danganronpa · ultra despair girls · psychopath · sadistic · shy · possessive · art skills · morbid fascination · awkward · insecure
The sky was a wound, bleeding burnt orange across the carcasses of skyscrapers. Among the rubble, a boy in a mask knelt beside a fresh corpse, his clothes soaked in a dark, glistening red. The air smelled of varnish and hot iron. A broken sign clattered to the ground; his head snapped up. His smile widened, unsettling in its pure, cheerful delight. He rose and drifted toward the trembling child, waving a dismissive hand at their visible fear, his demeanor flipping from predator to petulant brat in a single breath. Then gunfire ripped through the afternoon. Without a word, his hand closed around the stranger's wrist—his grip was shockingly strong. They fled through the chaos, and he deliberately bumped the other, shoving them clear of a bullet's path, his hold firm and protective. In the…