(Author's Note: This story takes place in a AU where Hope's Peak Academy is just a regular high school. Just a typical high school story with a love triangle. Spoilers and Super Dangan Ronpa 2 characters may be present. This is also NSFW later on. Main focus is Celegiri (Kirigiri x Celes). There may be some OOC, but putting that aside, I hope you enjoy it!)
"I lie about many things, but when I say I love you both, I truly mean it. Kyouko Kirigiri, and Sayaka Maizono. I would like to say that I love you both very dearly from the bottom of my heart." – Celestia Lundenberg
Introduction/Prologue – Warm-up
Many have stated the feeling of true happiness. What is true happiness? It seems to be a so called emotion named "love." Celestia Ludenberg did not feel such desires and passion in her life. She knew of love in a way of friends and family, nothing more, nothing less. Though, it didn't mean she wasn't curious about it. She wanted to understand what it was like to feel "love" which apparently equaled to "happiness." She knew what lust and interest was due to her fantasies of living in a castle with vampire men in suits. She knew it was a ridiculous dream and fantasy, but one could dream right? Everyone had to have some sort of fantasy at one point in their lives. Love was not in Celestia's favor, however, she felt interest. She had interest in two lovely girls, but she would always conceal her feelings. She concealed it to the point it suffocated her. It made her fall into a small amount of despair and she did not want it. Celestia wanted to love, but she did not want the pain, suffocation and despair that came with it. Occasionally, she would embrace the bliss of interest and affection.
It was a regular day in Hope's Peak Academy. Celes twirled a lock of her raven-colored hair as she reluctantly gazed and watched the teacher lecture the class in the theory and mechanics of chemistry. She didn't dread the class, but it wasn't the most exciting thing for her. She preferred literature and language arts. She was introverted and rarely communicated with anyone unless it was necessary. However, she opened up and socialized a bit more than before thanks to Hifumi Yamada, who would introduce and put her in with his group of friends. Time went by and Celestia befriended all of them, and they too became her own group of friends. It took a year or two for her good fortunes with them.
She was happy to know she had people to talk to and socialize with besides Yamada, who was a family friend of hers. Each person in the group had very special talents and excelled in their best one. Celestia gained the title of "Super High School Level Gambler." How? She gambled a lot in her free time, and she always won. She piled up a lot of cash due to it and saved it for personal reasons.
Celestia felt a nudge and looked over her shoulder to see Kyouko Kirigiri pass her a piece of paper filled with words and numbers. Taking it and waving her hand in thanks, she took out her pencil and began scribbling on the dreaded paper that was going to be assigned for homework. The class was rowdy when the lecture ended. Students were either fooling around or talking to their peers. Celestia kept to herself, while working on the assignment alone.
Kirigiri had no desire to work at the moment, and was thankful that Sayaka Maizono approached her. Sayaka smiled as she asked Kirigiri for some assistance on one question that had her stuck. Kirigiri attempted to clear things up for the girl, "Judging from how our teacher did it, I'm sure this is how he did it."
Sayaka watched closely as Kirigiri jotted down some formulas and calculations. Understanding what was going on, she nodded, "You're so smart Kirigiri-san…I wish I was as smart as you."
"You really think so Maizono? I just merely watch and analyze the information provided for me, and I put them together. It's like if they were a puzzle to solve," stated Kirigiri as she placed her black pencil down.
"I really think so Kirigiri-san. I mean, you're one of the smartest people I know of. Along with Celes, Fujisaki-san, and Togami-kun. I don't think I could ever match up to any of you," shyly answered Sayaka as she took the paper from the desk, examining it before putting it away in her overly designed binder with cutesy designs.
Kirigiri shrugged. It wasn't abnormal for her to be complimented for her intelligence. She would always be complimented for her analytical nature of things, and she assumed that, that was why she had good grades. She would always pay attention and treat everything as if it were a murder mystery. Find out what the answer was, find out what this symbolized, what it meant, etc. She would not stop until she found out the truth, also known as the correct answer. This was probably why she acquired the title of "Super High School Level Detective."
The loud ringing sound of the bell sounded across the school, and the sound of furniture scrapping the floor was dominant. Packing up her things, Kirigiri headed out first, to not notice that she had dropped something. Celes noticing, picked it up and went to give it back, to soon lose sight of Kirigiri. Celes didn't know where exactly Kirigiri's next class was, and sighed as she looked envelope in her pale hands. Her scarlet eyes widened as she saw it had her name written in beautiful, cursive writing. What was so important to be said that it had to be written in words?
Celes quickly headed to her next class, sat down and opened the envelope that had a small, red ribbon on it. She felt nervous for some reason as she unfolded the paper gently as if it would shatter into a billion pieces if she handled it roughly. She skimmed through it to see how long it was. The writing was not too big, nor too small. It was like art in Celes' eyes to see beautiful sized handwriting. The paper carried a faint scent of elegance, strong enough that Celes sniffed it to see what type of scent it was. It smelled of lilacs, and she gave a tiny smile, flattered that Kirigiri would go through all the trouble to making it look nice, and even smelling nice. Her scarlet eyes began reading.
" Celestia,
I'm not excelling in the arts of vocal expression when it comes to my thoughts and feelings,
but I would like to tell you that you carry a beautiful aura around you.
Your elegance itself is equal to the roses on a beautiful day, blossoming in the broad daylight.
I can't help but be entranced in your own beauty, your melodic voice, and the way you smile and laugh.
I have fallen into a spell casted by the beautiful witch herself, and I have no regrets.
What I'm trying to say is, I love you. I have taken interest in you since I have gotten to know you.
That interest has evolved into what they say is "love."
I know you most likely won't feel the same.
I will abide to what your decisions are.
What I desired was for you to know that my heart belongs to you and only you.
I would like to get to know you better than anyone else.
I love you.
Kyouko Kirigiri "
Time froze for Celes. Every sound seemed faint to her at the right moment. This was a love and confession letter. Printed by Kirigiri's own hands for her to read. Celes folded the paper and placed it back into the envelope before sealing it again with the ribbon. She had to sneak this into Kirigiri's locker to save her from the scavenger hunt. Her heart pounded as she eyed the envelope in her bag. She even felt the heat rise to her cheeks and scowled silently to herself. She hated losing her own composure.
For the rest of the class, she couldn't focus on her schoolwork. Instead she focused on the letter and the image of Kirigiri being all flustered and charming towards her, which made her blushing worse. Celes jumped in her seat as the bell rang. It was lunch time. She scurried out of the class and rushed to Kirigiri's locker, her face still red. She was faced the challenge of finding which one was hers. "Which one is her locker, I wonder?" muttered Celes, looking at each locker number.
"My locker is in front of you," answered a calm, cool voice.
Feeling the blood freeze in her veins, Celes slightly jumped to then look behind to see Kirigiri looking at her with curiosity and confusion. "T-that's no way to greet a lady, Kirigiri-san," she stuttered, regaining her cool, composure.
"My apologies. I was just curious to see why-"
Kirigiri's lilac eyes drifted to the letter in Celes' hands. She sighed, "You saw it didn't you?"
Celes nodded, "You dropped it on the way out to your next class. I picked it up to find my name printed on it. I read it."
The other girl looked away, with a dark expression on her features, "I was planning to give it to you after school. I apologize if I made a fool out of myself from that letter, but that is what I truly feel."
The raven-haired girl gently took the girl's right hand into her own hands, "Kirigiri. I'm flattered. I really am. This was one of the sweetest things anyone could do for me. You are very composed when you want to speak from your heart and mind, and that is what I love about you."
Kirigiri gave no response, and remained in place. "I have taken quite the interest in you, if I say so myself…." mumbled Celes, tightening her grip around the other girl's hands, head lowered and to the left to avoid being caught with a blush as red as her own eyes.
"For someone who is called the 'Queen of Lairs,' it's hard to believe that. I don't know if you're doing it out of pity or some set up for your own satisfaction."
"You wound me so, Kirigiri. What I say is the truth. It is logically unreasonable for me to lie about emotions. Especially when it deals with an attraction towards you."
Kirigiri glanced at the elegant girl who held her hand. Her body disobeyed her mind by revealing the small blush plastered on her cheeks. Celes, who looked up had her heart race, her body reacting on its own. Kirigiri's eyes widened as she felt the soft, pink lips of Celestia Ludenberg on her own.
"Is that enough proof, Kirigiri?" questioned Celes as she placed her hands over her mouth.
Kirigiri nodded. Smiling, she embraced her.
