Hey there! I'm here with my first Persona 3 fanfic! This fanfiction entitled "Moonlight" will be a collection of RyojixMinako/FeMC oneshots. I've just gotten back to writing fanfictions, so I hope you can bear with my stories. Anyway, each chapter has a different story. This first one is a story that I thought could happen, if Ryoji did like-like Minako.

So, I hope you'll like this collection! Read and review as well, please!

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own the Persona 3 Series. If I did, Ryoji, Minako and Minato wouldn't die.

#1 - Sincerity

"Junpei, would you care to explain to me your definition of sincerity?" Ms. Toriumi, our homeroom adviser, asked my best friend.

This got him a bit startled. I'm pretty sure he knows what the word means, but I'm also sure he'd still ask me for it. Here we go. "Err...it's a flavor of ice cream?" Hm. That's weird. He normally asks me for the answer. Maybe he's been daydreaming again.

Chuckles were heard from the class. Even I myself couldn't help but laugh at what he said.

"No, Junpei. It's not a flavor of ice cream," Ms. Toriumi said, looking as if she wanted to put her hand on her face. She sighed heavily. "Can anyone else give me their own definition of sincerity? Minako?"

Somehow I knew she was going to ask me. I stood up and answered, "For me, sincerity is being true to your feelings, may it be in acting or speaking."

"Exactly." The teacher looked somehow relieved. "According to the dictionary, sincerity is..."

As I sat back down, I caught a glimpse of Ryoji-kun looking at me, smiling warmly, as if saying "Wow, great job!" I felt the need to smile back at him.

Lunch break, finally! It was my turn to buy lunch for me, Junpei-kun and Ryoji-kun, who were my lunch mates. Yukari-chan went to eat with her other friends, so she couldn't eat with us today. Although the scarf-wearing boy offered to accompany me to the cafeteria, I insisted that I go alone. He tried pushing me to take him along with his sad puppy dog face, but I forced myself to ignore it. Why? Because with his fangirls stalking him around the school, it would take us a long time to get back to the classroom once they manage to get a hold of him. We wouldn't have enough time to eat and goof off, if that happens, like last time. Besides, if they see me with him, they'd surely throw me glares again, which, I swear, are more painful than the attacks of shadows.

While I was walking across the junior's hallway to the stairs, I passed by two girls.

"Ryoji-kun's starting to get more and more distant from us! Do you think he has a girlfriend?" the girl with short, black hair said.

"What made you say that?" the other girl, who had her brown hair put up in buns, asked.

"Like I said, he's been distant lately. He's been turning down invites from the members of the fanclub for the past few days! The only way a boy could do that to a girl is if he already has a girlfriend!"

Ryoji-kun already has a fanclub? That's surprising, but not really hard to believe.

"Come on, just because he keeps on turning down you guys, that doesn't mean he's already taken!" the bun-haired girl retorted. "I refuse to believe that! I'll ask him myself later. If he approves, which I'm sure he will, I'll ask him if you can come along."

"Really? Thanks!"

I got back to walking with my normal pace, chuckling silently to what I'd just heard. They really are head-over-heels for that guy. Who could blame them, though? That happy boy is nice, kind, not to mention adorable. Most of all, he's...

Sincere...?

Hmm. Come to think of it, I've noticed that he's been evasive towards his adoring fans lately, like what that girl mentioned. Whenever girls would catch us together, besides their daggers, I would notice that he'd never say "Maybe next time, ladies!" with his embarrassed look, unlike before. Lately, he would just apologize to them, hold my hand tighter, and exit the scene with me in tow. I rarely, almost never, catch him flirting with girls anymore either.

I wonder why...

I got to the cafeteria, and ordered the usual. As the lunch lady was packing my orders, a thought struck me. "Can you also add two yogurts?" I suddenly felt like buying something for him. The other one was for me. Sorry, Junpei-kun, no desert for you. You've been thinking about ice cream this morning anyway.

I paid the bill, got the plastic bag with our food, and quickly went back to the classroom. When I got there, Junpei-kun was apologizing to Ryoji-kun, who had his head resting on his arms on the table, his face hidden. It looked like he was sleeping, or probably crying?

"What happened?" I asked, going over to them. I put the food on the table, crossed my arms and jokingly glared at my best friend.

"N-nothing happened!" he stuttered. "I was just...err..."

It was obvious that he was hiding something. Since he didn't want to tell me, I decided to ask Ryoji-kun.

I stroked his back. "Are you okay? Did Junpei-kun do something? You want me to kill him for you?"

His harassed face emerged from its hiding place. "Junpei-kun was being mean! He said that you were mad at me or something!" He then pouted at the capped suspect.

Why would Junpei-kun say something like that?

"Come on, dude! I was just kidding! Why does it affect you that much in the first place?"

Ryoji-kun's eyebrows furrowed. "Well..."

"Oh hush, you two," I interrupted. "First of all, no, Ryoji-kun, I'm not mad at you. Why would I be?"

"He said it was because of the incident in Kyoto," he replied, looking like a kicked puppy.

I had to chuckle at that. "Don't worry! I've already forgiven you three, right? Besides, if I was still mad at you, that means I'm also still mad at Akihiko-sempai, and Junpei-kun."

The boy's face lit up, while the other boy looked panicked.

"Second. Jun-pei-kun," I continued, stressing said boy's name, "Why would you joke about something like that? You know how important friends are to Ryoji-kun."

From having a distressed face, addressed boy's face changed to a teasing one.

This got me confused. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

He didn't respond, and the teasing expression was still there.

I decided to ignore it and just go on to taking our lunches out of the plastic bag. "For that, only Ryoji-kun and I get to have dessert," I added. Hah! An opportunity to reason out why I didn't buy him any yogurt. Thank God, I wouldn't get to hear a complaint for a pathetic excuse such as him thinking of ice cream this morning.

"Wow, thanks, Minako-chan!" Ryoji-kun said, having that child-like smile on him.

"Hey, that's unfair!" Junpei-kun protested.

The moment the bell rang, Ryoji-kun immediately went to my desk, kneeled down and took my hand. "Would the princess like to eat some cake with me? In exchange for that yogurt this afternoon?"

"Isn't that an unfair bargain on your part? Cake is much more expensive than yogurt, you know," I reasoned out. I wanted to go with him, not because of the cake, but because of his company. The stabbing looks of our female classmates made me think of refusing his offer, though. But...

"It's alright. Just spending time with you is enough for me." He shot me a cheerful smile.

"There you go again with your pick-up lines," I joked, blushing a bit. Seriously, that was a cheesy thing to say, but he seemed honest to me this time.

I was about to tell him I was just kidding when he exclaimed, "No, I mean it, really!" He pressed my hand with his, and looked at the floor. "I-I really want to spend time with you today, so I hope you don't refuse."

I couldn't help smile at him. "I really wasn't planning on refusing from the start," I assured him. The moment I said that, the crazy fangirls started glaring at me again. I didn't care about them anymore, though, most especially when I saw Ryoji-kun's reaction to what I said.

He had such an adorable smile, like the smile of a kid who'd gotten the bike he'd been dreaming of all year as a gift for Christmas. "Thank you!" He got up and helped me rise from my seat. He offered me his arm. "Shall we go, milady?"

I linked my arm with his, ignoring the reactions of the fangirls inside our classroom. "Yes! Thank you, kind sir," I replied, playing along with his formalities.

Sorry to the girl who wanted to ask the sincere guy out that day. He asked me first.

A/N: A very short one-shot this is! I pray you enjoyed this, though. If the characters seemed OoC, please do forgive me 'cause that's how I imagined them to act. Do tell me, if that's the case. Please do leave a review, so I can change some stuff for the next fanfics! They'll be greatly appreciated!

If you also have ideas or requests for one-shots I'd gladly accept them! Although, it'll take some time for me to finish, so I hope that's okay :D Thanks for reading! God bless!