#especially because mahiru has given her a similar speech before

[good-beanswrites]

I was thinking of Hallucination and LCSYS again. Would you like to write something about what Mahiru was doing instead of performing at Hallucination?

Ah, yes!! In my mind she was there and everything was perfect 😭 But it was super fun to think of what/who could be convincing to her... I know Miho Okasaki had another performance at the time, so I tried to keep things generally in line with that. Even if I wasn't writing for you specifically, I know there's only one character who could talk Mahiru into it... (I kept getting hung up on pov/little details/transitions but I think I just need to post this as is lol 😂)

“Mikoto-kun!” Mahiru cupped the phone close to her at the sound of his voice. “Mahiru has big news! You’re the first to know!”

“Ah, is it okay if he’s the second to know?”

“Oh! Hey, John-kun!” 

As much as Mikoto was protective over Red’s name, he himself always encouraged the prisoners to call him John. It was something like an affectionate nickname at this point; an inside joke between him and the people who had experienced so much with him. Well, and also the hundreds of thousands of adoring fans that called him that…

“I can tell you! Oooh, Mahiru just got the call a minute ago!”

“What is it?”

“Do you remember that group holding the mental health talks from a few months ago? They were asking permission to use my videos at one of their events?”

“I remember.”

She felt her cheeks blush at the way he said it – of course he remembers, she hadn’t stopped talking about it for a month straight.

“Well, they’re holding a biiiiig presentation this time. Lots of smart professionals and famous influencers will be there!” She listed off some of the guest list. John wouldn’t know a lot of the beauty and health influencers, but maybe he’d recognize them from her many prior conversations. She’d said time and time again what an inspiration some of these people were during her life before, and turning it around now. “I mean, she’s Mahiru’s hero!!”

“That’s great! So, are they going to play your videos there, too? That’s –”

“– They want Mahiru to come and talk!” She squealed, unable to contain it anymore. Her feet danced a few steps around her kitchen. “They asked if I could be one of the speakers!”

“That’s amazing!”

“I’d get to talk about my life, and then answer some questions after. I’d get to talk to all the guests, and the other speakers! Can you believe it, John-kun? Me, meeting them in person!”

“I’m so proud of you!” She could hear the smile in his voice.

She took a deep inhale. “Mahiru is going to turn it down, of course.”

There was a pause as he processed the statement in her cheery tone. 

“...Eh!?”

“It’s right when Jackalope’s big show is scheduled. They couldn’t have planned it any worse!” She laughed. It was, after all, amusing at how poorly the timing had worked out. “It took all of us to persuade Fuuta-kun to agree to come, there’s no way I can back out now.”

“That’s different – he had nothing better to do, and you have this awesome opportunity!”

“No, no,” she shook her head, even if he couldn’t see the gesture. She kept her smile up. She had to.

“What about rescheduling? Or maybe you can travel between both?”

“It’s impossible, they’ve already started selling tickets for both. But there’s no need to worry, I’m going to have so much fun with you all!”

“It was such an honor to be asked, and you deserve that moment in the spotlight – yourself.”

“Oh, Mahiru could never do something so selfish! My mind is made up!”

There was another pause. If there was one thing everyone had learned about Mahiru, it was that it took quite a lot to un-make her mind, once set on something. 

“Alright. Can you do me one favor, though?”

“Of course! Anything for you, John-kun!”

“Don’t call the others yet. Take a few days to think about it. Really think about it. Actually… do tell Amane about it.”

“Amane-chan…?”

“But wait to tell everyone else.”

She pouted her lips. “But Mahiru was so excited to tell everybody…”

John gave a small laugh on the other end. “I know. Just try to wait a little bit.”

“I will, for your sake…”

“Trust me, it’s for yours.”

—

She told Amane that night, peering into her room. The girl was separating some clothes, laying out her marching band uniform for the big game coming up. Amane responded similarly to John, her excitement turning to complete shock, even when Mahiru added her rational explanation. She started going through possible solutions, all of which Mahiru had already ruled out.

Finally, she asked, “why don’t you go to that event instead? You’ve gotten so much attention through Milgram, but this is something brand new. It’s something that you feel very passionately about.”

“You’re as silly as John-kun! If it was something helpful I’d think about it, but it’s just selfish. Just an excuse for Mahiru to be the center of attention, and meet people I want to meet. It would be so shameful to choose that over performing with you all.”

“But…” Amane’s expression was conflicted. 

“No buts!” Mahiru made a fluttery gesture to the uniform laid out on the bed. “You wouldn’t want to let down your band, would you? It’s like that! Now, dinner will be ready in just a minute, so hurry on down. I made your favorite tonight, and a special dessert in honor of your game~”

—

“Mahiru-san?”

Mahiru looked up from her phone. She hurriedly closed the social media app she’d been scrolling through, checking on who would be attending the presentation. She’d read her favorite blog’s post about it about a dozen times, so it didn’t matter that she closed out of the tab. “Oh, Amane-chan, you’re still up?”

Amane got right to it. She said the words as if she’d been choosing them carefully beforehand. Having helped her prepare for school speeches, Mahiru knew that was exactly what she’d done. 

“I think you should go to the presentation. Sometimes it’s okay if you disappoint a big group, if you’re doing something kind for yourself. You yourself told me that wasn’t selfish. You told me that if the group really loves you, they’ll be happy for you. We know you’re not selfish, and that you do deserve to be the center of attention. When is the last time you did something completely for yourself – not also helping another?”

Mahiru gaped at her. She scrambled for an answer, knowing the girl would have a rebuttal for each thing that crossed her mind. Seeing her point was a success, Amane continued. 

“I will miss you, of course. And Fuuta-san will definitely say something hot-headed. But I think… I know everyone will be very happy for you. No one will be upset, because they’ll see how much this means to you. Because we love you, Mahiru-san.”

Following some bursting into tears and lots of hugging, Mahiru stepped into the kitchen to make a phone call. “Jackalope-san! Mahiru has some good news and some bad news…”

[vrisrezis]

My fav danganronpa characters with a crush (part 2)

- sdr2 chapter 5 spoilers

- chiaki in my opinion can be a character at times that is hard to understand especially given romantically, even if she is a romantical interest for our protag, however ..

- I think that chiaki having a crush is full of her trying to play different games with you, more specifically games you like, and doing what she can to seem entertaining enough.

- she hates the idea of boring you honestly, she has a fear of it to be honest. She also has a fear of making you disappointed in her in any way, so she tries to be especially kind when you’re around and watching how she acts.

- she never behaved poorly of course, but she’s still more careful around you anyways..

- she tends to sleep like a lot, we know this of course. She doesn’t wanna sleep around you too much though, especially if you invite her to hang out, she’ll feel so bad and feel like she will disappoint you.

- I think chiaki is good with a crush specifically because she can deal with it in a positive way.

- will blush if you try to touch her physically as she isn’t used to the physical affection but does appreciate it quite a lot!

- often chiaki will try to be positive and always is looking for ways to make you more healthy mentally as she is always a good positive influence mentally for people!

- she gives you a big hug before her execution, she’s very sad she’ll never really get to see you again after this, but is sure to give you some advice she never got to give you. And perhaps even tell you that she loves you.

- I don’t think personality matters much for chiaki but would probably like somebody with some sort of big “issue” because she’d want to help them. (Ex; having a issue with confidence or loving yourself; having a family issue; having an issue making friends)

- she’s a bit harder given her lack of romantical interest, however I did decide to play dangan island (danganronpa 2 island mode) and was able to get some stuff ;)

- I believe akane will blush at any compliments or whenever you may do something she deems as kind or “soft” as it’s something she’s not very used to

- Being kind and showing actual emotions and being open and vulnerable just isn’t really like her.. given she grew up in a situation where it’s very likely she couldn’t be like that. (My reasoning for that being her free time events where she seemed to be sexually abused or manipulated)

- it takes time but akane warms up to the idea of at least being a little more soft but that’s as vulnerable as she will get. Truth be told she just doesn’t know how to be vulnerable, it’s not like she doesn’t trust you or anything..

- akane might wanna fight you a lot and claim it’s just a friendly match, just her way of showing affection it seems..

- she always thought humans needed only food until she met you.. you taught her love and companionship is just as important for humans!

- i imagine akane liking somebody who’s very energetic like herself, she needs somebody who can keep up with her dammit!

- akane thinks about you a lot and initially doesn’t understand why she’s thinking about you so much and hates it. At a point she thinks that she wants to fight you, but it doesn’t fix anything. She still thinks about you..

- she comes to find out from her other classmates she probably has a crush on you, which makes more sense to her now but still.. she kinda hates it.. having a crush... isn’t that a weakness?? She can’t go soft! Not for anyone! Not for you?!

- but alas she is very soft for you and doesn’t know how to deal with her feelings and tends to overthink it and complicate things. She’s constantly looking into the things you do.. is there a deeper meaning behind it? Do you like her too? Or see her as a friend?

- nonethless akane thinks about these things a lot and I think she will definitely confess to you soon, she isn’t the type to keep silent about things really.. plus what’s the point in beating around the bush?

- since she does (kinda? Probably?) have a romantic interest towards gundham there’s some stuff to go off of here

- Sonia would be very quick to compliment a crush! She’s very kind in this regard I think and loves to compliment her crush a lot!

- Sonia would spend a lot of time with you, though she wouldn’t go out her way to purposely try to bond with you.

- the reason I say this is because I think for Sonia to crush on you she has to already feel a good bond/connection with you already

- it’s very likely that you’re a bit of a loner or didn’t grow up with many/any friends, she feels she can relate to you in this aspect and it makes her feel a bit better about these things.

- she blushes around you, especially if you compliment her or go as far as to hug her or something.. she boutta be so pink!

- que Souda being a jealous boy.. as he should .. you’re sexy and get to have a princess crush on you.. a ultimate princess nonetheless!

- Sonia loves talking to you about whatever creepy shit she may be into at the moment, but she loves hearing you talk about yourself as well!

- Sonia would be very trusting towards you, if you were ever a culprit during the killing game, or you were simply falsely accused she would never believe it! You are so kind and such a good friend!

- v3 spoilers for chapter 1

- Kaede has Shuichi but even at that not really a romantic interest, however looking into her character I can get a bit of an idea what she’s like romantically if you simply analyze her character. Especially given her love suite event and such.

- kaede will definitely seek your approval for things, I wouldn’t say to the point where it’s a flaw but she definitely seeks your approval when she goes on one of her optimistic Hope speeches

- I like to think kaede is very trustful of you, even in the killing game. I think that kaede will have trouble trusting the others towards the end (which would lead to her fall), but she will always trust you!

- kaede would at least give you a hug and while crying tell you her true feelings towards you before her execution ;(

- I think kaede likes to joke around with her crush a lot because she loves seeing them smile. Kaede also always knows how to comfort her crush and always knows the right things to say and how to cheer them up. She pays close attention to them and how they react to certain people and certain jokes.

- I think kaede could like a variety of people personality wise, I could say she’d like somebody like miu, shuichi, himiko, tenko, maki, kokichi etc. she could like any kind of personality but despite how you act if you seem to show interest in her this will make her happy

- even if u act all tsundere about it what matters to her is that you’re interested!

- I will try to make this one really gender neutral, I have for most of them but I won’t talk specifically about certain genders like I had with Mahiru, since there’s so much discourse within her sexuality.

- I think tenko would be interested in somebody that is a performer, I think that’s why she was so obsessed with himiko.

- she would be obsessed with you too though, always trying to be your friend and having conversations and doing her best to form a bond with you and constantly praising you, despite what your responses may be.

- tenko has a hard time concealing emotions and definitely deals with more emotions than most, crushing on you is hard for her to keep to herself for these reasons.

- which is why I think she’s pretty upfront with her emotions and will state at times that she finds you physically attractive but also finds your personality to be attractive.

- she will go as far to state anybody is lucky to date you, you could be with anyone you want.

- personality wise I do think it’s more likely for tenko to like somebody different than her own personality, somebody similar to maybe maki or himiko.

- lots of blushing from this gal, “you’re making me blush!” Can often be heard from her.

- Angie will be very open about her feelings, but this being when you get close as I think it takes a bit for Angie to like somebody.

- Angie will outright say you’re the one for her! That atua said you’re the one for her! So as such she is always calling you cute nicknames.

- Angie loves to grab your hand and drag you around to places. I also think Angie tends to act like you two are a couple already and probably claims you are ?

- quick to give hugs and such! She’s also quite clingy too and hates being separated from you at any time.. she loves being with you after all!

- she’s the ultimate artist for a reason, so she likes to make portaits of you and show them to you as well as other people.

- personality I don’t think matters much to Angie but I think she will tend to like people more shy, more nice, or in general just don’t really have a backbone.

- it makes it easier for her to have a person going along with pretty much anything she wants to do and no complaints or being that stubborn!

- likes praying with you a lot, claims she cannot pray without you now!

V3 spoilers for chapter 4

- I think that miu can be a bit strange towards a crush at least by her own standards. She definitely acts different towards you.

- she acts sexual and says sexual things specifically to gain your attention. Over time eventually stops doing this, but still does it from time to time.

- blushes around you, she feels nervous around you and she cannot help it.. she doesn’t fully understand why she gets so nervous though..

- it takes her awhile to understand what her feelings are, they certainly aren’t sexual.. (well maybe they are.. but it’s totally something else too)

- she will realize she cares for you a lot.. it will lead to her growing desperate to leave with you.. obviously she will give into that desperate need and it’ll be her own demise.

- miu laughs a lot around you as she cannot help but feel so happy in your presence. She wants you to feel the same so she tries to make a lot of jokes to make you laugh. She’s not always good with people and making jokes however and may come off as insensitive or mean.

- speaking of being mean, she’s usually very mean to everyone but never really to you. If she ever is she didn’t mean to be .. well mean. So she’ll try to make it up to you.

- has probably offered her body to you before. She also likes to show you her latest inventions and even invent things for you that you’d find useful. Many people find some of her inventions weird, she doesn’t care what anybody else thinks but she cares what you think so she has a fear you might find some invention weird.

- I think miu could like a variety of different people, but what matters to her is that you know how to catch her off guard. Whatever that be like kokichi with your.. attitude, or being more like kaede with your optimism and it being completely foreign to her. Catching her off guard gets her to like you. Though I do think praising her a ton totally works as well.

- you’re a lucky duck if himiko likes you! I think tenko would agree ;D

- himiko loves to smile and laugh around you, then again she wouldn’t stop smiling and laughing around you even if she wanted to.. she wants you to have fun too though! She likes making you smile by doing lots of magic!

- himiko blushes around you, you make her feel so nervous and giddy.. though she does pray with Angie when she’s feeling especially giddy because then she can avoid her feelings.

- this of course leads to kokichi knowing and teasing her relentlessly, but also genuinely telling her she shouldn’t run away from her emotions... in his own little way of course

- she likes spending time alone with you.. it’s pretty rare because of tenko which is why she likes spending alone time with you so much.. even if it makes her kinda nervous

- sometimes she feels nervous about preforming magic tricks and such in front of you.. but still manages showing off

- i imagine her liking the complete opposite of her tbh, I think she’d like somebody with lots of Rn every despite what her attitude would be to somebody like that. Maybe somebody really optimistic or somebody really in touch with their emotions.