♡𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒽 [Komahina]♡ [CHECK DES]

Chapter Fifteen

【Ｈａｊｉｍｅ＇ｓ　Ｐｏｖ】

I continued about me and Akane's volleyball match. She was an aggressive player. I grimaced at the pain her throw caused. After a while we heard one of the foundation members come in and start talking.

"Excuse me, we wanted to let you all know that the ship will be arriving to Jabberwock shortly, you will all be given further direction from then. Thank you." They quickly left, walking out the door from where they came.

"We'll be back soon I guess huh." I turned back to Nagito who seemed to be thinking.

"I wonder what we'll be doing there? I apologize if they already said what we were doing on the island, I wasn't awake most of the time we were in the facility." He laughed softly.

"You're fine. If I can recall...we're going back so we can learn to live normally again without disrupting everyone else." I closed my eyes in focus.

"Ah, I see." Nagito responded, still in thought.

I looked off to the side mournfully. Only fourteen of us will return. Maybe not even that if Mikan doesn't compose herself. I looked back up when I heard footsteps coming near us.

"Yo, dude, you alright?" I looked up at Kazuichi.

"It's just that...we've lost three people at this point." I sighed. I'm the Ultimate Hope for what? It's not even my talent anyway. Nagito seemed to notice my despair as he reached under the table and took my hand in his, giving me a reassuring smile.

"Hajime, if you can reinstall hope in the rest of us, then you can provide yourself the same." His expression was consoling and empathetic, giving me a small wave of confidence. Kazuichi nervously patted my back.

"Yeah, what he said, bro. You got this." He gave me a smile before walking back to his table with Sonia and Gundham. Which is still weird.

"Hey, Hajime," Nagito started, causing me to look back towards him.

"Yeah?" I looked at him expectantly.

"Do you think Mikan's gone for good? Permanently stained by despair?" He frowned when he asked the question. Frustrated with the fact someone still followed despair.

"I...don't know. I have hope that isn't true...but I would be lying if I said I didn't have faith." I looked over to the side. I should believe in her but I don't think she's coming back to us.

Nagito sighed and looked out one of the windows. We stayed silent for a moment before we both saw someone walk up to us.

"Hey guys, Ibuki just wanted to come over here and talk! I don't think we have a hooot minute." The colorful girl scooched in beside me, pushing me a bit. I didn't really mind.

"Oh, hello Ibuki." Nagito smiled and I greeted her as well.

"Ohhh! Ibuki also wanted to say congrats on your relationship!! She's tooootally been shipping you two the whole time!" Ibuki smiled and practically hopped in her seat.

"H-huh?! How did you even know we were-" I started to ask before she interrupted me.

"Kazuichi told me. Me and him have actually been getting along pretty well honestly! Scene kidz foreva. :3" She giggled, throwing up the peace sign while somehow managing to pronounce an emoticon.

"Speaking of, have you guys noticed how much time he's spent with Sonia and Gundham? I thought they like, totally hated him! One time, Ibuki saw them all go in Gundham's cottage while holding hands..." She put her fingers to her chin while thinking, before gasping and smiling while starry eyed.

"Ohmygodthey'retotallydatingandaretotallyfucking!!!!" She spoke quickly, making it really hard to understand what she was saying.

"Wait, now that I'm thinking about it. It is quite suspicious." Nagito stared downwards, with a look of revelation.

"See?! Oh, oh! By the way! Have you been listening to the bands I told you about???" Ibuki leaned forward toward Nagito giddily.

"Oh, yes I have. They're very good! But one thing, they kind of hurt my ears, so I have to turn the volume down. But then I feel like I'm not listening correctly." He had a small look of shame in his eyes.

"That's alright! Ibuki understands! They'll try and find some quieter ones." She smiled at Nagito, who returned the gesture.

"Thank you." After Ibuki ranted about music for a minute she decided to return to her table Mahiru while waving.

"I didn't know Ibuki hung out with you." I smiled while tilting my head a bit.

"We don't do much, but I suppose we do sometimes. She shows me metal music, which I do like, but it's quite loud." He chuckled bashfully.

"Well we'll probably have a lot of time to hang out together on the island." I looked out the window, seeing beige land slowly come into view.

"Maybe even just the two of us." Nagito gave me a small smirk, making my face start to heat up.

"Hopefully." I smiled.

That would be nice. There's been a lot of incidents lately.