Rantaros POV
I was huffing and puffing as I trudged to the storage room

I started to grasp how much time I was losing with my constant breaks

It felt odd. I'm not super athletic even with my talents, but I certainly wasn't so out of shape that my fight with Kaito would take this much out of me.

I pulled out my wrist watch revealing the time as 11:28

" Damn it... Only five minutes left.." I muttered to myself.

I then tried picking up the pace by running to the storage room. I had pushed my body so far that I felt dizzy.

Eventually, just barely in front of the storage room, I had fell.

I felt my consciousness slip as I began to desperately crawl

I couldn't fail.

I had to know whether what I saw was true or not.

I didn't know why, but I felt as though he was still somewhere in the world. Somewhere close

I had to know. I couldn't let Daisuke down like that.

I only sacrificed myself in the simulator for him. I wanted him most of all to see the outside and live a happy life

I couldn't bare with the pain of him possibly being dead!

So I kept crawling. Conscious fading, eyes droopy, body heavy

And then, it all faded to black

I didn't know what had happened. But I failed.

Or so I thought

Unknown amount of time later

My eyes slowly opened as I stared into a blinding light. My vision was blurry, head was spinning and my body was numb.

When my vision began to clear up, I realized that I was in my room.

I sat up and looked around. Everything seemed normal. As if nothing had happened

I turned my head to my brown dresser cabinet to find a piece of paper with writing underneath that lamp that sat on the dresser.

I picked up the note and began to read

"Dear Taro. So, you really did it. You really ended Danganronpa. You made those same promises in the simulator, but that was all planned. That friend of yours, Shuichi. He seemed a little more natural though. I guess it's thanks to him that you all didn't enter a comatose state.
I'm happy for you. It's been over a year since I last saw you, Tsumugi or Honey. I'm sorry for that. I don't hate you nor am I upset. I just don't want to be found. Rantaro, you have to survive for me. I need you to keep living and leading a happy life. You and Tsumugi deserve it. Don't make the same mistakes as Honey.
I'll keep a watchful eye on you from the distance, just please, don't tell anyone my location.

Sincerely,

Daisuke Kirigiya

I felt myself tear up at reading this. He was really alive. But he didn't want to be found! It all came what seemed to come full circle except two things.

Why doesn't he want to be found and,

What did he mean by, "Don't make that same mistake as Honey?"

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