I woke up with a sickly feeling in my stomach from the memories of the day before. What made me even more upset was the fact I was so unaffected by the events that had occurred previously that day that I happily kissed Mondo. I should have been in mourning! I was extremely ashamed of myself, so much so, that I didn't even want to face the students at breakfast. However I was also starving… The last time I ate was breakfast the day before. I put on a long black skirt and a shirt with my usual tatty boots, brushed my teeth and headed towards the cafeteria. I stopped on my way as I noticed that my necklace, which I had been wearing since I arrived at the school, was no longer around my neck. I panicked for a moment, wondering where I could have lost it. Outside the pool! It must have come off when I was getting undressed.

Sure enough it was there, just outside of the entrance. As I left the pool I noticed that the door of the gym was slightly opened. I assumed Aoi and Oogami were inside training, so I decided to say good morning. A terrible sight greeted me. I screamed in horror as I saw Chihiro's lifeless body strung up across two pieces of gym equipment. Shakily, I fell to the ground and threw up. I attempted to crawl out of the room and call the others however the sight of that kind girl's lifeless body caused me to faint.

"Well here's the culprit." I heard Yamada say. I sleepily pushed myself off the ground,

"What are you talking- AH! Oh god it wasn't a nightmare she's really gone!" I gasped covering my face with shaking hands. "Oh god, I didn't do it! You can't possibly think I did it!"

"It's quite a plausible conclusion." Celes commented, glaring down at me angrily.

"There's no way Amethyst would do something like that." Hagakure grabbed my hand and pulled me up, "…Right?"

"What do you mean, right? Hagakure you know me! You'd know I'd never do such a thing!" I exclaimed.

"In these situations one can never assume." Togami said coldly.

"W-what? Ishimaru, Mondo? You believe me right?" I questioned frantically.

"…Well, I suppose I believe you Miss Amethyst…" Ishimaru said half-heartedly. I looked at Mondo for support. He didn't meet my eyes and had a sorrowful look upon his face.

"Just admit it." Togami said coldly.

"How can you even think that I'd be able to kill someone?" I questioned the group. "I faint every time I see a dead body. I even… threw up." I admitted.

"That doesn't guarantee your innocence."Celes replied.

"Leave her alone." Oogami commanded, "She's clearly shaken. Leave your assumption until you have some proper evidence."

"H-hagakure, tell me you believe me." I said looking up at him with tears in my eyes.

"Yeah… Of course Amethyst. Come on; let's get you out of here." He ushered me out of the gym and walked me to my room.

"Hagakure, I don't think I can do this anymore." I confessed. "This is too much for me. Every day is a nightmare."

"I understand." Hagakure replied, "You've just got to keep fighting, we'll get out of this I know it." We stood together outside of my room and I hugged him tightly.

"Thank you for your support Hagakure. I just need to be alone for a while, mourn for Chihiro and compose myself." I said, opening the door to my room.

"Yeah sure, I'll see you at the trial then." He replied. "If you need me to comfort you I'll just be hanging out in the kitchen."

I nodded and entered the room. I immediately brushed my teeth, desperate to get the taste of bile out of my mouth. Then I fell upon my bed and cried. Memories of Chihiro flashed across my mind as I mourned her passing, she really was a kind and intelligent girl and I was terribly woeful that she was no longer in this world. When I was extremely desperate to dull my pain I recalled a bottle of vodka I had slipped into my bags. After a few minutes of searching I found the bottle and guilty look a large drink from it. After putting the bottle away I lied on my bed and waited for the pain to disappear for what seemed like hours. Suddenly the door to my room opened and Mondo walked in, closing the door behind him.

"Hey." He said flatly, standing at the foot of my bed. There was something different about him; it was as if a piece of him had died. He had dark circles beneath his eyes, his quiff was messy and his eyes were dull.

"Hi." I replied, sitting up and wiping my tears away.

"Can I join you?" He questioned. I nodded and shifted to the edge of the bed, he sat beside me.

"You know Amethyst… When I think about how fucking awful this situation is and I get so angry I start smashing things I just think of how through this I got to meet you and it calms me down." He said looking at the ground. "I wish last night could have happened in a different way. I would have taken you for a ride into the night on my bike; out in the middle of nowhere we could have had a bonfire." He continued sadly.

"I would have loved that." I replied.

"You don't deserve this Amethyst. It kills me that I can't save you from witnessing all this awful shit." Mondo stated. I rested my head upon his shoulder,

"You're a lovely man Mondo." I whispered, closing my eyes. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders.

"I'm not Amethyst. I'm not a good man." He replied hollowly. "I've done some awful things. I'm sure if you knew about them you wouldn't want me to hold you, or even talk to you."

"I don't care what you've done… I care who you are in this moment." I said gazing up at his sad mauve eyes. He leaned in and kissed me. I was slightly resistant for a moment, as the horrible events of that morning were still fresh in my mind. However a mix of booziness and desire dulled my hesitation.

"I'm in love with you Mondo." I said in between kisses. He gently pushed me backwards onto the bed,

"I feel like I've loved you for a very long time Amethyst, even though we only just met." He said throwing his jacket onto the floor.