This Is Love
By: TheWildFool2011
(I do not own any of the characters, nor do I own the video game Persona 4.)
Chapter 4: Teddie's Midnight Mayhem
Naoto stayed up a little later than the other girls. Yukiko had been the first one to fall asleep along with Nanako on the only waterbed in the room. Chie and Rise watched television shows on Yukiko's laptop.
Soon after they finished watching about one full season and a half of the next, they fell asleep. Naoto had turned the laptop off and sat it in a safe spot. She then searched through a few files she had with her, until a knock on the door interrupted her.
"Probably nothing…" Naoto shook her head as she went back to her search. The knock came again, except louder than the first. Naoto gritted her teeth as she focused on her search.
Knock…
Knock…
Knock…
KNOCK!
Naoto threw her hands up in frustration and glared the door down. She waited for another knock to come. Several minutes went by as she stared at the door, with no knock what so ever.
As soon as she dropped her guard to go back on the search she heard the same knock come again. Followed by an abnormally loud thud.
"For the love of-! I can't get work done if this knocking continues!" Naoto reached out for the doorknob and swung it open. There before her stood Teddie and Yosuke. "What in the hell are you two doing?!"
Yosuke had shivers run down his spine. He glared at Teddie and punched him in his back, "This little jackass woke me up saying that he heard a strange noise!" he said just above a whisper. He only had his boxers and bunny rabbit slippers on.
Teddie on the other hand, was dressed like royalty. He had on silky red pajamas with a bear emblem imprinted on it. "Well I did hear a strange sound! It was so unbearable!" Teddie muttered as he tried to rub his now aching back.
Naoto tapped her foot, "And this deals with me how?!" The two boys exchanged glances. Teddie got down on his knees and begged Naoto to help them figure out the noise.
"CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US?" Teddie stared up at Naoto with his big blue eyes. His bottom lip quivered a little. Yosuke stomped his foot, "Dammit bear, I'm really getting sick of your bullshit! He's yours now Naoto. See ya-"
Naoto grabbed Yosuke by the back of his boxers. He turned around in a heap as she let go of him, "What in the HELL do you think your grabbing?!" he glared at her as a small blush appear upon his face.
"You aren't just going to knock on the damn door like a madman and then leave me with this!" Naoto pointed at the still pleading blonde. "You aren't going to do this to me! No way. I'll help you Teddie but, Yosuke you're coming with us!"
"And Yosuke will you PLEASE put a robe on!" Naoto went back into the room to grab her shoes. Yosuke muttered as he walked into the room across from the girls' room to grab his robe.
Teddie smiled brightly as he waited for the two to get ready. Naoto came out first locking the door behind her. Yosuke came second, with a little more clothing on. Teddie and Naoto both stared.
"What?! You got a problem with my robe?!" Yosuke placed his hands on his hips. His robe was that, equivalent of a child's. It was covered in Phoenix Ranger Featherman R characters. He then crossed his arms and faced his back to them, "Maybe I should walk around in my boxers then…"
Naoto went on panic mode, "No, no, no, NO! You look just fine in the robe. Now come on let's go!" She grabbed both Teddie and Yosuke by their hand.
Not too long after their wandering throughout the halls they came to a halt. Naoto ran into Yosuke's back, who inter ran into Teddie. Quickly the blonde boy shushed the both of them before anything could be said.
Yosuke got into a low whisper, "What the hell are you doing Ted?!" he looked over Teddie's head to see an abnormally large shadow. Naoto peeked from around Yosuke to see the scene.
"That might be our lead!" Teddie exclaimed and urged Yosuke to take the lead. Yosuke just stood still as he was apparently being pushed to be the leader.
"Hell to the damn no. Ted you're the one who heard this noise so you take the lead."
Naoto nodded in agreement. "Yosuke is right. Go take the lead before I get bored and walk away. I have other things to do that you two interrupted."
"It's not my fault!" Yosuke protested against Naoto. Teddie gave the two of them puppy eyes. Yosuke stared at him and then threw his arms up in defeat. He courageously took the lead.
Yosuke had continued to mutter under his breath as they walked down the dark halls. The further the three walked, the darker the halls had gotten. Naoto with her quick thinking pulled out a mini flash light she had stashed in her pocket.
"That's real help Nao-chan!" Teddie snatched it from her. Naoto smacked him the back of his head as they walked down a pair of dark stairs.
Yosuke turned to look back at the two. "A flashlight? You mean this whole time we wondered in the dark and YOU had a FLASHLIGHT?!" Teddie shook his head and pointed at Naoto.
Yosuke didn't really seem to care who it belonged to. All he know was that it was late and he was tired and if Teddie couldn't sleep that meant that he wouldn't get any sleep either. He knew the whole deal, but this time he wanted someone to tag along with him and Teddie.
"Will you two move your asses?!" Naoto grunted irritable as she stood at the rear. Teddie's shoulders slumped as he waited for Yosuke to make his move. After a few strangely awkward minutes Yosuke finally decided to step down the steps.
"I think this leads to the lower area of the ship…" Yosuke exclaimed. The steps squeaked with each step taken by the trio.
A loud crash came before Yosuke could take the next few steps down. He and Teddie wounded up tripping the rest of the way. Naoto jogged down the steps to check on the two.
"…urgh…" Yosuke groaned. He pushed up causing Teddie roll off to the side. "I could be fucking sleep right now with hot nurses in my dreams but no…Teddie can't sleep…stupid fucker…"
"What was that?" Naoto asked blankly. Teddie rubbed the back of his neck. "Can we continue or can I just get back to what I was doing?"
A bright light shined in their direction. The three of them heard a voice as they scrambled to find a hiding spot. Naoto bumped into Yosuke three times before she was able to take cover behind a crate.
Yosuke jumped into an open crate, unknowingly it was a crate full of crabs. Teddie had crawled under a tight space that was covered in cobwebs and dust. Yosuke yelped, "God help me…"
Naoto from behind the crate shushed. "Will you be quiet before they catch us?! I'm not willing to be thrown off the ship with you two imbeciles!" There was a long silence until Teddie sneezed. This made the person with the flashlight suspicious.
The bright light flashed closer towards Naoto's direction. She practically held her breath so no sound would emerge. The light moved over toward Teddie's area and then to a lobster crate and was next to the crabs.
"Ehh, must be nuthin'."
Waiting until the footsteps got further away Naoto peered from the crate. Teddie stuck his hand out, "H-help! I can't get out!" sighing Naoto walked over to Teddie and pulled him from under the tight area he was at.
Yosuke burst from the crab crate, "F-fuck! These stupid crabs man! Who holds a crate full of live crabs?!" he had tears streaming from his eyes. Several crabs were tightly latched onto him and didn't look like they wanted to let go. Yosuke shook in pain.
With a tight grip around one of the crabs that latched on to his crotch area he yanked it off. He manage to muffle a scream when Naoto covered his mouth. She didn't want the crewman to come back.
Teddie proceeded to detach the crab from Yosuke's rear-end. It took under a total of five minutes for them to remove the crabs. They then snuck back upstairs and closed the door behind them.
"I'm in so much pain…" Yosuke groaned as his head hung low. Teddie let out a sigh. He was hoping that he would have found out where the noise was coming from.
Naoto stood in front of the two. She was pissed off that they knock on the door, took her on some stupid run around and basically ended up in the same area. "You two are so-!"
A loud thud came from behind the area they just left. The three of them took off fighting to get in front of one another. As soon as they got to their rooms they had slammed the doors shut and locked them.
Naoto's chest rose from adrenaline rush she had got. Her heart felt like it would burst from her chest. Wide-eyed she stared straight ahead pass a groggy Chie. Chie yawned and rubbed her eyes looking in Naoto's direction, "What's going on Naoto…?"
Naoto shook her head. Whatever she heard, she didn't want to scare the others. Chie stared for several minutes until she fell back out. Naoto tried to push the sounds of the loud noise to the back of her mind.
That was only the beginning of the Yakushima madness. Naoto groaned loudly and crawled over to where Chie and Rise was. She laid herself between the two and kicked her slippers off. She tried to forget Yosuke and Teddie's craziness and let sleep take her away.
A/N: I know it was a short chapter. I'm sorry, but it was meant to be a hilarious moment. Have you ever wondered if Yosuke got any sleep at home when he had Teddie around? I don't really think he got too much sleep. So I came up with this chapter. Mainly points to Ted's uneasiness when it comes to getting sleep. Also, check out my other persona series story by the name of 'Two lives, One Death: The Collision Of Two Worlds' Thanks!
~Question Of The Day~
Do you guys think Teddie will have more crazy night adventures with Naoto and Yosuke?