Broken Phone and Glasses

[Author's Note: So I finally finishs Persona 5 and I have to say it's the best one in the series for me. I mean even though you knew what was going to happen with the who betrayed you thing they still did a good job with it except for the whole "Psychotic Akechi" I thought they tried a little too hard to make him sound psychotic and the whole team feeling bad for him even though he took advantage of the metaverse by killing and making people become psychotic, I mean yeah it was Shido's plan but Goro chose to do it to get back at his father when he could of just killed him but that would ruin the whole plot of the game. Anyways, these are going to be a series of one-shots between Akira and Ann which will become a full blown story after I do some more chapters for "Reasons for Living". Also, Akira is going to be a goofy and somewhat confident in these one-shots and story. Also, the bold words are their Personas talking and just think of Carmen as Ann's normal personality and it becomes Hecate when she's angry.]

Leblanc Café

The bell over the entrance door rung signaling that someone walked in, "I'm home." Akira calls out to his guardian Sojiro.

"Hey." Sojiro looks over at him but his face becomes stern when he notices that his glasses were duck-taped together on the middle of the frame, "And why are your glasses broken? Did you get in a fight!?"

Akira sighs since he was always getting accused of getting into trouble by Sojiro, "Why do you always assume that I'm doing bad stuff? But no, I didn't get a fight, Ann accidentally broke my glasses." "Not to mention your calling and messaging device" "I swear you should know what a cellphone is by now..."

Sojiro smirks, "Oh, you guys played too rough?"

Akira rolls his eyes, "I don't think couples headbutt each other to show affection. She just saw something she wanted and threw her fist in the air from excitement but accidentally punched me in the face." "Even though that was a lie, I wouldn't doubt that would happen." "Anyway, I'm going to go upstairs to rest."

"Alright, come down later and I'll make you some curry."

Akira nods and thanks him then he walks upstairs and puts his bag on the desk that were next to the stairs with Morgana jumping out of it. "Hey, what do you mean by couples when you talked to Sojiro about Lady Ann?"

"Relax Morgana; I had to make up an excuse for why my glasses broke. I'm not going to take your precious Lady Ann from you. "Maybe you should tell everyone that you are in courtship with Ann." Arsene whispers. "Not yet, we just started dating after stealing Madarame's heart, even though Ann wants to tell everyone…"

"Good. Because once I become human, I'm going to show Lady Ann my love for her!" "And Carmen will be mine forever!"

Akira just rolls his eyes and then lays down on his bed, thinking about how they were going to get past the door blocking the their path in Futaba's palace, "But first, I need to buy a new phone and glasses. It's a good thing that I got my contacts with me." Akira soon starts to fall asleep but that's when his phone rings. He then gets his phone out of his pocket but he couldn't see who was calling since his phone's screen was cracked. Though he was still able to press the answer button. So he presses it and puts the phone by his ear, "Hello?"

"Um...Hey..." It was Ann on the other line.

He sighs, "Oh...Hello, Takamaki..."

He hears her sigh, "I'm guessing you're still mad?"

"Yeah I intend to call people I know by their last name when I'm mad just an FYI."

She sighs again, "Now I know. Look, I'm sorry I broke your phone and glasses; I was just trying to punish Ryuji and Yusuke for being perverts. I didn't mean to get you involved."

He sighs, "It's fine Ann. What happened anyways? I was looking at my phone to see Mishima's requests when the seat flew backwards."

"Well I unbuttoned a few of my buttons on my blouse since it was hot and I looked over seeing Ryuji and Yusuke staring hard at my chest...That's when I got mad and pulled the back seat lever and you know the rest…."

Akira sighs for what felt like the hundredth time, "I kinda figured something like that happened…"

"Is that Lady Ann!? Let me talk to her!" "I want to talk to my, senorita!"

He groans, "Hold on, Morgana wants to say something." "She is not your senorita!"

"Lady Ann! I wasn't staring because I am a gentleman!" Morgana says with his usual failed charming voice.

Ann sighs irritated, "That's only because you were in your van form! And don't think I don't remember when you tried to look up my shorts when I was sleeping on Akira's couch during our hot plate celebration!"

Morgana's ears went down and he sulks over to his usual table spot

Akira puts the phone next to his ear, "Wow...That was kinda harsh."

"I know...but I'm tired of him calling me Lady Ann and his annoying 'charming' talking even though I told him constantly to knock it off."

He chuckles, "Well, he did fall in love with you from seeing your cognitive self in the castle."

"Ugh, please don't remind of the castle or my fake self, I'm glad I cut that thing in half even though it came back. You know, I still kinda wish I killed that bastard's shadow, he's lucky you stopped me."

"Well, it wouldn't be worth it plus he wouldn't have been able to confess to all his crimes and pay for them."

"Yeah and I finally got revenge for Shiho. I still miss her though…"

He sighs, "I'm sorry that I can't do anything about that…"

"No, you already are, by being with me." He can picture her smile

Akira smiles big, "I'm glad to hear that. Anyway, enough with the sadness, do you want to go with me to get a new phone?"

She laughs, "Of course, though I should be the one asking you that and buying you new stuff. Oh! How about a pink phone? We can totally match!"

Akira laughs, "Oh geez..." He then hears Sojiro call his name for the food, "Hey, I'll talk to you tomorrow. We can meet at the underground mall like usual."

"I'm totally down for that! I'll see you tomorrow." She then gets nervous, "Um...I love you."

Akira smiles, "Love you, too" "Carmen! I forgot to tell you that 'you're the most beautiful girl that I ever laid eyes on' today!" "Damn it Arsene! Don't scream it!"

Ann sighs, "Oh god..." "Arsene! My love for you is like a burning inferno in my heart!" "Carmen! You're not supposed to say that loudly!"

Akira facepalms, "Man these two are starting to get really cheesy now..."

"You can say that again…"

But Morgana overheard the last of the conversation, "So, they are together, he lied to me…" "I will have my revenge, senior..."

Underground Mall

Akira runs up to Ann, who was dressed in her casual outfit, "Hey! Sorry that I'm late. I had to help Sojiro with the dishes."

She smiles seeing him, "Its okay. You're looking good as usual."

He chuckles, "Oh please, I'm always wearing this. Though I'm surprised Carmen didn't get excited. I had to make a deal with Arsene to be quiet."

"I did the same with Carmen, that's probably why she's not yelling out her love."

"Makes sense." Akira starts to look around, "I think there should be a cell phone place somewhere around here."

"Oh, I know the perfect store! Come on, I'll show you" She then puts her arm around his.

He blushes, "Wait...Should we be walking like this? Wouldn't someone see us?"

Ann looks down in sadness and whispers, "You still want to keep us a secret...?"

He sighs feeling bad, "Well, I don't want you to be label as the girl who's dating a criminal."

"I don't care! I know what is like to be labeled, and you don't deserve the hate since you're not a criminal! You saved that girl even if she lied to the police."

He smiles, "Thank you, Ann."

She puts her head on his shoulder, "There's no need to thank me. Me, Ryuji, Yusuke, and Makoto know the real you...We don't care if you're falsely labeled as a criminal."

Akira smiles big, "I don't know what to say…but thank you." He sighs, "But I do wish I can remember that asshole's name or face that did this to me…"

Ann hugs his arm tightly, "We'll find him together…but right now we need to find you a phone so we can go save Futaba."

He nods, "Well lead the way then."

She lets go of his arm and grabs his hand then drags him to the phone store.

After a while, they walk out of the store. Akira starts looking at his new phone and takes off the back then puts the sim card into the port and turns it on, "Sweet! All my stuff is back and the Metaverse app is still on here somehow."

"Hm, maybe it knows? Still, it's kinda creepy." She looks at the phone, "I can't believe you got the exact same kind of phone and color, lame."

"Hey, remember it's your fault I had to get a new one anyways."

"Well, that doesn't mean you had to get the same one, besides maybe I lied about the what happened in the van and got mad because you weren't the one checking me out." Ann flips her pigtail at him.

"Uh huh, suuure. Anyway, we should probably head back, it's getting late."

Ann sighs upset, "Can't we hangout longer...? I mean, we still need to get your glasses right?"

"Eh, I'll just use my duck-taped one for now. We need to save Futaba as quickly as possible."

"Yeah you're right...I still feel bad about her. Do you think her mother hated her and she killed herself cause of Futaba?"

Akira scratches his head, "I'm not sure, we need to find more info. But I know how it feels to think your parents hate you. That's why I want to save her fast."

Ann had to pretend not to know about the truth of his parents, "You think your parents hate you?"

"Well only because of what Sojiro said my first night here. That my parents had him watch me because I caused them trouble and problems."

"That doesn't sound like him at all though…"

"Yeah but I think he just said that cause he's a grumpy old man who thinks he's a young player still. Plus, he didn't trust me completely."

"Maybe if we save Futaba, he'll trust you completely."

He laughs, "That's too good to be true. Anyway, should we head back? Too bad we take separate subways though" "Can I at least say goodbye to Carmen?" Arsene whispers. Akira rolls his eyes, "Fine…go ahead just be a little less cheesy." "No promises. Bye my love! I will see your magnificence tomorrow!"

Carmen didn't even wait for Ann's approval, "Goodbye my darling Arsene! I can't wait till we meet again tomorrow!"

Ann sighs, "Oh brother…"