I don't really know where I'm going with this. As of now, it'll just be a bunch of random drabbles that I write when I'm bored. I wrote this when I was half asleep, so disregard the crappiness. Read and review if you want! Hopefully I'll write some more soon.
WARNING: This story may include, in the future, slash pairings, spoilers, angst, angst, and more angst! If you don't like it, then I'm not forcing you to read it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Persona 4 or any of the characters in the aforementioned game. I am not gaining any profit from this story, other than the riches of knowledge! ^.^
Drabble 1: Strength. Souji-centric. By PandaGaaraInsomniac9.
Sometimes life can be so exhausting, he thought to himself. It was always something. The drama of being a high school student was enough to overwhelm anyone without the added stress of saving the world. He didn't understand why they had been chosen to bear such a large burden. After all, they were just teenagers, teenagers who forced to trade in their heavy textbooks and overused pencils for sharp iron swords and cold steel armor. Innocence couldn't always be taken for granted, but that lesson could only be learned
through experience. The experience of losing loved ones, of facing your own dark side, of feeling for the first time how truly weak you were.
Strength. What is the true meaning of that word? Is it measured in brawn, in bravery? No, to Souji Seta, strength could be measured in many ways. In some ways, yes, brawn counted for some aspects of strength, but true strength was measured in one's ability to stand up for what they believed in, or for those they loved, no matter the adversity they were faced with.
Strength was being able to show love to even your enemies, to forgive and show compassion towards, but most of all, strength was accepting yourself, acknowledging your flaws and remaining true to yourself all the same. Even if your true self wasn't liked by everyone, even if something about you was seen as "just not right".
So, in that respect, Souji supposed he was strong. As the leader, he had to be. Otherwise, what was he really worth?