We are on our way to the Main Entrance to reunite with the others together with Kyoko.
Of Course we made a quick stop in my room just to gather some of my personal things which I put inside the bag.
Opening the bag wasn't much of a problem to Junko as long as I didn't open a certain zipper inside. It surprised me a bit at first but atleast I didn't need to use a different bag. Still it doesn't change the fact that the others might get the wrong idea considering the design of the item.
With that he lifted up his hoodie over his face and pulled the zipper down
"What are you doing"
"Lifting my hoodie to cover my face"
"And covering our face? we can't see like that, not that i mind a handicap"
"I've had this hoodie for a long time. I can see fine!"
"And why would you even need to do that in the first place? Are you ashamed of us? oh the despair!"
"I dont wanna die because people mistake me for you"
"Thats fair, ah so many old friends and new enemies that love to cave my face in! what a dream come true"
Naegi sighed as he adjusted his hoodie over his face. It covered half of his face. The young man was grateful for this, a dark part of his mind told him his friends would never admit it but they hated seeing him now. They hate him now, and there was absolutely nothing he could do about it.
"Naegi" Kirigiri said sternly as she put a hand on his head, turning it to face her in the process.
"We could never hate you and nothing will change that"
"Can you also read my mind now?
" I can't read your mind dumbass, I am your mind"
"No but being able to read people's faces is a common perk of being a detective so it wasn't hard to guess, you are an open book after all that hasn't changed even with your new looks you are still you. don't forget that"
Kirigiri said dropping her iron mask for a split second
This brought a smile to makoto's face as the action gave him hope knowing that her opening up was thanks to him and that with how she started closing off but as they worked together and showed kindness to one another she opened up more about herself and her past. The trust and care she had said so many things makoto just wanted to say the same
"Thanks kiri, I love-""
"Don't you say it."
"That you would be willing to say something like that"
"Nice save there hun"
"Anywho I wanna get out of this dump so let's hurry up we can leave the swimming donut behind," Junko said, taking control of the mouth and rolling their emerald eyes.
"W-we can n-not leave… maybe we should leave you," Toko said, mummering the last bit.
"Oh the despair We would feel if our friends left us behind"
Junko spoke out mimicking Naegi's voice he would use in a class trial.
"..."
The lilac-haired woman deadpanned.
"Im here" Asahina ran in
"So is there anything I've missed?
"Nothing much." Makoto replied.
"really? I'm so glad." Aoi said in relief before noticing the backpack Makoto/Junko's holding.
"e-heh?" Aoi gasp
"Oh, you mean this? isn't it just the cutest thing ever?" Junko said, showing the bag.
"yea.. but that-" Aoi was about to reply when a voice cut her off.
"Had our Makoto easily fallen that low already? You know I expected more from you." The voice said which can easily be identified to be none other than TogamI Byakuya himself.
"Wait! I think you're misunderstanding something!". Makoto said.
"Is that so? Is it Makoto who's talking or Junko I wonder?" Byakuya said sarcastically.
"Of course it's -
"I don't want to hear it." Byakuya cuts him off.
silence came after that as they all continued to wait for everyone to arrive
…
"Yooo! Sorry I took so long. I needed to take a dump and woohee don't I feel so much better. Yasuhiro finally came.
"So… I didn't miss anything, did I?" asked Yasuhiro because of the silence that was starting to kill him.
"Well… nothing much really." Makoto and Togami just had a bit of an argument about a backpack.
"Well if you look at it, wouldn't just it's appearance alone give you scary thoughts? Aoi said.
"It does. pretty creepy. though if it weren't for the killing game I'd say it does look pretty great." Yasuhiro added.
Unknown to all of them, Makoto is having a mental conversation with Junko.
"ohhh the despair! They wouldn't even give us a chance to explain. Don't you just feel it Makoto?"
Junko said.
"I'm sure they'll open up in the future. I mean at least Kyoko trusts us and that's a start."
"Ohhh, Makoto! you really are disgusting" Junko said in a cute persona.
"I don't know what you're thinking but it's clearly not what it's supposed to be." Makoto told her.
They were interrupted back to reality as they found kirigiri in front of them.
"Naegi" Kirigiri called his name.
"Yes," Junko said, preparing to have an argument with Kirigiri pretending to be makoto.
"We are leaving now"
"Actually I think I might stay here. Junko is just gonna get in the way of you guys and I don't wanna drag you guys down"
"No, we can't leave you here alone, man," Yasuhiro said.
"Yes, leaving you here is out of the question," Kirigiri agreed.
"Yeah and when we run out of food we can eat the jackass," Syo laughed.
"Yeah after all we've been through we aren't leaving you no matter what" aoi added
"I suppose it would be more beneficial to have you around even with the "unwanted plus one"" byakuya said begrudgingly
"Guys…"
All this was enough to bring a tear of joy to Makoto's eye. All this time he was worried about his friends abandoning him or worse hating him because of the new transformation but seeing what they said now it reminded makoto that even if they all were missing there school memories they were his friends and they wouldn't abandon him no matter what
" See i told you it would all work out!"
Junko butted in his head
"What no you didn't!"
Makoto refuted
"Of course I said to get it over with as soon as possible, didn't I? And now thanks to me revealing the secret now you got your whole drama episode over with now rather than later when you guys will be hunted down by who knows what"
Now that makoto thought about it junko was right she did help, in her own messed up way… is she trying to help because… no she's junko she probably has some alternative motive behind this after all he wouldn't be in this mess if it weren't for her… so for now it's best to take all her sugar sweet actions with a grain of salt, just in case.
" Makoto if you truly don't wanna get left behind then I recommend you look up" Junko said
"What?"
"makooootooo what are you waiting for? Open the door so we can get out of here" Aoi shouted to him
"w-we d-d-ont have all day!" Toko scolded
Makoto: oh! Yeah your right
He almost forgot he had the escape button so he had to open the door he pulled it out of the bag ready to open the door
"Word of advice if we're gonna get anywhere without you standing like a deer in headlights, think faster"
"How am I supposed to do that?!"
"The same way I do!"
"And how do you do that?"
"I just do"
"I am not you"
"Yes you are"
…I have to push even harder… I'm going to keep moving forward, with hope in my heart. Since I have hope, I can show courage. Since I have hope...I can move ahead. The world...can move ahead.
With that i pressed the button and The door began to open. With my hands... With *our* hands...
Hope and despair mingled together...opening the door to the future...