(First Person)

I woke up, feeling groggy. I sure didn't want to get up because I wanted to sleep in. I don't wanna get up. It's still too warm, I thought as I snuggle more onto my blankets. Knock Knock! Someone was knocking at my door. I didn't respond mainly because I didn't want to. "She's going to be late for breakfast," a voice said. I recognize that it was Hajime's voice. "I think Byakuya wouldn't be happy if she misses breakfast, he said he had something to say to all of us," another voice pointed out. That was Nagito. "Ooh! I know! Ibuki can lock pick her door," a third voice said. That was obviously Ibuki. Nah she wouldn't, I thought. Then I heard the door handle rattle. Hold up! I sat up quickly on my bed as Ibuki successfully locked picked my door and swung it open to reveal those three. There was an awkward pause as we stared at each other. Hajime awkwardly coughed, "Ah sorry for that." I gulped. "Hey Ibuki, where did you learn how to lock pick?" I asked. Ibuki glanced at my door. "About 5 seconds ago," she explained. "That's reassuring," I muttered sarcastically. "Anyway, you better not miss breakfast, Byakuya said that he has something to say to all of us. He uh expects us all to be there," Hajime explained. I rubbed the gunk out of my eyes. "Uh Huh. I'll be there. Just let me change," I yawned and they left. I got up and closed the door and locked it again. I changed out of my pajamas and into my regular clothes. Grey hoodie with pink hoodie strings. Blue jeans. Black shoes and a red scarf. I looked at my bushed up black hair and sighed. There was a brush behind the cup of pencils so I grabbed it and brushed my hair to be more smoother and not bushed up. When I was finally done with that (and experiencing pain while doing so) I ran my fingers through my hair so I would know if there were any tangles. I put my hand on my head to feel the head wound. It was healing thanks to Mikan. I removed it but my fingers touched a piece of my hair that felt like it was defining gravity. Huh? I thought. There was no mirrors here so I can see myself but I guess I'll ask Sonia if she has one. I unlocked my door and walked out of my cottage. I walked towards the hotel and went to the dining room where everyone else were. "Finally, you sure took your time," Byakuya said, folding his arms. You try waking up in the morning with long bushed up hair, I thought but said nothing. I got my breakfast that was prepared by Teruteru. I looked for a spot to sit when I saw Nagito waved at me and motioned at an empty spot next to where he was. I walked there and sat down. "How are you this morning?" Nagito asked. "Eh, the usual. Tired but hanging in there," I replied, giving him a thumbs up. He smiled, "That's good."

I was about to take a bite of my waffle when Byakuya cleared his throat to gain our attention. "Onto business. We need to talk about what's in the park," he said. I tilted my head and turned to Nagito. "What's in the park?" I asked. "Not sure. It looks like a bomb of some sort but we're not a hundred percent sure," he explained. Wait wait wait...A BOMB?! I thought. "And then Flare here appeared from the sky. Somethings not right," Byakuya continued. I felt eyes were on me so I just stared at my waffle. I felt something on my shoulder and saw that Nagito put his hand on my shoulder as if he was comforting me. "Another thing, those monobeasts guarding the other islands. What are we going to do about them?" Byakuya asked. "I can try and take them on!" Akane shouted, determined. "Idiot, you're just going to get yourself killed," Fuyuhiko scowled. I tried to pay attention on what they were talking about. "Wait there are other islands?" I asked. "Oh right you weren't here when that was explained to us. Basically this island is connected to others but currently we can't access them thanks to these robots called Monobeasts guarding them," Byakuya explained. "Oh," was all I can say. "I don't think we can do anything about them at the moment," Chiaki said. "Sadly she's right. We'll just have to wait and see," Hajime said looking at his glass of orange juice. My stomach was yelling at me to go and eat so I listened to it and took a bite of my waffle. "So Byakuya was that it? What made you want us to be all here for breakfast?" Mahiru asked. "We need to find a way for us to not kill one another. If we all bond together, there will be a less chance of us getting killed," Byakuya explained. "What about a concert?" Suggested Ibuki. "What if we all took care of that farm over there?" Sonia asked. "We could play games," Chiaki yawned. "I'd rather sit somewhere and read," Peko said. "What about a party?" Nagito suggested. "That's not a bad idea," I said. "Eh a party sounds good I guess," Hiyoko shrugged. "That would be great. A good way for me to cook all kinds of food," Teruteru said. "A party with delicious food? Count me in!" Akane said. "Ibuki can play all kinds of music for this party!" Cheered Ibuki. "I can take all kinds of photos there," Mahiru smiled. It was settled then. We all agreed on the party. "Ok so Teruteru is in charge of the food. Who is up for decorating?" Byakuya asked. Hiyoko waved her hand around. "Does anyone know a good location to make the party?" She asked. "There's an old cottage near the beach. I think it'll work," Hajime said. "Yay!" Hiyoko cheered. "Wouldn't it be dusty though?" Akane asked. "Yeah, I wouldn't want to decorate a place that is filled with cobwebs and stinky trash," Hiyoko said. Nagito blinked at this and it took a lot of my willpower to not make a remark on that statement. "Who's up for cleaning duty?" Hajime asked.

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Turns out nobody wanted cleaning duty. "Hey I have an idea. Why don't we do a drawing? The one who pulls out the shortest stick gets to clean up the place," Nagito suggested. "Seems fair enough," Hajime said.

(Le small timeskip)

"Bad luck Nagito," Hajime teased. Nagito ended up with cleaning duty. "Just how big is that cottage?" He asked. "It's pretty big so I guess one more person should be on cleaning duty," Hajime said. "Person with second shortest stick?" Chiaki suggested. Everyone looked at their sticks and compared them. I let out a sigh and held up the stick I drew. "Tough luck Flare," Chiaki said. I rolled my eyes at her. "Ok Nagito and Flare are on cleaning duty. Everyone else, here are your jobs," Byakuya said. Mahiru got decorating duty with Hiyoko. Gundam and Kazuichi had to find chairs and tables. Nekomaru and Akane had heavy lifting duty so they had to go with Gundam and Kazuichi to lift up the tables and chairs. Ibuki and Chiaki had to find appliances for Ibuki's music. Hajime has to help set the tables and the utensils needed for food. Peko and Sonia have to place the food on the table once Teruteru is done cooking the food. Fuyuhiko (against his will) got in charged of checking the electricity at the place to make sure if a blackout wouldn't happen and if it did, he'd know the appropriate switches. Mikan got in charge of first aid in case something happens. "So what are you doing?" I asked Byakuya. "You'll see at the party. By the way Hajime make sure you come to me with the knifes," Byakuya explained. "Huh why?" Hajime asked. "I need to confiscate any dangerous items that can be used for murder," Byakuya explained. Hajime blinked and he nodded. "I guess we should get started then," Nagito said. "Uh huh," I said. We walked to the place that Hajime mentioned. It was dark until Nagito turned the switch for the lights to come on. "I can see why Hiyoko didn't want to decorate this place until it was clean," I said, scanning the room. "There may be some cleaning supplies around here," Nagito said. We found some cleaning supplies in a room that looked like storage.

(And they cleaned because I'm too lazy to explain the process)

"So can you reach there?" Nagito teased as I tried to put back the spray bottle that we used to clean the window in the entrance. The shelf was too tall so I had to stand on my tippy toes. That still didn't work sadly. "S-shut up," I said. This is getting me nowhere, I thought. "Need help?" He asked. "Tch fine. But only this once," I said. He did something unexpected. I felt arms wrapped around my waist and was immediately lifted up from the ground. "Whoa!" I yelped. "Be quick, I'm not that strong," Nagito explained. I placed the spray bottle on the shelf. "Lower me down slowly please," I said. He did so. "That was unexpected of you," I noted. He smiled sheepishly and said, "Well I don't like people struggling for something that they have no control over. In this case your height." I straighten my back. "Excuse but I'm 5ft thank you very much," I snapped. Nagito leaned in close. "That's still short," he teased. I hope I was blushing as hard as I think I was. "Wh-whatever," I said turning my head away, flustered. "I think we're done here," Nagito said, turning away from me. I took a deep breath out. I didn't realize that I holding my breath. "Hey you coming?" Nagito asked. "Yeah I'm coming," I said and rushed out. Why was my heart beating fast? "Looks like Hiyoko and Mahiru have finished decorating for the most part," I noted. "The tables have been brought in," Nagito looked at Nekomaru and Akane who were bringing the chairs to the already placed tables. "This party is going to be fun!" I clapped my hands once happily. He smiled at me. "I sure...hope so." I was confused at the change of tone when the word hope got brought up. Teruteru came in with two plates of food. "Coming through!" He shouted so we would get out of the way so he wouldn't knock the food down. Akane's mouth started to drool at the sight of the food. "Hey we just cleaned up. Try not to flood the place with that drool of yours," I called out to her. Nagito chuckled. "Hey what's so funny you stick!" Akane shouted. "Oh nothing really," he said and glanced at me. "Is there something between you two or are my eyes deceiving me?" Akane asked. I flinched when she said. "Uhh no. We literally just met," I said. "Can't tell if you're dense or you just won't admit it," Akane yawned. I rolled my eyes. "Anyway I think we're done here," I said. "Go on ahead. I want to check on something real quick," Nagito said. "Ok," I walked out of there feeling relieved. I wonder what will I do before the party, I thought.

I decided to go to my cottage for bit to read or draw for a while. I may get bored but it's better than nothing. I entered my cottage and grabbed a piece of paper and set it down on the desk. I almost sat down but felt something in my pocket. I remember that I still have the pocketknife in there. I took it out and set it next to the cup of pencils. I won't be needing it today. Also I didn't want it to be confiscated by Byakuya and I didn't want to explain why I even have it. Still have no answer for that. I took out a regular pencil and began to draw.

I looked at the drawing that I finished coloring. It was a cartoon of a cat. I don't remember having that type of art style but then again, there are many things that I don't remember like why am I wearing a scarf when I'm at the beach because it's too hot out. I put the brown colored pencil away and stared at the drawing. It felt like I drew this type of thing anytime I needed to take my mind off of things. I let out a sigh. Hopefully this party will take my mind off of this "killing game" because if it's a shock to anyone (note the sarcasm) I don't wanna die. Nor do I wanna kill. I think everyone here feels that way. Even if we managed to get away with the kill, then what happens to the rest of the students. I don't trust Monokuma. Despite his cuddly appearance, he's on a whole other level of weird. Still unsure about Monomi though. "Ugh no point thinking about that now. I'll just try to enjoy my time with my classmates," I said out loud. Yeah...let's go with that.

(I'm not sure if they all got jobs while preparing the party but here they do. Why is Nagito so obsessed with Hope? Don't ask, it'll get revealed somehow and people who have played the second game or know what happens, you probably know. Cya in the next one -Flare)