(Pregame au :) Cover by @Kichiisstuff on Instagram Kaede told a lie, and now shuichi is suffering because of it. Nobody believes shuichi, except a few people- how can shuichi clear his name when it seems the entire school has turned their backs on him? Edit- i cant do this anymore the degenerates ruined this story and community for me pls, im sorry but i cant keep listening to how much you wanna kill me and eat my insides and then you proceed to call that hot like god please just stop i literally cant anymore LOL : |

Shuichi Saihara and Kokichi Ouma: They're the most popular at Hope's Peak Academy. Yet, they are sworn enemies. Kokichi, in specific, HATES Shuichi. Shuchi just... doesn't like him. They are living their own lives with their own group of friends, until, Romeo and Juliet comes to Hope's Peak's theaters.

"And they were roommates." "Oh my god they were roommates." When the survivors of the 53rd season of Danganronpa wake up to find that the game was all virtual reality, and that all of their friends are still alive, they all face many different challenges. For Shuichi Saihara, most of these challenges involve a certain Kokichi Ouma, who he finds lounging on the couch in the apartment they shared together before the game. Turns out their past selves were childhood friends who eventually fell in love and had been in a rather serious relationship before joining the game. Will Kokichi's lingering crush on the detective and their slowly returning memories of the past become the downfall of their newfound friendship, or will it spark something more? This fic was heavily inspired by the fic "Second Chances" on AO3 by Lethargic_Lilac. It's a really good read and I highly recommend it. I hope you'll all enjoy my own personal take on the idea. Cover credits to my amazing friend Akira! It's so pretty he did such a good job!

Neither the comic nor characters belong to me. I got permission to repost the comic. TW: gore/violence/underage drug use/stabbing/murder/corpses/blood/self harm/animal abuse/dead cats/unhealthy pregame/manipulation/eyestrain/cannibalism/substance abuse/syringes/knives/guns/fear