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SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4 KINK MEME
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SHIN MEGAMI TENSEI: PERSONA 4 KINK MEME
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"I'm telling you, this'll be a piece of cake." Yosuke grinned. "No pun intended."
"You are way too sure of yourself." Chie was sitting on the kitchen counter, legs swinging in front of the cupboard doors. "One steak bowl at Aiya says you mess it up."
"Yeah, right. I'm not you." Making cookies was simple, right? He'd seen his mother do it, and watched it on cooking shows. This would be a cinch.
"I still think it's kinda funny you're making them for Souji," Chie said, then smirked. "Or maybe not."
"Hey, hey." He was totally not like that. "It's a buddy gift, okay? Man to man. You wouldn't understand."
Chie's expression said I understand just fine, but she just grinned. "Rise's already making him some, y'know."
Yes. He did. That was the problem. This was a buddy gift - purely between friends! - but there was no way Yosuke was going to be outdone by Rise. She'd been chasing Souji for months, and she was always so damn obvious about it. Not that he was jealous, of course. Why would he be? Souji was just too good for Rise, that was all. "She can't cook anyway," he snapped, then caught himself and forced a smile. "C'mon Chie, she's as bad as you. Maybe worse."
"Thanks, Yosuke. You should give pep talks," Chie said, then scowled at him. "You asked me here to help you, remember?"
"Yep. You're gonna lift stuff, you're gonna wash up afterwards, and you are going nowhere near anything edible."
"Great. Thanks for the trust." Then she looked at him, one eyebrow raised. "You...do know that Rise's got some help, right?"
Help? Who? "If it's Yukiko, then..."
"No. She roped Kanji in. She's upped her game big time."
Oh crap. From what Yosuke had heard, Kanji was really good at cooking. Like, 'give food to the people you actually like' good. "Great. We're sunk."
Chie rolled her eyes. "You are such a baby. Of course we're not sunk!" She hopped down from the counter, and drew herself up to her full height (which really wasn't much). "We'll make some cookies and kick some ass!"
Yosuke just sighed. Souji had better appreciate his hard work. It was the thought that counted, right?
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"Didn't the batter look...a little bit strange?" Chie was sitting opposite him at the kitchen table, glancing nervously at the oven. Judging by the clock, the cookies were close to being done.
"Uh...I guess." There'd been all kinds of lumps in it - and why'd it turn out orange? Hadn't looked like the picture in the recipe book at all. "Did you..."
Chie raised her hands, palms outward. "Nuh-uh. I didn't touch that stuff! Just fetched and carried, like you said. No way are you pinning this one on me, Hanamura."
"...really doesn't smell that good either, does it?" It was a weird scent; sort of like burned caramel mixed with boiled cabbage mixed with...something. Did cookies really smell like that? Maybe they got better once they were fully cooked.
She shrugged. "Well...they smell like the cookies Yukiko and I baked a while ago."
"...were they edible?"
"Uh..." Chie looked up at the ceiling, pointedly avoiding Yosuke's gaze. "Well, they...we tried to feed them to the dog, but..."
Great. This was going to be spectacular.
The oven timer dinged. Neither of them moved. "Do you...uh..."
She shook her head vigorously. "No no no...the er, the honor should be yours, right? Mr Baker."
Yosuke swallowed nervously, then stood up. Steeling himself, he put on the oven gloves, opened the oven door, and pulled out the cookie sheet - which was covered in an array of attractive black and brown lumps. Yosuke prodded at one, and the center collapsed inwards. "Oh man, this isn't good."
Chie patted him on the shoulder, trying to smile. "It's okay! Try one! Maybe they're better than they look."
Yosuke didn't think it was possible for them to be worse - until he bit into one, and immediately spit it out on the counter. Chie flinched. "Yosuke, that's gross!"
"Not my fault! These...these are..." They tasted like charcoal and sour milk and above all...disappointment. The camp food, the omelettes - and now this, a noble continuation of tradition. "They're Mystery Food X. Valentine's Day Edition." He sat down at the table, and smacked his head on the surface.
"What the hell am I gonna do, Chie? Souji's coming over in thirty minutes!"
"Uh..." Chie was glancing at the front door. "Well...I really need to go, Yukiko's expecting me, so....good luck, Yosuke!" With that she was gone, running out the door before he could speak.
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A knock sounded on the door, and Yosuke practically fell over himself running to answer. Souji was standing on the doorstep, hands in pockets and smiling slightly. "Hey, Yosuke. Nice apron."
What? Yosuke looked down at himself. Crap! He'd forgotten to--"Yeah, whatever, just come inside okay?" he snapped, yanking open the apron ties. "Dummy."
Souji said nothing - just kept smiling as he walked to the sofa and sat down. "Nothing better to do on Valentine's Day, huh?"
"Could say the same for you, dude. No girls to chase after?"
Souji shook his head. "Just Rise. And she's chasing me." He shifted in his seat, looking uncomfortable. "You didn't see me here, okay? I've been avoiding her all day."
Yosuke didn't know why, but he was practically grinning inside. He pointed at the wrapped box on the table. "I figured you'd be dateless"-- man, what a lie that was --"so Chie and I baked you something." He made sure to put emphasis on Chie's name too. Otherwise this might be kinda creepy. Totally wasn't him.
Souji opened the box. Inside were twelve neatly arranged golden brown cookies, on a bed of tissue paper and each one dusted with sugar. "...Wow, Yosuke. These are amazing." He looked up, one eyebrow raised. "I didn't know you could bake."
He realized then he just couldn't do it. Lying to Souji was just lame; they were buddies. Better to be honest. "Uh...I didn't actually make them."
Souji's face broke into a wide smile. "Yeah, I know. Nanako likes these. Picks them at Junes all the time."
Great, so now he looked like a total idiot. Yosuke couldn't help but feel he'd screwed this up big time. "Yeah, well, I was trying to be nice, right? Does it really matter if I bought them?" He was babbling now, and dude, he didn't even know why this was so important to him. Just Souji, right? "It was either that or give you the crap I made, and that stuff was seriously bad! Mystery Food X bad! I like you way too much to--"
"Like me?" Souji looked at him carefully, grey eyes softer than usual.
Wait, wait! That wasn't what he'd meant to say at all. "Uh...just...y'know. We're friends, right?" He started running his hand through his hair. Why was he so nervous?
"You sure that's all?"
"Completely sure. I'm not like that, no way, and you're not--" Yosuke was just getting into full flow when Souji leaned across the table and kissed him. Wasn't a peck on the cheek either; this was a full, on-the-lips, I-like-you-in-a-special-way kiss. Definitely not a buddy kiss. Did those even exist? And what was--
Souji broke away before Yosuke had time to sort out his thoughts. He was grinning, one hand against Yosuke's face. "Then I guess that was unnecessary?"
"I....I..." His mind was scrambled. He did the same as always; blew it off as a joke. No way did Souji mean it. "Y-you might've said something sooner, dude, then I wouldn't have wasted my afternoon baking." Souji just rolled his eyes, and pulled Yosuke back towards him, kissing him again - this time even deeper.
Brought together by Mystery Food X. It was totally dumb. But at the same time, his lips against Souji's, Yosuke decided it didn't matter - just like it didn't matter if he was that way or not, or that he wasn't sure. It was Souji.
Eventually they both broke away for air. Souji smirked at him. "Happy Valentine's Day, Yosuke."
"...you are so lame, dude." Yosuke replied - but he couldn't wipe the smile from his face.
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haha..this was really cute!!
i love how yosuke tries to drag chie into part of the blame haha XD
thanks!
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