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Narukami had been in town for what was it, a week? Maybe less? Not that it mattered to Yosuke much, he felt like he’d known the other practically his whole life. After that faithful morning when Yosuke fell in the trash, Narukami had been placed in his class and by some chance, seated right next to Yosuke!
The two got along great, within just a couple days they were practically inseparable. Yosuke made sure to show Narukami all the cool places in town, not that there were too many, but they had fun either way. A routine formed quickly between them, they would go to the school of course, then Yosuke would go work his shift at Junes (which, by the way, seemed to somehow last longer now that he had something to look forward to), and when his shift was over Narukami would be waiting to do some new fun activity.
Yosuke quickly met Nanako, Narukami’s...cousin? He was pretty sure about that, even though Nanako called him ‘Big Bro’ all the time. They hung out with her every so often though, Yosuke could see the fondness in Narukami’s eyes when they would hang, and even Yosuke had to admit that her love for Junes was absolutely adorable.
Something unexpected from this though, was how charismatic Narukami was. Even with such a strange soul mark, he made friends so easily, how the hell did he do it? Yosuke had been jealous, maybe even angry at first, but he pushed those feelings aside. Narukami was just a great guy, who wouldn’t like him?
Yosuke’s friendship with Narukami made it so that all of Narukamis became his by association, which currently included Chie Hanamura and Yukiko Amagi. He had talked to Chie before, never close but probably the person he knew best before Narukami came to town. Yukiko, well everyone knew Yukiko, he’d asked her out before but was shut down quickly since she had already found her soulmate.
He still didn’t like calling either of them by their given names, it was strange? A closeness to someone he hadn’t had since the city, he wasn’t about to argue with Chie though when she insisted, by god was she stubborn and he knew this.
Within a week though Yosuke went from ‘’Loner Prince of Junes with that strange soul mark” to ‘’Prince of Junes with that strange soul mark, at least he has friends now’’ and that was something at least! It was...better than before. He wouldn’t dwell on it, dwelling never led to good things.
Yosuke’s phone rang out, causing the boy to panic and fumble as he tried to pull it outta his pocket.
‘’Hello Mr. Prince of Junes, isn’t your shift supposed to be over now?” Chie’s voice came from the other side, loud enough that Yosuke was sure the entire store could hear.
‘’Oh I forgot to mention, its going a little late tonight with Saki’s family getting ready to move and they needed someone to fill in and- well I was the only one available-’’
‘’Oh god how late? Will you still be able to join us for movie night?”
‘’I- I hope so? I'm supposed to switch shifts in an hour. But but! You dont have to wait for me, I dont want to be a bother for you guys-’’
‘’Oh shut up Yosuke, we’re friends we can wait an hour for you. I’m not going to come to get you though, you know where Yu lives, head on over after your shift ends.’’
‘’I’ll bring snacks!”
And with that, Chie ended the call and left Yosuke to wait for his shift to end, not that he was very patient about it though.