Blood Crusted Lavender {Danganronpa OC Fanfic}

Chapter 10 - Regrets

Sorry I didn't have time to update last week. I was busy with marching band.

Also, DR characters compared to Blair's height. [166 cm/5'5"] ^^

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My restless, dreamless sleep was interrupted by a bright light shining down on me. I groaned, slowly opening my eyes.

The light blinded my vision for a bit, before I put a shaking hand over the source and slowly sat up. But it hurt. I looked down at myself, realizing I was covered in bandages. But there was no blood on the bed I was laying in, so at least I wasn't bleeding. At least not anymore.

I removed my focus from my broken form, taking in my surroundings. The walls of the room I was in were bright red, going oddly nicely with the bright blue tiles that made up the floor. Questionable choice of colors but I was too tired to think about that. The room was a pretty decent size, and mostly empty, aside from the bed, a small table in the corner, and a few cabinets and shelves. And, of course, the person sitting in a chair next to me.

Without tearing her worried gaze away from me, Chihiro turned off the bright light of the lamp.

Chihiro… she's the computer girl, isn't she? Was she the one who bandaged me up like this?

The girl clasped her hands together. "Blair! You're awake! Thank goodness! Are you alright? Do you feel okay?"

I spoke slowly. "Chihiro? Wha- what happened?"

"You attacked Monokuma, and he exploded. Luckily your-"

At the word 'exploded,' I bolted up, not caring about the throbbing pain in my head. "Wait. He exploded!? That means this is all over, right!? We can go home!" I smiled, happiness filling my heart.

But that feeling shrunk when Chihiro averted her gaze. "Um.. not exactly. Apparently Monokuma has extra copies of himself..."

I frowned, looking down at my bandaged arms. So I hurt myself like this for nothing.

"B-but look on the bright side! The explosion was small, so your injuries weren't that bad. You do have a few burns, but no broken bones."

I unveiled the sheets that covered the lower half of my body. My arms and legs did have some burns, and I could feel some on my stomach, plus bruises on my back. But right now, that pain meant nothing compared to the embarrassment and regret I was feeling.

Chihiro seemed to sense this. "Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing… just… I… rushed into a situation I knew nothing about and put myself at risk for nothing. I should have thought things over more. I'm an idiot." I said, wallowing in guilt. It was true. I shouldn't have rushed in and assumed things. I was just so scared and angry. I should have at least collected more information. But I didn't. I just attacked Monokuma. And look where that got me, sitting on a bed all bandaged up having to have other people take care of me.

"No-no!" Chihiro replied, waving her hands in front of her face. Her short brown hair bounced as she shook her head. "Thanks to you, we know that Monokuma has copies of himself. That's useful information! Plus, you were the only one who was ready to take action. Everyone else was still in shock. That has to count for something!"

I didn't reply, just stared into the space ahead of me. Instead, I asked, "Why'd you help me?"

The shorter girl looked a bit taken aback by the question. There was a slight blankness in her expression, as if she thought the answer was obvious. "Because I was worried about you." A smile plastered on her face.