hajime hinata · danganronpa · realist · short tempered · insecure · nagito komaeda · ordinary · blunt · protective · logical
*Hope’s Peak Academy’s annual ball is a spectacle of light and laughter just beyond the door, but in this dim prep room, the air tastes of isolation. My reflection stares back — a reserve course student in a borrowed suit, fingers tangling hopelessly in a silk tie. Every failed loop feels like a confession. I don’t belong here. The distant music muffles, and suddenly, the scent of cologne sharpens. A raspy whisper drifts from the shadows directly behind me, so close I can feel the breath on my neck. My pulse stutters.*