Hello readers and welcome to my new chapter. So, I'll being doing more of the free time events for Leon, 'Junko', and Sayaka this chapter. After this chapter, there will be no more free time events for now. So, I hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Danganronpa.
Chapter 13: Watching Ch 1: To Survive Part 6
The scene is switched to Leon and Makoto in the bathroom, the two of them looking for any clues in here. "No use." Makoto sighed. "Nothing in here."
"Wait, why are you two looking inside the bathroom?" Byakuya questioned with a raised eyebrow. "Do you honestly expect a secret doorway or something to show up in there?"
Makoto smiled sheepishly at this. "I don't know for sure myself, but I guess my future self is thinking that it wouldn't hurt. Anything else we could have probably already been searched or someone else is searching."
"And you know the old saying. Don't knock it until you try it." Leon added in.
Leon sighed. "I'm not even afraid anymore. Now I'm just pissed off." As he said that, his expression grew angry. "Why?! Why is this happening to me?!"
"I-It's not like you're the only victim." Toko remarked. "Remember that the rest of us are trapped."
Now it's Leon turn to be sheepish. "I think my future self knows. He's just letting out some steam."
"This isn't fair, man! I mean, am I wrong?"
"Oh, um, yeah. It really isn't." Makoto replied back. He was taken off guard a bit by Leon's sudden bout of rage.
"Right? Totally unfair. Ultra unfair!" Leon exclaimed in anger. "Just like having to shave my head right before every baseball game!"
"Um, if I recall, that choice was yours, was it not?" Celeste questioned.
Leon groaned. "They didn't gave me a choice, okay? I didn't even want to play at first!"
"Well, I mean….you chose to do that, right?" Makoto pointed out.
Unfortunately, that did not help Leon's anger. "C'mon, man! Are you against me now, too?!" He questioned angrily. "I didn't even want to play! But the coach and all the teachers begged me, so I did it! And then they made me shave my head, just cuz it's 'tradition'. How's that fair?!"
"Seriously, why?!" Leon griped. "The people back in America didn't have to do it."
"True, but there are people who deem tradition just as important." Sakura said. "Especially with the things they pride themselves in. Letting anyone disregard that tradition, even those very skilled, would be like dishonoring the subject they pride themselves in."
"Yeah, whatever." Leon grumbled, not really caring.
"You really hate baseball that much, huh?" Makoto couldn't help but comment.
Leon crossed his arms and nodded firmly. "Damn straight I do!" He proclaimed. "Who has fun running around on a dusty field for three hours?!"
'But….for baseball plays, the field is like sacred ground, isn't it?' Makoto thought.
"But, it's so not cool!" Leon continued to gripe. "Spending all that time at practice, getting covered in sweat and dirt. It's just baseball, right? It's easy! Who needs practice?!"
Sayaka had to bite her tongue so she wouldn't say anything rash to her friend. Unlike him, she had to work for her talent, even doing stuff that she regrets doing. It irked her how he didn't earn his talent, able to get his baseball position without even doing anything, and doesn't even care!
'I think the gods picked the wrong person to be bless with that much talent….'
"Dude!" Leon exclaimed, stunned.
Makoto winced sheepishly. "Sorry man."
"Can't say he's wrong though." Byakuya remarked. Some of the others like Toko, Celeste, and Junko agreed with the Togami heir.
"...You guys all suck." Leon grumbled.
"Still," Leon began. "I gotta admit, baseball wasn't all bad. It did have a few things going for it."
"Yeah, right?" Makoto agreed. "Like the feeling of camaraderie between you and your teammates!"
Leon shook his head at that. "Nah, nothin' like that! I can't stand being around a bunch of sweaty guys. So totally uncool!"
"Then….what did you like about it?"
"Well, I hate studying, right?" The baseball player started explaining. "But I still got into this super fancy school on a sports scholarship. As long as I kept playing, I never had to study!"
Byakuya's eyes twitched. "That kind of lazy viewpoint leads to you on the streets, Leon."
"And yet I'm at Hope's Peak." Leon countered with a grin. Byakuya merely sighed in annoyance.
"And besides that," A grin then formed on his face. "It made me super popular with the ladies! Booyah! Ya jealous? I got to third base in more ways than one, if you know what I'm sayin'! ….Just kidding!"
That got several classmates to roll their eyes. Typical Leon.
Makoto didn't know what to say to that. He was just….baffled. Leon chuckled. "I got plenty more where that came from!" He stated. "I'll tell ya more about it next time. Right now, I want to ask you something else."
"What's up?" Makoto asked curiously. The two of them walked out of the bathroom and went a slow pace to the dining hall.
"Well, I wanna start up a band, right?" Leon asked rhetorically. "I was wondering if you know anyone who's good at writing music. Oh, but nobody too popular! I don't want anyone to overshadow my own popularity as the lead singer!"
Byakuya blinked a little in surprise. "That is….some fair amount of thinking you've put in your plan." The heir admitted. "I'm surprise you actually thought about it."
"Hey. I was being serious about it the first few months." Leon grumbled.
"Your motive for doing it says otherwise." Sakura countered. That got a few laughs while Leon grumbled even more.
"You're serious about becoming a musician, huh?" Makoto couldn't help but comment.
"Absolutely!" Leon agreed, completely determined. "And I don't want be a George, ya know? Gotta get that Paul action!"
"A what and a what now?" Hina asked in confusion. Sakura merely shrugged, not knowing what Leon is talking about.
"Speaking of which, what kind of music do you want to make?" Makoto asked him.
Leon thought about it for a bit. "Well, what if I said I wanted to be like the Damned, The Clash, and The Sex Pistols?"
Makoto, after thinking for a second, answered. "Those are all punk bands, right?"
"Damn straight!" Leon confirmed passionately. "My plan is to conquer the world with punk!" Then he said the next part with a little less passion. "Cuz I mean….when it comes to punk, it doesn't really matter if you can actually play or not."
'I'm….not sure how many punk bands would agree with that.' Makoto couldn't help but think.
Sayaka shook her head. "Any genre requires you to know how to play." Sayaka explained. "Even something as wild as punk. You can't just go in there and play professionally." She may be just an idol, but she's got a good grasp of music and their genres.
"Anyway, by the time I got to this school, I'd already decided I was gonna quit baseball." Leon stated. "I was just gonna use it as a stepping stone once I got into Hope's Peak to propel me to stardom. I was gonna use my time here to become the Ultimate Musician."
Junko turned to Leon. "So, stepping stone huh?" She smirked in his direction.
"Use it to propel to stardom, huh?" Celestia joined in.
"And you do realize that you had to be skilled in all kinds of genre to become the Ultimate Musician, right?" Kyoko questioned with a raised eyebrow as Leon slumped further and further into his seat.
Makoto smiled at his friend sympathetically before turning to the others. "Okay, I think he's had enough. No need to twist the knife more."
"Aww!" Junko whined. "But I like twisting it!" Celestia and Kyoko, meanwhile, just quietly turned back to the screen.
Leon smiled. "Thanks man. Don't know how much more I could take."
"Anytime Leon." Makoto said back, smiling back at his best male friend.
"...That's dream dead now, though." He said in disappointment. "I came here chasing a dream, but I never imagined it'd turn into such a nightmare….Dammit! I have to do it! I have to become a famous musician!" His disappointment slowly turned into anger. "Stop screwing with me, world! Give me back my youth! Give me back my dreams!"
"Is everyone gonna be yelling at the ceiling?" Hiro questioned. "First Mukuro and now Leon? What has the ceiling ever done to us?"
"It's just their way to let out their frustration." Makoto said.
'So Leon did have a dream after all.' Makoto thought. 'But it had nothing to do with baseball. He was never really serious about baseball, but I can't say I blame him for what he did.'
"And what's your thoughts on his dream now?" Junko questioned him with a smile. Makoto gulped.
"I plead the fifth." Was his statement.
"I….I swear to god, I have to do it!" Leon said, his voice getting desperate. "Then that girl at the hair salon will go out with me!"
"...Huh?" Makoto stopped walking, shocked at what Leon just said.
Leon noticed and stopped as well. "Oh yeah, she told me she only dated musicians." Leon explained to him. "Her face is okay, but she's got a smokin' hot body. I gotta get me some of that!"
"That's….not the real reason you want to do all that, is it?" Makoto asked hesitantly.
"What better reason is there?!" Leon questioned rhetorically, as if it was obvious. "The whole point of becoming a musician is to be popular, right?"
Sayaka couldn't help but scowl at that. "No, that's not the only reason people become musicians or singers." She said a bit angrily.
"No matter how many times I hear it, his motivation for becoming a musician….still baffles me." Sakura said blankly.
"I know, right?" Hina agreed. "I mean, he was so passionate about it and then we found out that he wanted become one just to get a girl to ask him out?"
"That is not the correct motivation to even call it a dream!" Taka reprimanded Leon. "Should I give you another lecture, just in case?"
Leon paled and held his hands up. "No, I'm good! I've learned my lesson!" He does NOT want to be in one of Taka's lectures again.
"Speaking of which, do you know what kind guy Sayaka's into?" Leon inquired. "Is she into musicians? Or maybe actors? Maybe I should become an actor!"
"You already thinking of switching your plans?" Mondo questioned incredulously. "Jesus man, keep your hormones away from your common sense."
Leon chuckled sheepishly. Sayaka, meanwhile, merely smiled in amusement, erasing her scowl. She isn't really bothered by Leon being into her. Being an idol means have a whole bunch of guys having a crush on her.
Makoto doesn't know what to say about this. "Let's….just go to the dining hall before it's late." Was all Makoto could muster. Leon shrugged and the two continued walking to the dining hall. 'I feel like I'm understanding Leon a little better….'
The scene switched to Makoto, laying on his bed. It's 10:00 p.m., making it officially nighttime. 'Today's already come to an end.' Makoto thought to himself. 'But I swear….tomorrow I'm going to find some sort of clue! I swear!' With that statement in mind, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
'I wonder how long he'll be thinking that.' Junko thought to herself. 'Sooner or later, he's going to break. Wonder when that will be.'
The scene switched to Makoto at the A/V room, looking at all the monitors. It was the only place he hadn't looked in yet, so he decided to look inside. "Heeey, Makoto~!" The luckster turned to see Junko walking over to him, smiling. "Slacking off again?"
"N-No, that's not it." Makoto denied, blushing a bit. But then he soon corrected himself. "Well, kinda. Someone else already looked in the A/V room, and I just wanted to check it out. Guess I was kinda bored."
Junko sighed. "Yeah, I'm bored too." She admitted. "Let's chill for a while!" The fashionista sat on one of the seats.
The two were silent for a moment, just relaxing, when Junko spoke up once again. "Hey, Makoto? Can I tell you something?" Instead of her usual perky tone, it was softer. "I mean, you and you alone…."
Junko raised both her eyebrows. "Oh? What this? A love confession about to happen?"
Mukuro blushed darkly at the thought while Makoto blushed a little as well. "I-I'm sure it's something else, Junko." Mukuro hastily said. The thought of confessing to Makoto made her heart race faster than being bombarded by bullets and explosions at a battlefield. And considering she actually experienced the latter first-hand, that's saying something.
"Just me? What is it?" Makoto asked, sitting on one of the other chairs.
"My true intentions." She answered him.
"Huh?"
"To be honest, I'm kinda fed up with all of this." Junko said softly.
Junko narrowed her eyes, just a bit, at the screen. Does that sound like Mukuro is having second thoughts on the plan?
Mukuro also wondered this, but then shook her head. She has been having second thoughts about it ever since meeting Makoto, but her future isn't dumb enough to reveal those thoughts around the cameras.
"We're all ultimates, right? So we get carried away and rush face-first into stuff. Even I have to wonder if it's okay to live like that."
Makoto looked at her curiously. "Are you thinking of quitting modeling or something?"
At that, she stayed silent. After a moment, she spoke up. "Dreams are meant to change as you grow up, right? Depending on where you're at- kindergarten, elementary school, junior high, high school….but I've had the same dream since I was a little kid, and I've been rushing towards it ever since."
"So I've never really had to think all that hard about my dreams." Junko finished off with a bit of frustration in her voice.
"Mukuro…." Makoto turned to the soldier. "Is your other thinking about quitting your soldier life?"
Mukuro was silent for a moment. No one could tell what she's thinking, due to her blank face. Then, she spoke. "Those thoughts had crossed my mind a couple of times."
"But why?" Hina asked curiously. "I mean, there are those who still have the same dream. That just mean you still feel the same way about it, right?"
Mukuro was merely silent at this. "I think my future self will explain." Was all she said, after a moment.
"But what's wrong with that?" Makoto asked curiously. "It just means you still feel the same way, right?"
Junko looked down. "That's what I used to think." She admitted. "But if it doesn't change, your possibilities can't grow, right? That's how new opportunities are born. And up until now, I never did that. I never let my dreams grow. All I saw was that one dream. I put everything I had into that one narrow little world."
Makoto, along with some others, couldn't help but look at the stoic Mukuro. Does she feel the same way? This may be her future self, but her memory was wiped along with everybody else. Is that what she's feeling right now?
Junko was a bit surprise. She always thought that Mukuro is just a muscle-head, kinda like Oowada, but with less of a temper. She never expected her sister to have thoughts like that.
'Guess she have more layers than I thought.' Junko thought.
She clenched her hands into fist. "I feel like there's so much more I could be doing that I'm not, and I don't like that feeling. So I think I'm going to start looking for it. Is it childish of me to think like that? Am I just being a baby?"
Makoto shook his head. "I would say it, but I think my other is going to."
"No, not at all." Makoto reassured. "I'm the same way. I'm still trying to figure out what it is I want to do. And sometimes I feel like I'll never find it. I feel like maybe I'll spend the rest of my life looking for it."
"But I'm not sure it's even about finding it or not finding it." The luckster began to finish off. "Maybe the important thing is that you're looking for it."
"Wow." Chihiro said in awe. "That's a wonderful speech."
"Was that what you were thinking?" Kyoko asked Makoto.
The boy nodded. "Honestly though, I'm not sure if I said it right."
"Well, your words were somewhat inspiring, to say the least." Byakuya spoke up. "It'll give Mukuro something to think about."
Makoto turned to said soldier. "What about you, Mukuro? What do you think?"
The soldier looked down. "It'll be something to think about for sure." A small smile played on her lip. "Thank you, Makoto."
The luckster chuckled sheepishly. "Well, it was my future self who said it, not me."
"Well, the two of you are the same, so I'll thank you anyway."
His small speech stunned Junko. "Makoto, you…." She began in a bit of awe. "You actually sounded kinda cool just now!"
That embarrassed the boy. "N-No, that's not what I was trying to-"
"But you could be right." Junko interrupted. "Getting lost can be a good thing! As long as you're looking for it, maybe that's enough to be happy." A smile entered her lip. "Yeah. I'm gonna remember what you said."
'I will too.' Mukuro thought to herself. She glanced at Makoto. With only a couple of words, he manage to change her thought process. Then again, his smile caused her to form a crush on him. 'Thank you.'
"Thank you, Makoto."
"S-Sure." The boy said scratching his cheek in embarrassment.
"In return, I promise that if I do decide to kill someone, it won't be you!"
That startled and scared some of the others a little. "Don't joke about shit like that! Especially in this situation!" Mondo growled.
"My bad." Mukuro replied back calmly.
That scared Makoto a bit. "D-Don't say scary stuff like that!" Junko merely laughed it off, giving time for Makoto to think a bit. 'While that last bit scared me, I'm glad I was able to talk to Junko like this. I feel like I know her a lot better now.'
"But before I can do what you said, I gotta get out of here first!" She stated abruptly. "So I'm definitely gonna find out how to get out!" With that, she walked off, presumably to keep on her search.
"G-Geez. Try looking for a way out, instead of y-yelling about it." Toko grumbled.
'Maybe if she stopped yelling at nobody how to get out, she'd find a way.' Makoto deadpanned. But then a smile form. 'Well, I guess it's okay. She can do things however she wants.'
For a moment, he decided to stay in the A/V room, just relaxing. Then, he got up and walked out, going to see if there's anywhere else he could look at.
"Hey, Makoto!" The luckster turned his head to see that it was Leon, who's at one of the corners in the hallway, that was talking to him.
"Yeah, Leon?"
"Listen I have something to tell you, but….it's kinda a secret." Leon explained. "Could you, uh, come to my room?"
That got Makoto curious. "Your room?"
"Anyway, I'll be waiting!" With that, Leon went over to his room, leaving Makoto to think.
A few eyebrows were raised at this. "Why do you want Makoto to come to your room?" Sakura asked him.
Leon shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe it's something he doesn't want anyone else to hear. We all can agree that Makoto is pretty trustworthy when you get to know him."
Everyone nodded and showed their agreements in their own way. Class 78th's Ultimate Lucky Student is the most trustworthy out of all of them, that's for sure.
'I wonder why Leon suddenly invited me to his room like that.' Makoto thought. Shrugging, he went to the direction of Leon's room.
When he got in, he saw that Leon's room was far different from his. It was filled with stuff a rockstar would want, an electric guitar, a boom box, CDs and several other things. "Welcome to the room of a future superstar!" Leon stated with a grin.
There were several snorts of amusement from that. "F-Future superstar? Not likely." Toko scoffed.
"And you're still keeping that stuff, even after getting back to baseball?" Byakuya asked with a raised eyebrow.
Leon chuckled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, I didn't completely give up on that dream….nor on that girl at the hair salon."
"You're hopeless." Sayaka shook her head with an amused smile.
"So, what's up? You said you had a secret or something?" Makoto asked him.
At that, Leon stayed silent and his mood turned a bit serious. He was silent for a couple of second before speaking up. "Well, okay, it's like…." After trying to find the right words, he decided for the blunt approach. "Let's play baseball!" Then he grinned. "Kidding, kidding! That was a joke. Super joke! I hate baseball, remember?"
Several eyes flashed in realization. "Ah, so this is your realization of your love for baseball." Celeste commented. "Though I'm surprised it was this quick. It took you a week for you to realize how much you actually love baseball."
"Well, we're trapped inside the school, with no way of going outside." Leon explained. "Being stuck in there, not being able to play baseball, at all, probably made that conclusion easier."
"That would explain it." Sakura agreed.
Another moment, he was silent. Then he let out a sigh, something Makoto noticed. 'Wait….it sounds like it wasn't a joke.' He then spoke up. "Leon, do you….want to start playing baseball again?"
That startled Leon a bit. "Wh-What are you talking about?! Don't be stupid!" Leon said heatedly. "How many times have I told you how much I totally hate baseball?! I, like, don't like it at all!" His glare remained fixed on Makoto for a few seconds, until he deflated. "...is what I thought. But actually….this is longest I've ever gone without playing, ya know? I mean, I was so good, they forced me to play like, all the time."
"And being away from the game for so long has made you realize how you really feel?" Makoto clarified.
Leon growled in frustration. "Dammit! It's like mind control! Baseball brainwashed me!"
"Or you didn't realize how much you really enjoyed it until now." Sayaka told him. "You must have played baseball at some point before you actually joined a baseball league. If you didn't, then no one could've known about your skill."
Leon sighed. "Yeah, yeah, I know that now." He mumbled.
"But fine, whatever! I just wanna throw the ball around a little! But I can't play baseball by myself!" Leon groaned, sitting his bed. "I never shoulda come to this school!"
"L-Leon…."
"If what's happening to us really is some kinda school event thing, then when it's over, I think I'm gonna drop out and go back to my old school." Leon told him. "Maybe my team won't want me back, but all I can do is beg for forgiveness and hope for the best."
Several were a bit impressed with what he said. "Wow. Maybe the hothead actually can learn something." Byakuya commented. He received the stink eye from Leon for the hothead comment.
Makoto sighed. He talked to Leon about this before, and know what's gonna come next.
"I-I don't think you have to worry about that." Makoto reassured. "I'm sure they'll be happy to have you back. If you just show them how you really feel about baseball, how you're willing to go to practice and-"
"Practice?" Leon interrupted, looking up. "Hell no! No way! I really, seriously hate practice! I don't need practice! I just wanna play the game! Even an exhibition game or whatever!"
"O-Oh." Was all Makoto could say to this. "Well….I'm sure it'll work out somehow." He offered.
Leon nodded in agreement, grinning in confidence. "Yeah, they can't just drop someone as good as me! I'm sure they'll forgive me no problem! I mean, it's me, right?! I'm the up and coming Koshien Stadium Superstar!"
"And I take back my previous statement." Byakuya sighed in irritation as the others sighed as well or rolled their eyes. "He doesn't learn anything at all. A fool remains a fool, I suppose."
"Up yours, Byakuya."
"At least I have money." Byakuya stated dryly.
Leon laughed. "You're gonna be there rooting for me, right?"
Makoto sighed mentally. 'I don't think he's learned his lesson.' The luckster thought. 'But still….I think it's impossible for me to hate him. He and I talked about so much together. Have I finally met the real Leon….?'
"What, what does he mean by 'talked about so much together'?" Kyoko questioned with a raised eyebrow. "They've only talked a few times before, haven't they?"
Spirit was the one to answer her question. "There were many conversations Makoto had with his classmates, even the more reclusive or anti-social ones. This was just picked out at random, but they are important as these conversations highlights everyone's personality."
"This really is made out to be an anime." Hifumi commented on.
Spirit shrugged. "It's to lighten up the mood, a bit." The host of the whole thing admitted.
The scene switched to Makoto walking down the hallway once again, at the direction to his room. 'The third day here is almost at an end.' Makoto thought to himself. 'Got to know many of my classmates here these past days, at least. Some more than others, though.'
"I wish we could see Makoto interacting with all of us." Hina pouted. "So far, we've only see him having conversations with Leon, Junko, and Sayaka."
"But from the sounds of it, Makoto has interacted with us." Hiro pointed out. "We just haven't seen any of our interactions yet."
"Which makes me wonder, why haven't we've seen Makoto interacting with all of us?" Byakuya questioned. He turned his head towards Spirit. "Why have we only seen him converse with Junko, Leon, and Sayaka? As Hiro pointed out, it does sound like Makoto have conversed with the rest of us. While you did say that they were picked at random, why have we only seen him having conversation with those three?"
Spirit shrugged. "Most of your conversations picked aren't as important, and if we go through all of them, we'll be here for more than one week." The host pointed out. "I had to micro-manage, pick out the most important conversations. Those that focus on the plot, foreshadowing, and character development."
Many of them accepted the explanation. It made sense to them, especially to the Ultimate Writing Prodigy and Ultimate Fanfic Creator. However, a few like Kyoko and Junko aren't satisfied with it.
'Why do I have the feeling he's hiding something?' Kyoko thought. For now, she let it go. She'll just have to focus on the story.
He sighed. 'But still, when will I-no, we,' He corrected himself. 'When are we gonna get out of here?'
A few seconds later, he's at the door to his room. Before he opened it though, an already familiar voice called out to him. "Hey, Makoto." The boy his head to the side to see Sayaka, her head popped out of her room.
"Oh, hey Sayaka." The luckster greeted. The pop idol slowly got out of her room and closed the door.
"Listen, may I ask you just one question?" She asked formally.
It was something Makoto noticed. "So polite again! What's going on?"
"And so polite again, I'd like to ask," The question was something Makoto wasn't prepared for. "Do you have a girlfriend?"
If Makoto had something to drink, he certainly would've spitted out by now. But his eyes are wide, as are Sayaka's, blushes back on their cheeks with a vengeance.
The others are surprised as well. "Wow girl, you're going for your man fast." Junko stated with a grin, getting Sayaka to blush further.
"I-It's not like that!" She denied. "I-I'm sure she's just curious, is all!"
That definitely took Makoto definitely off guard. "Wh-What?!" A blush spread on his face. "That's like, way outta nowhere!"
"Huh? Are you embarrassed?" Sayaka questioned. "Does that mean you do?" A slightly disappointed look etched on her face.
Noticing the look, Makoto responded quickly. "N-No, I don't! A girlfriend….? Not at all!"
"It's not something you admit easily to dude." Leon teased his friend. "Well, unless of course, you expect Sayaka to ask you out. Do you?"
"Sh-Shut up!" Was Makoto's embarrassed response. Leon merely grinned, as did Hiro and Mondo.
Once again, Kyoko, Mukuro, Hina, and Celeste felt their ire rise up. Sayaka is becoming more of a threat, even more so than usual.
"Then….do you at least have a crush on someone?" She asked hesitantly.
The blush on Makoto's face spread further. "J-Just wait a second!" Makoto protested. "What's going on here? Why are you asking me all these questions?"
"I was just curious, so I thought I'd ask." Sayaka stated with a smile. "Is that bad?"
"It's not that it's bad…." Makoto said, the blush still on his face.
"But it's only natural I'd be curious, right?" Sayaka asked rhetorically. "Because we're…."
Several felt themselves paying more attention to this. 'We're-?!'
Makoto felt his heart racing. 'We're-?!'
"Because we're classmates, going through the same thing together." She stated.
That got everyone to settle down, with Makoto sagging a little in disappointment. The other girls with crushes on the luckster sighed in relief, some more obvious than others.
'Classmates….'
"Although….that's not all there is to it." Sayaka added in. "You and I are more than just classmates…."
'More than that?!' Nearly everyone's attention was drawn once again.
'More than that?!'
"We're friends." She told him. "We've been friends since middle school, in a way."
And once again, they settled down. Toko snorted. "W-Way to lead him on."
Sayaka ducked her head down in embarrassment. "I don't think my future self meant to do that." She mumbled loudly. "Sorry Makoto."
The luckster chuckled. "It's fine. Shouldn't really expect for you to say anymore than we're friends. Nothing special about me to draw your attraction, after all."
Nearly all of his guy friends stared at Makoto blankly. He have five girls falling for him, and says something like that?
'That's true….' Makoto thought, a bit of disappointment inside him. 'Yeah, we're friends. Of course.'
The two were silent for a moment before Sayaka spoke up again. "So? Aren't you going to ask me?"
Her question got him out of his thoughts. "Huh? What?"
"No, not what." Sayaka stated. "Aren't you going to ask if I have a boyfriend or not?"
"You want him to ask you that?" Sakura questioned with a raised eyebrow. "Why?"
Sayaka flushed. "I-I'm sure my future self has a reason." Sayaka responded back. Though, she has an idea as to why she ask that.
'I mean, it's not like I don't want to know.' Makoto thought in his head. 'Of course I want to know.' He then spoke up to Sayaka. "You're really popular, right? So I wouldn't be surprised if you did."
"Nooope! I definitely don't!" She stated. "...The truth is, I'm way too busy for things like that."
"Th-then," Makoto began hesitantly. "Do you have a…..crush on someone?"
"Hmm, I wonder…." Sayaka said, a smile on her face. "Let's just say….there's someone I'm interested in." Sayaka stared right into his eyes, her cheeks red.
Makoto felt his own cheeks still red, if not redder. 'Wait….me?'
Junko whistled. "Damn, you are going for your man, aren't you?" Junko teased, causing Sayaka to flush even more.
Makoto's own cheeks are still aflame, and he couldn't help but glance at Sayaka for a moment. 'Could she have a crush on me?' The luckster couldn't help but think. 'No, it can't be. I'm just a regular high school student. What could see in me? I'm probably just overthinking things.'
Kyoko, pushing away her jealousy for right, is wondering why Sayaka is clearly hinting her affection towards Makoto. Sure, the pop idol isn't shy with getting close to Makoto, unlike a certain soldier, but she doesn't heavily hint her feeling towards the luckster. So why is her future self doing so?
"But I need to put those feelings aside for now." Sayaka declared. "Getting out of here is all that matters."
"Y-Yeah, you're right." Makoto agreed, his blush slowly fading.
Sayaka faced Makoto fully. "Let's get out of here together, Makoto." She stated. "No matter what. Please don't turn your back on me, okay?"
"O-Of course! I would never turn my back on you!" Makoto stated.
Junko bit back a giggle. Sayaka is playing him like string. She is definitely gonna kill someone, that's for sure, and it's going to have Makoto involved.
Byakuya and Kyoko couldn't help but sigh. Makoto is being way too trusting, especially in the situation he's in. The only thing they could hope for is that Sayaka isn't going to do what they expected.
"I want you to know something, Makoto. And I want you to know that I mean it-I can't fake my feelings." She told him. "I'm….really glad you're here." A smile etched onto her face once again.
Now Sayaka is a bit concerned. She likes the fact that her future self is getting so close to Makoto, sure, but it looks like her future self is trying to make sure that Makoto stays loyal to her.
She has a bad feeling gnawing in her stomach.
Seeing her smile, encouraged him. Strengthen his resolve. Made Makoto feel stronger. 'I have to do my best in here!' Makoto thought in determination. 'For myself, and for Sayaka!'
"You two are getting extremely close." Hifumi commented. "The friendship level is boosted to the max."
"What I can say? We click well." Sayaka stated with a smile. But while she's smiling on the outside, she's still very concerned in the inside. She and Makoto are clicking almost too well.
Celeste and Kyoko are concerned as well. Celeste knows manipulation when she sees it, and while Sayaka is mostly honest with her feelings, she's using them to manipulate Makoto. To make sure he either helps, or won't betray her in the future, if she decides to kill. And it looks like it's working. Kyoko is also having similar thoughts.
"I'm so happy you're going to do your best for me!" Sayaka said brightly.
"What?!" The luckster exclaimed in shock. "You heard me?!"
"Like I'm said, I'm psychic." Sayaka repeated her favorite line. She, as usual, she giggled. "Kidding! I just have really good intuition….but is that really what you were thinking?"
The blush returned on Makoto's face. "U-ummm….well…." Not wanting to say it, he decided to change the subject. "A-Anyway, let's just help each other out and get out of here, no matter what it takes! I'm gonna do my best for sure!"
"Yeah, you're right." Sayaka agreed. "We need to work together and do our best." She giggled as she said that.
'I'm gonna do my best.' Makoto thought in determination. With that, the two of them went to their bedrooms.
By now, the smartest or more observant watchers are concerned (san Junko). This is holding a lot of foreshadowing, at the possibility that Sayaka might use him.
They didn't voice their suspicions out loud, though. Voicing their suspicions might cause some chaos.
And that's the end. I hope you guys liked this chapter. Now, I'm gonna move on to the canon stuff. Next chapter will have class 78th watching their future selves talking at breakfast, the first motive, Sayaka's breakdown, and possibility the room switch, depending on the length of the chapter. I should be able to fit all of these, but who knows? Review, favorite, and follow and I will see you later.
Editor's Notes: Hey guys. A Lucky Soldier here and while you guys are enjoying the story, I'm actually here to ask for a bit of help. For the life of me, the DOC manager just doesn't want to save the formatting used in these stories (the bolds and italics specifically). I've tried various methods for it to stick but when I save it in the manager, it's all completely wiped. I'm currently using the DOC manager to edit these, but I've also used Microsoft Word 2016. Anyone know something, please shoot me a message! I'll appreciate any help I can get :)
