Hello guys! Sorry that this chapter is a bit late, I have just been really busy lately. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

-August 10th-

It really had been a week since Yosuke had last spoke to Yu. He hadn't talked to him at all since August 3rd, he really wanted to try to figure out the answer. By now, Yosuke was pretty confident about how he felt about Narukami but he was embarrassed and didn't know how to express his feelings.

"Bzzzzz." Yosuke's phone rang.

The ringing had woken Yosuke up from his sleep, he had another nightmare, that was all he ever had anymore. Yosuke reached over to his phone.

"Hello?" Youske yawned he looked over to check the time, it was 6am.

"Hello! It's me Chie. You know how I have been working over with Yukiko at the inn right? Well, because I have been such a big help they payed me! Would you and Narukami like to come to Junes with me?"

Before Chie could say another sentence Yosuke interrupted. "Dumbass! Who the hell calls at 6 in the morning!?"

"S-sorry. Anyway would you guys like to come? Hey, before I forget are you guys fighting? You haven't talked to each for a while." Chie sounded worried.

"N-no of course not." Yosuke hesitated.

They weren't fighting… were they? No! Of course not Yosuke reassured himself. He just needed some space and Yu respected that.

"You still there?"

"Yeah, of course. I'll ask Narukami later today. Bye Chie!" Yosuke hung up.

Yosuke laid in bed again. He knew he wouldn't be able to fall asleep now and he didn't want to call Yu just yet. He got changed and went downstairs to make breakfast.

Yosuke didn't really do much during the previous week. He just worked shifts at Junes and the occasional catch up with a friend. Yosuke also spent an entire day cleaning the house, and then he made Teddie promise to not trash it again.

"Yosuke! You're awake!" Teddie was full of energy.

"How can you be so energetic in the morning?" Yosuke questioned.

"Because tomorrow is the day Rise comes back! I'm so excited!"

"Oh yeah I forgot about that. What do you want for breakfast?"

It was mid-day now. Yosuke thought now would be a good time to call Yu. He rang him and Yu picked up straight away.

"Hello Yosuke." Yu sounded pretty happy.

"Oh hey bro. Chie wanted to know if you would come to Junes with us." Yosuke thought he sounded really nervous.

"Sure, what time?"

Oh crap! Yosuke forgot to ask Chie what time they were going!

"Oh… er… later today… I'll be right back!" Yosuke hung up.

He started ringing Chie. She didn't pick up until the third ring or so.

"Hey Chie, what time was it…?" Yosuke felt pretty silly.

"And you call me a dumbass! How about 3pm?" Chie didn't sound too happy.

"Ok sure!" Yosuke hung up and re-dialled Yu's number.

"Hey again, Chie says 3pm. Is that cool for you?"

"Yeah, that sounds good. See you there." Yu hung up.

Yosuke was really nervous, he would finally be seeing Yu again. What should Yosuke do? Yu would probably want Yosuke to talk to him but he wasn't really comfortable talking about it in the middle of a shopping centre. What if Yu made a move on him? Yosuke didn't really want to deal with any of this in public.

Yosuke checked his phone, 3.04pm. He walked into Junes, Chie and Yu were already there.

"Hey guys." Yosuke waved.

"Hello, now that you have arrived. We can shop" Chie was pretty excited.

"So, what exactly are you buying anyway?" Yu questioned.

"Trial of the Dragon 2. I've been waiting for the dvd for ages!

"We came here for one dvd? You could just came here yourself." Yosuke muttered.

"I want to get steak too!"

The gang walked off to the dvd section. Lucky for Chie, she managed to get the last copy. Chie then went to the food court and got some steak. Both Yu and Yosuke passed on ordering some. Yosuke was trying to avoid talking to Yu. He was just really nervous.

"Man… that steak was so good. I'm stuffed." Chie leaned back in the chair. "Also before I forget. Are… uh. Never mind!" Chie seemed pretty worried.

"Are what? Come on, what were you going to say?" Yosuke wanted to know.

"Well… are you two fighting? It's just that you haven't talked to each other for a while now. Also today it was like you guys flat out avoided each other."

"No! Of course we aren't! I thought I told you over this phone!" Yosuke jumped to their defence.

"Yeah… I knew I shouldn't have said anything. Sorry." Chie apologised. "Well. I'm going to leave, I can't wait to watch this! See ya guys later!" Chie got up and left, waving goodbye.

Now that Chie was gone it was just Yu and Yosuke. Great. Even worse was that they were alone in the food court, no one would hear them unless they yelled.

"So… uh… h-how are y-you?" Yosuke was really nervous.

"Why are you so nervous?" Yu chuckled.

"W-what?"

"Look." Yu faced Yosuke. "Why don't we go over to the Samegawa Flood Plain?" Yu smiled.

Yosuke blushed. "Uh… sure."

"You know Yosuke you sure do blush a lot."

"D-dude!" Yosuke was embarrassed.

The two both got up and left for the flood plain.

Yosuke had his hand in his pockets. Majority of the walk was completely silent, so Yosuke though he should try to struck up conservation.

"So… uh… Rise comes back tomorrow"

"Yeah she does. It's going to be nice to see her again."

"Yeah…" Yosuke didn't know what else to say. "So, what did you do over this past week?"

"I had a lot of friends I needed to see again. So I caught up with them." Yu faced Yosuke. "What did you do?"

"Well I just mainly took shifts at Junes". Nothing too exciting."

They both walked down to the steps to the riverbank. Yosuke starred at the river, what should he do now? He glanced at Yu who also was staring at the river. Yosuke looked around, no one was there expect for them. Yosuke knew now would be a good time, but just thinking about it got him nervous. He already knew how Yu felt, so we couldn't he tell him?

Yosuke turned around and faced Yu. "Hey bro…" Yosuke gulped. "Y-you love me, don't you?"

Yu who was still starring at the river nodded in reply.

"Well…" Yosuke was blushing. "I… uh…" Yosuke paused for a few seconds. "I love you!"

Yosuke ran up to Yu and hugged him, causing Yu to fall backwards onto the ground. They both looked at each other and started to kiss. Anyone could see them, making out on the ground but right now Yosuke didn't care. He was with the guy he truly loved.

Yu was now sitting on the grass while Yosuke was laying down with his head rested on Yu's lap. The sun was starting to set.

"Hey. Could you please not tell anyone about this?" Yosuke said.

"Why?" Yu looked down at Yosuke and put his hand on Yosuke's cheek.

"It's just." Yosuke sighed, putting his hand over Yu's hand. "What would everyone think?"

"I don't think they would care but if you really want me to keep this a secret I will."

"Thanks." Yosuke smiled at Yu.

They had spent a few more hours at the riverbank, staying until the sky was pitch black.

Yosuke opened the front door to his house and walked in.

"Hi Yosuke!" Teddie greeted. "Where have you been? Chie sure must love shopping if you stayed out with her for seven hours!"

"I wasn't gone for seven hours!" Yosuke checked his phone and sure enough the bear was right. It was nearly 11pm. "Oh maybe I was… but I wasn't shopping with Chie the whole time."

"What were you doing then?" Teddie questioned.

"Oh… uh… I was just hanging out with Narukami."

"Hmmm" Teddie was thinking to himself. "Were you guys spooning again!?" Teddie was giggling to himself.

"I thought I told you to knock that off!" Yosuke shouted.

-August 11th-

Today was the day Rise would be coming back. She texted everyone saying to meet her at the train station in the afternoon. So both Yosuke and Teddie headed off for the train station. When they got there everyone was already there.

"Hello" Yu faced Yosuke and Teddie.

"Hi guys. How long have you been waiting for?" Yosuke questioned.

"I've been here for roughly five minutes." Kanji responded.

Before anyone else could talk they were all interrupted by Yukiko. "Guys! The train is coming!"

Everyone was patiently waiting for the train to stop. As soon as the doors opened Rise walked out.

"Hi guys!" Rise greeted. Did you miss me?"

"Yes!" Teddie shouted.

"Aw, I missed all of you guys too." Rise walked over to Yu. "But I think I missed Yu the most…" Rise smiled.

"Jeez, you haven't changed a bit have you?" Chie laughed.

"Why don't we all go to Junes to catch up?" Rise asked.

"Yeah and Yosuke can pay for all the food!" Teddie exclaimed.

"What? I will not!"

Rise began to walk off to Junes.

"You're so generous, Yosuke." Yukiko walked off.

"Thanks Yosuke-senpai." Kanji followed.

Chie and Teddie left too.

Yu put his hand on Yosuke's shoulder. "You're a good friend, Yosuke."

Yosuke just grumbled and walked off.