Class 77th of Hope's Peak Academy seems completely normal at the first glace but a trasfer student, whose name's Hajime Hinata, learns that there is more than meets the eye. From the first day at his new school one cretain empty desk piques his inte...
I was clenching in my hand the note with Komaeda's address while heading back to my house. I was ready to get seriously scolded there.
I stood next to my house and started trying to climb up to my room's window, luckily, it was still opened. I was still feeling a bit feverish so climbing wasn't easy to me, however, since I didn't want to use the door as a normal person would I stubbornly kept trying to get back to my room in that way. When I finally was in my room I collapsed on my knees and gasped for air.
I stood up, my legs were shaking but I didn't care. I need to talk with my parents, they are probably really freaked out. After all their son wasn't home for two days already, right..
I placed my hand on the doorknob. The door was still locked up. Hmm.. so they didn't try to open the door forcefully, huh.. I opened the door and got out of the room. My dad was packing some things to his briefcase, and my mom was writing something on her laptop in hurry.
"Hajime.. what are doing here?" my dad looked at me while frowning deeply.
"What do you mean.." I tried to grasp the situation I was in. "W-weren't you two worried about me..?" I felt helpless, after all, a part of me had already known what was going on. They didn't care about me. I could've spent a whole week at Komaeda's mansion and they most likely wouldn't realize I wasn't home. They probably would be even glad, because in their perspective I would be locked up in my room, 'learning hard' and not troubling them.
"Worried? What are you talking about, Hajime? Weren't you in your room learning for your exams?" he crossed his arms over his chest. He was looking suspiciously at me sensing that something didn't quite add up. I nodded, I couldn't tell them the truth. If they knew that I was at that time at some stranger's house, they would yell and me.. get mad, hate me.. "You should go back to your room. I don't want to see you here, Hajime, get out!-" my eyes widened, I already got used to my relationship with parents but it still hurt and today it was even worse than usually.
I mumbled a short apology under my nose and went back to my place, to the only place in my house where I could relax at least a bit. I locked myself up. I felt tears running down my face. "W-wait.. I should've been used to it already. Why am I crying..?" I laughed feeling despair consuming me from inside and I wasn't doing anything much anymore to fight against it, I was too tired. Giving in to it seemed more natural to me, I couldn't hope for my parents to see me as their son and not just an object which can be moved around and ignored.
Is it because I was hoping that they would feel worried about me..? And now.. all I feel is pure despair. I needed something on which I could focus and stop thinking about how hopeless my situation was for a bit. I took my favourite book and started rereading it.
I read it in even less than an hour, since I was reading only my favourite fragments this time. I felt so much better thanks to reading them. I don't care anymore what they will think about me, I don't want to care. I will do what I want, I will help Komaeda.. I'll save him no matter what.
I was really tired so I went to sleep, sadly, I couldn't sleep well because of all the events that had happened. Either because of the good ones and bad ones. I honestly was really excited, I wanted to get closer with Komaeda. I wanted to learn everything about the mystery that was hiding behind his absence. I wanted as well to spend some good time with him, just like the last time. He had taken care about me, I felt that I needed to do something nice for him too, pay off my debt... just thinking about him being alone at the mansion was making me feel sad. I could see in his eyes that he was yelling for help, even though he'd never said it out loud.
And so.. a day.. two days.. a whole week passed. School was extremely boring. As always.. my classmates were still very nice to me, since I stopped asking them about Komaeda but I felt that I couldn't just give up now and be satisfied with the present state of things.
So as soon as I got home I yet again shut myself up in my room and started writing a letter to Komaeda.
"Dear Nagito Komaeda,"
My hands were shaking, I felt nervous. I was worried of writing something improper, stupid or something which he wouldn't like or find as weird. When I looked at his name, which I had written, I blushed. I wanted to see him at least one more time. Our accidental meeting was the best thing that had happened in my life so far. I know that it sounds lame, but it was the truth. My life to that point had been full of boredom and disappointment and meeting him was a life-changing event in my life.
"I'm that boy who you let in to your mansion over a week ago. I'm sorry for writing to you, I know you didn't want us to have any kind of contact, but I had so much fun while talking with you, so I came up with an idea."
I took a deep breath. Writing such things was really embarrassing. The fact that it was a letter and not a text message wasn't helping me either. No one really writes letters nowadays.. I wasn't sure if he would read it to begin with but I really wanted to somehow be in touch with him. Anyhow.
"Can I stop by your place once again?"
I need to find a good excuse! Think, Hajime! THINK! Then my eyes met with my small bookshelf next to the desk. That's it!
"Since we have similar taste in books, I thought I could lend you some of the good ones from my collection which you would hopefully like."
This looks good! I felt proud of myself. I wanted to even pat myself on head for coming up with such a great excuse but it would be too weird so obviously I didn't do it.
"I'm waiting forward to your answer, Sincerely Hajime Hinata."
I folded it and put into an envelope. I ran out of my house as fast as a thunder and stood before the nearest mailbox. I looked at the letter and sighed. I hope you'll reach him. I smiled sadly and kissed it softly. I felt some stares on me. Wait- Why am I kissing a letter?! I felt so embarrassed. It was scary how loud exactly my heart was beating. Hajime, you idiot! I-it.. isn't a love letter or anything like this. It's just a nice friendly letter so you don't have to be so nervous about it. I hesitantly put the envelope to the mailbox. Ahh.. I want to see him. I sighed dreamily and got back to my house.
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a/n: I drew another bonus thing dnbf x'D I like drawing things based on my fics and it's a good practice for me so well I can't help myself--
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