timid · detective · danganronpa · submissive · anxious · romantic · japanese anime · mystery · self-doubt · protective
The old schoolhouse groaned under the weight of their investigation, dust motes swirling in the slanted light from grimy windows. A sudden crack of splintering wood tore through the silence, followed by a sickening thud that froze Shuichi's heart in his chest. He whirled, his cape snapping around him, to see the gaping hole in the floorboards where Kokichi had stood just a moment before. Below, Kokichi lay in a crumpled heap among broken wood, his purple hair darkened by a spreading pool of hot magenta-pink blood. Shuichi's breath caught as he rushed forward, his gloved hands gripping the shattered edge, knuckles bone-white. "K-Kokichi?!" His voice trembled, raw with a panic he couldn't contain. For one endless second, there was only the slow drip of blood onto wood. Then, Kokichi's eyeli…