Class 77th of Hope's Peak Academy seems completely normal at the first glace but a trasfer student, whose name's Hajime Hinata, learns that there is more than meets the eye. From the first day at his new school one cretain empty desk piques his inte...
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After that time, I didn't see him for a long while. I started dozing off but soon I woke up to a knocking sound. It weirded me out, to be honest. I didn't really know who it could be. I doubt it's any of our classmates. Since Komaeda wasn't anywhere around, although not being very happy about it, I had to check who it was.
I gulped nervously and hesitantly opened the door. Before me stood a woman with long, white wavy hair and office attire. She appeared to be in her thirties. She seemed confused to see me, just like I was to see her. "Excuse me.. who are you? Nagito's friend?" She came off as quite cold at first. She called him by his name. Huh.
"I-I guess.." I blushed a bit and scratched my face feeling awkward. "Can I come in? I want to talk with Nagito a bit. Is he around?" Who the heck is she? I wondered after letting her in.
"He'll be back soon, he's taking care of some things." I assured her. When we got to the living room due to feeling overwhelming awkwardness, I asked the lady if she wanted some coffee. "Oh, he never had any, that's surprising." She looked at me curiously. Does she visit him from time to time? I frowned trying to figure out her identity.
"Geez, kid, don't look at me like that." she laughed loudly. "I'm no one suspicious, really. I'm his aunt, my name's Jinja. Jinja Yuriko." She introduced herself and I breathed out in relief both because she wasn't anyone to be wary of and because he actually had a relative looking after him in some way. "I'm Hinata. Hinata Hajime. I'm gonna quickly go to make some coffee, okay?" I smiled sheepishly.
Going to the kitchen was a way for me to process the situation. What does she want to talk with him about? I pondered while pouring water into a coffee maker. "Oh shit!" I shouted when remembering Komaeda's wounds. She's gonna see the gauzes.. I hope it won't be problematic for him that I let her in. I mean.. she pretty much insisted on it, but what if Komaeda doesn't wish to talk with her..? I shook my head. Well, it's already too late. I can't ask her to leave now.
I went back and quickly noticed that in the meantime, Komaeda had come back. He greeted his aunt and seemed to be acting somewhat apologetic. "I'm sorry, Yuriko-neesan, I forgot about your visit." he laughed, probably feeling both awkward and bad about it. "It's okay, you usually do anyway." she shrugged it off. I placed the steaming cup of coffee in front of his aunt. "Thank you, Hinata-kun. Do you mind leaving us for a bit? I have some things to talk over with him.." I was going to listen to her request, however, before I did that, he grabbed my hand.
