima smiled.

  "Awesome! Let's go!"

   Ryuji hurried out his door, but Mishima trailed back a little, still with thoughts stuck in his head.

   "What could Yusuke have done...?"

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   "Yusuke, I'm not tired!"

   The artist laid his lover back against the bed and held him still.

   "Please, you need to sleep, darling. It'll be difficult for us to enter your Palace if you're awake," He said.

    Akira pouted and pushed Yusuke away while sitting up and folding his arms.

   "I said I'm not tired!"

   Yusuke groaned and put a hand over his face. For a guy Akira's age, he was really stubborn and childish.

   "Darling, please. Jaehyun is supposed to enter us in a few minutes, why won't you sleep?"

   Akira just poked his bottom lip out and groaned, as if he were a little three year old that didn't get what he wanted for Christmas.

   "Akira, I swear to god..."

   Yusuke moved so he was in front of Akira and put his hands on his shoulders. He pulled him close and looked into his eyes with a deep expression, catching Akira slightly off guard.

   "Love, we're doing this to help you. Why are you being so stubborn?"

   Akira broke eye contact and pouted. Yusuke had to admit, Akira's pouty face was really cute.

   "I don't know... I just don't think anything will change..." He said.

   "Darling..." Yusuke brushed hair from Akira's face. "I don't want to hear you talk like that. We're going to help you, ok? So, please, at least try to go to sleep, ok?"

   Akira stayed in his place for a moment. Then he glanced back at Yusuke.

   "You promise to stay right beside me all night...?"

   "I promise, love,"

   "... Then, alright..."

   Akira laid himself down. Yusuke laid beside the raven and kissed his forehead. He rubbed Akira's back and hummed a lullaby as he did before, coaxing him off to sleep.

   "No leaving... ok...?" The younger boy muttered.

   "Never in a million years..."

   Akira drifted off. Yusuke kissed his forehead once more, then shut his eyes. In seconds, he could feel himself transition to another place.

   "Now entering... Palace of Prince Akira Kurusu..."

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Short chapter, but plot will pick up soon!

And also...I'm pretty sure a lot of you have played Persona 4 or seen the anime, yet nobody seemed to notice I pretty much implied Yu Narukami is Akira's older cousin. 😗

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