What If The Bottle Didn't Break...?

Chapter 2

(Sorry for the long wait lol. I procrastinate too much)

Waking up the next morning was torture. I could feel breathing down my neck, and that was enough to get me nearly jumping from my bed.
"Hwa!" I instinctively yelled, quickly trying to get away from the source.
Oh right.
Komaeda was staying at my cottage. I had completely forgotten, which caused me to get a concerned and confused look from Komaeda.
"Em..." He cleared his throat.
"S-sorry! You scared me!"
He rolled his eyes and sat up.
"Has the morning announcement gone off yet?" I asked, since he seemed to be awake before me.
"No." He answered. "Still about 40 minutes."
I sighed and got up. I walked to my bed in a slow pace and layed back on it.
"Hinata-kun? What are you doing?"
I turned around, ignoring Komaeda's scolding to actually get up.
"It's still 40 minutes. I've got 40 more minutes to rest..."
I felt myself drifting into a light sleep. Until, that is, I felt a hand on my ass.
"What the fuck?" I growled, immediately latching onto the foreign object invading my privacy. I heard a groan from behind me. I turned around to find Komaeda giving me a very unimpressed look.
"Get up." He repeated.
"Nooo..."
He slapped my ass. Really..?
"What's that gonna do?" I mumbled in an angry tone.
"Hmmm... Maybe you'll wanna get up if I invade your privacy? Leave the room so you don't have to see my disgraceful face?"
I scowled and completely turned around so I was facing him.
"Cut it out. I'm not getting up. You should still be sleeping, you know, because of your wounds." I barrated back at him. He only seemed amused.
"You should be listening to a talented student, Hinata-kun. Know your place as a reserve course student." He answered.
"Your talent technically isn't even a talent!" I yelled back. This conversation isn't going anywhere.
"But it still got me into Hope's Peak. It may not be a good talent, not even a little bit good, but it still is one. And that's a fact."
I could feel my blood boiling, my heart rate getting faster and faster. First he acts like he's obsessed with me, then he hates me? Something is seriously not right. And that, I'm going to find out. I could use blackmail... Ask him to answer us... Tie him up again... Tort- torture? What am I thinking? Just how crazy am I going on this fucking island?
"Komaeda. I don't want to go to the theater."
Surprisingly, that got him to behave normally. Well, if you can call it 'normal'.
"Sorry, Hinata-kun."
Can I just threaten him with not going to the theater to get my answer? I can try.
"Hey, Komaeda. I know you're hiding something from us. It's obvious, especially after you randomly started acting hostile towards us. What's going on? I want you to tell me."
He averted his gaze and stood up.
"I have to g-"
"Or no theater."
His face shifted into hurtfulness, and annoyance.
"I... Hinata-kun."
I glared at him.
"I... Can't. Sorry."
"Komaeda. For hope? For the other talented students? Please."
He sighed.
"I'll tell you guys. At the restaurant."
He replied, covering himself in his jacket and putting on his pants and shoes.
"Komaeda... Can I ask you something?"
He nodded reluctantly.
"What is it?"
"Why did you make a bomb scare? I thought you were actually going to blow up the entire island. Eventually we'll completely stop believing you."
"Haven't you already?"
I shook my head.
"We normally don't believe you at first, but we keep it in mind. Sometimes it ends up being true, and sometimes it's not, or it's a lie."
He just blinked and exited the cottage.
"See you at the restaurant, Hinata-kun."

I entered the restaurant with an everlasting tired expression. I looked around to find Komaeda. Huh. He isn't here. I should've expected that.
"Looking for someone?" I heard behind me. I jumped and turned around to see Nanami standing there.
"Why?" I asked in a hushed tone. Her facial expression didn't even alter.
"Are you looking for someone, Hinata?"
I nodded slowly.
"Is it Komaeda?"
I swear she can read my mind.
"Uh, yeah? Why?"
"Just... Curious." She answered back. "Did he ask to meet you somewhere?"
Wha-
"Yes? How did you know that?"
"I was close by when I heard him ask. I was already gone by the time you answered so I didn't know what your response was."
I feel like she's been stalking me.
"Why?"
"I think he's gonna confess to you." She said with a determined look on her face.
"But you're not gay, right?"
I only could blink. Confess to me? Komaeda? I knew he liked me but I didn't know he like liked me. Am I just dense? Nanami caught on. Maybe I'm just dense.
"No, he wouldn't confess to me. That's stupid." I finally answered.
"But he definitely seems gay. He might. If he does, what are you going to say?"
I sighed heavily.
"Why are you asking? That's a lot of personal info you're asking for there."
She shook her head and pulled her hood over her head.
"Sorry. That was rude."
"Yeah, it was. But I forgive you."
"Goodmorning."
I looked past Nanami. Komaeda finally showed up.
"Komaeda! What were you doing? You got up before me!" I asked.
I got a few strange looks from everyone but nobody said anything.
"I had some... Stuff... To do." He replied. Sounds... Very suspicious.
"Well come on! Guys, Komaeda has something important to tell us." I said, the turning to the others.
"Is he gonna come out the closet?" Kuzuryuu asked with an amused face.
"I dunno." I said, surprised. I turned to Komaeda, his face was a bit red.
"Well, no. That's not it." He answered. He pulled out a notebook. Had he been taking notes about it?
"So um..."
I could clearly see he was angry, upset, and nervous all at the same time. I couldn't see any hope in him... That's ironic.
"Hinata-kun. I will start with you."
I felt eyes burning into the back of my head.
"You... In your current state, you are normal. You don't have any talent. You're talentless. Not a bit."
"I... get it, Komaeda."
"What's happening right now. It's all fake. We're in this pro-"
"GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!"
A high pitched shout was heard and everyone knew who it was. Monokuma. He strodded over.
"Hey, hey, hey now! Komaeda, you don't wanna share this! Hope and your classmates really bribed you to do this? Come-on! You can do better than that!"
We all turned to Komaeda. He had a look of confusion and realization.
"Oh." Was all he said.
"Komaeda! Don't listen to this fuck-face!" Kuzuryuu growled.
"I'LL BEAT YOU TO A PULP!" Owari yelled.
"Please, don't. We don't want or need a repeat of events." Nevermind sighed.
"Well whatever! Think about what you're doing!" And with that, Monokuma disappeared.
"Uhhh..." Souda looked around. "He's gone."
I turned, and as he said, Komaeda was no where to be found.
"Goddamnit! That fucking bear just had to ruin everything! Again!"
"Calm down, Hinata. Come to my cottage. We can play games if you want." Nanami rested a hand on my shoulder.
I sighed.
"Sure. Whatever."
"It's a date then."
"Pardon?"
"Nothing. Let's go. I want to beat level 9999 of Tetris."
"9999!?"