School Days
Rating: M
Warning: Contains Offensive Language, Sexual Situations, some Gory Imagery, and Future Strong Sexual Content. Reader discretion is Advised.
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"Ar-are you sure it's okay," Maizono tentative voice asked, "are you positive?"
Sayaka Maizono was now living at my place; her parents had died in a terrible accident not too long ago. The evening breeze swept through the room, it was just enough to give me goose bumps.
"I'm sure of it," I said calmly. I told her that she could sleep in my room because my room is more comfortable than the guest room.
"If there is anything that you need just give me a call," I stated walking out of the room to give her privacy, when suddenly; there were two arms squeezing me tightly. Startled, I turned my head to see Maizono behind me hugging me with tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong," I asked. She looked up at me, tears streaked down he cheeks and more gathering in the corners of he eyes.
"Naegi, I can't thank you enough for letting me live here," she then gave me a smile that could brighten up the darkest of days.
"Don't mention it," I said with a smile of my own. I then walked out of her new bedroom to my new room and laid down; feeling the weight of the day press down on me.
The sunlight shined on my closed eyes, it was just annoying enough to wake me up from my slumber. The birds were chirping loudly outside the window, letting me know just how early it was. The guestroom was warm with the summer heat, heating me under the already warm covers. I yawned and threw off the covers and made my way to the bathroom to take my morning shower. I opened the door, not realizing that Maizono was standing right behind it.
"Huh!" she murmured, shocked.
"G-Goodmorn-" I began, I was shocked into silence when I fully awoke. There, standing right in front of me, was a nude and very flustered Maizono.
"Ahhhhhh!" She screamed loud enough to make my ears ring.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I apologized repeatedly running out of the bathroom slamming the door behind me with a flourish. A moment later Maizono came out of the bathroom angrily at me.
"I'm sorry I barged in there like that, I didn't realize that you were in there," I said bowing and praying for forgiveness.
"D-Did you see anything?" She asked me, embarrassed. I had less than a second to come up with my answer before I was in serious trouble.
"No," I replied without second thought. 'I didn't see anything because I was still half asleep and was scared out of my wits'.
"That's good," she said, sighing. I huffed out a breath I didn't realize I was holding until now, that was extremely close.
"I guess you couldn't have seen anything, it was too steamy in there. Anyways, if you really wanted to see me naked, it wouldn't be all that difficult." Maizono said cheekily. The statement Maizono made confused me but I just decided to ignore it for the time being.
After we ate breakfast we started to get ready for the long, grueling day of school.
"Do you have everything you need Naegi-kun?" I nodded my head. Maizono's face was stern.
"Everything?" She said with a hint of disbelief.
"Yes," I punctuated my statement with another nod.
"Do you have your homework?" she asked.
"Yes." I said emotionlessly, trying to hide my smile.
"Books?" She asked, her eyebrow raised in question.
"Yes." A smile broke out of the emotionless barrier.
"Lunch?" She questioned with a hint of a giggle in her voice.
"Yes, Mom!" I said full of mirth.
My happiness was dosed with a cold bucket of shame, Maizono was giving me a small, sad smile. Guilt washed over me in a painful wave, how could I be insensitive.
"Maizono I'm-" I started.
"Come on Naegi, we're going to be late for school," she murmured quietly. I followed behind silently, the guilt twisting my stomach in painful knots.
Hope's Peak Academy. A school in which hope and happiness live and where students go to attend classes to gain more knowledge (like any good school is for).
Once a month the school holds the annual CLASS TRIAL. The CLASS TRIAL is just like any other trial, excluding any real death or danger. Students go around and investigate a "murder" scene that had occurred within the school grounds. Students are chosen by the principle at random to be the "blackened": the one(s) who commit the crime, and the victim(s). The "blackened" people chosen have the ability to chose someone to be an accomplice. Of course we don't know who did it until we solve the mystery during the CLASS TRIAL.
Halfway to school Maizono and I met up with Toko Fukawa and Byakuya Togami. Togami leading and Fukawa mindlessly following.
Fukawa is a a bookworm who is most famous for her romance novels. She is a pretty girl, long dark brown hair tied back into two braids and large light brown eyes hidden behind thin wire-framed glasses. She has another personality within her that we try to keep from coming out, her other self is a bit of a nut. But that persona only takes over whenever Fukawa sneezes or faints; so we're safe from her crazy antics most of the time.
Byakuya Togami, a rich, playboy and heir to his family's prestigious company. He is tall and slim, ear length blond hair and blue-green eyes masked by a pair of white-framed glasses. He can be rude at times, looking down at everyone and putting himself on a pedestal, but he is incredibly smart and loves to remind everybody of it.
"G-Goodmorning Naegi-kun and Maizono-chan," Fukawa greeted with her usual meekness. She tends to be nervous no matter what the situation may be, a polar opposite to the 'other' Fukawa.
"Good morning," Maizono replied back sweetly.
"Is Maizono here staying with you because she can't afford her bills?" Togami asked with the outright intention of hurting Maizono's feelings.
"You don't have to be so rude, but yes. We aren't all as rich as you," I said, fire heating my words. I glanced over to Maizono, the attention to her personal situation heating her cheeks to a dusty pink. I turned back to a sneering, seething Togami, "Plus, its kinda' nice to have another person hanging around," I turned back to give Maizono what I hoped was an encouraging smile.
Fukawa pointed her finger at us and blurted-out, "Y-you guys aren't planning on doing anything d-dirty are you?!" She said in a burst of what looked like curiosity.
"N-No," Maizono and I said in unison.
"Ye-Yeah, we're even staying in different rooms so nothing out of the ordinary," Maizono evenly explained.
I could feel my face turning red when she said that and when I looked at her her cheeks were just as red as mine.
"That's fine enough!" Togami angrily said. "We don't need all the details to be heard".
"Okay," Maizono said looking down in embarrassment.
"L-Let's start heading to school, we don't want to be late" I said trying to change the subject to something less awkward.
"Hmph," Togami huffed and walked away.
"B-Byakuya-sama, wa-wait for me!" Fukawa said trying to catch up to him. Both of them walked ahead while I stayed with Maizono.
"Are you okay?" I asked trying comfort her. She shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess" she said still looking down.
"If you want to talk to me about anything just ask and I will do my best to help" I said smiling. She flashed me a smile.
"Okay, thank you Naegi-Kun". I smiled at the sincerity of her words.
"No problem Maizono," I answer back.
"No, I really mean it. Thank you, for everything..." A sudden flash of a sobbing Maizono flashed across my mind, I tripped up a bit but commenced walking shortly after.
"No problem," I said quietly.
We then continued walking to school with the summer wind blowing over us every now and then. I started to replay the horrible events of what happened almost two weeks ago to Maizono.
~*~ Flashback~*~
Maizono sat at home in her bedroom, waiting for her parents to come home from the grocery store. It was kind of lonely at her house, with her bother gone away to school over sea's and her parents always working. It was good to know that they were going to be home soon while she was home for the first time in what seemed like ages.
It was getting kind of late and Maizono was worried, she decided to give them a quick call to see how they were and why they were running late.
"Yes, Maizono dear. Is there an emergency?" Her mother's sweet voice came over the phone. Maizono was relieved to hear her.
"No emergency, Mother. I was just wondering when you'd be coming home, that's all." Maizono stated tiredly, she leaned back in he soft bed, enjoying the comfort her soft pillows provided.
"We'll be home shortly, your father and I had to pick-up a few things before we came home. Did you finish your homework?" Her mother asked sweetly.
"Yes, Mom." Maizono answered without fail, "I was wondering if I could stay over at my friend Nae-" Maizono's question was cut-off by a violent screeching and a crash from the other end of the line.
"Wha-What was that?!" She asked, a little breathless.
"Someone just rammed the back of our car," she heard her father say from the other side of the line.
"Are you guys okay?" Maizono asked, trying to keep calm.
"Don't worry dear, we're going to be fine. We're just going to pull over and see what the problem is." Her mother said calmly, knowing how easy it was to upset her daughter.
"It'll only take a second, Sweetheart." Maizono heard her father say to his wife before Maizono heard the car door open and shut on the other end of the call.
He left the car and walked down to where the second car was pulled over onto the dirt shoulder of the nearly vacant road. Maizono could only sit on her bed and listen carefully to what her mother was mumbling to herself, something about 'reckless drivers'. Suddenly, there was a loud shout and the shuffling of feet on a dirt road. BAM! The sound of a gunshot rang in the background of the phone.
"Dad, Mom?" Maizono said. "W-Was that a gunshot?" She began to get teary eyed.
"Sayaka," her mother began calmly, "Your father's been shot" her mother stated with utter seriousness. Maizono violently shook her head in blind denial.
"No, no no noooooo!" Maizono sobbed openly into her pillow, phone still pressed against her ear.
"Sayaka, dear. I want you to calm down, please." Her mother soothed. "I want you to know that what ever happens, I love you. I love you so much my Beautiful Little Star, do what makes you happy and be happy no matter what. I love you so much..." Her mother sobbed the last sentence into the phone, her composure finally breaking when she spotted the hooded figure making it's way to their car.
"I love you too Mom, please..." Maizono's plea was cut short when she heard the hitch in her mother's voice. "Mom, what's happening?" Maizono asked; panic rich in her voice.
"The person who shot your Father is coming this way. I'm going to put the phone down so he doesn't see it. I want you to be very quiet dear, you can do that for me Sayaka." Maizono's mother asked, the tears in her voice making her last request a watery statement.
"Mom, please! You have to get out of there!" Maizono cried out. "I'm sorry sweetie, but it's too late for me. I love you Sayaka, take care of yourself." her mother said sadly.
"Mom pl-" Maizono began before her mother cut her off.
"Please be quiet dear..." her mother said, hushed before setting the phone onto the floor of the vehicle.
Maizono listened with bated breath for any sign of her father's killer. The tears streamed down her cheeks at the utter hopelessness she felt. She felt so useless as her mother sat in the clutches of the person who shot her father.
As sudden as the first shot, the second shot boomed over the line, nearly bursting Maizono's eardrum. Maizono dropped the phone in shock and shot up from the no longer comfy bed. The tears streamed down her face as she shook in the middle of her room.
Maizono heard muffled noises on the other end of the phone, she scrambled onto her hands and knees and leaned down close to the phone, no trusting her hands to not shake while holding the phone. Hope rose in the back of her throat, tasting like bitter bile.
"That's what ya' get for a year ago, ya' dumb bitch," the clearly male voice spat.
The crunch of footsteps on dirt indicated that the criminal had left the seen of her parent's murder; at this point in time Maizono was sure both of her parents were dead. She the distant sound of tires as they spun off of the dirt shoulder onto the still vacant road. Maizono sobbed loudly into the phone after hearing the murderer leave.
"I love you Mom, I love you. I'm so sorry I wasn't good enough, I'm so sorry..." she sobbed over and over into the phone. She finally gained the courage to call the police.
"Hello... I'd like to report a murder..."
~*~End of Flashback~*~
I was the next person she called, I heard about every thing that night. I rushed over to her house and held the sobbing girl until she finally fell asleep from exhaustion. I invited her over to stay at my house for the night, so she didn't have to be at her house alone that night. That was over a week ago.
"Naegi-Kun?" A soft voice said.
I looked up to realize that Maizono was trying to get my attention by waving her hand in front of my face. I blushed when I found out that the whole time we were walking to school I was daydreaming.
"What were you daydreaming about?" She asked me.
"I-I wasn't daydreaming about anything," I shook my head in denial.
"You know I can tell that you are lying, remember, I'm an Esper" she said with a smile, 'seeing' through my lie. I laughed nervously at her little joke, but ignored the subject. She seemed content with letting me get away with it, for now.
We had arrived at Hope's Peak Academy, we changed our outdoors shoes to indoor shoes, I looking for the 'companions' we were walking with. Togami and Fukawa were probably already inside by now.
"Upupupuuuu," a voice giggled behind me and I turned around to see who (or in my case, what) it was. It was Monokuma, our principle. To be honest, the little bear creeped me out. As high school students, I think we're a little too old to be ushered around by a soft bear. It was creepy and it felt wrong, I mean, IT'S A STUFFED BEAR! How is any high school student suppose to take that seriously. But I put my animosity aside, my grades ride on the back of this fuzzy little toy.
"Are you guys going out?" Monokuma asked with a big grin on his face.
"N-No, she's just staying at my place because of the accident," I shouted rudely (just because he dictates my grades doesn't mean that question was appropriate). "Upupupupu, is that all?" Monokuma giggled, "Good, I don't want to see anything X-rated within my school...okay?" Monokuma said with mirth that was only right to be displayed in human beings.
"Th-There won't be anything like that okay!?" I yelled.
"Okay," Monokuma pouted. "Well I have to go get ready for class now, so if you'll excuse me," Monokuma then skipped away 'upupupuing'.
"I swear there is something not right about that guy..." I state, shaking my head. Maizono shakes her head at my statement, but smiles none the less.
"Yo Naeg's!" a boisterous voice cried out in my direction.
I turned around to see Hagakure waving at me running in my direction.
"How's your morning?" He asked, wrapping his arm around my head. "I see you walked with Maizono-chan here, are you guys dating? Did you make your move on her?" I could tell he was mocking me.
"I'm standing right here..." Maizono states irritated by how rude Hagakure is being.
"No, why does everyone say that?" I yell, brushing his arm off my head and pushing my messy hair back into place.
"Hmmm, we'll your face is turning bright red, so there must be something that you are hiding" he said. He was right, I could tell that my face was burning up but I don't want him to think he's got the best of me.
"Yeah, it's 'cause your smelly armpit was in my face," I shoot back, defensive as ever.
"Yeah, sure," Hagakure says in disbelief, but he allows me to keep some of my dignity.
I started walking with Hagakure and again began to relive the horrible events that happened not too long ago.
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