Danganronpa Zero

Volume Two, Chapter One

Author's note: from here on out, everything will be from the second volume

"Yasuke-kun."

"What is it?"

"Heeey, Yasuke-kun."

"I said what is it?!"

"Why are you angry?"

"Are you for real? Because I spent my entire day trying to find a criminal! You should have said it was you who destroyed it all along! Why'd you lie about it?!"

"I didn't really lie about anything. I just didn't say mention it!"

"It's the same thing! Why did you do such a thing?!"

"It's because... you never leave your house anymore, Yasuke-kun..."

"...Huh?"

"I thought maybe if I made a sandcastle you'd come look. There's no sense in making them if you don't look at them..."

"It's none of your business..."

"...Yasuke-kun, why were you hiding?"

"Shut up."

"Don't you like people seeing you cry...?"

"I'll hit you!"

"You can't hit a girl, Yasuke-kun."

"You're just another dimwitted girl with no personality!"

"I... I won't cry... okay..."

"I'm not trying to make you cry!"

"I won't cry! Because the person who really wants to cry is Yasuke-kun!" "W-What are you saying? I don't cry..."

"Why do you keep pretending to be strong?"

"I'm not trying to be strong!"

"... You don't have to pretend to be strong in front of me... I don't care if I'm a dimwitted girl with no personality..."

"..........................."

"Anyway, if I saw you crying I bet I'd like you more..."

"That's kinda gross..."

"It's fine if it's gross. Besides, I've decided something. Even if you hide, I'll always be by your side. You can't escape me."

"You sound like stalker."

"I'm not a stalker. I'm your lover."

"Since when were you my lover? Is that something you decided by yourself?" "Hey, since we're lovers, I'll be with you when you're sad."

"I'm not really... sad..."

"There you go pretending to be strong again."

"I'm not pretending to be strong! I'm just not sad!!"

"Yasuke-kun..."

"In the end she didn't even remember who I am! She just figured I was just some kid she didn't care about! I couldn't even call her mum anymore in case she'd get scared, I had to pretend to be someone else's kid! I'm not gonna cry for her sake! Now that she's dead I've got a load off my shoulders! I don't have to be an actor in a play anymore!"

"But it was because of the disease..."

"I said it was unavoidable, didn't I? I'm sick of hearing it! The doctor was always saying that! The doctor didn't do anything! If he were really a doctor he would have cured my mum's disease"

"... He sounds like a phony."

"Hmmm... If I were a doctor, I would have cured her disease easily..."

"... Are you going to cry?"

"I said I don't cry!"

"... Don't worry. I'll never forget about you, Yasuke-kun."

"W-what... that's a weird thing to say suddenly..."

"It's not weird. I really mean it. Even if I forget everything else in this world, I'll absolutely remember you."

"If you do... forget, what will you do... ?"

"Then you'll cure me, Yasuke-kun. If you become a doctor, you'll be able to cure any disease I have, won't you?"

"Well... yeah, I guess..."

"And, if you forget, I'll remember you. But if I don't remember, we'll still be together forever! We'd spend our whole lives looking after each other!"

"I knew it, you really are a stalker, aren't you?"

"Anyway, we'll always be together! Hey, since we'll always be together, it's okay to do embarrassing things. It's okay to cry, you can cry forever."

"You... really are weird..."

"Ehehe, so have you given up?"

"... You won't laugh at me?"

"I won't laugh at you."

"... You won't try to comfort me?"

"I won't try to comfort you."

"... You won't tell anyone?"

"I don't have any friends to tell it to!"

"I don't have any friends either... Or any family."

For the first time in his life, Matsuda Yasuke cried in public.