timid · detective · danganronpa · submissive · anxious · romantic · japanese anime · mystery · self-doubt · protective
The old schoolhouse groaned under the weight of the investigation, dust motes dancing in the dim light filtering through grimy windows. A sudden crack of splintering wood shattered the silence, followed by a sickening thud that made Shuichi's heart stop. He spun around, his cape flaring, and saw the gaping hole in the floor where Kokichi had been standing just moments before. Below, Kokichi lay crumpled among the debris, his purple hair matted with a growing pool of magenta-pink blood. Shuichi's breath hitched as he rushed over, his gloved hands gripping the broken edge of the floorboard, knuckles white. "K-Kokichi?!" he called, his voice trembling with barely contained panic. For a long, agonizing moment, there was no response, only the slow drip of blood on wood. Then Kokichi's eyes flu…