*Chapter 9: School Festival*
"This is bullshit," Yosuke muttered as he continued to put up decorations for the classroom, "I should've submitted something stupid, like a candy eating completion or talking room, now I gotta do all this again."
"Well at least you don't have to stick around this room like last time," Chie said as she and Yukiko blew up balloons, "That's their problem." The entire class was putting together the classroom; the students who originally pitched the idea seemed really excited about it.
"Place looks amazing guys," the male student leader said, "I guess you guys can all go, except for you three," he pointed at three guys near the front. Yosuke looked relieved as he grabbed Yukiko by the hand and ran quickly out of the café. Yu walked over to Chie.
"You wanna get outta here," Yu asked, "Or maybe you wanna stick around?"
"Hell no," Chie said as the two walked outside into the decorated hallway, all the classrooms full of something.
"Let's go explore, I heard some students are doing another haunted house and it's suppose to be REALLY scary," Yu said to Chie, "But don't worry, I'll protect you." Chie let out a nervous laugh. The two toured around, grabbing various free foods and having fun. The eventually arrived at the haunted house, outside was Kanji dressed head to toe like a vampire.
"Wow, scary," Chie laughed.
"Really?" Kanji said, "People have been laughing at me all day."
"Yeah that eyeliner is terrifying," Yu laughed while Kanji moaned. The entered the darkened classroom, some spooky music. The haunted house stunk, to say the least up until they got near the end when a familiar face jumped out.
"BOO! I'M THE INABA SERIAL KILLER," a small figure said who was dressed in a suit wearing a makeshift paper cut out of Adachi's face, "I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" Chie freaked out for a split second and reacted by delivering a kick straight to the face.
"AHH!" the figure said falling to the ground, "Damn it Chie!" Naoto slid the mask off, "It was a joke."
"I'm so sorry!" Chie said helping Naoto up, "Did I hurt you?"
"I'm fine," Naoto said getting up, "Just, calm down, Adachi is still in jail and I feel the last place he would come is to the haunted house at the local high school." Chie continued to apologize as they left. The two wandered around for a little bit as they eventually ran into Yosuke and Yukiko again.
"Having fun?" Yu asked Yosuke.
"Yeah," Yosuke replied, "You guys wanna go upstairs and check on the group date café, I wanna see the look of pure boredom on their face; it'll make me feel better for when I had to do it." The four walked back upstairs, but much to their surprise there was a large crowd around the group café and the inside was packed.
"Oh what the hell!" Yosuke yelled, "What's going on here?" the four walked over looking inside to see what was going on. Inside it appeared to a several tables with several people sitting around them. Yosuke made his way inside with the group. "How the hell did you get all these people in here?"
"Because I offered more than just a dating experience," the guy in charge said to Yosuke, "Do you four want to join in the fun?
"Not really," Yosuke said.
"Yeah…you two are obviously too pussy whipped by your women to have fun like this," the man said as his friends all laughed at them.
"I'm not pussy whipped," Yu said.
Yosuke quickly grabbed Yukiko and Chie and Yu and they sat down at the nearest open table as several people watched them. "So, how does this work compared to mine?" Yosuke asked.
"You see those numbers in front of you, those are your assigned numbers and you take turns, you either draw a card from truth pile or the dare pile," he explained, "It's pretty steamy." The four all blushed, "Chie, you're number one, so draw!"
"I…uh…" Chie drew a card from the truth pile, "Okay," she smiled, "I bet this will be fun!" she laughed and looked at the card, "Name your favorite sex position…what?!" Chie blushed, "I'm not saying that! Screw your game!"
"Rules are rules Chie!" the leader of the group said, "You guys aren't getting out of here until you each take one turn."
Chie sighed, "Fine, I like being on top," she put her head down. The group all laughing and gave a big thumbs up to Yu as Yukiko drew a card from the truth pile.
"Okay," Yukiko said "Spit or Swallow?" Yukiko blushed as the guys all waited for her answer. "I…uh…swallow?"
"Nice!" Some guy ran up hi-fiving Yosuke as he drew a card from the truth pile.
"Are you a virgin?" Yosuke groaned, "What do you guys think?" The guys all cheered as Yukiko put her head down as well. "Well Yu, time to reveal some dirty secrets." Yu reached over to the truth pile, quickly grabbing a card from the dare pile.
"Kiss the guy or girl to either your left or right," Yu said as he looked to his left and right. He was the furthest left on his side of the table and to his right… Yosuke.
"HELL NO!" Yosuke said shooting up, "THAT CROSSES THE LINE, NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT!" Chie and Yukiko shot up too as Yosuke pushed his way out of the room. Chie and Yukiko quickly followed along with Yu. The group was still laughing about Yosuke freaking out.
"Just ignore them," Yukiko said as she went up to Yosuke, "There a bunch of losers. That guy probably never even had a girlfriend."
"Actually he dated Ai for a month… then she dumped him and he cried in front of the whole basketball team… it was actually kinda pathetic," Yu remembered the incident.
"Oh yeah, then she told him she was cheating on him with Kou because he was cheating on her with that one chick from Okina city!" Chie said, "That was the most brutal thing I've ever heard about, but he deserved it."
"Anything else you guys want to do?" Yukiko asked.
"They're holding a dance in the main hall," Chie said, "That might be fun."
Yosuke got a huge smile across his face, "That'll be plenty of fun," he grabbed Yukiko and the four walked off to the dance. Inside, a bunch of people were dancing to music when they spotted a familiar face.
"Hey guys," Rise said as she ran over to hug Chie and Yukiko, "You guys wanna dance? We're going to be dancing all night!" The group went out to the floor and begun to dance with one another and having a wonderful time.
"Damn Yu's got some moves," Rise said, "Maybe we should all go on tour, be a dance party crew? Imagine a life of nothing but dancing at clubs and schools and concerts."
"I don't know if I could dance my entire life," Yukiko said, "It's pretty exhausting… where's Yosuke?" The four looked around seeing Yosuke had apparently bailed on them, but he soon returned. "Where did you go?" Yukiko asked.
"I was making some arrangements," Yosuke said as he began to dance again.
The song stopped and the DJ in charge yelled into his mic, "Alright, it's time for some slllloooowwww dancing, so get up nice and personal with that special guy or gal." Yosuke grabbed Yukiko and pulled her in tight.
"You okay Rise?" Yu asked, "I'm sorry Teddie couldn't be here to dance with you, I'm sure he would be all over you."
"I'm fine," Rise smiled softly, "I'm kinda tired anyways, go dance with Chie, have fun," she walked off and out of the room, much to the disappointment of many of the single men in the room.
"How are you doing?" Chie asked Yu as the two danced.
"Fine, why you asking?" Yu asked.
"I worry about you," Chie said, "I know you say your fine, but we've been through so much since you came to this town, I worry."
"Don't," Yu said holding her close, "All that is behind us, I love you." The two shared a brief kiss, followed by a brief giggle from Chie. "What?"
"Yosuke doesn't know how to slow dance," Chie said pointing at him, Yosuke awkwardly squeezing her entire body, Yukiko uncomfortable trying to dance as her body was swung around.
"Good lord," Yu said, "He is so hopeless, I swear if Yukiko leaves him he's going to be alone for the rest of his life." The slow dance ended and the four dance for a little while longer, eventually leaving and heading back into the school festival. Outside, the festival was full of a ton of little kids from the other schools who had come to visit.
"Big bro!" Nanako said as she ran over to the four of them.
"Nanako!" Yu said giving her a rub on the head, "I'm glad you came to the school festival again!"
"I've had so much fun, I went to the haunted house again and I've been dancing and I've gotten tons of candy and food!" Nanako kept listing off all the things she had done. Nanako's teacher came up to her,
"Who are these people Nanako?" she asked.
"This is my big bro and these are his friends Chie and Yosuke and Yukiko!" she said, "They like to hang out with each other and they are in the same grade. Big bro and Chie got in trouble because they had sex and I watched!" The entire group cringing as soon as the words left their mouth.
"Um, okay," the teacher said as she and Nanako left.
"Every time," Yu groaned. The four looked off in the distance as the student in charge of the café date was being dragged into the office, the teacher yelling at him after several of the younger students had wandered in and asked about the game.
"Serves him right," Yosuke said, "You guys wanna get out of here."
"We still have the beauty pageant and cross dressing competition," Chie said, "Don't you wanna stick around for that?"
"Please tell me you didn't sign us up again?" said Yosuke, "You did, didn't you?"
"Nope, we checked and made sure none of us are signed up for anything," Yukiko said, "A lot of people signed up since last year, I guess you four broke the barrier."
"Yeah, good for us for being so progressive," Yu groaned, "I wanna go home."
"I have a better idea," Yosuke said, "Follow me guys." The three followed Yosuke outside to behind the school. Yosuke took them behind a nearby bush and pulled out a huge bottle of liquor. "I snuck this out of Junes… smell it, it smells and tastes like chocolate chip cookies!"
Yu grabbed it and took a sniff and a sip, "Holy shit, this does taste like chocolate chip cookies!" Yu took a huge swig and they continued to pass to bottle around. Eventually, in almost no time, they had finished off the entire bottle.
"Hey Yu," Yosuke slurred out, "Can I ask you a question? Back in the café, did you want to kiss me?"
Yu laughed, "Do you wanna kiss me?"
"Do I?" He spurted out, "Maybe." Yukiko and Chie looked at Yosuke and started laughing.
"You actually wanna kiss Yu?" Chie laughed, "Yosuke, you are gay!"
"What? No! You're gay!" Yosuke defended himself, "I bet deep downyou wanna kiss Yukiko! Admit it!"
"What?" Chie shouted while blushing, "I do not!"
"I'd kiss Chie," Yukiko proudly declared. The four began looking at each other. Maybe it was the alcohol, or maybe it was Yu just trying to break the sexual tension between the four that had existed for quite some time, but he swallowed his pride and said the following.
"Let's do it then!" Yu said, "Kiss me Yosuke and Chie can kiss Yukiko!"
"Not here," Yosuke looked around and got up. He stumbled over to a nearby shed where the school kept some equipment. Yosuke opened the door and the four entered and shut the door behind them. Inside, Yosuke flipped the light switch on and the four stood by each other.
"Okay, whatever happens in here does not leave this room. We cannot tell our parents, Kanji, Naoto, Teddie, Rise, or anyone else as long as we live." Yosuke said as seriously as possible, "Agree?" The three nodded and waited for someone to make a move.
"I think I should kiss Yukiko," Yu said, "I'll kiss her, you kiss Chie, then those two kiss and we kiss. That way, we all have kissed one another and nobody can hold anything against each other, okay?"
"I am not going to let you kiss my girlfriend," Yosuke said.
"But you get to kiss Chie!" Yukiko said, "Come on, it'll be fun!" Yukiko pushed Yosuke towards Chie, the two standing right up next to each other. Chie let out a nervous laugh as Yosuke bent down and the two shared a kiss.
"Okay that's enough," Yu said, "She's my girlfriend, remember?"
"Yeah…I just," Yosuke said, "I've always kinda had… a… crush on Chie."
"You have?" Chie said, "Yosuke…"
"I was so pissed when you two started dating," Yosuke said, "I've always been jealous of Yu and I hated that he took someone I liked. I kinda thought Chie was my best shot at actually dating an attractive girl around here. Now I'm happy or you two." Yosuke let out a brief smile, "Now get over here and kiss my girlfriend."
Yu walked over to Yukiko, passionately kissing her. Yukiko let out a big moan as she wrapped her hands around Yu's head. The two separate, Yukiko blushing profusely from the kiss.
"That was…" Yukiko started to giggle, "Wow!"
"Remember when I tried to get Yu to date you?" Chie asked Yukiko, "It was the first date of school, we were walking home and I was trying so hard to get you a boyfriend."
"And now I have one," Yukiko said as she went over to Yosuke and hugged him, "I've had a bit of a crush on Yosuke if we're all being honest."
"Really?" Chie said, "I knew it, I mean, you came to his defense all those months ago when we were teasing him. When did you develop those feelings exactly?"
"Well, I remember the day; it was a few months after Yu came to Inaba. I got into an argument with my dad and I was really mad at him. I went to school and I was really sad, Chie was trying to cheer me up, but it really wasn't helping. I remember Yosuke came up to me during lunch and offered me some of his food and joked around with me, and it made me happy and I forgot all about the fight. Ever since then I've always had some feelings for Yosuke, but I didn't understand what they were until recently," Yukiko told the three, "I had a crush on him."
"Yukiko…" Yosuke said, "I don't know what to say."
"I know what you should say," Yukiko said.
"What?" Yosuke asked.
"Kiss me Yu!" Yukiko started to laugh. Yosuke sighed and went over to Yu, the two locking eyes.
"You ready bro?" Yosuke said. Yu grabbed Yosuke's head and gave him a passionate kiss; the two of them actually enjoying it more than they thought.
"That wasn't half bad," Yu said, "You're a good kisser."
"Thanks, you aren't so bad yourself partner," Yosuke said as the two looked towards Chie and Yukiko. Yukiko quickly ran over, ramming her tongue down Chie's throat, the sounds of passionate moans coming from between them. Yu and Yosuke quickly exchanged a fist bump as the two girls kissed each other.
"Wow!" Chie started to laugh as Yukiko stopped kissing her, "That was amazing! I feel great!"
"I know," Yu said. The four of them sat down next to each other, enjoying the sounds of silence as they sat around in the dimly lit shed.
"I don't think I can walk home," Yu said as he sat down next to the wall, "Do you guys mind if we just nap here for the night?" The three agreed as Yu pulled his phone out and dialed, "Hey, the guys and us are going to crash at The Amagi Inn for the night, don't worry about me, okay?" The other three called their parents, sounding as sober as they could and using the same excuse. The four talked for a little while longer before they drifted off to sleep.
*The Next Day*
The eight were sitting around Junes. The four woke up in the shed during the wee morning hours and sneaking out of the school grounds and heading off home. They decided to meet up with everyone at Junes later that day, having a fun day out with everyone.
"Where did you four go off to?" Kanji asked, "Me and Naoto were looking everywhere for you. You didn't leave the country again or anything?"
"More like the planet," Yosuke smiled as Yukiko gave him a slap.
"What are you talking about?" Rise asked.
"Just ignore him," Chie said, "He's just being an idiot. What's the plan for today, anybody wanna do anything or are we just having a lazy day off?"
"A nice lazy day off sounds fun," Yu said, "God knows I need it."
"I have an idea," Rise said, "I think; you four guys could use… a makeover!"
"A makeover?" Yosuke said, "Last time that happened we ended up dressed up like a girl in front of the school, so no thanks."
"I'm talking about we go buy you some new clothes, we get some haircut, a pedicure and manicure," Rise explained, "I'll make you a deal, whoever goes along with it gets a… dip in the hot springs with us again." The four guys perked up at the sound of that.
"Like during Golden week?" Teddie gasped, "I'll do my beary best to win!"
"Alright, let's do this!" Yosuke declared. The eight got up and went into a nearby clothing store in Junes.
"I think this shirt would look great on you Yosuke," said Yukiko as she held the shirt up to Yosuke.
"Whatever you think my love," Yosuke smiled.
"You're really happy about all this," Yu said, "More than I thought."
"I just want that bath," Yosuke told Yu, "I'm getting it no matter what, so don't try to top me Yu, you're gonna lose this battle." The four went into the changing room, trying on various outfits. After a couple hours, they bought their new clothes and left.
"I feel like a little kid," Kanji said. He was wearing a really tight t-shirt with a penguin on it, "Why am I wearing this?"
"I like penguins," Naoto said.
"I made some appointments just now across town at a salon," Rise said, "You guys are getting a haircut a manicure and a pedicure."
"Let's go!" Yosuke yelled grabbing Yu and Kanji and Teddie and running out the door. The four girls followed laughing.
*Across Town, later at the spa*
"Ta-da!" Yosuke yelled coming out of the spa, his hair was now cut short and his hands shiningly clean.
"Wow Yosuke, you look great!" Yukiko said, the other three guys coming out. Yu's hair was now cut down too and somewhat spiked while Teddie's was long and flowing. Kanji hadn't changed his hair at all besides cleaning up the sides and neck a little.
"You all look great," Chie said, "I don't know if we can decide who to give the prize to."
"We need a tie-breaker, something else you need to do…" Rise said looking at the spa and then smiled, "I got it… body waxing."
"I ain't doing that!" Kanji said, "No way!"
"I'll do it!" Teddie said.
"Sorry Teddie, you literally are hairless besides your head, there's no point in getting one," Rise said as Teddie fell to the ground in defeat, "I guess it's down to Yosuke and Yu."
"I'll wax my chest," Yosuke said, "I'm in it to win it! Plus it'll make it a lot smoother for you girls to feel while we are in the springs."
Yu smiled, pondering if he should let Yosuke win or not, but he wanted to bathe with the girls too and knew exactly what to do. He walked up to the counter, smiling, "And I think I will take… a… Brazilian Bikini Wax." The entire group gasped after the statement.
"Dude," Yosuke said, "That's…"
"You're going to cry," Rise said, "I'm being serious, that is so painful for a man you have no idea what you are signing up for. Just wax your legs or something," she pleaded.
"Or better yet, just let me win it," Yosuke said in a panic. Yu pulled his wallet out and paid the lady at the counter.
"Well Yosuke, should we go get ready?" Yu asked. The two guys going back to the changing area to strip down and put on their towels. Yu and Yosuke entered the waxing area, the six sitting next to the tables. Yosuke laid down, getting ready for his wax. The lady came in with the supplies.
"Is this gonna hurt?" Yosuke asked Rise.
"A little," Rise said. The lady applied some wax to Yosuke's chest.
"I'm sure I'll be fine," Yosuke said. The lady pulled the first strip off of his chest, followed by the most painful screaming from Yosuke. Yu got really nervous, the gravity of his situation setting in.
"Are you okay?" Yu asked.
"I,I,I,I," Yosuke managed to mutter out, "Holy!" The lady pulled another strip, Yosuke letting out a huge cry, tears rolling out of his eyes, "SHIT!"
"Yu," Kanji said looking at him, "This is going to be like a hundred times more painful for you. She'll basically doing this to you in an area far more sensitive than that."
"He'll probably be fine," Chie said cringing as the lady pulled another strip, Yosuke letting out a horrible scream. This went on for another ten minutes or so until Yosuke was completely waxed. His entire chest was bright red and he was softly crying to himself.
"Yu, don't do this," Yukiko pleaded as she comforted Yosuke, helping him up as he walked off to the changing area.
"I gotta do it," Yu said. He got on the table and the lady came back and pulled a curtain over the lower half of his body, getting the wax ready. Yu closed his eyes, getting ready for the worst.
"You look like you're ready to give birth," Chie laughed, "It's certainly going to sound like it."
The lady pulled the first strip, followed by the loudest and most painful scream coming from Yu.
"It's a billion times worse than I could have ever imagined!" Yu shouted. The next hour consisted of a living hell for Yu. The pain only getting worse and worse, and there was so much blood. Yu was basically sobbing on the table from the pain. Finally, it was all over. Yu got up, his entire body was completely red from pain, and he was basically wearing a bandage diaper from the bleeding.
"Did…did I win?" Yu said as the entire group had to carry him back to the changing area to dress him.
"Just…no," Rise said, "Nobody wins, you two can't bathe now because you're in so much pain." Yu managed to get dressed with his friends, basically limping his way out of the salon. He had to walk super slowly, each step more painful than the last.
"Give it to Yosuke," Yu groaned, "Just get me home and let me die." The group all helped Yu get back to his house. Yu entered, still limping and moaning with every step. Inside, Dojima and Nanako were watching television when they heard his moans.
"Are you okay?" Dojima asked Yu as he leaned against the wall.
"No," Yu said, "I just went through death itself."
"Do you need to go to the hospital," Dojima came up to him, "You can barely walk, what happened?"
"I got," Yu took a couple of deep breaths to stop shaking, "I got a bikini wax today."
"What?" Dojima's eyes widened, "Good god, why would you do that?"
"It was a dare," Yu said, "Can you help me up the stairs? I wanna go to bed." Dojima grabbed Yu, helping him up the stairs as he cried softly. He lay down on the bed, passing out almost instantly.
*The next day at school*
Yu shuffled to school, still extremely sore from yesterday. He was walking as slowly as possible, stopping almost every minute. He looked over and saw Yosuke who had his shirt unbuttoned and was trying to walk without agitating his skin.
"Hey dude," Yosuke said as he approached Yu, "You in pain too?"
"What do you think?" he remarked, "I can barely stand and sitting hurts just as much. I'm not sure what to do!"
"The lady said it last 24 hours or so, so hopefully we'll feel better this afternoon," Yosuke said as he put Yu's shoulder over his and the two walked along to school. They eventually arrived in the classroom, Yu sitting down on the hard chair, feeling like death itself.
"How are you?" Chie asked him.
"I'm in so much pain it isn't even funny," Yu said, "The aspirin I took a few hours ago isn't doing anything and neither is this chair."
"I'm so sorry," Chie said, "We shouldn't have put you up to the waxing, Yosuke looks like he's in pain too."
"Yosuke's got the hot springs to make up for it," Yu sighed, "Ouch I'm in so much pain right now."
"Don't worry, I think everyone here earned some sort of reward for going through with everything," Chie purred into Yu's ear.
"Sup Hanamura!?" the man who was in charge of the group date café from before came up to Yosuke, for a hi-five, but slammed his hand into Yosuke's chest followed by a howl in pain from Yosuke.
"You're a genuine dick," Yosuke keeled over in his seat.
*After School*
Class was dismissed; the four were stalking to each other after class, getting ready to go home. The teacher walked up to the four of them.
"You four are supposed to go down to the councilor's office," the teacher said before leaving. The four thought they were in trouble, quickly hurrying down into the office. Inside, they saw Rise, Kanji, Naoto, and surprisingly Teddie sitting in a circle with some middle aged lady in a suit. There were four empty chairs, the four taking their seats.
"Okay, we're all here," the lady said, "Now, there's been some... incidents with you eight recently and the school wanted me to talk to you eight, to understand why you are doing what you are doing."
"Is this going to be every day?" Kanji asked.
"Maybe once or twice a week for as long as we need," she explained, "I figured we'd start off by having you introduce yourselves to me and... let's do something fun, favorite food." She turned to her right, looking at Chie.
"I'm Chie Satonaka and my favorite food is..." said as the entire group said steak monotonically together, "Do we really need to do this, we're all friends."
"Okay…we'll skip that. The main concern is your involvement last year in a serial murder case," the therapist said, "Tell me exactly what you did."
"We did some research and managed to find the guy," Yukiko innocently said, "That's all."
"What did this research involve?" She asked.
"The television," Teddie said.
"We watched a lot of news and stuff," Yu interrupted before Teddie could spill the beans, if they told her the truth they'd probably be declared legally insane.
"I find it rather surprising a group of teenagers managed to do a better job than the police," the therapist said, "You all are very mature about it."
"Well we just kind of know a lot about ourselves," Yu said, "Very self accepting of our flaws."
"This is stupid!" Kanji said, "I don't need therapy, I'm a perfectly normal person."
"Normal people get therapy all the time, it doesn't mean you are weird or flawed or ill," the therapist said.
"He has anger issues," Naoto explained, "It's all in his psych profile I made that you received." The group all looked at Naoto as she pulled out seven files with their names on it, "Part of my job is to create profiles of people who might be suspect, and I had to create some of you guys."
"What the hell Naoto," Yu said, "Why wouldn't you tell us this? Can you explain to me what you know about me then?"
Naoto opened the file, "Yu Narukami: Based on my initial observations, he is a very expressive individual. He possesses much bravery and understanding and is quite intelligent. He often finishes any task given to him to his best ability and is the natural leader of the group."
"See, perfect," Yu said, "Kanji's right, we really don't need therapy."
"Well..." Naoto said, "Yu also appears to be extremely oblivious at times, despite these traits he often has trouble understanding some basic concepts. Also, based off his sexual profile, he appears to be harboring gay feelings towards his friends Yosuke Hanamura and Kanji Tatsumi, most likely due to a highly suppressed Oedipus complex, which explains why he is currently dating Chie Satonaka."
"What the hell is an Oedipus Complex?" Yosuke asked.
"It means he subconsciously wants to have sex with his mother," Naoto said.
"What?' Yu yelled, "That is absolutely disgusting Naoto, what the hell would even make you think that?"
"To be fair, you're mom is pretty hot," Yosuke said, "I'd have sex with your mom."
"Don't talk about my mom like that!" Yu shouted.
"Dude, you're mom is a milf," Kanji smiled.
"What's a milf?" Teddie asked.
"I know, it's 'A mother I'd like to'…" Yukiko began to state.
"Yukiko don't you dare finish that sentence," Yu was angry.
"It's a hot mom," Rise said to Teddie, "I'm not gonna lie, I hope I still look that attractive at Yu's mom's age."
"Enough, I don't wanna hear how I wanted to have sex with my mom or how you people find her attractive, Chie is like the polar opposite of my mom," Yu was steaming mad.
Naoto held up a photo, "This is a picture of Yu's mom I took from his uncle's house when she was sixteen, the hair and face looks almost identical to Chie." They all looked at the photo with the feeling of disgust written on their faces, Yu the most.
"That's your mom?!" Kanji freaked out, "That's Chie, there's no way that's your mom! You took a photo of Chie with an old camera and different clothes and this is a prank."
"Dude… you fucked your mom!" Yosuke shouted in horror.
"I'm going to vomit," Yu said as he got up and started to gag loudly and ran out of the room.
"That is so gross!" Yosuke laughed
"Well you have an Oedipus complex too," Naoto said opening up her file and pulling out another photo of Yosuke's mom in a kimono when she was young, looking almost identical to Yukiko. Yosuke screamed, running out of the room to vomit.
"Eww, eww, eww, eww," Yukiko said, "Please tell me that Yu and Yosuke aren't like are dad's, that's just gross."
"That depends," Naoto said pulling out a couple more photos and handing them to Yukiko and Chie, "Do your father's look like them at their age?" The two fell silently ill.
"Oh God! He's even got the popped collar look Yu has!" Chie gagged.
Yukiko started gagging too, "I had sex with my dad!" The two quickly ran out of the room as well to go vomit as well.
"Okay...we're gonna take a little break," the therapist said, "Let's meet up when we are all collected again." Kanji looked over at Naoto who was looking through the files.
"So," Kanji said, "… that thing doesn't apply to us… right? You're not like my mom and I'm not your dad… you really didn't know your dad did you?"
"No," Naoto sadly said, "I never really knew my parents. I was raised by my grandfather and spent a lot of my youth alone with books and television and video games," Naoto remembered all the fond memories, "I wanted to be a detective like in the movies and help people and be that manly hero. I think that's why I'm attracted to you is because you are so… masculine, on the outside."
"Listen, I know I'm not the most… manly guy at times and I do weird things and… I really don't know what I'm saying," Kanji got angry, "Just kiss me." Naoto quickly leapt into Kanji's lap and began kissing him as Rise and Teddie sat there awkwardly waiting for the therapist to return.
*30 minutes later*
Yu, Chie, Yosuke, and Yukiko all sat in silence, having thrown up everything in their stomachs.
"Now, uh," the therapist tried to comfort the group, "It's perfectly natural to date people who remind you of your parents, it's a natural phenomenon to want to find a mate that was as nurturing as your parents were."
"Can we just move on," Yu begged, "I don't wanna think about it ever again."
"Okay," the therapist said, "I guess the next issue is the incident with the hotel rooms. Now, we understand that certain activates are common amongst adults and perhaps you wanna talk about it some more?"
"Nope," Yu said, "We're perfectly fine. Just let us go."
"Are you sure?" The therapist asked calmly as a vain popped in her head, "Because I feel that…"
"Because I feel that…" Kanji began mocking her, "You guys… are sick!" The group all chuckling at Kanji's imitation of the therapist, "I feel that…feelings are the best way to… process your emotions in a healthy mannerism." The therapist getting really annoyed over the group mocking her.
"Hostility is normal in the therapy process," she said, "Kanji, explain to me how you met these people."
"We saved him inside the television," Teddie said, "He was in a bath house and we fought him."
"Huh," the therapist said.
"Yeah, we all go inside the television and fight monsters with our magical powers called Personas, our true selves," Yu explained as he and the group realized that they could say all this and she would think they were just joking.
"We ended up catching the serial killer inside the television," Yosuke laughed.
"Then we went and fought god herself and won," Chie said.
"You're mocking me," the lady sighed.
"No, we aren't mocking you," Kanji mocked back, "We have total respect for a woman in her mid fifties who settled for a job consulting a bunch of country teenagers."
"JUST LEAVE," She shouted at them to stop and opened the door, "This has been a complete failure, just leave and go home, we're not meeting again, ever," she explained as the eight all got up to leave. The lady went over to her desk and pulled out a huge bottle of whiskey and began to drink straight from the bottle, "Stupid fucking teenagers, I don't get paid enough for this shit."
They all went to the roof and sat around, trying to break the awkward silence.
"So…" Kanji said, "That was awkward."
"You can say that again," Rise said. The group sat around in silence for a little while trying to figure out what so say.
"Wanna hit the hotsprings?" Yosuke looked up at everyone and smiled.
"ehhhh… why not," Chie said as the group got up to leave. Yosuke went over to Yukiko and grabbed her hand and walked along with her.
"Thanks dad," Yukiko mocked Yosuke.
"Okay mom," Yosuke mocked back.
"Gross!" Yu and Chie both said as the group all laughed together at the craziness of their situation, but then again what else were they to do? Life wasn't that bad when they thought about it.