Instructor Hanamura

[madimpossibledreamer]

Main Points: Persona 4 AU
Chapter Summary: Yosuke gives Souji some pointers.
Word Count: 380
Rating: T
Note:  The souji/yosuke tag is for what is probably flirting but certainly isn't any stronger than in the actual game or anime.  Dancing All Night is what this is leading up to, but nothing's spoiled that you don't find out in the first five or ten minutes of the game (going by memory, anyway) so I wouldn't say it's spoiler heavy.  Yosuke's actually really talkative in this one.
(Nanako dancing!  my interest in watching mmds is probably what got me excited for P4D, honestly.)

            “Well, the good news.  The arcade games aren’t the best, but they’ll still have given you a sense of rhythm, taught you some moves, and other basics that are really hard to teach if you don’t have them already.  Also, I’ve seen you fight, so I can tell you your footwork is really good.  The bad news is?  You have to get all the moves down, which generally can only happen if you practice a song ‘till you get sick of it, which is kind of a crap job in the amount of time we’ve got.  Never mind learning, what.  Four songs?”  Reluctantly, Yosuke stands and lets go of the hand in his own.

            “Why are we learning so many?  We’re not performing all of them, are we?”  Souji had grown proud of his stamina while fighting Shadows, but he was still a little worried if it came to that.

            “Nah, don’t worry.  It’s a little unorthodox, but I think she’s using the others as training devices.  The song the studio’s wanting to use is pretty difficult, so you have to work up to it.”  Yosuke catches a glimpse of Seta-kun’s worried face and laughs.  “Don’t worry, I believe in us.  I wouldn’t have agreed to this if I didn’t think we were up to it.  Like I said, we’re pretty good at fighting, and that definitely has similarities to dancing.  With the added incentive that if we screwed up, we’d die.  This isn’t like that.  Ignore Miss Stick-Up-Her-Butt and just dance.  If you make a mistake, fine, whatever.  Just keep going.  It’s not the end of the world.  The audience only tends to notice you’ve made a mistake if you draw attention to it.  Like so much else, be confident, and if you’re confident, that’s what people notice.  Have fun, and they’ll have fun.  You know all that Jung stuff with personas?  This is the exact sort of situation we’d use them.  Not that we can call our Personas out into the real world, but still.  And like everywhere else, you’re not alone.  People will be paying the most attention to Risette.”  Souji’s still looking overwhelmed, so Yosuke reaches over and squeezes his shoulder.  “You’re just lucky I’m teaching you dancing, since that’s a thing I actually can teach.”