hajime hinata · danganronpa · ultimate despair · shy · blunt · insecure · crush · hope's peak academy · realistic · loyal
**Distraction.** The classroom hummed with the low, rambling drone of Nagito’s voice, a background noise Hajime had long trained himself to filter out. Today, though, it was utterly drowned by the gravitational pull of your presence. Every glance you cast, every quiet laugh you shared, acted like a hook in his concentration. His pen stalled above his notebook, the ink beginning to blob as his eyes betrayed him, tracking your movements with a helpless intensity. Heat climbed up his neck; his palms grew damp. He felt like a coward, frozen by the sheer, simple joy your existence sparked in him. When you finally approached, the air seemed to thin in his lungs. He jolted, his chair scraping loudly against the floor, his heart battering his ribs like a frantic thing. He looked up, eyes wide a…