Danganronpa agere one-shots ( requests open! )

🍼 Akane to the rescue!🍼

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Little/age regressor: Hajime Hinata

Caregiver/Caretaker: Akane Owari 

This was requested by cloudsmallworld! Sorry if I got anything wrong in this fic! I hope you enjoy!

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Akane wasn't a very observant type of person, but she had been noticing some behavior coming from one of her fellow classmates that reminded her an awful lot of her siblings back at home. Every other week during the morning breakfast meetings, Hajime would slowly drift away from the conversation he was engaging in, usually with Chiaki or Nagito. He would look around the table, and when he saw no one was looking, he'd slowly drift a thumb upwards into his mouth, and beginning to suck on it slightly. Akane was quite confused on why Hajime was doing this, but she found the act quite endearing. Curiosity began to creep within her mind, and she had a goal to figure out what was going on with him. 

"Sometimes he'll have trouble standing up. He doesn't ever fall over but his legs shake a lot. I was thinking it might be low iron, but that doesn't explain the finger-sucking thing. He's been using all his money at the MonoMono Yachine. I didn't really think much of it at first, but he'll usually keep trying until he'll get some sort of stuffed animal, which he will proceed to hug and cuddle with for a few minutes. Sometimes I'll catch him crying over small things like spilling his drink or scraping his knee. I'm not really sure what any of this means, but it reminds me of my younger siblings a lot. I'm probably just going crazy from not seeing them as much. But maybe Hajime just needs a big sis there for him? It's worth a shot, right?"

Akane sighed and pushed back in her chair, setting her pen down on the desk and flipping the notebook shut. She was sure she was going overboard with all of this, heck, no one normal would take literal notes to figure out why someone was acting childishly. She was completely out of thoughts, and her "big sis" idea was the best one she had. There was no harm in it, and Hajime seemed like he was in need of some sort of comfort. 

So, for the following weeks, Akane tried her best to be gentle with Hajime. She would ruffle up his hair and tell him he did a good job after helping his classmates, smile at him if he ever caught her looking at him while sucking in his finger, giving him stuffed animals she had gotten by luck from the MonoMono Yachine so he wouldn't have to waste his money and time anymore, helping him clean himself up if he spilled something onto himself, and giving him childish bandaids ( like the Hello Kitty ones ) if he ever got hurt. And Hajime was not very happy with her behavior. As far as he knew, she only knew about him sucking his thumb occasionally, so he had no clue why she was treating him like a child on the days he felt little. And it was hard trying to stay big in front of everyone when someone is making you feel as if you're a toddler.  

Hajime stepped out of the kitchen, where he was previously helping Teruteru cook lunch for tomorrow. He was hoping he'd be able to somehow maneuver away from the girl who was very close to figuring him out, but he failed. She pushed herself off of the wall she was leaning on moments earlier and walked over to the teen boy in front of her. "Good job bud, you did well back there!" Akane cood, patting Hajimes head in an endearing manner. Hinata moved his head away from Owari's hand, and glared at her. "Why are you doing this?" The reserve course asked, and Akane tilted her head in response, "Doing what?" She asked innocently. Hajime sighed loudly "treating me like I'm some sort of child. I'm not five, ok?" He mumbled angrily. Akane gave a gentle smile and swung an arm around him. "I know you're not five, Hajime. But you seem in need of comfort from someone. And if I can be that person, then I'll be that person for as long as I need to be!" She exclaimed proudly. Hajime wasn't expecting any form of comfort from her after he told her how he felt. He hoped that she would walk away so he could go to his own dorm and play with the stuffed animals he owned. But all of the nice things Akane was saying to him, the arm around him, and the fact that he was already feeling small made him slip. Far. 

Hajime felt his legs give out from under him, thank god Akane was good with her reflexes "I gotcha bud, don't worry" she cood, picking him up into her arms. Hinata was trying to talk to Akane, he really wanted to thank her, but he was feeling more little then he ever felt before. The small inaudible babbles proved he was in his babyspace, but Owari had no clue what was going on. She hadn't ever actually seen him that little before, but her unknown caregiver instincts kicked in anyway, and she gently rocked him back and fourth. "You wanna go home lil' guy?" The little nodded shyly. The gymnast stepped out of the building and began walking to Hajimes cottage. Fuyuhiko and Kazuichi were talking to each other next to the dock, so when they saw the usual stubborn boy in Akane arms, they were rightfully confused. "The fucks up with Hajime? Is he ok?" Fuyuhiko asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yea, Hajimes usually not that"cuddly"...Are you guys dating!?" Kazuichi yelped, and the smaller boy in Akane arms whimpered. The loud noise was scary to him!

"No, we aren't dating. He was just feeling a bit tired so I'm carrying him to his cottage. Now, if you'll excuse me..." Akane finally got the door open, and she set Hajime down onto the floor while she locked the door behind her. The small boy on the floor felt his eyes fill with tears, which soon spilled out along with a sob. The gymnast crouched down next to the little. "Baby, don't cry, what's wrong?" Once again, the small babbles from the boy gave Akane no help. The boys body movements did though, he was tugging at his shirt with an obvious look of discomfort on his face. "Need some comfy clothes on, hm?" Akane asked, gently wiping away his tears with her thumb. Hajime nodded again, pointing under his bed. The gymnast was confused by his actions, but she slowly made her way to the bed, where she reached her hand under. Soon, she felt something, and she grabbed it and managed to get it out from under. It was a small brown box, nothing really special about it. She opened the top of it, and was greeted with a blue pacifier, green pajamas with a sort of dinosaur design on them, a baby bottle, and a sippy cup. Akane was baffled with the objects in this box, but the loud cries from the boy behind her caused her to scramble and grab the pajama set from the box. She turned around and faced the little boy, patting his head "hey bubba, it's alright, I have your clothes right here!" He looked over, and made grabby hands at the clothing, babbling to himself. She handed them to him, but soon realized she would be doing most of the work here. He wasn't properly taking off any of his clothes, he was just pulling on them, hoping they'd somehow fall off. Akane reached out, and began untying his tie. "Let me help you, alright?" The little boy held up a thumb, indicating it was alright. She began to undress him, and even though she was seeing him almost naked, there wasn't really any embarrassment or attraction happening. She wasn't seeing Hajime as Hajime at this point, it was more like the feeling she got when taking care of one of her siblings.

"Can you put your arms up for me bud?" Hajime raised his arms as high as he could immediately, nodding vigorously. Akane chuckled, and pulled the pajama shirt over his chest. She got his pants in for him, and she made a small 'awe' sound when seeing him. She reached over and grabbed the pacifier, which Hajime immediately took. He sucked on it quietly, and Akane smiled at the sight. "Wanna get off the floor and lay on your bed, bud?" The little yawned around his paci, making grabby hands at Owari, she picked him up and set him on his bed. The gymnast pulled the covers over the little, and gave him a small stuffed bear that was sitting on the bedside table. The smaller male cuddled into the stuffie immediately. Akane gently stroked his back with her hand, causing the little to drift off to sleep almost immediately. 

'Littlespace...huh...' Owari thought as she read through an article on her monopad. She had finally figured out what Hajime was. And now, she had a new goal for herself:

                       Be the best caregiver you can to him