Danganronpa Agere Oneshots!

💵☕️Classification🏍️🍂💻💚

Caregivers: Mondo Owada and Chihiro Fujisaki
Little: Byakuya Togami
hello! this was requested by Sadness_consumer :D i hope you like it! this request wanted chihiro to use he/him pronouns, so those are the ones i will be using :) also, this chapter does include a few swears due to mondo, so please keep that in mind. thanks for reading, and have an amazing day! <3
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Byakuya paced around his room, anxiously gnawing on his lower lip as his thoughts cluttered in his brain. To say that today had been stressful would be an understatement. Frankly, it was a disaster.

Today was classification day, which meant that the Academy sorted you into either a Little, Caregiver, Flip, or Neutral.

Truthfully, Byakuya thought he was going to get Neutral. He swore that he didn't have any interest in whatever the whole classification thing was, he swore that since it did nothing for him, it didn't matter.

Which was why he was so surprised when he got a letter later that day, the words 'Little' engraved in ink onto the slip of paper.

As such, when his phone started ringing, it was no surprise when he picked it up and was getting a call from his father.

He swallowed, forcing himself to ignore the twinge of anxiety in his chest as he clicked answer and held the phone up to his ear.

"Hello, fa—"

"Byakuya Togami!" His father snapped at him, and Byakuya winced, "Do you want to explain to me why I got a call from the Academy, saying that you were a little?"

The bitter words caused Byakuya's cheeks to flush with embarrassment. He never wanted his father to find out, never wanted him to view him like this, but he supposed that was inevitable.

"Father, I'm sorry, I—" He took a deep breath to stop his voice from cracking, "I don't know why. I truly did not expect this either."

"Think of your reputation! What will the family say? What will our clients say?" His father asked sharply, "This is a disgrace, a burden!"

It would be easy to say his father was overreacting if Byakuya didn't know it was a burden. How could he be the heir to the family if he was regressing under stress? If he took an interest in... child-like things? It would be nothing but an embarrassment to the entire family.

"It won't be a burden. I won't let it," Byakuya said firmly, "I won't be little."

Byakuya tried to sound composed, but any attempts at that crumbled when being faced with his father's wrath.

And suddenly, he felt like he was nothing more than a terrified child, forced to sit up straight and attain perfection in every aspect of his life.

"You had better not. I'll never forgive you if you make a fool of our family name," His father said, and suddenly, Byakuya noticed his vision blur and felt tears spill down his cheeks.

Because truthfully, wasn't that what he's spent his whole life trying not to do? He'd always tried to uphold the family name, especially throughout his childhood. He can't remember ever playing games as a child, instead opting to study harder in school or fill out paperwork. He competed with his siblings in everything, having to be the best to survive.

Were all of his efforts really going to be thrown away, all because of some classification he couldn't control?

"I won't disappoint you," He uttered shakily, and he might have said more if the door to his room hadn't clicked open. He swore under his breath. He hadn't locked it, which was his first mistake...