Nagito's POV

  "Um, Ichigo~chan? Are you upset?" I asked her. "No I'm not", "I don't like her, normally I would but she gives me bad vibes". "Bad vibes, like a despairful one?". "If that's the way you see it, sure" she says in a monologue tone.

   "Well, tell me somethings about yourself, Ichigo~chan" I said with a smile. Hopefully I can make her feel better. Ah hope~! "I'm not that interesting, so would you like to talk about something?" She asks me. "If you don't mind trash like me rambling, then yes I do".

   "You're not trash, Ko, if anything I am". "No no, you're very nice-". "Because I'm not pissed off or angry right now, trust me, I can be mean if I really wanted to, now go on ahead and ramble" she replied. "Well, I like hope". "Hope? Do you worship it or something?" She asks me, actually taking interested in the conversation.

   "Yes! Of course I do!", "Hope is like the best thing on Earth!" I exclaimed. She giggled at me with pureness. "Continue, continue, I want to know more!" She giggled. "Hmm.. where to start?". "At the beginning of course!" She states excitedly.

    "I'm surprised you're actually interested". "I want to understand why it's the best thing in the world to you, so yes I am interested". "Someone actually wants to understand trash, I'm honored" I say with a smile. "Like I said you're not trash", "Friends care for each other and their feelings".

   "You're so inspirational, Ichigo~chan, so full of hope!". She giggles at me. "Your love for hope is adorable, Ko". "Ko? Is that a nickname" I asked. "Yeah, I hope you don't mind, I usually give everyone a nickname" she replies with a smile.

   "I'm glad you're my friend, Ichigo~chan, having a friend is an nice feeling" I say with a smile, looking down. She hugs me, which took me by surprise. I hug her back. "I'll never you be lonely again" she whispers. I feel the tears gathering in my eyes. "Thank you" I whispered back.

   She releases me from the hug. I giggle and say "You're a big softy". She gasps, "No I'm not! How dare you?!" She yelled. My smile turns into a frown. "I'm sorry Ichigo~chan! I knew trash like me would upset you!" I apologized sadly.

   "She was joking, I guess you don't know what a joke is?". I look up to the voice. "Hinata~kun? What do you mean?" I asked. "Ko, I'm not actually mad at you, it was joke" she giggles. Oh.. "You really haven't had a friend, huh?" She asks me. "Nope, I've been lonely since forever" I said sadly.

   "Well you don't have to worry about that anymore, I, Ichigo Hoshi, will be your protector of sadness!" She yelled, in a silly pose. She was saluting. I giggle at her. "Come on you two, I'm not being late because of you" Hinata~kun says coldly. "Be nicer, Haji, stop having that stick up your ass" she says, giggling.

   Hinata~kun grabs my hand and drags me to class. "Be safe, Ichigo~chan!" I yell to her. "I will, Ko!" She yells back.

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   School is now over, which mean I have to hangout with Hinata~kun and Ichigo~chan. If I don't, Hinata~kun is gonna kidnap me. Well, I could just run, I'm not good at running. Plus, I kinda want to hangout with Ichigo~chan!

  Hmm.. nope just avoid them Komaeda. There's no way Hinata~kun would actually kidnap me, right? Right?! No way, he's not that crazy, maybe he is. I wouldn't know. Why would he kidnap trash? Is it in the name of hope?!

   Ah hope~!  Hope is so amazing! I should get bagels, I ate them all. I pout to myself, and make my way to my house. Hmm.. something feels wrong, very wrong. I continue to my house, as I don't want to go anywhere in my uniform. I change into my usual causal outfit.

   I grab my wallet, and head out the door. Should I go to the Bakery or the Kissaten? Hmm.. I'll just go to which ever is closer. The neighborhood is quiet today, why is that? I don't like this. It's too quiet.

   I sped up a bit, afraid I was being followed. Though, who would want to follow trash? It's not really recommend. I see the bakery up ahead, my eyes light up. Bagels! I would run but I'm tired from all that happened today.

   I look at the sky. The sun is going to set soon. Sunset's are always pretty. The night is even prettier. And bagels are tasty! I quickly walk faster, excited for tasty bagels but I never got them.

   I got dragged into an alley way, and slammed on a building wall. "Ow". I look at the person who dragged me into the alley way. "Hinata~kun? Why did you drag me here?" I asked. I didn't know I was shaking. Hinata~kun doesn't say anything, but grabs my and drags me further into the alley way.

    "H-hinata~kun! Let me go!" I yelled, struggling to get out of his grip. "Stop struggling, if I let you go will you run?" He asks softly. I shake my head in a 'no' motion. He let's go of me. "Thank you". "Just follow me, that's all I need" he says. I do as he says, still shaking from earlier.

   "Are you cold?". "No, why do you ask?". He chuckles lightly, "So you're scared of me, right?". "No! Why would I be scared of you?". "Then why are you shaking?". I stop walking. He has a good point. "I don't know, I reflex on my body, I guess" I replied. "Let's go, I'm tired from searching for you" he says, sighing. "Ok".

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   "Welcome to the base!" Hinata~kun yelled. It's pretty. The base was an tree house with lots of fairy lights around it. "Come on Komaeda, Berrycake is waiting for us". He grabs my hand and drags me up. Ichigo~chan is here?

   We make it to the top of the tree house, and see Ichigo~chan waiting for us. "There you guys are! You took forever!" She yelled, pouting at us. "It's not my fault I couldn't find him" Hinata~kun grunted. Ichigo chan hands both of us sodas. "A toast to Ko, being our friend!" She yelled with a smile on her face.

   "You guys shouldn't make a toast to tra-". Hinata~kun gives me a glare. I gulp. "Finish that sentence and I'll pin you". I smirked, "Try me". Hinata~kun puts his soda down, and pins me to the ground. "So what were you saying again?" He says with a smirk. I pout and tried to push off me.

   "Fine, I'm not trash now get off me!". "Hmm.. nope". Ichigo~chan giggles at us. "Ichigo~chan this isn't funny help me!" I yelled. She laughs even more, and Hinata~kun joins in. "Guys this isn't funny!".

   The rest of the day was us playing, joking around, and me getting use to having friends. Hinata~kun isn't as heartless as I thought. I smile at the thought. "Komaeda!" Hinata~kun whined. I giggled, "What is it Hinata~kun?". "Berrycake won't give me my soda back" he whined.

   I laugh at him. Ichigo~chan was drinking his soda. "Oh you mean this?" She asks, shaking the empty can. Hinata~kun gasps and yells "You owe me a gallon of orange juice!". "Whatever". I smile at their childness. They're both adorable.

   I enjoyed the day while it lasted, cause what I didn't know was, I couldn't keep it forever.

Author's Note: This story so far is cheesy. I'm surprised people are actually reading this besides my gf. I hope you enjoyed this chapter as the character's may be ooc.

Finished on: 5/27/20