Dangan Ronpa:return to Despair Academy

Our Last Song

I had wanted to help prepare for Tomoko's concert,but I needed to talk to Yoichi.

I have to know exactly what made him like this.

I plodded down the hall towards the infirmary where Akihiro had disappeared when the meeting broke up.The strange colored lights throwing my shadow across the wall.Every step or two I took resulted in my blazer billowing behind me and my hair swishing in a direction that made my shadow look like some sort of demon.

Why do I feel so paranoid right now?Is it because I told everyone my secret?

I tried to take my mind off the monsters but my paranoia just made my shadow look even more menacing.I decided to pick up my pace and I sprinted down the hall.

I burst into the infirmary.Akihiro,who was sitting on the desk chair stood up in an instant and reached for his bow,probably out of instinct.Upon seeing that it was me his urgency relaxed into slight worry."Shizuko is something the matter?"

"N-No!I was,I was just being stupid."I laughed nervously,running a hand through my hair to fix it and trying not to breathe heavily.

Man I'm really out of shape.

Akihiro didn't seem satisfied with my answer but didn't press the subject.He sat back down in his seat and looked at Yoichi.

He was awake,but he was as pale as the dead,most likely due to all the blood he lost from the arrow.His eyes were staring blankly up at the ceiling.He was still tied to the bed.

"Yoichi..."I gently called out to him,trying not to anger or startle him.

He turned to me slowly.His eyes were glassy,bloodshot and out of focus."...huh..."

I turned to Akihiro quizzically.

"I gave him the pain relievers Igao found earlier."

"How much did you give him?"I asked looking at his drunken state.

"Not a lethal amount of course.However with such a large wound more than the registered dose was necessary.He would have been a lot like this had we found some morphine."Akihiro sighed."I apologize if you wanted to speak to him but he was screaming in agony,so I thought this to be a wiser course of action."

It might be easier to talk to him like this.

"It's fine."I assured him.I turned back to Yoichi."Yoichi,can you hear me?"

Yoichi blinked at me five times before he answered."Yeah I can hear you."

"Who am I Yoichi?"

Another long pause.

".........Kimiko......"

I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.I saw Akihiro grimace from the corner of my eye.

This...might still work...

"Do you think I can talk to you about something?"I tried to take on Kimiko's authoritative tone.

"................"

He didn't answer me.He wasn't looking at.He was looking over my shoulder at something no one else would ever be able to see.

"Please Yoichi it's important."I urged.

"...you didn't have to do it..."He murmured.

"Huh?"

".......you were tired...right?And...........you wanted a little.....break........from being leader...I would have.......I would have done it..........so you.......you didn't need to hurt anyone.....but......."