Persona 3 : Two Souls

Part 40 - The Decision

December 25th, Takuya returned to the dorm building to a mostly empty lounge area save for Akihiko.

"Hey, you're back." Akihiko said as he saw the blue-haired teen return. "Today's the 25th, talk about a lousy Christmas...."

"That's fair..." Takuya replied with a sigh.

"Mitsuru said she wanted to see you when you got back." Akihiko replied.

"Where is she?" Takuya asked.

"She said she'd be waiting in your room, don't know how she planned to get in." Akihiko said. "I don't lock my door, that's how." Takuya replied with a chuckle before heading upstairs.

The young man had no clue what his girlfriend was planning, he assumed she had some holiday surprise for him but he wasn't going to count on it considering the circumstances surrounding everyone's lives right now. Regardless, he reached his bedroom door and opened it to see her sitting on his bed waiting for him patiently.

"You wanted to see me?" Takuya asked with a weak chuckle.

"Yes, please come in." Mitsuru responded.

"It is my room." he joked before following her suggestion by entering his own room, closing the door behind him, he sat down on the bed right next to her.

"I want to fight Nyx." Mitsuru blurted out "I know they said it's impossible to win, but I don't think I could face my father if I didn't try."

"I understand...." Takuya said "...I've been thinking about it, despite my efforts to get it out of my head..." he let out a sigh as he tensed up, Mitsuru placed her hands on his shoulders in an effort to relax him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." Mitsuru began to apologize.

"It's fine." Takuya interrupted "I want to fight Nyx too, I've decided that..."

"You have?" Mitsuru asked, Takuya answered her with a nod before placing his hand on the side of her face. "I have..." he said "...I know our odds are terrible but I have to try, I have to...for everyone...for Miyuki...for you."

Mitsuru shot him a gentle smile, she had a feeling he'd come to this conclusion but it was nice to hear come directly from him.

"There's something else...." Mitsuru began "...If I die when we fight Nyx, I want you to take over the Kirijo Group for me...." he was stunned upon hearing this, he couldn't even imagine that happening but he knew it was possible no matter how terrible of a possiblity it was. He took a breath and said "Okay, I will." in response, for a moment there were no words while Mitsuru fully expected him to reply back with his own version of what she asked.

"Mitsuru...." Takuya spoke up "....I don't want you to think about it too much but....if I die, please make sure Miyuki will be okay." he sighed "I'm not saying never leave her side, I know she can take care of herself...I just want you to stay in her life, if that makes sense." she took his hand from her face and placed it into her own. "It does, I understand." the two make eye contact "I'm sorry you got dragged into all this." she apologized.

"Mitsuru." Takuya said "If it takes all this to meet you, it's worth it." after saying those words he took her into a kiss and the two shared this tender moment, their lips parted and they opened their eyes to look upon one another once again.

"Takuya..." Mitsuru spoke "...I'm afraid."

"So am I..." Takuya replied.

December 30th, that morning Yukari had come to Takuya's door to inform him that Aigis was returning that day and they were all going to gather on the ground floor to welcome her back that night. Everyone went about their days, all mentally counting down the seconds until they could see Aigis again, the evening eventually came and they all gathered to welcome her back. Mitsuru came through the entrance with Aigis by her side, everyone got up from their seats and surrounded the two.