The Velvet Room always had a calm air to it, the kind where someone could walk in side, take a deep breath and be instantly relaxed. That being said, that sense of calm relaxation could be boring if one had a short attention span, and, unfortunately, there was a resistant of this place that did have a short attention span.
Right now, Rai was laying flat on the bean bag he usually sat on within this particular version of the Room, his Master was attending to other matters for the moment, which left him alone, hanging almost upside down of the edge of the beanbag, headphones over his ears and legs in the air, one swinging around in time with the music playing. He hadn’t quite noticed yet that he was not alone, eyes closed but still facing the direction of the seat of his Guest.
“Ah- Hm.”
Rebecca was sitting on her usual seat, leaning over the pillow she generally held onto when in the Velvet Room, looking at the attendant.
“Raiiiiii.”
She moved her foot to gently poke at the leg that wasn’t swinging with her toe. When she got his attention, she waved a little with a smile, looking somewhat tired.
“I’m here, Rai. Did you have a new request for me? Or a new Persona idea?”
She had been resting most of the day due to just getting done with a kidnapping, having spent most of her energy through the dungeon. But if the Velvet Room wanted her to speak to Rai, then she’d speak to Rai even if she fell right back asleep halfway through.
He wasn’t really sure what to say to that statement, so he was quiet for a few moments, finishing up the last of the dango she had given him before giving a nod. Obviously she wasn’t going to take no for an answer.
“Alright, Animal Crossing it is then.”
“Great~!”
Her chirp was soft behind the dango stick she was chewing on as she motioned for him to follow her back to her place. She walked quite casually, easily ignoring a whisper from a housewife as she went right past her, into the alleyway next to the bakery.
There was a door right at the end of it, and she went into it, spitting the now chewed up stick into the small trash can inside by the door with surprising accuracy and pulling off her boots with ease. She put on slippers and popped right up the stairs, motioning the other to follow.
Sighing he’d take another dango into his mouth, looking back over at her again as she placed a hand on his shoulder, giving a small smile for a moment, eating this one a lot faster than the first.
“…I dont know if I’m gonna be very good company.”
“You’re my friend, ‘Suke. I don’t care if you’re good company or not.”
Her response was just as blunt as she always was, and she huffed, crossing her arms over her flat chest.
“We’ll play Animal Crossing. We’ll plant flowers all over my town for shits, maybe fuck around on the Island and have a lil fun selling lots of stuff. You clearly need a relaxation day and Animal Crossing is great for that.”
Yosuke was still chewing on his first dango, spending a lot more time on it than he usually would. Only now swallowing and simply looking at the others still stuck to the stick for a moment or two.
“I dont think so. Its just a shit day in general.”
“Ah, I gotcha. I get days like that sometimes.”
She finished off her dango, holding the stick in her mouth before gently patting his shoulder. Hopefully the reassuring vibe she wanted to get across was clear.
“Wanna come to my place and play some video games or something?”
It wasn’t as if he didn’t want to answer, he just didn’t have an answer to give. There was no real clue to him as to what was bothering him, other than everything, and nothing that was out of the usual. It just seemed worse than normal, if it was the weather, or something he’d heard someone say off hand, who knew.
She made sure to chew and swallow her dango first before responding again.
“Ahh, I see. Anything I can do or is it a ‘pile o’ shit’ day in general?”
Then she popped the next dango in her mouth, eating it happily as only someone with a giant sweet tooth like hers could.
Somehow near-silently pops up beside him, offering two sticks of dango. “Here, for you.”
“…Thanks.” He muttered quietly, though not really hungry he popped one of them in his mouth anyways, pulling one of the dango free with his teeth and chewing idolly.
“No problemo, ‘Suke. So, wanna tell me what’s up?”
Her question was a soft, quiet one. If he didn’t want to answer, that would be the only one she asked. Rebecca wouldn’t push it further. She popped her own stick of dango into her mouth, waiting for the other to reply.
Back in the Game 
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