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You were walking through Jabberwock island looking for something to do; today you didn’t hear Monokuma’s morning announcement so you slept until late, which meant you didn’t have breakfast, which meant you didn’t see your classmates this morning. And oddly enough, no one came to knock on your door this morning to wake you up…maybe they forgot about you lol fucking nerd lolol.

Actually…that made you feel quite bad…you wanted to make friends on this school trip but you were kinda bad at communicating, and well, you were too shy, but the killing ruined it all, well, they made it even worse. Some of your classmates tried to befriend you; Chiaki invited you to her cottage to play video games, and you accepted; even though she always won and she fell asleep on your shoulder, it was a fun experience. And Ibuki invited you to make cookies with the girls but, you refused…you are bad at making pastries and you didn’t want to ruin their fun. After that, you’ve had no other social interaction, and you were starting to feel kinda lonely. After a lotta walking and overthinking, you found yourself in Rocketpunk Market. You entered to look for a snack, or even a CD to listen to before going to sleep; quickly something caught your eye, or well, someone; Nagito Komaeda was standing in the middle of one of the hallways, he was smiling softly while his arms were crossed. He was looking at you…after five seconds, he started walking towards you;

“Hey y/n, it’s great seeing a pinnacle of hope on this beautiful day” he said, with that yee-yee ass voice of his and a gentle tone. “H-hi” you were kinda scared, he literally started the killings, of course, that when he spoke to you, you were going to almost pee yourself.

“What are you doing here? are you looking for something to eat or maybe…” He hugged himself and started looking at the floor with an extremely happy face…was he sweating? “You wanted to talk to trash like me? no…an ultimate would never do that, I don’t deserve such kindness” he was having difficulty to breath and his pupils looked fucking massive, was he coked up? that wouldn’t be surprising.

“N-no, I was j-just looking for an s-snack”. You felt your palms sweating. He then returned to his previous pose and mumbled a small “Oh, I see. He looked kind of disappointed, maybe he did want you to talk to him. Now you were feeling bad now. You are such an awful person, look at him, he’s so sad now, you asshole, this is your fault.

“B-b-but we could h-hang out after t-this” You let out a sigh, that was difficult, eh? you fucking NPC. His eyes lit up, and his mouth twisted into a sick smile “Ah, have you finally decided to kill me? You should’ve told me sooner, we would’ve planned it together!” Huh? what the fuck? did he really think that you are capable of killing someone? “N-n-no! I-I just thought that s-since you were so l-lonely and I didn’t have a-a-anything to do we could y-y’know, hang out, ahaha”.

He went back to his gentle smile, “Ah, I see…someone like you wanting to hang out with me makes me so happy! Just thinking about the bad luck that’s awaiting me tomorrow sends shivers down my spine!” his face twisted a little again. Huh. The words made you kind of happy, now that you think about it; Komaeda was always alone on different parts of the island, no one seemed to hang around him. It kind of made sense since he, y’know, but it still was kind of sad. Maybe you two were more alike than you thought; just two lonely people. After wandering through the store with Komaeda following you, you finally found some tasty crunchy potato chips. After paying, you two headed out of the store.

It was kind of silent, so you decided to ask. “S-so, what do y-you want to d-d-do? Do you want to g-go s-somewhere” your voice was trembling. After that, he hummed a little and finally said “Hmmm, I want to treat you to eat, you weren’t present in the morning reunion so I assume you didn’t have breakfast and I’m not sure if some Potato chips are going to be enough. Is it okay?” He said, a bit hesitant, but also determined.

That was actually a really kind gesture, it startled you, and you also were starving so it was just what you needed “It’s okay, t-thanks for thinking a-about me.” He laughed softly “Ah, I haven’t done anything to receive your thanks. I’m actually the one that should be thanking you…for wanting to be with trash like me…”. You smiled softly “Don’t be so harsh on yourself, Komaeda. It’s a really kind gesture”

Now that you think about it, this could be something bad. He might be planning to kill you in the name of hope or he could be planning for you to kill him in the name of hope, but there wasn’t a lot to lose now “W-where are going to eat? in the Diner in the second island?” Your palms were sweating and your stomach ached, was he seriously going to kill you? it couldn’t be. Maybe he was going to poison the food. His smile grew, how is he always smiling? “Haha, good idea!”

What he did to Teruteru and Byakuya…what he said in the class trials. The things he has done and said, they scared you, especially since you two were apparently completely alone, so if he decided to kill you no one would be there to help you. Or maybe…he didn’t want to kill you, more specifically, he was directing you to an ambush. Maybe on the second island, there was someone waiting for you to get there to kill you. Nagito seemed really eager to help the ultimates achieve hope or something like that, so maybe someone manipulates him into thinking that they were killing you for hope.

It was the perfect plan; no one would notice your absence after it was too late. They were going to find your corpse and then panic and then have a class trial and then- fuck, stop it. Calm the fuck down, maybe he really is inviting you to eat. Lucky you, I guess. You noticed that he was staring at you with a serious expression on his face “What? is there something wrong?”. AH-

Fuck, he noticed “N-no I’m okay, it’s just that t-today is really h-hot” It wasn’t a lie, this piece of shit island wasn’t appropriate for using your edgy aesthetic Tumblr hoodie with a ballerina Hello Kitty printed on the front. It was a hoodie for real OG’s, but it was really warm for a 24/7 sexy summer weather. This was giving you a headache. He just gave you a warm smile “Ah…I thought you discovered my plan to kill you” He looks at the floor.

Your eyes went wide and you backed away from him. What was this fucker thinking? apparently, your instinct was right. He noticed your reaction and started laughing “Hey, don’t take it so seriously! it was just a little joke” He continued to laugh.

Okay, you almost shat yourself there, this guy was…something else, really. You couldn’t bring yourself to laugh, so you just forced a smile. Your stomach growled, how embarrassing lol what a loser. “L-let’s get g-going”. On the way to the Diner, you started thinking. Maybe he wasn’t joking, and if he was, that was a dogshit joke. What a clown. After that, the rest of the trip was silent, which was kind of creepy until you realized that neither of you were really talkative. Well, you are an NPC and Nagito was himself.

After a lot of walking and sun burning, you thankfully got to the Diner. Your head was still aching and you were starting to feel dizzy, maybe you should go to sleep earlier, you Death Note’s L looking fuck. You were panting like a dog and sweating like a pig, your Hello Kitty hoodie probably has sweat marks now. Gross, what a way to ruin the Ultimate Hoodie. You noticed that Komaeda’s smile grew. Fuck. Is he planning something? is he about to…kill you? Maybe he remembered the epic trolling that he did to you some minutes ago. Nagito walked towards the back of the Diner Oh shit. You followed him, after all, this was your destiny.

When you found Nagito; he was smirking (huh) with his arms crossed. He had that fucked up look in his eyes…you know, the one he has when hope. Now you were scared, you always said that you wanted to fucking die but you never thought that someone was going to take you seriously, this all your fault, you shouldn’t have insulted Homestuck in 2011 Tumblr, this was your punishment for wanting to be cool.

You walked to him, you noticed the back of the building; the shape of the Diner created a shadow that was kind of relieving after all of this sun, the wall was kind of plain honestly, it had a door and some plastic bags full of trash with flies flying around them…? ah well, maybe bugs are also on this island, nice, you suppose. Then you noticed the big, green trash dumpster that was full of gross trash. What the fuck is happening? is he going to put your corpse in the trash after killing you? Good idea, but you didn’t even know about the existence of this dumpster, so you doubted that one of your classmates did. “W-w-what a-are y-you d-doing K-K-Komaeda?” Your voice came high pitched, it was so obvious that you were scared shitless, poor baby.

“Ah, y/n. you’re finally here” He paused to look at the dumpster “Here is it…weren’t you hungry?”

What the fuck is this bitch talking about? is he joking? Has the heat finally got to him? “W-w-what do you m-m-mean K-Komaeda? come o-on let’s g-go to the D-diner, you l-look e-e-exhausted” You couldn’t understand…

His face went dead serious “What are you talking about, y/n? Here is it” He gave a dramatic pause “Here’s your food, dig in”

Your blood ran cold, did he want you to eat from the trash? no, no. This has to be one of his shitty, creepy jokes. You couldn’t talk, fear was running through your body and messing with your brain. If this was one of his jokes, he would still be smiling, wouldn’t he?

“y/n? what’s that scary expression on your face?” he eyed you curiously “Did you lose your appetite?” This bastard “Are you joking? what the fuck are you talking about? Come on, stop messing around, let’s go to the Diner”. You were starting to get mad.

“Oh, I’m not messing around y/n, weren’t you hungry? eat, then. And, already are at the Diner, don’t you see?” Your head was fucking hurting and this wasn’t helping at all, you felt like you couldn’t stand anymore. You walked to Nagito and fisted your hands on his hoodie “Y-y-y-you a-a-asshole…” You used him as a support, he seemed surprised at the intimate gesture.

“Oh, y/n, you seem troubled, you need to eat or you’re going to faint, come on, eat” He put his hands on your back and started smiling again.
You couldn’t bring yourself to talk, your head was hurting like hell and everything seemed blurry. If this kept up, you were going to lose consciousness. Maybe this was his plan all along, waiting until you were unconscious from starving to kill you. The next thing you knew, everything went black and the last thing you felt were two arms wrapping around your torso.