A/N: Another fic I tried to make for the Persona 3 Portable. I was re-playing it today and cannot help but get giddy at the thought of a Yandere Aki...I tried my best to make him look like one...:| As for Igor, well...he doesn't get much screen time so I tried to squeeze him in. There's going to be part two of this...when I finally decide how it'll end.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room. How can I help you?" Theodore asked pleasantly as their valued guest, Arisato Minako, entered. Igor was busy reading a book and ignored their guest. He never placed that book down, that even Minako sometimes wonder if he's making any progress at all.
"I'd like to check on the requests." Minako said, looking at Theodore's golden eyes. From the very first time they had met, Minako was intrigued by this man. His pale complexion and golden eyes, not to mention his proud attitude. And the mysterious aura around him. It doesn't feel like the attraction she has for her senior, Akihiko Sanada. More like curiosity, and because of this, Minako wanted to know a lot about Theodore; she diligently finishes his personal requests in time for he sometimes slip in some personal information about himself. Theodore offered her the list of new request he has. Minako quickly skimmed it and her eyes stopped at request number 59: I'd like to visit Gekkoukan High School. Minako tried to stop herself from grinning. A date with Theodore is something she always look forward to.
"I'd like to take on this request." Minako said, pointing at number 59. Theodore gave her one of his rare warm smiles. Minako, with her heart starting to race, tried to calm down and forced herself to think that Theodore only want to know about her world. It's not like as if Theodore looks forward to their once in a blue moon dates. But then again, he might be, for he's learning about her world; the world outside the Velvet Room.
"Is there anything else I can do for you?" Theodore asked. Minako nodded.
"Let's go on a date. In Gekkoukan High School." Minako said as she thought, for the first time after how many of their dates, that it's strange for a woman to ask a guy out. She's never been really comfortably with guys, especially if one asks her out (save for Junpei and Akihiko) for a date. Even working with Hidetoshi from the Student Council unnerves her.
Theodore smiled again. "Thank you. Let's get going then." Theodore asked for her hand and they left the Velvet Room. Igor only glanced once up at them.
"So, this is Gekkoukan High School." Theodore said when they arrived at the school gates. "It's difficult to wraps one's mind for such a beautiful place turning into Tartarus..."
Minako, who had been so giddy inside herself felt the stares of the other students. She wondered why there are a lot of them today and figured out that it's Friday. That means some of the clubs had finished late. Theodore seems to have noticed their stares too.
"It seems that we are under some sort of scrutiny." he said. "Or perhaps they also sense your intense power. The denizens of this world has some keen senses."
Minako tried to correct Theodore's thinking but he immediately cut in. "Why don't you come closer? I'll protect you."
Minako blinked. "Okay..." As she moved closer to Theodore, she could feel the harsh looks coming from the girls as they walked past. She felt a lump in her throat and knew she'd be the subject of rumor or something by tomorrow.
"Just stay close to my shadow." Theodore said gently.
Akihiko was loitering about in the Laboratory Hallway, in a foul mood for he didn't manage to catch Minako so that he can ask her out to eat at Hagakure. For some reason unknown to him, Minako brightens up his gloomy days when there are no club activities for him. He quite envy her for she seems to be in a club room six days a week, what with her being in the Student Council, Tennis Club, Health Committee, and in the Home Eco. He sometimes wonder where she gets her energy, what with the fighting at night in Tartarus.
"All right, screw this." he muttered under his breath as his fangirls spotted him and quickly crowded him, squealing and screaming into his ears. He tried to shake them off, but he can never win without Minako's help. Heh, maybe the reason why he wanted to be with Minako because when he's with her, he can easily evade these girls. Then he remembered: sometimes Minako's in the Home Economics room working with that French transfer student. Maybe he could barge into them and stay there, to shake these girls off.
When he rounded by the corner, he saw Minako entering the Music Room with an unknown guy in blue. And for some reason, he felt a pang of jealousy.
"Hey, was that Junpei's girlfriend?" one of the girls piped up.
"Yeah. And she's totally, like, cheating on him every single day."
"I wonder why Junpei lets her do what she wants. He should put a tight collar around her."
Akihiko rounded on the girls. "Will you girls shut up? I'm having a migrain with all of your chatterings. Leave me alone."
Shocked, the girls stared at him with pouty lips before leaving him be.
"And she's not Junpei's girlfriend." Akihiko muttered to himself. She said so herself when he had confronted her about it. She's a free agent for goodness sake! He tried to walk past the Music Room, trying to ignore that Minako was in there with another guy. That was when he heard the guy talking about the piano and Minako suggesting to play a short piece for him. Akihiko thought he'd go berserk and charge right in and punch the other pretty boy in the face.
"What am I so jealous of?" Akihiko asked himself angrily as he stood outside the Music Room, listening to Minako play Pachelbel's Canon in D Major.
Another A/N: I really cannot remember much of Theodore's lines during the date...That's all...Hope you're eager to read part two. ;)