Danganronpa Zero

Chapter Five

Siiiiigh......

Zzzzzzzzzz... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......GYAAAAAAAAH!

I jumped to my feet at the sudden pain of my skin being pulled violently, and saw a boy standing at my bedside with a jumble of cords attached to suction cups in his hands. My heart started beating fast.

"Ah! It's Matsuda-kun, isn't it? Isn't it!?"

Not wasting a second, I leaped straight into him, but just like a matador he nimbly stepped aside. My head crashed into the wall as if I was the coyote, tricked by the Road Runner. I could see stars spinning around my head.

"Ugugugu... Why are you avoiding me...?" "Because you have a swollen face."

"Y...You can't go calling a girl's face swollen...!", I turned my shaky feet and peeked into a mirror I found on top of one desk. My face was packed with violet-blue specks the size of small coins... Swollen, sure enough.

"B...But, that's because you pulled those suction cups off my face so violently, Matsuda-kun!" "I was in a hurry."

"Oh, I wouldn't mind if you go right here!"

".........I'm not in a hurry because I have to use the toilet."

"Of course, how silly of me! Matsuda-kun never has to use the toilet at all!" "What do you even think I am, Ugly?"

"You're the most sublime being in human history, of course!"

"Don't include me in your ridiculous delusions...", Matsuda-kun exhaled a big breath, as if giving up. "I've had enough. If I keep talking to you I'd go weird in the head too". He started tidying up the trolley. "Anyway, I have more business to attend to today. Go home, quickly now."

"Eh? But whyyyyy!?" Naturally, I strongly objected to the proposition. "I don't wanna! I'd be lonely!"

"Honestly, you're such an annoying girl..." Matsuda-kun narrowed his eyes and slowly stepped in front of my face. He grasped both of my shoulders tenderly. "Close your eyes."

"......Eh?"

"Just do it, close them."

As my heart beat rhythmically at Matsuda-kun drawing near before my eyes, I did as I was told and closed them. My entire body became hot. I felt as if I was about to melt. The blood vessels behind my ears pulsed violently. This situation could only mean one thing, right?! It's a terrible cliche, but what else could it be?! It is, isn't it? It is!

Then, as the anticipation made my heart go boom boom boom, I felt Matsuda-kun moving behind me. Before I could even wonder what was going on, he started pushing me forward. In a second, I was thrown out into the corridor.

"Ow!"

I collapsed on the corridor's floor from the excessive force of Matsuda-kun's shove. It was a small mercy that I had clean underpants on.

"The next treatment is in three days. Be a good girl and stay in your room. Don't go out on needless walks", said Matsuda-kun before I could even get up, and then shut the door loudly behind him.

"Uuuu... He tricked me..."

My shoulders drooped, but since there was nothing I could do I simply left the neurology lab, crestfallen. As I exited the biology building, the first thing I did was check my notebook. I had to go back to the dorms, but since I forgot where they were, I flipped through the pages of "Ryouko Otonashi's Memory Notebook" as I walked. Eventually, I found the school map it seemed I drew all by myself. I guess this is a good time to do a full scale review of my notes, and explain the full picture regarding Hope's Peak Academy.