HELLO ! This is patleon909, howdy to everyone that is stopping by to read this fanfic. As I have mentioned many, many times in my previous fanfics, my writing skills aren't all that fantastic, so please, don't criticize me too harshly T-T. So, before this story begins, I must warn any Persona 3 fans who may be reading this that I have made a number of changes to the storyline, including the fact that Shadows, the Dark Hour, and anything related to either/or does not exist. This is a ROMANCE fanfic, so if anyone is hoping for Shadow blood and guts spewing all over the place, please look somewhere else. Anyways, I have also made a few changes to Aigis' character so she can also exist in this universe, and changed a few of the side character's stories a bit. And now, without further ado, please enjoy the story.
P.S.: On a side note, this story will be told from the main character's point of view, and for those of you who may not know it, I'm using the name he was given in the manga, Minato Arisato. Also, please note that in this fanfic Aigis IS NOT a robot. And I apologize for any OOC's, but yeah…
Let Me be with You
Chapter 1: My name is Aigis
"Dude, wake up! The teacher's coming!" a male's voice said, intruding on the peaceful rest I was taking on my desk.
"Forget it Junpei, that's not gonna work with Minato-kun. Here, can you loan me your math workbook?" another voice said, this one a girl's voice.
A few seconds later, I felt a solid, paper-ey kinda object hit me on this side of my head… really hard. "Ow! Dammit Yukari, that hurt." I groaned as I raised my head from my desk.
"Well, it was the only way to wake you up. That's what you get for sleeping at midnight before a school day…" she replied, grinning at my reaction. "Well, you might want to sit up, here comes Ms. Toriumi."
I snapped up into a seated position right as our homeroom walked in through the door… and was shortly followed by a student who I had never seen before.
"Ooh, who's that?" Junpei asked from the desk behind me. "You really expect me to know?" I replied without even turning around.
I studied the girl who had followed Ms. Toriumi in carefully. She had short, blonde hair and had a strange hair band that had something covering her ears, and her frail figure made it look like she could collapse at any minute. I also noticed that she had light blue eyes that were currently trying to avoid making eye contact with anyone from the class.
"All right all of you, settle down." Our teacher called out, silencing the entire class immediately. "Now as you can all pretty much tell, we have a new student. She's new here, so be nice, but I don't want any of you hitting on her. Not that you should have the time to, considering that midterm exams are two weeks away. Now, why don't you introduce yourself?" she said, turning to the fidgeting young girl behind her.
"Oh, ah, uh, right. Well then, um… my name is Yamada Aigis," she stammered, bowing to the rest of the classroom. "It's um… a pleasure to meet you all… uh..." she murmured a few more words that no one could really hear before looking away again.
"Wow, she's cute!" Junpei whispered to me from behind again. "Maybe I should-"
"IORI!" Ms. Toriumi cut in, suddenly appearing behind the now quivering young man. "What did I just finish saying..?"
"Uh, well, I, ah…" Junpei stammered, then, at a loss for words, just let out a low whimper.
"You weren't paying attention? Or you just blatantly ignored me, hmm? Maybe you want to stay after school and scrape the gum off a couple hundred desks…"
"AHH! NO! PLEASE, NO!" the poor boy behind me pleaded, "Anything but that!"
"So then I can trust that you won't try to hit on Miss Yamada again?" Ms. Toriumi said, smiling triumphantly as she walked away from the nervous wreck back to the front of the classroom. "Well then, let's see… hmm. I hate to put you so close to Iori, but the only empty chair next to Arisato-san. Oh, speaking of which, why don't you show our new friend around the school?" she asked, now turning to me.
I groaned. The only reason I agreed to be the "Welcoming Committee" of the class was mainly because I figured that no one would transfer to our school, much less our class. I mean, come on, the odds against something like this happening were totally in my favor. "Well, guess it's just my luck." I thought to myself. "Okay, let's go. Follow me… Aigis-san was it?" I said as I rose out of my seat. As we exited the classroom, Ms. Toriumi called for our homework assignment to be passed up, which solicited a few groans from the class, one of which I recognized to have come from Junpei. "He really doesn't learn, does he…?" I thought, shaking my head.
"Well, come on. We can't take too long or we'll miss too much of the lesson." I said, signaling for Aigis to follow me as we walked down the hall. "Anyways, here's the stairs to the first floor and the roof…"
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Fifteen minutes later, I ended our very brief tour of the school in front of the Nurse's Office on the first floor. "And, that's about it." I finished. "So, do you have any questions or can we go back to class..?" I began to ask, but stopped when I saw that the young lady who was supposed to be behind me was nowhere to be seen. "Great." I thought. "Don't tell me she snuck off somewhere…"
However, this notion was quickly dispelled when I saw Aigis emerge from the Women's restroom down the hall. "Hey!" I shouted as I ran over to where she was standing. "Next time, if you need to use the bathroom, tell me so I know where you are."
The strange thing was, immediately after I stopped talking, she turned to look at me, and she gasped as if she just noticed I was there. "Oh! I'm… uh… sorry for sneaking off… I, uh… had to use the restroom… I'm a little absent-minded, I'm sorry…" she stammered before her voice lowered to a murmur again.
"Eh, don't sweat it, just-" I began, but stopped again because I noticed that Aigis' face was turning red. "Uh… Aigis-san..? Either you have a fever or you're blushing…"
"Ah!" Aigis exclaimed, briefly looking at me before she turned away again. "Uh… Arisato-san… was it?" she said in a low voice that I almost couldn't hear.
"Meh. Arisato-san makes me sound like an old man. Call me Minato-san or Minato-kun, whichever floats your boat." I replied.
"Floats my boat..? But I don't have one…" Aigis began, but stopped briefly before she realized what I meant. "OH! Oh, it's only a figure of speech, okay…" the young girl stammered, her face now an even deeper shade of crimson now. "Well then… Minato… kun?"
"Yes..?" I asked, half expecting her to request something.
"Uhm… I… think I like you…" she finally said after a few seconds.
Silence suddenly filled the halls. Well, they were already empty, so it was more like… a deeper, hollower silence, I guess.
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"… Are you serious..?" I finally managed to say.
She looked up at me, her face slowly losing its crimson hue. "Uh… well, I think so. I'm experiencing everything that the documentary said that people do when they like someone…"
"The TV? You got that idea from a show?" I said, beginning to think that this was some kind of joke.
"Well, uh… I've never actually felt affection for someone, so I wouldn't know…"
"What on earth are you talking about..?" I asked. This was going nowhere, and I was getting more and more confused every second.
"… Minato-kun… can I tell you something… kind of secret..?" she said slowly, looking up at me with pleading eyes. How could I say no?
"Sure. What is it?"
"Well…" she began. "I'm not… exactly… what you would call normal…"
THIS grabbed my attention. "Really? How so..?" I said. "You're not insane or an escaped prisoner, are you?"
She looked up at me in fright. "NO! No, no, that's not it, I-"she paused. "Oh, it was only a joke." The young blonde-haired girl sighed in relief. "No, that's not what I was about to say. You see… I've been in a comatose state since I was one and a half years old, and have only been conscious for about 5 months."
Once again, that deep, hollow silence filled the hallway. This time, it lasted a lot longer, and Aigis was the one who broke the silence.
"Uh… Minato-kun? Please don't think I'm weird or anything…" she stammered, and looked at me with tears forming in her eyes.
The sight of her tears snapped me back to attention. "No, no, no, no, no. Don't cry Aigis-san." I said hurriedly. "I don't think you're weird, but your situation is certainly… unique." I said, picking my words carefully so that she wouldn't start crying again.
"I'm all right." She sniffed. "Thank you for your concern." She said, smiling at me for the first time I had ever seen, but paused when she saw my shocked expression. "Uhm… Minato-kun? Are you all right?"
Her voice snapped brought me back to reality again. "Ah, uh, yeah, I'm all right. Wow, uh… Aigis-san, you have a really cute smile, you know that?"
Aigis' face turned a deep, deep crimson when she heard my comment, a deeper shade of red than I had ever thought possible. "Oh, well, uh, yes, ah…" she paused and took a deep breath. "Uh… thank you, I-"
Her sentence was cut off by the school bell, which went off, signaling the end of first period. "Oh crap." I said. "We missed first period, Ms. Toriumi is going to kill us…" I groaned.
"What?! But why would she murder-" Aigis began, but quickly realized that I didn't really mean "kill" literally. "It was another figure of speech, wasn't it?"
I decided to joke with her. "No, she really does kill students who miss her class. You better watch your back, she might get you after school…" I said in my scariest voice.
Aigis' reaction was more that I could have hoped for. She completely freaked out, and panic completely spread across her face. "Oh no, oh no, oh no." she said. "Minato-kun, protect me!"
I laughed. "Come on, I was just kidding. Let's go before second period starts. We'll talk during lunch." I said, turning to go to the stairs.
"Minato-kun, that wasn't funny!" Aigis called out behind me. "Wait for me! I don't want to get lost again!" she said, running to catch up to me. "No running in the hallways!" I called out, laughing.
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"So, where have you two lovebirds been?" Junpei asked as Aigis and I sat in our seats.
"I know we're late. Don't rub it in." I said. "And lovebirds? Seriously? Man, you have such a one-track mind. Aigis-san just had a lot of questions for me. Right?" I asked turning to the young lady beside me.
"Oh, uh…" Aigis began, but stopped when I signaled for her to go with it. "Uh, yes, that's right. I'm sorry for keeping you, Minato-kun."
"Minato-kun?" Yukari said, eyeing me suspiciously.
"Hey, it makes her feel more comfortable." I replied coolly. "Right?"
"Ah, yes. That's right." Aigis replied, this time without any hesitation. "Minato-kun gave me permission to address him that way."
"Okay, well as long as he wasn't trying to hit on you…" Yukari said, shaking her head. "You weren't… right, Minato-kun?"
The look that Yukari shot me sent chills down my spine. "Hey, hey. Come on Yukari-chan, you know me. I'm not that stupid, I know I have exams to study for… you might want to keep an eye on Junpei though, he seems to have more than enough free time on his hands."
"Hey! Come on! So what if I don't study? I'm still gonna pass!" Junpei said in an attempt to defend himself.
"Yeah, and one day you're going to invent hovercrafts and laser rifles." Yukari said, rolling her eyes. "Anyway, you two came back just in time, second period's about to start."
"Oh, okay then. Aigis-san, I'll answer any other questions you have during lunch okay?"
Aigis nodded and we sat just as the teacher walked in through the door. "Hello, students." The teacher called out. "Today we'll continue our studies of the Jōmon period. Now, please turn your textbooks to page 28…"
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Second and third period flew by in a flash. As usual, I generally got called on to stand up and answer a question or two, all of which I was able to answer correctly. When the lunch bell rang, our third period teacher dismissed us for lunch. "Remember to be back here in an hour." Our teacher shouted as he left the classroom.
"Okay. I have to go to the office and get some papers. Junpei, you're coming with me." Yukari said, grabbing Junpei's collar as she rose from her seat.
"Aw, come on! Why can't you take Minato-kun?" Junpei whined.
"Because unlike you, your best friend doesn't only think about girls all the time, and he won't bother Aigis-san. Let's go." She replied, dragging my poor friend out the classroom with her.
"Junpei-san is your best friend?" Aigis inquired, turning to me.
"Yeah, I know. He can be a dope sometimes, but he's a good guy deep down. Come on," I said, rising out of my seat. "Let's go to the roof, we can talk there."
We climbed the stairs to the roof, where there was not another soul to be seen. "Are we allowed to eat up here?" Aigis asked, "There's no one else here."
"Oh don't worry, we can eat pretty much anywhere we want, just as long as we don't leave the school grounds and we're back in class in an hour." I replied as I sat on the bench near the door. "Here, take a seat."
Aigis nodded and sat down directly beside me. Not on the bench beside me, I mean the space that was left on the bench I was sitting on. As we began eating, I noticed that she was having a little difficulty with her chopsticks. "Here, don't hold them with your fingers so close to the tip, hold them with your hand in the middle, it makes it a little easier." I said, moving her hand to the proper position on the chopsticks.
She blushed again. "Uh… thank you…"
Shortly after, we finished eating our lunches, and I started asking her questions. "So, what did you mean earlier when you said you were in a coma since you were one?"
Aigis paused and took a breath. "Well, when I was a year and a half old, I apparently fell asleep one night and didn't wake up the next day. My parents rushed me to the hospital, and they thought that I might be dead. However, the doctors performed some tests and scans and stuff, and they saw that my vitals were working and my brain was functioning normally. I just didn't seem to be able to wake up. The doctors ended up feeding me through a tube and using machines to keep my muscles healthy."
"And you said you've only been conscious for about five months..?" I asked.
"Yes, that's right." She began again. "Five months ago, after fifteen years of being unconscious, I finally woke up. My parents were really happy, but I had to spend about a month learning how to walk, and doing other tests for the doctors. After I gained my mobility and my ability to speak, I spent the next four months studying everything that I had missed in my fifteen-year-long coma."
"So you spent the last four months cramming for high school?"
"To put it simply, yes. Thankfully, I was able to learn everything I needed in that short amount of time. I guess my brain just soaked up all the knowledge after fifteen years of not being used." She laughed. "I sound pretty dumb, huh?"
"No way, I could never pull off something like that." I laughed. "It's pretty amazing that you actually managed to do it."
"Thanks." She said, blushing again. "By the way, how does Yukari-san know so much about you?"
"Oh, that's a very good question. You see, my parents died in a car accident when I was five or something."
"Oh… I'm so sorry."
"Don't worry about it, Aigis-san, I got over it a long time ago. Anyways, after my parents died, Yukari-chan's parents offered to take me in, considering that her parents and my parents were really good friends. So, yeah. I've been living in the Takeba household for the past eleven years, and Yukari and I are like siblings now." I laughed. "Yukari-chan's pretty nice actually, she only hits me on my head and that kind of stuff to keep me out of trouble, she feels it's her responsibility."
"And Junpei-san?" Aigis asked.
"Well, Junpei and I met in second grade, and we've been friends ever since. Don't know why though." I laughed. "Just kidding, just kidding. He saved me from going without lunch a couple times when I was in elementary, I would always forget my lunch and Yukari would always scold me, so Junpei would sometimes give me a bit of his lunch."
"Hmm… you certainly have had an interesting life, Minato-kun."
"Yeah… hey Aigis-san, about you saying that you might like me earlier… you were just embarrassed, right?" I asked.
Aigis paused for a minute and thought. "Well, I suppose I was just shy, I mean it was my first time alone with anyone my age, and it was you, so I guess I got a little flustered… Not that I don't like you, I just don't like you… wait… that didn't come out right." The young girl shook her head. "No, um… what I mean to say is… I think you're a good person, Minato-kun, and I like you for that… but I don't think I like you, like as a boyfriend, you know?"
"So in other words, you just like me as a friend?"
"Yeah, I guess so… for now."
"For now?" I asked, pretending like she had hinted something.
Aigis' face turned red and she looked away again. "Well, uh… I guess I might come to like you as something more one day, but… uh… I… ah…" she panicked, trying to find the right words to say.
"Calm down." I said, putting my hand on her shoulder. "We'll take it one day at a time."
However, my coming in contact with Aigis did the opposite of what I had hoped. Instead of Aigis calming down, her face turned an even deeper shade of red and she began panicking. "Oh, ah… Minato-kun… touching my shoulder… I, uh…what… eh… I… ah…"
If her face could become any redder, I would have sworn she had fallen into a bucket of red paint. "Woah, calm down. Deep breaths, deep breaths." I said, rubbing her back, hoping that it would help.
As she took some deep breaths, her face slowly returned to its normal color. "Ah…" she sighed. "Thank you, Minato-kun. I'm sorry for panicking like that, I just well… uh…"
"Panicked?" I said, laughing.
"Ah. Uh, yes… I'm shy like that I guess… I'm really embarrassed…"
"Heh, don't worry about it. Your reaction was strange, but it's all right I guess. It was probably my fault anyways…"
"Oh, no, it was all my fault, I overreacted to a simple touch-"
Our little debate was cut short by the sound of the lunch bell going off. "Oh, we better get back to class. Come on Aigis-san."
"I'm really sorry…" Aigis murmured as we headed down the stairs.
"Hey, don't sweat it." I said over my shoulder. "It was both our faults, so don't worry about it."
Something in that sentence must have reassured Aigis, because she suddenly brightened up and smiled at me again. "You're right. Let's go back to class." She said cheerfully.
"Man, that smile is so cute." I thought to myself. Unfortunately, I was paying too much attention to Aigis, and I ran into the door of our classroom as I turned my head to look forward again, and I was so startled from the impact that I actually fell backwards. Stupid me, right?
"Oh no! Minato-kun! Are you alright?" Aigis asked as she rushed over to me.
"Oh, no, it's nothing. I just hit my head on the door, that's all… eheh." I said as she helped my back up.
Thankfully, no one had arrived in time to witness my brief moment of stupidity, although I was still pretty embarrassed. "Are you sure you're okay, Minato-kun?" my blonde-haired friend asked me again. "Your forehead's a little red…"
"Oh, don't worry, that's what I get for running into the door…" I said, rubbing my poor, throbbing forehead. "I can just hide it with my hair I guess."
I looked over at Aigis as students started trickling back into the room. She was trying to look away from me, but I could still see the guilty look on her face. "Seriously, it's nothing too horrible or anything. It's not like I got a concussion or anything… It was my fault for being so stupid…"
"You're not stupid!" Aigis said suddenly. "Minato-kun is really smart, and-"
"Hey you two! How was lunch?" Yukari said, suddenly appearing behind me. Junpei was behind her, with Yukari's hand still firmly grasping the young man's collar.
"God… office… so boring… almost… died… of sheer boredom… whyyy…" Junpei moaned, like all the energy in his body had been sucked out by his trip to the office.
"Oh, Aigis-san and I ate on the benches on the roof. We talked about school and stuff like that."
"And stuff?" Yukari said, eyeing me suspiciously.
"No, I didn't hit on her, Yukari-chan. You're so paranoid." I said, shaking my head.
This, however, proved to be a fatal mistake. When I shook my head, the hair that was covering my forehead was moved out of the way, giving Yukari a complete view of my still red forehead. "Crap." I thought, realizing my mistake a little too late.
"Where'd this come from?" Yukari asked, parting my hair to look at my forehead.
"It's nothing, don't worry about it." I said, trying to pull away from her. Unfortunately for me, Yukari had already grabbed a bit of my hair in what Junpei and I call "Yukari's Super Inescapable Death Grip." To put it simply, when she gets a grip on something or someone, she isn't letting go. Period. So, all I ended up doing to myself was inflicting a moderate amount of sharp pain on my scalp.
"This is something, what happened Minato-kun? Did someone shove you in the hallways or something? I'll kick their asses!" Yukari said, getting a very, very scary look in her eye.
I am currently a top member of the school's kendo team, not to mention that I had a black belt in both Aikido and karate, so Yukari really didn't need to worry that much about me protecting myself. However, once Yukari-chan got an idea in her mind, it was damn near impossible to prevent her from acting on it. So, to prevent Yukari from going on a rampage after school, I decided to tell her the truth. And I almost did.
"Uh…" Aigis in a low voice said right as I was about to speak. "Minato-kun's injury was my fault…"
"What?" Yukari and Junpei said at the same time, both turning to look at the young girl sitting beside me. I almost did the same, but quickly realized that she was trying to cover for me.
"Well, uh… after we had finished talking and were heading back to the classroom, I… dropped my handkerchief… and we stooped down to get it at the same time and… ah… bumped our heads together… and while Minato-kun was disoriented, he... uhm… hit his head against the door…" she murmured. "I'm sorry…"
"Really?" Yukari said, eyeing me questioningly. "You must have hit your head against that door pretty hard… whatever, I'll accept that… for now…" she said as our fourth period teacher entered the classroom.
"Thanks." I whispered to Aigis while the teacher had his back turned.
"It really was my fault, I'm so sorry…" she murmured, still blushing a little from embarrassment.0
"Don't worry, it really is nothing much. It was both our faults, let's just leave it at that."
"Okay…"she said, and appeared to brighten up a little bit.
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Just like before, fourth, fifth and sixth periods all went by in a blur. Finally, the last bell
rang, signaling the end of the school day. "WOOHOO!" Junpei cheered. "School's over! Now I can go home and-"
"And goof off instead of studying?" Yukari cut in, grinning.
"Aw come on, Yuka-tan, lemme have some fun… wait, what am I saying? You're not my mother…"
"No, but your mother's going to ground you again if you don't do well on your exams, and you don't want that, now do you?"
Even Junpei knew when Yukari had him beat. "Damn… fine, I'll go study…" Junpei groaned.
"Hold it." Yukari said, grabbing Junpei's shoulder with her "Death Grip". "Just to make sure you don't sneak off, I'm going to escort you to the school library."
"What?!" Junpei protested. "Why can't I go to the public library?"
"Because the public library has manga that can distract you." Yukari said triumphantly. "Come on, let's go." She said, dragging my friend out the door once again. "I'll tell the librarian to not let you out until five, and to make sure that you're not just goofing off."
"NOOOOOOOOO!!!" Jupei wailed. "HELP ME, MINATO-KUN! HEEEELP!" he screamed as Yukari dragged him behind her.
"Oh, Minato-kun." Yukari said, stopping right as she got in front of the door. "I have archery today, so don't wait for me. I'll meet see you at home, 'kay? Later!" she finished, and exited the door, dragging along my now sobbing best friend out the door with her.
"Well… uh… that was certainly… interesting…" Aigis said, with a confused look on her face. "Shall we head home, then?"
We both rose from out seats, gathered our belongings, and walked out the classroom. As we were walking down the hallway, I saw a pair of students who I knew all too well. One was a young girl with black hair with a green tinge, the other was a tall senior who was wearing a brown beanie and a burgundy jacket. "Fuuka-chan! Shinjiro-sempai! Yo!" I called out.
"Oh, Minato-kun! Hello!" Fuuka said, waving as we approached them. "How are you today? Are you going to going to come cook with us? We're heading to Shinjiro-senpai's dad's restaurant."
"Nah, I can't I have to study for the exams that are coming up, sorry." I replied.
"Oh well, that's a shame." Shinjiro-sempai said. "By the way, who's your friend?" he asked, signaling at Aigis.
"Oh, this is Yamada Aigis-san, she transferred to my class. Aigis-san, this is Shinjiro-sempai and Fuuka-chan."
"Uh… hello, it's nice to meet you both." Aigis said, bowing to the both of them.
"Shinjiro-sempai is teaching Fuuka and me how to cook." I said. "Fuuka's been my friend since middle school, and she was the one who introduced me to Shinjiro-senpai."
"Yeah, this kid's a pretty good cook. Fuuka-san is improving too." Shinjiro said, grinning at the both of us. "And I already told you, call me Shinji-sempai, Shinjiro takes too long to say."
"Well, I don't want to keep you, so I'll see you tomorrow, Minato-san." Fuuka said, waving as she walked back down the hallway they had come from.
"Bye! And say hello to Akihiko-sempai and Mitsuru-sempai if you see them, Shinji-sempai!" I hollered as they left.
"Who are Akihiko-sempai and Mitsuru-sempai?" Aigis asked me as we left the school building.
"I met Akihiko-sempai at the gym once while he was training. We spar sometimes, even though we practice different forms of martial arts, and we also hang out sometimes during the weekends. As for Mitsuru-sempai, Yukari-chan asked her to tutor me once, and we sort of became acquaintances after that. They also sometimes come when Shinji-sempai gives me and Fuuka-san cooking lessons." I replied.
"Ah, I see." The young girl said. "You seem to have a lot of friends."
"Oh, well, like I said, Mitsuru-sempai is more of an acquaintance, only Akihiko-sempai and Shinji-sempai are really my friends."
"Ah, I see… by the way, what's the difference between an acquaintance and a friend?" she asked.
"Well… an acquaintance is someone you kind of know, but can't really call a friend… and a friend is someone you hang out with relatively frequently and know a bit more about them than you would an acquaintance… it's a little hard for me to explain."
"I see…" Aigis murmured. "So am I your friend, or just an acquaintance?"
Her question took me by surprise. "Come on, Aigis-san, you're definitely my friend." I replied.
She smiled, as if she was relieved about something. "I'm glad…"
"What brought that question up?"
"Oh, I… well, by your description, it sounded that I'm more like an acquaintance than a friend to you… I don't know too much about you, Minato-kun…"
"Oh, that's it?" I said, kind of surprised. "Why didn't you ask?"
"Oh… well… ah… that never really occurred to me…" Aigis said, with an embarrassed look on her face.
"Well, what do you want to know about me?"
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We continued to talk all the way to the train station. We managed to get seats, which was kind of unusual considering that it was a weekday. As we got off the train at Iwatodai station, a thought suddenly occurred to me. "Hey, is this your stop or did you just accidentally get off with me?"
Aigis laughed. "Thank you, Minato-kun, but this is definitely my stop. I live about twenty minutes that way." She said, pointing in the direction that I was heading in anyways.
"Oh, so you live down the street from me." I said as we started walking.
"I guess I do." Aigis replied.
We continued our conversation until we reached the house that I had lived in for the past sixteen years. "Well, this is the Takeba household. I'll see you tomorrow, Aigis-san."
"Yes… I'll see you tomorrow, Minato-kun…" my blonde haired friend said shyly.
"Wait!" Aigis called out suddenly as I started walking away from her.
"What is it?" I asked, turning around to face her.
"Uh…" she murmured, as her face started turning red. She took a deep breath, then continued. "Minato-kun… always saying Aigis-san must tiring… if you want, you can call me Ai-chan… if it's more convenient for you…" she said, trying to avoid my gaze.
"Oh. Uh… well then, see you tomorrow, Ai-chan." I said, trying out Aigis' new nickname a little nervously.
She looked up at me and I could tell that she had calmed down a bit. "Phew… that wasn't so bad… okay, Minato-kun! Bye!" she shouted, running down the street to her house.
"Well, school just got a little more interesting, huh…" I thought as I walked through the front door.
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What will happen in the next chapter? How will our heroes exams go? When will I update next? All these questions will be answered in Chapter 2!
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Phew. That was the longest chapter I have ever, ever typed. Anyways, please read and review, and like I said before, I have made many, many changes to the Persona 3 story, so please don't complain how something I wrote doesn't fit with what goes in the game. I will try and update as soon as I can (hopefully in about a week). Thanks to everyone who's reading!
Patleon909 =D
P.S. When I refer to Minato as a sophomore, I mean as in American schooling standards. Technically, in Japan the American high school sophomore would only be a freshman in a Japanese high school, sorry if anyone got confused! Gomen -_-'
P.S. #2 Also, if you could tell anyone you know about this fanfic, even if they don't know much about Persona 3, as long as they like a decent romance/comedy fanfic I'm pretty sure they'll enjoy it! I'm sorry to beg, but I do want people to read this, ahaha… Thanks =D
P.S. #3 To any Persona 3 and Persona 3 FES fans who are reading this fanfic, I apologize again if Aigis or Minato (the protagonist) are getting too OOC. However, I did say that she's not a robot I this fanfic, so please bear that in mind. I am trying to do my best to keep Aigis' shyness and sweetness intact, but she's a little more human, so she'll be a little more emotionally flexible than the original Aigis from the game. Again, I apologize if this angers any fans of the game. T-T As for Minato, well… I just altered him a bit… and besides, his personality was pretty much up to the choices you made him make in the game, so yeah…