It’s anaccusation towards himself that falls in front of her like hail from the sky:cold, jagged, painful to the touch. And like a frigid winters day it gnaws at hercheeks with the downwards tug of a frown that she takes a moment to register. “ Yosuke… “Soft, timid even, in fact she’s unsure he could even hear the breath of his name behindclenched teeth. But the bigger question was whether or not she even wanted him tohear her. If she wanted to be here. If she even had the ability to stay.Fingernails dig into her palm out of view. He’s made it uncomfortable all of a sudden, though she can hardly placepersonal blame onto him. Because it was true, wasn’t it. When the word heropopped into mind, Yosuke fell to the back of the list for the image to appearin one’s mind. Yu was almost always the primary. Then perhaps Naoto, Kanji…But Yosuke?Thoughts have to be furthered, and upon the idea she can picture it. But thatwasn’t the problem. The problem was that no one ever had in the past. Couldthey be blamed? He didn’t ever bring it up, and for a moment, Satonaka’s handsfidget her discomfort towards this idea away in her pockets. Little to NEVER did he bring up his actual problems or thoughts, bickering was typical butanything deep was left to the darkness of a deep sea at midnight. “ I…. “Again, words fail behind the knot quickly tightening in her throat, cutting offbreathes to an irregular rhythm and bringing a restless sweat to her brow.Suddenly bangs felt awkwardly displaced against her forehead, her jacket just abit too tight and trapping the heat in like a quarantined disease, and Yosuke…Dammit.Perhaps the most difficult aspect of it all wasn’t that he was shoved aside asjust another ‘funny guy’. As a comic relief sort of classmate. In that sense,she could relate, their antics often looked back upon in a chuckling light. No,it wasn’t that. It was that he WAS brave, he DID put in so much of himself forthe investigation, and while Yu’s leadership was practically unrivaled…ifanyone could take over that role…it would be Yosuke, wouldn’t it?This mental proposition leaves a bitter aftertaste in the back of a sandpaperyexcuse for a tongue. It’s left alone, as her own discomposure now is of littleconcern so much as the growing gap of silence between them. How was she supposed to handle something like this? To handle the guilt on her part and Yosuke’s own remorse. Taken aback, it takes a few moments of finding her own breath before thesilently ticking seconds find volume to them once again.“ W-Well, uh… “One step closer, though Satonaka’s shaky feet have to pause against the tile.“ …I-I know that whenever I’m reckless in there, the T.V. world, you stand into help and…”Strength is her ally, mustered for a split second, given away to another physical stepcloser. It echoes. “…and any of those times, you’re putting yourself into major danger. R-Really,I SHOULD be chewing you out for that. “Syllables are lost as the gap between them closes, and though hesitant, comfortforms in her fingers around his shoulders, a sort of gentle pat offered – howeverawkward it may be…She can’t meet his eyes.“I would say though, that’s pretty heroic. You’re always there for everyone,you’ve selflessly given everything away to this investigation Yosuke. And ifyou can avenge Saki-senpai’s death, if you can keep saving people, L-LIKE YOU SAVED ME, or Yukiko, o-or everyone else…”Since when was the room this warm, the temperature sweltering the momentary bravery straight from her chest. It’s suffocating. She can’t bring herself to say it, too busy choking on her own patheticapprehension. It takes every ounce of strength against her own muscles to turnher gaze upwards and then snag Yosuke’s cheeks between her palms. It’s firm,but not aggressive enough to hurt him, and she forces his gaze onto her ownunyielding stare. “ You already ARE my hero. “
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