Never Fade Away

Main Points:
Persona 4 or Yugioh
Chapter Summary: It's short, so it doesn't really need anything, but the similarities struck me, and it's cool to see how much it fits.  Playing around with the fact that this 2^nd person fic could be read from the POV of Souji Seta|Yu Narukami or Yuugi Moto. Try it out (assuming you know the characters, that is!)
Word Count: 370
Rating: teen

            You fear becoming irrelevant.  You’ve saved the world, and for some, that would be a welcome relief.  And for a little while, it is comforting.  There’s nothing riding on your next action, no villains attempting to destroy everything.  And not having your friends constantly in danger is a blessing.
            Then you realize you miss it.  The good-bye was painful enough; you don’t realize how difficult being normal is until it’s a little time has passed, and then the thought strikes you.
            What if your friends don’t need you anymore?  What if that’s the price to pay, for all the good times you shared?  What happens when all of you grow up?  Will the tides of the world sweep you apart, or will you just gradually lose contact until they fade away and become nothing more than memories of your youth, fleeting and beautiful as the cherry blossoms, not real beings by your side?
            You realize you hate the idea with a bitter passion.  The idea of a cold world before you met them, silent and dark, is abhorrent.  They ask you what is wrong, and you smile and decline to comment.
            The night finds you staring gloomily out into the waters, hugging your legs to your chest, as you try not to cry from the only insight the moon reflected gives.
            You start as one familiar voice joins you, then another.  You hide the tears as you realize you were never alone, not in life and certainly not in your fears.  They, too, felt the terror of the widening chasm, and you’ve somehow forgotten their strength, they who had had your back and stood by your side through every danger.  You might have been the one who held them together, but they’re hardly passive, either.  They care enough and with determination that has saved the world they’re teaching you again something you’ve somehow forgotten—that together, you are capable of anything.
            You smile a real smile as each joins you, slotting back into a place into your heart until the puzzle is complete and warm and beating again.  As the laughter warms the night and banishes the darkness, you reflect on truth: that bonds between people are the true power.