"Don't follow me or else you die" Natsumi gave him a half-assed threat and began to wander off.

Hajime observed, a feeling of dread creeping up on him…as if this was the last time he'll see Natsumi if he doesn't do something.

Maybe he was worrying over nothing…but still he couldn't help it that he should do something to stop her.

But still, what should he do? He didn't have anything that could be considered a good reason to prevent her from running off to her possible death(?)

Still, he had to come up with something…and do it quickly, so he ran up to her and hoped that he would come up with something then.

He managed to catch up to her and get her to turn around, she looked at him annoyed.

"Didn't I tell you to fuck off or die? Are your ears working?" She growled at him.

Hajime's brain worked overdrive for a solution, something to prevent this nasty dread he was feeling…

And it came in the form of a kiss.

Well Hajime never was one for good ideas if he said so himself, hell he was considering getting Lobotomized to get talent. It probably helped that he had a small crush on her.

The girl looked at him with a crimson red face, maybe she had a little crush on him too? Nah…

"Hey what the fuck is your problem?!"

Well the nasty dread feeling wasn't gone, but it was now his life that's in danger and not Natsumi's who began pursuing him, probably trying to kill him which was fine by him. For his part he ran for the hills in the opposite direction to whatever was the Kuzuryuu girl doom.

Days later he was back in class with a lot of injuries including a lovely black eye when he was approached by Sato.

"Can I help you?" He asked her, wondering what Mahiru's yandere-I mean friend wanted with him.

"You did something, didn't you?" The way she spoke was like she was blaming him for something.

"Not sure what you're talking about"

"That day Natsumi didn't go to the music room…"

"Ah, that…yeah she was too busy beating me up because of an accident" And he was now relieved that his dreadful feeling wasn't just him being silly, so it made up for the injuries.

He couldn't prove that Sato was planning to do that even if she basically just told him that, but hey as long he can keep her away from Natsumi that's fine.

"Well, seems it was worth it" She said in an annoyed yet mocking tone.

"Well yeah, we're going on a date later today"

"Huh, sure" She probably assumed he was being sarcastic.

"Hey, don't you have Mahiru to follow around? Leave him alone"

Both turned to hear Natsumi's voice who was walking to Hajime's seat.

"Hey idiot, remember the place we're going to later? Don't forget," She said to Hajime.

"Yup, don't worry about it" He said casually.

"...You were serious," Sato said in shock.

"What are you talking about, creep?" Natsumi asked her.

"...Nothing, forget it" Sato got annoyed and walked away.

But before she left, she saw Hajime do the "I'm watching you" Sign, she just flipped him off.

"I can see you don't like her either" The Mafia Princess pointed out.

"Yeah, I don't, how do you put up with her for so long?" Hajime asked vaguely amused.

"I have my ways," She said cockily.

Hajime just chuckled a bit.

Maybe he could look out for her a little bit while he is here…at least it isn't boring.

"Don't stop me! This is a once in a lifetime despair and I won't let you ruin it!" Junko yelled at him as she was about to push the red button that would begin her execution.

Nobody was going to stop her except Makoto. He didn't want her to die out of principle and the fact she had once been his classmate/friend even if she had faked it…and he had enough of those dying in these weeks.

There was something there too though, a warm feeling he had for her he couldn't describe and didn't make much sense given everything she had put them through. He assumed it had something to do with the memories they had lost due to her…

It was certainly a strong feeling that practically yelled at him to stop her from pushing that button and ending her life, the others might not agree…but that wouldn't stop him, not the first time his fellow classmates/survivors have disagreed with him and probably won't be the last.

"No, I won't let you do that!" He yelled at her to the shock of everyone watching.

"Do you remember?...Nah, that's just you being a goody two shoes like always. As I told you I won't stop!"

Remember what? What was she talking about? Didn't matter, he was gonna stop her no matter what!

As she was about to press the button he ran up to her and pushed her against the wall, it was by instinct he did this as if he had done it before…weird.

What happened next was something Makoto to this day swore was in the heat of the moment yet everyone from Junko, to Byakuya, to Kyoko, Hina, Toko, Hagakure, Komaru and many others teased him about it.

"Hey! What's the big idea!-" Junko was cut off when Makoto slammed his lips into her.

He was surprised at how amazing and familiar this felt, it felt like he had done it many times despite this being his first kiss as far as he remembered…keyword being remembered.

He could see Junko being surprised at what he did, got her face red and weakly tried squirm out of his grasp, he just deepened the kiss and kept her in place.

In a way it felt like getting a tiny payback for the hell she put them through…It felt so good having her like this, almost as good as the kiss.

As he was doing this, he (Somewhat awkwardly) kicked the Execution Button out of its place and out of reach from her.

She pushed them apart for a bit.

"Wait, do you actually remember?!" She said while panting hard.

"...Kind off" He supposed if he did it by instinct then he did remember if only subconsciously.

Before Junko could say anything he kissed her again, he wasn't sure what he was doing aside from just stopping her from executing herself.

Then the Despairful Fashionista just threw a remote with a red button on a glass case and wrapped her arms and feet around him as she kissed him back.

This kept on for a few more minutes until Makoto decided to stop the kiss to regain his breath.

And also to admire his handiwork:A Junko reduced to mush with a dreamy expression on her face.

"So are you not gonna kill yourself now?" He asked her somewhat playfully.

"I…Won't…" She said between breaths.

"Good!" He said, now relaxed and then looked at his fellow survivors who were looking at him in shock.

"Well, you see, the reason I did this is…Screw it, I don't even know myself" He shrugged.

"H-hey Sh-shuichi, how a-are you d-doing?" Miu shakily said upon being discovered trying to grab a bottle of poison from his Lab.

"Miu? What are you doing? And why are you stealing one of my poisons?" Asked the Detective.

"I w-wanted to…u-use them for a n-new invention" The inventor said, scared out of her mind.

Shuichi was worried for his…girlfriend? He didn't know what their relationship was aside from the fact she was in love with him and they agreed to go on a date when they get out of here after hanging out for some time. He didn't know how to feel about it at first but he was getting less worried and more happy about the idea the more he thought about it.

"Miu…are you ok?" The Detective asked as he got closer to her calmly to not freak her out.

Miu for her part was like a deer in the headlights from how scared she was, he didn't know why but he had an idea as to why…and he didn't like it at all.

Miu then finally lost her nerve and tried to book it before Shuichi managed to get faster than her and block her path.

"Miu just talk to me!" Shuichi shouted as he tried to keep her in place.

"LEAVE ALONE!" The girl tried to break free of his grasp but she couldn't.

"Miu! Calm down! I'm not going to hurt you! I promise! Just talk to me!"

The inventor still tried to break free but upon seeing she wasn't going to anytime soon (He should thank Kaito's training sessions for that) she just looked at him…and broke down crying.

"I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE! I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS SHIT! I'M SO SCARED!" Miu bawled, kept going on and on about how she couldn't take any more betrayals and fear that she might be next.

Shuichi for his part just did what he figured would work best:Hug her and try to console her. For her part Miu bawled into his chest and eventually hugged him tight.

It went like that for a while until Miu somewhat calmed down, Shuichi was beside her all the time, guiding her into a couch so they could sit there.

"Are you better now?" He asked her.

"What do you fucking think?!" She snapped at him, sniffed a little. "...I'm a little better now"

"I'm glad for that…" Then it was an awkward silence.

"...You probably want to know what I was doing that for…"

"...I already have an idea…" He sighed.

"Heh…nothing escapes the SHSL Detective it seems…"

Miu then confessed her whole plan to Shuichi:How she planned to use the Virtual World she created to kill Kokichi and frame Kaito using one of his poisons.

Shuichi already knew that she was planning a murder but to hear that she was planning to kill Kokichi and frame Kaito while doing so got him a little angry. One of them is a person he's starting to get along better with and the other was his best friend…but despite that he couldn't stay mad at Miu, especially because he understands why she would do it.

"I…I just can't fucking keep going like this, I can barely trust anyone here! What if I did and my golden brain didn't get to revolutionize the world?!"

"Miu…It's, I'm not angry at you…well, a little, but I can't stay mad at you" He confessed.

Miu for her part was shocked. "What?! B-b-but I tried to kill you!"

"You were planning to Kill Kokichi"

"I indirectly was going to kill you…Shit! I was going to kill you as well! Fuck!" Then she began to panic.

"Miu calm down! It's fine! I know why you tried to do it!...I don't think it's ok but I can see why you tried to do it"

"I'm a fucking piece of shit!"

"You're not Miu, stop talking about yourself like this!"

"Didn't you just hear what I just told you?! Or did you have shit in your ears?!"

"Miu if you legitimately were a bad person you wouldn't be beating yourself up like this"

"...I could be taking it"

"Miu…I say this with all the love in the world…you can't act to save your life and crack under the slightless pressure"

"Hey!"

"Sorry…but it's the truth"

Miu grumbled but still held tight to Shuichi.

Shuichi caressed her and held her tight as well.

"So…are you gonna tell the others about it?"

"No"

That actually surprised her. "No?!"

"It would create tension in the group that we don't need…and besides I wouldn't want to potentially alienate you more than you already are from the others…" Shuichi felt he was being harsh…but sometimes the truth hurts.

He also knew that Monokuma could potentially use this against them if he found out…which he likely did already and if the others found he lied…

But he didn't care, as long as he could protect Miu.

"If you want to come clean, that's up to you Miu…"

Miu paled at the thought given she already felt in enough danger and not it would make everyone angry with her…and they would be completely justified in doing so!

Well, probably only Himiko, Kokichi and Maki. K1B0, Kaito, Tsumigi and Gonta were too kind hearted for their own good

Shuichi spoke for himself.

"...But if people found out you lied-"

"I will take the risk…as long as I get to keep you safe that's fine by me"

"...Thanks, I really can't say it enough…but thanks for being there for me…and I'm sorry for what I was about to do, I…I…I-" She looked like she was about to cry.

"It's fine Miu…I'm glad I was able to stop it while I could before it happened again…"

Miu wondered what he was talking about until she remembered…

Kaede…

And now she felt even worse, not only did she plan to kill someone and betray their trust…she was doing the same thing Kaede did by killing behind Shuichi's back!

Fuck she was pathetic, sure she could argue that she was doing for the good of the world but Kaeidiot at least tried to get to the Ringleader and save them all…she was planning to get everyone that's left aside of her killed.

"I-i'm fucking sorry, I didn't think-"

"It's fine Miu…I forgave you already…"

"But it doesn't make it alright! You were the person that cared the most for me in this hellhole followed by Kibo, I can't believe I tried to get you killed and betray your trust like that!...I love you! I shouldn't treat you like that…"

Shuichi sighed, he could understand why Miu felt like that but he didn't like her beating herself down.

"I…I just don't know what to do…I'm scared of dying here, I'm tired of being betrayed over and over again…I want fucking out but…but…"

"I know, I want out of this place too…"

"...Shuichi?"

"Yeah?"

"...mm…" Miu looked positively shy.

Shuichi patiently wanted her to speak.

"Can…can you kiss me?"

"W-w-what?" Shuichi blushed hard.

"...I…I just want you to kiss me…I want to have our first kiss in case anything happens" She confessed.

"...are you sure?"

"Y-yes I am! Why do you hesitate?!"

"Because I feel it would be taking advantage of you in this state"

"It's just a fucking kiss! It's not like we're having sex"

Shuichi was about to respond but.

"Please…" She begged.

Shuichi thought about it…and then carefully got close to Miu's face and kissed her.

It…it was definitely not how he Imagined his first kiss would be and he definitely wished it was in better circumstances…but he definitely was glad he was having with Miu. A warm feeling filled him.

It wasn't the best kiss, then again the first time for everything wasn't supposed to be the best, but it was certainly magical in its own way.

Once he stopped kissing her he could see her face was ruby red and he didn't need a mirror to know his was too.

"Th-that was my first kiss"

"...It was my first kiss too," She admitted.

He figured as much, as lewd as Miu could be, everyone could tell she didn't have any experience.

"Thanks for that…Thanks for everything Shuichi, for solving the class trials and saving our asses, for saving me from cutting myself open and for saving me from doing this…if it wasn't for you I would have died ages to"

"I-it's no-"

"And don't you fucking say it was nothing, it's really important for me!...I…I want to escape with you! I want to get out of this shit hole and have that date we promised, I want to go everywhere with you! I want to spend as much time as I can with you! Can you promise me that?"

"...Yes Miu, I will" He said with a warm and happy feeling in his heart.

"And don't you dare die on me, I fucking mean it, promise me that you will not die on me…I don't know if I can take it if you died"

"I promise that I will do whatever I can to stay alive and escape with you" He didn't know if he could keep it, but he was damn sure he would try his hardest.

"You fucking better do that…" She muttered as she cuddled up to him.

"Miu…you do know we have to go to sleep eventually?" He said trying to move but she tripped into him

"Fuck it, you're sleeping with me now, you got me all sentimental like this so you will take responsibility"

Shuichi just chuckled "Fine Fine…" And he cuddled her back.

"Shuichi?"

"Yeah?"

"You do know that you're never getting rid of me now?"

"I know," Shuichi smiled.

Miu smiled back.

And so, eventually, far more people escaped the killing game this time around.