no one's second banana!

[Indie Yosuke Hanamura from Persona 4. Yep, another one.]

[junesjutsu]

sumofzero

He pauses for a moment, a small fluttering smile for a moment before sighing, leaning in just a little more… “….If I found my own place, would you move in with me…?” This was something Yu had wanted to ask for awhile, but, of course, had been unable to work up the words to do so.

“Move in??”  

He seems surprised at the very thought. “Like...roomates? Are our schools close enough together to allow that?”

He pauses. “I mean...if you don’t mind small spaces, I already got one, but if you found a bigger place...”

[junesjutsu]

sumofzero

“…But I dont want a fake girlfriend.” He replies, still gently twirling that cord, nuzzling to rest on Yosuke’s shoulder more, his other hand coming to fiddle with a button on Yosuke’s jacket. Things that the normal Yu would never do, let alone on his own steam.

“…I dont think I want a girlfriend at all.”

He resists the urge to swallow. Seriously, not now.

Poor Yu was probably gonna be a little embarrassed later. But Yosuke’s rollin with this much at least.

“Well, sure.” If nothing, his treatment of Rise’s advancements was proof enough of that. “But I mean, mainly to get him off your tail. Not really doing anything just like, he can’t set you up if you already ‘have’ someone right? So you build up your practice and get your own place, and by then you won’t NEED a fake girlfriend cause he won’t be able to set you up anymore anyways. Like just, avoiding a fight but not actually needing to rush yourself, you know?”

[junesjutsu]

sumofzero

He knew he was lying, but he doesn’t mention it, he just stays snuggled relatively close, toying with the cord on Yosuke’s headphones as he talks and listens, it felt sort of calming.

“…I dont think you have to run for that.” He comments before shrugging. “I know, but it still hurts… being told that what I’m doing isn’t going to amount to anything. But I want to help animals…” He sighs, low. “…He also keeps trying to set me up on dates…”

He knew that. SURE he did. All that. “You get the point.” He’s gotten a little used to the idea of this too--the touch starved, closeness starved Yu who expressed it rarely in this quiet, mascara-rocking god Shadow. The little curl of his finger through the headphone cord.

His heart is going faster than he should. He’s being more honest with himself but maybe, maybe not right now.

“...Dates huh?” A deep sigh. That wasn’t...a thing for this guy huh? “Maybe you can hire one of the girls as a fake girlfriend?”

[junesjutsu]

sumofzero

There is a tiny sigh, it seemed like he wasn’t so keen on the idea, but there was no one he trusted more than Yosuke, of course. He could trust him with this. “I hope you’re not confused, I mean my Other Selves Father, my human Father. I don’t know if I, as a Shadow, have a Father persay.” Especially considering his relationship to Izanami.

“…He’s still not pleased with my decision to take up Veterinary Sciences. Keeps saying I should be a ‘real’ doctor. That there is no use in what I’m doing. I had hoped he’d see it as a middle ground between what I wanted and what he wanted but… he didn’t. He keeps telling me I’m going to regret it…”

“Y-yeah, course.” LIAR. Still, it’s a short save of face, and he’s back to listening pretty quickly.

Good thing he did too. “...Well hey, last I checked he’s not a fortune teller, right? You know better than he does if what you’re doing is gonna be something you regret. And hey, it’s not like you ran off to become an e-boy or something right? It’s still pretty much in line with what he was wanting.”

....You don’t have to RUN to be an eboy Yosuke...

[junesjutsu]

sumofzero

He closes his eyes in the hug, he doesn’t seem to mind the little shift, he still keeps his head as close to Yosuke’s shoulder as he can, popping one eye on him to look at him as he spoke, a soft smile on his face.

It was nice, that he didn’t break the hug so soon this time.

“…Just lonely. Stressed a little. Had an argument with Father.”

“An argument, huh...?” That was new. Rarely did he hear about ‘Shadow politics’--Last he remembered, his own Shadow was a Basic Bitch and he’d seen no warning signs of a resurgence. Around here though, Shadows seemed to pop in whenever they decided it was a girl’s night.

This was the first he’d actually heard of external shadow world motivations, rather than internal ones. “Do...you wanna talk about it?”

[junesjutsu]

sumofzero

Here he comes, he’s coming to snuggle in. Snuggle snuggle. In those arms, hold him tight. Now he’s a happy God Shadow. “Feelin’ lonely.” He admits, nuzzling in and breathing deep. Mmm, Yosuke smell.

“Missed you while you were gone…”

“Heheh, me too man...” The hug’s spiced strangely, that ozone smell that shadows, and especially this one, got. “I’d have hung out properly before now but uh, jetlag’s not really good mixing with catch up schoolwork.”

A pause, and pulling away only just enough to look at him in the face, a hand to his shoulder to show him he wasn’t breaking the hold. Clearly made progress though since he wasn’t getting weird about Yu nuzzling him! “Hey, gotta ask though--something funky going on? It’s rare you go full on Shadow...”

[sumofzero]

@junesjutsu

“….Love me.”

[junesjutsu]

“! Whoa hey, someone’s out and about. How you doin, big guy?”

Man if this was his first time with this guy, he’d have FLIPPED. Good thing Rai exposure had softened him to shadow interaction...

[fogchanged]

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[supernekocchi]

[junesjutsu]

> Yosuke obviously put his heart and soul into making this gift for you. What do you do?

> Tell him he did a good job and agree to help him toss it. > Laugh at him. > Try the ‘food’ anyway.

No hesitation, he reaches into one of the kitchen draws for a spoon, and gives Yosuke no room for argument as he digs down into the bag and pulls out a spoonful.

No hesitation as he pops it into his mouth…

Bitter.

“…T-The blueberries are n-nice…”

“Wh--Yu!” he yelps but it’s too late. The man has....given himself over. He has Eaten The Hell. And he was, at present, paying the price.

“I tried to warn you man...Ok Partner, let’s....go get you to a bathroom. And...maybe get you something to drink.”

This boy needed a palette cleanser, stat.

[sumofzero]

@junesjutsu

Yosuke’s face is a poorly put together mask of wiggly lips and mortified redness as he presents his box–bought from the store, but expertly crafted little marzipan cats, and a few marshmallow-for-cocoa cats on the side. “………I made you stuff from home…” he manages. “But trust me; you don’t want that.“  He hides a second bag behind his back. So he brought it anyways….

His face lights up when he opens the box, at least, gently poking one of the marzipan cats between the ears with a soft smile. Yes, he approves. “How cute.” Yes, he very approves.

However, he looks back up and tips his head to the side at the motion of the second bag. “…I want that. You made it.”

[junesjutsu]

@sumofzero from here

“I--I really think you don’t....” his voice wavers but his arm is already handing over the bag; he HAD brought it after all.

And inside....oh god not even a box could contain this thing apparently.

Uuhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yosuke’s hand is already in his face. “It’s got blueberries.” he says with a voice strain that insinuates that it’s that, not the unholy tar pit it creates at the bottom of the bag, that’s the true sin. “And I used...cocoa. Just...cocoa.” Oh, arguably worse. “I was...just gonna toss it. Make...sure not to tell the girls ok? I don’t wanna take back anything and unleash any more Mystery Food X attempts on us... It’s for mankind...”

[venusbeautyshock]

Sentance Starters - Things my Nieces have Said

Feel free to change pronouns and the like for whatever situation.

You’re just a cheap man in cheap clothes.

I am the Queen of Meat

Here comes Doctor Skateboard…. to kill you!

Eat book, Turd Nugget!

*Gently knocks on the bathroom door* Do you have any fresh memes?

When I grow up, I want to be a duck.

I’m cute, I’m single, and I’m going to buy a house!

I FOUND MY BOOBIES!

*to the tune of Despacito* Its-Burr-itos, I really really love burritos~!

Will you help me make a fursuit?

He’s a little bit friendly, but mostly evil.

Now I am the Princess! Muahahahahaha.

You are a Vampire Donkey!

I’m a Dead Fox you’re digging up!!

Is this the kind of video game you played in the olden days?

[clouiis-deactivated20200916]

Yosuke’s whole thing about wanting desperately to be acknowledged by Yu/Souji, the jealousy that came from that, the joy of feeling special to someone whom you are conflicted between wanting to be like and wanting to be with, the bouts of homophobia intersected with reactions like blushing to high heaven when Souji/Yu stares at him after the “lol if u had to date one of us which one?” Thing?

That’s literally how I used to act around my first crush and the whole dealing w your sexuality and internalised homophobia!

So jokes on u Atlus!! U can cut out all his pretty romantic dialogue but u can’t kill the obvious subtext lmao

[mmmavs-blog]

[tasogarenohane]

art by errorwork! (cover art for the “play back the radio star” anthology which is an absolute MUST for all souyo fans)

[sumofzero]

“Why are cats such good bakers? Because of their whiskers.”

[junesjutsu]

“...I really survived a 10 hour flight for this huh...”

[junesjutsu]

It’s Been a Long Time.

>Junes branches in America don’t open up all by themselves, after all.

>Good thing you weren’t alone that whole time.

>But for now? Jetlag’s really kicking your ass...