Teddy Bear [Danganronpa]

Chapter 3 (Pt2.5)

Trapped by the Ocean Scent
Pt 2.5

Third Person

The students split into two groups. Those that were sick plus Hajime, Mikan, and Fuyuhiko stayed at the hospital while the rest stayed at the hotel. Due to there only being so many rooms. Mikan, Fuyuhiko, and Hajime took turns sleeping in the on-call room. Nakama had been helping as much as he could, he would often ignore Mikan when she told him to rest.

Hajime was walking to the storage room to take his turn to rest when he saw Nakama slumped in a chair outside Y/n's room. The boy was fast asleep but looked very uncomfortable.

"Hey, Nakama." Hajime gently shook him.

"Huh?" His eyes fluttered open meeting Hajimes gaze. "Did I fall asleep?"

"Yeah, but why aren't you in the room?" He asked.

"Y/n won't let me in there." Nakama shrugged.

Hajime looked in the window of Y/n's room and saw the bear tucked into bed. "The hell, he does realize that you're in his body?"

"There's nothing I can do about it." Nakama shrugged again.

With a sigh, Hajime looked down at him. "You can sleep with me."

Nakama shook his head. "No, I don't want to bother you."

"Your in Y/n's body, you have to take care of it," Hajime told him and pulled him from the chair.

"I-I guess your right." Nakama stumbled as Hajime pulled him towards the room. "But why do you care about him? I mean he's kinda a dick."

"Y/n's my friend, I'm sure he'd do the same for me." Hajime opened the door for Nakama.

"But not for the same reasons...." Nakama trailed off and frowned when he saw only one bed in the room. Not to mention it was tiny. "You sure you want me to sleep with you."

"Yeah, it's fine." Hajime shrugged.

"Okay." Nakama looked anywhere but Hajime.

The two got into the small bed. They faced away from each other, their backs touching slightly.

"Do you think we're ever going to get off this island?" Hajime asked.

"You will Hajime," Nakama answered.

Not really believing him but feeling comforted by the bear's words Hajime drifted off into a deep sleep. When he woke up he was a bit disappointed to find Nakama had left. He hoped Nakama had actually stayed and didn't just leave when he fell asleep.

"Hey." Fuyuhiko came into the room in a bit of a rush. "Nagito's not looking too good."

"What do you mean?" Hajime ask as said boy never really looked good.

"I don't know, just common." Fuyuhiko waved and led Hajime to Nagito's room where Nakama and Mikan already were.

Monokuma was also in the room. The bear was twitching oddly and looked anxious. It felt like he was gearing up for death. Nakama had a stressed look on his face like he was searching his mind for answers.

"Is he going to be alright?" Hajime asked.

"He talked just a moment ago," Mikan said.

"He's still stable but not for long. It seems he might have got the worst end of this disease." Nakama stated. "I think the others arrived with something your two should go take a look." He said to Hajime and Fuyuhiko.

They did as Nakama said and checked out the monitor brought to communicate with the other group. The nighttime announcement eventually went off and they were forced to leave Mikan and go to their cottages. The next day Nagito's condition worsened and not much else happened. Nakama helped Mikan as much as possible and Y/n refused to talk until he was in his own body again. The next night drew in and just like before Hajime and Fuyuhiko were forced back to their cottages.

The next morning Hajime woke up from a very good sleep. He lay in his bed too comfortable to move or even open his eyes. A cold sensation covered most of his body and trapped him. Then he noticed a rise and fall of breath that was not his own. His eyes fluttered open and found Y/n- or Nakama asleep on his chest. His arms and legs wrapped around Hajime with content and peaceful face. The boy was oldly cold but a nice kind of cold like the cold side of a pillow. Hajime not wanting to disturb Nakama just let him sleep. It was a peaceful moment that Hajime didn't want to let go of.

"WAAAHGH!" Nakama suddenly shot up. "I FELL ASLEEP!"

"Hey calm down." Hajime shook Nakama.

"Ah sorry." He chuckled.

"Why are you here?" Hajime asked.

"Right! I came to tell you that Nagito has stabilized again. I must have fallen asleep while I was watching you." He thought aloud.

"Do you always watch me sleep?" The brunette questioned.

Nakama blushed. "No..."

Hajime titled his head as if saying "are you lying?".

"Okay yeah," he nodded sheepishly. "Not all of the time but most of the time."

With a chuckle, Hajime got out of bed.

"Your not...weirded out by that?" Nakama asked.

"Not really, I'm sure you have your reasons." Hajime shrugged.

"Do you really trust me that much?" Nakama frowned.

"Yeah, I guess." He shrugged.

"Huh," Nakama said with a thoughtful look.

"Common let's go check on Nagito." Hajime pulled him up.

The two went to the hospital not knowing the despair that would greet them there.