Title:
relentless rain
Author/Artist: Picupzors/Picup
Pairing: Seta
Souji x Amagi Yukiko
Fandom: Persona 4
Theme: #7 –
superstar
Disclaimer: I do not own Persona 4, not yet at least.
… Kidding.
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"At least stay until the rain lets up."
It was indeed, another rainy day in the small, quaint town of Yasoinaba. Before a recent string of murders happened, there would be mixed feelings for the rain. For one, Satonaka Chie, she would moan and complain about how it hinders runs around the town, or precious training time; Hanamura Yousuke would join in – claiming that it made the paths too slippery that it was easy crashing into obstacles on his bike.
Seta Souji didn't mind the rain; he thought of it as a tranquil time of peace. Of course, recently, when it rained, that meant fog was going to roll in, and the possible chance of a murder could happen. He and his self-proclaimed investigation team would do everything in their power (which was quite a bit when this group of teenagers was together) to stop this from happening. Though, today's rain was okay. He couldn't think of anything going wrong (though, fate usually throws something for him anyways).
Especially that he was beside the beautiful, Amagi Yukiko.
"Ah. Sure, why not."
Souji said with a slight shrug, and stepped into the Amagi Inn, gently damp due to the umbrella not big enough for him and Amagi to share. Yukiko laughed gingerly, took the umbrella from him, folded it up and placed it in the umbrella rack to dry. She took his jacket after, not listening to his proclaims of able to get it himself, and placed it on the guests' coat hanger. She whirled around and faced him with a small smile.
"This is your first time here, right? I can show you around."
She suggested, and he nodded in agreement. A nice visit around the famous, Amagi Inn would be a delightful treat.
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"And this is one of the areas where guests can go to relax."
She slid the door open with a soft pull, and they both peered inside. It was a rather small room, soft wooden floors, a table in the middle, with the TV in the corner. Souji was much reminded of his own living room in the house he stayed in. What caught his attention was the baby grand piano in the corner of the room. He slowly went inside, his path headed right towards it.
Yukiko blinked, "Seta-kun?" She asked, and followed him inside as she slid the door shut behind them.
"I never knew there was a piano in here…" He paused, a gentle firm hand touching the wooden music stand. He blinked and rubbed his index and thumb together – the dust flew back into the air. "It's pretty dusty as well, no one uses it?"
Yukiko shook her head, "No one in the Inn really knows how to play it. My great grandmother had it here when she was the head of the Inn…" She paused, "Thinking about it now, the last time it was played… It was by a brunette haired woman – who was a guest at our Inn. It was… last March I think? She said she recently graduated from Gekkoukan High School, and needed to stay some where before thinking about college."
She replied, took a few steps forward, and stood by Souji's side as he gently opened the piano now. He looked transfixed at the keys, almost in deep thought. He took a seat on the bench and it creaked under his weight. He placed his hands on the keys and pressed down. The piano made a soft, yet sweet sound. It was a major chord.
Souji took a few minutes, his knowledge of how to play this musical instrument slowly flooded his mind. He broke out into a simple, light, playful tune after – and Yukiko stared in awe at this silver-haired teen's musical ability.
"It's
been a while."
"For a while… You could play like an idol
with practice, Seta-kun… Maybe like a superstar."
She had to stifle the giggle that moved across her lips as she said superstar. Indeed it was a compliment, but she had the wrong mental image in mind. She thought about a combination of Souji in clothes like Rise…
She turned away, a hand covered her mouth, and she had to squeeze her eyes shut as she burst into a fit of laughter.
Souji looked up from his piano playing, perplexed as Dark Queen Yukiko overcame Yukiko. He chuckled quietly – when he saw her amused, it made him happy. "What are you laughing yet?"
"N-N-Nothing."
She said quickly, her laughter died down as she heaved in air. Her face was red – most likely the laughter and a tinge of embarrassment that she thought of him like that. She straightened herself out quickly, and suddenly frowned a little.
"You know… Other than Chie, you, and sometimes the others, I… I don't think I laugh like that."
She said quietly, which caused Souji to look up. Her eyes were downcast to the ground, and he recognized the sadness in her eyes. When they were alone at his house, she had that look when she would talk about him leaving. "I… I really don't want you to leave…"
"As much as I don't want to leave as well, you and I both know I have to."
It was the sad truth, and Yukiko could not deny it. "… Am I really selfish for wanting you to stay?"
She asked quietly, and he shook his head. "… Of course not. And if you were selfish, then maybe I am as well."
She heard the piano bench squeak as he shifted over a little – there was room for both of them now. "Amagi, take a seat."
Yukiko obliged and slowly sat by him on the bench. It creaked again with both of their weights, and Yukiko was weary that it was going to collapse. It didn't though – and she was thankful.
If it did break, then Souji's soft kiss on her forehead would have totally missed the target.
He pulled away from the crown of her head and his hands returned to the keys. She blushed; the sign of his affection to her could still make her embarrassed. He started to play again, and she softly sighed and leaned against his shoulder. She enjoyed the tune, and a soft smile reached her lips as he said:
"Allow me to play this song, which represents the two of us, as one."
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A/N: Phew, I wasn't sure if I was going to be on the chopping block for April's purge of 30kisses… That I almost grew desperate and I was going to write a drabble of an idea I have down…
That was, until I was practicing piano one day, and this idea hit me like a tornado and interfered with my studying LOL.
Don't you hate that? When an idea doesn't leave you alone no matter how much you try? It happens to me all the time –sighs-
Anyways, this was actually… pretty short. I didn't intend for it to be long. I have this thing of writing something related to piano in all of my one-shot collections.
Yes, including that MinatoYukari one-shot collection… that… I…
Let's not talk about it. But, you can see the idea actually stemmed from an idea of Yukari playing the piano… and… yeah.
Oh, also it was continued on by Death Skater's Crescent. I really liked the start of it, and she's lazy to update.
Anyways, I'll go back to dying in my pile of books. Thanks for the support guys! This Picup (and maybe the only rabid SoujiYukiko Picup xD) loves it!
Until next time!
