Despairing For The Sake Of Hope (A short saiibo fanfiction)

Prologe: New Student

(TW FOR THE WHOLE STORY: S411b0, Nonbinary Kiibo, Pr3gam3, Junk0)

SPOILERS FOR DRV3

'Hope's Peak.. never thought I’d be here’ The new student stood in front of the school, looking up at it. The school was quite tall and beautiful.

They slowly looked down to look at the entrance and paused for a second. ‘class is starting soon’ They thought and raised a hand to tilt their school hat down slightly to hide their face while going through the halls. They approached the entrance and opened it, to see people removing books, their laptops, and other school supplies for class. They went in and quickly ran past the other people. They always had little to no self-esteem, and always stayed silent unless they had to speak, so they didn't want to accidentally start a conversation when going to class.

Their piercing blue eyes scanned the hallway walls, looking for the class they needed to go in. Suddenly, they stopped when they saw a sign with their class number on it. No one was there yet, and there were only two minutes until class started. They groaned. ‘why are other people always so slow..?’ They thought and tried to open the door to the class, but it was locked. They knew that no one was inside, so all they had to do was wait. “damn it..”

They swore under their breath and leaned against the wall, waiting for everyone. Just then, they heard a group of other students chattering and walking down the hallways, heading towards the class that they were going to.

One of the members of the group suddenly glanced at them and stopped walking, and looked utterly confused. “Hey! Are you the new student?” The person shouted, the rest of the group stopping and looking at them.

“A-ah, yeah-” They couldn't even get a single word out before the other person ran up to them. “..! Geez, your..close..” They said.

The dark-haired boy was basically inches away from their face at this point, it looked like he was sweating and blushing. ‘What's with him..?’ They thought in their head and reached their gloved hand to push the other boy away from their face. “Don't do that again.” The new student said with no emotion. “S-sorry..but..you must be The Ultimate Robot, correct..?” The dark haired boy explained, backing up from them. “I am...The name’s Kiibo Iidabashi.” Kiibo awkwardly introduced themself, the dark haired boy with the cap staring at them in wonder. “Wow..cool..hah..I'm Shuichi Saihara. The Ultimate Detective..”

 Shuichi introduced himself as well, still blushing and sweating. “W-why are you sweating..?” Kiibo said, quite worried. They tried not to make eye contact to make the conversation even more awkward. “It's because..you are so fucking cool..” Shuichi admitted and raised his hand to gently caress their face, Kiibo almost immediately slapping it away.

“Wow..rejected..” Shuichi mumbled under his breath and looked away. Just then, the Teacher came and unlocked the door, holding a cup of coffee in his hand. He didn't say anything to Kiibo yet, he probably didn't notice them. The class went in and sat down, and Kiibo followed after. Almost by coincidence, they were sitting next to Shuichi.

“Good morning class.” The teacher said while scanning his eyes across the classroom, looking for someone. “Ah, there you are.” The teacher mumbled and laid eyes on Kiibo. “Class, you may have noticed this already, but we have a new student.” Kiibo awkwardly looked away, a drip of sweat rolling down their face as they aborted eye contact.

The teacher signaled to Kiibo to get up and go to the front of the class to introduce themself. Kiibo stood up from their seat and went to the front of the class, feeling eyes burning into their back. Kiibo swore that they could feel a metaphorical heart beating in their chest.

“H-hi..im Kiibo Iidabashi..I am The Ultimate Robot.” Kiibo always hated being in front of the class, though they seemed emotionless at the first glance. “Um..it's nice to be here.” After that, they quickly sat back down in their seat, pulling their hat even further over their face.

The classroom was silent. “..well, i was kind of late so we start class now.” The Teacher announced, and the class silently brought out their workbooks.

The Teacher got up with a bunch of books and a work laptop with some pencils and pens, and walked up to Kiibo and placed it on their desk. “There. Remember, you just have to be here. you guys are already set for life anyway.” He said and smiled at Kiibo, gently patting them on the head but quickly removing his hand after Kiibo gently pulled away. “..I'm not used to affection.” Kiibo looked back at The Teacher with an emotionless face.

“Ah, sorry. i'll let you work, if you want.” The Teacher went back to his desk and started doing the register by himself.

Kiibo suddenly felt something elbow his side. “Kiibo.” They turned and saw that Shuichi wanted to talk. He wasn't working. “What do you want?” Kiibo said scarily, turning their head to face Shuichi. Shuichi raised his eyebrows at their tone of voice. “U-um..i just want to ask..ah, how do i put this..?” Shuichi said shyly, turning his head away, sweating profusely. “..are you trying to be friends with me?”

 Kiibo finished his sentence. “Ah..! y-yeah, exactly..” Shuichi perked his head and turned to look back at them. Kiibo furrowed his eyebrows and looked down at their desk, thinking. ‘Do i really want to be friends with this weird dude..? what if he doesn’t accept me?’ Kiibo thought. 

They thought for a long time, almost hesitating. “you don't..?” Shuichi got confused by the sudden silence.

“N-no? i want to be friends with you, but i'm thinking about something.” Kiibo raised their head from their arms and looked at Shuichi. “What is it?” Shuichi looked serious now, furrowing his eyebrows as well. “Ah, it's nothing, I'll tell you later.” Kiibo cringed and looked away again. “So were friends now.” Kiibo continued their sentence. “c-cool..i never had a friend in ages..” Shuichi smiled and looked at his hands.