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Doubt Truth To Be A Liar (Sorakei & Sanniuri, SDRA2)

Prompt: https://otpprompts.tumblr.com/post/172726073425/imagine-your-otp-cuddling-on-the-couch-in/amp

"Imagine your OTP cuddling on the couch in bathrobes."

Warning: mentioned death, mentioned suicide, unhealthy "relationship," spoilers for SDRA2 chapter 6 and the bad ending!

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After Sora had left his room and closed the door behind her, Nikei's face went red as he tilted his hat down. He hadn't meant to almost confess to her like that! And yet, she was the only one who actually wanted to connect with him and make his life 'better' for him.

The journalist learned forward on his elbows in his seat at the table, burying his face in his hands as he felt his heart race. He looked up at the pen and paper he had given Sora for her supposed 'interview' of him before she revealed her real reasons for talking to him. The paper was still blank.

"What the fuck is wrong with me? I have a job to do..." he muttered, leaning his head back into his hands. He shouldn't be feeling like this, not when he needed to find a way to topple Mikado Sannoji's plan and get his control back. But he was getting too attached to the people that were nice to him, he had to stop this quickly.

Hajime was supposed to do his case soon, and then - according to Mikado - be allowed to leave. With everyone's fears from the murder, Nikei could use that as an excuse to isolate himself and continue his plan to take down Mikado from behind enemy lines. He had already payed Syobai to create the Tower of Babel to replace the fourth island, and unless he found more information, that place was to be Mikado's deathbed.

Nikei took some deep breaths as he thought about revenge, his heart rate going down as his blush decreased. He just needed to hide his true feelings and bide his time, even if he had to spend time with the people brought here to die to do so. He didn't want to look suspicious in Mikado's eyes quite yet. In fact, he had a feeling that Mikado started to suspect him.

He shook his head, he needed to get his mind off that. For now, he decided to focus on writing another article to distract himself. Maybe he would go and see Sora later to 'help get him some hobbies' as she told him. And maybe he wouldn't make an ass of himself by almost succumbing to any feelings this time.

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Mikado had lied to the Voids. Hajime wasn't spared execution, and neither was Emma when she accidentally killed on Iroha's turn. Nikei had turned to Setsuka and begged her for help after Emma's execution, and she agreed to help him take down Mikado. She warned him to not get caught by Mikado, and he decided to isolate himself to make Setsuka less suspicious.

He was already considered a loner by the group after his actions after Hajime's case, so cutting his attachments was easy to do. He continued to think about his plan involving the Tower of Babel if things went south and plotted how to kill Yuki in a way that fucked over the entire killing game.

As he sat on a bench and jotted down ideas into his notepad, he heard a set of footsteps drawing nearer. "Oh damn, I didn't think you'd be here. Did you come to make an article about the rides?" 

He looked up at the source of the voice, seeing Sora standing in front of him with a neutral expression. "Why the hell would you care? I told you, just stay away from me. I'm done interacting with this group," he dryly stated, going back to writing in his notepad.

"Well, someone has to make sure you're still alive, or we'd have to do a trial on you," Sora immediately retorted. "It would be much easier to keep an eye on you if you were with the group anyway, you wouldn't be under threat by Mikado or Syobai from being alone."