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“This storm doesn't seem to be letting up…” Muttered Yusuke as he looked out through the Leblanc’s window to see the pouring rain, coming down harder than any other normal day, even though it was in the middle of fall.
Him and Futaba were by themselves in Leblanc. Sojiro was out to go get grocery supplies for some curry, and likely wouldn’t be home for a while due to all of the heavy weather traffic. Futaba sat in one of the booths in the back, watching an old anime on a laptop that she had brought over.
“Y’know Inari, Ren was telling me the other day about how you always bring rain everywhere you go, like those fireworks and on that Hawaii trip.” Spoke Futaba, temporarily shifting her focus off the show.
“I do not!” He said in retaliation. “Besides, even if I did bring rain those other times, it was never THIS bad.” Yusuke wasn’t really exaggerating either, it was really pouring like hell out there.
Futaba moved to the side of the booth before saying “Well… I suppose you can make up for bringing this onslaught of rain by watching Featherman R with me.” Even though Yusuke never fully understood the shows that Futaba had him watch, he still enjoyed spending the time with her.
He sat down beside her at the booth and observed alongside her, in which many characters in colorful and flashy outfits jumped around and attacked a giant Kaiju in unison. They almost reminded him of the all out attacks that the phantom thieves did. They were currently exploring the Palace of Kunikazu Okumura, although he preferred to not think about itduring one of his few chances to truly relax.
‘If I recall correctly, you’re a fan of the pink one, are you not?” Futaba’s face lit up after hearing that. “Well yeah, duh! She’s the coolest one out everyone, especially with how flashy she is with that bow and arrow!” She knew that Yusuke probably didn’t understand a good half of the words or characters that she was talking about, but it still felt nice to discuss these things with him.
As the two were watching the show for a while, Yusuke felt quite hungry, considering it was already around 6pm and he had only eaten a single meal that day. “Say Futaba, do you think Sojiro would mind if I made some food for us?”
“You don’t have to get anything, actually.” Futaba reached into her bag and brought out a packet of instant microwavable ramen from it. “I brought this here after hearing you were coming over, and figured you’d need it because of how little you eat.”
A smile appeared on Yusuke’s face as Futaba handed the bowl to him. “Thank you very kindly for looking out for me, Futaba.”
As he was cooking it, Futaba suddenly felt a lot colder. For a little bit, she just shrugged it off as the result of a big breeze or something coming in. However, it was too hard to ignore after a while.
“Hey Yusuke…do you also feel how cold it is?” He looked over after she commented on the temperature, and he saw her shivering in the corner of the booth. “Futaba, are you entirely sure that you're alright? You may have contracted some kind of cold.” He said to her out of concern.
“Y-yeah, I'm perfectly fine. You probably just can’t feel it cause you’re cold blooded or something!” she said in response. It was pretty easy to see that she was lying, considering how huddled up she was in the corner.
“While it is true that I likely got used to the cold due to the time I spent living in Madarame’s poor quality house, I think that the issue comes from somewhere else. His face pondered for a second before lighting up.
Futaba watched Yusuke go upstairs into the storage attic, where Ren lived. After a while, he came down with the blanket from Ren’s bed and gave it to her. “I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if you borrowed it.” She looked at him and managed to show a smile before wrapping herself in it.
“Thanks Yusuke.” she responded. He smiled back at her before saying “Well, just think of this as an idea for paying you back for the Ramen that you had brought for me.”
Futaba looked back into the eyes of Yusuke. “Hey, uh… I-it’s still a little cold here, so do you think you could huddle up together.” Yusuke let out a slightly shocked face and blushed a bit.
“W-well, if you’re all right with it then I can” the slender boy awkwardly slid into the booth and wrapped himself into the (Stolen) blanket alongside Futaba, as they both turned their faces so neither person could see the blushes on them.
“Your body is… Surprisingly warm.” He let out a sigh before saying “I know that Goemon is an Ice-affinity Persona, but do you seriously expect for me to be cold all of the time?”
“Honestly, yeah. I dunno how to put it, but you just give off this Icy kind of vibe.” Yusuke looked at Futaba before saying “Well, if I really was that cold, then I wouldn’t be able to heat you up as I am now, and that would be quite unfortunate.”
She turned her head and stared back at him, and saw that his face was as red as hers was. The sound of the relentless rainstorm pattering across the roof of Leblanc had no signs of dying down, and it made for a mood that could relax even the most angry of people.
-Some time later-
The bell of Leblanc’s door rang as its owner walked in with a grocery bag in both hands. “Hey kids, sorry I'm this late, that endless rain made the traffic back to Yongen-Jaya like hell.” As he looked around the room for the two, he saw them cuddled up against each other with a smile on both of their faces, in which he let one out himself.