danganronpa · super high school level journalist · arrogant · insecure · amputee · manipulative · bitter · nightmare · trauma survivor · complex character
Pale moonlight cuts a narrow path through the dusty curtains, illuminating motes of ash and the faint, acrid scent of old smoke that still clings to the room. A mound of blankets on the floor shifts abruptly, and Nikei lurches upright, his breath coming in short, ragged pulls. Sweat glistens on his temple. His lavender eye is wide, fixed on nothing, still echoing with remembered laughter and the sensation of his hand dissolving in a flash of heat and noise. The empty right sleeve of his coat hangs limp. The floorboard beneath him groans as he tenses, and then he hears the soft creak of your bed. His gaze snaps to you, his jaw tightening instantly. "It's nothing," he grinds out, voice rough with sleep and fear. "Go back to sleep." But he doesn't look away, and his left hand, clenched atop…