FINAL Free Time Event

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Komaeda: I guess it's about time for someone to start yearning for hope...

>Invite Nagito to hang out

Komaeda: Do you want to go to the library with me? There's a book there I want to read.

I spent time with Nagito today reading books together.

> Present

Komaeda: Huh...? Is it...really okay to accept this...? Hmhmhhm...just thinking about the bad luck that's waiting for me is making me feel all tingly...!

Komaeda: Hajime, why are you...? ... No,the reason doesn't matter. I just want to feel grateful for this good luck. I want to be thankful that there's someone who's interested in trash like me.

Hinata: The reason I'm here is because I wanted to hear the rest of what you were going to say earlier.

Komaeda: I don't mind. It's no big deal anyway. Like I said before, my parents are dead. since I had no other relatives, 'it' took a direct action against me.

Hinata: What does 'it' mean...?

Komaeda: My diagnosis. Stage 3 malignant lymphoma, and to top it off...it's accompanied by frontotemporal dementia.

Hinata: ...Huh?

Komaeda: Even now...my brain is deteriorating bit by bit while I'm speaking to you...

Hinata: Y-you're kidding me, right...?

Komaeda: My life expectancy is between half a year to a year... But right after I was diagnosed, I was accepted into Hope's Peak Academy... I believed that balanced things out...But now these killings are occurring, you know? As soon as my life entered the final round, it quickly became a rollercoaster ride! But it's going to be all right...No matter the bad luck that happens, good luck always lies just beyond it. The reason I'm alive is because I always believe there's hope...no matter what. Do you understand me now...Hajime...?

Hinata: ...

No matter what his reasons were, I couldn't forgive all the things Nagito had done. That's..what I'd been believing. But still...

Komaeda: Hajime...you and I are a lot alike...

Hinata: ...

Komaeda: That's why you understand my feelings...I felt that from the start. I don't feel the unique area that exists in those who have talent from you... I only detect the scent of a miserable bystander...just like me.

That...may be so, but...

Hinata: I'm not miserable. I'm...different from you!

Komaeda: It seems there's no one who's willing to inherit my soul. I have no parents, no siblings, no relatives... Not even friends or acquaintances... Because of my self-righteous thoughts, everyone distanced themselves from me. I was fine with that while I was still healthy, but it's quite lonely to die alone... Now that I'm on the verge of death, I've finally realized what I wanted all along: somebody's love.

Hinata: Y-you...!

Komaeda: ...I read a book about something like that the other day.

Hinata: Huh...?

Komaeda: It was right of me to cite a book written for the masses. Thanks to that, I was able to gain your empathy. Yes, I'm satisfied now.

Hinata: You...were lying...just now...? No...everything you've said up to this point...all of it...it was all...lies...?

Komaeda: ...Have you finally decided to kill me? If you want, I'll prepare the perfect crime. Then you can kill me...and you'll be saved... [Laughing] Hahahahaha! Let's commit the crime together so despair can become the foundation of hope! You can do it! I believe in you! After all, you tolerated someone like me this entire time! I'm sure a bright hope is sleeping inside you, too!

Hinata: ... Nagito...just tell me one thing, and be honest. If you didn't have your Ultimate Luck...what would you be doing instead?

Komaeda: I...I guess I would probably be living a peaceful life... A boring, normal life with no hope and no despair.

Hinata: ...I see. That's all. Goodbye.

I turned my back to him and as I walked away, I could hear Nagito's voice in the distance.

Komaeda: Please don't forget... From the bottom of my heart...I am truly in love with the hope that sleeps inside of you.

In the end, everything Nagito said... I don't know what was true and what was lies. But even so, there might've been a definitely truth hidden somewhere in his words... If there wasn't...there's no way I could feel this mysterious bond between Nagito and me. If..he does obtain the hope he wants, what is he going to do? Strangely enough...I feel like I want to see that...

I left the area...deep in thought...