30 Day OTP Challenge
"I'm going to like the me you found... After all, I like the you who found her"
YuxRise

Day 1- Holding Hands

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A/N: Yeah, so i saw this over on the Fire Emblem portal and thought "Yeah, sounds good. Might do that. Flex those creative muscles etc." Basically updates daily (In theory, i'm quite lazy) and 30 short fluffy fics for you all :) This one is way longer than I wanted it to be too. Still, should be fine. Next one will be a lot better, since i actually have an idea for that one XD Enjoy this one anyway.

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Yu Narukami wasn't really used to his relationship yet. Everything that happened over the last few days wasn't exactly planned. After and his teammate and friend, Rise Kujikawa went to get steak or kebab or something with him (Honestly he wasn't really paying attention. He just wanted to hang out with Rise) he somehow ended up with a girlfriend. He wasn't complaining, he liked Rise a lot. She was the life and soul of the team and never failed to perk everyone up with her bubbly attitude.

He just wasn't… used to it. Here he was, walking down Inaba's shopping district with Rise's hand in his like it was the most normal thing in the world. It must have been really obvious that he was uncomfortable as he felt Rise's grip on his hand tighten slightly. She looked at him with her big brown eyes with a look of concern behind them.

"Is everything OK, Senpai?" she asked her new boyfriend.

"Hmm?" he said, her words breaking him out of his stupor. He had a tendency to space out and think for long periods without saying anything. He was just that type. What with the murders and investigation going on, he was thinking even more often than normal.

"I said is everything OK?" She said, pouting a little. She always did this. Whether it was her inner actress or her playful nature coming out, she always looked genuinely hurt when Yu wasn't listening to her.

"Yeah, everything's fine" Yu replied as he squeezed her hand and flashed his most convincing false smile at her in a vain attempt to reassure the young idol.

"Only reason I ask is because you're doing that thing with your face again"

"I do a thing with my face?"

"Yeah, when you're thinking about stuff you stare into the distance like some spacey weirdo"

"Huh…"

He couldn't help but wonder about that. Was he really that easy to read? He always assumed he looked more stoic than spacey…

"You're doing it again!" Rise chirped in, punctuating her words with a giggle.

"Honestly, Rise. Everything's fine, I'm still not used to this I guess" he said, gesturing down to their entwined fingers

"I find that hard to believe" Rise said joyfully, never dropping her seemingly perpetual good mood.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He tried to pout as he said those words. Apparently he couldn't pull it off

"What are you doing?" Rise's giggles from earlier were developing into a full bodied laughed.

"Pouting" Yu replied, still trying to retain the façade.

"Well you look ridiculous!" Rise stuttered out between bouts of laughter.

All Yu could do at this point was laugh too. It was infectious. She had that effect on everyone in the Investigation Team. It was admirable really, that even in the face of all the Shadows at killings she could still laugh. If anyone else was on the mic while Yu was fighting, he probably wouldn't do nearly as well.

After Rise calmed down she finally explained her earlier point. "It's just that you're a really cool and handsome guy so you've probably had a girlfriend or two. Especially out in the city."

"I haven't. In case you hadn't noticed, I don't really talk as much as other guys. I kind of got overlooked I guess."

"Really?!" She stopped walking at that comment, but Yu walked a few more steps ahead before stopping, the only thing still connecting them were their hands.

"So…" Rise said, confused. It was as if Yu had presented her with one hundred difficult English words and asked rise to translate them all. That was the level of thought she was putting in to a simple thought.

Yu closed the gap between them and unlinked their hands, instead placing both of them on her waist. He'd seen guys in anime and drama and stuff do this so he figured he should try it. Surprisingly, he was calmer like this. He didn't have to live with Rise's fingers wriggling around in his hands.

"You're my first girlfriend." That wasn't strictly true. There was that girl back when he was seven, but that was nothing more than saying she was his girlfriend. A few girls back in his previous school had confessed to him too. Over his years in High School he'd had several love letters dropped in his shoe locker.

None of these girls were his type however. They were like Ai Ebihara was on the outside except their bitchiness was more than skin deep. They wanted him because he was "hot". Rise was better than any of them. She seemed a little superficial but scratch the surface, even just a little bit, and you'd find a sweet, caring, determined young woman. She was amazing. Maybe that's why Yu wanted to be with her, even on their first meeting.

Rise grabbed her senpai's hands from her waist and placed them in her own. She was smiling as she did so. It was one of the sincerest, simplest, love filled expressions Yu had ever seen on anyone's face.

"You're doing it again" she giggled

"I only do it when I'm thinking about you"

Rise giggled again. It was cliché, but there was literally no other way to describe it. It was like a babbling brook.

"Senpai" Rise said, looking her boyfriend right in the eyes "It makes me really happy that I'm your first girlfriend. I feel really special right now"

Yu squeezed both of Rise's hands "Play your cards right and you might be my only girlfriend"

The couple stared at each other. They'd only been dating few a few days but it felt like they'd been together forever.

"C'mon" Yu said, releasing one of Rise's hands and moved to her side. "The others are waiting for us"

"Sure, let's go" she said, still smiling like a fool. "You can buy me a steak when we get there!"

"Oh sure thing. By the way, when did you turn into Chie?"

The couple laughed as they made their way to Junes, surrounded by an echochamber of their blossoming love.

(A/N Yeah, endings are hard :/ What did you all think? Let me know and stuff. Be honest as you like :D)