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Independent, Private, & Selective roleplay blog for Haru Okumura of Persona 5

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Do ya like gorls? Under-appreciated scientists? Cute frogs? How about the occasional frostbitten prune with detachment issues? Sounds like you like hot messes, and B O I you came to the right place! Introducing a multimuse blog full of absolutely beautiful train wrecks. Except Pryce. Forget that guy, he’s just a mess. 

Featuring muses from Pokemon, My Hero Academia, Persona 5, God of War, and Reboot!

                                                  Written by Sunny! 

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progress in the revamp is bein made and the premier episode got me hype, so here’s a smol tag drop for some of the ones i needed remade/didn’t have at all!

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my luck with the muse for this blog has been lackluster at best, but since I really do love Haru, I’m doing a complete do-over. I’m currently replaying the game, and in the meantime I’m gonna clean this blog up nice, make more icons, etc. and when I come back I’ll be focusing on all the drafts I didn’t manage to complete before and trying harder to branch out. I understand if you don’t want to continue our thread, but it’ll be there should the option arise. I look forward to a better run with you guys!

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    It was far from uncommon to find the heiress here, knelt before her makeshift garden as a gentle breeze flowing over the gated rooftop of Shujin Academy like a whisper. Not too strong, and just enough to keep the afternoon sun from beating down too harshly on her budding plants. Surely pleasant conversation for the tomatoes and peppers, Haru mused playfully to herself. 

    However, what was uncommon was the sound of discourse from below, the thundering crash of schoolyard warfare shooting through the afternoon peace like a gunshot. Already did Haru feel heated concern well up within her, a thought to herself that she should alert one of the remaining teachers in the Teacher’s Lounge. But it was the sudden flash of dandelion blonde, a bright and oft unbelonging(however you wished to frame it) flash of color in a sea earthen tones collapsing to the ground, that made her heart jolt fearfully in her chest.

    “Ryuji!”

    She could barely remember herself moving, only a million thoughts swirling through her head all at once -- Wouldn’t it take too long to stop to convince a teacher? And Akira and the other Phantom Thieves had already left for Leblanc! Yet as she stood out of breath and facing the glaring red force of the school’s former track team, Haru realized she must prepare to defend her friend alone.

    “What is the meaning of this?!”

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"I've spoken to Takakura-san recently at my father's company." Her words are calm, but as she looks up at Ryuji it's plain to see that she's filled with a mix of both excitement and relief. "He brought it up after the company's last meeting. We've officially ended my engagement with Sugimura-san."

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“Wait, that’s the ol’ guy who actually been having some heart, yeah?” Shooting through him would be an anxious burst of nerves at hearing the news. There was no helping it considering how weighty things been on her end as of late. Even now Ryuji still can’t truly fathom how she carries the kind of strength she does. Hardly any time to grieve, any time to prepared or even a moment to really breathe as her father’s passing only sped up the momentum so to speak. That person’s name was referenced a few times from the talks they shared.

Haru’s feelings on the matter was honestly all he could give a damn about. A clear focus was set on her face, those hazelnut irises performing a quiet search to find physical clues on the news rather than waiting for verbal.

What’s witnessed winds up bringing a second wind through his body seeing how composure actually flourished up to a better than ever state. “Take it you managed up some good news?” His voice impulsive asks, unable to resist sharing a growing smile to attempt matching her’s. That’s when the metaphorical bomb was dropped that almost caused his jaw to hit the damn ground. What she mentions causes an excited surge to storm through his whole body. “Holy shit.. Holy shit, really?!“ Life was finally stopping it’s infamous stride of being complete trash?!

The removal of that dirtbag was the perfect damn reason to go and celebrate! If his pearly whites weren’t showing before, they definitely were now despite the semi-public setting they reside in. As a matter of fact, Ryuji here was so damn happy, that giving a victorious cheer for her sake met the open air! Stepping on over, his actions held a spontaneously lively nature as he sweeps Haru clear off of her feet, safely snagging her into his arms as gives her one of those spin around hugs. All that relief and happiness built up for her sake needed some outlet to convey this to her.

“Hellllll yeah! Heheheh!” …Oh. Wait this might’ve been too much to do right off the bat! Realizing this, how close he was holding her and along the likes, a heavy stroke of conscious catches him, causing him to gentle set her down.

“Ooh didn’t mean– go and roughhouse ya all like that. It’s just..!”

“That’s some effin’ great news! Life is really getting back on the right track for ya here!” It was genuine relief that her life truly was being snatched back by her own two hands. Not even for a second could the delinquent begin to fathom a lifestyle of having one’s hand forcefully taken. Being wound up with some sleaze bag even if it was going the extra mile for the family. Call him the proper type of old fashioned, but people should get married because they’re happy together. That little edge of a romantic inside of him couldn’t go and agree more.

“Man. Wanna hit up a celebration for this? The others would love to hear it!”

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”Oooh. Good point.. Er- I mean. If ya really wanted to see those I wouldn’t mind either!” Yet it’s clear from that little giveaway that particular line of movies weren’t his strong suit. Already did he offer a mental kick himself at that hint of disinterest. Was this.. A price to pay for being into those kid-like movies or ones wound up with tons of action? Thankfully it didn’t seem too much mind was placed into it as they now pressed through the now empty campus.

It’s just like she said, even the air itself despite Tokyo’s current plights held a smidgen of something different he couldn’t put into words. All of that heavy business was promptly tossed to the side in his mind. Having Haru by his side here, hell, everything going on with today held a hell of a higher priority above anything else. Above all else that determination to make this one of the best decisions she could’ve ever made lit overrode anything else. It wouldn’t be much longer before they stepped out into the city streets.

His clutch upon the sizable chunk of chocolates was as protective as ever as they basked in the peaceful silence. Many of the student populace and even faculty for that matter had scattered off. It almost foreign to witness. “Man. I can see what’cha mean..”

“There’s hardly anyone out here for that matter. Not that I blame ‘em though.”

”Oooh. Hittin’ the streets sounds like a good idea!” He quickly agrees as few ideas spun in his mind. That afterthought of their times together offered one key memory; she didn’t seem all that familiar with the knick knacks of how broad the horizons can be.. What better way to go and spicen up this date of theirs! If anyone were to pay an attentive eye to their duo, Ryuji wasn’t being shy in the least bit in walking closer to her.

“We never really had much of that shot to hit up all cool places together, huh? Shibuya on foot winds up having all these awesome little stores if look up close enough”

“That.” A shy chuckle surfaces as he can’t resist looking so content. “And a night with you would be the best.”

    The heiress feels her smile spreading somewhat at the compliment, a buzz of energy in her veins contributing to the bounce in her step.

    The walk to the station and throughout the railway trip seemed almost like a blur. A flash of color and noise that seemed to fade into the background in the wake of the things they’d discussed. Much like their rooftop gardening days, it was simply a nice time. Still, Haru found herself wondering why it felt as though this had been something Ryuji was waiting for. This was a mere holiday indulgence, naturally. This wasn’t.... After all, they weren’t-- 

    “Oh, ah... We’ve arrived!”

    Haru blinked somewhat surprised up at the familiar corner that lead to Leblanc, the alleyway painted in sunset hues and shadows, the most fitting for thieves such as they. She lets her hand slip from his, resting instead on her chest habitually (not to steady the beat of her heart, not at all, certainly). The journey from the school to here was hardly ever a long or tedious trip, but how it had flown now! What a strange thing, to have the world passed one by when focusing on the company and conversation of a single other. Especially over something so simple. 

    “We can discuss this more after the meeting, yes?”

    Her smile is sweet as her hands tuck safely behind her back, as though the evening wind could dispel the warmth still lingering in them. The meeting. Haru very nearly laughed at herself for the statement. As if she’d even be able to concentrate on matters of the metaverse in the wake of their plans now.

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”Gettin’ stronger, eh? How in the hell can somethin’ like that ever be weird?”

The only price to paid aside from ‘no pain, no gain’ motto would be the heat stirred up inside and out. Here he wouldn’t believe there would be a time where they’d be the primary ones face to face like this. Settled on the blond’s face was a grin that promised nothing but a devious challenge set ahead for the heiress. Realizing her resolve made him know this has to be taken as equally serious on his end as well. With their warm up’s on out the way, they could hop off to the good stuff.

“Y’know how the mitts operate right? Punches, kicks, it all goes here aside from throwing me out the damn place that is.” He notes with quite the amused snicker. Settled in a defensive stance before her, the target mitts settled on his forearms. A clear sense of tension could be picked up within their space in a matter of seconds. Even with her of all people, there wouldn’t be any punches pulled. That antsy feeling just couldn’t be shook in the stark realizing of what he’d be facing in mere moments.

”Treat this no different than you takin’ on the shadows themselves. If we’re gonna push ya past those limits, the last thing I’ma gonna accept is you half-assing it.”

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    “Right.”

    Delicate fingers roll against the mitts she’s been lent, curling into her palms and raised in offensive position. Her brows are drawn in that familiar little knit of concentration, focus behind her fists as her eyes shift from the boy to the targets he bore on his arms. 

    There was no doubting that in the Metaverse, Haru was a force to be reckoned with. A tank draped in finery and an air of grace, for all intents and purposes, and that extra punch of power for the force of the Phantom Thieves. Yet much of the otherworld they traversed was a matter of manifestation of will and perception, and an unleashing of her inner strength did not mean there weren’t things she needn’t improve on outside of it when she had the time herself. And she was grateful to Ryuji for being the one to agree to help her here. 

    But that didn’t mean she intended to hold back.

    With that in mind, she lands her first two punches against his with force.

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Ah.

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”WAIIIIT. NONONONO– H- HARU THAT WAS ME ON THAT BULL AGAIN HERE!”

    “If that is your tastes, Ryuji-kun, then such is how it is. You needn’t make excuses.”

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Haru Warmup

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”Heh! Gotta point there. The hell is one way any good if we ain’t checking all the options?!” Ryuji pipes up with an equally set amount of vigor. All of the dancing around from juggling their double lives to the current destination was kicked on out the window. It’d all to come to life for the brash blonde the moment she takes his hand. Surging through him surprisingly wasn’t the edge of heart pulsing excitement or that shock that always drew him speechless. It was a more concrete feeling as his fingers smoothed over her’s a little better, securely grasping her hand in response.

Contentment. Finding a way to bring the definition of those emotions forth made him happier then he would’ve thought. After making sure her chocolates are protectively tucked into his arm, there was not a pinch of time wasted as his speed stirred up, joining by Haru’s side as they aimed to take Japan by storm. Any challenge could appear before them at any size and any range of difficult. Yet, within this moment it felt as if not a damn thing on the planet would have remote luck in stopping him. A sensation akin to the sun blooming within that already fiery heart burned bright.

It would be Ryuji’s hand that took the step of lacing their fingers together.

Even the city itself held a form of allure never caught by his eyes before. Maybe it had a thing or two to do with the continuous peeks to the girl by his side, daydreams, or maybe the truth of these feelings deep down. It looks like the world glimmers with a breath of life wherever she steps. Seeing happiness so prevalent on her features made an aspect he dearly wants to protect. Many fluffy thoughts wound in his mind as they pressed past skyscrapers and lovely little shops alike. It took some restraint for him to dive off into those!

“Ey, Haru? Ya mind if I ask a lil something?”

“I know it’s hardly started but here I can’t help but ask. Even after this.. y’know, the holiday gets on and out the way? Would it be good with you that we can spend more days stuck to each other like this?”

    Even the gentlest breeze in their winter world felt sharp against her cheeks, . And yet regardless of the season, of the chill and bite of February winds, it so oddly felt like springtime. 

    She is shocked, first, by the shift of their hands. It had intended merely to tug him along initially, a burst of playful excitement from a heart too often nestled in niceties and polite mannerisms to portray that humble acceptance. The heiress Okumura, ever the model of exemplary behavior in a young lady to her peers. Yet in the presence of her newfound friends and allies, and perhaps especially Ryuji, that had never been something she felt was expected of her. Perhaps that was why this came so easily.

    But despite her initial intentions, here the oft tough-natured boy took steps to gently keep them from parting entirely. Warmth like sunlight caught between their fingers and shooting up her arm. Like he was a boy made of summer, and funnily enough as she pauses to stare up into those warm brown eyes, Haru couldn’t help but feel it to be an apt description of Ryuji Sakamoto. And were that not enough, he speaks.

    “You... wish to have more time like this?”

    The question is presented to him with care, as though her words were made of glass and he the one trusted to not let anything break.

    “Are you certain you would enjoy spending so much time together?” Her question is curious yet light in tonality, holding no self depreciation in its meaning. But still she finds herself earnestly wondering at his answer and intent. “What if I should prove ill-fitting company for such outings?”

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”Oooh. Good point.. Er- I mean. If ya really wanted to see those I wouldn’t mind either!” Yet it’s clear from that little giveaway that particular line of movies weren’t his strong suit. Already did he offer a mental kick himself at that hint of disinterest. Was this.. A price to pay for being into those kid-like movies or ones wound up with tons of action? Thankfully it didn’t seem too much mind was placed into it as they now pressed through the now empty campus.

It’s just like she said, even the air itself despite Tokyo’s current plights held a smidgen of something different he couldn’t put into words. All of that heavy business was promptly tossed to the side in his mind. Having Haru by his side here, hell, everything going on with today held a hell of a higher priority above anything else. Above all else that determination to make this one of the best decisions she could’ve ever made lit overrode anything else. It wouldn’t be much longer before they stepped out into the city streets.

His clutch upon the sizable chunk of chocolates was as protective as ever as they basked in the peaceful silence. Many of the student populace and even faculty for that matter had scattered off. It almost foreign to witness. “Man. I can see what’cha mean..”

“There’s hardly anyone out here for that matter. Not that I blame ‘em though.”

”Oooh. Hittin’ the streets sounds like a good idea!” He quickly agrees as few ideas spun in his mind. That afterthought of their times together offered one key memory; she didn’t seem all that familiar with the knick knacks of how broad the horizons can be.. What better way to go and spicen up this date of theirs! If anyone were to pay an attentive eye to their duo, Ryuji wasn’t being shy in the least bit in walking closer to her.

“We never really had much of that shot to hit up all cool places together, huh? Shibuya on foot winds up having all these awesome little stores if look up close enough”

“That.” A shy chuckle surfaces as he can’t resist looking so content. “And a night with you would be the best.”

   Flyers and advertisements had flooded street, radio, and televisions across Japan, so Haru knew with utmost certainty that they would have something to occupy themselves on such short notice. She had no necessary need of scheduled outings anyway, especially with her dearest friends. And besides, something so spontaneous as what they’d concocted here this afternoon, even with such simple intentions, sounded like grand fun to her. 

    Many would call these things corporate tools, methods by the same forces which they fought so valiantly against in the Metaverse. And having been part of the top of corporate advertising in the shadow of her father all of her life, Haru would be inclined to agree. But who was to say they couldn’t have their fun with the more enjoyable aspects of this? 

    “We needn’t decide right away,” she assured him, tone cheerful and renewed in its energy. “And that aside, I am certain there will be plenty to chose from with all that will surely be going on tonight.”

    Wasn’t it strange? How.... excited she feels. Was this normal? It wasn’t as though she’d made a grand declaration of undying love, words like ribbons and precious gems adding ornament to her heart to give. It had only been chocolate. Hand and hard-made chocolate, but chocolate nonetheless. Nothing worth falling over in her opinion. And yet something about this exchange had sharpened things, the world feeling a little more saturated, brighter and bolder in its color.

    In a moment of boldness, the heiress reached out to slip her dainty fingers over his, and in grasping his hand, trots a few quick paces ahead to urge him along as they descended into the street. 

    “So let us hurry!”

    All of a sudden, she was quite eager for their meeting of thieves to begin and end as quickly as possible.

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Because the world is so full of death and horror, I try again and again to console my heart and pick the flowers that grow in the midst of hell.

Hermann Hesse (via quotemadness)

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Yep. Definitely in his own little world for a hot minute.

Rivers ran sweet chocolate and hell even the mountains in his soul were made of them too! Within his heart was a lively, giddy even, sense of happiness that he couldn’t put his finger on. Its as if even any fatigue garnered that might’ve built within him faded from existence. Thankfully being entirely ignorant on the waning mood lost to him. By the time he realized she was gazing him down with disbelief, he froze up like a deer caught before headlights.

“.. …….Uh. Hi.” He notes with a clearly embarrassed tint before her laughter rang. Thankfully that settled up some kick of relief with his system. Shoulders slumped for a small second, Ryuji was thanking his lucky stars he didn’t go and screw that up right off the bat. At her suggestion, he answers with a firm nod of the head. “Oh! Speakin’ of which. Let’s get this show on the road.. even though if I’m being honest here, kinda pretty hard to wanna go now.” Not when whisking her off into the day just for them sounds much more fun.

“Buuuut. Can’t have ‘em thinking we got snatched off.”

Yet they had some form of responsibility to go and knock out. Motioning for her to follow, it wouldn’t be long before they were on the road to LeBlanc. Man does he just feel so good.

”Oh! How about we go and hit a movie up if they’re running? Could always hit up the phone for one that’s your favorite there.” He notes with a lively chime in his voice. “Cause y’know.. Heheh. I’d like to get a better idea of what’cha would be into.”

Every damn detail about her at this point was just so damn interesting. Right now. It was time to show that he could be a fun date.

…A date.

(Within Ryuji’s head atm.)

’W- WE WE.. ARE WE FOR REAL HERE!? THIS REALLY IS A FULL ON DATE AIN’T I!? WAIT I SHOULD INVOLVE DINNER INTO THIS TOO RIGHT!? AND AND–’ Needless to say. His mind had a whooooole new angle to consider.

    Normally, Haru looked forward to their trips to the Metaverse. They were heroes in her eyes, not unlike those she had once admired as a child, writing wrongs and changing the hearts of fiends and ill-mannered folk alike. Making their city a better place. But they in turn were still teenagers, and being able to indulge in things like this... Well, she only hoped they would have the chance to tonight.

    “A movie?” There was an idea, certainly. She remembered when Akira had been willing to sit with her through one, one of the few instances she’d been able to see the theatre with someone close to her, and she found it so much more interesting than she ever had watching them alone in her grand skyscraping home. Haru could only imagine a night with Ryuji would at least be as fun as that, if not moreso. “Many I imagine would be some form of romantic genre to commemorate the holiday. Hm, I wonder if the thriller I saw advertised the other day would still be in play....”

    The heiress almost pulls out her phone to check, but decided against it for the time being. She could always look later when they’d settled more firmly on something to do, or when the inevitable lull of their meetings fell over them and they wandered the cafe in search of their own things to occupy them while Joker maneuvered their plan. For now, they should go before the others began to wonder after them. 

    She offered him a smile, a small gesture in offer to follow as she begins her decent of the school’s stairs.

    “Or, if you prefer we could wander the markets tonight after we leave Leblanc. I hear the streets will be quite celebratory this evening.” 

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Her question would be answered with a full nod of the head. Hell, it took a good deal of effort to not go and give one of those gentleman like bows entirely! His attention just couldn’t stem away from the rise of her beautiful complexion of her already beautiful smile. The decision was formed with the heart from the moment she had wound the gift into his hands. It’s funny how it feels like how his mind is racing so damn much.

Yet? All of its focus was applied onto the moment set between them. As a excited shiver course through his body, already did it feel like he was growing lighter on his feet due to the experienced level of elation. “Couldn’t of put it any better myself!” It was a surprising contrast that his voice was even more vigor filled than before. All of this energy was drumming inside of him despite how at ease he looks. Deciding that now was a better moment than any, Ryuji carefully opens the lid in order to unveil the treats.

To think she honestly spent a moment of hard work and effort to spoil his stomach like this tempts the smile on his face to grow so wide. Thankfully he had some edge of restraint as he plucks one of the treats into his head.

“I’m gonna need me plenty of energy for this one too. It’sa good thing my… my-” Goodness. He couldn’t stop the burst of heat flaring on his cheeks due to the new right he gained. “My Valentine here thought ahead on this. Huh?”

”Down the hatch!”

Chomp!

The intensity! In no time at all did his body flare up as the rich taste of this chocolate (applied with a heiress’s touch) met the taste buds! Crackling in his mind was unbridled delight of a strong chocolate-y flavor seeping into his taste buds and down into his very soul. “Uoooh.. T- This Haru this..!” He excitedly gestures, revealing his approval full on was not just a tester this time, a mini scoop of the treats were plucked on up and tossed into that eager mouth. When in the hell did sweets go and get this good?! From the goofy looking smile on his face, one thing was for certain!

“This is soooooo goooooood! <33″

    “Ah-!”

    There was that energy she’d been speculating on naught but a few moments prior, and yet when it at last showed itself, she was far from prepared. His outburst startled her to say the least, a tiny squeak escaping her as she watches him shovel more chocolate into his mouth out of the sheer enjoyment of it. At least she hadn’t needed to wait and wonder if he’d enjoyed what she’d made for him.

    “I....am  glad you enjoyed it...!”

    Well, with such an outburst Haru knew then that she had some talent in confectionaries as she did with other means of cooking. That had been something of a concern that she almost couldn’t recall right now, but so long as Ryuji was enjoying her homemade treats then... everything was fine, right?

    But then, could she really ask anything other than his boundless enthusiasm at every level? He was no Joker, whose nature was more along the lines of a leader withdrawn, a quiet charisma that had drawn them together. Noble characteristics, but Haru would be lying if she’d said she hadn’t admired how her delinquent friend seemed willing to act as he pleased without the fear of societal judgement. Even now, he cared little about making a spectacle if it meant conveying his appreciation for her gesture. It was, in its own way, very sweet.

    Bringing her hand to her lips, she’d allow a dainty laugh to slip from behind it.

    “... Well, if you are free this evening, after we have our meeting with the others, would you care to walk the city with me? I’m sure we could find something suitable for a pair of valentines to do on such short notice.”

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❁┊RYUJI

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Part of him tugged the rest him in staring her down with a speechless form of awe. If his heart hadn’t started its rounds within the track of his spirit, by now, it was easily performing marathon feats as he was wound breathless.

Meeting eye to eye with Haru only served to intensify that feeling.

Not even for a second had his hands even considered releasing her’s in order to bring the chcoolates close to him. It silently amazed him, the way how a distinctive edge of roughness naturally couples with the softness of her own fingers. Drawn into the moment at hand, all he could do was listen in at her earnest intentions. As if that heat wasn’t getting intense enough inside of him, now it danced upon that possibility that right now..? He may very well be skipping within a dream he’d never want to wake up from.

As her fingers left his, it allowed him to marvel the delicate details of packaging while a certain phrase continually beat within his ears. Pretend to be Friend chocolate? Was the gift he held within his hands now.. Something on a entirely new bound she was telling him? That energized sensation as if a sun was blooming inside of him knew no rest as finally found the mettle to speak up. “Whaddya talking about here..? Pretending with this? That’s the last thing I’d ever wanna go and be doin’.. I mean, you’re you. Do ya know how excited you’re making me here?”

It’s a tight of wanting to yell to the skies themselves but being so outright bashful all the same. Creeping onto his lips is a shy smile as he tenderly grasp onto the chocolates given to him.

”Haru? I’d be honored to go and spend this day right be your side. ..And y’know? I’m not talking just as pals here either.” She already did so damn much to be brave, to step on up to him with this, not one damn part of him would go and left on the tailcoats of her efforts.

“I want you to be my Valentine too.”

    It was so strange to not hear some rambunctious reaction one way or another. In all the time Haru had spent with him, she’d noted very quickly that Ryuji put every ounce of himself into every reaction, whether it be positive or not. He was a thunderbolt, a living livewire. There was a reason his true self in the Metaverse was all but a canon not unlike his Persona’s ship, his energy a driving force in every act and action.

    This was... softer. His demeanor, his prior touch, even the look in his eyes was much gentler. Not that it was in any way unpleasant to Haru, nor did she think the boy incapable. But it was something in his manner, the softer curl of that so often cocky smile that put her at ease. And softened the blow when his answer finally came. And that too was more than she expected.

    “Truly? Ryuji-kun, you--...?”

    Her eyes lit up, surprise melding into a tenderness that overtakes it quickly. This was the first of such holidays she’d ever sought out to actively participate in, oft dismissed even when receiving gifts from distant admirers. That her first attempt, with such a dear friend at that, was a grand success. The smile on her lips could only be described as ‘relieved’, even bordering on ‘grateful’. And thus came the benefit of having worked so late after the final chime of the school bell, long past even their friends’ commute to Leblanc. Neither of them had any reason to hide their cheer for the sake of prying eyes.

    Her curls bounce with the eagerness of her nod.

    “A sound agreement!” Her tease is gentle and light, but her smile betrays the intent. “The honor would be mine.”

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❁┊RYUJI

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Sudden would hardly matter when it comes to her. Genuine confusion sets on his face yet tied with that was a form of attentiveness reserved for a select few. When it comes to the case of the girl before his eyes? There’s no denying with the race of his heart too many exceptions to count were being fixed in order to ensure she’d always be in the best of spirits around him. He’d remain silent while hearing her stir through her items, only to bring out a modestly sized package that caused his breath to be stolen away. Wait. Wait wait wait. Was this.. What he thought it was here?

Jolting through him in under a second be a revitalizing pulse of his heartbeat. “…Haru.” As his arms ease down, all he could do was speechlessly stare at the presentation, the nervous disposition carried but tied with a smile too damn pretty for words.

It’s that one holiday, isn’t it?  Valentine’s Day. Then the chocolates and the way she seemed so fidgety whenever he approached her things, the uncanny instances where she actually swiped thing so frightening speed when he just wanted to bring it over to her! Surging through his heart was a sense of joy that couldn’t be put into words. Reaching out, gradually did  the delinquent’s fingers settle not on the box itself, no, a touch of courage allowed for his fingers to delicately brush and soon rest upon her’s. She truly was looking like a sublime angel before his eyes.

And these feelings of his? They were growing so intense.

“You..”

”You really want to pick a guy like me to be your Valentine?”

    His hands are warm.

    The thought comes unbidden, hazelnut gaze drifting down to where they connected. Haru found herself curious of those hands. How he earned the callouses of those somewhat rough touches, yet still knowing how to be tender. If he was truly always that warm or if those pesky butterflies still battering their wings too close to her heart from bringing up nothing but a childish concept for silly holidays were simply making her far too distracted.

    Her eyes rise to him again.

    “N-Not if you don’t wish it, if course!”

    “I know it is rather sudden, so please do not feel any obligation to-... I made some chocolate for our friends as well that I wanted to give in Leblanc, so if you prefer you could simply pretend it to be just a friend-chocolate you were given before the others.” 

    She was rambling, she recognized this as she felt the heat she had so carefully tempered start to rise to her face.  slipping her hand from his to leave the little gift resting delicately in his palm, her gaze falling to the ground. 

    “But... For a day such as this, I would not mind your company, Ryuji-kun.”