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shinjiro defends your honor against stupei
pairing: shinjiro aragaki x fem!reader (sees member)
summary: your leader wants to show you a video of the stone-cold shinjiro aragaki getting into a debate with junpei over ranking the girls. he gets very passionate over you.
tags: kinda shitpost ; feat. junpei + protag ; not proofread ; spoiler-free ; mutual pining
notes: just got to october 4th! wrote this to cope! i am not okay! also protag is called leader bc im not looking up his name to avoid spoilers. i’ll edit when i finish the game !!
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“so if you press this button, the footage should start playing,” the leader points to the console, directing you on how to play the recordings. other than for meetings and before missions, you’ve never been in the command room before. hell, you didn’t even know there were cameras in the building until now.
the specific recording your leader wanted to show you is labeled ‘september 23 - lounge’. as you press the play button, the lights of the command room dim down as the video begins to play on the screen.
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as expected, the recording shows the first floor lounge. shinjiro and junpei sit on the same couch, but at different ends.
“so, aragaki-senpai, what’s your ranking of all the girls in the building?” junpei leans back, hands behind his head. there is a considerable amount of distance between them, both physically and interpersonally, and junpei decided talking about the ladies is the best way to bridge that distance.
“why would i care?” shinjiro scoffs, his crossed arms not helping the already-tense air.
“oh, come on! with so many beautiful ladies here, you’ve gotta have a ranking by now! like, who’d you rather be alone in a room with? or see in a bikini?” junpei begins listing off the girls in an attempt to convince shinjiro to dig deep into his thoughts and desires. “there’s kirijo-senpai, with that air of elegance and maturity; yuka-tan, a pretty chick very popular among guys our age; fuuka, an all-around cutie; [name], who is… hm…” he didn’t even reach aigis before running out of adjectives. trying to think over his very limited dictionary, he briefly hesitates.
shinjiro visibly perks up upon hearing the last name listed. noticing this, junpei exaggerates his struggle to think.
“hm… what is there about [name]…” junpei rubs his chin, staring at his senpai as his face morphs from an expression of indifference to one of annoyance.
“you’re kidding me, right?” aragaki scowls, sitting up slightly. “you seriously can’t think of anything for [name]?”
“well, she’s just… eh…” junpei trails off. “i wouldn’t rank her very high.”
“i know you’re a moron, but i didn’t know you could be this much of a dumbass,” he leans forward. without even raising his voice, the simple action caused an air of intimidation around him that could be felt even through the screen. “the hell do you mean ‘you wouldn’t rank her very high’? are you fucking blind?”
“nonono, man, she’s attractive-“ junpei frantically tries to explain himself, backtracking on his original plan of getting a reaction out of shinjiro because finding out his senpai’s type was not worth getting his ass beat. but, aragaki continues.
“don’t tell me you’d rank her lower than a goddamn robot!” this was possibly the most passionate he’s ever been, and it was over a casual conversation of ranking the girls in their dormitory building. “she better be in at LEAST your top three or i’m mopping the floors with your ass.”
“no, dude, she’s in my top three, i swear!” junpei’s attempts at damage control were getting more desperate. “she’s probably number one!”
“…number one?” aragaki repeats, as the two sit in a heavy silence for a moment. “you don’t deserve to have her in your number one spot,” he mutters.
“…what?”
“i SAID you don’t DESERVE to have her in your number one spot!!”
“OKAY THEN SHE’S NUMBER TWO!!!” junpei raises his hands up in an act of surrender. “she’s second! [name] is second!”
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“…”
unable to listen to anymore, you hurriedly hit the pause button. your feel hot, and as the lights turn back on, you make a futile attempt to cover your burning face with your hands.
your leader clears his throat. “so, should i set you two up on a date, or-“
“no!” you exclaim, cutting him off with a wide-eyed expression on your face. “no! no.” you calm yourself down with a deep breath, trying not to imitate junpei’s desperation shown in the video. trying to collect yourself, you add, “that won’t be necessary. shinjiro didn’t even say his own ranking, so all of that probably could have meant nothing. absolutely nothing. right.”
“i mean, if you finish watching-“
once again burying your face into your hands, you yell into your palms to cut him off. a typical response from a teenage girl finding out her crush laid his pride on the line to advocate for her attractiveness.
the leader, ignoring your wishes, presses the play button.
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“where would you put [name] then?” junpei asks, his signature shit-eating grin on his face. the video seems to have skipped ahead, as evidenced by junpei being much more calm than earlier.
shinjiro hesitates.
the quality is a bit fuzzy, but you can see junpei having a perplexed expression as he leans in to get a better look at shinjiro’s face, who turns his head away.
“are you…” junpei squints, then his eyes widen in surprise. “are you blushing??”
“the hell? no way i am!” shinjiro turns his body away.
“oh man, you should’ve just said you like her!” junpei grins, trying to be a supportive bro!
“i-i don’t even think of her like that! just lay it off!”
“so, what about her, huh?” his excitement shows in his voice. “she’s pretty cute and all. oh, those eyes are gorgeous-“
“i said lay it off!” shinjiro exclaims, and junpei jumps.
“ok man, ok! that’s my bad!” junpei backs up, and the awkward silence returns once more. without saying a word, shinjiro gets up and leaves.
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at this point, you’ve sat down. the leader turns around to look at you, your face buried into a pillow. your ears are practically glowing red.
“my offer earlier about setting you two up still stands-“ he begins, but as you did before, you cut him off.
“shut up!!!!” you scream into the pillow, kicking your feet. you lift your face from the pillow to meet his gaze.
he can’t help but laugh. “should i get yukari? she probably knows more.”
admitting defeat, you nod.
(PERSONA 3 SPOILERS)
a private talk with shinjiro in your room on october 4th
pairing: shinjiro aragaki x gn!reader (sees member)
summary: a recording from your room on the morning of october 4th. shinjiro asked to talk to you privately in your room, but he strays off his original plan.
tags: fluff ; kinda suggestive ending ; cringe. ; slight angst ; not proofread ; clearly inspired off of p3p
notes: this is the cringiest thing i’ve ever made but i need him so bad i am shaking at the bars of my enclosure
continues under the cut!!
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october 4th - [name]’s room.
the tape begins in your room.
it must be morning, suggested by the sunlight streaming through the windows. you walk into frame, the light hitting you just right to give you a heavenly glow.
shinjiro’s words are caught in his throat. he looks a bit awkward and stiff, as he was the one to ask to go to your room to talk privately.
“you’ve never asked to come in before!” you grin, your excitement showing in your voice. “sorry, my room’s a bit of a mess. did you want to sit dow-“
before you could even finish your sentence, shinjiro suddenly embraces you, one arm around your waist and the other across your shoulders, the subtle smell of sandalwood enveloping your senses. did he put on cologne?
after recovering from the initial shock, you reciprocate the hug, wrapping your arms around him. you can feel the intensity of his heartbeat through his umber-colored turtleneck.
he pulls away, bashfully averting his gaze. “shit, what am i doing-“
he begins to step back, but you grab onto his arm.
“[name]-?” he stammers, and after a brief moment of hesitation, you pull him into a kiss. shinjiro’s body takes over as he deepens the kiss, his desire evident.
pulling back for air, he finally meets your gaze. his face is red, and he breathes out slowly. “i-i ain’t a nice guy, [name]. i’ll leave.”
as he begins to pull away once more, your grip around him tightens. “don’t leave, please. i don’t mind. i don’t care what kind of guy you are or how you treat me. i just… i want you, shinjiro. do you get what i’m saying?”
shinjiro realizes he isn’t winning this battle. your weapon is your pleading eyes, reciprocating his longing and desperation, and it is his biggest weakness. once again, he embraces you tighter, as both a countermeasure against your eyes and a response to your pleas. “dammit, don’t say that kind of stuff,” he mutters, surrendering to your touch. “you’re making this harder than it needs to be.”
he lifts his head to look at you once again, savoring in every detail, every little feature of your face. if you knew any better, you would’ve thought he was treasuring you for the last time.
but, you don’t.
his rough hand cups your face, and you lean into his touch. his breath hitches, as he quietly says, “last chance to let me leave. don’t say i didn’t warn you.”
you grab the collar of his turtleneck, pulling him in to meet your lips once more.
he breaks away with a slight smile. “…you moron.” clearly, he doesn’t mean it.
there’s a subtle switch in his demeanor that only you could pick up on. well, it’s not like there was anyone else around to notice.
for today, he would allow himself to be a little selfish.
in response, your hands slide down from his collar to his hands, making sure to brush over his clothed chest on the way. while you’re not sure where you got this rush of confidence from, you know neither of you would be expecting any answers from the millions of questions running through your minds.
intertwining your fingers with his, you back up, leading him to your bed. as you lay down, he positions himself above you, your interlocked hands on both sides of your head. you stare up at his slightly dumbfounded expression with a smirk, and he feels himself falling in love all over again.
pulling himself together, he softly smiles down at you. with just that simple expression, you melt, becoming shy once more and looking away.
he takes your moment of weakness to tease you, letting go of your hand to hold your chin to face him once more. “where did that confidence go?”
embarrassed, your eyebrows furrow as you mutter, “shut up.”
he chuckles softly, giving you a kiss on your forehead. “just so we’re clear,” he says, his voice low and barely above a whisper, “i ain’t holding back anymore.”
the tape ends.
my fav trio ever guys (๑>◡<๑)
Maybe in another life
Decided to make myself sad with the warm up sketch hell yeah Saw a fanart of Shinji in the school uniform and just wanted to draw this