One chapter before the TBE, might as well make this one count.

Minoru woke up, sitting quietly in his room, he was still a bit shaken from the entire dream he had, and right now, he would rather be alone. He heard slight whispers outside his door, until he heard a knock.

"H-hey Minoru, you missed breakfast, so I figured I would bring you some food." Daisuke shouted from behind the door. Minoru planned on staying quiet, hoping he would just go away, but his stomach decided against it, leading him to open the door, Daisuke greeting him with a smile, looking up at him.

"How are you feeling?" Minoru shrugged, taking the plate and silverware into his room, setting them down at the table, facing the door.

"You want to talk? I can tell you a fortune?" Minoru looked at Daisuke.

"Let me guess, you figured out what happened last night." He squirmed slightly where he stood.

"I saw how upset you looked after you walked passed Hiro, I predicted the future, I-I had to make sure..." He trailed off, Minoru putting up his hand to stop him.

"I don't blame you, it's ok." Minoru was a bit upset, but at least he could understand.

"How much did you..."

"Not a whole lot, I don't get the full details, I just saw you in great pain." Minoru nodded, still not liking the fact someone other than the original three he talked to knew anything about it.

"That fortune is still on the table you know..." He smiled slighty, hoping something would help cheer Minoru up. He was glad Minoru wasn't mad at him, but he hated watching him mope around like that. Minoru sat down his fork, looking up from the pancakes he had been so interested in.

"I'd rather not, do you have a better idea?" Daisuke slumped a bit as he thought, what else could they do?

"We could throw some darts again." Minoru shrugged, not wanting to make Daisuke feel bad. They played in relative silence, eventually Daisuke took the dartboard and looked back on Minoru from the doorway.

"Thanks for hanging out with me..." Minoru nodded, wishing to be alone now. Daisuke shut the door, leaving Minoru in his silent room. After about half an hour of silence, there was another knock at his door. A soft groan came from Minoru, some time to think would be nice. Etsuko sat behind the door, which she had a small smile on her face once Minoru opened it.

"Hey, you weren't at breakfast this morning."

"I kinda wanted to be alone for a bit." Etsuko frowned, stepping into the room and taking a seat.

"That's not really a healthy option, considering being alone makes you a pretty big target." Minoru positioned himself in front of Bloodic's sword, he didn't think it would come to that, but he had to make sure.

"What's your point?" Minoru asked, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"Look, I don't want to see anyone else die, its one of the things I would rather go through the rest of my life without seeing. I just want to make sure your alright." In any other situation, Minoru would have been touched by someone caring about him. Right now however, he just wanted to be left alone, and was slightly bothered that he couldn't get at least that.

"You're not my mother, Etsuko, leave me be, I can take care of myself." Etsuko shook her head, standing up and looking down at Minoru.

"I never said you couldn't, I only wished to help." Minoru heard the pain in her voice as she left the room. Leaving Minoru with the silence he wanted, but also making him feel like a complete asshole. Sitting back down in the chair, Minoru thought about what he had just done.

"Maybe I could have been nicer to her. The last thing I want to do is make any enemies." Minoru shook his head, expelling the thought from his mind. These people are his friends, he shouldn't think so negatively of them. Then again, any one of them might be planning to kill him...

"Damn it! Why am I thinking like this?!" Minoru screamed as he punched the wall, a shock going through his hand as it began to turn red. He sat back down, what was going on with him? A knock came from his door, causing him to sigh. Opening the door, he looked down to see Kisara, a small smile on her face.

"What?" Minoru was careful with his words this time around, he'd rather not upset anyone else. She crossed her arms, the smile changing into a smirk.

"I have a surprise for you, follow me." She began to walk away, leaving Minoru with one of two choices, he went with the more obvious one.

"Wait up, I'm not that quick on my feet you know." He yelled as he jogged to catch up with her.

"So what made you come with me?" Minoru thought about it as they walked up the stairs.

"I think Ive nearly burned two bridges today, I'd rather not burn any more." She simply nodded as the two made their way to the theater.

"They didnt find it, did they?" Minoru pondered as she opened the door, with everyone gathered in the room, there appeared to be food at tables they had set up and the karaoke machine. Minoru looked around, trying to understand why. Kisara noticed his slight confusion, a smile spread across her face.

"You organized those events for us, we figured some of us should do it, take a bit of stress off of you. We are in a place where tomorrow could mean death, we gotta help each other out to stay alive." Minoru felt a tear well up in his eye, but chose to hide it, seeing Kinnosuke looking his way. Looking back at Kisara, she held a microphone, pointing at Minoru.

"So...you want first song?"

So that is the end of this chapter, Oc creators, should you want your character to sing anything, let me know, should they not sing, I will find another way to incorporate them into the TBE. See you next time