"Shit!"
I yell while running down the busy sidewalks. I was late! Damn it! I shouldn't have spent all day yesterday watching the whole Danganronpa series! I even skipped practice for it! On top of that I also kept Ouma waiting! The universe just fuckin' hates me today huh.. I ran my way to the school seeing nobody out front, am I really that late?
I walk inside and the halls were already empty... shit. I had to get a slip from the office and head to home room. As soon as I walked in the door people stared at me, my clean absence reputation was now tarnished. My parents are gonna kill me. I hurry and slip my note to the teacher and took my seat. This day is already starting off bad... I can just tell that Momota's gonna make fun of me during lunch. I could already see him holding back a grin. Ouma looks on edge, I could tell there were new bruisings on his face. He looked really frazzled, he didn't move his eyes from his desk. Shit! I'm so fuckin' stupid, I couldn't take care of him. I could already feel my heart sinking a bit, this is so stupid. I shouldn't even care... how fuckin' lame.
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Finally the lunch bell rings, I really need to talk to Ouma... is he in that same classroom again? I just need to tell him why I was late, and maybe apologize for not being there. "Hey Amami!" I hear Momota behind me.
"Oh uh, hey Momota." I greet back.
"The Cafeteria is the other way ya know?" He says pointing back.
"Uh, I need to talk to a teacher about a test I bombed!" I reply, save of the century.
"Oh well, okay. See you at soccer practice." Momota waved
"See you later!" I waved back. hopefully he's in there already. I make sure no one is watching, then scurry to classroom 112. To my luck, he was in there. Drawing something, he looked to still be down. Okay Amami just act normal! I opened the door and knocked on it. "H-hey!" I peeped up, Ouma whipped his head back and looked a little distraught. He still gave me a small smile.
"Oh! H-hey Amami!" He waved a little. I walked over to the desk next to his.
"Can I sit here?" I asked, it's best to reassure him a bit, he just looks depressingly frightened.
"Y-yeah!" He nodded profusely. I sit down and let out a deep sigh.
"I'm sorry for not being able to walk you to school. I woke up late." I say staring at my desk, I look over to him and he seems to have calmed down.
"It's okay! You don't have to feel bad..." He mumbled while rubbing his neck. "B-besides! You don't have to go that length for someone like me..." He mumbled again.
"I'm willing too." I say bluntly. There was silence after that, he seems to be a little restless because of the silence. I need to break the ice...
"What are you drawing?" I asked while peeking at his sketchbook.
"Um...." he stayed quiet for a bit. "Well, Saihara said I should draw Kirigiri... So I was working on that..." he mumbled while clutching his book.
"May I have a look?" I ask while leaning a bit forward. He seemed to focus everywhere else but me.
"I-it's not finished yet..." he muttered out. I lean back and only nod, I hate this silence. I don't know what else to talk about... Actually! I'll just put my new Danganronpa knowledge to use!
"Who's your favorite Danganronpa character?" I asked, he seemed a bit startled from my out of the blue question.
"Um... Nagito." He mumbled while drawing. He likes that guy? Surprising, he's nothing like Ouma.
"Oh, well I like him too!" I lied, shows like Danganronpa aren't really my thing. And characters like him are total loser nutcases. But I have to get to know him somehow.
"Oh that's cool." He looked up at me, he gave me a small smile. The sunlight was hitting the side of his face, he looked really... really nice.
"Um... Amami?"
"Y-yeah." I blurt out, I probably was staring at him blankly.
"You were staring at me for awhile. And your face is flushing..." he said as he stared at the ground. My face is? Shit, I must be way lamer then I thought...
"I-it's kind of hot in here! It's almost summer time after all!" I lied, how lame. Real smooth Amami...
"Right..." he muttered, he looked to be a little upset that I brung it up. Now, there isn't anything to talk about.... I'll just think if something!
"Hey, don't you hang out with that Saihara kid usually?" I asked while rubbing the back of my neck. He looked to be a little upset that I bought it up, way to go Amami... two times in a row.
"He has lunch detention for the rest of the school year... he tried to convince the student council that there was another student in class 2-B that lived underneath the school, and kept trying to break into the schools boiler room... the school janitors were really upset..." He explained disappointedly. Of course that looney would think something stupid like that...
"Oh, gotcha..." I mumbled out. The tensions still thick as ice. We're sitting in silence again. Cmon think Rantaro! Oh wait I have a line! Momota don't fail me now!
"H-hey Ouma!" I blurt out, I think I have this line down! Ouma looks up at me with his glossy purple eyes. We make eye contact for what feels like an eternity, I go to open my mouth but only make an awkward short noise. "Ah, uhh, arrr" He sits there, patiently awaiting my response. I can't stare at him in silence! I just got to spit it out!
"A-are you a charger! Be-because I'm..! I'm dying without you!" I spat out, more like yelled at him. He flinched at what I said, and then he was silent for a second. He then cracked a smile.
"Hehehe, I haven't herd something like that before!" He giggled. It was a real smile, not a shy one, but a happy smile! I couldn't help but feel my heart flutter and my palms sweat. I, I made him smile.!
"Y-yea!" I blurt out, nodding my head vigorously. I could feel myself smiling also. God I hate smiling wildly like a loser. I can't help it when he's also doing the same thing.
"Maybe I should learn some to tell you too..." He mumbled to himself. Putting his pencil to his pressed lips, still looking at his drawing.
"Th-that would be cool!" I blurt without thinking, I keep stuttering aimlessly. He looks up to me and smiles one more time, his stutters seems to be decreasing..
The bell rang abruptly a few seconds after.
"Oh, well we should be getting to 3rd period now." Ouma said while putting his sketchbook away.
"Right!" I agreed loudly. Ouma gets out of his seat to walk out of the door.
"Well, I'll see you after school Amami!" He smiled a meek smile and waved daintily. He didn't give me a real one that time, but I couldn't help but smile at because of the moments earlier. I couldn't help but smile all through out the rest of the school day. Maybe... Maybe I might have a chance after all!
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Word count: 1272
Date: 5/9/21
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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙠 𝙉𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙚 |oumami pregame AU|
Fanfiction➢ Amami has always been chased after because of his looks and popularity. He never tried to please anyone or act nice to be popular to be well liked. His good looks and TV role in Danganronpa 52 helped him get away with anything, even getting away...
