*Bing-Bong-Ding-Dong*
You groaned.

"Gooooood morning everyone! It's now 7 a.m., and nighttime is officially over! Time to rise and shine! Get ready to great another beeeautiful day!" (Yes, it's the THH morning announcement, but who cares)

You opened your eyes.

'Wait. Where the hell am I!?'

The memories of yesterday slowly came into your mind.

'Oh yeah. I'm in that idiot's cottage. Wait, how the hell did I get a blanket?'

You glanced up to the bed. Fuyuhiko was still sleeping, with a little pink on his face. (Well, that's always there...)
You smiled to yourself.

'I guess he does have a heart... He is kinda cute... Wait. WHAT THE HECK, SHUT UP MIND.'

You got up from the ground, went inside the bathroom, brushed your hair, teeth, you know, usual mornings. When you left the bathroom, Fuyuhiko was still sleeping.

'How can he sleep that much...!?'

You threw your blanket in his face. "Wake up, Sleeping Beauty!!!"

"AAAHH DON'T KILL ME!" he shot up in his bed.

"Oh how manly of you, Baby Gangsta." you smirked.

"[L/N]!? What the fuck are you- Oh shit, I remember..." he muttered, clearly not pleased.

"Now, I strongly recommed you change, Babyface, the morning announcement played at least 10 minutes ago."

"Wait. What the fuck did you call me!?"

"Babyface?"

"No, before that."

"Baby Gangsta?"

"BEFORE THAT."

"Sleeping Beauty?"

"YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!!!"

"You can kill me after you changed, Mr. Bad-Boy-With-Striped-Pyjamas."

"Sh-Shut up...!"

"Well... See ya... Or I hope not." you sighed.

"Fuck you." he said as a goodbye.

You stepped out of the cottage.

"AAAHHH, MONSTER!!!"

"WHAT THE FUCK, WHERE!?" you yelled, glancing around.

"Ah, [F/N]. Don't scare us like that." Kazuichi sweatdropped.

"'Us'?" you asked.

"Morning..." Hajime muttered.

"Uwah!" you jumped.

'Damn it, [F/N], where did your assassin skills go...?'

"What's with all the noise?" Peko came out of nowhere. You jumped again.

'When did these guys learn appareting?' (Potterheads raise your hands! 😁)

"AAAH, ANOTHER MONSTER!!!" Kazuichi screamed.

"And I came all the way here to get you three, but if you're going to call me a monster..." Peko muttered.

"Eh? You're here to get us?" Hajime asked her.

"I was told to come get you because we kept waiting and you three and Fuyuhiko never showed up... Perhaps you know where he is?" she turned to you.

"He's-"

Fuyuhiko stepped out of the cottage, almost bumping into you.

"... Right here."

"What the fuck are ya doing in the doorway, bitch? Move!" he growled. Then he noticed Peko. He looked to the ground, muttered a "morning" to her and then quickly left.

'Something's up. Why is he acting like that in front of Peko...? Perhaps...? Oooh, I ship it. (LOL RIP Fuyuhiko fans and their dreams. Just kidding, be prepared for baby gangstaaa) Fuck, I'm starting to act like Ibuki.'

"Well, everyone is waiting at the hotel restaurant. Please hurry." she said, and left.

"Restaurant... Shit, I'm not even hungry..." you muttered, but made your way to the restaurant anyways.

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~At the Hotel's Restaurant~

"Ah, [F/N]. Good morning." Sonia gave you a weak smile. She had dark bags under her eyes.

"Couldn't sleep, huh?" you asked her, taking a seat next to her.

"Well, I was worried about our current situation..." she muttered.

"Yeah, I understand." you nodded.

"You're late. And where are the other two?" Byakuya growled.

"Kazuichi's probably running away, and Hajime's always late."

Just as you said that, Hajime stepped in.

"Speak of the devil."

"You're late, Hajime... And where is Kazuichi? I thought you were together."

"He... Ran off somewhere." Hajime muttered.

"Hah, told ya." you smirked.

"Hush, the adults are talking right now." Byakuya hissed.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU-" you shot up from your seat, but Sonia stopped you.

"Uhm, [F/N], I think it is not the right time to discuss that..." she awkwardly smiled. You groaned, but sat back anyways.

"So? Why have you gathered us here?" Mahiru asked Byakuya.

"Not yet... Not until Kazuichi arrives." he said stubbornly.

"So I guess Booyakasha has something to tell us. What is it?" you turned to him.

"Oooh-oooh! Excellent nickname!" Ibuki cheered. (Well, actually Ibuki said that name in the game.)

"Don't make me repeat myself. When Kazuichi is here, we can start talking."

"Aw, jeez! Fine! [F/N] and me'll bring him here!" Mahiru sighed.

"Wait, me?"

"Everyone wait here! We'll find him and bring him here, even if we have to tie him up!" she yelled, grabbing your arm and pulling you out of the restaurant.

"Wait - Mahiru - Stop!"

You started to repeat her name and "stop"s, and outside the hotel, she finally did stop.

"What?"

"Why are you bringing me???"

"Well... If we really have to tie him up, we could use your talent, and you seem the most normal here." she rubbed the back of her neck.

"Eh?"

"Hajime's a cry baby, Nagito's strangely optimistic, Gundham's talking to his hamsters, Nekomaru has shitting problems, Fuyuhiko's an asshole, Chiaki's always sleeping, Peko seems a bit scary to be honest, Sonia... It just seems strange to talk to her because she's royal and such, Teruteru's a perv, Mikan's always crying, Ibuki's like a kid, Hiyoko really is a kid and stepping on crabs, Akane is always eating, Byakuya just seems too forceful, and Kazuichi... I think our situation explains it."

"Fair enough." you laughed. She laughed along with you.

"But... Fuyuhiko's not always an asshole, you know." you muttered.

"Eh? Why?"

"Well... I slept on the ground as he said, and it was cold as hell... And when I woke up, a blanket was wrapped over me." you lifted an index finger to your chin in thought.

"... Really? You sure it wasn't someone else?"

"Who?" you lifted an eyebrow.

"I don't know... Maybe Monokuma."

"..."

"Alright, just act like I didn't say that." she laughed.

"Monokuma, right! Or Usami magically got back from the dead just to make sure I wasn't cold!" you joked. She laughed harder.

"Or one of Gundham's hamsters appeared in the room with magic!" you continued. Now she was laughing very hardly.

"Really? This is funny? You don't know me, girl!" you winked.

"A-Anyways, we should look after K-Kazuichi..." she managed to say between laughs.

"Alright. Let's split up. I look on the beach, in the supermarket, the ranch, and the airport, and you look in the hotel along with his cottage and the central island." you explained.

"Seems fair enough." she nodded.

"And we'll meet 20 minutes later in front of the hotel."

"Okay. Well, let's start." she said, and went back to the hotel.

"Well, I'll start with the ranch..." you muttered to yourself.

~Time skip brought to you by Hajime's ahoge~

You had already looked at the ranch, in the supermarket, and the airport, and he wasn't there. Your last hope was the beach.

'Kazuichi must be good at hide and-'

You suddenly heard sobbing.

'... Seek...'

Kazuichi was sitting in the sand, burying his face in his legs, sobbing.

"Kazuichi...?"

He looked up. When he saw it was you, he groaned.

"Leave me alone."

"Hey, uhm, so... Byakuya wants to tell us something... So you need to come to the restaurant..." you muttered.

"I don't fucking care, man! Just leave me alone already!" he started crying again. You sighed, and sat down next to him.

"Scared?"

"*sniff*... No..."

"Yeah, right."

"Why would you care anyways!?" he yelled at you.

"I care. I'm not a monster. I understand that you're scared, you don't need to hide it." you said, lifting an eyebrow.

"Urgh..." he buried his face in his legs again. "How could you understand!? I can't trust anyone! Not even myself! They want me to do things I don't want to do! You'll never understand that as an assassin..."

"..."
~
"No... I have to kill... Her? She is just a little girl. What did she do to you that deserves her death???"
~

You sighed.

"Yeah, of course..." you mumbled, looking at the sea in front of you.

Awkward silence filled the air.

"Do you have a person you love?" you suddenly asked out of nowhere.

"...Yeah..." he mumbled.

"Would they want you to feel scared?" you looked into his eyes, trying to get out an answer.

"... I guess not..." he sighed.

"Of course not... They'd want you to feel strong. And brave. Because I believe that's what you are. "

"Huh...?"

"Are you afraid of the killing game? Or the Monobeasts?"

"Uhm... Both?" he said.

"Well... Monokuma said that we don't have to kill if we don't want to." you explained.

"That's true, but-"

"I know it isn't easy, but we should trust each other. Well, I probably can't make it, but I guess you can. I promise I won't kill anyone here... And I'm sure the others are thinking like that, too. Also, if you're afraid of the Monobeasts, I can beat their asses." you smirked at him. He chuckled at your comment.

"You could do that?"

"Duh, I've already fought stronger enemies." you shrugged.

"For example?" he asked, now getting curious.

"Well... There was that time when I fought a gang with 10 000 members. With no weapons. Alone." you mumbled.

Kazuichi's jaw dropped.

"And you managed to do it!?" he shouted with disbelief. You nodded.

"Oh, and the time when a sumo fighter was standing in front of me in a diaper and a sword in his hand and I was like what the fuck." you made a disgusted face. He started to laugh.

"Well, that's nothing. There was the time when I fought a strange guy with a little pekingese dog and shouted 'Go, Teddy, rip her to pieces!'" Now you were laughing a bit, too. Kazuichi layed down in the sand, holding his stomach while laughing hardly.

"W-Was that G-Gundham?" he laughed.

"Hmm... Now that you mention it... Maybe." you rubbed your invisible beard.

"Anyways, we should go." you said. Kazuichi's laugh instantly faded.

"Oh come on, you wuss. Don't be like that." you groaned. "Hey, if you come, I will tell you other funny stories later."

"Hmmm...." Now he was the one who was rubbing his invisible beard. "Deal."

"Great. Now come on." you stood up, and wanted to leave the beach.

"Wait!"

Before you could say anything, strong arms were wrapped around you.

"Thank you... Miss [F/N]." he whispered.

"You're we- Wait, 'Miss'?" He nodded into your neck.

"Well, as long as you don't call me 'little', 'small', 'short', 'cute', and 'adorable', I guess it's alright." you shrugged.

...

"Uhm... Now you can let me go."

"Oh! R-Right..." he let you go, scratching the back of his neck awkwardly.

"Let's go to the hotel. Mahiru must be going crazy." you mumbled.

"Mahiru?" Kazuichi lifted an eyebrow.

"Yeah, we were the ones who were looking after you."

"Ah. Let's hurry."

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~At the Hotel~

"Where. Were. You!?" Mahiru shouted at you. "At least you've found him. I thought that I'd have to look after you, too!"

"Yeah... I just sort of cheered him up." you said with a poker face.

Mahiru lifted an eyebrow. "Now how should I put that?"

"What do you mea- OH MY GOD, YOU IDIOT, NO!!!" you yelled at her. She chuckled.

"Let's go to the restaurant, as much as I know the others, I wouldn't put them to the 'patient' category." she sighed.

"Okay."

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Length: 1905 words

Yeaaaah, I sorta added Kazuichi as a love interest. Good for you Kazuichi fans out there (if there's any who's reading this).

And oh my fucking god I just wanted to say thank you for the 400 reads and it's already almost 500. 500!!! That's the half of 1000! Just wow! (Yes I'm a hella math genius) Thank you guys so so so much!!!

Also, sorry if this chapter is crappy.

And the picture of Kazuichi above is just so adorable! 😆

Thank you for reading! 😃