This story is a sequel to Just a Delinquent. While reading that isn't necessary, it'll probably help.

Quartet

There were many truths to this world, but one truth that forever confused historians and scholars alike was why Rise Kujikawa fell in love with Kanji Tatsumi.

Even Kanji himself was confused by the idea, though he certainly wasn't against it. He rather liked Rise, in fact, he loved the idol, bratty nature and all. Somehow over the course of knowing each other, and solving the murders of Inaba, the two had grown from barely friends to lovers, and he couldn't have been happier.

"Alright, what do you think?" Rise asked, opening the door and stepping out of the changing room. Kanji turned his head to look at his girlfriend, and almost immediately he was left with his jaw on the ground and face red.

Rise wore the outfit well. A white sundress that hugged her body, accenting her natural curves. Her long, brunette hair was worn down, flowing down her back. There was a small split on the top of the dress, revealing some skin and even a peek at her supple cleavage. Kanji closed his mouth and smiled at his girlfriend. Somehow, she had only got prettier with time, while Kanji was still the same mountain-esque, blond with spiky hair.

"Y-you look great!"

"Thanks!" Rise beamed, twirling on the spot as she smiled. "Can you lift up the skirt a bit? I'm worried about tripping on it if I wore it on stage."

"Sure, no problem."

After putting a stop to Izanami's schemes, Rise returned to being an idol, and Kanji was close behind her, acting as her supposed tailor. It wasn't a total lie. Kanji often found himself assisting in her wardrobe, and working out any changes her outfits needed.

It also gave him a good excuse to just hang out with her. The life of an idol was a chaotic one, with a lot of last minute schedule changes, but Rise would insist she needed her personal tailor around. Her manager, Inoue-san, seemed to agree most of the time.

Maybe it was cause they saved money, seeing as Kanji was both Rise's tailor and personal bodyguard.

Rise quickly changed into her usual outfit, and brought the outfit to the cashier, Kanji by her side. She paid for it and the two stepped out, walking down the sidewalk, side by side. As they walked the blond's hand brushed against Rise's. He tried to link their hands when Rise stepped away, taking a whole sidestep away from him.

Kanji blinked, looking at her face in confusion as she gave him an apologetic look. "Kanji," she whispered, glancing up and down the street, as if she was afraid of being followed. "You know we can't."

"Oh. Sorry."

There was just one problem with their relationship. An obvious problem that Kanji knew about before he started dating Rise, one that he accepted, but… he just didn't think would have lasted this long.

Idols weren't allowed to date anyone. Rise wasn't allowed to actually call or treat Kanji as her boyfriend. As far as the public knew, he was her friendly tailor/bodyguard, always by her side.

That meant no kissing in public, no hand holding, nothing that would make it seem like they were anything more than just had been like this for months, with only a few people in all of Japan knowing their secret.

Their closest friends, family, and Rise's manager, Inoue. The manager seemed reluctant at first, before he was quick to tell the two that having a boyfriend could be an interesting angle for an idol, and that once Rise's popularity was back up, they could reveal it to the rest of the world.

That was almost a year ago, and Kanji was wondering if Inoue just said that to get Rise back into the idol business.

"Kanji? Hello, earth to Kanji?" Rise snapped her fingers in front of Kanji's face several times, rousing the boy from his thoughts.

"Huh? What?"

"You okay? You spaced out on me," Rise commented, raising her brow in confusion.

"Y-yeah. I'm alright. Sorry. What were you saying?"

"I was saying, are you ready to head to the set? I need to finish filming the commercial before we head back to the hotel."

"Right, right." Kanji nodded his head. He remembered. Life never stood still for an idol. They had to get Rise back to work before they were able to get any rest. Not to mention they had to practice for the upcoming concert…

Yes, they. Somehow Rise had actually managed to convince her agency to let her invite the rest of the Investigation Team to become her backup dancers for the upcoming concert.

The LMB Festival, or Love Meets Bonds Festival. A concert where Kanji was going to dance alongside his girlfriend, and his closest friends for the amusement of millions. It should have just been fun and easy stuff, but honestly?

Kanji would rather take on a pack of Shadows again.

Least Yu and Naoto were along for the ride. The rest of the team would be arriving in a couple of days to join them so they could all practice together again, but Yu and Naoto were already in Tokyo (Yu for school, Naoto for a case) when Rise dropped the news on the group, so it was easy for the other couple to meet up with Kanji and Rise.

Actually, the more Kanji thought about it, maybe it wasn't so great having the two around. For one, they could be as affectionate as they wanted, something he and Rise could not do. They had to be careful about how close they were, while Yu and Naoto shared kisses and hugs like it was nobody's business.

Secondly, Yu and Naoto were just better dancers than him. They could copy Rise's moves better than he could. Kanji just wasn't as graceful as the other three. He was bigger, bulkier, some would even say brutish. While they danced with skill and grace, he barely got by without tripping on his own two feet…

"Kanji? You okay? You're being offly quiet…"

"Huh? Oh, yeah… I'm alright." He lied through his teeth as he followed Rise, walking behind her.

Kanji was most certainly not alright. He was upset, and the fact he refused to talk about it bothered Rise to no end.

The two were back in Rise's hotel room, and their time was limited. The rest of the staff thought of Kanji as little more than a skilled tailor, but even so, allowing a boy his age to be alone with Risette in her room for any amount of time was a miracle. Someone would by soon to check on them, and probably tell Kanji to go to his own room.

Rise would have to work fast.

"What cha doing?" she asked, sitting on the sofa beside her boyfriend, smiling at him. She glanced at the cloth in his hand, watching him quietly sewing it into another piece of cloth.

"Working on a commission. Got a list of them back in Inaba," Kanji explained, not even glancing at her.

Is he mad at me? She wondered, before she touched his hand. "It looks nice."

"Thanks."

Her fingers gently stroke his as he finally turned his blue eyes to look at her. He raised his brow as she smiled at him. "But maybe you want to focus on something else? We only have so much time to be alone, you know."

Kanji opened his mouth, before closing it. He glanced away from her as he nodded his head. "Y-yeah, I know." These moments, out of sight from both her crew and the public, they could be true to themselves.

"So let's make good use of the time," she grinned, leaning forward to kiss him. She got a peck on his cheek, before he pulled back and spoke up.

"Rise, how much longer do we have to pretend?"

"Huh?" Rise sounded confused, but she really shouldn't have. She kicked herself mentally, knowing what was bothering Kanji. The same thing that was bothering her.

"When was the last time we held hands, or even just had dinner by ourselves? I feel like we get like five minutes to be a couple out of the whole day," he sighed, rubbing his forehead.

"I-I know, Kanji. I've talked to Inoue-san, but he just said it isn't time to drop the news on everyone. After LMB-"

"Yeah, he said the same thing before the last concert! And the one before that! Does he even want us to be together?" he grumbled, glaring at the wall.

"Of course, he does. He said so," she sighed, shoulders falling.

"Sure doesn't act like it…"

"Kanji, I…" Rise sighed again, shaking her head slowly. She hated this. She hated how upset Kanji was, how useless Inoue was, how… how much she was hurting their relationship.

It was her lifestyle, her occupation, her choice that was causing all of this pain. She wanted to be an idol, she wanted to be a singer, someone for the people to look up to. Children idolized her, all while Kanji and her became more distant.

"I never wanted to hurt you," she admitted, reaching for his hand. The two squeezed each other's hands, holding one another as their eyes met. "I love you, Kanji."

"I love you too, Rise," he replied, and that eased her heart, if only a bit. Just hearing him say those words was enough to make her smile. "I'm sorry, I guess I'm just getting frustrated."

"Totally understandable!" She lunged forward, hugging him tightly. "I'm sorry." Rise's mood suddenly lit up as an idea popped into her head. "What if I ask for a vacation? Just a small one? A weekend to ourselves? Maybe we can ask Naoto to let us hide out at her estate for a little bit so we can have some time to ourselves?"

"Really?" Kanji blinked, before he grinned. "That does sound pretty nice… Maybe we could even hang out with the others again."

Rise nodded her head, beaming. It felt like a long time since the entire group had been together. Part of the reason she invited them all to LMB was so that they could be together again, and have another adventure. It wasn't saving the world, but she liked to think it was pretty exciting.

"It's a promise then! And until then…" Rise's smile turned mischievous as she leaned forward, pressing her lips against his. Kanji moaned in surprise, before he melted into the kiss, wrapping his arms around her small body.

Their lips nibbled one another's, before Rise opened her mouth and licked Kanji's lips. He opened his mouth to return the passion, when someone knocked on their door.

"Everything okay there, Rise? Is Tatsumi still in there?" a crew member asked.

Rise and Kanji pulled apart, their breasts shallow and panting as they stared at one another. Their faces were red as the brunette gave her boyfriend an apologetic look. He just nodded his head, understanding with a melancholic smile on his face.

"Yeah, I'm okay! Kanji was just leaving…"

Meanwhile, in another hotel, Yu was looking through his clothes as his girlfriend typed on her laptop. The silver-haired man looked mostly the same since his adventure in Inaba, but the same could not be said for Naoto. Of all of the Investigation Team, her style had changed the most.

Gone was the sarashi that bound her chest, gone was trying to hide her identity. Naoto was a woman, and she embraced it proudly. While her clothing style was still masculine, her hair had grown long, flowing down her back as she wore one of Yu's shirts over her body. Her figure filled out the shirt and simple shorts well as Yu held up two outfits.

"Hm. What do you think? Black coat with white shirt, or white coat with black stripe?" Yu wondered aloud.

The redeemed, ex-liar glanced at the two outfits in each hand, but his question was left unanswered. He lifted up his brow as he looked at Naoto, who was quietly typing away at her laptop, focused only on the screen.

"Naoto, you hungry?" No answer. "Oh no. I got shot again." Still no response. "Naoto, I love you."

The detective blinked, before looking up at Yu with a faint blush. "Oh, um… I-I love you too, Narukami."

"Well, least you heard that." Yu smiled as he tossed the outfits aside, before he walked over to his girlfriend and sat on the bed with her. "Looking at case files?"

"One in particular. It's from Mitsuru-san." That did catch Yu's attention.

He and his girlfriend met Mitsuru Kirijo a few months ago during a rather exhausting ordeal involving Shadows and world-ending monsters. Long story short, Yu Narukami and Naoto Shirogane saved the world (again), with a little help from their friends, a group of older Persona users called the Shadow Operatives, and Adachi.

The leader of the Shadow Operatives, Mitsuru Kirijo, a gorgeous redhead and imposing leader, commented on how skilled Yu and Naoto were in the heat of battle against Shadows. She kept in relatively close contact with the two, even sending them interesting cases to test them.

Yu found the cases to be a fun challenge for himself and his girlfriend, but it was clear that something about this particular case really piqued Naoto's interest.

"So, what's up? Anything major?"

"Possibly, but it doesn't look immediate. It seems to be several cases akin to the Apathy Syndrome she mentioned to us before. People falling asleep and not waking up, trapped in some kind of coma-like state. The problem is that's all it seems to be. No Dark Hour, no fatalities, no strange Shadow activity… Mitsuru-san says she will fill us in as soon as she has more information, but this is a rather odd case."

"Anything connecting the victims?"

"Rumors of a bizarre video that only appears at midnight…" Yu's silver eyes widened in surprise as she nodded her head. "I thought the same thing. It's similar to our prior experiences back in Inaba…"

The murders of Inaba, the events that tied the fates of Yu and his friends together. The ones that set Yu on his journey of self-discovery and redemption. The same ones that involved a certain Midnight Channel.

"Well, should we look into it?"

"I would like to, but unfortunately it seems Mitsuru-san disagrees. She's requested that we don't act on any information, unless it is an emergency. She doesn't want to risk us also falling victim to the bizarre epidemic."

"Hm, I see. So there's nothing we can do right now?"

"It would appear not…"

"Any other pressing cases?" Naoto shook her head. "Then need I remind you, you promised Rise you wouldn't work this weekend unless something big came up?" Yu held up his hand and playfully ruffled his girlfriend's hair, smiling at at her.

Naoto blushed at the affectionate gesture, batting his hand away. "No, you don't. I just can't help but feel curious."

"Well, once we have time, you and I can investigate it and we'll no doubt save the world. Again. Until then, it's getting late." Yu tapped on the power button on Naoto's laptop, and she lifted it off of the bed and onto the floor. "We should get some sleep."

Despite his words, he had a hand on her leg, gently stroking her slender, naked thigh as he gave her the classic, Narukami smirk.

"Something tells me sleep is the last thing on your mind," Naoto commented, her cheeks slowly tinting a crimson hue.

"If you're not feeling it, I understand, but-" Yu was silenced as his blue-haired lover grabbed his collar and pulled him into a kiss. His silver eyes widened, before he wrapped his arms around her, kissing back.

They pulled apart for a moment, Naoto's face a bright shade of red as she glanced away from him. "I didn't say that…"

Yu chuckled, nuzzling his nose against Naoto's as their hearts beat as one. The two were in love, the purest, strongest kind of love, the kind where each other's nature rubbed off on the other. On the one hand, this gave the once cruel man a sense of justice, and a growing skill at deduction, but it also gave Naoto quite the… mischievous side.

The two laughed as they kissed one another, hands squeezing and pulling the other close. Silver eyes met cobalt ones as they both uttered the same words, smiling at one another as their hearts glowed with a warm radiance.

"I love you."

END

What's this? A sequel to Just a Delinquent? Well... Yeah, I guess it is. In the same way Persona 4: Dancing All Night is a sequel to Persona 4. More of a silly spin off, than a direct sequel.

Special thanks to AvengedGYT for the idea. This one's for you, kid!

So, this story. It'll be a silly story, with some dramatic bits. God, I wish Fanfiction let me have three genres. Most of my work is Humor, Drama, and Romance based! Why do I have to pick two?! Ugh. It also gives me a chance to hand out some advice to anyone writing adaptations. First off, don't be afraid to switch things up! Like how I do!

When I was planning this story out, an idea came to me. Instead of Yu and Naoto being the leads, what if Rise and Kanji were? Yu and Naoto will still play a big part, but just like how Just a Delinquent focused on Yu and Naoto, with Rise and Kanji being a Beta Couple, this story focuses on Rise and Kanji, with Yu and Naoto as the more stable, happier Beta Couple.

So, yeah. Kanji and Rise are our leads, with Naoto and Yu being their close friends and confidants. Exciting! Also, all the chapters will be related to music stuff. Quartet, get it? Four? HA.

Before I end this note, 2 things. One: I don't have a set update schedule to this story. I'll just update it whenever I have time, so don't expect orderly updates. It's a fun side project, and a special idea inspired by a friend, nothing more. Secondly, here's a question. What's a better idea? Using Persona 4 music for the dances in this story, or doing the more fun option and just picking songs I like?

I kind of like the idea of picking fun songs, instead of just using the game's soundtrack. More chances for silliness and fun. Let me know what you think, and what you think of the story! Have a good day, stay safe, and remember, you are loved!

Bye!