Haru, Yusuke, and the art of ABDL (Persona 5 rp private with GreaterGood)

[theJozza]

Haru simply holds her position, keeping up the conversation, but mostly just listening respectfully. Yusuke did seem at least more relaxed as he was painting and sharing his thoughts. Though she can't quite shake the image of how he was when he came in earlier.

As he paints, Haru continues to hear the approaching storm, and eventually the thunder and lighting are on top of them and rain is splattering against the windows.

"Oh my," Haru says, still holding still otherwise. "That storm sounds dreadful. Well now you most certainly have to stay for dinner. Honestly, it might be best if you simply stay the night." Haru adds, deciding to play her "last card", of course at this point she was more interested in finding out what was bothering Yusuke than getting him in bed...though that hadn't completely left her mind either.

[GreaterGood]

"What do you think?" Yusuke says, turning the canvas in her direction, "There's still time to clear up any flaws, before everything dries."

Yusuke jumps, hearing the lightning how with his focus broken. He seems to uncomfortably sink into his chair, growing nervous as he hears the strong rain hit the windows like bullets, before... relaxing. He stands up, walking past Haru, over to the window. He turns back, his hand against the glass.


"Isn't it beautiful?" Yusuke asks, "The way the city lights up in the pure darkness of a storm, the rhythm of the water hitting the glass... The pleasant chill... Yes, I'll stay, if you insist."

[theJozza]

Haru pauses to look over the painting, though maintains her pose a bit longer just in case. Eventually, when it's clear that Yusuke is finished she gets up, pausing a second to loosen up having sat for so long and walking up to the canvas. She can't help but blush at first. After all, given that her request was "somewhat" not serious, she hadn't really stopped to consider what the finished product would look like. And this....this was...amazing.

"I love it!" Harus says with a clap. "It's beautiful! Honestly I can't think of anything that looks like it needs to be fixed...hm?" She pauses in her praise upon hearing Yusuke's comments and turns to him. "Oh good." She says, pleased to hear him agree to stay, however as she watches him at the window she feels her earlier concerns return. From this angle he really does look like he's lost weight. Plus the way he's leaning makes him look tired again. Feeling a newfound sense of obligation, she pulls her robe back on and walks over to him, taking his hand.

"Well now that we're finished I think you deserve a break," She says, softly guiding him to the couch she was just in. "Here," she says, easing him down. "You just sit here and I'll go get dinner started." She smiles and walks out, half accidentally adjusting her robe to give him quick peek at her but. Obviously at this point she doubted it would accomplish anything, but she still felt so playful after all that posing.

[GreaterGood]

Yusuke's eyes go wide, his body instinctively tensing up as he's man-handled onto the couch. He looks up at Haru, seeming surprised and scared, before blushing. Does he... like this kind of attention? She keeps trying to get him to stay, wanting to do things for him, almost... unconditionally? When he saw her almost intentionally giving him a peek at her rear end, he started to pick up that this was no longer aesthetic.


But by the time he'd worked up the courage to say anything, she's already out of the room. He whimpers. He's felt something he hadn't in over eighteen years, when his mother died when he was four, and he just couldn't see it... just couldn't take the chance.


He starts to softly cry, tears flowing down his cheeks, while he's stuck on the couch, feeling unable to move.

[theJozza]

Haru for her part makes quick work of her initial preparations in the kitchen. A part of her starting to worry if she was being too forward and/or assertive with Yusuke. Wondering if such behavior might be rubbing him the wrong way with her. Then again, the idea that men don't like women to be assertive was one of the "questionable" bits of relationship advice she'd gotten from her father.

In any case, once she has her pots warming she glances back into the living.

"Oh Yusuke, would you be all right with...Yusuke?" She starts to speak but double takes upon seeing him crying. "Yusuke!" She runs out and sits down beside him on the . "Kitagawa-kun what's wrong?" She says, before, somewhat reflexively, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him close. "Hey, hey easy," she says, her voice dropping near to a coo. "It's all right." She also starts to stroke his back.

[GreaterGood]

Yusuke stops crying as Haru wraps around him, feeling his regret from a moment ago was melting away.


"You... you like me, don't you?" Yusuke asks, "I-I didn't... I didn't mean to keep turning you down, I- I didn't think I was, I just... I just thought you wanted a portrait... I... I like the way you treat me, Haru. I should've said so when I had the chance."


He stopped crying, hugging her back.

"I have a hard time understanding implications," He says, "I've always been a little bit... clueless."

[theJozza]

Haru immediately blushes, on the one hand she feels excited and happy to hear him say that. On the other hand, she also starts to regret her behavior.

"Oh Yusuke, no I'm sorry," She says, maintaining the hug a bit longer, but then breaking it while taking hold of both his hands. "I shouldn't have been so farcical about something as important to you as your art. It was tasteless of me and I'm sorry I upset you. There was no reason I couldn't have just been open and direct with you." She sighs but then looks up with a small smile. "But yes. I do like you Yusuke. Your talent, your intelligence, and the fact that after all you've experienced you're still such a kind and compassionate person." She smiles more now, before leaning into plant a big kiss on his cheek, leaving a bright red lipstick mark. "Also for the record, I do sincerely love my portrait and will be paying in full for if of course," She says, before pulling him into another hug, with another kiss to his other cheek.

[GreaterGood]

"I never said you weren't taking me seriously," Yusuke says, appearing shocked by the implication, "If anything, it was me who made a mistake... I just... I just- I-I-I..."

Yusuke stopped when Haru held his hands and kissed his cheeks, staring, awestruck. She liked hi for every reason he wanted to be liked, with a couple more thrown in. He spread out his arms and latched onto her, never wanting to let go.


"I think I love you, Haru," Yusuke said.

[theJozza]

"Well that's good to hear," Haru says, softly, though inside she's celebrating. "Because I'm quite certain that I love you." She rears back and this time kisses him right on the lips. After holding this deep kiss for a while, she breaks it and backs up a bit more, holding his hands and gazing into his eyes. "Well, I should go and get back to preparing our dinner," She says, her voice a soft coo again as she reaches up and wipes the remaining tears from his eyes. As she touches him, she gets a better sense of how tense his whole body is, which she'd already felt during their embrace. Something else she would have to address tonight, but now she was focused on getting them some food and maybe it was time for a...wardrobe adjustment, as she stood up and remembered that she still only had her robe, which had grown a little...ruffled in that past few minutes. "You just relax. It won't take long." She grins and winks at him before walking back to the kitchen.

[GreaterGood]

Yusuke remains in place, taking a moment to recline on the couch and get some much-needed rest. He tired from several sleepless nights spent worrying about things that weren't problems anymore. But the memories felt real. He felt like he was still there. Like he was always there... He wakes up to the sound of thunder crashing in the distance, getting up to look around, seeing what Haru had been up to while he was out.