Phantom Thieves of Hope - A Danganronpa X Persona 5 Story.

Chapter 66: Shave Ice or Snow Cones

Junk Food for a Dashing Youth - Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

"A-Ah!? Chiaki-senpai! Monomi!" Makoto flustered, quickly trying to cover for his sister, who was slowly turning red, and not from the heat, "Wh-What are you doing over here? I thought you were back with the others?"

"Monomi-sensei and I thought carrying drinks for everybody might be tiring," Chiaki explained, "so we chased after you to lend you a hand and a paw..."

"Of course, as your teacher, I came along too," Monomi smiled, "What seems to be the matter?"

Before Makoto or Komaru could explain what was going on, another tanned dude with shades suddenly ran along the sand towards the one that was flirting with Komaru, tapping him on the shoulder.

"Hey! Some'a the guys managed to pick up a group of girls over by that way!" he exclaimed, "You should come too!"

"Aw man, for real? Well, sure!" the bro nodded and turned back to Komaru with a smirk, "Sorry for the trouble, little miss! The offer still stands if ya' wanna hang out, though! See ya later!"

"God, I hope not..." Komaru growled as the two jocks scurried away.

After the surfer dude's left, Komaru and Makoto continued to shoot shifty glances both towards each other, as well as towards their fellow Thieves. It was apparent that Chiaki and Monomi were both in earshot, and even if Chiaki hadn't overheard, Monomi absolutely should have. Her hearing was above and beyond precise.

Both the Naegi siblings were hesitant and nervous to see how they would react, but the first person to speak up was Chiaki, who, as per normal, seemed rather calm about it.

Beautiful Days - Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

"So...That's what a pickup line looks like?" she tilted her head, "I've never seen one before..."

"For some reason, I don't believe that," Makoto shook his head.

"Are you alright, Komaru?" Monomi asked, "That man wasn't giving you any unwanted trouble, was he?"

"H-Huh? Oh! No! Nothing I can't handle!" she flustered, "I was just trying to make it clear that I wasn't interested! I-I can be quick-witted when I want to be, you know!?"

"I see... as expected from Komaru. You're really pretty, so I imagine you've been through something like this before..." Chiaki pondered, "If it were me, and if someone came up to me and talked to me in that way, I'd be shaking head to toe."

"Trust me, this hasn't happened before," Makoto promised, "the idea that someone would want to pick up someone as childish as Komaru is..."

"Hey! " Komaru spat, "I'm not gonna be called childish by someone who's too small to hit a watermelon properly!"

"Oh, screw you!" Makoto spat back, "Why don't you go hang out with them if it bothers you that much!?"

"Enough you two! You're both being childish!" Monomi pouted, "You came over here to buy drinks, didn't you? Let's grab the drinks and head back to the rest of the group; why don't we?"

"Ah, hang on, I was asking about souviners as well," Komaru told her.

And like that, the bartender finally returned and told Komaru about the pricing of the bookmarks. Since she had the money on her and figured she might as well grab one while she had the opportunity, Komaru brought a bookmark for Toko to bring back to the towels and the rest of the group.

The Naegi siblings put their little quarrel aside for the moment, and the brief storm passed over. Komaru and Makoto were relieved that they seemed to have thrown the other two off the trail, and they chatted as they tried to divvy up the drinks.