'Be my Hope' [Hajime x Reader x Nagito] (DISCONTINUED)

It's Not

[Reader's POV]

Not noticing Kazuichi and Sonia walking in, I walked to Hajime's corpse to examine it.

"Did you find anything Nagi?" I asked, kneeling down next to him.

"Well, you're right... He's been dead for a day or so...But other than all the stab wounds and blood, there's a line around his neck." Nagito pointed out.

I took a closer look at Hajime's neck, and there was a purple blackish thick line around his neck.

"It looks like he was strangled before he was stabbed. You can see some dried up blood on the line, so he could have been strangled unconscious or dead." I said.

"I can agree with that." Nagito stood up. "And considering the blood splatters he was stabbed here."

I stood up and placed my hand on my chin. "The door was unlocked when I found the body, which is strange, because the last time I saw him, he locked his door." I said.

"It's as if Hajime let in someone he knew...And that someone must be the killer." Nagito said.

"I found nothing strange in his room..." Fuyihiko walked to us. "The only I found were some wires and a screwdriver." He scratched his neck.

Wires and a screwdriver...? Wasn't those the items I used when we hung out...?

"Wires and screwdrivers...?" Nagito looked puzzled. "Why are those out?"

"..." I stayed silent. I couldn't help but feel that something is off. I felt a sweat droplet stroll across my cheeks.

"Where did the knife come from.." I said suddenly, trying to change the subject.

"The knife? Probably from the restaurant or market or somethin..." Fuyihiko said slowly.

"Wouldn't that mean the killer would have to go out and get the knife?" I explained. "If one of us went there, then there's a chance they grabbed the knife and plotted to kill Haji-"

*Ding dong bing bong!*

"Alright I'm getting impatient! Everyone, please head to Monokuma Rock for the class trial! And get here quickly, cause if someone is late, then I will flip them off!!!" Monokuma shouted, before the monitor shut off.

"I guess.. We should head there..." I heard Kazuichi say, before we all left Hajime's room.

While everyone was walking to the trial, I couldn't help but walk back to my room. A feeling was dragging me to it.

"..." I walked over to my desk, and saw the microchip Hajime gave me as a gift. I never even had a chance to use it.

I grabbed the chip, and placed it on my pocket. As a sort of good luck charm. "They're all remnants... Yet I still love them both.."

Slowly, I walked out of my room, and started running to catch up with the rest. They can still cling onto hope. They can change. And I will help them with that. I will get us out of this program somehow!

S-Somehow.... Somehow, the feeling of hopeful words were filling with despair.

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"Well, here we go again..." Sonia said, shaking a bit.

"One of us is the killer and I hope they get what they deserve!" Fuyihiko mumbled.

"You seem hopeful..." Nagito hugged me from behind.

"N-Nagi??" I said, a mixture of embarrassment and confusion. He's acting calm for some reason...

"I'm sure you'll get us through the trial quickly..." He buried his face in my neck. "And after that we can..."