Persona 4- The Priestess' Impasse

Chapter 2- Noises

A/N: And so the drama continues! Some asked me to continue this and I thought I probably could :) This won't be as long as chapter one since I intended this to be a one-shot. Apologies for the angst :) (Hope it still works XD) Regardless, Enjoy :)

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You are a dumbass.

What the hell did you do that for?

She's going to kill you if she finds out.

How desperate are you?

Why did you even go up to her room?

Thoughts like these and more were all Yu Narukami could think about after his sordid interaction with Yukiko Amagi the previous day. It had been eating away at him ever since they did… what they did… Hell, the moment it was over, he regretted it. Time had simply made it worse. As he thought about it, he noticed more things he did wrong and more times he could have stopped it.

He could have called literally anyone else. Yukiko was further away than say, Naoto. Hell, he could have even gone to Kanji. Yet the first person he called was Yukiko. Why? Did he want to see her? She'd tell him everything he wanted to hear so perhaps on a subconscious level he did…

He could have not gone upstairs, gone straight to sleep on her couch. Yet, off he went. He could have just not told her about what happened, but yet he did. He was enjoying it too. That made him feel sick to his stomach.

He enjoyed it when she rested her hand on his thigh. Why? Rise was the one he loved, so why did Yukiko doing that even matter to him? It shouldn't have. But it did. It excited him.

At any point during the kiss or during their act he could have told her to stop. But he didn't. He let her do everything with him. And he enjoyed it.

He replayed the events of that night over and over in his mind as he sat in class, staring at the back of her head. He knew she was thinking about it too. She avoided his gaze, she didn't look back to talk to Chie in case she roped Yu into the conversation.

Neither of them had enjoyed it. At least that's what they told themselves.

Yu resolved to talk to Yukiko. Perhaps if he could just get some closure, he could work it out. If he could face her, tell her last night meant nothing and walk away, maybe Rise would take him back.

That's how he rationalized it to himself, at any rate. In reality, unknown to even himself, he just wanted to see her again.

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The roof of Yasogami High was bitingly cold in this weather. Winter had just set in, and being this high, the crispness of the season could really be felt. The cold was the last thing on Yukiko's mind, however, as she waited for Yu. Why did he call her? Why meet in the first place? The last thing she wanted to think about was her… lover? No. That was definitely the wrong word. They definitely were not lovers… It was at that moment Yukiko noticed Yu approach her. She had been so wrapped up in semantics she didn't even notice the suave young man as he came up to the Team's meeting spot.

Regardless, unbeknownst to Yukiko, her heart rate quickened. Her pupils dilated.

"Hey" He said, trying his best to look her in the eye. "I think we need to talk" he passed her and took a seat on the heating vent. She followed, her eyes pinned to the floor.

It was Yu who opened the dialogue. "So… about our…" he was searching his vocabulary for a word. Any word to use that wasn't too ugly. "Clandestine Encounter?" It was a question, with an inflection. He wasn't even sure what they should call it? "Lovemaking"? "Moment of Weakness"? "Mistake"? It seemed to fit though. Anything to get this conversation over with.

"I thought we weren't going to talk about it?" Yukiko said, an edge of irritation to her voice.

"We're fighting side by side in the TV. If the others pick up on it…" Yu began before being cut off

"In battle you won't even notice. You don't ever notice…"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Yu asked, an eyebrow raised. This was the first time his leadership had ever been called into question.

"You never take notice of anyone when you get into the zone… Well, except for her" Yukiko said, practically spitting out the last word. Why? She didn't hate Rise, far from it. So why the venom?

"Rise, you mean?" Yu asked.

"Yes" A flat reply.

"Because she tells us where to go, which attacks work best and…" Yu tried to say before again, being interrupted.

"And that she loves you?" Yukiko ranted, raising her voice with each word. "That she'd never let anything happen to you? That she'd keep you safe? That she'd never hurtyou? Well look what happened! She did. She hurt you and then you finally notice me! The girl who would never take notice in the guy that swoops in from parts unknown, saves her life and then became your friend." Tears were welling up in Yukiko's eyes now, her quiet rant becoming a maelstrom of noise. "How could she possibly feel about you? How could she fall for you? It's not like you're perfect or are everything she's ever wanted. It's not like you flirted with her or made her feel special in any way. As soon as Risette comes onto the stage, you forget about Yukiko, about the girl you left behind, but as soon as she hurts you, you come back! It's not fair, Yu-kun, it's Just! Not! Fair!" Yukiko had become a sobbing mess, shouting the last three words in a hoarse tone before throwing her head into her hands.

There was some truth to Yukiko's words. Yu hadn't even considered her feelings in all this. It was true, that before he met Rise, he had his eye on Yukiko. She was pretty, after all. Intelligent, kind… Someone Yu could see being his girlfriend. Love is unexplainable though. Yu knew the second he laid eyes on Rise in the flesh that she was different. He didn't think about the young heiress at all… He should have told her about Rise, but he still led her on. Not intentionally, but he still did.

"Yukiko, I…" Another interruption

"You're what? Sorry?" Yukiko said, her eyes burning with rage now. "You're sorry you led me on like some lovestruck bimbo who wouldn't care what you did? You're sorry that you tore me apart inside having to see you with her every day?! You're sorry that the one moment of intimacy we shared, you're writing off as a mistake?!" Tears streamed down the black haired beauty's face as she screamed noise and spat hate at Yu, a man she thought she loved.

"Yukiko, I had no idea you felt this way" Yu said, placing an hand on her shoulder, which she quickly shrugged off.

"No, you didn't, because you were too busy with her. You don't even look at me anymore, it's all about her."

"You're jealous of her?"

"No!" Yukiko screeched. The noise echoed loudly around them. "Why would I be jealous of her?! I love my life! I love having to watch her cling to you every chance she gets, I love having to listen to her talk about how great you are and I simply adore that she gets to be with the man I love while I have to watch and smile!"

"Y-You love me?" Yu asked. He had never considered Yukiko ever harbouring that strong a feeling for him.

"How could I not?!" she screamed, one final time before collapsing from the vent and fell to the floor, clutching her knees like a child. She sobbed gently into her legs as Yu got down onto her level and wrapped an arm around her, which she leaned into.

They simply sat there for a while, rocking back and forth to the sound of Yukiko's weeping. Yu clung to her tightly until, eventually, the tears subsided. Yukiko's face was stained red, her light makeup had run down her face and her headband had come slightly askew. Yu wiped her tears and fixed the red accessory on her head before smiling gently and placing both hands on Yukiko's shoulders.

"Yukiko… I had no idea you felt like that, and I'm sorry I made you feel that way. I wish you'd have spoken up sooner. I know that no words can fix what I did but... I'm truly, really, sorry"

Every word Yu said made Yukiko want to burst into tears again. However after the last one, after that last apology, she saw him differently again. She stopped seeing him as the boy that led her on or as the boy the abandoned her as soon as someone else came along. She saw him as the man that told her she was pretty, as the man that made her laugh… As the man she loved…

With lightning speed, Yukiko darted her lips onto Yu's to steal a kiss. She lingered there for a while.

Yu knew he had to break the kiss, that he had to stay faithful to Rise. But again, his biology took over. He leaned into it further, forcing Yukiko to the ground. Her tongue slipped its way into Yu's mouth, and his did the same. She moaned into it and started running her hands all over his back, his worked their way through her flowing, midnight hair… As she writhed underneath him, he felt himself getting excited. Now he was consciously aware of his desires.

Strangely, he didn't care.

He had already broken his oath to Rise once. Once more couldn't hurt, right?

Little did either of the two notice the small girl that had heard her friend scream come up the stairs and watch them, catching them accidentally in the middle of an intimate act.

Now, it was Chie Satonaka who was facing the problem. And this one could tear her friends apart. Worse still, she would have to deal with it alone.