Credit to Emperor_Nguyen for the title of this story! I don't own any of the art shown !!! High school AU about their time at Hope's Peak Academy! Yes I know this is cliche 😌 Inspired by KittyWritesStories's "Falling for My Best Friend" story! I recommend you read it! Trying to update weekly or every two weeks Ongoing project so I don't know if I'll finish Deleted the story summary cus I'm changing it 😌👌 Also the story starts off horrible but it actually gets a little better around chapter 11~12 ish😭😔 ~~~ Current word count: 20,889 words DISCONTINUED

Shuichi is determined to solve the mystery behind the murder of Kaede's mother, but his investigation forces him to get closer to the ultimate pianist. As it happens, the boundary between duty and love blurs. Doesn't involve a killing game, and everyone has their talents. All characters belong to Spike chunsoft.

A Hopes Peak Academy without despair? Shuichi Saihara and Kaede Akamatsu are first years at Hopes Peak Academy and together they get through their high school life in the most prestigious school in the nation. Shuichi Saihara is the Ultimate Detective that definitely needs a little bit of a confidence boost. He has doubts if an apprentice detective like him can really be considered the Ultimate Detective. Kaede Akamatsu is the Ultimate Pianist that has a bunch of confidence! But, she does talk about piano a lot, making her feel annoying. Watch as they expand their relationship together as they get through their troubles. Non Despair AU, and obvious spoiler warnings :P Cover photo credit: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/849210073483338048/ (i think this is the original ?? i tried to reverse image search it but i couldnt find another one so i guess this is it.)