It's been a while since he visited Inaba. The lovely small town, where he experienced a lot of interesting things. He built a very strong bonds with his friends, became a family for his beloved nephew, and a figure of older brother in that house. Remembering about that made a smile appeared on his face.
He stared outside the window and his eyes met the very familiar train station. His last stop.
Yu picked up his bags and stepped outside once the train door opened. The breeze hit his face and he sighed in relief. He finally home. The place where he can feel comfortable, the place where everyone accepted him.
"Are you, Yu Narukami-san?"
His head turned to the voice that just called out to him, or, more like asking him. He spotted a boy, with orange hoodie and brown hair, staring at him and waiting for the answer. "Yes, and, you are?"
The boy smiled and walked to near him, stopping right on his side. "I am Ken Amada. Dojima-san asked me to pick you up, since he need to work early today." Yu nodded and decided to walk with the boy. But, he keep wondering what's Dojima-san's relationship with Ken. Does they have another relatives? Or maybe he is Dojima's new right hand? No, no. Ken looks too young to be a detective. But, well, you can't judge someone from their appearance..or age. The same things happened to Naoto, too.
A genius mind inside a kid body.
"Ah, Onii-chan! Welcome home!"
As soon as Yu arrived on Dojima's residence, he was tackled by Nanako and almost stumbled backward. He smiled and patted Nanako's head, muttering "I'm home." and went to take off his shoes. His ears perked up as he heard a bark, and whipped his head at the source.
There was a shiba inu with an orange jacket on its body. Why is there a dog here?
Noticing his confused, Nanako tugged his shirt. "His name is Koro-chan! He is Ken-chan's dog, and daddy let him stay here because he helped with the investigation. Koro-chan is a good boy! He helps me around when Ken-chan's not home." the little girl cheerfully explained, hopping that she will help to clear the confusion away.
"Ah, don't worry. Koro-chan is a well-trained dog, he learned how to use toilet." the brunette beside him added, and Yu nodded. Completely fine with the dog. Well, there's the addition to their family.
At night, ken offered to make the dinner, but Yu said that he will also help. Thus, it ends up the three of the making dinner while Koromaru sat quietly on the floor, watching them. Sometimes, the brunette tossed a slice of meat, which the shiba inu gladly caught it with his teeth, savoring the tender feast.
"So, Ken, was it?" Yu placed the cooked meal on a separate plates while trying to open up a conversation. Nanako went to move the plates to the table and then she sat on the tatami with Koromaru. Giggling every once in a while as he played with the dog. The silver haired man smiled and turned to the younger boy. "How old are you?" he asked, though he already know that Ken is currently in middle school. Judging from his appearance.
"I am 14 years old." The boy answered as he wiped his wet hand with the tissue, and tossed it on trash can. "Narukami-san, can I talk to you after the dinner?" he continued as he moved to sit with Nanako, and Yu decided to join them.
Ken was sleeping in Yu's room, since their house is pretty small and doesn't have another spare room. The silver-haired man doesn't mind sharing his room, he can always sleep at the sofa or the tatami, but Ken insisted to use the spare futon instead. The two boys sat on the tatami, and Ken pulled out a book from his bag.
"Persona.."
Yu's ears perked up and he turned his head to the brunette. Shocked, but, he hoped he misheard it.
"You can control it, too. Am I right?"
Nope, his ears clearly get it right. He was surprised, though. But, it's been a while since he can use his persona, he wasn't sure anymore. "I was. But, I don't know if I can use it outside the TV." oops...
"So, it was true. I am a persona user too. But, we are bound by the place and time, where we can use the power itself. As for me, I was able to summon it when the Dark Hour appeared. And, to be honest, I was sent here from the Kirijo Group to help with the investigation. I heard from few peoples about the Midnight Channel, but I'm..honestly surprised that you can enter the TV. Where you can only summon your persona." Ken explained, he jotted down few notes on his books. Seems like he's interested in the TV world. A personal research, perhaps.
"Ah, about that, I'm not sure if I can use persona anymore." The midnight channel, and those bizarre cases are over, and probably his power, too.
"Then, can you guide me to the TV world?"
