Orange Juice

Chapter three: Lost and Found

Hajime walked to the cottages, he looked around with no sign of the white haired boy, he felt the mix of sweat and ocean water go down his back, his damp hair falling down slightly, his skin glittering softly.

As he looked around the heat seemed to be getting worse, he wanted to run a back to the water and jump in but his heart felt this guilt that he needed to find Komaeda. He walked slowly over to the cottage of the ultimate lucky student to find the door swung open and Komaeda collapsed on the floor.

Hajime ran to the boy and tried to wake him, Komaeda's body extremely hot, he wore his signature outfit like he wasn't planning on going to the beach. In a desperate attempt to get Komaeda to wake up Hajime took off his jacket and threw it aside.

Komaeda's body was layered with a coat of sweat and his breathing was slow, his short hung lose against his thin frame, it fell softly down his shoulder exposing his collarbone and neck. Hajime rested a hand on his forehead and felt the heat was immense.

He picked up Komaeda, he rests the boys head against his own shoulder, he held his thighs softly and made sure Komaeda's arms were wrapped against his next. Hajime left the cottage to see no one waiting or even around, just the heatwave getting worse. Hajime walked slowly to the dining hall, he heard the light mumbles of Komaeda every once and awhile, usually having to do with hope or the heat.

They arrived to the kitchen and Hajime placed Komaeda on the counter. He rummages around the freezer, the cool breeze being all but a soft comfort from the heat, he pulled out a ice pack and smiled softly. Hajime softly placed the ice pack against Komaeda's forehead, this made his breathing go back to a normal pace.

As Hajime stood in the kitchen he wondered why he cared so much for Komaeda, he hadn't earned anything from Hajime so why did he care at all? Komaeda is just a nobody to everyone so Hajime should just follow them, right? Everyone hated Komaeda so Hajime should too, he needed to be like the ultimates.

Hajime's train of thought was broken when a loud bang came from outside, Hajime ran out of the dining hall in a panic to see Souda covered in oil and dirt,
"Oh Hey Hinata! what are you doing here?" Souda asked, he wiped the grease off his face with a towel that made his face look worse.
" I was uh- getting a drink- whats wrong with your face and like everything else?" Hajime asked, Souda cringed before sighing in misery,
" I made something at the beach to help everyone out, it was a fan that served drinks but it exploded and now i'm kicked out of the beach party" Souda says, he kicked a rock softly in sadness.

Hajime sighed at the miserable Souda,
" Dude, this is just sad, how did you even get it to explode? are you stupid or something?" Hajime asked with a slight annoyance in his tone,
"Hey! I didn't do it on purpose, I'm stupid either you jerk! god you're worse than Fuyuhiko!" Souda yelled, Hajime rolled his eyes and groaned,
"Whatever man, You're so annoying sometimes" Hajime groaned, He walked back to the kitchen in annoyance as Souda yelled at him from the behind.

Hajime walked in and slammed the door, he was filled with anger because of Souda's 'sob' story, He was caught off guard when someone hugged him, Komaeda was pushed into Hajime's shoulder,
"W-What the hell?! Komaeda!" Hajime yelled, he wanted to fight the hug off him, he knew he could with Komaeda's weak state but he felt no longing for Komaeda to let go,
" Hinata-Kun! Thank you so much for helping me! Trash like me should never get this kindness especially from someone like me!" Komaeda cried out like he had never received kindness before which slightly confused Hajime.

Komaeda finally let go of Hajime and smiled softly, he had tears streaming down his face, his soft expression made Hajime's heart race,
"It's nothing, I don't care about you or anything, I just..wanted to help you weirdo!" Hajime yelled, he didn't want to care about Komaeda, he shouldn't care about Komaeda but he wanted him to be okay.
Komaeda just smiled at Hajime like all his angry words didn't affect him, as though he only saw the best in Hajime,
"I just wanted to thank you Hinata-Kun, for being so kind to me like no one else, it fills me with so much hope"  Komaeda's words were soft and filled with heart, what had this Ultimate gone through?

Hajime sat on his soft bed, he had returned to his cottage because he had no more interest in the beach party, his mind filled with stress and confusion, he despises it here, this stupid island was shrouded in despair and that dumb Komaeda was messing with him, he wants to go home now.

As Hajime thought his day couldn't get worse a horrible ding filled the air, Monokuma's announcement but it wasn't morning or night time. Hajime glared at the tv screen, Monokuma's evil grin filled the screen,

"A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED!!"