Title: Frozen Flame

Pairing: Akihiko/Minato

Genre: Adventure/Angst/Drama/Friendship/Romance

Summary: The Persona Training Program is a program that was held by the SEES Company to gather all persona users and train them to become soldiers to fight the Shadows, the enemy of mankind. Minato Arisato is 16 and has no memories and was told to join the Persona Training Program and he hates it… But then he started to likes it when he learns about himself, friendship and love.

Disclaimer: Sadly, I don't own P3 nor P4, I own only the story.

Chapter 4: Sweet Revenge

A yawn escaped from his lips and he covered his mouth with his hand. He had tried listening to what the teacher trying to teach, but he started to get bored and kind of sleepy. He knew that it's important for him to listen what the teacher says, since he doesn't know anything about Personas or Shadows, or anything that has happened around this world. But he couldn't help it, he felt tired.

After what happened yesterday with Reiga, he couldn't help but feel weary about the boy. Worried that the boy might do something to trouble him again when they meet. But since yesterday's event, he hasn't met with Reiga until today, and it relieved him.

He took a glance at his roommate Yosuke who had his back leaning against the chair, arms crossed in front of his chest with face looking down at the book on his lap. But no one, not even the teacher, noticed that Yosuke had his eyes closed, asleep.

Minato looked at Yosuke with an amused smile. Five minutes after the teacher began his lesson, Yosuke had fallen asleep.

He glanced back, seeing Daisuke had fallen asleep as well, with Kou sitting next to him who paid no attention and was instead just scribbling some things that don't even look like a words at all on the paper.

When his eyes met with Kou, he gave him a smile.

But instead of smiling back, Kou looked away.

And that made Minato kind of sad.

Kou is one of the people he first met besides Yosuke and Daisuke. He wished that the four of them could be friends, that's why he feels sad whenever Kou seems to feel uneasy with him, and this is makes him wonder whether he had done something wrong to the boy.

Speaking of doing something wrong… that reminded of him of Reiga. He remembered that the reason Reiga hated him was because of favoritism, which Minato think he wasn't.

He never thought he was being a favorite, since he never got any special treatment. Except for the payment that the Leader willing to give him and the way General Akihiko treated him nicely.

…Oh great, he's thinking about the General again.

But, Minato couldn't help but think about the General whenever Daisuke's words ring in his head about General Akihiko never giving any kind of affection like he did to Minato.

And when he thought about that, he couldn't help but smile.

When General Akihiko patted his hair, it's very comforting. …And he liked it.

He wondered if it's normal for him thinking like this, but it's probably because Minato never received and never knew that receiving simple affection from others could make him happy. Yeah, maybe that's why he felt like that when the General patted his hair, he even felt happy at that time when Yosuke defended him from Reiga's words.

"Okay, today's classes are over. You can now break for lunch." Minato snapped out of his thoughts when the teacher announced that before they leave the class for lunch.

Some soldiers were talking about going to the cafeteria for lunch, others on how boring the lesson was and about other things that doesn't interest nor concern him.

Minato turned to look at his roommate, giving the boy a gentle shake on the shoulder with an attempt to wake him up. "Hey Yosuke, wake up."

"Huh?" Yosuke's head snapped up upon that touch, and Minato stifled a laugh when Yosuke stared at him with a sleepy face with drool dripping down his chin.

"Dude, you're drooling." Minato chuckled.

"Huh? Oh…" Yosuke looked a bit embarrassed as he wiped the drool.

"You weren't listening to the teacher one bit, were you?" Minato asked, a smile forming on his lips.

Yosuke shook his head, "Nope."

Minato laughed at that, as expected. "Figures."

"Hey Kou, Daisuke." Yosuke looked back at the other two. "Did you guys listen what the teacher said?"

"Like I could…" Daisuke answered with a yawn.

"Neither did I…" Kou groaned, "I'm bored like hell."

"Oh well…" Yosuke stretched out his arms, "I'm hungry, how about we go grab some lunch?"

The other three nodded in unison before they walked out of the class and to the cafeteria.

At three o'clock, classes finally ended. And Minato wanted nothing else but to go back to his room and get some sleep. Yosuke had told him to shower first, but he was too tired to do so, so he just returned to his room to sleep while Yosuke took a shower.

Minato was awoken from a gentle shake on his shoulder, and he opened his eyes to find Yosuke standing near his bed staring at him. "Hey, wake up sleepy head…" the boy teased.

Minato groaned, rubbing his eyes with his hand before looking at Yosuke sleepily, "What?"

"It's six o'clock already dude, you should go shower before dinner."

Another groan slipped out of Minato's lips, "…but I'm sleepy…" he whined, hiding his face with a pillow, silently hoping that Yosuke would leave him alone.

Yosuke chuckle, "Oh come on~ don't be such a lazy bum~" he teased while smacking Minato's butt and when he got no response, he started to grin as he got an idea.

Yosuke put both his hands on each side of Minato's side, earning a small laugh from the boy on the bed, and it motivated him to tickle even harder, and this time, Minato laughed out loud, joining with Yosuke.

"Yosuke! Get off!" Minato laughed, wiggling here and there.

"Nope! Not until you get up!" Yosuke laughed as well, and Minato could say nothing as a response when only laughter came out of his mouth.

"O-Okay! G-G-Give up!" Minato shouted in surrender.

Yosuke grinned, letting go of Minato and raised both his arms, "Victory is mine~" he cheered to himself.

The blue hair boy chuckle, "Smartass…"

The brown haired boy grinned in triumph and ruffled Minato's hair. "Come on kid, get your pretty ass off the bed and head to the shower."

"I'm not a kid."

"Yeah, well, you look like one to me." Yosuke winked, "Since you're cute~" he teased.

Minato glared at him, blushing a bit, "I'm not cute!"

"Oh come on~ you've got to admit it. I bet even Kou thinks that you're cute."

"…Kou?"

"Oh, it's nothing." Yosuke said, giving the other a wide grin. "Now hurry up already or you'll miss dinner!" he spanked Minato's butt again.

"Alright alright~" Minato sat up, getting out of the bed to walk to his wardrobe to take his clothes, towel, and toothbrush. "Geez, you're annoying~"

"But you've got to admit that you like me since I'm a good friend, right?" Yosuke winked again.

Minato turn to look at Yosuke, smiling at the other boy. "Yeah, you're a nice person Yosuke."

Yosuke didn't expect that coming from Minato, he thought that the boy wouldn't take it seriously, so he blushed a bit. "H-hey, don't take it seriously. I'm just joking."

Minato shook his head and with a smile on his face, he answered, "No Yosuke. I mean it, you really are a nice and outgoing person. I like you."

"Oh, wow." Yosuke ruffled the back of his head as he became a bit embarrassed, "…Never heard someone talk about me like that, people usually think I'm lousy and obnoxious.'

Minato tilt his head, how can someone think about Yosuke like that?

"You're not like that at all Yosuke."

The brown haired boy looked up at Minato, smiling at him. "Thanks dude."

Minato only smile back in return before he stepped out of the room.

Minato blinked.

Blinked.

Again.

…And again.

How strange, he thought. He was very positive that he had left his clothes and his dirty uniform in the locker room before he went into the showers.

And when he came back only with a towel around his waist, all of his clothes just disappeared.

And that is very strange. Even though he lost his memories, he was damn sure that clothes are unable to walk on their own.

"…Now, what am I going to do?" he muttered under his breath, ruffling his wet hair in confusion.

"Looking for something?"

The familiar voice coming from behind him is what made Minato turn around to see Reiga standing near the entrance, a smirk forming on the boy's lips.

"You…" Minato began, eyes widening as the smirk on Reiga's lips widened. "You stole my clothes didn't you?"

The white haired boy laughed, "Oh my, that look of yours… it's really fun making fun of you."

If one could die from a glare, Reiga should've been dead by now.

"Give it back, damn it!" Minato shouted angrily, his fist clenched.

"What if I don't want to?"

"Reiga!"

Reiga laughed again, "Well, I'm not gonna give it back to you no matter what, and even if you tell other people, you don't have proof that it was me who stole your clothes, right?"

Minato grunted. What Reiga said made sense.

"Just think of this… as a revenge for getting me into trouble." The white haired boy smirked, earning another death glare in response, but he didn't give a damn.

"That's what you get for dealing with me." with that last sentence, Reiga stepped out of the public shower room.

"Hey! Wa—" Minato called out, but Reiga was already outside and he could do nothing but curse at his bad luck. "…damn it."

Now what?

Minato sighed heavily, slamming the locker next to him . "…fuck that Reiga!" he hissed under his breath.

How he wished he could just strangle that guy to death now.

Minato sighed again, looking at the entrance.

…Should he just go back?

But… going back to his room with only a towel around his waist would be very embarrassing. NO. Scratch that. He'll be a laughing stock if that happens.

…but what should he do? Wait here until someone rescues him? (yeah right, like that would even happen)

Minato glanced at the wall clock, showing it was seven o'clock.

Yosuke had told him dinner was served at seven o'clock. At seven o'clock, all soldiers would be in the cafeteria to receive their dinner. Maybe he could sneak into his room while everyone was in the cafeteria.

And surely, there's no way that he would take the stairs. There would be higher chance of being seen if he used the stairs since the soldiers use it a lot more than the elevator.

So, that left him with no choice but to use the elevator.

Hopefully he wouldn't run to anyone.

Yeah. He could do it.

Alright. Mission start!

Minato stepped out of the public shower room carefully, looking left and right to see whether there are people walking by, and when he was sure there was no one around, he walked out carefully, walking to the elevator that was placed quite far from the room.

He looked around him warily, afraid that there might be people around him. Thankfully, he managed to get to the elevator without meeting anyone or anyone seeing him like this.

Minato pushed the button to the second floor where the rooms for soldiers are. He stepped inside when it arrived and the door of the elevator closed. But when he felt the lift went up instead of going down, he frowned, and that's when he realized something.

Shoot! Someone on the third floor is about to get in the elevator! He shouted in his mind, eyes went wide as he couldn't help but panic.

The lift finally arrived at the third floor, and when the elevator's door opened, his eyes went even wider upon seeing the form standing in front of the elevator.

It's General Akihiko.

"…Minato?" it was nothing but a soft voice that came out from the General's lips, filled with confusion. A frown appeared on his face.

Minato didn't reply and could only stutter as he took a step back, hoping that he could get away from the General.

Akihiko however stepped inside the elevator before the door was closed behind him, "…Um, why aren't you wearing any clothes?"

Minato look away, shutting his eyes closed in shame and embarrassment, face all red. Just how embarrassing could this situation get? The General had found him in the elevator wearing nothing but a towel around his waist.

Fuck it. He could die from embarrassment right now.

"Minato?" Akihiko asked again, and one would notice that he was concerned, judging from the tone of his voice.

Minato didn't answer again and only kept his eyes closed.

Akihiko just stared at the boy in front of him who had his face red and refused to look at him. He wondered what had happened to the boy, but he didn't probe any further since the boy seemed to not want to talk to him, or even look at him.

So he just sighed, taking off his blazer before placing it around the boy's naked torso.

Feeling the soft material around his body, Minato slowly opened his eyes to find a red blazer around his torso, and he looked back at the General who was now only wearing a black tank top.

Akihiko felt himself smile when Minato finally looked at him, "You'll catch a cold if you walk around like that."

Minato kept blushing, still feeling embarrassed, but there was something else that made him blush like that.

It was because of Akihiko's smile.

It was so… kind.

"I… I…" Minato began, stuttering incoherently as he didn't know what he was about to say. "…thank you." That was the only thing he managed to say.

When the elevator stopped and the door opened, that's when Minato realized that they're already on the second floor.

"You're going to go back to your room, right?" the General asked, earning a nod in response.

The General smiled a little, ruffling Minato's hair, "Have a good evening."

Minato look up startled, blushing again seeing the smile on the General face.

He stepped out of the elevator, bowed at the General before the elevator began to close, and the last thing he saw was the smile on Akihiko's face before the door closed.

Minato put a hand over his chest.

His heart, it's beating fast and hard.

Hey there~ hope u guys didn't forget this fic^^ hehe

This chapter is rather short, because on the next chapter, it definitely will be much longer than this one

Anyway, BIG THANKS TO CANTELLA for BETA-ING this chapter XDDD *bear hug* because of her the writing are much better^^ thank you cantella~

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