(Third person PoV)

"It been one day and he still hasn't come out yet," Amy said. The remaining thirteen students sat around the dining table while one of them was still in his room.

"Maybe we should leave him be for now. I mean he was betrayed by someone he was close to and had to witness her death," Robin pointed out, although he didn't even try to hide the fact that he was worried for his classmate.

"It's only been one day. People can't get over grief in just that short amount of time," Kazuno explained. "B-but I think he sh-should have talked w-with us so he wouldn't f-feel lonely," Hirohito pointed out.

"He's eating well so we wouldn't have to worry about him starving himself," Kana noted. "I am worried about his injuries though," Uyeda said.

"He's strong enough. He just needs more...time I think," Ichigo explained, acting serious for once. Minami hummed in agreement.

Toshino said nothing, just sat there with his head on his arms. He felt tired and well...worried. Just like everyone here.

Uyeda stood up suddenly.

"H-hey where are y-you going?" Hirohito asked.

"I need to check on the bandage supplies. I'm worried that we might run out," Uyeda explained.

"Ooh I wanna come!" Ichigo bounced up and down with excitement. "Why do you want to check the bandage supplies?" Yuki asked her.

Ichigo shrugged, "I'm bored."

"*sigh* I guess I should watch over her so nothing bad happens to you Uyeda," Minami muttered.

"I appreciate that," Uyeda said.

The three of them were walking to the nurse's office when they spotted a shadow entering the office in a rush. They stopped at this.

'What the fu*k is that?' Minami mouthed.

Ichigo just shrugged.

Uyeda picked up a plant pot and carefully walked over to the nurse's office with the two girls behind him.

'A potted plant? Really?' Ichigo mouthed.

Uyeda rolled his eyes at this.

Minami just kicked the door open, causing Uyeda and Ichigo to cry out in protest. And this caused someone to crash into something before standing up to dust off their suit.

"Wait a minute...Kuro?!" Minami asked.

(Notice anything different about him)

(Kuro's PoV: first person. A few minutes before)

I got up when I heard the morning announcement. It still surprised me although I didn't fall off the bed this time.

It's been over a day since the trial and the execution. I still felt sick to my stomach whenever I think about it.

I went to stare at myself in the mirror where the shower room was in my dorm. I hate my appearance but I felt like something has changed. My eyes...they were filled with determination.

I have been doing some thinking and personal reflection during the past day yesterday and I have decided that no more do I want to hide behind the others. I still have ways to go, coming out of my comfort zone but I should at least try.

I opened up the cabinet to look for some scissors. I took a deep breath and cut my hair up until it could cover my ears, not touching my shoulders. I kept the ahoge though. I just had a feeling.

I cleaned up the fallen hair and put it in the trash and cleaned the scissors up before placing them back in the cabinet.

I took one look at my hand that still had cuts from the glass. It's going to get infected if I don't at least cover it up with bandages or something.

I opened up the door to exit my dorm but hesitated. My hand reached up to my hat which I was still wearing. Guess I don't need this anymore I suppose, I thought and threw it onto my bed.

(Mans really did say "This bish empty. YEET!")

I closed the door behind me and left to go to the nurse's office. I looked for the disinfectant and disinfected my cuts before wrapping bandages around my hand. And then the door got kicked opened.

I accidentally crashed into the cabinets before standing up after falling, dusting off my suit.

"Wait a minute...Kuro?!" Minami asked. Her, Uyeda and Ichigo were standing at the entrance.

(Present time still in 1st Person)

Sweat rolled down my forehead as I lifted my bandaged hand to wave awkwardly at them.

"Hey...," I said, stiffly.

The three of us stood there for an uncomfortable amount of time before Ichigo decided to speak up.

"Hey Tami~chan, did you cut your hair?" She asked.

...

"Yeah," I replied.

"It...it seems like you're also not wearing that hat of yours," Uyeda said, fixing up his mask.

"I...I just felt like it was time to move on from the hat. I don't need it anymore," I explained.

"...Do you think you can finally join us for breakfast?" Uyeda asked. ...

Was I ready?

I mean considering that I snapped and slapped Toshino in the face with a piece of glass, I wasn't quite sure if they were ready but was I ready myself?

"Well Tami~chan, it's ok if you're not ready to join us yet. Just take your time," Ichigo explained.

Huh? I thought. She was acting different.

Minami sighed at this. "I suppose she's correct. If you're not ready yet, then no pressure. Take your time and come join us when you're ready," she said. Since when was Minami this nice?!

"Agreed. Come to me if your cuts are feeling worse," Uyeda said.

"O-oh sure," I nodded. They left.

I took a breath of relief. Maybe things will be starting to look better, I thought happily and then my mood got soured by an announcement.

Ding Dong!

"All students report to the gym for two announcements. Don't be late or you'll get it~!" Monkomi cheered. I groaned at this. I was not ready for this. However Monkomi did seem serious about not being late. Who knows what would happen if hypothetically I were to be late?

I walked out of the nurse's office and headed towards the gym. Weirdly enough, everyone was there...well the ones who are alive. And of course since I was the last one to arrive, I would gain some stares. I averted my eyes away from them and stood beside Ichigo.

Monkomi popped up on the stage. "Hello students! I'm sure you're excited to see what my announcements are," he said.

"No not really," Toshino said, his arms folded. "Just hurry up with it," Minami muttered.

"I'm hurt. But alright impatient brats. The second floor is now accessible!" Monkomi announced.

"Huh second floor?" Kazuno asked, tilted her head to one side.

"Yep! You can finally have space to do stuff like hang out, investigate or even... m u r d e r!" Monkomi cheered. The atmosphere turned gloomy at those words.

"A-and what's the o-other announcement?" Hirohito asked, changing the subject quickly. Some shot grateful looks at him.

"I got the second motive for you all. I'm letting you all have a day off after each trial but that day was yesterday so hope you used it wisely. I know Coder-san over here did. Is that a new haircut I see?" Monkomi asked.

I turned away, avoiding the gazes from them. Don't you fricking rush me! I'm not ready yet, I thought, grinding my teeth.

"Yeah yeah. What's the motive? It better not be anything stupid or anything strong like the first one!" Minami snapped, which caused the others to turn their attention back at the monkey.

"Fine fine. Here," Monkomi grabbed a box and passed it to us. Inside were the same tablets from the first motive.

I took my tablet with trembling hands and turned it on.

Words...

"Kuro's deepest desire is to code a virtual paradise for the ones who need it the most."

...

Wait this is supposed to motivate me to kill? I thought confused. I looked up and saw that everyone had confused looks on their faces.

"Quick question. How is this supposed to motive us to commit a...murder," Amy asked, generally confused.

"Hoohoo~ if nobody kills then I'll reveal the desire of a random person each day," Monkomi explained.

"Ok and?" Minami asked. "Some of you have really embarrassing desires and some are well...questionable. If you don't believe me then I'll reveal one right now," Monkomi grabbed a remote and a screen appeared behind him.

He pressed a button and a wheel of pixelated versions of us appeared on the screen and begun to spin.

It landed on Minami.

"Hoohoo~, Minami's deepest desire is to direct a movie that would blow Hollywood's socks off!" Monkomi announced.

Minami just shrugged. "I'm a director. Of course I would desire to do that," she explained.

"I don't think it's possible," Kana said suddenly.

"Wait what did you just say?" Minami asked.

"You heard me. It's not possible. You directed the mini movie Candied Apple correct?" Kana asked.

"Erm yeah, why do you bring it up?" Minami asked.

"It's not a very good movie. There's no plot, too cliche, the characters aren't relatable at all, too Mary Sue, the editing is bad, the ending was terribly bad. The only good thing was the music but that's about it," Kana explained.

...

"I..." Minami was at a loss of words.

Kana fanned her face. "At the rate that you're going, no way are you going to be making a movie that would make it to Hollywood," she said.

"Sh-shut up! What do you even know about movie making? You're just a movie reviewer!" Minami snapped, her eyes filling up with tears.

"If the reviewers say it's bad and give the movie a terrible review, the chances of that movie being spotted are very slim," Kana pointed out.

Minami trembled and ran out of the gym.

"What did you do that for!?" Kazuno yelled at Kana. "What? I was doing what my Ultimate is," Kana countered.

"But you didn't have to be that rude to Nami ya know. You could have given her tips to improve her directing skills," Ichigo pointed out.

"The movie industry is a tough one to navigate through if I have done my research correctly," Robin said, in a thinking pose.

"S-so this is the motive?" Hirohito asked. "Sure it Kitty boy!" Monkomi said.

...

How are we going to live through this motive?

A/N: I'm done with this chapter.

Who do you think is going to die in Chapter 2?

Cya in the next one -Flare