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      Published: 2018-03-19 Updated: 2018-03-28 Chapters: 6/? Words: 14056
****** Danganronpa Reality show thing season one ******
by Toxictimefanfics
Summary
     Okay I don't know why but my friend and I just started talking about
     different scenarios the kids would get in and I decided to make it a
     story. Because I'm just that insane. The characters may seem a bit
     ooc and for that I apologize! You can suggest things for them to do
     in the comments if you want! Um... I have like zero idea what I'm
     doing but this is happening I guess!
***** Prologue *****
Chapter Summary
     I have like no idea what this is but it's been really fun writing
     this so I'm just letting other people enjoy it.
It was the start to a new school year. Many would be getting ready to go back
to the school after the summer but sixteen special students were chosen instead
to take part in a very special reality show. This reality show was created,
funded, and recorded by the ever prestigious Hope Industries, they also
selected each teen carefully as to make the show as entertaining as possible
for both viewers and those participating. The rules of this particular game
despite being fairly simple must be followed to make the show more
entertaining. Each teen has been paired with another that they may not exactly
get along with. In order to leave the house each person must go with their
designated partner unless they want to be punished for not following the rules.
However the teens are able to leave in groups of three, this means that a
pairing can go out with another person of their choosing. Another rule is the
teens need to be in their designated rooms by 10:00 PM sharp otherwise they
will be counted as “absent” and will not be fed in the morning.
 
Without any further stalling it appears that our students are arriving! Each
student chosen has been proven to be the best at what they do, this ability of
theirs will be referred to as their ‘ultimate’ ability. All of the students
arrive at roughly the same time as the producers paid for each of them to be
specifically escorted in their designated pairs. The first pair to exit their
car is Mondo Oowada and Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Mondo is known by the producers for
being the ultimate biker gang leader. As the leader of the Crazy Diamonds he’s
quite the opponent. Kiyotaka is known as the ultimate moral compass, he’s quite
the stickler for the rules and keeping a pristine environment. Mondo and
Kiyotaka are arguing very loudly, it seems that they don’t get along very well.
The producers made an excellent decision in pairing these two! The next pair to
exit their car is Kyoko Kirigiri and Aoi Asahina, Kyoko is known as the
ultimate detective and Aoi is known as the ultimate swimming pro. They seem to
get along but Aoi seems very uncomfortable.
 
After all the pairs have exited the cars and introduced themselves to one
another one of the producers exits the house and makes her way toward the
group. “Good morning everyone! I hope your ride here was pleasant!” there were
several groans from a few members of the group, they apparently didn’t get
along with their partner, great! “I have personally set up each of your rooms
to make your stay here as pleasant as possible for each individual. For now we
will have our first pair bonding activity! I know many of you don’t like your
assigned partner but you will unfortunately have to deal with it for the time
being. Now if you would please follow me!” With that she turned around and led
the group into the house and up to the third floor. There in front of the group
was a long hallway with eight doors, four on each side. The group was of course
confused by this, they all looked around at one another to find any sort of
clarification.
 
“Alright everyone! I know you won’t like this but each of you has to spend a
few hours alone with your partner. These are isolation rooms I’m going to lock
each of the pairs in one of these rooms for a few hours or as long as you can
stand your designated partner.” The producer said in a sweet sing-song voice
that made multiple people in the group shudder. How could a girl that seems so
sweet be doing something that seems so cruel? “Each of these rooms will be
monitored by me to see how you are getting along. If you are to get physically
violent with your partner I will let the two of you out. Those who make it to
the end of the time will be rewarded with a single item of their choosing.” She
smiled sweetly then made her way to the first door and unlocked it. “Before I
separate you all I feel you all should know my name. I am Veronica Sterling but
please just call me Ronnie!” She smiled sweetly as the group greeted her for
the first time since they arrived.
 
“Now I need Mondo Oowada and Kiyotaka Ishimaru to go in this room please!” The
two of them looked at each other with what could only be described as utter
malice. Regardless the two separated themselves from the group and made their
way into the isolated room. Ronnie proceeded to close the door and lock it once
the two were inside. She then moved on to  the next door which she unlocked and
referred to her tablet to check the pairings again. “In this room I need
Celestia Ludenburg and Chihiro Fujisaki!” She said excitedly. The two again
moved into the room only to have the door shut and locked behind them. She
moved on to the next door again which she quickly unlocked it and looked to see
which pair she had to lock in that room. “Kyoko Kirigiri and Aoi Asahina you
two will be in this room!” The two girls sighed and went in the room to be
locked in then Ronnie moved on to the next door and motioned the next two
inside. “Sakura Oogami and Byakuya Togami in this one please!” the male of the
pair scoffed yet they both made their way inside.
 
“This is taking too long! Can we I don’t know speed it up a bit?” A bratty
strawberry blonde girl piped up and the others who remained seemed to agree
with her. Ronnie shrugged and gave in, unlocking the rest of the doors and
directing the pairs to go in their designated room. The strawberry blonde was
with another girl that looked like she’d probably faint if someone were to
startle her. The blonde girl’s name is Junko Enoshima and the girl paired with
her is Toko Fukawa. The rest of the pairs are: Sayaka Maizono and Leon Kuwata,
Hifumi Yamada and Makoto Naegi, and lastly Mukuro Ikusaba with Yasuhiro
Hagakure.
 
“Alright everyone your time together has officially started! You will have
roughly two hours to get to know each other! As I have said before I will be
monitoring you all to make sure you don’t hurt one another! Have fun everyone!”
Ronnie said into the microphone clipped to the collar of her shirt. Almost all
of them jumped when they heard her voice come blaring over the speakers located
in the isolated rooms. Thankfully all of them seem to be getting along fairly
well. All of them are idly talking and a few are arguing but that’s not enough
to need intervention. Over the hour they had somewhat calmed down except for
the few pairs that were still arguing. Eventually Ronnie let the lot of them
out and showed them to their rooms as it was nearing the time where they would
do roll call. Each of the teens bid goodnight to the rest of the group and
ventured into the unknown space they would call their own for the time being.
***** Chapter one *****
Chapter Summary
     Here we go now the real game can begin!
Early the next day an alarm bell startled the teens awake. Not knowing what
else to do the group members begrudgingly got up and got ready for the day.
Eventually curiosity got the better of them and they slowly ventured downstairs
to the first floor where they were delighted to find food prepared for them as
well as fresh fruit.
 
“So does anyone actually know why we’re here? I mean I know this is a reality
show but shouldn’t we be in school?” Aoi said in between mouthfuls of the
provided waffles. Everyone was silent, they looked around to one another to see
if anyone actually had an answer to Aoi’s question. In the end all of them
admitted they had no idea why they were chosen to take part in this show
instead of returning to school like they normally would.
 
“Since the lot of you seem to be at a significant loss of words maybe I will be
able to help.” Celestia said before standing up and walking to the head of the
table. Once she had reached her destination she pulled out a small paper book.
“Judging by how you all have reacted to dear Aoi’s question I am certain that
none of you bothered to read the book that was to be left on the desk located
in your room. Though what we all went through yesterday I cannot say that I
blame you.” She giggled as she opened the book. “This book is of course
addressed to me though I assume that your books are similar to mine. The
producers of this show seem to have done quite a bit of research before asking
us to gather here. This book refers to me as the ‘ultimate gambler’ while I do
admit I am quite the gambler I wouldn’t describe myself as ultimate.” Celestia
explained before closing the book and quietly returning to her seat and
resuming her breakfast.
 
“May-maybe the rest of us sh-should go get our books s-so we can see what the
pro-producers see us as before we do-do anything else?” Chihiro stuttered out
their question and to their relief the others seemed to agree with them and
they all excuse themselves to get their books and return to the dining room.
After they had all returned to the room with their books Chihiro piped up
again. “I-I guess since I suggested we go-go get our books I cou-could go
first?” They looked around at the happy faces around them, encouraging them to
continue. “Al-alright well this book describes me as-as the ‘ult-ultimate
programmer’. I will admit that I am a fairly good programmer.” They closed the
book slowly and looked up at the others around them.
 
“I guess I can go next. This book calls me the ‘ultimate pop sensation’ well
it’s good to know they considered I’m actually a pop star!” Sayaka said with a
giggle which made some of the others look at her in complete awe. “What? You
seriously don’t recognize me? I’m actually surprised considering how many
advertisements I saw with my face plastered on it yesterday on the ride here. I
believe I counted twelve but I’m still not exactly sure.” She stated with yet
another giggle. She shut the book and placed it on the table in front of her.
“Don’t look at me like I’m something fragile! I’m just like the rest of you but
I just happen to be able to sing fairly well!” She smiled sweetly as everyone
around her seemed to calm down just a bit.
 
“Wow if there was one thing I didn’t expect from this mess it was to be in such
a close proximity to an actual pop star! Oh, let’s see this book here calls me
the ‘ultimate fanfic creator’ I see this as a sincere compliment as not many
others would actually agree with that title.” Hifumi said from across the
table. “This is just like something I saw in a comic once! Though I can’t seem
to remember the name of it right now. I will just have to inform you, my
trusted companions of said title once said information comes to mind!” He
exclaimed excitedly returning the book to the table with an audible smack.
 
“NEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRD, anyway this thing says I’m the ‘ultimate fashionista’!
I mean come on if this isn’t a compliment I’ve never heard one before!” Junko
said excitedly from beside Chihiro. Her sudden outburst actually startled
Chihiro and caused them to start crying. Junko thankfully noticed this and
proceeded to console the small one next to her. “Awe jeez kid calm down I
didn’t mean to scare you. I’ll try to be better with my outbursts from now on
‘kay?” She slowly leaned over and enveloped the other in a gentle hug which
caused the smaller ones breathing falter slightly. “Hey it’s okay I’m not gonna
hurt ya okay?” Chihiro stayed silent but slowly nodded and returned the hug.
“Whoever wants to go next be quieter than I was please. Chihiro is literally
shaking over here!” She urged but remained silent, giving the spotlight to
whoever decided to talk next.
 
“Well I guess I could go next. My given title as stated in this book is the
‘ultimate moral compass’. That being said I encourage you all to abide by this
house’s rules during our stay here! Also Leon would you stop leaning back in
your chair, you’re going to fall if you continue, and Mondo please remove your
feet from the table.” Kiyotaka said as gently as he could not wanting to scare
Chihiro further. While Leon thankfully listened without a word, Mondo on the
other hand seemed to have a problem with Kiyotaka giving him orders. Mondo
stood up quickly, while he did technically listen in the end what he did next
was more than a bit out of the question. He stomped over to where Kiyotaka
still sat while watching him with reserved caution.
 
“Who the fuck are you to tell me what to do huh? Do you wanna’ fuckin’ fight?”
Mondo yelled in Kiyotaka’s face once he reached the other. Kiyotaka didn’t
encourage him, instead he stayed silent while looking up at Mondo with visible
disgust. “Not talkin’ huh? How about I fuckin’ make you talk you piece of
shit!” With that Mondo bent down and grabbed Kiyotaka by the collar and lifted
the smaller male up with ease. Despite the scary situation he was in Kiyotaka
didn’t react even though the now seething Mondo was spitting in his face.
Thankfully the ever silent Kyoko was able to get Mondo to put Kiyotaka down.
Despite having a bit of a problem breathing Kiyotaka was fine. The others
commended him for being able to take being blatantly insulted without
retaliating.
 
“I suppose since I stopped the mindless fighting I could go next.” Kyoko said
bluntly yet quietly as she glanced over at the still trembling form that was
Chihiro who was sat on Junko’s lap, silently sobbing into the much taller girls
chest while she stroked their hair in an attempt to calm them down. “This book
states that I am the ‘ultimate detective’ I can’t say I disagree with the title
though I am unaware of why such a title was given to me.” She said quietly as
though she’s contemplating what she did exactly to deserve the title given to
her by the producers.
 
“My title is even weirder honestly.” Makoto said sounding very puzzled. “From
what you’ve all been saying your title came from a talent you have but not me.
My book says I’m the ‘ultimate lucky contestant’ I think they just randomly
picked me and gave me this title to compensate. It makes me wonder why I'm here
exactly.” Without another word he closed his book and put it on the table.
Kyoko looked at him quizzically and proceeded to snatch his book from the
table. She quickly opened it and began reading.
 
“It seems you're telling the truth. It seems you're just simply very lucky to
be here Makoto!” Kyoko said with what could only be described as enthusiasm
though it was apparently rare for the violet haired girl as her demeanor
returned to normal. She looked as genuinely uninterested as she was minutes
prior. Disregarding her odd behavior they all turned their attention to Leon
who was the next to share.
 
“Well I guess it's my turn now ain't it? Well my book thingy says I'm the
‘ultimate baseball star’ but I actually really fuckin’ hate the game! In fact
I've never been to a single practice, I guess I'm just fuckin’ good at the damn
game. Actually I wanna’ be a musician… Kinda like Sayaka I guess.” Leon
explained. Sayaka smiled at his comment about her.
 
“Would you kindly not use such vulgar language? Using such language will not
prove to help you in the long run. Same goes to you Mondo.” Kiyotaka states
while staring at Mondo almost egging him to do something again. Though with the
red marks from his collar are still evident on his neck, deep down he didn’t
want to cause another fight.
 
“Tell me what to fuckin’ do one more time and I swear to God I’m going to end
your fucking pathetic life do ya’ hear me ya damn pipsqueak?” Mondo growled as
he slammed his hands on the table and got up in Kiyotaka’s face again. This was
done fairly easily as the two were sitting across from one another and Mondo’s
additional height was definitely a bonus in this sense. Kiyotaka grimaced once
he had evidently smelled Mondo’s breath from how close the two were. “You know
who I am right? I’m Mondo fuckin’ Oowada! Crazy Diamonds ring a bell? That’s my
gang, I’m their leader!” Silence, pure unadulterated silence. Almost everyone
was now staring at Mondo with wide eyes, the exception being Kiyotaka, he
arguably got even more mad.
 
“I know very well who you are Oowada.” Kiyotaka said in a stern voice as he
stood up as well. At this point Mondo’s hair is getting in the way as it's now
scrunched up against Kiyotaka’s forehead. “I know you've gotten into trouble
with the police on multiple occasions, yet you've successfully avoided
punishment each time.” Mondo growled at the mention of his criminal record,
obviously it was something he wasn't exactly proud of.
 
“How the fuck do you know about that, huh?” Mondo’s eyes widened upon studying
Kiyotaka’s face more. “No fucking way. Why does the law follow me fucking
EVERYWHERE!” Mondo exclaimed before running away, likely to his room. As Mondo
left Kiyotaka felt it was safe to return to his seat with a huff but little did
he know every eye in the room was on him. When he looked he quickly became
concerned and red in the face.
 
“Well now, what was that about?” Celeste said through a giggle but nobody
turned to face her when she spoke. All of them were too focused on the now
somewhat flustered Kiyotaka. He looked around at all of the confused and
expectant faces then took a deep breath and responded.
 
“Well this isn’t the first time I’ve met Mondo… My father has arrested him
several times now. I’ve seen his mugshot far too many times at this point. But
something concerns me slightly. Every time I’ve seen a picture of him he’s had
black hair and a scar over his right eye. Whoever’s picture I’ve seen it was
not Mondo. It has to have been someone else. I wish that I could provide more
information but I’m afraid I cannot.” Kiyotaka said while losing a bit of
confidence as he realized Mondo was not exactly who he thought he was. “If you
would please excuse me, I believe that I am obligated to find him and get to
the bottom of this. I’ll see the lot of you later.” And with that Kiyotaka
stood up and made his way out of the dining hall in search of Mondo.
 
“We’ve had quite the eventful morning thus far. I wish to get this meeting over
with as soon as possible. I have much more important things to attend to
today.” Byakuya who had been silent this far spoke up. “This book refers to me
as the ‘ultimate affluent progeny. Now that my roll is complete I will take my
leave.” He said sternly before getting up, pushing his glasses up farther on
his nose, and left the room.
Following Kiyotaka on his search, he nervously strolled through the halls in
search of the taller teen who had left mere moments before him. As he walked
aimlessly down the hallway of the second floor which held the bedrooms he
looked at each of the name plates on the doors before he came to “Mondo
Oowada”. Now there was no guarantee Mondo had actually run to his room but
Kiyotaka needed to talk to him and had to check here first. Cautiously he
lifted his hand to knock on the door. He felt like running away, he felt like
hiding his face, that was until the door opened and Mondo’s disheveled form
appeared before him.
 
“The fuck do you want?” Mondo said with a groan. It almost looked like he had
been crying? No that couldn’t be it, he couldn’t have been crying right? “Look,
either tell me why you’re here and what you want exactly or I’m just gonna’
shut the door in your face.” He sighed as he looked down at the nervous face
that was staring back at him. Kiyotaka took a slow deep breath in before
releasing it in a shaky sigh.
 
“I… I believe I owe you an… An apology…” Kiyotaka forced out. His gaze quickly
shifted as his hand shifted to awkwardly rub the back of his neck. “I believe I
made a mistake in identifying the person I saw in those pictures… That… That
wasn’t actually you… Was it? I mean in the picture… That man had black hair and
he had so many scars on his face. That couldn’t have been you. Right?” he was
now a stuttering mess of nerves as he didn’t know what else to say, he was
shaking, in fact they both were. But Mondo, he was crying. “I’m very sorry I
didn’t mean to upset you! I think I’ll be on my way now” Kiyotaka turned around
quickly at an attempt to make his escape. Though, evidently he wasn’t quick
enough as Mondo just as quickly grabbed him by the collar and dragged him into
the room. While Kiyotaka let out a yelp from being surprised by the sudden
action Mondo had leaned out the door to see if anyone else was in the hall
before slamming the door shut when he didn’t see anyone else.
 
Back downstairs everyone had finished talking about their titles. And had
separated into smaller groups to continue idly chatting. Chihiro and Junko had
disappeared to who knows where while the rest of them had settled into the
sofas in the living room. Then, without warning, an epic chase happened. Sayaka
was relentlessly chasing Leon through the hallways, though none of them really
knew why it was happening it was still a very funny sight to see.
 
“Noooooooooooooooooooooo Leon! Come back I wanna go out! Please?” Sayaka called
as she giggled and continued to chase him through the halls. Leon on the other
hand was shrieking and running away from the young pop idol.
 
“For the last time I don’t wanna’ go out yet! Don’t you want to explore the
house? We still don’t know where Junko and Chihiro went! Come on we can go
figure out where they are!” Leon responded while still running away as fast as
he possibly could all while screaming.  Surprisingly Sayaka was able to keep up
with him while she was chasing him. She was able to catch him in the end and
somehow even tackled him to the floor. Sayaka of course broke out in a huge fit
of giggles, it was even to the point she completely forgot about wanting to go
outside and opted to just lay on the floor and laugh for a bit.
 
Returning upstairs to Mondo’s room. As Kiyotaka stumbled backward he thought
that this topic must be serious enough to warrant such behavior. As he landed
on what he assumed was the bed he looked up to see Mondo was cautiously
shutting the door behind him. Kiyotaka watched him with wide eyes as he made
his way to sit beside Kiyotaka. If there was one thing Kiyotaka had to note it
was the fact that Mondo was still crying.
 
“I’m sorry did I upset you?” Kiyotaka said quickly, wanting to say at least
something before Mondo began to yell at him. But he surprisingly didn’t,
instead he took a shaky deep breath and exhaled quickly. To put it lightly, he
was a complete mess. Nearly the opposite of the man he was before… He was
broken. The only emotion that could be read on his face was complete and total
grief. “Um… Would you like to… Talk about it?” With a sigh Mondo looked over at
Kiyotaka, he slowly opened his mouth once before snapping it shut once more. He
was at a loss for words as well.
 
“I… I’ve never actually been arrested… The guy you saw in those pictures… That
was my brother…” Mondo choked back a sob. It was somewhat saddening seeing a
man that seemed so confident break down like this. Though, Kiyotaka couldn’t
quite tell what was going on quite yet, he did feel bad. Was this all his
fault? Hesitantly, Kiyotaka put his hand on Mondo’s shoulder. Even though he
was surprised by the sudden gesture Mondo welcomed the comforting touch. “That
was my older brother… Daiya… Um… A few years back, when he was still the leader
of the gang. When I was supposed to take over because Daiya wanted to retire,
we had a race. It was my idea as a way to gain their respect, the plan was that
I would win and gain the respect of the gang. But then I started to loose… I
started getting reckless, stupid even. I swerved into oncoming traffic as a
very desperate attempt to get ahead. Eventually the world caught up with me. A
big eighteen wheeler appeared almost out of nowhere. He… He shoved me out of
the way just in time… But while I ended up with a few scrapes and a concussion
but he… Daiya was hit by the truck… There was so much blood Kiyotaka, his blood
was everywhere… I… I killed my brother… And the gang still doesn’t know what
happened to him… I… I’m sorry I needed to tell someone… It’s been eating at me
for the longest time now…” Kiyotaka was surprised to say the least. He didn’t
expect this.
 
“I’m sorry for your loss… I… I didn’t realize it wasn’t you until you had
already left…. I’m sure that was probably the last thing you wanted to hear. On
television no less… I’m truly sorry Mondo. I know that we don’t quite see eye
to eye but I never wanted to make you think about something that painful… I’m
very sorry. I’m also sorry about the fighting as well… Could we by any chance
be friends n- oof!” Kiyotaka was cut off by Mondo’s arms wrapping around him
tightly. While he didn’t expect it Kiyotaka returned the hug.
 
“Thanks for coming up here Kiyotaka. I really needed to tell someone about
that… It’s been years since it happened and you… You’re the only person I’ve
actually told what happened.” Mondo sighed and sat up, almost completely
oblivious to the light blush now on Kiyotaka’s face. Even though he noticed the
faint blush he didn’t seem to realize why, or at least what caused it. “Hey,
you okay? Hell I mean you gonna’ open up to me too? Shit man what do ya’ wanna’
say? Come on I trusted you with my story, ya’ can trust me!” Mondo returned to
his confident self and honestly Kiyotaka was glad he was back. Now if only he
could stop the blush rapidly spreading across his face. Could he really trust
Mondo? Well now was the time to test that theory…
 
“I… I’m….” Kiyotaka started but quickly stopped to take a deep breath when he
began stuttering. “I… I’m uh… I’M GAY!” Kiyotaka suddenly yelled. He quickly
slammed his hand over his mouth, though he wanted to admit that it was at least
nice to tell someone… He couldn’t believe he told someone he had just met.
Sure, the guy in question had just told him something very personal as well…
This was a matter of dealing with death and being gay. “Um I… I think I s-
should go now! Goodbye Mondo!” Kiyotaka moved to get up, still completely red
in the face. When he felt a hand grab his wrist. “Please let me go I shouldn’t
have told you in the first place. Just… Just let me go.” He said with a sigh as
he turned around to face Mondo. Only to find he was blushing as well. Confused,
he returned to his seat on the bed and waited for the other to speak.
 
“Honestly? Fuck, I didn’t expect that from you… Shit the only reason I started
fightin’ ya’ was because the moment I saw you. I thought you were so fucking
cute, I couldn’t handle it. I thought you were straight for sure. Given how
stuck up you are about rules and such I figured I didn’t ever have a fuckin’
chance…” They slowly looked at each other. “That was one hell of a confession
man. That shit takes guts! Hell you’re the only person I’ve told about this
too!” They sat staring at each other for quite some time before Kiyotaka broke
the stare.
 
“Before we do something we’ll regret can I suggest we take this slowly? I mean
I was assuming you were going to ask if I’d be your boyfriend? I’m sorry if I
got that wrong but… while I don’t hate you Mondo, in fact you’re fairly cute
yourself. But we know hardly anything about one another! While I will agree to
be your boyfriend, can we take this slowly?” He turned to Mondo once again only
to see blush completely covering his face, it had even made its way up to the
tips of his ears. “I jumped the gun didn’t I?” He sighed covering his face to
shield his embarrassment. He heard shuffling beside him and assumed Mondo was
trying to get up and escape the situation. Surprisingly though, he felt the
familiar sense of strong arms around him. He quickly looked up to see Mondo
hugging him.
 
“I’m not mad. Just… A bit shaken is all… I’d love to be your boyfriend
Kiyotaka, nothing would make me happier. And to the question of taking things
slow. We can go as slow as you need, as long as I’m there for the ride I’m
happy to be with you. I will never make you do something you’re uncomfortable
with, all ya’ need ta’ do is tell me ‘kay?” Mondo said quietly into Kiyotaka’s
shoulder. Kiyotaka on the other hand was at a loss for words and silently put
his head on Mondo’s shoulder.
 
“Thank you Mondo. I will admit this will be my first relationship so I don’t
quite know how this works but… I know I feel comfortable around you. I think… I
think this can work. I think we… Can work!” Kiyotaka said excitedly, this was
his first official relationship after all! He deserved to be excited. “Now how
are we going to explain our extended absence as well as our sudden relationship
to the ones downstairs?”
 
“...Shit…”
***** Chapter Two *****
Chapter Summary
     This is really gay and I'm sorry.
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
After the two had devised a plan, Kiyotaka went downstairs immediately while
trying to calm his lingering blush as he walked. As soon as he reached the
staircase he heard intense bout of laughter coming from one of the rooms below.
As hesitant as he was Kiyotaka quickly stepped down the stairs, gaining that
familiar spring in his step everyone was used to. Once he entered the room he
was more than surprised to see almost everyone in the room was on Sakura’s
shoulders. Taking a moment to process this, he stopped and looked on wide eyed.
Slowly the others in the room began to notice his presence.
 
“Nice of ya’ ta’ join us man! What the hell were you two doin’ up there? You’ve
been gone for nearly two hours now!” Leon spoke first, cutting the laughter off
and causing every eye in the room to be fixed on him. “The two of ya’ weren’t
makin’ out or anythin’ right?” At that question Kiyotaka’s face turned bright
red. “Oh shit I didn’t think that was goin’ to be what you were actually
doing!” Slowly, Sakura put everyone she was holding down. She thought this was
serious enough that they pay attention.
 
“So… What happened upstairs Kiyotaka? You two have to be at least friends now
right?” Aoi piped up, completely oblivious to the question Leon had asked
before. This earned her many giggles from others who had actually heard the
question.
 
“Well yes. I suppose you could say we’re good friends now…” Kiyotaka mumbled
into his hand. Then came the rest of their little plan. Mondo had walked into
the room with his hands behind his head, he was whistling as well. But then he
saw the group was staring at him, and Kiyotaka had the expression of ‘help me!’
written across his face. Mondo quickly took the seat beside him and added
himself to the conversation.
 
“What’d I miss?” Mondo said as he settled into the couch. He looked around
surveying the group before him. They all looked confused and somewhat mad to an
extent. “Okay I obviously missed something.” Every eye in the room was either
focused on him or on Kiyotaka. He then remembered that they were supposed to
hateeach other. Randomly sitting next to Kiyotaka when there were many other
available seats all around him. He. Fucked. Up.
 
“Well we are trying to figure out what you two did while you were upstairs. So
far we have the fact that you two were gone for quite a while, Kiyotaka started
blushing when Leon asked if the two of you and I quote ‘were making out’, and
now your sudden appearance and choice to sit next to Kiyotaka. We know at least
somethinghappened. Would you care to fill in the blanks for us?” Kyoko asked,
actually sounding very interested in getting to the bottom of this mystery.
 
“Um… Do… Do we need to? I mean I know you’re all interested but I don’t feel
like we can really talk about this quite yet… I’m sorry.” Kiyotaka said slowly
and quietly as he sunk further into his seat. If the others weren’t confused
before they certainly were now. And it was likely that the people who were
watching them at home were just as confused. “I… Okay, I don’t think I can say
it… Again… But if Mondo wants to tell you. I won’t stop him… I just… I don’t
think I can actually say it again. At least not today. I hope you can
understand…” Kiyotaka said as quietly as he could. It was odd seeing someone so
confident look so scared, devastated, broken. It actually hurt somewhat to see.
 
“God you’re such a dork.” Mondo said quietly before awkward side hug. Now
Kiyotaka was leaning against Mondo. If anything it was comforting but then, in
front of everyone they just met. Hell they had justmet. “You don’t have ta’ do
somethin’ ya’ don’t wan’ to. And because you don’t want to talk about it… Then
I won’t either.” Kiyotaka looked up at him and smiled warmly. It made Mondo
melt, why was he so cute?
 
“Um… I think I know what’s going on here… But it’s not my story to tell. So if
you don’t want to say anything I don’t blame you. But if it helps I think we’re
trustworthy people so-” Makoto started but Kiyotaka cut him off with a single
look. The room was silent once more. You could cut the tension with a knife.
 
“I… In the past few minutes I’ve been thinking. I do trust the lot of you,
despite not even knowing the names of some of you. So I’ve decided I want to
tell you all now rather than later… So… I… I’m… I’m gay.” Kiyotaka scrunched up
a bit once he finished talking and his eyes were screwed shut. He was so on
edge, he wasn’t even breathing he was so stressed.
 
“Taka, dude breathe. It’s okay, they look like they’re proud of ya’ for sayin’
somethin’, come on open your eyes it’s okay.” Mondo said as gently as he could
manage. Slowly Kiyotaka started to relax, he took a deep breath and opened his
eyes. Only to be faced with a room full of smiling faces. “Oh! I should prob’ly
add that I am too. Um… I’m gay too I mean. An’ um… We’re dating? Kinda? Maybe?
I don’t know honestly a fuck ton of shit has happened in the last twenty
minutes. Honest to God I may or may not even know what the actual fuck is going
on right now” Mondo said all while sounding extremely confused about pretty
much everything. This earned a few laughs, poor guy he’s been through so much
in just twenty minutes.
 
“Yes, we’re dating. Mondo even brought up that he was only fighting with me
because he liked me but figured he didn’t have a chance… It certainly worked
out for the better though!” Kiyotaka beamed, Mondo was so proud of him. Hell he
was proud of himself too! The room was filled with a stunned silence. Well
almost silence Toko was quite literally squealing at the fact that the two are
now a couple.
 
“Wow that was like… Really freakin’ brave? You guys know this room is like.
Full of cameras though, right?” Fuck. The one thing they somehow overlooked.
Kiyotaka immediately froze upon hearing this. He buried his face into Mondo’s
shoulder and groaned loudly. Well he must not have thought of that. Mondo
chuckled and wrapped Kiyotaka in a hug. He knew that his family was surely
watching and would be very mad at him. On the other hand Mondo not only never
told his gang but he figured that they wouldn’t want to watch the constant live
stream that would immediately snap off at 10:00 when they were to return to
their rooms and go to bed.
 
“I forgot that we’re on TV. Now I get to wait until my family finds ou-”
Kiyotaka started but was cut off by a long strand of vibrations coming from his
pocket. “Oh, I suppose they already have then. They must have been watching
just now.” He hesitantly pulled his phone out of his pocket only to be relieved
to see that he now had thirty-two texts from his mother. His father must be at
work, he would certainly find out eventually though. He quickly looked over the
texts and was relieved to find them all positive.
 
“Hey, Taka? You okay?” Mondo mumbled into the shorter male’s shoulder. He
wasn’t reading the messages because he respected his boyfriend’s privacy even
though he did really want to look. Taka let out a sigh of relief and put his
phone back into his pocket. He turned to Mondo with a wide smile and wrapped
him in a giant bear hug. Well there was one thing for sure. Someone took the
news well, which was good of course. “You seem happy. I’m guessing that was all
positive?” The smaller of the two quickly looked up and gave a swift nod before
letting go of the hug and taking a deep breath.
 
“Well every single one of those texts was from my mother. She tends to
overreact a bit. And she has agreed to keep this from my father, who wouldn’t
approve of this in a million years, for now that is. But she has a condition to
this… We… She wants us to… To share our first kiss right here. In front of our
new friends and the cameras… Because she wants to watch for some reason…” There
was silence before the others in the room erupted into cheers. Kiyotaka even
heard something along the lines of ‘his mom is so kinky!’ While he couldn’t
actually deny this it was still odd hearing someone else say it. Another
vibration caught his attention. The new message read ‘Get it over with
already!’ He showed the message to the other, feeling his face heat up as Mondo
read the message over and over again, finally processing what he saw was true
his face turned a dark shade of crimson.
 
“W-well? L-let’s see it!” A girl with dark purple hair muttered. Neither of the
pair actually knew who she was but since she’s here they may as well trust her.
Kiyotaka audibly gulped and looked up at his boyfriend. I guess it's now or
never.
 
With shaking hands Kiyotaka wrapped his arms around the other’s neck. On the
other hand Mondo wrapped his arms around Taka’s waist. The smaller faltered a
bit at the later action but continued anyway. Hesitantly yet quickly the two
pressed their mouths together and the room erupted in cheers. The two melted
into the kiss but the smaller pulled away due to embarrassment.
 
“You two are ADORABLE!” Aoi jumped up, she was all too excited the two were not
only getting along now but the fact they were in a relationship made it so much
more exciting. Everyone seemed to agree with the over enthusiastic girl, well
everyone but the couple in question who were blushing furiously while clutching
their mouths.
 
“Hey guys. It's starting to get dark. Would you guys be willing to play hide
and go seek in the dark with us?” Junko entered the room with Chihiro and
surprisingly Byakuya in tow. “And what did you do? My social media just
literally blew up telling me to come here with these two.”
Chapter End Notes
     Taka's mom is the weirdest character I've ever written. I think. Also
     they're literally going to play hide and seek in the dark in the next
     chapter. I'm not even sorry.
***** Chapter Three *****
Chapter Summary
     They're all fucking five.
After a quick explanation and a loud squeal from Junko she quickly set to
explaining the rules of the game.
 
“Alright everyone put your phone in this basket please!” Junko cheered holding
out a basket. Upon seeing the confused looks Junko explained. “Access to social
media would be cheating! The seekers could use the constant messages to figure
out where the others are hiding!” With that they all put their phones in the
basket and Sakura put it in a spot nobody could reach but her.
 
“Come on! I wanted to search with my sister!” Everyone but Mukuro paused.
“Seriously?!? We’re identical twins! Well almost. Mukuro has black hair,
freckles, and darker eyes compared to me. Other than that we're identical!”
Instead of debating they began to play.
 
Junko insisted that she and Chihiro seek first. Despite not being paired nobody
wanted to fight her, for Chihiro’s sake. After counting and making sure
everyone had hid the two made their way through the house. After a while they
decided that it would only be fair for the seekers to have dim flashlights so
they didn’t run into anything. They quickly found Sayaka who decided to hide
behind the couch which the two were sitting on while counting. Then there was
Sakura who was in place of one of the lamps with the lampshade over her face.
It may have actually worked if she wasn’t taller and wider than the lamp to
begin with.
 
“H-hey Sakura? Since you’re technically o-on o-our team now d-do you know where
Aoi is?” Chihiro asked the much taller female next to them. They had been
looking for almost ten minutes now and they hadn’t actually found anyone else.
 
“I’m afraid I don’t, but if you’re getting tired I’d be more than happy to
carry you.” Sakura replied with a warm smile. In the end Chihiro couldn’t
refuse. They continued to search and eventually found Mondo and Kiyotaka making
out in a closet, Byakuya was literally in his room, Toko was hiding under the
stairs, Leon had somehow locked himself in one of the kitchen cabinets, Hifumi
was in a corner on the third floor writing grossly detailed smut for a
fanfiction, when they found Celestia the only thing they could really see was
her eyes which was terrifying. She was hanging upside down like a bat in one of
the closets. She couldn’t get down. She can’t remember how she even did it.
Yasuhiro was literally smoking weed on one of the balconies, they found Kyoko
in a window sill, and Makoto was hiding under the table in the kitchen. Now all
they had left was Mukuro.
 
“Who knows where she could be! She’s a literal soldier! Maybe we should try and
fan out to find her?” Junko asks the others. She then turned to the clock that
was behind her only to see that it was almost time for them to go to their
rooms. “Shit. Maybe we should check social media now? I mean she’s the last one
so she’s already won so it doesn’t really matter I guess? Someone has to know
where she went!” She says excitedly waving her arms around as she spoke.
“Unless anyone else has a better idea I guess this is like literally the only
option we have so Sakura would you please get the phones down?” She said as she
turned to the taller girl next to her. Sakura in turn retrieved the phones.
 
“Alright everyone at home we actually need your help to find Mukuro! I’m sure
at least someone out there knows where she is so would you please help us find
her?” Sakura says while turned to face one of the cameras with a bright smile.
Her phone immediately blew up with notifications. “Oh thank you all! Oh dear.
That’s not good.” Sayaka sighed and pocketed her phone and turned to face the
others.
 
“Do you know where she is Sayaka?” Makoto asked looking hopeful. Sayaka smiled
a bit and nodded. Everyone cheered and began to ask her just where the missing
girl was.
 
“Um… She somehow got on the roof. I don’t exactly know how to get up there but
I’m sure we can yell at her from one of the balconies?” Sayaka responded
looking to the ground and debating whether the others actually believed her or
not. Everyone else looked extremely surprised to say the least but in the end
it was the only lead they actually had so they went with it. They made their
way to the third floor and found their way to one of the three balconies.
 
“Mukuro! Sis! The game’s over! You won! Are you really on the roof?” Junko
called up hoping for a response from her sister. They all stood around in
silence waiting for any sign that she was actually up there. Then they
thankfully they heard footsteps and then they saw Mukuro’s face pop over the
ledge. “How the hell did you even get up there? Come on we have like ten
minutes before we need to be in our rooms for the night!” Mukuro smiled at her
sister and simply jumped down to the balcony and walked inside without a single
word. The rest scrambled after her to question how she actually got up there
but paused as they had to go to their rooms for the night.
 
When she woke up Sayaka wasn’t as excited as she was the day before, the whole
“reality TV” thing got boring surprisingly quick for her. Instead she was
actually interested in the rest of the people who were with her. Sure they had
only met at the beginning of the season but they were all extremely nice people
and she had a fun time playing the game the other night despite being the first
one to be found. After getting out of bed, showering, and fully getting ready
she walked down the hall and paused at Leon’s room. She debated whether he was
actually in there or not but quickly decided there was only one way to find
out. She raised her hand and knocked quickly backing up a step once she had
done so.
 
It’s open!” She barely heard Leon call through the door. He must have been
yelling pretty loud for her to be able to hear him. She opened the door to hear
beautiful melodies being played on an acoustic guitar. She gasped, it was
actually a song she recognized! She made her way over to Leon who was sitting
on his bed, he hadn’t realized who walked in but he at least knew there was
someone with him. He didn’t even look up when Sayaka sat on the bed with him,
he was so concentrated it was truly commendable. He started to hum the melody
of the lyrics instead of singing them. Sayaka cringed awkwardly, he wasn’t in
tune. She felt that she needed to take over instead.
 
“... Only fools rush in. But I can’t help falling in love with you.” Leon’s
head snapped up when he heard her start singing. He was blushing furiously but
still continued to play and Sayaka continued to sing. “Shall I stay? Would it
be a sin if I can’t help falling in love with you?” He had to admit her voice
was beautiful and he felt a bit bad considering he didn’t know who she was
until they met. “Like a river flows surely to the sea, darling so it goes. Some
things are meant to be. Take my hand, take my whole life too.” She moved her
hand to Leon’s shoulder and his blush deepened. “For I can’t help falling in
love with you. Like a river flows surely to the sea, darling so it goes. Some
things are meant to be. For I can’t help falling in love with you… For I can’t
help falling in love with you.” The song finally finished and Sayaka silently
planted a kiss on Leon’s cheek. He was silent for the longest time but he
finally responded.
 
“Um… I didn’t know ya’ felt that way? Or was that just for the context of the
song? Either way I’m very confused!” Leon exclaimed which made Sayaka giggle a
bit. She scooted closer to him and sighed.
 
“It was just the song silly! I got a bit caught up in the moment I’m sorry! I
was coming to check if you were coming to breakfast but… I really love that
song and hearing you hum it out of tune kind of hurt so I decided I’d take
over!” Sayaka said with a giggle. At least he didn’t notice her little white
lie. “Now come on we should go eat!” Sayaka got up and motioned for Leon to
follow her. He got up and followed her to the door but before they left he
needed to ask her something.
 
“Hey Sayaka? Since I was so out of tune do ya’ think ya’ could consider givin’
me voice lessons? I mean you don’t have to of course but I’d really appreciate
it.” Leon asked looking a little guilty while doing so. Sayaka looked at him
with wide eyes before nodding slowly. Soon enough she was nodding frantically
with a huge grin on her face. Leon smiled back at her looking genuinely happy
as he looked at her.
 
“Really? Thanks! Maybe we could work on something to perform later in the
season!” Leon exclaimed. He was so excited about getting to work with a
professional singer. He’s wanted an opportunity like this for the longest time
so he couldn’t give up this chance. “Since you’ll be helping me so much I’ll
let ya’ choose th’ song! Just let me know so I can learn how to play it
alright?” He gave her a wide smile and opened the door for her. She left the
room and he exited behind her, shutting the door once they were both through.
They both went downstairs to see almost everyone was down there and eating
while chatting about the game from last night.
 
“Sayaka! Leon! Nice for the two of you to join us!” Aoi greeted once she
spotted them entering the dining room. ‘’Where have the two of you been all
morning?” She asked kindly but froze slightly when she saw the two of them look
away from each other with a bit of blush evident on their cheeks. “Hey you
don’t need to tell us! We were just wondering if you two were actually up yet
or not. But since you are you both might as well have some breakfast!” She
cheered getting up from her seat to show them where the extra food was set out.
 
“We weren’t doing anything bad! I had just gotten ready and wanted check if
Leon was still in his room. And he was, he was playing his guitar. I knocked on
his door and he let me in. Then he started humming the tune to a song I know by
heart, albeit out of tune. I decided to take over and started singing. That’s
literally all that happened when we were upstairs. Sayaka said as she made her
way to join Aoi in getting herself breakfast. Everyone in the room was silent
and the popstar felt every pair of eyes in the room was set on her. She turned
back to the group to find that everyone was staring at her. “What? Did I say
something wrong?” Sayaka said somewhat concerned.
 
“You didn’t say anything wrong dear! It’s just interesting to hear that of all
things you were making music upstairs instead of coming to breakfast like the
rest of us.” Celeste said and everyone seemed to agree with her. “So are you
two going to just stand there or are we going to have a performance?” She said
with her all too familiar giggle. Sayaka and Leon looked towards each other,
both mildly confused. Then Leon shrugged and spoke up.
 
“Well I guess it’s up t’ her but I’m willin’ to play for you guys!” He said
with a bright smile. He turned toward Sayaka like he was looking for an answer,
one she was happy to give if she wasn’t almost petrified. She always gets
nervous when she has to perform in front of friends, it’s even worse when those
friends are new friends.
 
“Sure why not! But I don’t think we should do that specific song. I’ll go
upstairs with Leon so we can choose a song and practice a bit before we perform
in the living room! That sound alright?” Everyone, including Leon agreed and
the pair made their way upstairs to discuss a plan. When they were far enough
away from everyone else Sayaka spoke again. “So what else can you play?” She
asked with an innocent giggle.
 
“Well I can play a lot of stuff actually! Most of them won’t sound quite right
since I only have my acoustic with me. I can list off some bands and we can go
from there, sound good?” He asked with a smile. She returned the smile and
nodded. “Alright you already know I can do Elvis, I can do Fall Out Boy, Panic!
at the Disco, Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots, A guy on youtube called
Cavetown, he was going to continue but Sayaka cut him off just as they reached
his room.
 
“You listen to Cavetown?!” She asked with stars in her eyes. Leon nodded with a
grin before unlocking the door and motioned for her to enter first. She did so
with a newfound spring in her step. This is going to be fun. Upon entering the
room she immediately sat on the bed and Leon grabbed his guitar before joining
her on the bed. “Do you know ‘Taking Care of Things’?!” She asked excitedly,
only getting more excited when he nodded.
 
“I know that one by heart! Sure it’s one of the newer ones but when I heard it
I jumped at learning it! It was actually surprisingly easy to learn!” he says
equally excited. They spent the rest of the morning figuring out how to stay in
time with one another. Sayaka in turn helps Leon sing in tune with her so he
can sing with her.
***** Chapter Four *****
Chapter Summary
     Yo okay this is pretty cute also they play Mario Kart for some
     reason. Also sleepovers!
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
After a few hours of work the pair was successful in actually nailing their
performance. Once they were confident enough they made their way downstairs to
the living room where the others were watching a movie. Sayaka was happy to see
everyone there.
 
“Hey everyone! We’re ready now! I’m sorry we took so long!” She said,
announcing their presence. Several people jumped at the sudden entrance but
were happy to hear they were finally ready. “I had to help Leon with singing a
bit but other than that we had a bit of a hard time staying on time with each
other. Regardless we’re done now!” She looked around the room at the many
bright smiling faces.
 
“What are you two going to be performing for us?” Aoi said as she jumped up
from too much excitement and Sakura had to pull her back down.
 
“Well I don’ think you’ll recognize it if we told ya so we might as well jus’
start!” Leon said somewhat quietly probably wondering how he got himself into
this mess. Once everyone had agreed that being told the name of the song would
be useless they rearranged the furniture so everyone could watch the
performance they’d been waiting their entire morning for. Leon and Sayaka were
given a love-seat which they positioned underneath the TV to face everyone
else. “Ya ready?” he asked as he looked her way.
 
“As ready as I’ll ever be!” She replied. With that Leon took his queue to start
playing and in turn Sayaka started singing her first part. “Where do the boys
go when it gets cold out, do they have a place to sleep?” Many of the group
gasped when they heard just how beautiful Sayaka’s singing voice is. “Where did
their mums go did they get taken or had they had enough of taking care of
things? It’s hard to say if someone’s at fault if I don’t do anything is it my
fault?” She finished singing her part. Now it’s up to Leon to remember what he
learned upstairs and actually sing in tune.
 
“Where do the girls go when they feel frightened. Do they have something to
eat?” Everyone seemed surprised at Leon’s ability to sing without faltering
even once. “Where did their dads go? Did they get taken or had they had enough
of taking care of things?” He finished singing his part as gently as he could
like they had rehearsed upstairs. Now they have to sing together which should
be at least amusing.
 
“I’ve gotta find a way to make this feel okay. When rock bottom for me is
routine for someone else.” A few of the girls gasped at how well their voices
worked together while others were actually tearing up upon hearing it. “I’m
gonna take care of things. There’s some things I need to sort out. I’m gonna
take care of things, cause they’re not where I want them right now. I know
there’s good in everything. And it’ll show itself when you’re gentle to it. I’m
gonna take care of things.” The people who weren’t crying before are either
crying now or are on the verge of tears upon hearing the heartfelt lyrics. Now
Leon gets to take over singing again.
 
“Where does my mind go when it gets stupid? Is there anyone in there? Where did
my friends go? Did they get taken or had they had enough of going to therapy?
Sat in a cold room, the corners feel friendly. I think they’ll take care of me.
My brothers are circles, my sisters quadrilaterals and they’re all so pretty.”
Yep almost everyone’s crying now. Mondo, Celeste, and Kiyotaka were trying to
hold back their tears and somewhat failing miserably. On the other hand
Byakuya, Kyoko, and Mukuro were all perfectly fine and didn’t seem to be phased
at all. Now Sayaka gets to wrap up the last part of the song.
 
“ I'm gonna take care of things. There's things I need to sort out, I’m gonna
take care of things. They’re not where I need them right now. I know there’s
good in everything. And it’ll show itself when you’re gentle to it. I’m gonna
take care of things.” And with that the song was over and the room was silent
save some sniffs and hiccups from their crying friends. The two of them are too
nervous to look up until they hear frantic clapping from all around them. They
finally look up to see all of their friends up on their feet cheering for them
and asking if they can do another. They turned towards each other with large
grins plastered to their faces. The pair is quick to jump up, bow, and revel in
the applause.
 
“Do you have anything else you could play?” Sakura asked from her position at
the other side of the room.
 
“I think we can do something, right Leon?” Sayaka asked and leaned in to
whisper in Leon’s ear. She pulled away with a giggle and he immediately agreed
to play whatever she suggested.
 
Everyone calmed down and sat back down for yet another song and the two who
were performing took to their makeshift stage and prepared the next song. When
the time came Sayaka began to sing quietly “Have you ever felt like nobody was
there? Have you ever felt forgotten in the middle of nowhere? Have you ever
felt like you could disappear? Like you could fall, and no one would here.”
Almost everyone thought the song was odd save the people who actually recognize
it. After a bit of a pause she continued. “Well, let that lonely feeling wash
away. Maybe there’s a reason to believe you’ll be okay. ‘Cause when you don’t
feel strong enough to stand. You can reach, reach out your hand. And oh,
someone will come running and I know, they’ll take you home.” There was yet
another pause as both Leon and Sayaka stopped.
 
“Even when the dark comes crashing through. When you need a friend to carry
you. And when you’re broken on the ground, you will be found.” Leon took over
singing this part taking everyone’s breath away. “So let the sun come streaming
in. ‘Cause you’ll reach up and you’ll rise again! Lift your head and look
around. You will be found… You will be found. You will be found… You will be
found.”
 
“There’s a place where you don’t have to feel unknown! And every time that you
call out, you’re a little less alone!” Toko randomly started singing as she
jumped to her feet and rushed to where the other two are sitting and sat on one
arm of the couch. Despite being mildly surprised the pair was happy to see
someone actually knows the song and was willing to join in.
 
“If you only say the word.” This time it was Celeste who decided to join in and
took her spot on the other couch arm.
 
“From across the silence, your voice is heard!” Celeste and Toko sang together.
It’s nice to see all of them coming together like this.
 
Other people joined in to sing during the small break in the song. Namely
Mondo, Kiyotaka, Junko, Chihiro, Mukuro, and even Byakuya joined in. Everyone
who knows the song joins in to sing another part. “Even when the dark comes
crashing through. When you need a friend to carry you. When you’re broken on
the ground, you will be found! So let the sun come streaming in. ‘Cause you’ll
reach up and you’ll reach up and you’ll rise again! If you only look around.
You will be found… You will be found.. You will be found!” Everyone who decided
to start singing belted out the phrase ‘you will be found’ over and over again.
That is until they started the next part of the song.
 
“Out of the shadows the morning is breaking and all is new, all is new. It’s
filling up the empty and suddenly I see that all is new, all is new!” Then they
continued repeating ‘you are not alone’ convincing Yasuhiro, Makoto, Hifumi,
Aoi, and Sakura to join in.
 
With everyone’s voices melting together in the background, almost deafening the
sound of Leon’s guitar, Sayaka took the lead again. “Even when the dark comes
crashin’ through. When you need someone to carry you. When you’re broken on the
ground.” The others almost jumped the gun when they came back in, almost coming
in on ‘broken’ instead of letting Sayaka finish. In the end they all continued
when they were supposed to. “So let the sun come streaming in. ‘Cause you’ll
reach up and you’ll rise again. If you only look around, you will be found.”
When their voices parted just enough Leon was able to take the lead and finish
the song.
 
“You will be found.” And just like that it was over. Everyone broke out into a
fit of laughter.
 
“You guys that was amazing! I didn’t know you’d all be joining in like that but
I’m really glad you did!” Sayaka said through the sea of laughter. “The
producers gave me a karaoke game! Maybe we should play it some time?” She asked
once the laughter had died down enough for everyone to actually hear her.
“That does sound promising. Maybe we should.” Byakuya stated blankly despite
laughing moments prior.
 
“The producers gave me some games too! They’re all video games but they should
be fun to play!” Chihiro said somehow without stuttering. “I was thinking we
could switch off playing them and the others can watch and like cheer the
people playing on or something? I don’t know I’m sorry I thought it would be
fun…” They looked down at their lap with a sullen expression.
 
“That sounds awesome actually!” Celeste was the first to speak, only confirming
that it is indeed a good idea.
 
“O-oh! Al-alright, will someone h-help me carry the-the games and con-consoles
down here? There’s a lot of them!” They looked around almost expectantly. Sure
enough two eager boyfriends stepped up and offered to help with everything they
could. The three left for a few minutes and the others returned to idle
chatter. They were surprised by just how much the producers gave Chihiro, they
have a GameCube, an Xbox 360, an Xbox One for some reason, a PlayStation 4, a
Wii U, and finally a Nintendo Switch! Each of them had their own games to play
as well. Everyone quickly decided to play with the Switch and eventually
settled on Mario Kart after much arguing. (Toko wanted to play Odyssey but it’s
max is two players, and Makoto wanted to play Breath of the Wild but that is
strictly single player.)
 
The first round is Kyoko, Byakuya, Mukuro, and Yasuhiro. Kyoko settled on
playing as Peach, Byakuya chose Yoshi, Mukuro played as Daisy, and for some
reason Yasuhiro decided to play as Rosalina because he “wanted to keep up the
princess theme!” They were unsurprisingly put in the hardest courses. Kyoko has
absolutely no idea what’s going on and keeps running into walls, Byakuya is in
second to last place doing what Kyoko is just less often, after the first lap
of each race Mukuro has no problem staying in first place, Yasuhiro is
surprisingly gaining on the girl in first place but she has a good strategy of
throwing shells at him since he’s literally right behind her. In the end Mukuro
does win, Yasuhiro is in fifth because of a shell at the last second, Byakuya
somehow ended up in third, and Kyoko is dead last.
 
Next round is Celeste, Junko, Mondo, and Kiyotaka. Celeste chose the dark
skinned Inkling girl, Junko went for the Mii she insisted everyone make before
starting, Mondo’s hands are far too big for the tiny controller so he’s given a
Pro Controller he picks Koopa Troopa, and Kiyotaka plays as Luigi. Surprisingly
in this match-up everyone knows what they’re doing and it’s a frantic battle
for first place. It’s actually really adorable to see Mondo try to keep
everyone away from Kiyotaka to keep him in the lead. Celeste and Junko have
also teamed up and have agreed to try to keep the other ahead regardless of who
it is. In the end the girls wind up victorious with Junko in first and Celeste
in second. Kiyotaka winds up in third thanks to his wonderful boyfriend who
refused to let him place any lower.
 
Second to last round is Chihiro, Sakura, Aoi, and Hifumi. Chihiro chooses Baby
Daisy, Sakura (who was also given the Pro Controller) decides on Cat Peach, Aoi
picks the light blue Shy guy, and Hifumi plays as Pink Gold Peach. Chihiro is
the only one who knows what they’re doing and easily glides into first place
while the others try to figure out the controls behind them. It’s not
surprising when Chihiro ends up in first but when Sakura somehow ends up in
second everyone asks her how she did it but she doesn’t even know. Aoi ended up
in seventh and Hifumi placed last.
 
And the final round is Makoto, Leon, Sayaka, and Toko. Makoto goes with the
male Villager, Leon chooses Tanooki Mario, Sayaka takes a while before settling
on the female Villager, and Toko plays as Metal Mario. None of them know how to
play and at this point it’s getting late as in between some of the matches
someone asked for a rematch and decided it was their group’s turn again, though
nobody complained. In the end the luckster Makoto came in first though he had
no idea how or why. Sayaka and Leon came in fourth and fifth respectively. And
lastly Toko was dead last as she had somehow never even left the starting line.
It turns out that her controller had died and nobody noticed not even Toko, she
somehow thought someone else’s screen was her own.
 
By the time they wrap up the game they had enough time to watch a movie. They
ended up watching the first Saw movie which scared a lot of them but didn’t
even phase a good deal of them. Kiyotaka, who didn’t want anything to do with
the movie in the first place, is clinging onto his boyfriend with his head
buried in the taller teens chest, refusing to even look at the screen. Beside
them Chihiro is literally shaking, so much that Mondo gives in and wraps his
arm around their shoulders and scoots them closer to him and his boyfriend.
Almost immediately they calmed down and clutched his hand like a lifeline. Once
the movie was finally over the two that were clinging to Mondo refused to leave
him alone despite it being almost curfew. The producers ultimately decided to
contact the house and told them it was alright for them to spend the night
together. They also allow Kiyotaka and Mondo into each others room after curfew
as they’re now in a relationship. In the end everyone went to bed without much
other trouble.
Chapter End Notes
     In the next chapter we follow Mondo and Kiyotaka since Mondo decides
     it's a good idea to introduce his boyfriend to the gang. Mild
     homophobia ensues before they ultimately accept it. Also I figured
     spacing it out would make it easier to read! All the chapters will be
     updated so they follow this format!
***** Chapter Five *****
Chapter Summary
     Gay happens.
     Also Toko goes nuts.
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
He was restless almost the entire night. Almost meaning he did eventually pass
out from being exhausted, he has planned something huge for the day to follow.
He wanted them to meet as soon as possible, to get it over with, so he knows
everything’s alright in the end. Mondo was shaken awake, not by the alarm but
by his boyfriend who has woken up two hole hours before the alarm goes off.
 
“Taka, come back to bed.” He called to the other groggily, not paying attention
to the other person currently in the room. Kiyotaka pauses no more than three
feet away from the bed he literally just left. He ended up returning to the
warmth of the bed, only to be wrapped in his boyfriend’s arms, unable to escape
until he decided to get up.


Two hours later, the alarm went off when it always does yet it still startled
the two lovers awake. On the floor Chihiro literally just rolled over and
continued to sleep. Getting up was a mess of limbs and trying not to wake their
sleeping friend. Lucky for them they are able to get ready fairly quickly and
left the room after leaving Chihiro a note. The day started as normally as it
ever did. At breakfast, someone was again arguing about a rematch in Mario
Kart, but that was going to happen no matter what game they played. Then Mondo
dragged his boyfriend to the side and asked if the shorter would want to meet
his gang. Surprisingly he agreed and was delighted to go with him. After saying
goodbye to the others and getting Kiyotaka to agree to get on the freaking
motorcycle, they left.
 
The ride was long but pleasant as they chatted idly through microphones and
speakers built into the helmets. Eventually they made it to a seemingly
abandoned warehouse near the edge of town, but it wasn’t abandoned, one look at
the sea of motorcycles would tell anyone that. Once they had both gotten their
helmets off they could see just how nervous the other was. Kiyotaka looks
genuinely scared, and Mondo is literally shaking. This means the world to him.
He’ll be damned if anything goes wrong.
 
“Come on, stay behind me. I never know what these idiots are going to do.”
Mondo said as he started walking to the building with the other following close
behind him. Once they made it to the door the taller pulled his boyfriend to
the side to tell him one more piece of advice before they went inside. “They're
probably gonna’ try ta’ get to you. Like, they do it with literally everyone I
bring in here. They're trying to test your worth, see how long you can survive
with them insulting you left and right. Just ignore them okay?” Then without
another word he turned and entered the building.
 
Kiyotaka wanted to leave immediately. Everywhere he looks someone is either
drinking or smoking. When they heard the door open some started staring while
others began yelling for Mondo’s attention. Then they noticed Kiyotaka behind
him and most, if not all of them fell silent. He wonders why they all stopped
talking and just stared. He decided not to question it and instead turned to
Mondo, to see what to do now. The look he saw on his boyfriend’s face is one he
doesn't want to see again. The anger and absolute malice that hides in those
beautiful violet eyes. He doesn't want to see it. But when his mouth breaks
into a wide grin Kiyotaka knows the look is all for show.
 
“Is this what you guys do when I'm gone?” Mondo yelled then laughed, causing
laughter to erupt throughout the room.
 
“Hey Mondo, who's the pipsqueak ya got with ya this time?” One of the many
members snarled. In turn, Kiyotaka didn't back down to fear, he instead stood
up straighter and held himself a little higher.
 
“Yeah, you turnin’ soft on us? What, is this kid your boyfriend or somethin’?”
Another teased. That one hit home. They both froze and Kiyotaka’s face turned
bright red.
 
“And so what if he is? Anyone got a problem with that? If ya do get the hell
out of my gang.” Mondo responded coldly. “I'm dead serious here, ya have a
problem with me dating him, get out.” He gestured to the door, unsurprisingly
many people left, not too many but a lot. They all shuffled out the door
shouting homophobic remarks as they left. Once sure they were long gone Mondo
continued. “Now that that's out of the way. This  is  my boyfriend.” Kiyotaka
waves and introduces himself. The remaining members seemed genuinely happy for
their leader. Cheers filled the space as suddenly everyone before them was
standing and cheering for them. They both stood there in complete shock at what
just happened though they eventually found themselves in a tight embrace. “God
it feels good to finally tell you all that! I was waiting until I actually got
a boyfriend to kinda kill two birds with one stone. Ya know the whole ‘I’m gay’
thing and introducing him!” Mondo said with a huge grin then bent down and
placed a quick kiss on his boyfriend’s head making him blush and the gang
members to coo about how cute the two of them are together.
 
Once everyone calmed down the couple decided to make their rounds through’ the
crowd almost certain that they would all like to talk to the two of them.
Almost immediately they were approached by an older looking guy that wore a
large happy smile on his scarred face.
 
“You disappear for a few days and come back with a boyfriend, what the hell
kid?” The man asked as he grabbed Mondo in a headlock proceeded to give him a
harsh noogie. “You didn’t even tell us where you were going! We’ve been worried
‘bout ya! Where did ya end up anyway?” He asked before releasing Mondo.
 
“Oh about that… I was asked to participate in some shitty reality show and for
some reason I accepted. Only to find out the rules are that we can’t leave the
damn house without our designated partner, which is where he comes in!” Mondo
exclaimed gesturing to the shorter male next to him. “Turns out he’s my
partner! We didn’t exactly get along at first but that literally changed in a
couple hours. Then his creepy mom made us share our first kiss on live TV then
we literally played hide and seek. Sixteen teenagers played freaking hide and
seek… At least it was a little cooler in the dark.” He rambled on but the man
he was talking to seemed more amused than angry about him talking about what
he’s been doing. “Oh wait, Taka I just remembered you have no idea who this is
do you?” His question was confirmed by his boyfriend nodding and waiting for
the man to introduce himself.
 
“That’s right you’ve got your boyfriend with ya. Well I’m Takemichi Yukimaru,
It’s nice to meet you!” He extended his hand to Kiyotaka, gesturing for a
handshake. Kiyotaka was hesitant but eventually accepted the firm handshake
only to be pulled into a tight hug as well. “So help me you somehow hurt him
I’ll kill you.” Takemichi whispers in his ear when they’re close enough. When
he pulls back Kiyotaka is noticably paler than he was before but shook it off
with a laugh. Though it took the gang member by surprise he took it in stride
with a smile and a pat to Kiyotaka’s back.
 
“I was a bit concerned about coming here but I now know I had nothing to worry
about! I truly should have trusted you Mondo!” He turns to grin at his
boyfriend which makes the taller flush with embarrassment. He doesn’t know what
he did to get this adorable dork but he’s lucky as hell to have him. After some
chatting with other members most of which are male but Kiyotaka’s surprised to
find that there are quite a few girls in Mondo’s gang. All of the girls agreed
that Mondo needs to bring his boyfriend more often since they like seeing his
soft side. They also agreed that the next time he does come for a visit they
need to make him look like he’s actually part of the gang. In the end there was
little to worry about, sure Mondo did end up getting rid of a third of his gang
but it was for the better.
 
The ride back to the house was quiet and peaceful for both of them. But the
second they stepped in the door, it’s complete chaos. The living room is
completely destroyed when the couple enters. They don’t have the time to figure
out what’s going on before they’re pulled down behind one of the frayed
couches. As confusing as the situation is, being pulled behind one of the
couches was the least of their current concerns, what is concerning is the
frantic laughter coming from the other side of the couch. Leon looks dazed but
ultimately glad he was able to grab them before anyone else could.
 
“Thank God the two of ya are back! We don’t know what to fuckin’ do! It’s Toko,
she just went haywire!” Leon whisper-yells at them once they figure out the
reason they’re hiding. “She just sneezed then went crazy! She pulled a bunch of
scissors out of literally nowhere and threatened to kill all the guys here with
them, including you two!” He continued but only stopped as they saw a pair of
scissors fly from the other side of the couch and into a nearby wall.
 
“I know you’re here! Why don’t you filthy animals come out to play?” Toko
teased as she walked oh so slowly to retrieve the scissors she threw.
 
“Come on! We need to move now while she’s distracted!” Leon said aloud as he
grabbed the couple and dragged them to what they assumed to be the basement.
Once there Leon turned and slammed the cold metal door shut behind them and
proceeded to lock it. The pair looked around to see everyone else had already
gathered in the basement. “Now that you’re here we can figure out how to
fucking fix this.” Leon sait before moving to sit next to a shaking Sayaka.
 
“Here, as I suspected our dear Toko is not exactly who we thought she was.”
Byakuya said as he gestured to the book he is currently reading. “She’s acting
exactly like police suspect the serial killer Genocider Syo.” He stated
blankly, earning  quite a few gasps from the others in the room. “As you all
may know by now Syo uses scissors to kill their victims as well as crucify
them. I was able to grab a pair of Toko’s scissors before we all ran down
here.” He said before pulling out a single pair of scissors and holding them
for the others to see. “It perfectly matches the diagrams of the ones taken
from the crime scenes.” He continued with a grim tone. “I hate to say it but I
have reason to believe we may be dealing with a wanted killer.” He finished
before slamming the book shut and placing it in the center of the room for all
to see.
 
“She couldn’t possibly be a killer! That is not the girl we all sang with the
other day!” Junko protested. “There’s no way that murderer and Toko are the
same person I won’t believe it!” She shouted but was quickly silenced by
Chihiro who feared Toko might be able to hear them in the basement.
 
“I feel like she may have an alternate personality disorder that triggers when
she sneezes.” Kyoko said blankly. “I would like to test my theory, girls and
Chihiro I need your help. Since Toko only goes after guys we should be able to
distract her long enough to get her to sneeze again. We don’t really need much
of a plan, we can all probably don’t need much of a plan, some of us could
distract her while Sakura grabs her. Does this sound like a good plan?” Kyoko
asks the other girls as well as Chihiro. They all agreed and proceeded up the
stairs to distract the cackling Toko.
 
Once they made it to the top of the stairs they quickly became relieved when
they saw that Toko had her back towards the staircase. She’s looking under
everything, likely trying to find one of the guys. As quietly as possible
Sakura snuck up behind her and grabbed her by the waist, unsurprisingly Toko
started thrashing around wildly, but Sakura was able to keep a good grip on
her. The others quickly rushed to Toko, Celeste has the brilliant idea of using
one of Toko’s braids to tickle her nose in an attempt at making her sneeze.
Thankfully that actually works and Toko immediately calms down.
 
“W-Wait-wait. What happened? N-no-NO it happened a-again! I hate her s-so
much!” Toko stuttered before she crumpled to a heap on the floor, hopelessly
crying her eyes out while shaking violently.
Chapter End Notes
     In the next chapter Toko cries a lot while talking about Genocider
     Syo. Then Makoto bans scissors from the house. Literally all they
     fucking have is safety scissors at this point.
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