Hey everyone, this story follows the ideas in Inside His Mind and probably won't make much sense if you don't read that one first. It dives deeper into Yu Narukami's reasoning for his feelings towards the people he meets in Inaba.
His Reasons Why
Chapter 1—Magician
"Partner." I hate that word. Every time I hear him say it, my ears want to bleed. It's always accompanied by that damn smirk, that one he makes when he thinks he's sharing some kind of secret with me. It makes me want to scream. To tell him to just stop, that we aren't even really friends. That I can't stand him referring to me so casually.
But I don't.
I just hide behind my mask, the mask I've spent years perfecting. No emotion escapes, no one can read it. And so every time that word—partner—is spoken, I just reinforce that mask. Let him make what he wants of it. So long as he lends me his power, I could care less what he really thinks of me.
He's so damn loud. Annoying. Obnoxious. All the time. They say opposites attract, that's probably how they would define our relationship. But that's not the case here. His pull toward me is just stronger than my push away. And so I'm stuck. Stuck with the damn magician.
I suppose that's a good thing, regardless of how much I hate it. The power it brings is almost worth the time I have to spend with him to develop it. But he's so damn needy.
He relies on everyone's acceptance of him. Everyone. Even the people he doesn't know. Those random people in town, the ones that are just nameless faces, he needs their approval. Goes crazy without it.
How pathetic.
He claims that it's so hard, being the "Prince of Junes," that everyone hates him because his dad is successful. Get over it. If that's the biggest problem in your life, you should count yourself lucky.
But no.
He makes it seem like the world is going to end if someone talks bad about him. Bends over backward to do things for others, even though he knows they don't like him, just so he might get some approval. And then he complains to me about it.
It's kind of funny, actually. Complaining about people not liking him to the one person who truly detests him. For his attitude. His personality. His very existence. But he'll never notice.
And so I'll just keep hating him in peace.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed! A big thanks to everyone who reviewed Inside His Mind, and especially to Neko-Houkou, who put up with me complaining while writing this. Until next time!