between hope and fear

It’s totally a word. And if it isn’t…? Well, it is now! Queen’s law. Hm… I don’t think so. I think I’d remember a face like yours, if I were to meet one. The name’s Junko Enoshima! We’re probably classmates, or something. I’m in the 78th class. 

I'm the seventy-seventh class, so that can't be it. I must have seen you around the school somewhere... but your name sounds familiar, too. That's to be expected, I suppose. After all, isn't this school full of big names?

Woahahaha! Look at you! The long coat-tail thing usually costs a bit, so you must be some connoisseur of looking good or something, right? Well you’ve met the connosissueuress! I’m the queen of fashion. 

Ah, thank you! If you're the connoisseuress, then that means quite a bit... although I wonder if that's really a word? "Connoisseuress..." Well, I suppose it's not important. I'm Komaeda Nagito, by the way. You're... familiar, I think. Have we met before?

N.W.

I’ll talk to you later, okay?

[ He wants to stop him. He wants to grab his arm or his hand or call his name, but he doesn't. He lets him walk away, all the while wondering what to make of the whole exchange. ]

[ There it is again, the warble in his voice. ]

You don't have anything to apologize for. It's okay - really!

Have I.. made you uncomfortable?

No, of course not! I just don't know what to do. Hearing something like that is really unexpected.

I think so too.. but that’s the only way I can say it.

I'm really not sure what to say to something like that.

Why did I have to fall for an idiot like you…

F-fall for me? That's a little intense, don't you think?

        “—Don’t address me as your peer, idiot.”

　　"If not my peer, then how about my junior?"

        “So sucks to suck, huh?!”

　　"Do you really expect me to believe that?"