Chapter 3: Date Night
The guys all woke up the sound of the phone ringing; Yu quickly got up and picked the phone up. "Hello?" he asked.
"Hey there sleepyhead," Chie said over the phone, "The girls and I all made you guys some breakfast and..." just then a loud crash rang out, followed by Yukiko yelling.
"That's the third bowl you've broken Naoto," Yukiko shouted, "My parents are going to kill me."
"My hands are all slippery from the eggs!" Naoto defended, "Rise has broken just as many bowls as me!"
"Just get down here already," Chie quickly said before hanging up.
"The gang got up and made us breakfast," Yu said with a worried look in his face, "It didn't sound good. We better get going before they end up burning the entire building down… or worse." The group got ready and made their way down to the dining area of the Amagi Inn.
"Wow, this place is really nice," Yosuke said as the group sat down at one of the tables, "Must cost a fortune to maintain this place."
"Oh, you guys are here," Chie said as she came out of the kitchen. She was wearing an apron, covered in flour and eggs and a variety of other ingredients. Her hair was stuck together in clumps and her face was covered in a green sauce of some sort.
"What the hell happened to you?" Yu asked, "Did you decide to roll around in every ingredient in the kitchen?"
"Shut up," Chie defended as tried to clean herself up, "First we want to make you guys some pancakes, but it didn't work out and we burnt them all; then we tried French Toast and waffles and they all burned as well; we tried eggs over easy and they all broke, so we just wanted to make scrambled eggs, but that seemed too bland and raw and we ended up burning them in the end... so, after all that, we made you guys omelets again."
The entire group's eyes widened and their stomachs all dropped. "Oh boy," Yosuke tried to say with a fake smile on his face, "We cannot wait, I bet it'll be great." Chie turned around and disappeared into the kitchen, followed by the guys shooting each other nervous glances.
"This is bad," Kanji said, "This is really bad, I mean, I knew it was probably going to be bad, but not this bad."
"It will be beary good!" Teddie said excitedly, "I don't know what you all are worried about."
The doors to the kitchen opened, and the girls poured out each with a plate in hand. They were all a complete mess, covered head to toe with grime, like the kitchen and they went through a nuclear explosion.
"Okay, are you guys ready for your special boyfriend breakfast?" Yukiko said with a big smile on her face, "I made this for you Yosuke!" placing a plate with an omelet that was way too green in front of him.
"I made this for Yu," Chie said as she placed a plate with a relatively normal looking omelet in front of him, giving him a slight kiss on the cheek.
"This one is for Kanji," Naoto said placing a reddish-blue omelet in front of him.
"And last, but not least," Rise said as she placed a pink omelet in front of Teddie, "One bear-u-tiful omelet for one bear-u-tiful bear."
"Well, dig in," Yukiko said as the four stood there in anticipation as the four just stared as there and looked at their food. Then, Teddie took a huge bite out of his omelet followed by a big gulp.
"Delicious!" Teddie shouted as he chowed down on his food, "It tastes just how I think Rise-chan would taste if she were an omelet: won-bear-ful!" The girls all giggled and a sigh of relief as they realized it wasn't as bad as they thought.
"What a relief," Yosuke sighed as he took a bite of his food, "For a second I thought that maybe..." As Yosuke bit down, a loud crunch rang out and the guys all turned towards Yosuke. He started to gag and cough the food back up. "What the hell did you put in there Yukiko?! Wood and rocks, what the hell is wrong with you!?"
Yukiko was devastated and put her hands in her face. "Hey, that's too far Yosuke!" Chie said as she comforted Yukiko, "You don't talk to your girlfriend that way!"
"I didn't say anything wrong," Yosuke said, "I just ate a mouthful of dirt, I need some water."
"I think you're overreacting Yosuke," Yu said as he was about half finished with his omelet, "I've eaten some of mine and I'm fine and it's not half bad," as Yu finished his words his stomach let out a huge groan and the color all disappeared from Yu's face in mere seconds. "Oh god, where's the bathroom?" He got up, clenching his stomach as he hobbled to the bathroom. "I'm gonna blow!" he yelled as he quickly ran into the bathroom, followed by Yu vomiting his guts up, the sounds of what could only be described as a tsunami rang from outside the bathroom.
"Goddamn it Chie!" Yu screamed as he continued to throw up.
"I...I can't eat mine," Kanji said as he stretched his omelet out to as far as his arms would go, the omelet not even slightly tearing and snapping back into shape as Kanji let go. "It's made from some sort of rubber, is this some sort of joke omelet Naoto?"
"You guys are all jerks!" Chie shouted, Yu walked out of the bathroom, "We spent the past three hours trying to cook for you and we put our hearts in these dishes, and you guys can't even find one good thing to say about them."
"Yeah, screw you guys," Yukiko said, "Come on; let's go to the hot springs to clean up!"
"Now that sounds like a good make-up idea," Yosuke said, "Some more bath time will definitely clear our minds of that awful food we just ate."
"Why do we owe you anything?" Naoto asked, "We're the ones who got up early, we cooked the food, we served it, so we are going to go take a bath...not you."
"Teddie can come," Rise said, "He was a proper gentleman, unlike some people."
"Yeah," Chie remarked.
"That's bullshit!" Yosuke shouted as Teddie hurried off with them. "This is like the freaking summer festival again, Teddie is stealing our girls! We can't let him do this again guys."
"Face it, he won, again," Yu said as he looked at Teddie's omelet closely, "Oh my god, that stinks so bad, smell it Kanji," Yu held the omelet up to Kanji's face, causing him to gag.
"That's like someone took rotten milk and soaked it in a tub of mayo in the hot summer sun!" Kanji coughed.
"Damn it," Yosuke said, defeated again.
* Back in the guys room, an hour later*
The door opened up, Teddie walking in all shiny and fresh from his most recent bath. The guys were all sitting around, mopping over the events that had transpired.
"Good news, I managed to earn the girls forgiveness," Teddie declared with a huge smile on his face.
"How? By letting them bathe you?" Yosuke pouted.
"Yes, but that clearly wasn't enough," Teddie said, "I made a deal with them while bathing each other's bodies in the springs, completely bear naked again."
"You don't have to rub it in Ted," Kanji said.
"What was the deal?" asked Yu.
"I had to make three deals with them," Teddie said, "First; I had to give them my beariffic back massage with my magical, dexterous fingers. Secondly, they want a formal apology from you for your rude behavior over bearunch."
That's just great," Yu groaned, "First you make moves on our women and next you make us apologize for something we didn't even do wrong, I didn't choose to vomit my guts up! What's the final part?"
"We have to treat them to a fancy romantic group date tonight at a restaurant of their choosing," Teddie said with utmost joy in his voice, "We're all going to be dressed up and there's going to be candles and fancy food and music and flowers!"
"That doesn't sound half bad Teddie," Yosuke said, "Except we gotta pay for the whole thing, don't we?"
"Yep," Teddie said, "It'll be fun, now let's go apologize!" Teddie picked up all the guys and dragged them into the girls room, where the four all sat there watching the television.
"Well, well, well," Chie said as the guys all lined up in near the entrance.
"Chie," Yu sighed, "I'm sorry that I vomited from your omelet."
"And I'm sorry I yelled at you about your omelet Yukiko," said Yosuke.
"I too am sorry for being a jerk," Kanji said. The girls crossed their arms, exchanging looks with one another.
"We're still mad at the three of you," Rise said, "But we'll probably learn to forgive you after a nice fancy dinner at that new French place on the outskirts of Inaba.
"A French restaurant huh," Yu said, "Are you sure they serve steak there Chie?"
"I already checked," Chie said, "And needless to say, it's rather pricey."
"You girls are going to be the death of us," Yosuke groaned.
"If it's any consolation Yosuke, if dinner goes well you might get some special desert later tonight if the date goes well," Yukiko giggled. Yosuke's eyes widened at the prospect of what she just said.
"Now, I think it's about time you guys head home," Chie said, "Go, relax, but we're all going to meet up at the place around 6:30, we have a reservation there."
"And don't forget to wear something nice," Naoto said, "and by nice I don't mean your school uniform, the place is suppose to be very fancy, so we can't look like a bunch of teenagers."
"Okay," Yu said as he walked up to Chie and gave her a goodbye kiss, "See you later."
Chie gave out a nervous laugh, "I'll see you too."
The guys all walked out, slowly walking down the hall with the sounds of gossiping girls behind them.
"So what's the plan?" Kanji asked, "You look like you're planning something Yu."
"Well, I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to woo the literal clothes off of Chie," Yu chuckled, "Trust me, I'm kinda an expert in the field of wooing women, so just follow my lead and pretty soon those girls will be all over us like…"
"A bear on honey," Teddie cried out.
"I was going to say like the suits will be wearing tonight, but I guess that metaphor is appropriate too," Yu said, "You guys actually own suits, right?" The four guys continued to talk as they left The Amagi Inn, planning the night out.
*Later that day back at The Dojima Household*
Yu was looking at himself in the mirror of the bathroom after taking a nice long shower.
"You can do this Yu," he said in the mirror as he sprinkled on some aftershave, "You're a winner and winners get what they want." He walked out of the bathroom and into his room where he had his suit all laid out and iron. He put the suit on, feeling fancier with every piece.
He walked back into the bathroom, admiring how good he looked in his clothes. "Let's do this," he said as he walked down the stairs to leave the house. Nanako was sitting in her usual spot, absorbed in one of her shows. She turned her head and smiled.
"Wow Big Bro, you look great!" she said, "Why are you all dressed up?"
"I'm going out to eat with the group at a new restaurant," he said, "It's very fancy, so I have to dress fancy. Is your dad coming home soon?"
"No, he's got to work late again," Nanako said, "See you later Big Bro!"
"Goodbye," said Yu as he opened the door and stepped outside. It took a while to get across town, taking special care to not get his suit dirty. He eventually arrived at the place, seeing all the guys sitting on the sidewalk outside.
They all were dressed in suits as well, Kanji, Yu, and Yosuke all looked the same except for their tie colors, and Teddie looked like a little boy at a wedding, dressed head to toe in a full tuxedo.
"Wow, you guys really cleaned up well," said Yu, "I really was doubtful you actually owned suits."
"I'll admit it's been a while since I took it out for a spin, but it'll be good to dust it off finally," Yosuke smiled.
"I feel like a kid in this thing," Kanji mumbled, "Ted looks like he's ready for a long night on the town though."
"I had to take him to Junes and rent him a Tuxedo," Yosuke said, "You'd be surprised how expensive it is to get one of these babies for the night, plus the dinner and god knows how much else, we're going to be broke in about two days if they keep this up."
"Speaking of the girls," said Yu as the four girls appeared from around the corner. They we're dressed in beautiful colored dresses: Chie in green, Yukiko in red, Naoto in blue, and Rise in yellow. Clearly they had put a lot of time into their hair and makeup.
"Wow, Yukiko you look really hot!" Yosuke said, "Red is really your color."
"Thanks," she blushed, "You guys all look really snappy too."
"Especially Teddie," Rise laughed, "He looks like he's ready to conduct a symphony in that tuxedo." The girls all laughed as Teddie went behind a nearby box and picked something up.
"As it so happens, we're conducting a symphony of love," he said as he revealed a huge bouquet of roses, "We bought these for you as a symbol of our nev-bear ending love." He started to bite off the heads to the roses and placed them in their hair.
"Wow," Chie said, "You guys really are going all out with this dinner. I think we underestimated them." The four went up to their respective men and walked into the restaurant. The place had the aroma and feel of a five star restaurant, music filled the air and the lights we're dimmed.
"Hi, uh, we have four reservations for two," Chie said, "Satonaka, Amagi, Shirogane, and Kujikawa."
"Ah yes," the waiter said as he made some marks on his paper. "I'll take you to your tables," he said as the group followed. The four groups we're scattered around the restaurant randomly, getting ready for the beginning of their date nights respectively.
*Chie and Yu*
"This is nice," she said looking around the restaurant and eventually at Yu, who was shooting out a huge grin. "What? Do I have something on my face?"
"No," Yu said, "I'm just happy to be here with you. It's been a crazy couple days," he said.
Chie gave a nervous laugh, "Yeah, I guess it has been." she looked over the menu, "Wow, look at all these steak dishes! I feel like this heaven, what should I get? Oh, I'll get the filet mignon! It's pretty expensive, I hope you don't mind."
"No, it's our night, order whatever you want," Yu said. The waiter came over, took their orders and let them be.
"Right this way sir and madam," the waiter said seating another group next to them.
"I love you," Chie declared.
"I love you too," Yu said.
"Yu?" he heard a familiar voice ring out next to him. Yu turned his head to look.
"Dojima?" Yu rang out in surprise.
"Dojima!?" Chie also cried out, "Wha...what is your uncle doing here?" Dojima was with a lady who looked a couple years younger than him.
"Are you on a date?" Yu asked, "Nanako said you were working!"
"I...I just said that not to get her worked up," Dojima said, "Are you two dating?"
"Yeah," Yu said. He hadn't told anyone outside the group that he and Chie we're dating, "We've been dating for almost..."
"It's been little under a year," Chie nervously said.
"A year!" Dojima exclaimed, "Why did I not know about this?"
"You never asked," Yu said, "Just like I never asked if you we're going on dates whenever you said you'd be at work. Is this what you've been doing this whole time, out womanizing?"
"No, and don't talk to me like that," Dojima angrily spat out, steam almost coming out of his ears, "I simply want to make sure Nanako didn't freak out that I was dating, this is the first date I've been on in months, okay?"
The four fell silent, only the soft sound of piano music filled the air other than their awkwardness.
"I'm sorry," Dojima said to his date, "I didn't mean to freak out."
"No its okay...is he your son or something?" his date asked.
"No, he's just my nephew. He's been living with us for the past year," Dojima grumbled.
Some time past and then Yu felt a slight vibration in his right pocket, taking out his phone, it was text sent from Yosuke. "Meet me in the bathroom ASAP!"
"Well, I'm going to go use the restroom really quick, be right back," he said as he got up and hurried off to the bathroom. When he got in, he was shocked at how far the group had fallen in such a short time. Kanji had his suit coat off and his entire shirt was soaked, he was trying to dry it off with paper towels. His hand was also bandaged up in a very makeshift manner, blood slightly soaking through it. Yosuke had his coat off as well, but his shirt was soaked through with sweat and he stunk like he just finished running a marathon. Teddie had the worst fate; he was in the stall throwing up just as violently as Yu had early that day.
"What the hell happened?" Yu exclaimed.
"We screwed the plan up," Yosuke said, "It was too much pressure and it all came tumbling down. Did it at least go well for you?"
"No!" Yu said putting his hands on his face, "Dojima is sitting right next to us with some girl, and I can't flirt with my uncle standing within ear shot, but I'm not dying like the three of you apparently are. Can you guys explain to me what exactly happened to you three?"
*Kanji and Naoto*
The two sat in awkward silence, each trying to find some common ground to break the barrier.
"School's tough, huh?" Kanji said as he took a sip of water.
"Sure," Naoto said as she awkwardly looked around the restaurant, "Do you…uh… watch television?"
"Like the midnight channel?" Kanji asked.
"No, like regular television," Naoto said.
"Uh,yeah," Kanji said, "Occasionally, do you?"
"Occasionally," she said, "We really don't have much in common, do we?"
"Nope," Kanji said, "I mean, I really like you, I enjoy being around you and stuff, you know?" He reached for his glass of water which had just been refilled. "How's work going for you?"
"It's going fine," Naoto said, "I doubt you wanna hear about that."
"No, I'd love to, I bet it's all cool and stuff," Kanji said.
"It's mostly just paperwork and going over files, I can't really get into details with people outside of the investigation," Naoto replied, "So, getting the obvious out of the way, do you want to have sex tonight?"
Kanji spit up the water he was drinking, smashing the glass with his hand the glass, causing water to soak all over his shirt and the table, his hand also began to bleed from the bits of glass that he pierced his hand with. "What? Do I want to what?" he stuttered out.
"Sorry," Naoto said, "I was just trying to break the sexual tension."
"No, its fine," Kanji squeaked as he tucked his bleeding hand under his armpit, "I'm going the bathroom to clean up; I'll be back with an answer to that."
Kanji rushed off to the bathroom, opening the door to the nervous patter of Yosuke.
"Oh god Kanji, are you sweating like a dog too?" he asked as Kanji looked at the huge v-shaped stain on Yosuke's chest.
"Dude, you stink so badly," Kanji said as he went over to the paper towel dispenser, "Wash yourself with soap or something?"
Just as he said it, Teddie burst through the doors. "My stomach is going bearzerk!" he said as he rushed into the stall, followed by a large cry and a huge splash.
"Are you okay Teddie?" Yosuke asked.
"I'm," Teddie belched out in between vomiting sessions, "Bear…" he continued to try to speak, but only more and more vomit came out.
"We need to get Yu in here, we need his advice." Yosuke took his phone out, typing in a quick text.
*Teddie and Rise*
"This is delicious," Teddie said in between bites. He was eating the small plant in the middle of the table used as a decorative center piece.
"I don't think this is edible," Rise said as she tried to take a nibble, "Are you sure this is an appetizer Teddie."
"It's one of those French traditions," Teddie said as he took another huge bite, "I read about it on Yosuke's computer, they put these things on the table for us specifically."
"What were you doing on Yosuke's computer?" Rise asked.
"Research," Teddie smiled as he took a few more bites, "History, art, music, videos… Yosuke likes to research human anatomy!"
"Human… anatomy?" Rise asked.
"I think he wants to bearcome a doctor for women," Teddie said, "He's visits sights with a lot of naked women and he's got lots of magazines, most of them about naughty nurses… probably because he wants to know the proper bearhavior as a doctor."
"Sure," Rise groaned in disgust as she looked at her menu, "I don't know what I want, maybe just a salad or something."
The waiter soon came over, a large gasp coming after seeing Teddie devour the last of the center piece.
"Sir, that isn't food!" he exclaimed, "It's toxic to eat those flowers!"
"Toxic?" he said, "What does that mean?" As soon as he said it, he could feel the horrible pain come over his body followed by a loud groan.
"Teddie, are you okay?" Rise asked.
"I just...need to get my bearings," he said getting up from the table, "I need...I need." He quickly ran away from the table and towards the bathroom.
*Yosuke and Yukiko*
"I really like this place, you made a really good choice Yuki," Yosuke laughed, "You don't mind calling me Yuki?"
"You sound like Mitsuo," Yukiko said as Yosuke wiped away some beads of sweat away from his head.
"Hahaha, I don't mean to," he took a big breath, "Sorry, I don't go on many dates with women, or men, I don't like men!" he let out another nervous laugh.
"What is wrong with you?" Yukiko asked, "You're sweating, you're just hanging out with me Yosuke. I mean, you've seen me naked already and I've seen you naked."
"Yeah," he managed to say as he loosened his tie and unbuttoned the top couple buttons of his shirt to stop the sweating. "Let me ask you a question, do you think your parents are going to be okay with the two of us?"
"They'll be fine, you're a nice guy," Yukiko said, "Junes is kinda taboo amongst people in the shopping district, but they'll have to accept it." Yosuke was still sweating profusely. "Are you sure your fine?"
"Yeah," he let out another loud nervous laugh, "Like you said, I've seen you naked and stuff, so I'm not nervous."
"Well, maybe you'll get to see me naked again tonight?" Yukiko tried to flirt with him.
"I'm going to the bathroom!" Yosuke nervously declared as he quickly ran away from the table.
"Good god what an idiot," Yukiko sighed as she put her face into her hands, "but I guess he's my idiot by that logic…or maybe I'm an idiot."
He ran into the bathroom, nervously pacing around in a circle. "Oh man, she's talking about sex, or at least implying it! I can't have sex. I'm not ready man, I'm such a whimp! Come on! If Yu can do it so can I!" Kanji entered the door, soaked from his glass of water.
*Present*
"What the hell," Yu moaned, "I told you guys exactly what to do and you screwed it up royally. I gave you lines; we practiced this for an hour at Junes over coffee, the flirtatious comments and the body language!"
"My mind blanked dude," Kanji said, "She mentioned sex and I chickened out, I can't take it."
"I know dude," Yosuke said, "I can't do this; I'm not ready... wait!" Yosuke pointed to a small window near the top of the bathroom. "We can escape, just bail."
"You want to bail, and just leave them with the bill?" Yu exclaimed, "They'll hate us for the rest of our lives! Do you really think you're ever going to find women of this caliber again?"
"I can't bear it anymore!" Teddie said as he jumped up and popped the window open, he went over to Yosuke, giving him a boost to slip out of the window.
"Listen Yu, I know you don't want to leave, but do you really wanna go back to awkwardly making conversation with your uncle."
Yu considered the possibility, "Screw it, they'll have to live with it," he helped Yosuke up and he slid out of the window.
"Hey!" he heard Yosuke yelling out the window, "What the hell are you doing?"
"What are you talking about?" Kanji said.
"It's the girls," Yosuke said, "They're bailing too!"
"Wait what?" Yu said as he was boosted up next and slid out of the window. "Outside, the four girls all stood outside the restaurant, the window near the top of the women's bathroom also popped open.
"Why the hell were you guys leaving?" Yu asked.
"Because you idiots have ruined this entire night with your sweating and your complete lack of tableside manners and your uncle," Chie exclaimed as the rest of the boys began to come through the window.
"So you were just going to leave us with the bill?" Yosuke said as he unbuttoned his shirt to cool off.
"You we're just about to do the same!" Yukiko said as she went up and slapped Yosuke.
"Listen, enough is enough," Yu said, "Obviously this night has been a colossal disaster for all of us, so can we just agree to go to Junes and just get some steak or something."
"I'm down with that," Chie said as she looked at the girls, "Now let's get out of here before the owners find out we dine and dashed." The group quickly hurried away as fast as their legs could carry them.
*Junes Food Court*
"Oh my god," Chie said as she devoured Yu's steak, "This is delicious."
"How many steaks are you gonna eat?" Yu asked, "You've eaten two already!"
"I haven't eaten at all today," Chie said, "I was starving myself for a wonderful dinner, and I'm going to have one."
The group was having a wonderful time at the food court. They we're all completely overdressed, Yosuke had changed into a t-shirt and cleaned himself up in the bathroom to get rid of the horrible smell of sweat that was pouring out of him. Kanji's hand was now wrapped in bandages that Naoto herself applied.
"It's getting late," Yosuke said as he looked at Yukiko, "Do you guys want to head to home or maybe somewhere else?"
"You can walk me home," Yukiko said.
"And…" Yosuke said with anticipation.
"And you might get a good night kiss," she said as she took a bite of her fried tofu. Yosuke giving a smirk to Yu who slipped him a thumbs up under the table.
"Yeah, it is really late," Rise said, "we should all head to our own homes tonight, okay?"
The guys all sighed to themselves as they began to clean up. The eight walked out of Junes and went their separate ways.
"You know… I told my parents I was staying at Yukiko's again tonight," Chie said as she grabbed Yu's hand.
"Really?" he laughed, "You do realize Nanako and Dojima are probably at home, we're going to have to sneak in via the window and be very quiet."
"Well it wouldn't be the first time," she said as the two continued to walk hand in hand.
*Yu's bedroom*
"I'm so parched," Yu said as he stumbled out of bed and began to get dressed again, "I'm getting a soda from the fridge, you want one?"
"Oh god yes," she said as she rolled over, the covers barely draped over her lower body. Yu laughed as he slowly cracked the door open, making sure Nanako or Dojima wasn't waiting outside. He shut the door behind him and crept down the stairs into the kitchen, opening the fridge and grabbing a couple of colas.
Just as he shut the door, he heard the front door open to the sounds of a steamed Dojima.
"Yu!" he said as he threw his coat across the room, "Do you wanna explain to me the stunt you guys just pulled back at that restaurant?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Yu said innocently.
"Don't play stupid," Dojima angrily grunted as he tried to keep his voice down not to wake Nanako, "You and your friends all bailed on your meals and guess who got stuck with the bill? I had to pay for 10 meals tonight."
"We can pay you back," Yu said, "I'm sorry, we were just trying to have a fun night out together, but it all fell apart. I'll get the money for you tomorrow, I promise."
"You do realize what you did is completely illegal," Dojima said, "I bring you into my house and I expect you to follow my rules, and that includes the law."
"I know, like I said I'm sorry," Yu said, "I don't know what to say, I didn't mean to get you involved, and it was just one big coincidence." The two stood there in silence for a little while, trying to find something else to say. "So, have you been seeing that girl for a long time?"
"What? Oh her," Dojima said, "No, it was just a setup someone tried at the station, we really didn't have much in common… dating really isn't my strong point. Hey maybe you should be giving me tips, you've apparently got this dating thing down. You've been seeing that Satonaka girl for almost a year now?" Dojima chuckled.
"Yeah, I guess you could say it's pretty serious," Yu said as he clutched the sodas in his hand, "Listen, I'm exhausted from everything tonight and I just want to relax and I'll have the money for you tomorrow, okay?"
"You better," Dojima said as he went over to the fridge to grab a beer. Just then, Nanako came out in her nightgown, rubbing her tired little eyes.
"Were you two fighting again?" she said almost on the verge of tears.
"What? No," Yu said, "We were just talking about stuff, go back to bed."
Nanako looked at the second soda in Yu's hand. "Is that one for Chie?" she asked. Dojima perked right up, looking at Yu.
"Wh…what?" he asked, "What are you talking about?"
"You and Chie like to train a lot, and I think it's really cool," Nanako smiled, "After Yosuke said you two like to wrestle in bed, I like to secretly watch when the two of you do it, I thought you two were really fighting at first, but you two always are really happy afterwards and that makes me happy."
"What?" Dojima said as he walked over to Yu, "What the hell did she just say?
"Dad, swear," Nanako said pointing towards a jar kept at the top of the fridge labeled "Swears"
"Nanako, go to bed, now!" Dojima yelled as he went over to the stairs.
"Satonaka! I know you're up there, so get dressed and get the hell down here, Now!" Dojima yelled at the top of his lungs as Nanako went off to her room crying. Silence feel over the house as Chie came down slowly, dressed in Yu's clothes, they we're way to baggy for her, but it was the only thing she could quickly throw on. "Sit," he said sternly as he pointed to the kitchen table. The two hung their heads as Dojima let out a load groan and sat opposite of them.
"I know you are basically adults, and I can't control certain aspects of your life," Dojima said clenching his teeth in anger, "But I will not have the two of you doing that in front of MY DAUGHER IN MY HOUSE!" He began to yell.
"I didn't know she was watching!" Yu said, "I took every precaution so we wouldn't get caught, I have no clue how she figured out about all this!"
"I like to hide and watch," Nanako cried as she ran out of her room, "Please stop fighting! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Nanako broke down into tears at Dojima who was still pissed at Yu and Chie.
"Can I just leave?" Chie asked as her entire face turned red.
"No, we're still gonna have a talk," Dojima said as he picked up Nanako, "Shhhh, it's okay." He patted her on the back comforting her and wiping the tears away from her face. "You didn't do anything wrong, we just have to talk later about some stuff, you're not in any trouble."
"Really?" Nanako asked.
"Really," Dojima said as he put her down, "No go tuck yourself in, I'll talk to you later." Nanako hurried off as Dojima turned back around and sat down.
"…" he grunted, struggling to find the words, "I need another beer," he muttered as he went over to the fridge and quickly opened and downed a beer. He sat back down.
"Okay, how long have you two been…actively…" Dojima still having trouble finding the words.
"Since last Christmas," Yu said, "We've been actively… having…," Chie and Yu both were shifting around in their seats, Chie looking down and at the floor and took a huge breath, "…sex… since last Christmas." The three cringed at the words, they sounded so clinical and dirty. All of them wished that they were a thousand miles away not talking about any of this.
"Are you two at least being… safe," he said still struggling to find the right words, "Do your parents know you're here?"
"Yeah, we're being safe," Chie grumbled, "My parents think I'm at Yukiko's…"
"You do realize I have to call them and explain all this to them, I'm not going to participate in this lie you two have," Dojima said.
Chie said as she started to cry as Yu couldn't say anything, "My parents are going to kill me."
"I'm sure they won't be that mad," Dojima said, "Just go upstairs and put the clothes you brought back on and I'll give them a call to have them pick you up."
"Okay," she said as she headed back up the stairs to get dressed.
"And you," Dojima said, "No more of that here. I have to go explain the birds and bees to my daughter now about a hundred year earlier than I wanted to," he groaned. "Why did you have to do this here?"
"Do you want me to do it?" Yu said, "I can just make a lie up or something, you don't have to go do this."
"No more lies," Dojima said, "Just go back to bed." Dojima got out the phonebook, looking for the number to Chie's house so he could call her parents. Yu walked up the stairs, passing Chie who was coming down the stairs dressed in her own clothes.
Yu slugged himself back to bed, wishing he could just disappear into a hole somewhere.
*The next day*
Class had ended for the day, Yu and Chie had barely said a word to each other beyond hi. The two avoided each other the entire day, but now they were sitting beside each other after class. The two sat in silence until Chie spoke up.
"My dad is pissed off at you, he wants to personally beat the living crap out of the man who 'defiled his daughter'," Chie told Yu the next day at school, "And I'm grounded for the next two months, no leaving the house or watching kung-fu movies or steak."
"I'm grounded for a month too," he said, "I have to come straight home after school and into my room. Tonight I have to talk to Nanako about what she's seen."
"Hey guys," Yosuke said as he and the rest of the group walked up to the two of them, "We're all headed to Junes, we got in a huge surplus shipment of food and we're giving away a ton of free samples, and I'm sure there's going to be a bunch of steak there Chie!"
"Damn it," Chie said as tears formed in her eyes at the aspect of missing out on steak.
"What's wrong Chie?" Rise said as her and Yukiko came to her side.
"It's horrible," Chie started to cry, "Nanako saw me and Yu together and Dojima found out and he told my parents and now we're both grounded and can't leave our houses for other than school!"
"What? Why would you get grounded for dating someone?" Kanji asked, "Are your parents really that strict?"
"No, by together she means… 'together'," Yu said as they all realized what she meant.
"Oh!" Yosuke said, "That's…god. How long are the two of you in trouble?"
"A month for him and two for me," Chie said.
"Yeah, I have no words," Kanji said as he looked to Naoto, "Any advice?"
"That…is… a tough one," she said, "I could not tell you."
"I gotta head home," Yu said, "My uncle is waiting and if I'm not home soon it's only going to get worse." Yu and Chie both got up and awkwardly walked out of the room.
The two walked home together for a little while, not saying a word to one another. Yu arrived at his house and opened the door; Dojima was sitting there waiting for him.
"Nanako is in her room right now, I told her that you wanted to tell her something," He said as Yu put his things down on the table. "Then it's straight to your room, you can come down later for dinner." Yu entered Nanako's room, she was sitting on the edge of the bed and Yu sat next to her.
"Dad's still mad at you," she said.
"Yup," he replied, "Did your dad have a talk with you?"
"Yeah," she said, "He told me that it was wrong for me to spy on you two and that what the two of you were doing was something adults do sometimes for fun."
"Uhhh, yeah," he said, "It's a special thing people do alone with another person the like very much, so no more spying okay?"
"Okay," she smiled, "Can I ask you a question big bro?"
"Sure," he said.
"Dad said that the thing you were doing is where babies come from, are you and Chie going to make a baby?" Nanako asked.
"No!" Yu cried out, "Uh, that's something that can happen, but me and Chie aren't going to have a baby. Okay?"
"Okay," she said as Yu got up to leave. He exited the room, still red from embarrassment and walked up the stairs into his room. Dojima had taken the TV out of his room, another punishment in addition to the grounding. Yu laid down on his bed, trying to get some sleep in hopes tomorrow would come soon and that the month would be over quickly.
*A few hours later*
Yu awoke to the sounds of someone pounding on the front door of the house. He got up, seeing that he had gotten a text from someone on his phone. It was from Chie and it read, "My dad is coming over to beat you up, please hide or something!" Yu knew that he couldn't do that, he had to muster up all his courage to face him. Yu walked down stairs, Dojima already opened the door and was in a yelling match with Chie's father.
He walked over to them, "Hey, you want me don't you?" he asked. Before anyone could react Chie's dad grabbed Yu by the shirt and ripped him out of the house. What followed could only be described as the world's hardest punch to the face; It was at that moment he realized where Chie got her strength from and Yu felt everything go numb as he fell to the ground, blacking out as soon as he hit the ground.
"Yu!" Dojima said as Yu started to regain consciousness on the couch. His face felt like it had been hit by a truck at full speed. "Oh thank god," he said, "That guy really punched the stuffing out of you."Yu looked over at the TV he could see his reflection and the huge black eye he now sported thanks to Chie's dad.
"What happened?" he asked.
"Do you not remember?" Dojima asked.
"I remember getting punched in the face by Chie's dad," he said, "After that I blacked out."
Dojima got up and went over to the fridge, grabbing a huge chunk of raw steak for Yu to put on his eye. "Here," he said, "After he knocked you out he yelled a few times… and kicked you… and then left."
"You didn't stop him," Yu groaned.
"I'm smart enough to know not to get between a father and his daughter," Dojima laughed, Yu staring him down until he stopped.
"I should've seen this coming," Yu said, "Chie told me at school her dad was pissed and wanted to beat the crap out of me."
Dojima sighed, "You've been through a lot lately, so I've decided to un-ground you. I never meant to get you beaten up by a grown man."
"I appreciate it," Yu said as he laid back down, "I'm going back to bed, okay? I think I'll just sleep here for the night."
"Okay," he said as he turned around and went to bed himself.
"Screw Date Night," Yu muttered as he moved the steak around his sore eye.