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in an effort to convince the students to start killing each other, monokuma announced a new motive that he called 'despair disease', which he described as " a reaaaally annoying disease where you get a high fever , along with various other symptoms that are full of despair ! " a few select students, he explained, would contract the disease, but not until the following morning. he seemed incredibly confident in the motive's effectiveness, but ( y / c ) wasn't so sure- that wasn't how illnesses worked. a lot of the students talked for the rest of the day about the supposed motive, speculating if he was just trying to scare them into killing each other. eventually, the nighttime announcement came, monokuma teasingly reminding them all of the supposed motive that would arrive the following morning. ( y / c ) soon went to bed, doubtful that anything would happen, but still nervous.

the next morning, they felt fine. they didn't feel feverish, and they felt like their normal selves. even if it was real, ( y / c ) could breathe a sigh of relief, heading off to breakfast.

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𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 : 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙮

( y / c ) ended up being one of the first people at breakfast that morning. that seemed to be a good thing- they could make sure no one else seemed different. however, they didn't expect the first person to come in to be one of the people who caught the disease.

it was kaede, and nothing was noticeably wrong- for now, anyways. she still looked a bit sleepy- which wasn't usually the case, but seemed unimportant. the girl yawned a bit as she entered, smiling brightly when she saw ( y / c ). she quickly made her way over to them, suddenly throwing her arms around them in an embrace. " goodmorning , ( y /c ) - saaan , " she mumbled sleepily, in a sing-song tone, her head now on their shoulder. ( y / c ) could feel the pianist's body heat against their own body- and she felt incredibly warm.

what do you do?

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𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙩𝙬𝙤 : 𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚

( y / c ) went to breakfast, and stayed there for a bit. it seemed that the motive was real- three students were acting extremely different. one student volunteered to check- and sure enough, they all had incredibly high fevers. while most everyone was freaking out over what to do, how this had happened, and what it meant, ( y / c ) suddenly realized - kaede was missing.

after excusing themselves, they quickly headed back to the dorm complex, finding the door with kaede's picture on it and beginning to knock. there was no response. they rang the doorbell, waited a moment, and then called her name, beginning to get a little worried before-

" jeez , how f*cking desperate are you to talk to me ? "

the door had opened to reveal kaede, in full uniform except for her hairpins and tie. seems like ( y / c ) had caught her in the middle of getting ready. but... why was she getting ready so late? and why was she so angry? " hey , loser . did you come here to talk to me or just stare at me for a little while ? " the pianist continued, interrupting their thoughts.

what do you do?

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𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 : 𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩

( y / c ) had hoped that they'd walk into another quiet, calm morning in the dining hall. this certainly wasn't the case, as they heard loud voices coming from inside the room before they opened the door. taking a deep breath, they decided to get this over with.

" you're so g*dd*mn annoying , kaeidiot ! crying somehow makes you look even less attractive than you usually are , and i'm sick of hearing it , so why don't you do us all a favor and keep your pretty little mouth shut ?! " that was miu, ( y / c ) suddenly realized . they knew she found enjoyment in poking fun at others and teasing them, but this was pure bullying- was this a result of the disease?

but what surprised ( y / c ) even more was that kaede seemed to be taking this really harshly. her arms were close to her chest, and she seemed to be trembling. at hearing miu's comment, she quickly rubbed tears out of her eyes, and brushed away the ones that had already started to run down her cheeks. she looked miserable. " i-i'm so sorry ! " she exclaimed. " i promise i'll stop talking , please , just leave me alone ! " somehow, this was even weirder- kaede always stood her ground to miu, and although she got flustered sometimes, ( y/c ) knew that she always stood up for herself, no matter the situation. what was going on?

what do you do?

( a/n- if you're a miu anon, just ask, and i'll structure this starter around someone else, or you can just hop in as miu with despair disease!)

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oneliners

( starter one )

" i could get lost in your eyes for hours ... "

" ( y / c ) ... have you ever kissed a girl before ? "

(starter two)

" are you obsessed with me or something , you creep ? "

" don't be such a baby , jeez ! "

(starter three)

" please don't hurt me ! "

" i don't want to hurt anyone's feelings ... so i'll do anything you ask me to do ! "

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( -TsundereRoll-, seesaweffect-, stxrrytenko, CreatorCCalamity )

( let me know if you want to be tagged in future chapters! )

( kaede is wearing her in-game outfit in this starter! )

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