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chroniccombustion · 3 years

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I had a dream that I may use as a fic idea some day. PegoBan, but Souji is a girl (henceforth called Somi because it means "beautiful," I think?) and she and Akira are high school sweethearts with no friends and shitty parents that hold them to shitty expectations. So they pack their bags and hop the last train out of the city, heading to Inaba in hopes of starting a new life.

That's where the dream ended, but what if...???

So they ditch their old phones and change their names and Somi cuts her hair and they get jobs in the shopping district and have a tiny, TINY little apartment above Skiroku Shop or something, and it all takes some getting used to but they're happy together and they make it work, even though Somi works double shifts at Junes while Akira works at Aiya's and also the bookstore.

But then Akira gets arrested. Doujima, who is a better father in this AU and hasn't yet figured out Somi is his niece (she didn't know he was there either, oops), is on Akira's side because those charges are some bullshit. He's the one that calls Sojiro and asks him to take Akira in. Later, Dojima takes in Somi because she can't quite make rent anymore and everyone is hesitant to cut the girl dating a "criminal" much of a break.

Everyone's Persona journeys happen pretty much the same after that, and because Somi and Akira facetime CONSTANTLY, they're both fully up to date on each other's stuff. Yosuke is still Somi's best friend, and she comforts him after Saki's death and in return he comforts her after Akira's arrest. (He 100% has a crush, but he's kinda friends with Akira, too, and even helped Akira pick out a promise ring or something for Somi idk, and he's never gonna act on it. To both Akira and Somi's polyamorous frustration.)

Sometimes when he's in Mementos, Akira can feel the Fool bond vibrating, and he knows it means Somi is in the TV world and they can both kind of reach out to one another through that bond. When a fight goes ary and Akira is in legit danger, a Persona he didn't summon appears and shields him, and he knows, he KNOWS it's Somi trying to protect him because she watches the news RELIGIOUSLY now, for more than just Midnight Channel stuff. At first it's a beautiful woman bathed in gold light, with golden armor and a glittering crown, a massive two-handed sword held high.

("I am Guinevere. Villainize me, but I choose the truth of my heart before my duty to the world.")

Later, after Akira's phone is bugged he stops messaging Somi about persona and PT stuff because he doesn't want her targeted, and it's only after he fakes his death that he can tell her why, but Somi has a breakdown in the meantime because she thinks the love of her life, her fiance, her SOULMATE is dead. She forgives him, of course, because she understands completely after he tells her but she's also an emotional wreck right now and Nanako is missing so she doesn't talk to Akira for a little while after that.

Akira thinks she's pissed enough to leave him, but during the final battle, that golden, queenly persona reappears to protect him, only this time she's clothed in bright silver armor, with shining wings, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.

("I am Jean D'arc! I will fight and live and die for what I love and know is just!")

And they win.

The IT wins and the PT win and Akira does his stint in juvie and at the end of it all, the rest of the Thieves drive him back to Inaba, where Somi is waiting, and the two of them RUN at each other because it's been a YEAR, and she's still wearing that crappy little ring because of COURSE she was still gonna wait for him, what the hell, Akira?

But maybe Inaba (other than the IT and the Dojimas, because you KNOW Nanako calls Akira "Aki-nii") still doesn't like Akira much, and he DOES kind of have a job offer and a mostly free place to live at Le'Blanc, so maybe Somi does wind up leaving Inaba like in game canon, but it's less bittersweet this time. They go back and live above the cafe, and Somi can hear Morgana talk, who flirts with her just like he does with Ann (Akira is going to put the fear of god into his cat if Mona doesn't stop, so help him.) Yosuke comes to visit them some times and WHOOPS POLYAMORY, because Akira and Somi are also dating like, half the PTs now, get in here, Hanamura.

(And also Haru pays for the Seta-Kurusu wedding and no one can stop her.)

#my spouse and I are already rping this #i legit will probably write this one day #persona 4 #persona 5 #p4 #p5 #pegoban #banpego #soukira #souji seta #yu narukami #fem Souji #Akira kurusu #ren amamiya

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artikgato · 6 years

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Souyowrimo day 26

Prompt list here, other completed prompts in this tag.

Only four left...but three days left in the year...

Day 26 - Shopping

“Nanako,” Yosuke groaned, slumping down in his chair and letting his head rest on the table in front of him, face down. “It’s been hours and we still haven’t found anything to get for him.”

“Big Bro is really hard to buy for,” Nanako acknowledged. She sighed and he heard a thump from her side of the table, and figured that she had probably put her head down too.

Nanako was staying with the two of them for her holiday break this year. According to Souji, the pressure of exams had gotten to her and she’d decided that she needed a break from her dad and had packed some bags and gotten on the train...and then called him. Of course she was always welcome in their apartment, and both Souji and himself were delighted to have her there. It had seemed, in fact, like a godsend to Yosuke, because who better to help him pick out a Christmas gift for Souji than his beloved little sister?

As it turned out, she was just as stumped as he was.

“We’ve looked in every store in this mall except for the pet store,” Yosuke grumbled, sitting up. Nanako perked up, raising her head to look at him with a look of hope on her face, but he shook his head, dashing her hopes immediately. “We can’t have more than one pet according to our rental agreement.”

“Well...maybe we can get some cat toys? A new bed? A scratching post? A cat tree?” she asked, sitting fully up. He shook his head.

“Anything we buy won’t be as nice as what Souji’s already bought,” he replied, with an annoyed chuckle. “I swear, he spend more money on that cat than he spends on himself most of the time. I can’t say I regret getting the cat for him last year, but…”

“Yeah...kind of hard to one-up a cat,” Nanako finished. She grabbed her abandoned coffee and took a swig of it. Yosuke made a face.

“I still don’t get how you can drink that black,” he told her, eyeballing his own coffee - which had so much cream and sugar in it that it was a pale tan color. She laughed.

“Dad says I’m so sweet that I don’t need to add anything to my coffee,” she replied, with a wink. Yosuke laughed too.

“Well that explains Souji too...but I guess that means I’m so bitter that I need all the cream and sugar I can get?” he asked.

“That’s why you and Big Bro are perfect for eachother,” Nanako explained. She put her coffee down and gave him a look. “Actually...there is one other store we didn’t go in.” Yosuke started to sweat - he knew what she was talking about, but hoped that he could get out of this conversation by hiding behind his coffee cup. “The jewelry store.”

“Aha, well, you know your Big Bro, he doesn’t really do jewelry, Nanako…” Yosuke attempted to deflect. She put her hands palms-down on the table and leaned over it a little bit, fixing him with a stern look.

“You know what I’m talking about, Yosuke-nii,” she said, and he almost laughed at the absurdity of her using that nickname for him in the gravest tone imaginable. He sighed.

“Same-sex marriage isn’t legal in Japan yet, Nanako,” he explained. She sat back and shrugged.

“So? You can at least get him a ring,” she argued. He took another long drink of his coffee, and she rolled her eyes. “Oh, come on. You can’t be thinking he’ll reject you?” Yosuke averted his eyes, pretending to get very invested in the display of lights across the walkway from them. Nanako sighed. “You two have been living together since college! Anyone that spends more than five minutes with you two can see that you’re stupidly in love. Heck, I was only a little kid back when you two were in high-school and even I could tell, all the way back then! What’s the hold up?”

“I’m just...worried, is all,” Yosuke finally replied, putting down his coffee and facing her fully. “Not that Souji will reject me. We’ve talked about marriage, you know? I…” he trailed off, reaching up to scratch at his hair with a groan. “Souji’s got a really great job. He loves it. I don’t want to do anything that would put him at risk. And...it may not seem like much, but a ring? He’d either have to lie and tell his boss and coworkers that he got engaged to a girl, or tell them the truth, and getting outed at work totally gets people fired.”

“...that blows,” Nanako swore, and Yosuke raised an eyebrow at her, with a fond grin.

“You’ve been hanging around Kanji, haven’t you?” he asked, and she laughed.

“How can you tell?” she asked. They both laughed.

“Okay so...we can’t get him another cat, and a ring’s out...hmm,” Nanako said. “Back to square one.”

“What do you get for the person that has everything?” Yosuke grumbled. “Maybe we should try another mall?”

“We should probably go back to your place and drop off all of the other stuff we’ve bought,” Nanako pointed out, gesturing to the dozen or so bags that were sitting at their feet.

“That’s...probably a good idea,” Yosuke conceded. “Man...how come all of our other friends are so easy to buy for?” Nanako giggled in response. She gathered up their now-empty coffee cups and took them to a nearby trashcan while Yosuke gathered up the numerous bags of gifts that they’d accumulated.

“We’re gonna have a hell of a time getting all of these with us to Inaba,” Yosuke pointed out, and Nanako shrugged.

“We’ll manage,” Nanako reassured him.

On the way back to the apartment they passed by a bookstore, and ducked in momentarily to look around at Nanako’s suggestion. The problem was, there were already a couple of bookshelves in the apartment, full to bursting with all kinds of books - books Souji had gotten for himself, books everyone else had gotten for him, books from his coworkers and parents… and he had books about everything from tarot to mythology to cats to fishing. Yosuke didn’t want to risk getting him a book that he knew Souji was after, because chances were he’d already managed to get a copy and it was in the mail or something.

“Ahah!” Nanako suddenly exclaimed, and Yosuke poked his head around one of the rows of bookshelves, to find her triumphantly holding a book with the title “The Kitchen Vegetable Garden”.

“Oh, that’s right, you two had a little garden back when we were in high school,” Yosuke commented, approaching her and setting the bags down at his feet.

“Excuse you, I’m still taking care of the garden, thank you,” Nanako corrected. Yosuke reached out and took the book from her, flipping it over to read the synopsis on the back.

“We could probably find some little pots and seeds and stuff fairly easily...good find, Nanako-chan! Oh, but we’ll have to pay attention and make sure nothing we grow is toxic to cats…” Yosuke pointed out.

“This book has a section about pet-friendly plants!” Nanako proudly pointed out, and Yosuke, impressed, flipped to the section she was talking about.

“Alright...so, this can be your gift, and I’ll get him all the supplies he needs. Deal?” Yosuke asked, handing the book back to her. She nodded, grinning. While she went to the counter to buy the book, Yosuke used his phone to pull up a list of nearby stores that sold gardening supplies.

They ended up spending the rest of the day in a little gardening shop, asking the owner, a young lady by the name of Okumura, for advice. They ended up with pots and trays, a bag of soil, a cute little watering can with cats all over it (of course), and a bunch of seeds. Yosuke had picked up catnip on his own, and Nanako had thrown in a bunch of other herb seeds after checking to make sure they weren’t toxic to cats. The shopkeeper had also suggested chamomile, scallions and salad greens, and had given them some seeds to them for free.

“They aren’t quite as tasty as regular vegetables, but they’re easy to grow indoors,” she’d said, when she’d handed the seed packets to Yosuke. There were labeled “sun tomatoes” and “moonlight carrots”. When he asked if they were okay for cats, she’d just giggled and assured him that cats could eat them, though they may not like the taste. Yosuke just ended up thanking her and adding the seeds to the pile. Getting everything home was a hassle, and figuring out how to wrap the watering can was even more of a hassle, but Yosuke knew it would be worth it to see his partner’s face when he unwrapped all of it.

#souyowrimo 2017 #souyo hell #souyo

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