old and new (akira kurusu x reader)

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[akira's pov]

he knew that [y/n] was smart in the way she conducted things. he knew that despite her more happy demeanor and talkativeness that she was hiding something. he knew that he hadn't gained her trust back, which was understandable in his mind. 

he wanted to gain her trust again. he wanted what they used to have together. 

he never told anyone but ryuji, his best friend, but he'd began having feelings for the girl that lived in the attic with him. 

which is why he so desperately tried to invade her palace, so that he could try to take off even the slightest burden off of her shoulders. 

was he being too presumptuous? did he seriously think that he was the only one that was capable of alleviating her problems? 

the blue haired man's presence in the velvet room had proven him wrong already. maybe he was in the wrong for wanting to take her heart. 

he'd invited the phantom thieves over for a casual hangout, discussing the summer plans and various ways they'd spend their time at home. 

it was supposed to be a casual hangout. emphasis on casual. 

so when the red haired lady walked into the cafe, the rest of the group following her, he knew that something was up. 

"dude... the chick in the fur coat's kinda hot," ryuji whispered to him. 

no one in the group could stop staring, especially yusuke who was thinking of various ways of incorporating them into his paintings. 

"is [y/n] here?" 

the guy looked around the same age as them, wearing a standard high school uniform. it was him. ken amada. he'd looked the same in the pictures the group had looked up. 

this was the guy [y/n] was living with prior to coming to yogen-jaya. 

thundering footsteps could only mean one thing; she was excited to see them, more specifically ken. 

he'd never seen her so happy. she was like a bumbling school girl in love when she ran into his arms, his body barely able to keep them balanced but balanced nonetheless. 

there was a pang in his heart. was it sadness? was it anger? was it hate? was it disappointment? or was it all four? 

ryuji could sense his jealousy, putting his hand on his shoulder to calm him down. 

he'd have to change her heart. now. 

when the group had left after saying their greetings, not even batting an eye or even trying to greet akira and his friends, makoto spoke up first, mainly out of spite for the girl in the attic. 

"who does she think she is? inviting her friends here?" 

"personally, i don't think sojiro minds," fubata reasoned, "i mean he lets us come here to hangout after all." 

"the girl in the pink dress was so pretty!" haru sighed dreamily. 

"nah," ryuji intercepted, "it was the hot redhead in the suit." akira cringed slightly; he could've sworn he saw ryuji drooling for the woman. 

"they're all pretty people, whatever," makoto said, "but the boy," she looked towards futaba, "was that-"

"ken amada? the one that lived with [y/n] before hand right?" makoto nodded, "then that's him." 

"what high school does he go to?" yusuke asked, obviously intrigued. 

futaba whipped out her laptop quickly, typing and trying to find out information to feed the nosy group, "gekkoukan high," she said, "it's the high school [y/n] would've gone to if she hadn't-" 

akira sighed. the whole group froze. 

now normally, sighing is a very common and normal reaction to information. it can be used to portray if one is bored, sad, or trying to calm down. 

akira, in this case was trying to calm down. the boy was aggravated to no end. he was able to sum up the feeling he had in his chest. 

it was jealously. 

"bro, chill" ryuji tried to calm the black haired boy down. but akira would have none of it. 

"we need to find out the rest of the keywords," akira looked towards makoto, who now looked more intrigued into the conversation, "what are the keywords we have so far?"

"so far we have," makoto paused briefly to think about it, "[y/n] [l/n], tatsumi port island... that's it so far?" 

"only those 2?" makoto nodded. 

"we can look more into tatsumi port island!" ann tried to calm down the anxious leader, "maybe we can figure out what form the palace takes from it's surroundings!" 

"on it," futaba said as she began typing away, looking for images of the island, "there's a lot of buildings.." 

"no shit," makoto deadpanned. 

"what?? i'm just saying theres a bunch of towers and buildings and stuff..." 

"okay, maybe this isn't the route we're supposed to be on," morgana said, walking around on the table. 

"what do you mean?" ann asked. 

"i'm glad you asked, milady," morgana cleared his throat, "when the group came in, what did you think of?" 

"i thought they were very pretty people," yusuke said, "i'd like to paint them-" 

"NO! not that!" 

"well what did you think of?" haru asked. 

"i thought of us." 

the cafe fell silent, which prompted morgana to speak up again, "let me explain. have you ever thought about other people that can hold personas?" 

"woah woah woah," ryuji interrupted, "stop right there; there are other people that can use a persona?"

"i mean if you think about it, we all found each other and we had personas." 

"that's true," ann said, "but why haven't we seen them in mementos? or any palace?"

"well, we haven't really been on any mission since [y/n] came." 

"how do we ask if she has a persona? wouldn't that make her more dangerous if we were to steal her heart?" ryuji asked. 

"we don't ask," akira spoke up, "we're phantom thieves. we'll find out eventually." 

taken aback by his words, ryuji put his hand on his back and chuckled, "that was kinda cool bro." 

resting her head on her hands, ann smiled, "maybe she has something similar to what we have in mementos." 

"but what could that be?" yusuke asked. 

"akira," makoto said, "eyes sinister, have you tried going through her belongings?" 

the group collectively all looked to the attic, then back to each other; [y/n] would not be home for at least a couple of hours and stealing is what thieves do best. 

[a/n]: hi it is july 25 where i am aka my birthday so i have uploaded LOL :) thank you to those who have still continued reading all this time i really appreciate it, the votes and comments and reads i get are something i treasure very greatly <3