Time went by in a flash, and nighttime was approaching as the sun began disappearing into the dark sky.
The front door swung open, and came inside a tired Nagito stifling a yawn while taking off his shoes. Hajime greeted the albino briefly before going back to preparing dinner, which literally took the android less than five minutes to prepare as the only thing edible he could find in the pantry were instant ramen cups. Nagito had went grocery shopping on the way home, thankfully.
"Babe, I'm back!" He said with a cheerful tone in his voice, hoping to get a reaction from his girlfriend. Unsurprisingly, Junko ignored him and continued switching through the channels on TV, taking a swig from the nth bottle of beer she's had today. How she's still alive despite all the alcohol she's drinking baffled the young man.
Nagito sighed as he put his shoes away. 'I'll just have to try harder. If I give enough love to Junko, she'll love me back! She definitely will! I can't lose hope yet!' Whatever was left of his positivity ringed in his mind reassuring thoughts that everything would turn out okay in the end. Despite the reality he was living in telling him otherwise.
He placed the bag of groceries onto the counter, catching the android's attention.
"Let me help you," Hajime started taking out the contents of the plastic bag, starting with the sardine cans. The albino's face flushed in embarrassment as he quickly helped the android unpack. "N-No, it's fine!" He sputtered, his hands fumbling around and grabbing random items out from the bag.
"You don't have to help! Really!" The android looked at the albino with a confused look, suddenly morphing into a concerned one when he noticed Nagito's face and ears turning red.
"Nagito, are you alright?" Hajime questioned, placing the back of his hand against Nagito's forehead to check his temperature. "Your temperature is rising to a concerning level. Are you coming down with a fever?" That question only made Nagito's already tomato face even redder, pulling his turtleneck up to cover the bottom half of his flustered face.
"N-No, you've got it wrong!" Nagito tried to hide his embarrassment with a half-assed chuckle, though the android didn't seem to buy it with the ever concerned look on his face. "I'm alright! It's just been pretty hot lately, and I really need to change out of this," he gestured to his grey sweater.
The LED near Hajime's temple calmed down from yellow to blue, nodding in response to Nagito's answer.
"You can go change while I unpack the groceries, Nagito," Hajime stated in a blank tone, although Nagito swore he heard a hint of warmth and gentleness in his voice. The albino hastily scrambled to his bedroom to take a shower, and to make his tomato face calm down from the sudden heat.
"It's an android, Nagito!" He yelled to himself as he began stripping off his jacket, followed by his sweater. "I shouldn't be getting so worked up about a damn robot. That's just weird! I have a girlfriend for God's sake," he continued rambling, pausing to look at the dull scars decorated on his ghost-like skin.
Dull scars of which the reason behind them was...
No, no time for bad thoughts. Nagito slapped himself lightly, taking off the remainder of his clothes and stepping into the shower room.
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"Sorry for the very simple dinner," Hajime apologized to the albino in the small hallway from his room, placing two hot bowls of instant ramen onto the wooden dining table. "This was all I could make with what I could find in the pantry. Hope you don't mind."
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Despair: Become Hope // komahina
Fanfiction[ danganronpa x dbh au ] "Hajime, thank you," the pale man breathed, a puff of warm air leaving his lips as he grasped the android's hands in his. "I thought I wouldn't have lived till now, but now you've given me a reason to live." "No," the androi...
