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a little friendly advice may or may not go a long way

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Summary:

Ryuji asks his friends for advice. Yusuke also asks his friends for advice.

Chapter 1

Notes:

I was asking some pals if they wanted me to make some text segments and pita hit me with a COLLAB so EXPECT ART in FUTURE CHAPTERS!! very exciting! transcripts for text segments at the bottom as per usual, alt link to this chapter here. I don't know if anyone reading this uses screenreaders, but I've embedded descriptions into the images so it should work? If anyone has any trouble with that, please let me know.
-Stella

so i went absolutely nuts writing Date Concepts last year (1, 2) bc i love these boys, and finally decided to do something with it, and got my pal roped into the process
-pita

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Chapter Text

Image description: a replication of the texting interface in Persona 5. There are black and white icons near the top indicating that Ryuji, Makoto, and Haru are part of this group chat. Akira does not have an icon, as this takes place from his perspective; while the others type messages with white text on a black speech bubble, Akira's messages are black text on a white speech bubble. The messages are connected by a black line. In the body of the text messages, Ryuji's chat icon has a yellow background, Makoto's chat icon has a dark blue background, and Haru's chat icon has a dark purple background. All of this is over a red background. Transcript of the text messages: Ryuji: Guys. Ryuji: How. Ryuji: Do you ask someone out. Akira: “Do you want to go out?” Ryuji: No, I mean like in a really obvious way! Ryuji: Like, for example, if you’ve already hung out with each other a lot… Ryuji: How do you ask them out romantically? Akira: “Do you want to go out romantically?” Ryuji: Dude, come on! Makoto: While I can understand your frustration… Makoto: I’m not sure you’ve picked the right group to ask…? Makoto: Why us? Makoto: I don’t think anyone here has that much romantic experience. Makoto: At least, I definitely don’t. Haru: I’m afraid I can’t be much help either… Haru: Perhaps Ann might know more about this? Ryuji: Don’t add her!! Makoto: Why not? Ryuji: Are you kidding me? Ryuji: One, I’d never hear the end of it. Ryuji: Two, Ann can’t keep a secret to save her life. Ryuji: Same with Futaba, except she’d probably just tell Yusuke for the hell of it. Akira: Yusuke, huh. Ryuji: Shit. Makoto: Oh, I see. Haru: Congratulations! Ryuji: Uh, there’s no point in congratulations if I haven’t done anything yet… Haru: I wouldn’t say that. Haru: The two of you already have a very good relationship. Makoto: She’s right, you spend a lot of time together. Ryuji: That’s the problem! Ryuji: Or, it’s not a problem, but that’s why Ryuji: Hang on, Yusuke’s texting me Ryuji: He wants to go to some abandoned building? Ryuji: Or maybe it’s haunted. Makoto: What!? Makoto: Why!? Ryuji: Art, I guess? Ryuji: Something about story environments. Akira: Congratulations. Ryuji: Huh? Akira: You got your date. Akira: Morgana says not to freak out too much. Ryuji: I mean, it’s not a date. Ryuji: And like I said, that’s the problem! Ryuji: Also tell Morgana to piss off. Haru: At the very least this is a good opportunity to get closer. Haru: The suspension bridge effect is very powerful, so I’ve been told. Makoto: Is it really worth it… Haru: Do your best! Ryuji: Thanks, Haru. Ryuji: You’re the only one in this chat I trust. Ryuji: Also Makoto. Ryuji: Akira, you’re on thin ice. Akira: You’re welcome.

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Ryuji: Guys.
Ryuji: How.
Ryuji: Do you ask someone out.
Akira: “Do you want to go out?”
Ryuji: No, I mean like in a really obvious way!
Ryuji: Like, for example, if you’ve already hung out with each other a lot…
Ryuji: How do you ask them out romantically?
Akira: “Do you want to go out romantically?”
Ryuji: Dude, come on!
Makoto: While I can understand your frustration…
Makoto: I’m not sure you’ve picked the right group to ask…?
Makoto: Why us?
Makoto: I don’t think anyone here has that much romantic experience.
Makoto: At least, I definitely don’t.
Haru: I’m afraid I can’t be much help either…
Haru: Perhaps Ann might know more about this?
Ryuji: Don’t add her!!
Makoto: Why not?
Ryuji: Are you kidding me?
Ryuji: One, I’d never hear the end of it.
Ryuji: Two, Ann can’t keep a secret to save her life.
Ryuji: Same with Futaba, except she’d probably just tell Yusuke for the hell of it.
Akira: Yusuke, huh.
Ryuji: Shit.
Makoto: Oh, I see.
Haru: Congratulations!
Ryuji: Uh, there’s no point in congratulations if I haven’t done anything yet…
Haru: I wouldn’t say that.
Haru: The two of you already have a very good relationship.
Makoto: She’s right, you spend a lot of time together.
Ryuji: That’s the problem!
Ryuji: Or, it’s not a problem, but that’s why
Ryuji: Hang on, Yusuke’s texting me
Ryuji: He wants to go to some abandoned building?
Ryuji: Or maybe it’s haunted.
Makoto: What!?
Makoto: Why!?
Ryuji: Art, I guess?
Ryuji: Something about story environments.
Akira: Congratulations.
Ryuji: Huh?
Akira: You got your date.
Akira: Morgana says not to freak out too much.
Ryuji: I mean, it’s not a date.
Ryuji: And like I said, that’s the problem!
Ryuji: Also tell Morgana to piss off.
Haru: At the very least this is a good opportunity to get closer.
Haru: The suspension bridge effect is very powerful, so I’ve been told.
Makoto: Is it really worth it…
Haru: Do your best!
Ryuji: Thanks, Haru.
Ryuji: You’re the only one in this chat I trust.
Ryuji: Also Makoto.
Ryuji: Akira, you’re on thin ice.
Akira: You’re welcome.