The Yearbook - Danganronpa Fanfic
The first two chapters of my next Danganronpa fanfic are now up for what I hope is your reading enjoyment.
Summary: A few weeks after the end of the Final Killing Game, Makoto Naegi is presented with a book that he's warned could change how the survivors of Hope's Peak's 78th class see their friends, their dead classmates, and themselves. Now the former classmates must decide how much the past matters to their present.
Excerpt (taken from Chapter 2):
"Excuse me, everybody!" Komaru yelled above the chatter of the group. The men and women all turned to see her, and Makoto immediately grinned. Komaru politely smiled at everyone, then spoke in a conversational volume when she said, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but I need Naegi-kun for some urgent Foundation business. Would you please excuse us?"
Makoto shrugged in embarassment to the group and excused himself with a "I guess duty calls!" Komaru grabbed his arm and led him away from the gathering, walking briskly.
"Thanks for the save," Makoto said quietly, smiling at his sister. He still appeared a bit nervous, but his comfort level had noticably increased.
"You owe me," she retorted. She flashed a mischievous grin at him. "So tell me: What's bugging you?"
Makoto's face looked fell a little after she said that, but he managed to retain a smile smile. "What do you mean?" he asked, affecting an air of innocence.
"Don't you even start with me," Komaru stage-whispered. "I could tell you were distracted during your entire speech."
Makoto exhaled raggedly and let out a small groan of disappointment. "That's great," he said sarcastically. "Guess I did pretty badly then, huh?"
Komaru glanced briefly at a couple of men who were keeping their eyes on the duo as she led Makoto out of the assembly hall. "I bet most people thought you were just emotional about the deaths," she said. "But I know you better than that. I could tell you were distracted by something else. Something unrelated to all of this, right?"
He didn't respond. With her arm still wound around his, they stepped into the hall passage and she led him to the right.
"Where are we going?" Makoto asked, side-eyeing her.
"Away from everybody," she answered simply.
"Can't we stop in one of these rooms?" he asked, nodding towards one of the doors they were passing.
Komaru halted her march in front of a door. "Fine," she said. "So long as you spill your-"
"NAEGI-KUN!" came a call from behind them.
Both of them whirled around simultaneously to see Kyoko Kirigiri standing just outside of the assembly hall, slightly apart from the flow of others who were beginning to file out. She was about four rooms back from them, and her expression carried a look of mild concern. "Can you both wait for me, please?" she inquired, speaking above the growing din of conversation around her.
"Sure thing, Kirigiri-san!" Komaru shouted back. After that, Komaru leaned over towards Makoto's ear. "Dang," she whispered to him privately. "And here I was gonna make you spill your plan to confess your looooooove," she added, putting a little sing-song tone into the last word.
Makoto jerked a bit to the side and turned to glare at Komaru in a mixture of confusion and shock. "What are you talking about?"
Link to Chapter 1: In which Naegi is given the titular book.
Link to Chapter 2: In which Kirigiri and Komaru get involved.
