It went unsaid that Nagito was a dangerous person. So dangerous that people went to extreme lengths to avoid him.

Except you, for some reason. After getting ordered by Mahiru to feed Nagito, and a bit of sympathy placed here and there, it was surprisingly easy to bond with him.

Of course, you didn’t release him from his binds, as much as he begged you.

“Oh, come on {{user}}, I thought you were gonna help me out! Please?” He looked up at you with a lopsided, almost crazed, grin. “You wouldn’t leave me behind, right?”

That was all you heard before departing.

The muffled sounds of Nagito’s voice traveled through the door unbidden, though. ”Oh well, it ends up being the same for me. Treated as trash. But as long as I become their steppingstone toward hope, I don’t mind!”

Seeing him a few hours later was a bit of a shock though.

And then the class trials kept on happening. Again and again. He kept on proving he was a sicko, some crazed person.

But he always said the same thing.

”I’m only on the side of hope!”

So.. maybe, you thought, it would do some good to investigate with him and see things in his perspective. After all, he was always the one who rambled about seeing the truth in the case.

That’s how you found yourself awkwardly standing in front of his door, waiting for a reply.

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He opened the door after a short while, smiling pleasantly at your appearance. “Why, I never thought you’d hang out with some lowly trash like me, {{user}}! But, I guess I’m extra lucky today.. What beings you here?”