I woke up a hour before the morning announcement once again, it's always been a problem for me to stay asleep and with the killing game this habit has only worsened. With a yawn I roll out of bed and freshen up before crashing again, my handcuff was slowly counting down, I suddenly had the thought of what would have happened if Kojiro hadn't joined with me. If you pass out if the cuffs are not connected then does that mean I would have been knocked out because M no longer had his cuff? That question stemmed into another, I had connected cuffs with Kojiro not M so that must mean we don't have to stick to certain people but can switch out. That information could solve a few problems, with how people were fighting and getting annoyed at each other, I'll have to tell the others later. I started to think about the party as well, I wonder if it will be fun? I haven't been to a party in... actually I don't think I've ever been to a party not a real one at least, a few small 'sneaking out of the house in the dead of night to go to drag races for my birthday and being back before dad sobers up' shindigs lead by my brother, but nothing else. I felt myself get a little giddy at what was to come, I wonder what kind of foods will be there? Drinks, decorations, games? I'm getting more and more excited, 7 am can't come soon enough. And it did not, for a long time I laid in my bed waiting for the morning announcement and left a few minutes before it came. As I locked my door and checked for my extra key I saw Akira step into the hallway.
"Hey," greeted Akira as she locked her door, "you woke up early."
"Yeah couldn't sleep well," I admitted, "besides if I slept any longer I'd have a 5 hour unplanned nap," She smiled a little at my joke, "anyways we should meet up with our partners before time runs out," Akira nodded for me to go first and the two of us headed to the cafeteria. With a little worry I noted that everyone had their partner, and that my second cuff was left unaccounted for.
"Good morning, everyone! It is now 7 a.m. and nighttime is officially over! Time to rise and shine! Get ready to greet another beee-yutiful day!" The announcement suddenly sounded, but we continued on anyways.
"With M gone I don't have anyone for my extra cuff," I explain, the three seemed to notice the problem immediately.
"What did you do yesterday?" Akira asks.
"I connected with Kojiro, we are able to switch out pairs with others," I explain, they looked intrigued by that.
"We aren't connected yet, one of us can join you," Yukihiro volunteers. I felt thankful for the offer but I couldn't do that to them, have one of them suffer the effects for me.
"I can't do that, if Yoshiki doesn't mind I could just go along with it," I felt bad at taking Yoshiki down with me too, but he didn't look like the kind of guy to throw someone else under the bus, "I mean everyone was fine from yesterday."
"But we can't be sure how double the dosage will affect you," Akira warns, "you're obviously not as healthy as Alan, James, or Evan, so this might kill you." Akira was right if I go without connecting at all I'll take twice the amount, if connect only one I'll still pass out and then be stuck to someone, but if one of the girls connect then they'll go down instead.
"You're fine with me crashing right?" Yoshiki spoke up, "what if I don't connect and the two ladies join you?" I felt my face heat up at the suggestion, two attractive girls hanging on both arms, how scandalous...
"You're not thinking anything weird, right." Akira eyes narrowed in suspicion, crossing her arms in an intimidating way.
"Huh? No way!" I deny, nervously putting my hands up in surrender, "let's just connect before time runs out," the girls got on either side and with a clack were now handcuffed to me.
"I'm going to just lock myself in my room," Yoshiki said as he waved to us before heading out of the cafateria.
"Hey Sanyu, is there anything you need us to do?" Danny asked coming up to us. I had almost forgotten I was supposed to be one of the supervisors, I didn't know where to even start (and my co supervisor has left or is out cold). "You and Kenta can... set up the room, move tables to make room to move around in," that's what parties need right?
"How about us?" James and Evan asked next, it was nice to see they were working together now, the tension was still there but on a lesser scale.
"We need plates and cups, so check out the storage room," I tell them, remembering the parties I've seen on T.V.
"Me and V are going to see if we can play music," Haruna said loudly.
"And me and Kojiro are doing food and drinks," Alan said.
"That's a lot of work for just two guys," Yukihiro worried, "we would be happy to help you."
"Yeah, I guess we can help," I say looking between the two, "that is a lot of work."
"Hey M, what do you want to do?" James asked the other.
"I'll help you two I guess," M shrugged, I didn't have any more ideas so I figured I could leave M to his own devices. In a big team huddle (forcibly led and encouraged by Haruna) we put our hands in then swung them out dispersing into our jobs. We took a step back and In a masterful display Yukihiro's foot slipped into a prefect high kick before falling backwards, the action jerked me down as well, Akira's body shifted into a strong stance and with a quick reaction caught us both before we hit the ground.
"I need to adjust my speed with Sanyu now," Akira mumbled to herself.
"Sorry Sanyu-sama, I'm sure you already know how clumsy I get, and Akira-sama is a real angel being able to catch me before I get hurt," Yukihiro apologized, "I really don't like troubling you like this."
"I don't mind it," Akira replied reassuring, "but you really should stop falling for me," Akira snickered at her pun. Yukihiro rolled her eyes but smiled anyways, I feel like a third wheel in this friend group. We were then shooed off in the kitchen to make room for the tables and to start making food. Yukihiro, like a pro, began to set up party dishes, in the end we had a fun diverse little snack selection, although somehow we ended up with 3 whole platters with different types of sandwiches.
"Why so many sandwiches?" I ask, are sandwiches a big party snack?
"M asked for them," she replied, "I think he's obsessed with them."
"Hey are you doing requests on food?" Kojiro inquired, "because I would like some punch- purple punch."
"You mean like grape punch?" Akira asked.
"Yeah," Kojiro said, "ha, I forgot the name for a second there!" With Kojiro's recommendation we started making the drinks, in the end we made two large bowls of sherbet with ginger ale and one of grape punch.
"The tables are all set up," M informed us from the doorway.
"Can you guys take out the food that's already done?" Alan asked, I nodded sure and the three of us took a platter and managed to get them on the snack table with out any spills. After we set the table Kojiro and Alan came out with the punch and a cake too!
"You made cake?" I ask.
"Obviously," Alan rolled his eyes.
"Nice," I could feel the sparkles shining in my eyes. Our conversation was then cut short by a low bass rumble, it was very unsettling feeling for the school to vibrate before leading up to a chorus. My heart thumped to the loud beat playing over the speakers, it must have been turned up all the way it was so loud. There was a range of reactions to the music (if you could call it that) from people covering their ears to tapping with the beat.
"What is that sound!" Danny cried, "It's terrible!"
"You don't you recognize this melody," Kojiro shouted over the unholy screeching, "this is an Ibuki Mioda song, Let My Feeling's Reach You Too!"
"Who recommend this?" Kenta winced, "its a bit... much."
"I don't care who recommended this!" Akira yelled just to make her voice heard, "Just turn it down!"
Haruna was laughing like a maniac, hand gripping her stomach. Veliah was staring flatly at the scene with a drawn out sigh. I don't know what everyone was complaining about, I found the song rather interesting... and Ibuki Mioda, where have I heard that name before? Oh well... I'm sure I'll remember later. Soon the... unique song was over and I began to get hungry.
"I want something to drink," I told the other two, Akira agreed but Yukihiro stopped us.
"Can we get something to eat first?" She asked. The sandwiches did look good and considering how M was packing them away, if I don't act soon I won't get any.
Working in tandem Akira and I grab some sandwiches, "when did you wake up?" I ask Yoshiki.
"I just got here but-" He cut himself off with a yawn, "Excuse me- I woke up a few minutes ago, and figured there was no need to stay in there and let you have all the fun." And so Yoshiki joined us in on our conversation.
"Who do you think we would have ended up with had Grant and Yuzuru been alive?" I ask.
"You shouldn't think about stuff like that," Yoshiki warned, "you'll only make your self depressed."
"I guess you're right..." I sighed, "-but I would have ended up with Yuzuru right? I mean he'd probably kill the guy who got me and take their place."
Yoshiki pursed his lips in a judgmental expression, "Sanyu, what the hell."
"That's... not something people usually look for in a person," Yukihiro said hesitantly, "but an interesting choice in romantic interests." I start to ask her what she meant by that only to be cut off by a loud shout.
"Ow!" I turned to see what had happened, "this stuff burns," Veliah was rubbing her arms and scratching her neck in pain, her clothes were wet from something being spilled on her.
"Maybe you're allergic to the grape punch?" Haruna supplied. Veliah thought for a monument before admitting she didn't know, "Well, your scratching is annoying so let's go to bathroom and try to wash it off," as she said that Haruna briefly looked at me before heading out to the bathroom.
"Hey Sanyu-sama I think I want some grape punch now," Yukihiro said suddenly, already leading us to the drink table.
"Yeah that sounds pretty good," Akira agrees reaching for a cup.
"No! uh... I mean I worked so hard on the sherbet punch," Yukihiro smiled, already pouring a cup for her, "um... here let me get you a...napkin!" Yukihiro quickly stretched over the table, in the process putting to much pressure on one side, with a squill the table broke the drinks busting and spilling everywhere, "Gahh!" The loud commotion brought the attention of everyone who came over to help us up. I was wet but thankfully we managed to avoid most of the sticky drinks.
"Gross, now I have to wait until we get uncuffed to take a shower," I complained.
"We can't use showers at night," Akira said sadly, "the water shuts off..." Everyone had made a wide circle surrounding us, wanting to help but also not wanting to step in the mess. I felt like dying every time I took a step and my shoes stuck to the floor.
"What happened to the drinks?" Kojiro asked angrily at first, then mumbled sadly, "I was thirsty..."
"I guess we will just have to make more," James said shrugging.
"It's fine I had some more prepared in the back," Alan said, Kojiro and him walk off into the kitchen and reappearing minutes later holding a new bowl of Yukihiro's sherbet punch, "this is all that's left..." Alan said narrowing his eyes.
"Oops, I guess I put everything out the first time," Yukihiro said bashfully, "I guess what they say is true, don't put all your eggs in one basket."
"It's ok," Akira said, "the cups are still clean and all we really need is sherbet punch, and we could set out water if anyone doesn't like that."
"And this is mostly just to get to know each other anyway, we don't really need refreshments," Danny added. So we talk until I hear a loud clunk and a shatter.
"M-my cuff!" Kojiro shouted holding up the cracked handcuff now disjoined from Alan, "wasn't I- That's not supposed to happen?" Kojiro stumbled back, gripping on to the table in confusion before passing out with a thud.
"Oooh, that's gotta hurt," Haruna cringed.
"I guess that explains what happens when you disconnect the cuffs before the time," Yoshiki observed, "I'll take him to the infirmary like before."
"What about Alan?" Kenta asked gesturing to the unconscious man in a chair.
"Since you asked, you can take him," Yoshiki assigned, Kenta tsks before getting Danny to help him. Soon the three came back and the party resumed as much as it could with two people passed out.
"Why don't we play a game," James suggested.
"That's sounds like fun, what do you have in mind," M suddenly spoke up. I almost jumped at his sudden appearance wondering where he came from, but considering no one else was shocked to see him, I must have just overlooked him. Maybe I should go talk to M later?
"Beer pon-"
"No."
"twister?"
"Not with these handcuffs"
"...darts?"
"Darts? Do we have any?"
"We could throw knives," M substituted, "I could show you how, it's easy."
"It's bad enough with the motive, we are not about to train each other to kill better," Evan leveled. M looked disappointed... I think.
"Better luck next time," James said, "any other ideas?"
"I have some cards," Danny said, pulling out the deck of cards I had given him before, it was nice to see he still had them, "I could do some magic? Or we could just play with them."
"Magic does sound like fun, but it's better if we do something that involves us all," Akira said, "any ideas?"
"Strip Poker-"
"Ok you can't suggest anymore."
"Charades!"
"What? That's not a card game,"
"Uno?"
"Better, but these are the wrong type of cards."
"How about spoons?"
"How do you play?"
"Spoons? I think I've heard of it, all you need is a deck of cards and some spoons," Evan remembered, "I'll tell you the rules..." and after a explanation we began to play, the game was fun but after the second time playing it we began to get bored and tension began to rise.
"Hey you're cheating," Haruna accused, pointing M out.
"I am a skilled assassin," M boasted, "if I were to cheat you wouldn't notice."
"Then you're a pretty shitty assassin if I could notice your bold face cheating," Haruna challenged.
"Don't ever insult my abilities," M spoke icily, his eyes sharp.
"M! I'll bet you a whole platter of sandwiches if you... cut the cake with these skills of yours!" Yukihiro suddenly spoke, trying to defuse the tension. Abruptly M stood up, armed with the deck, M flicked his wrist and within seconds the cards were buried in the cake, effectively (though badly) cutting the cake, nonetheless the bet was won.
"That was pretty cool," James said, now getting a slice from the un-damage side, "nice, chocolate!"
"Your really good at that, did your parents teach you?" I asked.
"I was abandoned as a baby," M began.
"Ah I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-" I tried to apologize for my rude question, but was cut off by M talking again.
"Everyday I was bullied for my hair and eye color," he seemed to be getting into this...
"Oh my, that must have been hard," Akira said, ready to tell him that there's no reason to worry now, before she was cut off too.
"The bullies weren't a problem for very long," M replied stoic as ever, "I learned to use the slingshot to shoot them, they didn't dare mess with me then."
"O-ok, I guess that's a way to deal with bullies," Akira said, unsure.
"You became Super High School Level Assassian with slingshot skills alone?" Evan said skeptically.
"No, my adoptive father taught me that," M replied, "he was an ex military general." From what little I could gleam from M's static face, he looked rather proud about that. I was too busy talking that I didn't notice I stopped walking, causing me to bump into Haruna. Turning on me suddenly Haruna gave me a hard shove, making a quiet 'Ooff' I hid the ground with Yukihiro close behind and causing even Akira to stumble after us.
"If you're not going to be useful then just go," Haruna scoffed, "no use in you playing if you're just going to talk."
"Haruna, it's just a game," Veliah said to her.
"What's wrong with you, you look like someone just died!" Haruna mocked the three of us, her eyes were mean and I realized that maybe this wasn't just a game to her, "come on, we can win this, let's go!"
"You can't act like that, not while I'm stuck to you," Veliah said seriously.
"I'll act how I want," Haruna said, "what does it matter to you."
"Honestly, I don't like your personality," Veliah says turning on Haruna, "I've put up with you this long but this draws the line, I can't stand you messing with people like this."
"Then take a seat," Haruna sneered back, "because I'm not backing down, bitch." Veliah grit her teeth, anger coming off in waves, when suddenly all of it disappeared.
"There's no point in fighting," Veliah said too calmly, "let's save this argument for later."
"Didn't take you for a pushover, V," Haruna scoffed, her silver eyes narrowed and met orange in mirth.
"Don't call me V," Veliah grated through her teeth, "I'm not a pushover, I just have enough common sense to know when I should just step away." With a hard grip Yukihiro put her hands on ether girls shoulder and gave a calming smile, stopping their argument.
"If we want to get through this killing game then we need to work together," Yukihiro said seriously, "We can swap partners with the cuffs, so tomorrow one of you two can switch out with us," she promised.
"We can swap partners," Veliah said skeptically, "I've never heard about this..."
"Well Sanyu-sama can swap at least," Yukihiro cupped her chin in thought, "we haven't checked if others could though."
"Why don't we just stay here?" James inquired, folding his arms behind his head and leaning back in his chair, "it's got everything we need and it's not like we have anything to go back to."
"It's not that easy," Evan replied, "they've already proven with the first motive their not afraid to play with basic human needs, we can only guess what else they will try next."
"And not all of us are done yet!" Yukihiro's eyes focused on the floor before meeting ours, "I've got some things to set right, people to find, apologies to make, and I'm not ready to give up on that yet!" Yukihiro bold words reminded me of what she said in the library, she probably meant she wanted to look for her sister after this.
"Not many of us have things to go back to," I murmured. I didn't mean for her to hear me, but Yukihiro acted like I screamed it in her ear. She shakily stood up on a chair to address the room.
"Then come back with me!" She offered to everyone, "I'll need a group to find my sister, so everyone who doesn't have anything, finding my sister just because your something!" She smiled brightly and pointed gesturing to everyone, "and we will find your missing family, your friends, your neighbors, we will even find your pets too, when we leave that's our goal!"
"You can't expect us all to live," Veliah replied, she was pensive before sighing, "I suppose I'll just have to see how your team works out when I join."
"Yeah we can be like, maids of despair or janitors of hope," Danny said excitedly to Kenta.
"Maybe a clean-up crew of disorder?" Kenta added.
"A despair clean-" Haruna was about to lean over add her own before Veliah shot her a look in annoyance. Haruna raised his hands in a mocking surrender and sat back down.
"We've just got to be strong, we just have to remember that killing isn't the answer," Yukihiro's voice got louder as she observed the crowd, looking for something, "that no matter what happens we will rely on each other." Her chair wobbled bellow her, causing Yukihiro to stumble at the height and fall. Akira caught her before she could get hurt but being handcuffed to me made a awkward catch, before settling her in the chair, "I'm sorry Akira-sama."
"Don't mention it, you were starting to look too cool anyways," Akira quipped with a smile. For a time after that we just talked, getting to know each other more. I learned simple mundane things, that I really didn't mind knowing, like that Yoshiki's favorite food is ravioli or that Kenta's is apples and pears. We debated if M's addiction to sandwiches was healthy or not, only for him to insistently deny he even likes them. And surrounded by this nice atmosphere I began to wonder, if I had not acted the way I did and gone to Hope's Peak all those years ago, would it have been like this? Well... there's no point in thinking about it now, I look around the group before I got distracted by Yukihiro messing with something with a worried look on her face, I tried to discreetly look at what she was holding. It was a folded up piece of paper, and it had some writing on it, she hastily hid it in her apron before cheerfully addressing the group.
"look at the time, it's almost night!" Yukihiro was right, a lot of time had passed and the announcement would ring any moment now. I was curious about the note and why it made her so worried, I decided to ask her about it before we go to bed.
"Alan and Kojiro still have at least an hour before they should wake up," Kenta mentioned looking at the clock, "I say we leave them where they are, best not to move them around unless necessary and we don't have a key to their rooms anyway."
"Should watch them?" Danny asked.
"It's only an hour," Kenta said again, "our previous watches only lasted that long anyways." With some hesitation by some we all eventually headed back to our rooms.
"Let's go find a Monokuma teacher," Yukihiro said, leading us to the nearest classroom at a quick pace.
"The announcement hasn't gone yet, there's no need to hurry," Akira said.
"I'm sorry, I'm just really tired," Yukihiro apologized with a strained smile.
"Are you feeling well?" Akira asked worried, "if you're sick, then we should get these cuffs off soon so you can rest."
"Thank you Akira-sama, I'm sorry for worrying you so needlessly," Yukihiro apologized, she opened the door to the classroom and we are greeted by Mono-Teacher 55 who waved to us.
"Mm, ahem, this is a school announcement. It is now 10 p.m. As such, it is officially nighttime. Soon the doors to the dining hall will be locked, and entry at that point is strictly prohibited. Okay then...sweet dreams, everyone! Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite..." the announcement sounded.
"We would like to disconnect our cuffs please," Yukihiro requested.
"Aye, already on it," 55 said, and soon the cuffs were no longer linked. The three of us walked out into the hallway, I had wanted to ask Yukihiro about the note but I couldn't do that without alerting Akira, and I had already overstepped my boundaries by snooping.
"Night guys," Akira said before heading to her room, I waited for her to be out of earshot before I turned to talk to Yukihiro only to find she had already left. She must have already gone to bed, she did look tired earlier so instead I went back to my room and got into bed. I had trouble getting to sleep, I even tried watching the clock mindlessly click by, 11:13, 11:14, 11:15, 11:1- my slow torture was cut short when someone banged on my door, popping my head out I saw it was Haruna and Veliah. Both of the girls were trying their hardest to get everyone up but only managed to get half of us.
Akira walked up to me concerned, "is Yukihiro up?" She asked.
"I don't know," I answered.
"We've found a body," Haruna yelled, banging on the doors of the dorms of those still asleep. More people filed out before processing what she said, Veliah was breathing hard she looked like a mess, her hair was coming out of its ponytail and for a second I thought I saw bruises on her back before her cape covered it. Veliah looked at Akira.
"Yukihiro, in the swimming pool," Veliah said, I turned to see how Akira had reacted but she ran away to quickly to tell. I ran with the rest of the group to the pool, and found the body of Yukihiro floating face down in the water. Akira was already in the pool wading over to her with haphazard movements, she must have jumps into the pool the second she got here. Akira gently pulled Yukihiro out and checked her pulse in disbelief. It was obvious Yukihiro was already dead, but that didn't stop Akira from giving CPR and asking for not to leave her.
"A body has been discovered!" The announcement cemented the death.
Akira stopped moving, not even breathing, before slumping forward, "not again..."
I don't know If I mentioned this somewhere or not but the first motive took place over 3 days! I only now realize I've killed off the only possible gay relationship by Yuzuru being dead, and the bisexuals are alone in their genders T.T it's all just under tones here folks. So I'm going hard on the platonic soul friends! Gahahahaha!
beta notes: /deep russian accent/ i hunger for sandwiches, also i'd die for sanyuzu
Question for you! Got any ships? (I do... I wonder if it's starting to show? ;)