So this one came to life after reading a Persona 4 (Souji/Yuu x Yosuke) fic. So it's somewhat sad, just a fair warning. I know I sobbed like a little baby by the end of it.

Let Me Hold You One Last Time

April 2nd, 2010 - Paulownia Mall, Iwatodai

"Yukari-chan... are you alright? Why are you so pale?"

Yukari Takeba had been shopping with one of her friends, Fuuka Yamagishi, when she noticed something strange in the alley way between the police station and the now closed once more antique shop. Something that wasn't there when she had been so many times, now buying the things she needed for college. Biting her lip, the brunette faced the bluenette with a smile she hoped wasn't fake.

"Yeah... yeah I am. You can go back now, Mitsuru-senpai called us for dinner tonight, didn't she?"

"She did..." the other girl, whose hair was slowly growing longer, frowned but nodded before turning around and leaving for the monorail. Yukari watched her leave until she was well out of sight before looking around. Relieved that she was alone in the Mall - aside from the old people who weren't even paying her any attention - she faced the alley again, where a shining blue door now floated in front of her. Taking a couple of uncertain steps, Yukari more felt than noticed something that felt like a key in her right pocket, gently glowing in the same way as the door did. Gulping down her fear, the archer took it out and put it into the knob, opening it as she was bathed in a splendid light ...

... but that didn't make sense, for the last time she saw this kind of light, they had been in...

The brunette's eyes went wide as she stared at the figure standing in front of her, a small smile gracing his stoic features.

"M-Minato?"

No, this was impossible. He was supposed to be the seal keeping Erebus from destroying them all by reuniting with Nyx again. The engagement ring on her left hand burned with the knowledge that he was dead. And never returning. But that didn't matter, for she would never give up the last gift he had ever given her. The figure - who wasn't her long dead fiance, he wasn't - just smirked as he walked up to her and embraced her in his strong arms, those same arms she had felt around her when they made their promise, a week before fighting Nyx.

"Yukari." his voice was soft, too, but somehow inhuman - which only made her resolve waver, for it proved that he was indeed gone and this was just a mirage her sick mind had come up with to help her cope for the rest of her life. After all, how could she possibly love anyone more (or at all) when they weren't Minato? When they weren't her sunshine, one of the few good points in her life since her father's death. "I'm glad I was able to see you..."

"One last time, huh?" the brunette whispered into his warm chest. Why was it so warm? Why!?

"Yeah..." he whispered back in the same tone. "... the Velvet Room granted me this last moment with you. I wanted ... to make you suffer a bit less if possible..."

"Minato..." Yukari felt his lips - seemingly warm yet so cold - trace slowly over her own as she closed her eyes, holding him thighter as his body began to glow and slowly disappear from her embrace, transforming into a blue butterfly as the 'room' faded from her vision as well. "Thank you..."

She would never move on. But she could live with herself and this sadness. Until the day she could be with him once more.

Thank you for reading! :)