Your Hope, My Despair

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Hajme's POV-

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After watching our classmate, and beloved friend, Gundham Tanaka, get executed, we were all heart-broken. Not like we werent sad about any of the others, this one just.. felt different.

Sonia didn't take it well.. at all. She couldn't accept the fact that her loved one had the guts to do this.. Yes, Nekomaru was a robot but.. he was still Nekomaru.. the Ultimate Team Manager.

Kazuichi was trying his best to comfort the blonde, who was wailing hysterically. Kazuichi looked like he was on the verge of tears too, he lost two of his best friends, in one day.

Fuyuhiko was trying to appear unphased but we knew that he wasn't, as he stood next to Akane, who looked to be both beaming with anger yet drowning in depression.

Akane loved Nekomaru, she didn't care that he ended up as a robot, she didn't care about how he looked then, they were still platonic soulmates, meant for each other. She was leaned against her podium from the trial, not facing anyone apart from Fuyuhiko; we could all hear her incoherent sobs.

Chiaki and I were sat on the floor, leaning against the wall; we didn't speak, we felt no need to, she seemed weirdly unaffected by this, she just sat there looking at the ground. Perhaps it was to shock, maybe anger? Maybe.. defeat?

》"Hajime." She finally spoke, looking up at me.

》"We.. we can't give up now.! We need to find the traitor, no matter what."

》"Yes, I agree with that, we've come so close, we can't give up!" I say, feeling more determined.

We smiled at each other for a second before I could feel a presence, a bit behind me.

I could feel him staring at me.

That was, Nagito Komaeda. He's been acting.. off ever since we came to the funhouse. He did mention during the trial that he went to the 'Final Dead Room'.

I was going to do that, but got stopped by Chiaki, I was thankful at the time but, I need to find out what Nagito knows.

During the trial, he revealed that I was a reserve course student with no discernable talent. Nice.

That hurt, to say the least.

But. I doubt that book was just of me, that'd be a bit weird, right? Surely.. Surely there's something else.

Soon, Monokuma led us back to our cottages but I couldn't stop thinking about one thing..

What does he know..?