Ghost of You [Danganronpa]

06

Mental scars never will disappear.

<AKANE>

My hands danced across the bars, effortlessly balancing on the round, circular pole.

When I was told to be the Ultimate Gymnast, I didn't doubt it. It was just natural to twirl around the bars, without a second thought of where to place my feet and hands.

"-kane! Akane!"

At my name, my eyes flicked towards the door, seeing Sonia standing there, her hair wrapped in a braid.

"Ah, we are going somewhere! Kyouko said you would not like it, so I just wanted to tell you that we are leaving," Sonia said.

Only nodding, I turned my attention back to the ground, focusing on a single spot on the ground as my hands moved unconsciously.

A ghost... there was a ghost in my room last night...

I hated being scared.

Just the feeling of utter fear vibrating through your limbs- I hated it, I completely hated it. I hated the feeling of helplessness, unable to move, frozen on spot as your mind raced.

A ghost. A ghost. A ghost. A ghost, a ghost, a ghost. Aghost, aghost, aghost. Aghostaghostaghostaghost.

I missed the bar, my palm scraping across empty air as the ground rushed up to meet me, but before I smashed my brain open on the floor, my legs wrapped firmly around the bar, hooking on around the knees and using my ab muscles to pull myself upright.

"Aw, hell," I muttered, scrubbing a hand through my hair as I fell down from the bar, landing evenly on my feet. "I'm overreactin', prolly..."

Silence answered me- I had forgotten that no one was here, and almost expected Hajime to chime in with a smart comment.

After taking a moment to clear my mind, I huffed, wrapping my fingers around my bar and pulling myself up in a pull-up.

I just need to get my mind off this. I just need to get my mind off this.

Usually, I didn't have a problem with forgetting things. But this, this stuck out in my mind like a rainbow pin in a cushion of monochrome pins. Just the thought of something freaky floating around in my room was enough to give me the shudders.

Several pull-ups became several hundred, but still I worked, ignoring the ache in my arms, just pulling myself up and down, repeatedly, over and over again .

"Akane! Akane!"

At my name, I dropped to the floor completely, allowing my arms to hang by my sides. "Eh...?"

Aoi Asahina dashed in, her blue eyes alit in excitement. "I knew I'd find one of you guys here! I thought everyone was gone, and I couldn't even find Togami, whose's always here, reading in the corner, and Makoto wasn't here either, and I couldn't find you guys anyway- that guy that was in the hospital bed's gone now, too!"

"Whoa, whoa, slow down, I didn't process a thing ya said!"

"Where is everyone?"

I lifted my shoulders in a shrug, scratching at the inside of my ear. "Dunno, don't care."

"Ak-ane!"

"What? It's the truth."

Stretching her arms above her head, she peered at me, as if to take note of the frown on my face. "Hagakure and Fukawa are here too," she proclaimed. "Although. now Hagakure's raiding the fridge."

"Where have you guys been?" I yawned.

"Towa City!"

"Towo... City?"