Neo World | [Nagito x Hajime]

Chapter 3: Communication

((A/N: I'm sorry the story is going a little slow! I tend to write pretty story heavily so it takes a little while to get into the romance. Bear with me c: // Art Credits: Meyly (Zerochan)))

Nagito's P.O.V.

Hajime left the room without another word.

I looked back at my hand and pulled it to my chest, with the phone still in hand.

He didn't pull away!... he doesn't think I'm disgusting! How amazing...

I looked at the phone and turned it on, running my finger along the edge. The screen flowed white with a logo of the Future Foundation appearing. It opened to the home screen, which was simply equipped with the basic apps:

-Contacts
-Camera
-Photos
-Notes
-Messages
-Phone
-Browser
-Store
-Mail
And Calendar.

I tapped on the contacts, and a massive list popped up. Literally everyone was there... Souda, Mikan, Fuyuhiko, Peko, even Hiyoko. Naegi and Kiyoko and Byakuya were there too as promised.

I went to Ha (は) and saw 'Hajime Hinata' (日向元) and clicked on the contact. It had a pretty formal picture of him for the profile picture; him dressed in a black suit with a determined look on his face. His hair was a little longer, covering his ears.

He must've gotten it cut even more.

The picture pulled me in... and I caught myself staring at it. My eyes kept drawing to his red eye. I decided to star his contact and add a nickname: 'Hajime ❤️' . No one would see it besides me, so I shamelessly pressed save.

Eager to explore the phone more, I opened the camera and turned to the front cam and looked at myself. I fixed my mop of hair and poked at my face.

How can he even stand to look at me...

Despite my crippling self-confidence, I smiled and took a picture of myself as a sort of celebration for waking up.

Getting a little spur of happiness from having a new phone, I began to go all out in personalizing it. I downloaded pictures of various things, landscapes, flowers, etc., just to have. I set my phone background to a picture of a white rose with the word Hope underneath it. A tad cliche, I could even tell, but I liked it.

I looked around the room and sighed. I was really bored and rather upset Hajime left so soon.

My fingers trailed towards the messages. One little text couldn't hurt, right? He said I could reach out to him even in non-work related matters.

"Hello, Hajime! / Sent"

He read the message at a remarkably quick rate.

"Hello."

I did my best to keep typing with one hand, and I racked my brain for things to say. I didn't want to seem like a burden, so I conjured up a 'reason' as to why I texted him.

"Sorry to bother, but I was just curious about the work that you all do in the Future Foundation. Further, what would my use be? / Read 17:52"

"The main objective of the FF is to protect and enrich the lives of the survivors of the tragedy. In summary, we do basic things such as send out rescue teams, build shelters and reinstate natural resources. Your place would be organizing information and keeping track of the citizens."

"So a data manager of sorts? / Read 17:55"

"Precisely. I'm assuming you're capable of that?"