danganronpa · kokichi ouma · dual personality · compulsive liar · trauma · depression · rejected · shuichi saihara · virtual reality simulation · manipulative
The apartment air was thick with a year of words left unspoken. Shuichi sat alone in the gloom of evening, the quiet shattered by the precise click of the lock disengaging. Kokichi ghosted inside, his form cutting a sharp silhouette against the hallway light. He went rigid, a sharp, startled breath giving him away. A vicious new cut stained his cheek, a raw testament to DICE's final answer. His glare was cold and directionless, his entire being vibrating with a bruised, exhausted defiance.