Danganronpa Ultra Despair Hagakure

Chapter 3 [Nakajima Kanon]

The first New Years after Leon-oniichan enrolled in Hope's Peak Academy, I was roasting like mochi on the stove. Nay, I was sulking. I hid in the kotatsu up to my shoulders like some kind of caterpillar, talking to myself. "Choberibaaa..."

Half a year had passed since I made that bet with Onii-chan, but I totally didn't at all even a little feel like I could pitch anywhere near 160 kilometers an hour. I still couldn't even pitch into the strike zone. I guess everyone had started calling me "Needle Thread"[1] behind my back. Because just like when you're trying to thread a needle, it never goes in, and even just watching it makes you irritated.

A cooler nickname would be, Needs All Thy Respect[1]-ugh, you've gotta be kidding!

"Aaaaaahhhhh, geeeeeeeeeeeeez!"

Since making that bet, I hadn't met Onii-chan even once. Our houses were about 15 minutes apart by car, so he was pretty close, but it wasn't the kind of distance where you'd just stumble across each other on accident-

I had become stubborn, and averted my eyes immediately whenever I saw Onii-chan at school, even by chance-and after those days that all blurred together, Onii-chan was accepted into Hope's Peak Academy, and went to go live in the dorms-

...It was too late to change my mind. Now, a distance had opened up between us where I couldn't go see him even if I wanted to.

Well, despite saying that, I could have called him or emailed him if I really wanted to... but that was still kinda... Even if it had all been a set-up, I had taken the bet, and my female stubbornness was getting in the way of my love... Ohohohoho... "Uwahhh..."

I miss him. It hurts. It hurts it hurts it hurts it hurts. I miss him I miss him I miss him I miss him.

As I was writhing under the kotatsu, my mom called out from the kitchen where she was preparing the ozouni.

"I hear Leon-oniichan's coming over."

"...Huh?"

"He's coming home for New Year's, so while he's here he's going to come over to our place to get his New Year's money."

"...Seriously?"

"Haven't I told you to stop speaking to your own parents using words like 'seriously'?"

"Eh, well, no, I didn't mean it like that-are you serious?"

"I'm serious."

She's serious!!!!

I jumped to my feet out of the kotatsu as if I was moving in fast-forward, climbed the stairs to my room, and got my makeup ready at the speed of light. I thought that I shouldn't be in my house clothes and was about to change into my favorite one-piece dress, but it was a summer dress no matter how you looked at it, and I didn't want to put him off and make him think, wow, what a try-hard... so I ended up changing into some brand-new jeans and a shirt.

Uwoooooooooohhhhhhh! Leon-oniichaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Onii-chan Onii-chan Onii-chan! I get to see Onii-chan! The world is mine! The Earth revolves around me!

"...Wait."

...Hold on a minute.

...Think about this rationally, me. Our bet isn't over yet.

-If you CAN'T do it... then you're banned from talking to me until you can.

We're finally seeing each other again after half a year, but I can't exchange even a single word with him? He doesn't even want me to He's seriously just coming to get his New Year's present? Onii-chan, aren't you a high school student? Are you seriously still asking for New Year's money?