I have no excuse for this.

Everybody who knew Kyoko knew that she was in no way a morning person, at least until she's had coffee or tea. It was a general, unspoken rule that nobody would talk to her during their first class because she would still be in a more irritable mood. While her mood in the morning was confusing to the others, Kyoko was even more confused as to how some of them could be so darn bright and cheery so soon after waking up.

Especially Makoto.

That boy seemed to have a five-second lag between waking up and being bright and talkative and ugh, Kyoko didn't know how he could stand the mornings. Then again, he probably didn't stay up as late as she usually did, but she had the valid excuse of schoolwork on top of detective work.

"Good morning, Kyoko!" She looked up at him, sure that her exhaustion was still showing and wondering vaguely why he was bothering to talk to her so early when he knew she wouldn't respond. He sat down in his seat, right next to hers. "You ready for our study date later?"

She almost forgot about that. She took a long sip of her coffee- black, this morning. It wasn't that she was dreading their study date, it was just that she knew the two of them wouldn't end up getting anything done. They always wound up talking about something-or-other, and that talking led to more talking, and no studying would get done. "As long as you're ready to actually work this time."

Makoto laughed, displaying yet again his ability to be cheerful too often. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, at least to her. "And don't worry, I asked Komaru to not bother us this time. I don't think there'll be another Nerf war anytime soon."

"Y-yeah, and thanks to you I'm gonna be dragged around the city again," Toko grumbled from a couple seats behind Kyoko. Of course she would be listening in as soon as her apparent crush was mentioned. Kyoko chose to ignore her, knowing that what she was saying and what she really felt on the matter were two different things entirely. That Nerf war was an anomaly anyhow.

Now that she was halfway through her coffee, she was feeling a little more awake, which led to her also feeling more like she was getting a headache from all of the yelling going on in their classroom. The noise was a regular thing, but something that she just couldn't get used to, no matter how long she was with her classmates.

Makoto didn't bother to try shouting over all of the noises; Mondo was trying to calm down Taka, who was yelling at Junko, who was cursing quite loudly and in turn being calmed down by Mukuro. In addition to that was whatever Celeste was mad at Hifumi and Hiro for this time, and Hina and Sayaka shouting excitedly about something. Maybe Byakuya had the right idea to wait in the library until class started.

But then she looked to the side, and saw Makoto's soft smile as he watched their peers. She drained the rest of her coffee in one sip, waiting for the oncoming headache to dim as she watched her own crush. Perhaps waiting in the classroom with him and his bright personality was worth it.

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