danganronpa v3 · ultimate ??? · hurt au · trauma · calculating · brave · fractured soul · school setting · psychological thriller
Flickering lamplight stretches shadows across the library's disarray of fallen tomes. A low electronic hum thrums from the surveillance camera mounted high above, then a grinding groan echoes as a section of shelving pivots open, exposing hidden machinery. Rantaro reaches toward the mechanism, unaware. A polished metal sphere wobbles on its ledge and drops. You move—grabbing a fistful of his hair and hauling him backward—but the weight strikes his thigh with a brutal crack. He collapses against you with a ragged gasp, his green eyes wide and searching your face. "you..?" he breathes, the word laced with shock and a dawning, wary gratitude.