Leon Kuwata x Danganronpa OC (Non Despair AU)

Chapter two

Leon's P.O.V

I walked out of the gym sweating, just after my baseball training. I took my shirt off and put a towel onto my shoulders, and immediatly heard the sound of the screaming fangirls watching from the windows. It annoyed me, but as I looked at them and waved, I saw Eleanor at a distance, which somewhat surprised me. 

She quickly saw I had made eye contact with her and went hiding right away, probably flustered that i'd recognize her at a place like this.

I took a quick shower in the gym bathrooms, and put on new clothes that were on my gym bag. I proceeded to head up to my school lockers. 

"E-Eleanor!" - I heard Toko talking in the distance, which caught my attention, so i decided to discretely hear their conversation - "H-He could've caught you!"

Caught her? For staring at me? Isn't that like the most normal thing in the world to do? 

"I know but... I can't help it but staring..." - That made me smile a bit - "I-I'm like, his biggest fan... and I h-held his hand the other day..." 

Oh so that's what this is about. I understand now why she was so flustered when I helped her get up. My ego felt huge at the moment, with all the compliments I was hearing. For instance, I stopped hearing their conversation, probably because they realized they were talking too loudly. I closed my locker and passed by them to meet my friends Mondo and Taka. 

 As I was walking I saw Sayaka. My crush for the past few months, everytime I saw her I felt an emotion thrilling inside of me. There's no way she could be ghosting me, right?

As soon as I thought that, I saw her holding hands with someone more than Makoto Naegi. 

Right. They were dating. I didn't really expect this. Probably the reason she stopped texting me... Mondo was right. The Ultimate Baseball Star has been ghosted for an average looking boy. Maybe he is the Ultimate Luck after all.

I walked past them annoyed, and heard Sayaka trying to greet me. 

"Oh, Hi Leon!" - She said in the same sweet voice she had as always. Dammit.

"Hi Sayaka. Bye Sayaka." - I said as I rushed over to the school's backyard. I heard Makoto wondering  why the hell I looked so annoyed, but I decided to ignore that.

As I went out, I saw Eleanor sitting by herself in a table, with her notebook and phone in her hand. 

"Give it a shot, maybe." - I thought. - "She is not that hot but... I'm kinda sad right now" 

I sit next to her and she flinches, immeaditly noticing me and fixing her hair and glasses.

"L-Leon!?" - She says, surprised - "C-Can I help you...?"

"Oh, uh, yeah" - I said passing my finger through my hair. I could feel her analysing every move of mine. "What are you doing here all alone?" 

"Oh...I'm just drawing, to pass the time. Toko is in class right now and I don't really have any other friends." - She gave me a sad smile. 

Fuck. Now I feel bad. I didn't wanna use an emotionally weak girl to fill my selfish desires. It would be mean of me. Maybe I can really be her friend.

"Drawing? That's cool! Can you show me?" - I smiled at her. She blushed. 

"N-No!" - she hid her notebook away - "I mean.. it's not finished yet!" - She giggled awkwardly.

"Oh, uh, okay then." - I raised an eyebrow at her. - "What class are you from?"

"I'm from the Ultimates Class. Y-You've never seen me around?"

Ultimates? I'm pretty sure I never saw her face around here. That's so strange, she didn't look like the type of having an Ultimate. Maybe she was the Ultimate Artist?

"I've never seen you around, actually" - I scratched my head - "I presume your Ultimate is the Ultimate Artist, right? Because you're drawing and such..." 

"Actually, I'm the Ultimate Voice Actress. I can make uh, very good voices and impressions." - she looked down - "It's not very special though... I only like drawing as an hobby"

She looked sad. I kinda knew how she felt, not being comfortable with their own talent... 

"That's actually very cool" - I tried to cheer her up - "Baseball isn't really my thing too, i mean, i like it, I just don't think it suits with me. I wanted to be a musician or something." - I looked up at the sky.

"I t-think you can be whatever you want to be..." - She looked at me and then down again - "You're popular, you have friends, you're rich... I am none of those things..."

Suddenly I felt the urge to hug her. She was making me feel so... pityful, for her.

"Y'know...I wasn't really popular from the start. I used to get bullied for my punk-rock style" - I cleared my throat - "So I can imagine how you feel." - I gave her a warm smile - "If you want, we can be friends!"

She blushed. A lot. I think I never saw a girl blush as hard as her. Damn, was this really my effect?

"S-Sure... But I won't be a great company... I might embarass you..." - She gave me a sad smile again - "That's why I only hang out with Toko, you guys think she is ugly and weird but... I think she is quite friendly and nice." 

I forgot about that little detail; Toko Fukawa. The biggest weirdo in school, that somehow manages to date Byakuya Togami. I mean, if even Byakuya can love her, it means she isn't as bad as people say she is.

"Yeah, maybe we are wrong about Toko..." - I placed my hand on her shoulder, which she flinched a little - "I'm your friend too, alright? Do you wanna go out next weekend?" - I smiled at her.

She blushed, once again, really hard. 
"G-Go out? With me? Are you sure?" - She started becoming visibly nervous - "I mean... I'm not as p-pretty as all the other girls you hang out with, and--" 

"It's fine. I'm your friend, not a beauty judge." - I giggled and then got up - "Then it's settled! Here's my number just in case."

"T-Thanks..!" - She smiled at me - "See you later then!" 

I waved at her and walked away. Her smile was really cute, though. I might not end up going out with Sayaka this weekend, but at least I made a new friend... A beautifully strange one.