LE MEURTIER; AN ASSASSIN'S TALE (AU)

[covenantal]

Yosuke gets a contract to assassinate Yu.

What happens?

An AU where Yosuke has a much darker secret than just resentment, and what happens as a result.

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[covenantal]

The shopping district.

[ He's only been here a couple of days, but it would be hard not to recognize even in this weird, dark, warped state. Yu will unconsciously slow when Hanamura does, matching his pace, but he actually comes to a halt when something catches his ear. ]

Do you hear that?

[ Voices. Yu will stare up into what passes for a sky here as a barrage of abuse rains down - all of it for the Junes, how it's stealing livelihoods from the other stores, how Junes is making them all go bankrupt, Junes this, Junes that...

And there are a few other comments, too. Ones that make his nerves prick. "If you ask me, there's something dirty going on there." "Where else could all that money have come from?" "They're thieves. Crooks!" "Or worse..."

Without thinking Yu will look back down at Yosuke, apprehensive yet unable to help feeling sympathetic, too. That can't be easy to hear. ]

[cpt_ressentiment]

[ It's not easy to hear at all.

It's like he stiffens more and more with each word that reaches his ears, head bowed and eyes narrowed behind those still-foreign lenses. His fists clench, and he forces himself to fold his arms across his chest just to keep that much from being so obvious.

Worse, huh...? Yeah. They've got no idea.

"And I heard that Konishi-san's daughter is working there..." "How could she? Working for the enemy... what a troublesome child." ]

S-Stop it...

[ It hits a nerve, but it drags him back into some semblance of focus, and he looks back up, to Yu. ]

So, you think this was senpai's reality? When she wandered in here?

[covenantal]

[ His expression doesn't much change despite Hanamura's obvious discomfort, though he still feels a twinge of empathy. He thinks the rumors about Hanamura and his family being crooks are just spurious accusations brought on by (justifiable) bitterness and anger. Of course they'd be bitter, their livelihoods are at risk... but that doesn't make it Hanamura's fault, and he's the one suffering for it right now.

(How little does he know.)

He shakes his head, about to reply, when another call comes from up ahead.

"Hurry uuuuuuuuup!! I can smell something! I think someone's been here!"

Yu will shoot a look the other's way before picking up a jog and heading towards the source of Teddie's voice. ]