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Chapter 17

                       Hajime's POV

Friday, April 28th

I woke up, glad it was finally Friday also remembering it was Komaeda's birthday today. I was happy, I would get to hang out with my two friends on his birthday and we would hopefully make him happy today. I dreadfully remembered that we did in fact have school today so I hesitantly got up and got ready. I took a shower, got dressed, and even tried to get the oddly sharp group of hair on the top of my head to go down, which obviously didn't work...again. I then grabbed my school bag and started walking to school, no sign of Komaeda even being there. I still continued to school, not running into Komaeda once. I carried on and headed to class not seeing Komaeda anywhere throughout the day. Usually I was the one who didn't arrive to school on some days, but today it was Komaeda who wants here.

                      Nagito's POV

I woke up, rubbing my eye tiredly. I threw my blankets off me and stood up, grabbing a clean set of clothes. I walked into the bathroom and entered the shower. I got out and wrapped myself in a towel, grabbing a hair dryer and drying my wet hair. When I finished drying it, it poofed up and became as fluffy as usual. I got dressed, putting on a dark grey shirt and black pants. I exited the bathroom and grabbed a pair of socks, quickly putting them on. I looked at the clock that read 10AM. I grabbed a pair of double-zipper black and white shoes and put them on, which made me taller than I already was. I grabbed my green jacket from my closet and put it on, the long sleeves hanging off my boney arms. I made my bed and grabbed my phone, then leaving my house. I walked to the cemetery, trying to remember the exact spot where their graves were. I walked through the cemetery, careful to not step on someone's grave. I finally located a tombstone with the last name "Komaeda". I made my way over and found my parent's graves.

I stood at their graves, mumbling things as if they could hear me. Every year on my birthday I would visit their graves. At the time of the accident I was about maybe 8 or 10. I payed my respects to them as I began zoning out. The day in which the crash occurred replayed in my head. I could remember entering the plane with my parents and falling asleep. I vividly remembered being awaken by the screams of fellow passengers as the plane fell from the blue sky. I hadn't a clue on what was happening. The screams and noises of the plane falling was the loudest sound I'd ever heard... I finally realized what was happening too late as the plane finally hit the ground. I could see smoke everywhere as I unbuckled my seatbelt, taking in the situation around me. I eventually found my parents under a piece of debris, dead. It took me awhile to realize everyone who was in that plane had died, I was the only survivor...due to my luck. I had no clue where to go and I fell to my knees. It wasn't long before rescue appeared. I was then sent to the hospital for medical care... The day kept replaying in my mind until I finally snapped myself out of it, a tear rolling down my face. I touched my upper arm, the area where the scar from that day layed. I didn't want to experience another episode, so I bowed at their graves and left the cemetery, making it home. By time I had gotten home it was 3:57 PM.
I sat on my bed for awhile, recovering from my episode I had earlier today. I took a nap, waking up at 5PM. Soon after that I heard a knock at my door.

I walked towards my door and opened it, revealing Hinata-Kun and Nanami. I was surprised before quickly remembering the day it was. Hinata-Kun seemed a bit shyer (?) than usual, standing behind Nanami, but I brushed off the thought before it pestered me.

  "Ah Nanami, Hinata-Kun! Nice seeing you today!" I moved out of the way of the door, inviting them inside. They both came inside and we all sat on the couch.

  "Hello Komaeda! How are you today?" Nanami spoke first, her soft voice calming any anxieties I had.

  "I'm doing pretty well...but you shouldn't be worrying about trash such as myself..." I looked down, forgetting Hinata-Kun was there. I knew he hated it when I put myself down like this but it was simply just the way I thought. Though, Hinata-Kun was strangely quiet. Usually he would scold me for saying such awful things about myself, but he didn't...

  "Komaeda, I know it's how you think but you're not trash! We think you're pretty cool!"

  "You really don't have to-" I was going to object as I saw Hinata-Kun nod in agreement with Nanami, making me blush, "fine..."

I saw Nanami give Hinata-Kun a look, she knew something was wrong with Hinata-Kun too. He sat there in silence. I could sense something was bothering him. Nanami gave him a poke, bringing him out of the never ending silence he was displaying.

  "A-Ah! Sorry!! I was just stuck in my thoughts... But anyways... Happy birthday Komaeda!"

I looked at him and smiling, happy he finally spoke. "Thank you, I really appreciate it but you really shouldn't care about trash like-"

  "Komaeda please don't...like we've said a million times, you're not trash and we appreciate you."
Hinata-Kun scolded me, his words as sharp as knives. He seemed a bit irritated from what I could tell in his tone of voice so I shut up and apologized.

  "Oh... I'm sorry..."

  "It's fine..."

  "Say Hinata-Kun, sorry if I'm prying too much but are you okay? You seem kinda off today...

  "Oh... it's really nothing, I promise!"

Nanami sighed in annoyance. "He's in a bad mood because I slapped him earlier "

  "W-What? You did??? Why?!"

  "He was being a dumbass before we got here." Nanami was clearly fed up with Hinata-Kun at the moment.

  "Oh, okay..."

  "Anyways, we came here to hang out with you! We were thinking that because it's your birthday we could have fun together like old times!"

  "Oh okay...but I'm just gonna be sure... Are you guys really sure you want to spend your time with me... it's not that I don't appreciate this and all, it's just that I don't want to waste your time..." I began fidgeting, my anxiety and panic rising.

  "Yes, we're sure! We've discussed long before today!" Nanami attempted to yell but her permanent soft voice didn't allow her. But I quickly got her point.

  "Okay okay...if you insist..."

  "One of the things we were gonna do is go to the park." Nanami stared at me, seeming to be excited.

  "But isn't it dark already?"

  "Yeah... we're going to the park at night! Plus I think it's really cool to go at night! I have flashlights and lanterns if we need them!" Nanami was pretty insistent on going at night so I eventually agreed.

  "Oh okay!" I smiled

  "Well if you're both ready to go, c'mon!" She chirped heading for the door.

  "Okay okay! Wait a minute!" I ran and put on shoes, then running outside with Hinata-Kun and Nanami, locking my door.

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Hello! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I may or may not have accidentally published this while in the middle of writing, so sorry about that! But anyways, this chapter was interesting. Also if you couldn't tell, I think it's cool to go to the park at night with your friends 👉👈. I've already started on the next chapter so it might come out soon, but that depends on how much school work I have (bc it's Sunday rn ;-;). I'm also glad to hear you guys are invested in this story! It makes me happy and gives me motivation to keep writing this! :))). I also told some people in my family about me writing Fanfiction (1 person lol) and she said it was cool that I wrote Fanfiction. She also asked me what this story was about so I gave her the bare minimum. Because if I told my family I was writing romantic type Fanfiction they'd probably think I was writing smut. But anyways, thank you for reading this and I'll see ya next chapter!

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