A Random Book Of Danganronpa One Shots

A blossoming love that was not meant to be (KaiMaki)

It was love at first sight; well that's how Kaito saw it anyway. Upon laying his amethyst purple-eyed gaze upon Maki Harukawa he knew within his mind that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her and he wanted to make her happy with all his heart...

"Yo Maki-roll!" the purple haired astronaut called out as he ran over to Maki.

The piercing red eyes of the assassin glared in Kaito's general direction. "I told you not to call me that, Kaito."

"Aww come on; don't be so cold Maki-roll." The warm smile didn't leave his face despite Maki's intimidating aura.

She let out a sigh as Kaito called her 'Maki-roll' once more, nothing she says seemed to change the astronaut's mind. Kaito let at an almost victory sounding chuckle as Maki stopped her protest against the nickname. She glared at the astronaut once more but it didn't seem to faze him in the slightest. "So what do you want?"

"I just wanted to see your smiling face." Putting his arms behind his head, Kaito chuckled in a carefree manner.

"I don't smile." The assassin put bluntly while displaying a straight mouthed expression.

"Come on I know you can do it, I believe in you!" The astronaut gave Maki a thumb up and a toothy grin which only resulted in a yet another sigh from the crimson-eyed female as she turned to leave.

"Where are you going Maki-roll?" Kaito tilted his head after shuffling over to the assassin, his cosmic slippers scraping softly against the school hallway's laminate flooring.

"None of your business." After glaring over at Kaito, Maki swiftly turned her head back to the hallway ahead of her causing her twin brunette ponytails to swish around as she proceeded to make her exit leaving the astronaut alone.

No matter how cold Maki was to the astronaut he would not give up on this burning feeling of great affection towards her. In Kaito's mind all he had to do was show Maki that he holds feelings for her and eventually melt her frozen heart then love will blossom in time. As simple as that. Well if only is was that simple; it's definitely easier said than done. But Kaito was not going to give up in the face of these odds, no way; it will take more than a few glares to change the mind of the great Luminary of the stars. He will never give up on his quest for love, no matter what.

The astronaut had returned to his dormitory room since there was he no longer held any business standing in the hallway. Thoughts of the ruby-eyed assassin stuck in his mind making his heart flutter with joy as he sat upon the edge of his bed swinging his legs back and forth like a child would. "I wonder how Maki-roll feels." Kaito smiled to himself.

The clock ticked as the seconds passed. Kaito was sat doodling little chibi Makis in a sketch pad and smiling as he did so, thoughts of the brunette not leaving his mind for even a moment. The astronaut felt a tickle within his throat which caused him to start coughing, holding one hand over his mouth. When the coughing had ceased he looked at the palm, specks of neon pink liquid and a pink, slightly blood stained, sakura petal laid upon it. "Huh, why is there a petal?" the purple-eyed male's face displayed genuine confusion and slight concern as he thought of the petal's possible origin. "Oh I know it must have been from the cherry blossom trees outside, there's lots of petals fluttering around this time of year so I must have accidently swallowed it while I was out earlier." Kaito simply dropped the petal into the trash and shrugged it off.

As the days passed, more of Kaito's attempted advances were either foiled or just ignored by Maki and more blood stained petals were coughed up by the astronaut but each one was brushed as nothing. However one day, Maki noticed Kaito's current condition only causing her to worry about him. "Kaito, are you okay? What's wrong?" the assassin showing those emotions that someone wouldn't normally see from her. "Everything's fine Maki-roll, it's going to take more that this to take down the luminary of the stars!" Kaito proudly announced and smiled reassuringly.

The next morning came around, Maki was stood at her locker gathering her things for class half expecting Kaito to jump out of nowhere and say 'good morning Maki-roll!' in his usual cheery tone with his smiling face. The assassin blushed at the thought. "Huh? Why am I blushing over Kaito?" she put her hand to one of her seemingly burning cheeks.

Arriving at her usual classroom, the assassin's glaring gaze did not once lay upon the astronaut that morning through the small crowd. It didn't take long before the homeroom teacher asked Maki to go fetch the now late Kaito from his dorm, which of course she wasn't too impressed with. She left the classroom in one swift motion with the thought of 'why do I have to go get him?' running through her head but she couldn't help but feel that feeling of fret.

Maki walked down the hallway towards the dormitory, her footfalls the only sound being heard. Furiously tapping on her phone's keypad and continuingly calling Kaito. "Come on, come on, pick up already." The dial tone ringing in the assassin's ear with no answer, she was close to throwing her phone in frustration. She finally reached the astronaut's dorm and knocked at the door causing it to open with a creak and what she saw certainly made her blood run cold.

"Kai...to?" It was if time had frozen as Maki's ruby gaze stopped upon Kaito's lifeless body. The Japanese style flip phone clattered against the ground as it carelessly fell from Maki's hand. Blood splatters and pearl pink petals were scattered across the floor but despite the scene a gentle smile was spread across the astronaut's face. Maki's knees gave out as she crumples to the floor, tears welling up and spilling over. "AAAAAAHHHHHH!" The assassin's angered cries of anguish echoed through the halls upon the realisation of her love for him and the fact she was too late to show it.