Why You? | Naegami (rewriting)

Ch 2 - Meeting in the Cafeteria

Why?

Why was Byakuya the last thing I thought about?

Do I really care about hime that much?

But we just met..

He doesn't even want to try to be my friend.

He barely lets me speak to him.

So why-

He cares about you.

Didn't you see the way he looks at you?

It's obviously different than all the others.

Well, maybe not Sayaka, but she actually knows you.

W-what? He doesn't care about me, did you see the way he just brushed me o-

He did that because he doesn't know what to do. 

He doesn't know how feel about you because he was always told to have as many kids with as many different women as possible.

He doesn't think it's right to feel anything towards anyone that can't help him achieve greatness.

But-

Wake up, Makoto. You'll see what I mean.

}~Byakuya POV~{

After watching him for a few hours to see if he would wake up, I sighed. Why am I even here? To make sure no one here dies, because as a leader figure, I can't let anyone down. No one will be dying so that whoever's behind this doesn't get what they want. I won't let that-

"Byakuya?"

I quickly looked up and saw Makoto looking at me with tired eyes.

"Togami. And it's about time you woke up, you were out for a few hours. Of course, I wasn't here that entire time, I'm just here to make sure you're not dead." 

"So you care about me?" He looked at me, and I could see something in his eyes. Hope. But I barely know this boy, and he would bring nothing of value to me. He's simply a lucky commoner who I'm trapped with. Not someone I feel worried about.. right?

"O-of course not. I just don't want the mastermind behind this to get the death they want. Besides, if you dies, we would all know who the killer is and that wouldn't be any fun. We would just know who it is, there'd be no challenge to it." I said this quickly and turning away to cover my face. 

Why did I stutter?

Because you do care about him. 

It's hard to lie to someone you love.

L-Love?! Where did that come from?!

Ah. We're not at that part of the story yet. 

But even so, you care about Naegi. 

Don't try to deny it.

Do I really care about someone who has no value at all to me? No. Because I'm Byakuya fucking Togami. And I won't let anyone get in the way of my success. Not some creepy girl, not some... commoner boy. 

"Bya- Togami?" 

I snapped out of my own thoughts and looked back at Naegi. He looked worried, for some reason. Perhaps, he was going through the same thing I was? No. He can't be, he's not oblivious to feelings. Something I've never understood, because it was never really necessary.