Headcanons: They’re not just Kanji and Naoto anymore
These are getting kind of long now, putting it behind a cut :) Souji and Yosuke feelings, ahoy!
Naughty Headcanon
In which gender and sexuality debates of Kanji and Naoto are turned upside down, right-side up, and every which way they can be. Behind a cut for naughty thoughts. Guest appearances by other Persona characters, too.
More canons to the head! (is that not the proper wording?)
Note: maybe, someday when life isn’t terribly busy, I can transform these into lovely fics. For now, this is all I have, though people seem to like them :)
Naoto Shirogane is actually one hundred and ten percent aware of Kanji Tatsumi’s crush on her. She is a detective, after all, and has researched things like dating, and romance, and matters of the heart. That’s how she knows that she has no time for such things, as she told senpai after receiving a love letter in her locker. Such things are much too time consuming, and she has cases to solve – one in particular involving televisions and murders.
However…
Deep down, she knows that such logic is an excuse to hide the truth of the matter: she rather likes Kanji Tatsumi, too, in more than a teammate sort of relationship. Granted, he is extremely reliable in battle, but her feelings are past that point. It’s hard not to notice someone who thinks the world of you, especially if said person would pretty much do anything for you. Facing a crazy shadow of yourself? Sure. Catching you when you fall? Absolutely. Comfort you when you blame yourself for the injuries of a young child? Definitely. Standing by your side when facing a psychotic cop? Hell yes.
So she likes him. You know, likes him, as a normal teenage girl would say, but truthfully, she has no idea what to say to him. His flustered mannerisms over her mere presence, in turn, makes her flustered. She can’t help but feel flattered and left at a lose for words – especially since his feelings started back when he believed her to be male. They haven’t changed since that day, and he holds her on such a high pedestal that she’s worried that she’ll say the wrong thing and botch it all up.
Though how much could she botch things up when he, in fact, did see her at her very worst?
So once senpai left she wanted to try, but the words were always trapped in her throat. Then, suddenly, it was Golden Week and she had received a call for a case. Said case somehow led her back to the beginning, back inside the T.V., and much to her heart’s dismay she had to face Kanji in ways she hadn’t wanted to. But he had said something important, told her that she was much too formal with him.
Shadow or not, there was some truth to those words, so when that adventure ends Naoto decides to, finally, do something. Less formal, he says?
A kiss is not formal at all.
And that is exactly what she does, give or take a blush or two, and Kanji is more than happy to be informal right along with her.
My headcanon for future! Kanji and Naoto
Naoto Shirogane likes things neat, tidy, organized, and all that jazz. She likes things to be consistent – not predictable, per say, she just likes to have a steady routine, especially at home.
This all changed when meeting Kanji Tatsumi, and it – to this day – drives her nuts.
It’s not that Kanji is unorganized, far from it actually. He’s actually very organized, especially when it comes to his sewing. The threads are put away in their own spot, the fabric is folded, things like that. Granted, the area around his sewing machine can get messy – especially when he’s sewing – but Naoto is the same way with her cases. Books, folders, all of that is scattered about in its own spot, but she knows where everything is and that’s all that matters.
What drives her nuts about Kanji is that, even after all this time, he still leaves her emotions in disarray.
Naoto Shirogane is under the impression that you’re supposed to love your husband. Til death do you part, all that stuff, and she does, in fact, love Kanji Tatsumi. But it’s never consistent feelings. One day, she’ll love him. One day, she’ll be angry with him. Sad, happy, turned on, and it’s never the same, it’s never organized. Just because she loved him last Wednesday doesn’t mean she isn’t going to be exasperated with him this coming Saturday.
But he just smiles, tells her something like that’s how marriage goes and gently kisses her on the lips. And in the end she smiles, because in the end the gentle pitter patter of her heart never goes away when his lips touch hers.
Headcanon
Naoto Shirogane watches the hell out of Elementary. She watches it with Kanji Tatsumi, who makes dinner for the both of them so they can watch together. Kanji doesn’t really pay attention to the show, instead he watches her as she deduces things. In fact, she tries to deduce things faster than Sherlock Holmes does on the show, pointing out clues, and perhaps getting a slightly British accent as she does it.
Kanji thinks her deducing things is quite attractive, though honestly, Kanji thinks everything Naoto does is attractive. Quite.
