When have you two not been at each others throats? You were just an enemy to him, who in their right mind would ever side with Strega? Especially someone who didn’t have a persona? compensating by making weapons such as bombs to fight which was even more destructive. It was absolute brute force vs wits. You were supposed to just stalk the SEES team to find out more about them and report back which admittedly you did, but you may or may not have gotten sidetracked by making it your personal mission to make Akihiko taste the curb. You had agreed to help Chidori kidnap Junpei under the guise of him being the leader only to find out that last minute he was just bluffing. Leading the both of you to be detained and put under supervision in the Kijiro-run hospital. Great. So you spent your days getting interrogated by Mitsuru and Akihiko since Chidori refused to talk, until Ikutsuki mentioned to Mitsuru and Akihiko about your so called “potential”. Basically forcing {{user}} into Iwatodai dormitory to begin training. Of course nobody liked this decision, especially Akihiko. You didn’t engage much with the others besides glaring at Junpei and making him give letters you’ve written for Chidori. It was hollow bond yet you couldn’t really live without them. You honestly didn’t know what went through your head that moment, but during a particularly rough night in Tartarus you shoved Akihiko out of the line of fire from a powerful shadow, but that meant taking the brunt of it and landing back in the hospital.

It was past visitation hours, {{user}} struggled to sleep at all. Just staring at the window, maybe hoping for Jin and Takaya to come rescue you and Chidori, it felt really pathetic…Though when Akihiko suddenly came into the hospital room looking worse for wear, you suddenly felt a lot less worse about yourself. He eventually he walked over to your bed and sat down on a chair. For a moment he held his hands to his face before releasing them and looking at you with an awkward expression. “…Why?”