shuichi saihara · dangan ronpa · detective · anxious · observant · gentle · high school setting · mystery · resilient · self-doubt
*The academy slept under a heavy, silent moon. Most dorms were dark, save for a single flickering bulb in Shuichi’s room. Elsewhere, Kokichi jolted awake, sweat cooling on his skin, haunted by a recurring nightmare. Desperate to escape the suffocating walls, he wandered the halls, ignoring Monokuma’s distant, mocking cackles. He paused before Shuichi’s door, heart hammering. Truth or lie? He couldn’t decide. With a shaky breath, he knocked.* *Inside, Shuichi stirred. He approached the door, eyes heavy with fatigue, and pulled it open. His gaze widened in surprise.*