Humming the Despair (Project Sekai x Danganronpa fic)

-|:|-Prologue|:|NeedLe🎇✨🧶|:| Part One-|:|-

-POV Ichika-

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I had some childhood friends I was really close with.

Our personalities were worlds apart, but we always had a lot of fun together. The four of us got long really well.
...
That's why everyone readily agreed to my suggestion to form a band.
The starlit sky we saw on the way back from our first practice session was so beautiful.
...

"Oh... Was that a shooting star just now?

-"What? Where? Hey, let's go over to the jungle gym! Maybe we can see some more!"

... Saki always had plenty of energy to spend.

"There's another one!

-It's so pretty! Oh yeah, I think I saw something about it on TV this morning."

... Honami- she... was pretty discreet, but kind. She was always caring and ready to teach us more about the stars in the sky.

"Really? Does that mean we can see more if we wait here for a bit?"

... And Shiho always brang us back to the real world with sarcasm, yet, it had nothing mean. She was really nice once we got used to her personality.

"Saki- ?"

... My memory is a bit hazy remembering all of that but...

"Hehehe... Just making a wish that we could stay like this forever! Playing together, talking about stuff, watching shooting stars on our way home... I wish we could keep doing all that together forever!
-I wish we could, too.
-Me three!
-Same."

...
And then... because of health problem, Saki had to go to the hospital through middle school. The hospital was too far away for us to visit, and eventually, the group started to part away. Honami started to hang out more with her classmates, and Shiho just... pushed everyone away.
...

I really hoped we could be together forever, as we wished.
I didn't know what to do anymore and...
I just started giving up any hopes I could have.

...

I feel like my head is resting on a cold wooden-floor, a school like floor. School is where everything started to feel hopeless... I... really don't like to think about it.
I just raised my head to look where I was. It looked like an empty classroom, with ivy ramping on the walls, barbed wires blocking the windows. The desk were all dusty, and a giant screen just replaced the blackboard. The wooden-floor was really dusty too tough-.
Looking behind me, two open lockers were standing straight against the wall. I guess I came out of those, since I'm standing in front of them.

I, don't think I am going to learn anything else here, there isn't anybody to talk to, and the classroom has nothing to announce anything. I just headed toward the door.
As soon as I passed it, a familiar voice I didn't though I would heard ever, called my name.

"Ichi-?!"

This felt like a buzz in my ears, the liveliness of this call, my name being shortened this way...

"Saki?"

I turned to meet the person who was calling me. Yup, Blonde curly ponytails with pink end, big bright pink eyes, cheeks covered with blush, wearing an oversized pink kintted sweater with a little reddish ribbon tied in a bowtie, with black ribbons tied on the side, with a blue short. I didn't hallucinate, Saki was standing right in front of me.

"Ichi! I That's you! I missed you so much! Since- you know! And that place is downright scary! I just got out of a locker in a super weird classroom!"
She ran toward me and hugged me tightly, without giving me much air to breathe, but yet, it felt comforting. I hugged her back, still shocked by our sudden meeting.

"Saki- you- I- I got out from a weird locker too but I mean- you're out of the hospital?!"
My voice sounded a little bit akward, but I guess it's normal since I didn't see her in a long time. She didn't seemed to ming though.

"Yup! The doctors and nurses told me I was in perfect health now, and that I could go back to school! I wanted to make you, and Honami, and Shiho a little surprise by coming back suddently, dashing in the classroom and presenting myself in front of the rest of the class but... uh- You know, I woke up in a weird classroom and- you know what's next!
- I- I see- I- I woke up in a weird classroom too but- I guess that's- pretty much logical- I- I'm glad you're better now Saki-.
-Hehe~ Hey! How are Hona and Shii? Are they alright? Are we still like-"

She stopped herself in the middle of her question. I guess, everything that happened was marked on my face. Ah- I should have thought that she would ask this quickly as we found each others back. I sighed, and inhaled back

"Shiho is- working pretty late now, and Honami hangs out a lot with her class. We still hangs out but- not- as much as before..."
My voice might have sounded unsure. I didn't lie, well, I didn't say the whole truth as well, but, okay I lied a bit I guess-. Luckily, Saki seemed to believe it.
"Phew- That's a relief then! I'm so excited to talk to them again! I will surprise them this time! Don't ruin the little surprise okay? And don't make anymore dark faces like that, that give uneasy feelings you k-"

She was cut right in the middle of her sentence by a scream coming out from a classroom at the end of the corridor.
"WAAAAAAAAAH! MY BACK! WHAT WAS THAT?!
-"WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! DIAGONAL BIRD BAWOOM WONDERHOY ATTACK 5!! All together now!! One, two, wonderhoy!
-Wha- Huh? What do you mean wonderhoy?! Hey my back still a-
-Wonderhoy!
-Stop it!
-Won-
-Okay okay! I'll do it! WONDERHOYYYYYYYYYY! Are you satisfied now?!"

"This voice..."
Saki's face brighten up suddently, sparkles filling her eyes. I think we both recognized the loud voice emerging from the classroom, and I had an idea of whom voice could be the other person's.
"This sound like Tsukasa's voice!
-And Otori's as well-
-Let's go Ichi! They might know where we are!

Saki grabbed my sleeve and pulled me to the classroom, dashing through the corridor. Yup she was in full health.
The classroom we just entered looked similar to the one I woke up in, at the exception of the peculliar scene that was taking place in front of us.
The boy with blonde short hairs and a long jean jacket with a black-gray and white shirt, Saki's brother, Tenma Tsukasa, was desperatly trying to stand up, pushing himself against one of the dusty desk, his eyes still shocked and in pain, while a girl with bright pink hairs and eyes, bright pink jacket, bright yellow shirt and a jean overall, Otori Emu was bouncing happily aroud the classroom, moving her arms happily.