To trust or not to trust?: Chapter One
"To trust or not to trust?" Said Hinata to himself as he lay in his bed after the long day of surprises, Monobeasts, Island of Mutual killing, all of this made no sense to him. All he was prepared for was school at Hope's Peak. Not killing his newly made friends. As Hinata turned aroung to bury his face into his soft pillow in his hotel room he let out a big sigh. And he knew he wanted to trust his newly made friends, they all seemed so nice. Especially Komaeda Nagito, he was with him since he regained conscious and also helped him greet his fellow classmates. And out of all them he seemed like the most friendly and heartwarming. But then if was to not trust them, he would be simply giving Monobear what he wanted. Despair. The despair of not being able to trust friends, and the despair of knowing that you aren't trusted by a friend.
As Hinata's head completely clouded in thoughts of worry, he tried to simply reassure himself that these were good people. They wouldn't be so underhanded as to kill other friends just to leave an island that wasn't that bad overall. Being so worried Hinata found it hard to sleep, but the constant worrying soon clouded his conscious and he slipped into a deep sleep.
"Hinata-kun! Wake up! Togami's going to get mad if you don't go to breakfast on time!" Komaeda said as he shook Hinata lightly to wake him up. As Hinata let out a tired moan Komaeda pulled him up and took the comb he got from the bathroom of Hinata's room and roughly combed Hinata's Hair. "Hey wait... How did you come in…? Didn't I lock the door?..." Hinata said in an obviously tired voice. "Well it wasn't locked, so you didn't lock it properly, I'll teach you once we get to breakfast!" Komaeda said as he hurried to the bathroom to put the comb back in its rightful place.
Once again Hinata let out a tired moan and tried to sit up with his tired, limp body he told Komaeda to go to the restaurant by himself first and that he'd come later after he brushed his teeth and got dressed. After taking an astonishing 3 minutes just to get dressed and his teeth brushed he ran to the restaurant where the others were waiting.
"Where were you? Planning a Murder?" Togami said in a stern voice as he bombarded Hinata with questions about his tardiness but then Komaeda butted into the interrogation and said "Hey! He just overslept, I was there with him afterall! Give him a break Togami-kun.", "Very well then…" Said Togami as he went back to shoveling food from his plate into his mouth.
"Thanks…" Hinata whispered to Komaeda as he accepted a plate from Komaeda, "No problem! Now you better get some food before Togami and Owari finish it all! I've already had my fill so you better go get yours." Replied Komaeda.
After managing to get some of what was left of the food platters after Owari and Togami, Hinata sat down to next to Komaeda who was having a friendly conversation with Sonia and Nanami. "Quite popular with the ladies aren't you Komaeda?" Said Hinata as he was chewing on a sausage. "Ehhh?! No way I was just talking about how their lives were before they were taken to this island!" Komaeda said as he blushed. "Alright then I'll let you get back to that then.", "Care to join our conversation?" Said Sonia as she put down her glass of orange juice, "No it's fine, I'll join after I finish my food." Hinata said as politely as he could've.
Now looking back to his plate he can see that a few of his cherry tomatoes were gone only leaving one or two left. And one of the hamsters Gundam dubbed as one of the four gods of destruction walked slowly towards Hinata's plate on the table and hastily grabbed a cherry tomato and ran back to his owner's purple scarf. "Um… You're welcome.", "One should be glad the gods have accepted your sacrifice. Mortal beings usually scorn the delicacy of the gods!"
"Is he talking about how normal people hate vegetables?" Hinata thought to himself as he finished what was left of his ransacked plate. "Listen! Tonight we shall be having a party! To lift our spirits and to get to know each other better." Togami said as he clinked a teaspoon to a glass. As the others discussed in a heated debate where and when we should hold the party Hinata sat and listened to the suggestions. "The lodge? Isn't that place really old and dusty and barred off due to construction by Monomi?" Questioned Hinata. "Well cleaning is a small sacrifice to the fun we'll have at the party! How about we draw chopsticks to see who has to clean the Lodge!" Said Komaeda while holding out a bunch of chopsticks.
"Ahh… My title of high school level luckster really doesn't fit me… But I guess I'm fine with cleaning." Said Komaeda with an awkward smile on his face. "Cleaning? Care if I join you? Being someone of royalty I have never done anything like that for myself!" Said Sonia with a bright light shining in her eyes, "No! Someone of royalty like you should just leave it to us! I'm sure Komaeda is fine with it too!" Shouted Souda in a jealous manner.
After being dismissed by Togami, Hinata walked around the island and got to know everyone a bit more. Having nothing to do anymore Hinata just went back to his room and took a nap and set an alarm while he waited for the party to begin.
Waking up at the sound of his alarm clock he drank a glass of water then proceeded to go to the Lodge for the party. Once entering the Lodge Hinata was immediately halted by Togami who demanded a body check for weapons. "Ooook then…" Said Hinata hesitantly as Togami patted Hinata's body all over in attempt to find any suspicious bumps for knives and such.
"Ok you're safe to go." Said Togami in a bouncer-like manner. "Wait. I still need you here to help me, to help search and confiscate dangerous items and such." Said Togami in his usual assertive tone. "Well sure then." Said Hinata as he looked at the duramilin cases that Togami was lugging around once he had finished doing body checks. Hinata helped to count and find the numbers of kitchen utensils on the list that Togami had given him. "Well you are free to go now." And Hinata being free to join the party now approached the party and the vibrant smells of the super high school level cook's food hit his nose in a wonderful manner. "Wow this food smells good!" Hinata said while walked towards the others. "It tastes WAY better than it smells!" Said Owari while she was eating everything she could see. "Don't worry! There's still more to come from the kitchen!" Said Hanamura cheerily as he saw everybody enjoy his food.
"Wait I'll go get some more from the Kitchen!" Said Hanamura as he walked to the kitchen. And moments later when everybody was enjoying themselves everything was plunged into darkness. As Hinata heard the screams and exclamations of panic he felt a sharp pain of panic in his heart too. Then suddenly the lights turned on again. Then his heart felt sudden relief.
"Is everyone ok? Said Komaeda as he scanned the room for any abnormalities. As Hinata did the same, he realized that Togami was gone. "Hey, I smell something funny…" Said Owari as she continued to eat her food. "What is it?" Hinata said in an uneasy tone. "I smell…Blood." Said Owari firmly. And Hinata began to feel that pain of panic inside his heart again as she said she smelt it from under the table. As Hinata slowly approached the table which all his greatest fears lay, he wiped off the sweat from his face with his hand and slowly pulled up the table cloth… To reveal the corpse of Togami Byakuya.
After pulling up the table cloth Hinata felt all of the strength from his legs fade away into a numb fear and collapsed onto his backside. As he fell to the ground he heard panicked shouts and gasps. Then came the Monobear corpse announcement.
"I can't believe we have to doubt our friends like this… In such a fucked up investigation…" Said Hinata to Komaeda as they walked in the corridors of the Lodge. "I can't either Hinata-kun." Replied Komaeda. As the two had finished their investigation and were walking towards the Monobear Rocks for the school trial Hintata avoided eye contact with anyone in fear that they were the culprit.
"Are you ok? You look a little pale." Komaeda asked Hinata as they reached the sand of the beach. "Y-Yeah I'm fine…" Hinata said in an uneasy voice. As everyone steeled themselves for the school trial an escalator descended from the mouth of one of the Monobears on Monobear rock. Hinata watched as everyone stepped towards the escalator and he and Komaeda were the last ones still on the beach Komaeda gave Hinata a pat on the back and also stepped on the escalator.
As Hinata stood at his stand the heated debate began. Who was the culprit? Why would anyone do this to Togami? Hinata felt the need to answer these questions seeing that Togami trusted him as a friend. And after reviewing all of this evidence he could only see it pointed to one person only… Komaeda…
"Komaeda? Is it really you that murdered Togami?..." Said Hinata as tears slowly began to well in his eyes. Hinata watched as Komaeda's personality crumbled and broke down to… Something he had never witnessed in his life… After hearing Komaeda confess to planning the murder Hinata began to wonder, what had happened to the kind friend that he had? The one that woke him up in the morning and the one that had stuck with him during the investigation, was he really the same person?
But as more and more was revealed by Komaeda it clicked in Hinata's head. Even though Komaeda planned the murder, it wasn't actually him that killed Togami. And the actual culprit turned out to be… None other than the perverted chef, Hanamura Teruteru.
After he confessed Monobear had already started the vote. And the vote was cast upon, Hanamura. As he was dragged away by a chain his execution was broadcasted to everyone staring at a big television screen.
"What a fucking joke… Monobear is making a joke out of Hanamura's execution using his super high school level…" Mumbled Hinata as everybody began to leave the room with their spirits down. As he walked back to his hotel room he coincidentally saw Komaeda ahead of him.
Hinata, suddenly feeling an incredible rage boiling in his chest, he sprinted forward to tackle Komaeda. "YOU FUCKING BASTARD! WE WERE ALL GETTING ALONG FINE! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT" Hinata shouted as he turned Komaeda around and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. And began to punch Komaeda's face, "Oh no… Seems that the despairing stepping stone for hope was too high for you Hinata-kun. Am I wrong?" Chucked Komaeda as he wiped the blood off his split lip.
After most of his anger faded away, he felt a stinging pain on his knuckles. Blood. Not Komaeda's , but it was his. From hitting Komaeda too hard. Feeling that it was useless to question Komaeda any longer since what he was giving him wasn't answers. Hinata, disgusted with Komaeda let him go and to his surprise Komaeda pulled him in for a kiss.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Hinata screamed as he immediately wiped his lips and pushed Komaeda away and began to run back to his own room in confusion while trying to ignoring the insane chuckles of Komaeda Nagito.
Oh god I know this is just a repeat of the first chapter but I really need this as a stepping stone to develop my story! Please be patient QwQ (:::::) free potato