☽ A Return

[lunateclock]

Characters: Sleepyhead lunateclock and you~
Location: Random bench, middle district, center plaza
Time: ...All day?
Style: Whatever works best!
Status: Open open open~! <3
Note: Spoilers for Persona 3 are inevitable in this post. ;;

[It had been a long few months away from Vatheon, not that he had remembered the underwater city during that time. Still, a

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[chivalrygrudge]

[Ken had been worried about Minato... but somehow he knew he'd be all right. Still, he heads to the center plaza, where he spots -]

M... Minato-senpai!

[He runs over to him, startled that he was lying down on a bench in the middle of the city, and -]

Minato-senpai...

[He doesn't know what to do.]

[lunateclock]

[The voice combined with the fact that it was only a light doze wakes Minato up well enough, and he blinks at the--ocean, not the sky.

But oh, right. He sits up, running a hand through his hair, and blinks again.]

Ken-kun? Ah...I must have fallen asleep.

[chivalrygrudge]

[... DON'T SCARE HIM LIKE THAT. :C]

You looked... pretty tired. Do you want me to help you back to the dorm? You shouldn't fall asleep out here...

[lunateclock]

[S-SORRY. :c

But he smiles then, quietly and yawns, even as he nods.]

I'm sure I just need to get a good night's sleep.

[Even though that's what he's been trying for the past month or so--]

But you're right. Falling asleep out here probably wasn't the best idea.

[He looks at Ken, then, concerned despite himself.]

I'm sorry for disappearing; has everything been alright?

[pristinestar]

[Red kept going with his days as usual. Even though this is the case, slowly, Red's days were getting dimmer as they went... His anniversary staying here as only a month away. It's getting harder and harder, because all of the people who Red cares about the most kept disappearing, one by one.

However, even though Red was starting to accept about his loss about Minato, the most unexpected sight greets him today. He stops walking immediately and feels his eyes widen at seeing Minato on a bench.]

Minato...?

[It's really him, right?! Red quickly runs over to him to check on his condition. His eyes peers down as they were still wide in surprise. Mixed feelings roam in his chest. Is Minato okay? It's likely that Vatheon brought him back just now, seeing that soaked condition...

...

... He looks so tired. Red is feeling awful to just suddenly wake his precious friend, so he attempts to heave Minato up, trying to check if he can carry him by himself.]

[lunateclock]

[He was possibly dreaming, but if so, he is too tired to remember it. What he does return to consciousness to is someone...pulling him up?

Blink. Blink. He attempts to process this with a mind still fuzzy from sleep and ends up with--]

Red-kun?

[pristinestar]

[Red completely freezes at hearing that voice say his name in a familiar way... Minato remembered him. He remembers him!

Red slowly pauses his movements and gently drops on his knees as he stares at Minato, dumbfounded.]

... You remember me? [He had to ask that, he just wanted to hear the word, "yes"...]

[lunateclock]

[He blinks--but then he smiles. He understands quite well, remembering the first time he'd appeared there.]

Of course. How could anyone forget you for long, Red-kun?

[dystopiadreams]

*Selphie woke from her nap, stretching from an uncomfortable sleep on the plaza ground. She blinked, and blinked again - was that really Minato on that bench?*

Minato?!

*She jumps to her feet, wobbly and unstable as she trips across the plaza*

Minato!

*But as she got closer, she grew steadily more worried. Okay, so he was alive. Of course he was. Just...sleeping? So she fetches her blanket from the other side of the plaza and tucks it gently around his body, hoping not to wake him*

[lunateclock]

[Awwww Selphieee. So nice to him seriously.

The blanket is a warm weight on him, and after a few moments he realizes that there is a blanket on him. From that thought, it isn't hard to realize that he is lying down and from there that he--]

I fell asleep...?

[He blinks, opening his eyes, only to close one again as he yawns--

Oh. Oh--]

Selphie-chan?

[dystopiadreams]

Minato! You came back!

*She throws herself at him, holding onto him tightly for dear life. She's exhausted for having kept camp for him, even if only for a few days, but that she's happy to see him is an understatement*

You came back! You came back!

[lunateclock]

[Thump! He is sitting up when she hugs him, and he topples back against the back of the bench. But he hugs her back with a smile.]

I'm sorry for disappearing.

[...]

Are you alright?

[She looks tired. He's concerned.]

If everyone else is gentle he's like a cannonball..... yep

[derparcana]

[ ... THUMP.

That is your other half rocketing into you and clinging to you, Minato. Speaking so quickly he's forgetting to breathe. ]

Minato-kunIwassoworried--

[ ... BREATH. ] Minato-kun...! W-what... happened to you?

[ ;A; HE WAS SCARED and freaking out and he is crying yes. ]

D'awwwww Ryoji. Best deathotherhalf

[lunateclock]

[ ... THUMP.

And then he is awake, yep. He likes to sleep but he certainly does not sleep through something like that.

He blinks, a little befuddled--he was asleep? Wait there is someone--ah.

It's Ryoji. Despite everything. After everything. Ryoji is still here and still in this form and he's so relieved.

Yes, that's a smile, death bro.]

Ryoji-kun. Hey. It's good to see you.

[He gets his bearings well enough to hug him back lightly. This world really did work miracles, didn't it?]

;;;;;

[derparcana]

... You... went back, didn't you?

[ ... That expression tells him everything, for Minato so rarely is so happy. And he sensed that Minato was... something was off.

Of course he would know. He was, after all, essentially born from the other's psyche. He doesn't let go, but his expression is solemn. ]

[lunateclock]

[...He...part of him had wanted to hide this from Ryoji the most.

At the same time, part of him had known that it would never have been possible. Of course not. It is Ryoji.

He nods.]

Yes, I went home for a little while.

[He doesn't volunteer the information, but he does look at the other, even as he doesn't let go either. He's...expecting the question. Expecting the rest, really.]

[singularjustice]

[ N happens to be wandering through the Plaza, most likely on the way to the Welcoming Committee, when he sees the by on the bench. Is that someone -- w-wait -- he knows that person.

Minato's disappearance had upset Red terribly, but N had been more surprised to find himself saddened when he heard Minato was gone, though he had only known the boy a short time. Seeing him again send a thrill of happiness through him.

Though...he is just going to check to make sure Minato's not dead. Poke. ]

[lunateclock]

[Poked!

He stirs at that, brain slowly waking up again to process-- oh. Someone had poked him. Thus, someone must want his attention. So he opens his eyes, blinking up at the ocean (oh right, he's in Vatheon again), and turns his head--

Oh.]

N-kun, hello.

[He sits up then, using the back of the bench to pull himself up.]

I hope I didn't miss too many training sessions.

[singularjustice]

No, you've only been gone a few days --

[ N visibly hesitates, then gives Minato a quick hug. That's okay, right? ]

Are you okay?

[lunateclock]

[Hug accepted! And he hugs back before nodding with a slight smile.]

I'm glad that I wasn't gone for too long. But yes, I'm fine, thank you. Just a little [Yawn] tired.

How have you been?