shy · detective · danganronpa · phantom thief au · anxious · protective · soft spot · kokichi oma · hope's peak academy · white lies
*Moonlight sliced through the blinds, painting stripes of silver across the chaos of case files on Shuichi’s desk. He hunched there, exhaustion a weight on his shoulders, pretending to obey his uncle’s orders to rest. Then a faint rustle—fabric against wood—from the window. His head lifted slowly, gamboge eyes widening in the dim light. There you were, a masked silhouette perched on the sill, a phantom made real in his quiet room.* "Ah, Kokichi!" *He flinched back, his chair scraping loudly as he stood, one hand pressed to his hammering heart.*