I've Got A Bad Case Of Loving You - Seiko Kimura x Male Reader (Danganronpa)

Chapter 8: An Unfriendly Reunion

After the end of the school day...

Hope's Peak Academy - Old Building, Second Floor - Library

You and Seiko decided to head up to the library after school to brainstorm ideas for you project together. You thought it would be a good idea to see if there were any materials in the library you could use to get some prompts. There didn't seem to be anybody else in there at the moment, so it seemed like a quiet place to do their work.

"So, Seiko, did you have anything in mind for the project?", you asked her. Both of them sat down by the table in the middle of the library.

"Mr. Ezura said it had to relate to both of our talents. I'm a pharmacist, and you're a marine biologist...there has to be something we could combine our talents to work on," she told you. "I'm experienced with making substances and measuring their side effects. But what would we do to connect that back to marine life?"

You began to think about some ideas. Maybe we could test to see the natural growth rate of a fish over time compared to a fish taking growth serum drugs? Or maybe we could test how quickly a healing med could help restore a starfish's limbs? Or maybe we can test the side effects of other drugs on smaller fish? The ideas kept going through your head.

"Do you have anything that can make living beings grow faster? Or anything healing-related, by any chance?", you asked.

"Well, I kind of do, but... I was hoping to save it for midterm exams," Seiko told you nervously.

"That's alright. You can keep it if you want. I know midterm exams are stressful for all of us, Seiko. We can always find something else. Besides, you're the Ultimate Pharmacist. I'm sure you can come up with something just as good!", you reassured her.

"Thanks for understanding, Y/N. I mean, we do have some time to figure things out, so we don't need to have a definite idea today. We can always work things out tomorrow, too," she said.

"I agree. Plus, I don't want to make an experiment that would hurt the fish in the process, or worse. That would...just feel wrong to me, you know?"

"I know what you mean. To be honest, I always had kind of a thing for protecting animals. Even when I was a kid. Who knows? Maybe if things had gone differently in my life, I could've been a veterinarian", Seiko said, then suddenly stopped once that unpleasant memory came back to her. She remembered that day: when the car hit two poor dogs on the road, when she still a little kid, she tried to save them. She was able to save one of them, but the other was beyond saving. She wanted to change the topic to get her mind off of it, but you already did.

"Say, uh, Seiko? Remember that new guy that came into class? Vince? I saw that you were pretty aggressive towards him. Did...did something happen between you two?", you asked her. For a moment, she looked triggered merely at the mention of that boy's name, but she knew that you were innocent. She knew you weren't around at the time to know about what happened.

"Look, Y/N... I know it's a lot to explain, but Vince and I - we're not friends. You weren't there to see what he did. He broke my trust when I thought he was opening up to me. I really don't want to bring that up right now, Y/N. I just want to enjoy spending this time with you, alright? It's-", Seiko said, before being cut off by someone else in the room.

"I hate to interrupt, but could you please be a little more quiet? I'm trying to study here", a student asked her. She was wearing a standard Hope's Peak uniform along with a long, dark blue skirt, and she had noticeably somewhat short, wavy green hair. Her light blue eyes and large oval-like glasses made her appear to be kind of shy. I think I might recognize her from somewhere, you thought.