Pillow Talk:
"I still need to get used to this..."
The sleuth announced her thoughts to the room as she covered herself with the blanket, trying to sit up. She blushed heavily as she saw the investigation leader parading around the room only in his boxers looking for something that was relevant to their conversation before things got physical.
"How so?"
The question held a tone of interest even though he was currently distracted in his quest of finding what he needed.
"Of this..."
The answer implied to where she was sitting. Picking up the social queue almost instantly, Souji turned around to see Naoto, embarrassingly covering herself up with the futon blanket, a blush heavy on her face.
The sight of her was enough to slightly tint his cheek knowing exactly what was under that sheet.
"Do you feel shame?" He asked somewhat nervously.
She looked away from him, for a moment to ponder her answer before nodding.
"A little yes, it's like when you read about those secret affairs people have..." She trailed off.
Souji instantly stopped what he was doing, knowing a call for attention when he sees one. While Naoto isn't the most vocal in asking for attention, there is definitely times where she wants it but doesn't have the confidence to ask or assumes it's not worth his time. Currently she's looking for justification. Justification for the fact that she's done something people find shameful unless under a specific set of circumstances.
He walked back to the futon and crouched down, Naoto lost in her own thoughts didn't noticed how close he was until he took her cheek in his hand and rubbed soothingly.
"You should feel no shame in the physical actions between us." The sentence instantly set the tone of the topic and how seriously he took her worry
She nuzzled against his hand lovingly.
"When we have sex, it's an expression of how we feel about each other. Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise that it's wrong or immoral, we are only doing things that come naturally. I certainly don't feel shame for being able to really show you how I feel and you shouldn't too."
He leaned forward and placed a lingering kiss on her forehead which caused her to take in a breath and blush furiously.
"Thanks Souji-kun, it means a lot."
He grinned, the same one that makes her swoon so easily and shook his head.
"No need to thank me, I'm speaking the truth on this one." His smile was genuine. "And I promise that I'm not wearing another face right now too."
Naoto's face turned coy. She couldn't lie that she was slightly sceptical of their interactions when he clued her in on how he can make it easier to get close to people with the usage of different Persona and using the matched arcane to his advantage.
"How would I know that?"
Souji took her hand in his.
"Can you feel anything inside you? Anything in your heart or Yamato Sumeragi calling out to you?"
Naoto shook her head, unsure where this was going.
Souji closed his eyes for a second, seemingly concentrating on something before slowly opening them again. Then she felt it, the jolt in her body and her Persona hummed in appreciation, basking in warmth that Souji was offering.
"How about now?" He asked.
She took a deep breath in, feeling the familiar flow of warm energy running through her.
She nodded blissfully which caused Souji to smile.
"Good, I've equipped Norn who is of the Fortune Arcana, the same as Yamato Sumeragi. If you cannot feel that when I'm talking to you then what I'm saying is totally and completely sincere and talking to the real Souji Seta."
She sighed as she felt the feeling slowly disappear, assuming that he's switched back to one of the many different Persona he uses.
"When is the last time you used that method on me?" She was curious, wondering if their budding romance was affected by the influence of Persona.
"Not since early November." The answer caused her to raise an eye brow, looking for a reason. "If I was gonna do this I wanted to do it with as much of the real me as possible."
Naoto suddenly leaned forward and wrapped her arms around her boyfriend, not caring that the blanket covering her had fallen away. Souji arms enveloped her, accepting her embrace and nuzzling his face against her hair.
"I love you..." She said simply.
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