Real & the Ideal: A Persona 5R Dark Sun Sequel (Goro Akechi x Amamiya Ren)

5: It Can't Be True

(PSA: This chapter is rated M for my god was that hot x3)

I want to make your dream a reality...

(Akechi's P.O.V)

The childish fight between the group of us calmed down. After many apologies from my friends, Ren resolved to help walk me back to our room. My throat and lungs stung from the soreness of running so easily out of air, and I was beyond exhausted now.

...so much for a relaxing bathouse vacation.

But amidst the incident, it was the visions I had during my inability to properly breathe that bothered me the most. Why did I have thoughts of Shido laughing at me? Calling me names? Drowning me?

...and why did it feel..familiar?

Shido had been a good, caring father my entire life, even after my mother died at such a young age. He was the one man that taught me how to ride a bike, how to write my name, and how to make a living for myself as an apprentice detective. Shido, despite not being married to my mother, took me in and gave me a home after she passed. He cared for and loved me. Even despite his growing responsibilities as a wealthy, powerful politician...

I ran a hand through my hair, but even that simple gesture seemed to zap my energy. I could feel my mood shifting...

"Here, you might as well dry off.."

We stepped into the boys shared group room and I split away from Ren. His quiet muttering was just enough to shake me from my thoughts. All of a sudden a plush towel slipped around my sides as Ren attempted to assist me in drying off.

But that just pissed me off even more.

I slapped his hand away.

"Don't touch me." I hissed, rejecting his advances entirely and beginning to saunter farther into the room, purposely widening the physical space between us.

Ren paused, standing there confused as the towel hung in his hands.

"What did I do?"

His perplexed expression angered me more. How could he not tell that he was the one who started all of this?

I whipped around angrily.

"What is wrong with you!? Why would you tell me something like that anyway? That the last time you saw me, I was being taken into house arrest!?" My voice was getting more irritated by the moment, despite my tone being slightly hoarse.

I threw my hands to my head furiously.

"Ever since then, everywhere I turn I'm doubting things that just happened. What did I eat for lunch, was it really that convenience store bento? Did my dad really just go to work?" I bit my lip, turning away from Ren in defeat. How was I supposed to handle what he'd said? My mind was entirely mixed up.

"All these sudden thoughts in my head aren't normal. You even have me wondering things that are completely insane."

I shook my head and scoffed, about to walk towards the other room and shut myself in. I needed some alone time to think.

"Things like what?"

Ren persisted, following behind me. My irritation at him was continuing to rise.

"It's nothing you need to know." I wasn't interested in telling him the randomly odd visions I was seeing. Attempting to explain it would seem like I was crazy.

"Akechi."

I felt his hand grab my shoulder and turn me around to face him.

I grit my teeth.