(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 come back for the year, Yosuke doesn't know how to act. He tries to ignore his feelings for his best friend, and finds himself pushing Yu further away. Then he finds his elder brother would be returning to Inaba. Just his luck. Shin finds himself interested in Yu, which only makes Yosuke fume. Yosuke hates his brother for what he did those years ago. He can't bare the idea of him getting close to Yu. But, what can he do? He was too late. He and Yu are just friends. He just wishes that Shin would come clean about everything. Because ever since he came back, everything has went downhill. (fair warning that im not big on description, so this is basically just a shit load of dialogue.) topics include: - lgbt+ - suicide/depression/self harm - sexual assault - drugs - homophobic slurs so if this makes you uncomfortable, please do not read! {includes} - yu x yosuke - yukiko x chie - kanji x naoto - duel pov - alcoholism - minor eating disorder - no smut, but some themes which may be uncomfortable for some readers {extras} - teddie still lives with yosuke - includes internal homophobia - mainly fluff lmao - strong language - slight angst lmao game/anime: persona 4 (golden) i don't own any characters, just the story. ps: i do not come from japan, nor have i ever been there. i also haven't watched any other anime besides the persona series, so forgive me if i get some traditional things wrong, or the wrong names or something like that!:) enjoy. cover is not mine, i found it online :).