Hopeful Blacksmith (Danganronpa 1 x OC)

Chapter 28: Trust Me?

(A/N: The song up top and the ones down below are G's main theme songs in my opinion :3 Also, G is non-binary, use They/Them as their pronouns :3 <3)

---MONOKUMA THEATER!---

Let's talk a bit about where I was at before I became a bear. At first, I was at a total loss. I just had no idea what I should become! A lady in our tech support department suggested I try being a shrimp. She was like, "Oh, the company's been trying to push for this forever! It's a really incredible offer!" But as she laid out all the details, it turned out it wasn't a tiger prawn like I'd hoped, but a little popcorn shrimp! That's totally tiny! I would've been the world's smallest mascot! I like EATING shrimp, I didn't wanna be one myself! Plus someone might come along and step on me... So then the lady totally started laughing at me! She was like, "You think we can do a tiger prawn on *our* budget?" So ultimately, I decided to become a bear instead. And that's the secret origin story of Monokuma...

--- END ---

The next day in the dining hall, most of us were gathered to eat breakfast. I was surprised to see Toko there without Togami, and so was Makoto.

"What are you s-staring at...?", Toko asked.

"Oh, Toko...?", Makoto muttered.

"What, you think y-your eyes will rot just by l-looking at me? Fine, then DON'T l-look at me!"

"I think he's just surprised to see you at the breakfast meeting, is all...", Hiro clarified.

"Indeed. It's been quite a while since you joined us.", Sakura mused.

"Yeah, what made you change your mind?", Hina asked.

"Byakuya said he...l-likes girls to have some meat o-on her bones, so... I'm g-gonna start eating! I'm gonna force it d-down into my stomach! I'm gonna eat till I d-drop!"

"I never expected that coming from him...", I muttered.

"Well, other than that...it looks like Kyoko isn't here.", Makoto noted.

"Oh, she said she'd come by later.", Hiro stated.

"Later...?"

"Yeah. After you leave."

She's not even trying to hide it anymore...

"I know I said she wanted you to show some backbone, but you didn't need to show her THAT much! You're dirty, Makoto! Dirty! President Dirty of Dirtlandia!", Hina huffed.

"You don't understand...!"

"You're the type who takes the stairs of love three steps at a time, aren't you!?"

"I don't think Makoto is like that...", I deadpanned.

"I'm telling you, it's not like that!"

"J-Just shut up already, Hina...! You've been running your f-filthy mouth like that all m-morning...", Toko spat out all of a sudden.

"Filthy? ME!?", Hina sputtered.

"Don't m-make me repeat m-myself..."

"I'm not filthy!"