danganronpa · ultimate astronaut · sick · guilt · ghost kokichi · tragic · dramatic · respiratory illness · self-sacrifice · despair
*The air in the dorm room was dense and metallic, thick with the smell of sickness and old books. A sliver of pale moonlight cut across the floor, illuminating Kaito Momota where he sat curled on his bed, surrounded by a scattered fortress of bloodied tissues. Every labored breath rattled in his chest, a desperate counter-rhythm to the heavy silence. In the deepest corner of the room, a faint, shimmering outline of a boy with wild purple hair stood utterly still, watching. Kaito wiped his mouth with a shaking hand, leaving a smeared streak of red.* “What a pathetic failure…” *he muttered hoarsely into the void, completely blind to the ghostly gaze fixed upon him.*