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heya people, this is a oneshot story for Danganronpa 101: I Don't Know Half Of These Characters, this is going to be random and short as FUCK.

i'm not sure how collaborations work in this website but i will be doing my best with alongside Spirit_Stories....so yeah, don't mind us, or else we'll break into your hous-....huh...nevermind what am I talking about???

this is like the introduction chapter or something....so yeah bye, see you soon

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Liekable was seen sitting inside the cafeteria, resting his hand on his face as he stared at his empty cup.

it was all quiet and boring, nothing has happened so far and everyone was doing their own thing at the moment.

Liekable didn't have much to do, he could only sit there alone and be with his own thoughts, because today, nothing could go wron-

suddenly the door was burst open by Adèle.

"LIEKABLE, LIEKABLE!" she yelled, panting heavily as her usual grumpy voice sounded different, it was filled with fear at this moment.

"Adèle...?" Liekable got up from his seat, so fast as he nearly tripped down due to how worried she was acting. "what's going on, is-"

"IT'S HORRIBLE, IT'S SO HORRIBLE!" she said, clinging onto his leg as she stared up at him with horror. "SO, SO HORRIBLE!"

"A-Adèle...d-did someone....?" Liekable felt his heart stop, coldness ran through his chest as he felt a pit form inside his stomach....did someone...die!?

"STOP STANDING AROUND LIKE A MORON!" she let go of his leg as she backed away while gesturing him to follow. "QUICKLY WITH ME!"

Liekable tried to say something, but the little red-haired girl immediately ran away before he do anything.

he felt extremely anxious right now, something REALLY awful must've happened if it makes someone like Adèle this scared.

Liekable gulped hard before quickly running after her, his heart beating against his chest rapidly as he was having several thoughts in mind, and he had hoped that none of them were to be true.

-

Liekable kept following after Adèle, his heart still beating fast.

"Adèle, what happened?" he asked with a nervous voice. "did someo-"

"JUST HURRY, OVER HERE!" Adèle stopped in her tracks as she pointed at the storage door. "INSIDE!"

Liekable stopped too, his worries getting the best of him...but he couldn't just stay there and not do anything, someone was in danger, and he couldn't let them get hurt!

so without wasting a second, Liekable grabbed onto the doorknob and rushed inside.

"WHAT'S GOING ON, IS EVERYONE OKA-"

........

the storage room was empty, nobody was inside, everything was in place, it was just...the same storage room as ever.

Liekable’s eyes scanned all over the place, his ears could only hear the fast rhythm of his heart...which gradually slowed down after he realized that nothing was wrong here.

but then...?

"....Adèle?" Liekable said as he shook his head and turned back to the girl. "w-...where...who...nobody is inside, so...so wha-"

"ugh...nevermind" Adèle cut him off with a annoyed groan before she walked away without further explanation.

"wha-...WHAT!?" Liekable gave her a look of disbelief. "where are you going, why were you freaking out...ADÈLE!?"

but the girl only kept walking away as she ignored him.

.....

"what the heck...just happened?" Liekable uttered to himself in total confusion...

Adèle was just screaming at his face, terrified and panicking for a moment, and now she...just left as if nothing happened?

Liekable didn't understand...he really didn't.

ugh...maybe she was just messing with me as usual?

he sighed deeply before shrugging as he then left.

-

one day later...

Liekable was seen in the library, looking through the shelves for something to read.

he then picked up a random book and stared at it.

the book was titled, how not to spend 50k on animation

"what a specific title but...okay?" Liekable scratched his head as he shrugged and tried opening the book.

"LIEKABLE, WHERE ARE YOU!?" a familiar voice was heard yelling.

Liekable was unable to open his book as he turned back to see a panicked Adèle coming in, waving her hands around like crazy.

"Adèle, don't shout in th-"

"YOU HAVE TO COME AND SEE THIS, QUICKLY!" she interrupted as she began tugging on his pants urgently.

"see WHAT?" he asked with a grunt.

"IT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME TO SAY, PLEASE YOU HAVE TO COME AND SEE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!" she begged as she backed away and kept jumping up and down. "YOU HAVE TO BE QUICK, COME ON!"

"but i-HEY!" Liekable yelled as Adèle quickly ran away from him as before.

he stood around in confusion and doubt...this was just like before.

......

but for the love of everything, she GENUINELY sounds scared and worried about it...

Liekable couldn't help himself but be worried again...

ugh, why am i so selfless...i better go and see what this is about, i hope nobody got hurt...

so Liekable dropped the book before quickly rushing after her.

-

"HERE, HERE!" Adèle waved at him from the corner as she then peeked out of sight.

"Adèle, wait!" Liekable called out as he turned to the corner and nearly slid on the ground as he quickly regained his footing.

Adèle was seen standing near the storage again, the door was opened this as she was pointing inside with both of her hands.

"HURRY UP BEFORE IT'S GONE!" she yelled as she jumped up and down.

Liekable wasted no time and quickly ran towards the door before getting inside it.

"OKAY WHAT'S HAPPENING!?" he frantically asked as he looked all over the place and....

saw nothing again.

....

"Adèle, there's NOTHING here!" he groaned with frustration as he turned back to her.

Adèle was crossing her arms with a grumpy and disappointed look.

"...this is the second time you did this, just what are you trying to show me?" he asked with a sigh. "are you just messing with me or something...seriously, what's-"

"BLAH!" Adèle said with a hand wave as she then walked away.

"you can't just walk away again...Adèle!" Liekable called out to her, but it was pointless as she ignored him...AGAIN.

so Liekable could only groan and shake his head at her.

yeah okay...she's definitely messing with me, i think i'll just ignore her the next time this happens...

-

the next day...

Liekable was seen yawning as he took off his shoes before climbing onto the bed.

it wasn't nighttime yet, but he sure felt tired from all the chores that he has been doing around.

Adèle has been normal towards him, but...she refused to explain why she kept bringing him to the storage room.

Liekable tried to know but she was really stubborn and would always ignore him...

it didn't matter that much he thought, right now, he just wanted to relax and sleep peacefully, tomorrow was going to be a good day without any-

KNOCKKNOCKNOCKNOCK!

suddenly, fast knocking was heard coming from his door.

"LIEKABLE, LIEKABLE OPEN THE DOOR!" someone yelled from outside.

Liekable blinked twice with a annoyed face before he sighed deeply and got up.

he walked towards the door and rubbed his eye as he used the other hand to open the door then.

"LIEKABLE, THANK GOD YOU'RE UP!" Adèle said with a terrified voice and a trembling body. "YOU HAVE TO-"

"haha, very funny Adèle...but no" he said with a flat voice as he tried closing the door. "i'm trying to sleep so if please jus-"

"NO!" Adèle immediately stopped him as she grabbed onto his leg. "SOMETHING WRONG HAPPENED, PLEASE YOU HAVE TO HELP!"

"Adèle, you did this TWICE and not yet as anything happened" Liekable said with a frustrated groan. "can you please just stop lying to me?"

"but I'm NOT lying this time!" she said, shaking her head as she gave him her puppy eyes. "i swear, there's SOMETHING that you have to see in the storage room, IT'S IMPORTANT, I SWEAR!"

"...i'm not going to-"

"S'IL VOUS PLAÎT, LIEKABLE, C'EST UNE URGENCE!" Adèle yelled in her native language as she hugged him tighter and whimpered, her eyes getting bigger and bigger.

don't fall for it, she's using those eyes again...just look away, don't let her prank you aga-

"please...big bro?" she asked softly

..........

Liekable eventually gave up with a groan.

"....fine, but THIS IS THE FINAL TIME!" he said with a scowl.

"OUI OUI, NOW COME!" she smiled as she quickly ran away from him.

Liekable sighed deeply before slowly following her.

-

Liekable was walking slowly with a tired look as he saw Adèle pointing inside the storage room.

"LIEKABLE, IT'S-"

"i get it already..." he said with a growl as he then stepped inside the storage room.

.....

just as expected, nothing was there.

Liekable kept staring at the room with a bored look before turning back to Adèle. "okay, satisfied now?"

"...ugh why isn't it working!?" she said with a stomp as she crossed her arms.

"what isn't working...?" he asked.

"hmm...blah" Adèle groaned and tried walking away.

"hey, HEYHEY NO!" Liekable immediately blocked her way and then picked her up with ease. "YOU'RE NOT GOING AWAY THIS TIME UNTIL YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU KEEP BRINGING ME HERE!"

Adèle stared at him, unfazed.

"...SO!?" Liekable asked, frustrated and waiting for answers.

......

Adèle then pointed at the ground inside the storage room.

"i just wanted to prank you by making you slip in that banana peel" she casually said.

.....

"ADÈLE, YOU DIDN'T EVEN PEEL OFF THE BANANA!" Liekable yelled as he pointed at the WHOLE banana that Adèle left. "HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO SLIP IF IT ISN'T PEELED OFF!?"

.....

"OOOOOH!" Adèle slapped her forehead with realization. "so THAT'S why it wasn't working, i knew that i was missing something!"

Liekable stared at her with wide eyes, bewildered by her actions.

"...oh my-...ADÈLE!" Liekable groaned as he gently let go of her. "do...do you even REALIZE how worried you were making me, you made me feel like that someone died everytime you did this...you're telling me that you just wanted to PRANK ME this whole time!?"

"...yeah?" she shrugged. "i mean...you did promise me that we'd do pranks together sometime later, but you just...forgot and i-"

"what...you COULD'VE reminded me then!" he said with a slap to his forehead. "why didn't you just TELL ME about it?"

"...well i didn't feel like it!" she said with a grumble as she looked down, a little embarrassed. "as if...I'd ask a goofball like you to do pranks with me and...stuff"

Liekable exhaled deeply as he rubbed his face with frustration.

......

"you really could just asked me, i...i wouldn't have made fun of you, you know...but this...THIS was too much for, seriously Adèle..." he gave her a disappointed look.

"well i didn't mean to make you worried!" she immediately said with a groan. "i could've told you that someone died but...why would i do that, i wasn't trying to give you a heart attack...i just wanted to...i don't know, i just wanted to remind you of your promise by pranking you as a way to get back at you for forgetting and..."

Adèle stopped talking as she frowned deeply then, a look of regret was noticeable then.

Liekable scratched his head then, noticing the regret on her then...

.....

"...it's fine" he sighed before kneeling down to her. "look, if you wanted to spend time with me then...you could've easily asked, you know?"

"hmph... easy to say" she grumbled as she looked away from him.

"i'm not mad at you...but you did make me worried" he said, frowning a little bit.

"well...i wasn't trying to do it, geez!" Adèle groaned as she turned back to him. "it's your fault for forgetting anyways, menteur stupide..."

"yeah...maybe, sorry" Liekable frowned more as he looked down with shame.

.....

"ugh...don't apologize!" Adèle groaned as she really felt bad right now. "why do you always have to be so weak and apologize for everything...you're reminding me of Geoffrey...stop it!"

"well...still, it was wrong of me to forget about my promise, were you feeling alone here, this place can really make someone depressed...right?" he asked as he moved his hand to pat her head. "even though you can make me lose my mind at times...i'm still glad you're here with me"

"oh stop it with that mushy stuff" Adèle grumbled as she shook her head to get his hand away. "you say this but...you still forgot"

"sorry...maybe we can hang out tomorrow, and do pranks together as well...what do you think?" he offered with a smile.

Adèle grumbled as she kept crossing her arms and looking away from him.

.....

"you...better keep promise this time" she said with a sigh, before she pointing at his face. "seriously, or else you'd feel my wrath!"

"trust me, I wouldn't want to...as long as you can be honest with me next time, alright?" he asked.

"blah...fine" she gave him a dismissive hand wave. "just...don't forget, okay...if you don't hang out with me, then who am I going to ask...JADE!?"

"that's actually not a bad ide-"

"UGH!" Adèle gagged with disgust. "y-yeah right...just keep your word next time, idiot..."

"sure..." Liekable smiled with a chuckle. "well...can you let me go to sleep now?"

"yeah yeah sure, you need to sleep...you look like a ghoul right now" she told him with a eye roll.

"alright, why don't we go back to our rooms an-AHH!"

Liekable tried walking away, only to suddenly slip on the floor and fall down onto the ground with a groan.

Adèle looked at him with surprise as she suddenly saw Cheeta walk towards them.

Cheeta was seen whistling while holding a wet floor sign before he then spotted the two. "oh hey there guys, oh, make sure you two do be careful when walking around here, I've mopped around here earlier ago...forgot about the sign though, so heh...hey why's Liekable sleeping on the ground"

"...WHY WOULD YOU EVEN MOP THE FLOOR!?" Liekable yelled as he lifted his head from the ground. "SINCE WHEN DID YOU EVEN START DOING THAT?"

"heh...well see ya time, don't forget about your promise" Adèle snorted with satisfaction as she happily walked away from the two.

"uh...you okay there Liekable?" Cheeta asked as he scratched his chin with concern.

Liekable could only groan and drop his head back onto the ground again.

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Let’s get one thing clear:

Y/n was going to kill Libby

They were going to give Michelle the cupcake.

He were going to drag Libby’s body to the pool and stab it 28 times.

And they were going to steal and read all the secrets, only to throw them all out in the furnace.

But somehow, by the act of gods, he didn’t.

Now, don’t get him wrong, the whole plan was set that night, they overheard Test Tubes, Liekable and mrB conversation. they made the two poison cupcakes, And he did give one to Test Tube to give to B.
But if Y/n could pinpoint the exact moment were his plan fell apart. It would be giving that cupcake to Michelle.

Because he didn’t.

No, what happened that night was Y/n got soft. When he looked into Michelle eyes, he winced internally. They could feel a pit in his stomach form and his hand lower the cupcake just a bit. When Michelle asked what was wrong, almost to sweetly, he felt the pit in his stomach hardened and his gaze unintentionally drifted to Libby.

Which didn’t help the guilt die down.

So Y/n lied, saying that the cupcake in his hand was probably old and gross and stale. Then they quickly trotted over to the trash and threw out the cupcake, Only to replace it with a non-lethal one from the table. That was the one he gave to Michelle to give to Libby.

And you know what, Y/n didn’t regret his decision one bit.

Libby poem and Jades song (when she eventually got back from her cry session) were both ok, nothing mind blowing, but still. Later Cid and Cheeta brought out a karaoke machine they found in the storage room. The group took turns half singing, haft screaming, half laughing to a couple of overrated and dumb songs, which only made a smile escape from Y/n’s lips. Top with the fact that Peter was completely suspicious of Y/n the whole night, made his mistake fifty times better.

That was until the party ended and everyone headed to their respective rooms. Because when Y/n finally got to his room, before of course, having a heated discussion with flower over if bell from Beauty and the beast was stockhomed into love. They saw monokuma standing at his door. the bear’s grin brighten when it spotted Y/n turn the corner.

“What the fuck do you want?” Y/n said coldly. He tried to push past the bear, but it wouldn’t budge, only standing there with a devilish smile.

“Oohohoho nothing…” Monokuma laughed with malicious tones. “But the masterminds, well, that’s a different story…”

And so, not even fifteen minutes later, Y/n’s back was on the masterminds HQ’s floor. One hand covered their face while the other kept his body somewhat upright, because god knows what would happen if he fell completely.

Bigbucks towered over Y/n, a ruby red painted the old man’s face as he raised his leather belt in the air once more.

“YOU HAD ONE JOB-“ *twack* “AND YOU JUST HAD TO BE A BABY-“ *twack* “AND MAKE ME LOSE MY MONEY FOR THIS DUMB-“ *twack* “FUCKING-” *Twack* “PARTY.” *Twack twack twACK TWAC-*

Steve, who had been sitting in office chair watching this endeavor of the past five minutes, gave a bored little sigh. “Now now honey,” There was no apathy in his voice, “it’s the experiments job to kill the boy, not you.”

BigBucks let out a low growl as he glanced at his Business partner for a moment, before taking up on Steve’s offer. “You’re right.” He muttered, mostly to himself.

Y/n layed out on the floor, shaking profusely. their body was bruised and completely sore. There was a handful of cuts on his body from the mental part of the belt, cutting into them like a knife. Blood dripped out of his nose and his head pounded like a bass drum in a marching band.

Bigbucks reached down and grabbed Y/n by the hair. He yanked up the kid to their feet. “Now listen here brat,” the old man’s voice what low and dripped with rage “if and when the next motive happens, and nobody kills, I will make sure you’re name’s the next BDA.” Bigbucks tighten the grip on Y/n’s hair, a threat to never let go.

Y/n tried to make a cocky joke, he really did. He tried to sound like he didn’t care, but when they open their mouth, a choked out sob escaped. Y/n slammed his mouth shut in pure horror, so no other sounds of weakness could leave.

Because crying is so out of character.

Bigbucks gave a disgusted look, or maybe a look of pity, it was hard to tell. He let go of Y/n, who dropped to the floor with a thud, and turned to monokuma and a now chuckling Steve.

“Ohohohoh~ I can’t believe we almost heard the ‘almighty’ Y/n cry!” Steve grinned from ear to ear. He waved his hand to monokuma carefreely “get this idiot back to his room now, I’m positive he knows his worth compared to us. Come on! chop chop.”

Monokuma walked quietly over to Y/n, who tremble like a sick dog. It stood there, patiently waiting for Y/n to move. After a minute, Y/n pushed themselves off the floor with a low groan. He then lifted himself onto his feet, only to realize a grave mistake. Pain flooded into their left ankle, a wave of unbearable stinging. Y/n stumbled back to the ground, a little wimpier left his lips.

After another minute, Y/n finally stood up from the ground and limped towards the door of the HQ. They continue to limp out the door and into a long thin hallway without saying anything.

Once he and monokuma finally got to his room. Y/n’s knees crashed to the floor and their arms tucked around their own stomach. In seconds, The room was filled with a faint sound of shaky breathing.

Monokuma stood in the doorway of the secret passage. it sighed, not playfully nor overdramatic. “you know… the nurses office is still open.” Monokuma simply stated, before turning on its heals and walking back down the hallway. The secret door to the secret hallway closed in complete silence.

Y/n waited for a moment to recharge his strength, then pushed himself off the floor once again. They limped to their bedroom door, then the hallway, afterwards to the stairs and finally to the nurses office.

The nurses office was the shape of a small rectangle(Hamburger style if you’re curious), with light blue walls and white tile flooring. A long wooden shelf sat on the side of the room, covered in first aid kits, gauze, rubbing alcohol and other medical things. A medical bed was at the far end of the room, light gray sheets perfectly made. A desk was on the opposite side of the shelf, nothing important on it, only a strangely convenient list of all the cast medical histories sprawled across it. Behind it was a closed door that lead to the medical bathroom. And if the light was on in the room, it would have shown a soft white onto said room.

Y/n didn’t have the time to turn on the light as he forced himself into the room. They sloppy grabbed a first aid kit and threw it on the medical bed, along with a handful of gauges. He hastily limped to the bed and stood in front of it, doing a mental headcount of what he needed.

Then the lights went on with a click.

Y/n whipped their head around to find mrB standing in the doorway. His ears flattened and his pupils shrunk when he saw the bloody, black and blue mess in front on him. “Wha…Y/n?!” MrB broke into a jog as he made his way to y/n.

Y/n quickly fully turned around to meet mrB. His hands clamped on the edge of the medical bed to keep himself from falling. Y/n gave a sorta half smile, one mostly of embarrassment and guilt.

mrB hastily rushed towards y/n, The cat cupped their face with his own paw, he scanned them in horror. “What- what happened y/n? Why are you-? Are you ok? I- my goodness…!” MrB basically rambled, his nervousness rising with each question.

“It… it was nothing.” Y/n lied in a hushed voice. “I just fell down the stairs.” They involuntarily leaned into B’s touch, almost to hind themselves in the cats hand, and closed their eyes.

“Y/n underscore L/n, do not lie to me.” MrB voice laced with anger, the kind of overprotective anger that parents have for their kids when they get hurt. This would be a fine example of that anger.

Carefully, B moved the medical supplies away and sat Y/n down on the bed. He didn’t dare let go of Y/n during the process, for fear of if he did, the poor kid would blow away in the wind. He sat next to them and asked the question again, more steady then before, “Y/n please tell me…who hurt you?”

Y/n flinched when they heard how much pain was in mrB’s voice. “I’m…” they let out a shaking breath, but Y/n had- no wanted, to continue. “I was going to kill someone tonight.” They said with a heavy heart.

Silence, Y/n took that as a cue to continue with the story. “But- but I didn’t- well maybe… I- I poisoned some cupcakes, gave the non-lethal one to t-test tube and…” Y/n paused, not even daring to look at B and his most likely expression of pure hatred.

But he still wanted to finish.

“And I threw out the other one- the killing one I mean- but-“ a sharp breath cut his sentence

“but somehow-“

another one hit them

“the- the masterminds found out- and-“ they let out a shaky sad laugh, one that can break anyones heart if and when they heard it.

“Ahahapparently they dohohon’t like pussies!” Y/n slumped over, hid his face in his hands and made an awful mixture of laughing and crying.

“Ihihihi fucked up… ihihihi fucked up sohoho bad…”

Who was this kid? they surely weren’t the Y/n the audience had learn about for the last two or so chapters, right? No, this must be an imposter, for the real Y/n would kill without a second glance. The real Y/n wouldn’t be crying, really crying, crying like he was sorry- like his felt guilt and remorse and love for the people within these wall.

God, When did he stop acting?

Y/n could feel a hand on his back, the thumb of it was gently cascading up and down, softly and tenderly. Y/n looked up from his hands to the cat, trying to find any sorta loathing in his face.

But there was none, what was there was a mixture of sadness, disappointment and, surprisingly… empathy. “I’m proud of you that you told me, and that you didn’t fallow through.” B said softly and to Y/n astonishment, let out a faint chuckle, “I must apologize to test tube after this though.”

“You’re… not pissed?”

“Oh no I am upset with you Mr.L/n, but right now we have more important things to take care of.” MrB reached over to the first aid kit and sat it in his lap. He open it with ease, “Now, does anything hurt in particular? I already know that your not allergic to anything and-“

“Wait what?” Y/n asked dumbfounded. “You’re going to…fix me?” That was the word was it? He was broken, cracked and chipped all over, like a chandelier that fell face first into the ground.

“Wehehell I wouldn’t say fixed.” B kindly took Y/n’s arm and examined it, counting the number of bruises and cuts, “but when your partner first responds to anything is to fight it, you learn a lot about health care.” He opened a bag of cotton ball, before dapping them in cleaning alcohol.

“This might sting a bit.” B casually underplay as he began to clean y/ns arm. Y/n unconditional flinched from how it stung. B was right, which at this point shouldn’t surprise them.

It took an half an hour for B to bring Y/n back to his former self. A half an hour of cleaning up Lacerations around his limbs, putting ice on their bruises, occasionally stitching up cuts on his legs, and finally putting Y/ns left ankle in a wrap.

“You’re lucky that you just sprained you ankle.” MrB commented as he stood up from the bed, he turned back to look at y/n. “So, how do you feel mr L/n?”

Y/n looked better. his arms were wrapped in gauzes, so many in fact that they looked like sleeves of a shirt. MrB had time to go to Y/ns room to grab a fresh new T-shirt and basketball shorts, the old ones laid in a trash near the nurses desk. They held an ice pack on the side of their face, but even so, Y/n was sitting and smiling. It wasn’t cocky, or devilish, and certainly not fake. It was a calm smile.

“Better, I guess.” Y/n shrugged. “I mean, as ‘better’ as you could be in my shitty situation.”

B politely chuckled, “I’m glad I could help.”

Before anyone could say anything else, the speakers crackled to life, playing the annoying yet iconic morning announcement.

MrB turned to the speaker and hummed, “well… I guess that’s our cue to meet up with the others.” He turned back to Y/n, a slight look of concern of the cats face “are you sure you want to come? It’s ok if you say no.”

“Nah I’ll be fine,” Y/n grabbed a newly found crutch from the side of the bed and draped it under their arm. “How lucky are we to find this laying under the bed?”

“Lucky indeed, now come on! Chop chop! Don’t want to keep everyone waiting now do we?” Mrb marched out of the nurses office, only to turned around and wait for the kid to hovel towards him.

When the two finally got to the cafeteria and opened the doors, the members of the killing game exploded in a worried panic. They all turned and gazed at Y/n in, dare I say horror. Some stayed in their seats, to scared to move as if they were a dear in headlights.

Others, like our protagonist, jumped out of his seat to meet Y/n a couple feet away from the door.

“O-oh my god!” Was all Liekable could stammer as he put both of his hand on Y/n’s shoulder. The brunette whipped his head back and forth from Y/n to mrB, a look of pure confusing fear painted perfectly on his face.

“Well, my friends,” mrB explained “yesterday Y/n was…” he glanced at Y/n, who nodded at him to continue. “Was going to murder one of us last night, b-“

“HA! I CALLED IT!” Peter slammed his hands on the table, grinning profusely. Cid on the other hand gently grabbed the blondes shoulder and gave a look, a look that said ‘dude, this is NOT a good time.’ Peter immediately saw this look a slowly shrunk back into his seat with nothing less but a faltering smile.

B coughed lightly and continued “but Y/n had a change of heart and didn’t resolve to… anything dangerous. Unfortunately the masterminds found out about their plan and, in Y/n’s words, ‘beat the ever loving shit out of him.’” He did airquotes around the last part.

“And if anyone wants to punch me in the face, I won’t hold it against you.” Y/n haft heartily joked.

“No one is going to punch you.” Michelle responded, her tone was confident and laced with a bit of frustration. She glanced at Peter for a split second, who’s body could sink any lower would be underneath the table.

“So their a murder?” Adele commented from her seat. “What are we going to do about him then-? wait!” A devilish smile appeared on her face “let’s lock them in a broom closet.”

“No, no let’s not.” Liekable Defended. He finally moved his hands away from Y/ns shoulders, still standing close. “Let’s…” but his voice drifted away before he could convey another word. “What do we do?” He asked, more to himself then others.

“Well first I wanna sit, my legs are killing me.” Y/n pushed past liekable and limped over to a table to sit. They drop on the bench with a thud, lazily throwing the crutch beside him. “Hey Thorn, could you get me some-“

Before Y/n could finish, Thorn left to the kitchen. After a minute he returned with a bowl of cereal and handed it to Y/n. “Here.” He simply said.

“Uh, thanks. But there’s no milk in-“ Y/n looked up from the bowl to thorn and his icy expression. Y/n gulped and shuffled his eyes to the bowl again “you know what-! Nevermind. This is fine. Thank you. ” They took a bite out of the dry cereal.

Test Tube stood up from her seat and paced around the cafeteria. “Well I suggest we make rules for Y/n, to make sure they wouldn’t… you know.”

“Kill?” Cheeta answered, tilting his head a bit.

“Exactly, and I propose the first rule should be no weapons; Y/n,” Test Tube stopped pacing and turned to the kid in question, “you, unless it is a dire emergency, are not allowed to have anything that can be used to harm nor kill. Understand?”

Y/n simply nodded, he couldn’t complain. At least they weren’t tying them up and throwing them in their room. He didn’t want to be in his room anymore.

“Shouldn’t we write this down?” Michelle asked.

“I got it.” Libby voiced, she opened her notebook to a empty random page and tore it out. She grabbed the pen next to said notebook and began to write. “No…weapons… ok got it!” Libby exclaimed.

“Ok rule number two:” Test Tube continued “you will need to be monitored, only until we are a hundred percent sure you won’t pull another one of these,” she paused for Libby to add that to the list. “Anything you would like to add?”

Y/n thought for a moment, then they said in a voice somewhat above quiet. “Well… I don’t think it’s a good idea to be in my room at night.” How in hell was he supposed to tell the group that there was a entrance to the masterminds layer?

After a beat they continued “there’s a lot of… things in there that I could fuck someone up with, you know?”

“We can clean out your room if you want.” Liekable intervened “I mean, to just get rid of those st-“

“N-no.” Y/n voice trembled, only a bit. They repeated, a little calmer, “no, I think it would just be a good idea if I slept in Karen’s room. I would feel safer in there.”

MrB nodded at Y/n’s proposal, “If that makes you feel more comfortable.” He turned to Libby, who was already writing down the newly added rule.

Cid shifted in his seat a little, “So back to the ‘monitoring’ thing… kinda confused on that.” He questioned. “How is that going to work?”

“Simple,” Test Tube explained “we take shifts, and once night time comes around-“

“We lock my sorry ass in Karen’s room?” Y/n asked, placing the already finished bowl of cereal on the table.

Test Tube sheepishly shrugged and faintly smiled. “Sorry, It’s for precautions” she scanned the group and clapped her hands together. “Now, would anyone want to go first?”

Peter’s hand lifted “I can-“

“NO!” Haft of the cast yelled at the same time.

Peter lower his hand slowly and shrugged “Worth a try…”

“I can take first shift,” liekable said after a moment, “if Y/n’s ok with it.”

Y/n nodded happily. “Sounds like a good plan.”

Jade raised her hand in the air, “I have a question,” all eyes turned to her as she continued “so like, if you were beaten up by the masterminds… doesn’t that mean-“

Before Jade could finish her question, the speakers crackled to life once more. This time they played an announcement to meet in the gym.

Y/n gave a small sad sigh. They grabbed his crutch before standing up. “Well, I guess you’re about to find out.”

“What do you mean.” Liekable asked as Y/n limped past him. The brunette turn to the group, who collectively were all getting out of their seats, and asked again. “W-What do they mean?”

Y/n chuckled from the doorway, they turned their hard slightly to see the cast behind them. “Don’t worry that much Lieks, besides. I’m sure whatever shit happens will figure it out… you know, together.”

So let’s make another thing clear:

Y/n meant every word he said in that sentence.

They were going to be ok.

He and the others will kick the masterminds asses.

And maybe, just maybe, y/n could be loved again.

Or something like that, let’s not jump the shark, or in y/ns case, monokuma.

Chapter Text

it was only after Monokuma had announced his fourth motive...

which included the abduction of some of the survivors' closest relatives, a motive that has set off someone into a overwhelming sense of panic and fear.

even someone like Peter was starting to slowly crack down upon knowing that Monokuma had his claws wrapped around his little sister's neck...even he know that it wasn't the time to mess around and act like a fool.

honestly, everyone there knew it wasn't the time to mess around, each one of them was affected by the motive.

Cid's creator was kidnapped, so the dummy knew that he had to act serious for once.

Mr.B's partner in justice was kidnapped as well, forcing the detective to start working himself out for a solution to save his friend.

Flower felt hopeless upon seeing that her Ruby was taken as well, the girl only knew how to sew sweaters...what could she do?

Test Tube's anxiety only got worse when her friend Bow was added to the list...

Jade felt extremely scared and upset knowing that her bestie Miranda was roped into this mess.

Adèle was angry, even though she isn't the nicest person around...she still cares for her first ever friend Magnus, admittedly even she's starting to feel worried.

Liekable’s uncle was there too, and that didn't do him any good...the past deaths have nearly destroyed his demeanor at this point, what was he going to do to save his own uncle?

and Cheeta's friend Kitty...

yeah, no, for Cheeta...this wasn't right.

not at all, not even in a million years.

why would they do this, he wondered, why would someone go this far into doing something extremely awful such as kidnapping innocent people for their own amusement...?

why would anyone even hurt someone as pure hearted as Kitty, why her of all people?

now Cheeta was full of energy, he liked to party and play his guitar, he tried to remain positive despite all the horrible things he has seen in this prison, from watching people die, get executed, having to deal with people like Y/n and so on...

he never seen anything like this before, he has never wanted to witness what the ugly side of life was truly like.

he hated the killing game, it confused him, scared him to no point....

seeing Kitty here, was enough to just make him give up overall.

they tried so hard to escape, to remain positive and prevent people from dying...but what has happened so far?

people kept dying still...even when he didn't want it to happen.

and now Kitty was taken away by those awful people....

and he couldn't do anything to help...

he couldn't help anyone here, so why even bother thinking about his best friend...?

it made him so hopeless, she was just a kid that his family took in, he was supposed to back home trying to help her become human, having the greatest time of his life with her and his other friends that he considered as family.

but he can't go back, he was stuck here, forced to witness such awful crimes that will scar him forever.

he just....didn't feel okay at all.

nothing was going to help them...

their friends were going to die...will they?

why can't anyone help them?

why can't Cid help them...?

Cheeta wanted to believe in him, but....

even someone as dimwitted like Cheeta knew that Cid couldn't do anything at all...

and knowing that someone like the impact dummy was hopeless to do anything, along with someone as intelligent and collective as Mr.B....

Cheeta could only fall into the uneasy feeling of hopelessness.

and let himself be engulfed within it...

....

all he wanted right now, was to feel okay....

but without Kitty, his brothers, Ginsburg or Pierre, nor The Nazz....

who was there to run into, especially since everyone here had their own issues to deal with...?

it all felt so....lonely.....

-

later inside Cheeta's room.

the blue cat was seen lying down on the bed, both hands on the chest as he stared blankly at the ceiling, with a million bothersome thoughts running through his mind.

and funnily enough, each thought was the same as the other one.

Kitty and home...

he was worried sick about Kitty...

was she really going to die soon?

what will the others think back at home...?

will they blame Cheeta for her death....?

blame him for being so weak and stupid to do anything right?

.....

who was he kidding, not like anyone back there had any faith in the stupid cat....

when has Cheeta ever been useful, especially to Kitty?

for a friend, he brought her a literal bear as a 'teddy bear'....

he frowned upon Kitty's horrible guitar skills and was more supportive of her playing the thing muted than actually trying to help her out.

it wasn't only her, what about his other friends?

when was he ever useful to them....

he acted like a complete buffon when Spook got kidnapped.

and when both Kitty and Happy got lost in the city, his stupidity was a major part of that incident.

it's like everything that Cheeta does is just fault after fault.

so if Kitty were to die...they wouldn't blame him for it.

right.....?

.....

what was he thinking....this AIN'T anything ordinary, this is her LIFE that's being threatened!

they would absolutely crush him for it, tell him why he couldn't do anything to help, to just try for once in his life not to ruin anything....isn't he supposed to Kitty's friend?

so why couldn't he push himself to do the right thing and save her life?

is he really that much useless and incompetent to save the most precious thing to him?!

what was wrong with HIM!?

Cheeta whined, holding his head as he tried to block out the scary thoughts of what was about to come if the motive went through and resulted in Kitty's death...

the cat quickly sat up on the edge of the bed afterwards, feeling hopeless and overwhelmingly upset right now, he didn't like those thoughts, he didn't want to think about it, he just wanted to get the motive out of his head.

but how could he...?

Kitty was going to-.....

Cheeta shook his head with a low cry, forcing himself to stand up and pace around the room as he tried to distract himself.

don't think about it, don't think about it, don't think about it...think happy thoughts, yeah like how Happy does!

......

w-....what would Happy do if he found out Kitty died, would he still be happy...would he still ignore what's really going on around him an-....nononono, what am i thinking about!? oh get it together Cheeta, this is just all a bad dream...just...just think about better things, you're only going to make yourself feel mad!

.....

....would Ming be mad at me for this though, would Thorn and Nazz hate me more if they found out I was too weak to-.....urgh....no...why am i thinking like this?

Cheeta stopped pacing around as he held onto his ears with a frustrated look, he couldn't think straight at all, his negative thoughts and worries were beating him up so badly right now.

all he could think about was Kitty, and how much hatred his family would give him if they found out that he was too weak to save her life....

they would hate him forever....

kick him out of the mansion....

where he'd be alone....

again....

.......

what's happening to me....what's this feeling about....?

Cheeta asked himself, letting his hands go down limply as he frowned deeply at his feet.

the usually giddy and cheerful cat didn't understand what was happening to him, why was he feeling so...awful?

of course, Kitty's life being in danger was making him feel worried a lot.

but....

why did it feel like that...everything has ended?

as if, his family was gone, as if Kitty had already died, that he was too late to do anything at all....that everything has ended and that no matter what he does, it's too hard to form a simple smile...?

why does he feel.....so sad?

......

where's everyone....?

Cheeta looked around the room, it was empty, dull, unfamiliar despite living multiple nights here by now...

he didn't understand it, but the silence of the room, the lack of activity, the strangeness of it...the emptiness of it....

it just gave him a bad feeling in his heart, like...a really sad and bad feeling.

something felt missing....

he was so.....alone....

.....

Cheeta rubbed his head with a deep sigh. "i-....i think I'm hungry....?"

the cat said to themselves before slowly turning around to leave the room, the room that was just too...undesirable to even stay around in.

he felt like escaping from it, and never coming back to it.

so he left by the door.

-

upon being in the hallway now, Cheeta noticed that nobody was here, the hallway of the rooms was....empty.

just like his room

and....the longer Cheeta stood there, the more of a familiar feeling he had began developing.

and not the good kind of familiar, not at all.

much like his room, the hallway felt..eerily lonely and silent, there was some ambience coming in, but....it wasn't enough to block out the major negative feeling surrounding the place.

it just made Cheeta feel so small in comparison.

i don't understand...why don't i feel like moving?....why does this feel so wrong....what's going on?

Cheeta stood still, as if frozen in place, as if he was lost and unsure of what to do next.

he was going to the kitchen right...shouldn't he be there by now?

.......

Cheeta shook his head again, before slowly making his way towards the stairs, trying to ignore the feelings surrounding him.

-

it was a silent walk, a miserable one at that.

Cheeta brought his hand to the door and pushed them open, ready to get inside the cafeteria and make his way towards the kitchen.

he expected for people to be inside as well....however when he got inside the Cafe.

nobody was there....

Cheeta stood by, looking at the empty tables and chairs, wondering something to himself.

....where's everyone...?

Cheeta hasn't seen a single soul yet, and that was making him feel awful, so...awful.

they were probably busy with something, but....Cheeta just felt really bad.

everything felt off.

what time was it?

was it night by now...shouldn't the dining hall be closed...?

why was it so silent....?

why was he feeling so....slow in his movements?

.....

Cheeta slowly began making his way towards the kitchen afterwards, he tried to ignore the feeling in his chest, the unknown feeling of whatever was bothering him, the feeling that he didn't understand yet.

he just wanted to get to the kitchen, that was his purpose for now, something to look forward to during this scary hour...

-

Cheeta eventually got there.

and....he just stood there.

for a minute or two, he wasn't sure what to do now

he wanted something to eat, didn't he?

so...why wasn't he searching for anything to eat.

actually, his hunger seemingly disappeared right now...instead, he felt lost.

was he even hungry in the first place?

what was he going to do here?

why is he here?

why isn't ANYONE here?

.....

why's it so....quiet?

Cheeta gulped as the feeling began creeping up on him again....

like his room, the hallway, his small travel to the cafeteria....the kitchen.

it all radiated the same negative feeling....

the emptiness...

the quietness....

the sadness....

the unfamiliarity....

the loneliness....

the sheer loneliness....

it all felt horrible....

why...why am i-...what's going on....where's everyone?.....why am i so sad....why do i feel so sad?.......why do i feel lonely.....?

Cheeta hugged himself as his breathing slowly began becoming rapid as the cat started to look around the place, desperately trying to understand himself.

the odd feeling of sadness and loneliness, it felt too much for him...

everything felt worthless.

so sad.

so lonely.

why?

why did he feel like that?

everything was going to be okay, right?

Kitty and the rest of the others would be saved....right?

so why?

why didn't Cheeta believe himself as usual, despite him trying to remain positive....why did everything feel like a lie?

......

why did everything feel so lonely....

why did he feel so sad....

the blue cat closed his eyes then, his lips shaking as he felt himself tremble horribly, he doesn't understand what was happening to him.

why he felt like trash.

why he was so sad.

why every area felt eerily quiet, so much that it made him feel deaf in a way.

all that Cheeta understood....

was that he was so lonely....

so lonely with nobody around....

why was anyone here?

where was everyone?

he needed someone right now....

he just didn't feel okay....

a few tears dropped from the cat's eyes, as he started to back away towards the fridge, before pressing his back against it as he slowly slid down to sit on the ground, holding his knees as he felt so upset and scared, so lost and useless.

and he didn't understand anything, only that he didn't love the fact that he was so alone....

why....why is this happening to me....Kitty?....Pierre?....Ginsburg?.....Thorn?.....Petal?.....Ming?.....Nazz....can anyone hear me?....where are you all....why do i feel alone....why do i feel like crying......please.....anyone.....say something to me....

Cheeta desperately begged for an answer, one that never came no matter how much he tried to call out to his friends....

the cat was left alone to his own soft cries....

at this point, Cheeta had never felt any more miserable than this...

and he didn't know how to make it stop...

so he'll just sit there, and cry, because that's all that he could do....

it's all that he knows to do right now....

he's just a stupid cat after all....

what else was there to do?

he doesn't know....

.......

......

thump!

a sudden, muffled, yet clear thumping sound was heard coming from outside the door belonging to the kitchen.

Cheeta lifted his head up with a gasp, eyes still watery and a bint red...

what was that....?

Cheeta stood still for a moment, until....he began hearing footsteps approaching close by.

what's....going on....who's there...?

the cat felt frightened right now, his mind wasn't clear, every sense of his felt on edge....

there was fear now.

the footsteps got louder and louder, indicating that someone was coming inside the kitchen right now.

Cheeta quickly stood up, the hairs of his fur could be described standing up too, the cat looked around for a place to hide, frantically turning his head side to side for any spot.

the footsteps stopped at some point, and the doorknob was turned on, eventually the door opened up then as someone stepped inside the kitchen.

.........

"Cheeta...what are you doing pal?"

asked the crash impact dummy himself, Cid, as he held onto the doorknob and gave a confused look at the blue cat, who was seen holding a blender to their face, trembling as they basically tried to hide behind said blender.

Cheeta immediately recognized the voice, making the cat open their eyes and slowly lower the blender down to stop....'hiding'

"C-...Cid...?" Cheeta stuttered a bit, staring at the dummy with a bit of timidity. "it's....you?"

"well sure, who else would it be?" Cid asked, smiling a little bit as his tone sounded playful.

"....oh" Cheeta said, putting the blender away afterwards as he looked down at the ground in embarrassment.

"....so" Cid let the door close up as he walked further into the kitchen, his face showing curiosity. "what are you doing here, came for a snack?"

"....i dunno" Cheeta shrugged, his voice sounding uncharacteristically unusual to Cid.

"oh well...then why are you here, something happened?"

"....i dunno" Cheeta repeated, sighing a little bit as the cat rubbed on their arm.

Cid titled his head at the cat, confused for a moment....

until he realized it.

"....oh right, the....thing" Cid said, looking down with a frown, almost beating himself up too for even forgetting what was going on in the first place.

at the mention of it, Cheeta frowned more in sadness, which Cid took notice of immediately.

"Cheeta, i uh...." Cid looked up to say something, but the dummy didn't really know what to say to him.

he knew that Cheeta was worried about his friend Kitty, but when Cheeta came to his friend begging for help, what did Cid do?

stutter just like before....

and disappoint his friend Cheeta in the manner....

the two of them kept silent to each other, despite the fact that Cid only came here for mere seconds, he immediately fell right into the same desperation and hopelessness that Cheeta was locked into himself, it was a reminder for the two that things weren't exactly going great right now.

Cheeta sighed deeply before sitting onto the counter, not saying much in the process as Cid stood by staring at his frowning friend.

......

Cid then made his way towards the cat, before taking a seat on the counter himself, right next to his good ol' buddy Cheeta.

and for a moment or two, the two unusual beings sat there in complete silence, just letting time pass by as not a single word came out of their mouths.

Cheeta looked at his feet and kept frowning, while Cid stared blankly at the wall, wondering what to do next.

.......

"...Cid?"

Cheeta suddenly spoke out after a while, his voice a little low on the volume.

"huh...what's up Cheetz?" Cid looked at his friend afterwards, curious to see what he wanted to say.

"i-.....um......i wanna....it's...." Cheeta stumbled upon his words, the cat having trouble to find the right thing to say to his friend as he...wasn't even sure if he had anything to tell him in the first place.

Cid stared at the cat in confusion, normally he'd laugh at someone for stuttering this badly, but....judging by the way how Cheeta's facial expression and how watery his eyes looked, Cid knew that it wasn't time for his usual jerk attitude.

Cid knew that Cheeta wasn't feeling himself right now.

Cheeta failed to deliver his words, making the cat stop his attempts at speaking and instead turn back with a pained expression.

"hey...everything okay buddy?" Cid asked, putting a hand on the cat's shoulder.

"...." Cheeta didn't say anything to that, instead he kept looking down with a sad expression.

"....you can always tell me what's on your mind, you know that I'd listen, right?"

.......

"....i don't feel okay" Cheeta said, his voice shaking a little bit as he the cat shook their head. "i don't know how to explain it...i....dunno, really...."

"....is it about your friend?" Cid asked, before backing away a little bit as Cheeta suddenly stiffed up at sheer mention of it.

Cid pulled his back, frowning to himself and groaning. "s-sorry....shouldn't have said that right now..."

"n-no...you got it right pal, i-...i just....i dunno...i feel...so sad....i feel...." Cheeta held his lips for a moment, shaking his head as he slowly began to tear up again. "i-....i don't know what's happening with me...."

"Cheeta...?" Cid looked at his friend in worry.

"i-....i don't understand....everything feels so bad....i feel so sad....i.....i feel.....so......useless" Cheeta sniffed as he held his face, choking on his words a little bit.

"....i'm sorry pal, i-.....i" Cid sighed deeply as he looked away from the cat for a moment. "....it's my fault...."

"w-....what do you-" Cheeta sniffed before looking at his friend. "what do you mean by that...?"

"i...." Cid rubbed his own head with a frown. "it's kinda obvious isn't it...i can't do anything for the motive....even when you begged me for it...i just couldn't say anything back an-.....i'm sorry Cheeta...i know how hard it is for you and everyone right now....normally I'd do something about things like this, but....i can't....i haven't done anything to help and...."

.......

"....i feel useless too buddy" Cid admitted, looking down with a defeated expression.

"Cid....i-"

"no..." Cid shook his head as he looked back at the cat. "let's not feel all sad and sobby about me....what's wrong with you pal, why do you feel sad...why feel useless, you didn't really do anything wrong y'know?"

"b-...but Kitty...i.....i did do something wrong" Cheeta said with a sniff as he tried to wipe his eyes. "i can't help my friend....i feel so...sad....i wanna help her....i don't want my friends to be mad at me for letting Kitty die....but i can't do anything....i can't ever do anything useful....and i don't know why....but i feel so sad...ever since a few days ago...something felt wrong, everything felt wrong, i can't understand it...i just feel like crying sometimes, i get lots of bad thoughts...about my friends...about everyone that died here....about myself....that i never been useful to my family....is that what the file said about me....that nobody takes me seriously because I'm useless....why doesn't the sadness go away here....why does everything feel lonely....why......am i feeling like....like.....i'm not me anymore....?"

Cid listened to Cheeta talk, as the cat was already crying at this point, his voice sounded lost, as if the cat didn't really understand what he was saying himself...Cid could only tell that his friend was really sad and desperate.

"i-....i'm sorry Cid...i'm not really makin' sense am i....i never did...." Cheeta sniffed before covering their face as they shook their head. "i-....i just wanna go home....but i can't....i'm so useless....i'm so useless.....i am so.....sad"

"Cheeta...no, buddy i-....you can't say that-...." Cid stopped with a sad frown, Cheeta wasn't really going to listen, the cat was too busy crying to themselves at this point.

.....

so Cid could only do one thing that came to mind.

which was hugging Cheeta and trying to comfort them however they can.

"don't cry Cheeta....please, just don't call yourself things lik-"

"b-but i am!" Cheeta insisted on. "i-...i don't know what I'm doing anymore, i just feel so sad...i don't wanna do anything...i-...i-"

"like i told you, i feel useless too...things seem awful right now, and maybe i can't fix it...maybe i can't be the hero you thought that i was....maybe i can't do anything for you...." Cid stated as he buried his face onto Cheeta's shoulder, taking a moment to pause.

......

"but...i'll always be here for my friend...."

.......

......

......

"C-Cid...." Cheeta sniffed, removing his hands to look at his friend, who was still holding onto them. "i-.....i......feel so....alone...."

"i felt like this as well Cheeta...i always did....when i was just an ordinary crash dummy, forced to do the same thing over and over again, trapped behind a warehouse, born with one purpose...lost and sad....but one day, my chance came, and it changed my life...it gave me hope...." Cid sighed before looking at his friend. "i know right now, that everything is wrong, that nothing is going right...that everyone's scared and lost, that YOU'RE scared and lost, but....you'll never be alone Cheeta...not as long as I'm here for you buddy, you're my best pal and i promise you....no matter what happens, i won't ever leave you....and i will help you anyway possible....even if I'm just a useless, stupid, smug wannabe who couldn't even protect anyone here from their death....that doesn't change the fact that I'll always try my best for you..."

"Cid...." Cheeta muttered, feeling overly emotional by the dummy's supportive words for him.

"it doesn't matter if we're both stupid and useless here....there's still hope for things to go right, and...as long as we're together here, we'll help each other out....don't you think pal?" Cid asked, smiling at the cat.

"there...is hope?" Cheeta slowly asked.

"maybe, maybe not...but if there is hope, then...you ain't gonna be alone to witness it, cuz i'm here for you....okay?" Cid said with a nod as he wrapped his arm around Cheeta before pulling him into a hug.

"....okay" Cheeta sniffed softly before hugging his friend back.

and for a moment, the two of them sat together, holding each other close by as time went by as usual....

until at some point, the two broke the hug and just sat near each other in more silence.

......

"what was uh....what was that thump about anyways?" Cheeta asked, rubbing his eyes as his tone sounded more lively now.

"hm?" Cid turned to him with confusion.

"y'know...that THUMP! sound I've heard before you walked into the kitchen....what happened?"

"oooh....yeah my bad, i uh...failed to do a flip...haha!" Cid sheepishly laughed.

"aw man, seriously?" Cid gave him a look.

"well hey, why...didn't you hide in the incinerator room, before i came here...instead of using a blender and...yeah" Cid shook his head with a smirk.

"oh yeah, i...was freaking out, my bad...haha" Cheeta gave him a weak laugh in return.

"and here i thought i was the dummy..." Cid playfully rolled his eyes before hopping off the counter. "but anyways, let's not mop around the place...why don't we do something fun, like play the guitar and drums, huh?"

"oh that's-....actually hold on" Cheeta held his stomach. "i'm still hungry actually...OH, why don't we...make a brick cake!?"

"does it taste good?"

"i dunno, i only made brick milkshakes...wanna help me?" Cheeta asked with a smirk.

"SUPER!" Cid nodded in anticipation. "let's make the best cake ever!"

"oh alright!.....um....where are the bricks though?" Cheeta asked, looking around in confusion.

-

later on....

Mr.B was walking inside the cafeteria, rubbing his eyes with a yawn.

"i really need a cup of tea right now..." said the cat with a tired voice, but as he tried to walk forward towards the kitchen....he smelled something burning coming in there.

what in the world....!?

the detective's eyes went wide, before he shook his head awake as he quickly rushed towards the kitchen, worried that....maybe it has happened again?

-

Mr.B then kicked the door open, coming in holding his hand like a pistol.

"what's happening here, who's hurt, who left the stove an-....!?"

Mr.B stopped shouting as he stared at both Cheeta and Cid, who were seen covered in charcoal and standing next to the oven which had black smoke coming out of it.

"uh....we burnt the cake" Cheeta sheepishly said.

"i-....i think it looks good still?" Cid said as he pulled out the cake itself, however the entire then crumbled down into a pile of ashes. "....maybe not"

"....oh my goodness" Mr.B face-palmed with a loud groan.

Chapter Text

It happened two years ago: When Jade and Adele first met each other.

They got into a fist fight on the school playground. Reasons unknown and most likely forgotten. It took five minutes for the teachers of said school to pull the girls off of each other, red faced, dirty, ruined makeup and messy ginger hair.

But it was to late, the damage had been done.

They were moral enemies.

Every time the girly girl Jade and the probably witch Adele interacted, chaos followed. Chaos that involved multiple phone calls, pairs of detentions and a handful of teachers quitting their jobs. Chaos that involved bickering, screaming matches and pulling very dangerous and somewhat illegal ‘pranks’.

Jade’s mom was never a fan of their daughters unhealthy methods for dealing with bullies. Her mom would tell her to ignore Adele, and the girl would just leave. But that’s easier said then done, her mom didn’t understand, all the taunting and bullying just made Jade so… mad. Mad enough start a handful of pranks and fights of her own.

And mad enough to start a search party of three or so kids when Adele run away from her home one day out of the blue.

Of course, that would be Jade’s downfall, because not even a week later after the endeavor, she herself got kidnapped. Kidnapped and forced into a killing game with the person she hated the most, Adele.

But surprisingly, it wasn’t half bad.

Now, don’t get Jade wrong, she was surrounded by freaks, weirdos and people who most likely sat alone during middle school lunch. At the same time, the more time Jade stayed within these four walls, the more she related to them.

A thought that still makes her sick.

Unfortunately it was true, Flower and Michelle would talk with Jade about things they all enjoyed, which was a heavy overlap. She and Y/n shared 65% of the same music. Karen was almost like a step-mom to Jade (after the whole ‘incident’, Karen became a lot nicer, much to everyone surprise). even bookworm Libby would let Jade paint her nails from time to time, which not to brag, was Jade’s speciality.

Then there was Liekable, a twenty something brunette, and probably the biggest weirdo of them all. Only second to Adele.

He was a loser. He apologized to much, to much of a pushover for Jade’s taste. His fashion sense was down right terrible, and the worst part was his hair was a mess. Shoulder length, knotty in the back and split ends that bloomed outwards.

Maybe that’s why, after Adele dumped a bucket of water on her head, ruined the blonde’s perfectly good persona, and made poor Jade run to room in tears with Liekable fallowing in pursuit, she asked to braid his hair.

Brushing and braiding things always help Jade calm down. And the way the man’s knots would easily disappear with no struggle help ease her worries. Not to mention that he sat ever so patiently as she brushed, telling the girl adventures of his past. How he would speak kindly and softly as she flip parts of his hair back and forth to make a braid. How his face lit up when he looked in the mirror to see his new hair style, the way he showed it off to everyon-

Ugh, of course she would get attached to a loser like him.

And of course, Adele would find him charming as well.

The two gravitated towards each other the first ten days in hell. The whole group constantly joked about them being long lost siblings. Imagine: the quite, awkward, probably one panic attack away from dying Liekable, smiling and joking around with little miss “the only friend I had before this was a ghost” Adele. The best thing was she was smiling too.

So that’s probably why Jade was in this situation, dragging herself up the stairs as Liekable tried to advocate for the devil. Why? Don’t ask Jade. She was sadly bribed into this idea by shiny lipstick and the slim chance to braid Liekable’s hair again.

“Do I have to like, talk to her?” Jade groaned. It was a simple plan on Liekables part, get the girls alone and work out two years of verbal beat downs, easy. Nobody would ever have to complain about the two fighting ever again, one less thing to worry about in a literal killing game.

Liekable sighed and turned over his shoulder to Jade, a slight look of irritation from his face. “You and Adele have a lot more in common than you realize. I’m sure if you talk it out you guys can come to a little understanding.”

“Never going to happen.” Jade deadpanned as they reached the 4th floor, “there’s no way I would have anything in common with the weirdo. I mean, have you seen her?!” Jade scoffed.

Liekable only rolled his eyes, “Well, you both make fun of people a lot, you’re both fluent in French and English, oh-! you both like that band… Paramour right? that’s three things right there. And I’m sure you guys have lots more.”

“She likes ‘Riot!’, I like ‘After Laughter’, we are not the same.”

They finally made it to the guest room door.  Liekable’s hand rested on the doorknob, he glanced at Jade for a beat, then gave a small smile. “Look. If things go wrong and Adele hurts your feelings, I promise you can braid my hair again.”

Jade crossed her arms and shrugged, a pout present on the blondes face. Liekable turned the doorknob and open the door.

In all honesty, Jade was expecting Adele to not show up. But there she was, standing in the middle of the room, wiping the chocolate chip cookie crumbs off her face and hands once she had finally noticed them.

The room was small, with light brown poorly designed wallpaper and a circular maroon rug that laid on the floor. A classic hotel bed took up a little less than haft of the room. The only other major things in the room was a small wooden nightstand, a tacky lamp, and an abstract painting that hung at the headboard of the hotel bed. The lamp’s low yellow light shone onto the room in all its glory.

“Oh. You came.” Adele grumbled, she then let out some sorta cross between a scoff and a chuckle “I thought you would be to busy brushing that rats nest and fangirling over that Justin guy.”

“The only one with a rats nest is you.” Jade huffed as she trudge into the room.

Liekable casually walked past Jade to the bed, sitting himself on the side of it. “Ok so… I was thinking we can just try to talk and-“

Liekable only got have half a sentence out before the insults began to fire, like bullets on a battle field. which in everyones opinion was the best he could ever do.

Adele sighed dramatically. “Liekable, do you actually think I can be friends with that sparkling simple minded Barbie?!” The ginger points to Jade with disgust.

Jade’s defenses and anger shot up like a wine cork, “W-Whatever, at least people want to sit with me at breakfast. Unlike you, I bet people are afraid that you’ll turn them into a frog or something.” She laughed bitterly, secretly proud of herself for making at pretty good comeback. (it was only a reminder to hang out with Peter more…)

“Wow, that was so good.” Adele mocked “I can’t believe you used more than 10% of your brain to make that joke!”

“Ugh! Why can’t you be normal for five minutes?! Did your mom literally dropped you as a kid?”

“I was going to ask that same question to you. then I remember that ugly robots like you don’t have parents!”

“OH. So I’m a robot for being a NORMAL person?! At least I’m not a freakish monster that, is probably like, going to end up in jail on day for murder.”

“augh! Je te traite de robot parce que tu es stupide! Vous n'avez que cinq cellules cérébrales et elles ne se soucient que des choses roses et brillantes.”

“Eh bien, je ne suis pas un ogre, alors mangez-le!”

“et bien mes parents sont toujours ensemble!”

“HA. au moins mes parents m'aiment assez pour ne pas essayer de m'envoyer un camp dégoûtant qui te répare!”

“…oh.”

In Jades defense, she knew she gone a little overboard with that insult in particular, it felt uncomfortable to say once it escaped from her lips. Like eating something rotten, only to throw it up minutes later.

Adele seemed to agree, because for a split second, fear drenched her eyes. After  milliseconds however, Adeles expression changed, anger seeped through her whole body. Her voice dripped with the intent to kill anything in a mile range.

“You. Know. What? Nobody likes you here, they only tolerate you because they think you pretty or something dumb like that. And once everyone see that you’re an ugly. Disgusting. Little putain that deserves nothing more THEN TO SHUT UP AND D-“

*fwump!*

Then a pillow hit the back of Adele’s head.

The two girl froze as their screaming match had just turned into a unpleasant foggy memory. Jade looked over Adele shoulder to find to culprit of the assault.

And to her pure astonishment, it was Liekable. He stood up moved to the side of the bed. His hand was out stretched, as if he just threw a baseball. There was a look of slight surprise on the brunette’s face, as if he himself was shocked about what he just did.

The three of them looked at each other in silence. Then after a beat, Liekable slammed his hands to his side, standing up perfectly straight. “I- oh- S-sorry! It was just- you two weren’t listening so I uh- I’m sorry” liekable tripped and stumbled over every word.

Adele glanced down at the pillow, her mouth was slightly agar, besides that her face was unreadable to Jade. And most likely Liekable, for he kept going and kept digging himself into a bigger grave of self pity.

“I’m sorry- so sorry about t-that. You know what-? This- this was a bad idea. Yep. Yeah. This was a really bad idea. I should go now- I’m s-“ *FWUMP!*

The same pillow from before hit Liekable square in the face. It was Adele this time who threw it, full force with two hands. Liekable stared blankly at Adele for a moment, his own self pity disappearing to wherever the girls’ frustrations went.

Adele marched over to Liekable, picked up the pillow from the ground, and then proceeded to beat the ever loving life out of him with it. The even more astonishing thing about was, well, they both looked like they were having fun with it.

“You just had to hit me huh?!” Adele yelled as she swung. At first she sounded a little bit frustrated, but at the same time, a grin was growing rapidly on her face. “God! Why didn’t you hit Jade you goofball?!”

“h-HEY!” Liekable gasped, his voice was more confused than anything else. But a shaky smile started to form on his face to, growing every time he called out for her to stop.

He weakly stood there for a minute, trying his hardest to dodge the little girls pillow attack, before his slightly confused smile turned into something sweetly wicked “Ohohok, if that’s how you want to play it-!”

Without warning, Adele was thrown onto the bed, giggling in surprise. Liekable followed in pursuit as he hopped into the bed, grabbed the second pillow from it, and hit Adele in the stomach with his fluffy weapon.

Jade stood there like a actor on stage who just forgotten their lines. It took her a moment or two to compute was the heck just happened, her moral enemy, smiling and playing fighting and laughing. Laughter that sounded real, childish, nothing Jade had ever heard coming out of Adele mouth. It was… storta pretty, you know, in its own weird way. But anyway, Jade was stunned, that was until she heard a frantic cry for help.

“Ahh-! Jade-!” Liekable yelled in between giggle fits. He laid on his side, knees up to his waist and one of his hands over his head. “Hehehelp! Plehehehahase!” He was being hit over and over again by Adele, who didn’t look like she was slowing down anytime soon.

Now jade had a choice: do something dumb and childish and would probably mess up her hair for the rest of the day. Or quietly and simply walk out the door.

Meanwhile, Adele had found footing on the bed. she was on her knees, lifting a pillow over her head and bringing it down to hit liekable’s side. “Ha! You think Jade’s going to help you?!” Adele commented cheerfully “No one can help you now. Your trapped and there’s nothing you can d-!“

*fwump!*

And so, for the second time in a row Adele was hit in the back of the head with a pillow, this time by Jade. The blonde had silently climbed up beside the ginger and hit her.

“Oh… ok.” Adele said, turning her head towards her newest pillow fighting foe “I see… well then EAT THIS!”

A pillow flung into the side of Jade’s face. It didn’t hurt, which is obvious in hindsight, pillows are soft. But as soon as that pillow hit her in the face, all the adrenaline and dopamine and childish playfulness flooded into jade like rushing water. A shocked laugh escape the girl’s lips she didn’t realize she was holding.

And Jade swung back, hitting Adele face with passion.

“Ohohoho you are so dead!” Jade called out as she hit Adele over the head once more. Her cheeks had already begun to ache from smiling, but not a single part of jade cared.

This was fun.

*fwump fwump-fwump fwump!*

Jade heard something through the sound of pillows hitting each other. It was laugher: boyish and free and beautiful. Both of the girls stopped for a second to search for this sound, putting their pillow fight on hold.

Near the head of the bed was Liekable Urbz, lying on his side and smiling. He was looking at the two of them, almost like he was watching his favorite show. He obviously noticed them stop and addressed him, for he quickly averted his eyes in embarrassment.

“Ah sorry-! it’s just, well,” Liekable looked back at them and chuckled “you two are finally getting along! It’s kinda cute.”

Adele and Jade turned to each other, they stared blankly at the other for a second. And for a moment Jade studied Adele’s face, her messy ginger hair and dark brown eyes. then to Jade surprise Adele broke out into a smile, a smile that Jade new exactly what it meant.

‘Let’s go mess with Liekable. You in?’

Jade returned a looked:

‘Its not like that I have a choice.’

They turned back to the brunette, almost identical Cheshire cat like smiles that spelled out no good glued onto their faces.

“You know Jade… it’s all Liekable’s fault we’re here, right?” Adele asked and began to inched over to the man in particular.

Liekable eyes widened as he began to scoot away from the two. He was fighting an anxious and/or an excited smile, and definitely losing.

“You’re right… maybe we should teach him a lesson, you know, not to like, mess with us.” Jade said and fallowed Adele’s movements, closing in on Liekable.

“Wait. Wait. Wait. We can talk about this please? Please?! Wait hold on wa- WAHAHAHAIT NOHOHohohohahaha-!”

Fifteen whole minutes. That’s how long the whole fight lasted, fifteenth minutes of pillows fighting and rough housing and tickling each other half to death. To the trio however, it felt like time had stopped, like the everything was put on hold for this little moment. All grudges, all anger and everything in between had stopped.

At the end of the fifteenth minutes, the three laid on their backs right in the middle of the bed. Liekable was in the middle between them, his feet barely dangling over the edge. Adele laid to the right of him, just next to his beating heart. Jade laid to the opposite of Adele, her head rested beside Liekable’s ribcage. Liekable’s arm had lazily had wrapped around jade to create a sorta messy side hug, not that she could complain, it was nice.

They didn’t talk for a while, only drinking it the air around them as if they never had before.

After another prefect forever, Liekable spoke again. “Sohoho you guys happy now?”

“Oh shut up…” Jade could hear Adele say from the other side of Liekable. though her voice didn’t have a drop of malice like it used to. “This doesn’t mean a single thing got it?”

Jade had already began to zone out of the two’s convention.

Instead of listening to whatever was happening over on the other side, She searched for Liekable’s hand, grabbed it, and held it.

She squeezed it a little.

thank you.

———

“So you like paramour?”

Jade casually asked. it was the next day and everyone was eating at breakfast. All of them casually chatted and joked with each other as if it was normal (at this point it was wasn’t it?).

Adele looked up from her cereal, for a second not computing whatever Jade said. She blinked and muttered “oh yeah, who told you…”

“Liekable, is it ok if I sit here?” Jade pointed to the seat opposite to Adele. Adele eyed the other girl for a moment, then after a beat nodded, slowly. Jade moved her plate to the spot and sat down. “Haha Thanks.” She chuckled awkwardly.

The began to eat in heavy silence. But could you blame them? It was kinda difficult to start a conversation with someone you only fight with.

Adele coughed a little before starting up the conversation again. “You liked Paramour too?”

“Yep, my favorite song from them has to be ‘Told You So’, what’s yours?”

“‘That’s what you get’ or something, anything from riot.”

Jade nodded, “it like totally suits you, all that mosh pit and 2000’s rock stuff.” Adele looked like she was resisting the urge to roll her eyes. Jade just smiled, “what! it’s true! You’re all about that stuff!”

Adele gave up the fight and rolled her eyes , “anyway, besides anything After Laugher, what songs do you like? Probably more sugary pop song.” She playfully sneered.

Jade thought for a moment, “I…um like ‘The Only Exception’… it’s like good song to listen to.”

Adele raised her eyebrows, “you like that song?” She sound more surprised that confused.

“Yeah?”

“Huh.”

“W-what’s that supposed to mean?!”

“Nothing nothing.” Adele glanced to the floor “it’s just- ugh. I like that song too.”

“What really?”

“Yeah.”

“Huh.” Jade said. “well I guess we have three four things in common now.”

Adele raised on of her eyebrows and titled her head. Jade continued, “well like, we both speak French and English, we both like to make fun of people, and we both like ‘The Only Exception’.”

“That’s three things.” Adele said, deflating Jade’s ego a bit. She continued “but I can give you the four.” Then the ginger pointed with her fork behind Jade.

Jade turned around to find where Adele was pointing. There, past a couple of tables, was Liekable talking to Test Tube and B. They looked like they were enjoying themselves, casually talking and joking.

Jade turned back to Adele, fighting a grin from her face.

“Oh my gosh, you are so corny.”

Chapter Text

It was like getting pulled out of a warm bathtub and throw onto the cold hard floor. He gasped painfully through his scratchy throat, coughing up bits of spit. He sat on his knees on the tiled floor. His eyes were stinging, everything sounded like it was underwater, his throat was so dry he thought his tongue would fall of.

Lacki had died; and yet he was kneeling on the floor.

Questions flooded into his head, enough to drown him once again. A dull, muffed voice cut though his endlessly ringing ears.

Then someone wrapped their arms around his throat.

The first thing that jumped into his head was someone trying to kill me but no, that would be stupid. And as his eyes began to adjust to the bright fluorescent lights, and with that he saw orange and realize it was Adele.

Oh- it was Adele.

She was hugging him, sobbing with pure joy and relief as she snuggled into the crook of his neck.

“Im sorry I’m sorry Liekable I’m sorry I’m-”

the rest of her word were numb to him, all he could hear was that name. A name that couldn’t be his.

His arms and legs were too heavy and weak to hold Adele, they laid limp in his lap. Surprisingly, he was able move his head just fine. He looked up, almost like a confused puppy, In front of him.

And there they were, standing a good yard away from him, was Peter, Flower, and MrB.

Their emotions were plastered all over their faces. He could tell exactly what they were thinking without looking to hard:

Peter was grinning from ear to ear, the type of smile that could be broken like porcelain. The corner of his eyes sparkled with water, but no tears ever fell.

Dude I swear to fucking god if you make me cry I’ll kill you. Don’t make me cry dude OG would get all upset but holy shit you’re alive and you’re here and I was worried for a second and I’m not going to cry- SO DONT YOU FUCKING DARE.

Flower held her hands to her heart. Her shoulders were shaking, almost like was about to burst out laughing. A wavy, almost relieved smile shone brightly on her face.

Oh my gardener you’re alive! HA! I knew that everyone would be ok. Everyone said that once humans died they’re dead forever but you’re here! Don’t ever scare us like that again or I’ll squeeze you and never let go!!!

B held his bowler hat over his mouth, but It was obvious that he was one slight breeze from exploding into tears. His ears dropped to make a perfect 180 degrees. But in an unending ocean of sadness was relief. That relief shown brightly in his water flilled eyes.

I’m sorry I wasn’t there. I’m sorry I wasn’t able to protect you. I’m just sorry about everything but god you’re alive and you’ve been gone forever. But you’re here and I am so bloody pissed at you but please stay here. Give me another chance to protect you. please please please.

The three of them were glued to the floor, and so was Adele and him. They seemed so far away to him, like they were all trapped in different worlds. And looked like this was going to be the case forever and ever, until a cry snapped all everyone out of this trance.

It was that name again, this time coming from Jade. “Liekable!” mascara running down her cheeks, Jade pushed Flower into Peter and sprinted the distance.

The other followed her. 

Jade crashed into him, yelling full blow paragraphs in French. Peter ran up before dropping to his knees and rockstar sliding into the trio. Flower nearly knocked down the group with the force she ran in. And MrB shakily walked once he got close enough to them, joining finally in on the hug.

After a half a beat, he heard the sounds of talking and calling out for a certain object. And after a moment, he felt a bit more pressure on his side and realized Test Tube had joined them. She almost slipped into the hug. Which he wasn’t complaining about, he were happy to welcome her with open arms.

He sat there limp, as they held onto him, crying and laughing and calling out someone’s name.

…

He sucked in a sharp breath of air-

And Liekable sobbed.

Liekable cried like he never cried before, sobbing breathlessly in their arms. With one swinging motion, Liekable’s arms finally wrapped around them all. Tears rolled out of his eyes and onto the floor. He could barely talk, he could barely breathe- but he managed to scramble something out in a scratchy, shaky, wailing voice.

It was along the lines of a pitiful apology and a ‘I’m so proud of you’ speech.

But sadly, everything crumpled and died in Liekable’s throat before he could even process it. But he didn’t really have to finish the sentence to get that point across did he?

Nah. They got the point, for Liekable could feel Flower hold him closer, he could hear Peter let out a short wheezing laugh, Liekable could even hear faint purring, and somehow Jade’s French ramblings got a little bit faster.

And Adele still held on for dear life.

they all did.

And At that exact moment, something in Liekable’s mind clicked, making him turn his hysterics sobs into joyful ones.

They’ve won the killing game.

Chapter Text

In the middle of somewhere far FAR away from civilization...somewhere that could be described as deserted by many. Stood a very tall, yet odd building. This building...was once used as a vessel of despair and torment. A place that many, wouldn't forget to this day.

It would've been truly deserted, had a ominous black car didn't just drive up to the front entrance of the building. Parking right to where two large doors were seen at. The jet black car remained in place. Headlights on and engine still running with a soft purr.

Inside of that same black car, a young man was seen staring out at the dark tinted window. Looking up and round at the tall building. A sense of uncertainty was clear on his face. Vivid memories started to come back to him...all from one vaguely familiar structure.

"You nervous?" said the voice of another person inside of the car, sounding a bit more mature.

"Yeah..." the young man turned back, sighing as he said that with a nod.

"There's no need for that, remember what you're here for?" the other voice responded. A sense of reassurance was noticeable in their tone.

"Yeah, yeah...but" the other man stopped for a moment. Their head rubbing on the back of their neck, to which a few long brown hair strands were moved along the way. Until the man finally continued, sounding more nervous. "It's just...been so long...I don't know how to feel about...coming back here"

"It's not the same as it-"

"I know" the young man interrupted. "...But the memories are overwhelming...I guess"

"I understand how you feel, but these days are over now. You're here to catch up on some old times. Except that this time, It won't be so...you know?" the other man stopped, sheepishly tilting their head side to side.

"Devastating? Horrifying? Despairing?"

The other man chuckled at the young's man response, nodding their head as they cheerfully said. "I guess you can say that. Definitely not going to have any of that stuff this time. It's a reunion, these can be quite fun and sentimental...besides. You didn't really object to the offer...so are you going to pass the chance now?"

.......

"Not at all" the young man slowly smiled, their chest feeling lighter than before. "I'm ready...to visit Hope's Peak academy. One more time...only for them"

"I'm glad to see you never forgotten about them...and I'm sure they haven't forgot about you either. Liekable" the man smiled back, looking at the person who was half responsible for the horrific killing game that took place in this very same building. A LONG time ago. "Okay then, you should go now. I'm sure they already started the party a few minutes ago"

"You really brought them all here?" Liekable asked the man with the red glasses, wanting to make sure that everyone he once knew was really back in the place they all met each other at.

"Every one of them" the man half-smiled and raised his eyebrow, speaking in a caution voice. "You...don't mind, do you?"

"Honestly? I kinda do...but" Liekable then sighed deeply and mustered up some courage in his tone. Staring at the building with a small smile. "It really wouldn't be a reunion without them all in one place...okay then. I'm gonna go"

Liekable opened the door to the car, stepped outside and shut the door swiftly. Staring up at the building with a long stare.

The man in the car rolled down the window from the passenger seat and spoke to Liekable again. "Have fun in there. You really deserve it"

"...Pinkerton?" Liekable turned his head back to the gray haired man, smiling at him with a appreciative look. "Thanks...I mean that"

"And this is why they all probably missed you..." Pinkerton smiles back at the brown haired man. Before tapping on the car's door, signaling for the driver to take off. To which they did just that, leaving Liekable alone to stare at them leave in the distance.

Liekable then turns his head back to the building ahead of him, feeling that slight nervous feeling building up inside of him again.

I can't believe I'm here again...it's been so long since that...time

Liekable sighed deeply. The sight of the academy was making him feel sentimental about these old times that he shared with certain people. People that left some kind of impact on him as a person...he never realized how oddly shaped this whole building looked from the outside. It was...off-putting to say the least. Ironically fitting for the trauma that he, along with them. Went through during their time in here.

It almost felt surreal to think about the fact that they really spent so much time inside of a building like this...a trap designed for nothing more than the entertainment of those that viewed them as nothing but dirt. A place that exceeded terror and true despair...

And now that everything is over, and that the people Liekable helped build this thing are no longer here. It was kinda...funny to feel differently about this old abandoned place. A sense of...nostalgia?

Nostalgic for a place that had several people dying inside...and yet, these same people were all in there again. Breathing, talking, having fun and reuniting with each other after so much time that passed.

Knowing that alone, was enough to make Liekable muster some big courage to make his way inside the academy. If only to meet up with those that he bonded with...long ago. Liekable took his steps carefully, marching towards the two doors ahead of him.

And once he pushed them open. He was greeted with a very familiar hallway. A hallway that already began pouring in countless memories back to his head. Liekable stood still at first, hands on the doors. Until he slowly walked further inside and looked at everything around him.

These stairs to his left, the same stairs that led to the rooms. The stairs that he'd and everyone else would take daily every single morning and night...or when a new floor was unlocked for them to explore. And on his right was the hallway that led to the cafeteria. He remembers it well enough at this point, even if he hasn't taken a single step in there for many months now.

Every direction, every wall and floor design. It all was coming back to him like a quick flashback. It also brought back certain memories...memories of the torment and of the hardship he had to face here...and he swears that he almost see apparitions of the people that once stood here.

Liekable kept staring at the hallway ahead of him, reminiscing about the past that he had in here. Until he walked further inside, noticing that those cameras were still here too. Immediately he'd knew that these were the only things that he didn't miss here at all...and the trials. And the motives. And the morning and nighttime announcements and-...okay. There were a LOT of things that he didn't miss here. And for good reasons too.

Liekable then needed to remember that at least, he didn't need to worry about the people spying behind these cameras on him. These people...Steve Cobs and Bigbucks were gone now. Never coming back to hurt him and anyone else again. Nor would Monokuma do that too. Despite all that. Liekable had to look back at the doors that were left opened by him, wanting to make sure that they would never close on him. Trapping him inside this prison again and that this reunion suddenly starts to into another killin-....

Okay let's not jinx it now.. Stay calm Liekable, you're okay, this is all okay now. Nothing bad will happen...this won't happen again...not anymore

Letting go of his anxiety. Liekable breathes in and out slowly, knowing that all this worrying was for nothing. Pinkerton had assured him multiple times now that everything is okay and that nothing would ever go wrong. He's here for one thing only now.

And that's to reunite with his friends.

Speaking of them...where were they at?...ah right. The cafeteria. That's where they all used to spend most of their time together in there...aside from the trial grounds. But enough about that for now. Liekable really didn't want to remember all these bad details.

Plus his hunch might've been right after all, he was hearing faint nosies coming from his right. Right into the hallway where the doors to the cafeteria were at.

They must be inside there...!

Liekable thought to himself. A smile slowly growing on his lips at the thought of seeing his friends again. He looked down at himself and wanted to check how he looked like. He wore himself a nice suit that Pinkerton bought for him. Since this was a special reunion. It probably made sense to look appropriate for the occasion, he just didn't know if it would be overkill...

It shouldn't matter though, as long as everyone's there. Then it'll be okay.

This was all okay to do.

He wasted no second. Marching down the hallway to where he could see those familiar bit doors that led inside the cafeteria. The more he approached the doors, the louder the noises got. There was voices he could almost recognize...almost...and his heart couldn't beat any faster than this.

He finally approached these big doors, and with his hands on them. He took a deep breath...and pushed themselves forward. Inviting himself to see if all of this was really worth it or not.

And immediately, like a bomb of nostalgia that he never felt before in his life. Liekable would come face to face with the sight of the old familiar cafeteria. It's pale design, the chairs, the tables and the structure...everything...It really all remained the same after all that?

But nothing more was pleasing to see, than all the people that he once shared this cafeteria with.

All 15 of them. All of them, were right here. Back in the spot that they all once shared together with.

Michelle was there, talking to Libby and Flower. The three girls chattering with each other and laughing like they were having the life of their times. Thorn was seen standing near a table full of his familiar pastries and sweets. To which Nikocado was seen eating from there. Cid and Cheeta were sitting together in a table, balancing empty party cups on their noses. Only to laugh cheerfully since they spilled punch onto themselves. Karen was seen complaining loudly to Vendetta and...a big orange hamster that was standing between them?...Um...oh! Mr.B was there too! Sipping his tea while watching everyone form his seat. Peter and Y/n were seen leaning against the wall. Actually conversing with each other about something that he couldn't hear. Test Tube was seen taking notes from her seat and smiling happily, even with all this ruckus going on. And finally...Jade was seen showing off her glitter dress to people around, still looking smug as ever.

And...Adèle, was there too. Sitting on a table by herself. Hand on her palm as she glared deeply at Jade showing off.

Liekable was stunned at first, until a smile came up on his face. Unable to believe that...everyone, and he means EVERYONE...was actually here?

All back...together. For one more time.

"LIEKABLE!?"

No more than a second was needed for someone to immediately shout out Liekable’s name. And it came from Cheeta himself. Who was seen standing from the table with Cid. Both smiling happily at the young man. And it all caught the attention of the others too. Their eyes turned onto Liekable at this point.

Usually this would make Liekable a little uneasy and nervous. But since he was feeling incredibly happy at the moment still. That feeling of fear was doing not a single thing to him.

"Oh my Dog!" Mr.B set his teacup down and smiled brightly at Liekable. "Liekable Urbz. Is that really you...!?"

"Oh my GARDENER!" Flower was heard loudly gasping as she jumped up and down at seeing another familiar face. "It's Liekable! I knew he'd come too, I told you all!"

"Well pierce my nipples and call me Donald Trump!" Peter leaned off the wall and threw his drink away with a huge smile. "If it ain't the son of a bitch himself!"

"THAT'S MY GOAT RIGHT NOW!" Y/n screamed and was seen looking around at everyone. Yelling. "THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT!"

"CALM DOWN ALREADY!" Karen yelled at the boy and crossed her arms as she stared at Liekable. Seemingly less enthusiastic than the others. "Hm...I've seen him before, It ain't that special now"

"I can't believe you also came here!" Michelle exclaimed as she and Libby immediately went over to Liekable.

"Gosh it's so nice to see you again!" Libby smiled as she felt quite happy to see an old friend again. "It's been like...oh golly...like years now? N-not really...but you know!"

"Liekable" Thorn calmly walked up to the man too, arms crossed and his expression keeping cool. "Thought I'd never see you around here again...that's a surprise"

Liekable could tell that Thorn was merely sustaining his excitement, judging by how a smile was seen on his lips.

"Golly Gee" Test Tube got in between Michelle and Flower and smiled brightly at Liekable. "Liekable! It's been such a long time since we-"

"SUPER!" Cid nearly came crashing into some people with Cheeta. As he fixed his footing and smiled at Liekable. "Man it's been forever since we met with each other! How's it going?!"

"Liekable my man!" Cheeta walked over to nudge Liekable by his sides and then wrap his arm around them tightly. "Glad to see ya face again. Almost had me thinkin' that you were all gone forever and whatnot!"

"Aha..." Liekable awkwardly laughed as he couldn't properly speak to them all. More and more people just came walking up to him.

"Liekable!" Jade exclaimed and pulled herself into a hug with Liekable. As she looked up at him and happily said. "I can't believe, like you're actually here and all!"

She then backed away and looked at his suit, before raising her eyebrow as she made a snide remark. "At least you're all dressed much better than the first time we've met...like seriously. That was actually very lame to wear back then"

"Oh please Jade..." Mr.B rolled his eyes at her and began speaking in a professional way. "Let's show proper respect for a good old friend. What's more important is that they're here again"

"Well I'm just saying..." Jade rolled her eyes too and flicked her long blonde hair with sass.

"Poorly dressed boy, we meet again!" Vendetta slowly barged in with a pointed finger at the taller man. "But don't be mistaken. I do not care that much about your return. We barely even talked back then!"

"Did you really need to bring...um...this thing here?" Nikocado pointed at the huge hamster next to the green skinned girl.

The hamster growled angrily at Nikocado, making the man shiver in return and back away from the monster.

"It's like Smash Ultimate or something" Y/n then spoke in next. "Everyone's here...except for Walugi. As usual"

"How the fuck have you been dude?" Peter vulgarly asked with a smile. "It's been years, huh?"

"No retard" Y/n grumbled at the cap wearing boy. "It's been like...a year or something"

"Same thing you dipshit" Peter shook his head with a smug smirk as he pointed one finger at his forehead. "I see you came back with a few lesser chromosomes than the first time we were here"

"Oh fuck you!" Y/n flipped him off and looked at the others asking angrily. "Who the hell invited this kid again?"

"Uh..." Liekable uttered, scratching his head as he looked at everyone around him and smiled. "I don't know what to say...it really has been a while since we all met...I'm just...really happy to see you all"

"Speak for yourself kid" Karen shook her head with a bitter voice. "I still don't like the feel of this damn place...especially since I never sued these bastards for all that shit they pulled on me!"

"At least you're not bursting our ears anymore..." Cheeta quietly said with a side glance at nothing.

"Well I'm on medication now asshole" Karen shot a glare at the blue cat and rolled her eyes afterwards. "Doctor told me that I needed to watch my damn blood pressure...it's a pain in the ass"

"I'd say it's very good for you" Thorn muttered to himself, avoiding looking at the angry woman.

"How have you been?" Michelle asked next.

"Why didn't you come earlier like the rest?" Libby added in with a confused look.

"I...had a few thoughts at first" Liekable admitted with a small sigh. Before smiling back at them again. "But...now that we're here again. I'd say it was a good choice to come here again. Meeting up with you all. Test Tube. Jade. Y/n-"

"Actually it's Yernem Laznem now" Y/n, who's now known as Yernem. Corrected the taller man.

"Um...?" Liekable was confused at that.

"Oh my fucking gawd bro..." Peter rolled his eyes and backed away from the others. Before coming back with a harsh snarl. "Ain't NOBODY cares about that shit dude!"

"Well I fucking care asshole!" Yernem snapped back at the boy. "So you all better say it right or else I'm pulling it out!"

"Pull out what?" Test Tube raised her eyebrow at the threat.

"Oh you'll see!" Yernem narrowed his eyes, sounding...a little more than malicious.

"Ew?" Flower grumbled at the boy before shaking her head as she looked at Liekable again. "Whatever...i'm just glad that you're back with us. Now everyone's really reunited again!"

"Yasss queen!" Nikocado clapped his hands together with joy.

"You're...?" Liekable slowly raised his finger at Nikocado. His face falling into total disbelief as he stared at the once obese man. Who was now actually skinny and...at normal weight?

"Um...seriously?" Nikocado chuckled at Liekable’s reaction and pointed at himself with both hands. "It's me, Nikocado, remember?"

"Woah..." Liekable could utter out, almost not being able to recognize the once...admittedly, disgusting person that used to aggravate everyone in here. They were actually...healthy looking. Completely different than what he remembered him to be.

"I can't believe you fooled the entire internet..." Peter shook his head at Nikocado. "Literally...pulled a BIG one on us all"

"50 million views on his video...50-DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!" Yernem grabbed Cid by the collar and looked at him all crazy like. "HOW DID HE DO THIS SHIT?!"

"I don't know!" Cid raised his hands up out of confusion and then looked at Nikocado. "But sheesh...if he can pull that off. Then nobody else has an excuse to not exercise afterwards!"

"Two steps ahead...remember everyone" Nikocado smirked and felt more than satisfied with everyone's expressions of shock.

Liekable scratched his head and looked at the table ahead of him...Adèle wasn't coming to greet him. The little red hair was actually still sitting down and...looking away from them all?

He frowned at that...was she still mad at him from that one time?

"Liekable, Liekable!" Cheeta brainlessly called out, blankly staring at the human as he walked up onto him and nearly began bumping into him. "Liekable. Liekable. Liekable!"

"Stop that already, stupid blue cat!" Vendetta grumbled angrily as she then snapped her fingers. Before her big hamster growled and picked Cheeta away from Liekable.

"Woah!" Cheeta looked at the orange hamster, unaware of the danger he was in. "Is this the part where I'm supposed to scream and all that stuff they do on TV?"

"Hey now. You'd better not do anything that could bite you back in your back" Cid warned the bear as the crash impact dummy got into a fighting position.

"Vendetta...not this again" Michelle rolled her eyes with a tired sigh.

"Can't...can't we just get along?" Libby timidly asked as she bid behind Michelle and stared at the big scary hamster.

"Well this stupid blue cat is reminding me of a a certain stupid blue girl...And I DON'T like that!" Vendetta explained with a scowl.

"Now now" Mr.B clapped his hands before putting them behind his back, speaking in a calm manner. "Let's be civil in here. Let's not forget that we've come here for a very special reunion...and NOT a bar fight. That's simply just improper of us all to do"

"Aren't you the same guy who used to mud wrestle to pay off for his studies?" Yernem quickly gibed in with a smirk.

Mr.B coughed awkwardly and had to fix his black hat with embarrassment. "H-...how do you even...NEVERMIND!" he quickly regained his composure and sighed. "What I mean is...we simply don't need to be this way anymore. We've got no Monokuma to worry about, nor any sort of killing game motive that puts on the edge"

"Exactly!" Test Tube nodded quickly with agreement as she continued with a pointed finger. "This is a time of gathering. A time to reconnect with each other after such a long extended amount of time. Days and periods went by without a tint of communication...I was really excited to come here, even after all that I've been through"

"Yeah...what she said" Flower nodded slowly.

"Let's just calm down Vendetta" Thorn gestured the big hamster to put Cheeta down afterwards. "Let's put the annoying cat down an-"

"Hey!" Cheeta gave him a look.

"And just...relax" Thorn finished calmly.

Vendetta crossed her arms before slightly pouting at them. "Whatever...since my fiend is here with me. I suppose I do not need to worry about anyone daring to lay a finger on me again...Grudge!"

The hamster, aka Grudge. Would then sigh in disappointment and put Cheeta on the ground, giving him a very annoyed glare still.

"Sheesh...talk about having a bad day!" Cheeta gestured at the hamster with a thumb.

"Maybe everyone coming here wasn't such a good idea..." Cid remarked with a mutter as he narrowed his eyes at the green girl.

"Bow to my authority!" Vendetta smirked victoriously.

"Okay guys" Michelle got between several people with both arms stretched side to side. "Let's chill out! We've came here for a reason. To party, so let's just do that!"

"Y-yeah!" Libby nodded with a small smile. "We were having such a great time...can't we go back to that?"

"Like totally!" Jade nodded and gestured at her shiny dress. "I've still got to show off my cute dress~!"

"And I've packed lots of sweaters as gifts!" Flower excitedly announced as she showed off a shiny pink sweater. "I've got enough for everyone!"

"Oooh hello pink!" Nikocado smiled with interest at the sweater and twirled his fingers around. "Does it come in my new size?"

"Well now that you're not fat-" Cid stopped as Thorn jabbed him in the side with a glare. Making the dummy rub his head and retract his sentence. "Erm...I mean since you're healthy now. I guess you'll be able to wear anything that she makes now!"

"Then let's party bitches!" Peter exclaimed as with a fist pump upwards.

"Can we get some music here or what?" Yernem looked around with a confused gesture.
-

Moments only passed before the cafeteria was buzzing with life again. People talking, music blasting in the background. Just genuine fun all around the room. Liekable was given space to himself finally, allowing him to breathe in some air for once and not be bombarded with so much greetings.

He saw people scattered around the cafeteria, and he wanted to catch up with them so badly. So many people to reconnect with...especially that one red-haired girl that apparently is upset with him to this day. Liekable will eventually get to her, all the way ahead of him in that table. For now. Liekable could do some catching up with some other people here.

He first approached Karen. Who was drinking to herself and keeping watch on the party goers with a deadpan look. Until she noticed Liekable coming up to her.

"Karen, it's been a while since we talked" Liekable started first as he looked at the familiar woman. Same haircut from before, though she had expensive clothing on, unlike what she wore before.

"Ugh...yeah I guess kid" Karen sounded disgruntled with him. Though he couldn't tell if it was because she just hated being here or seeing him.

"You seem unhappy...don't like parties?" Liekable asked the older woman with curiosity.

"What's a party worth If I can't get actual engagement out of it?" Karen asked with a small scowl towards the others. "All we've got here is a bunch of annoying kids and teenagers who don't know how to respect their elders! And I hate kids. If you don't know yet!"

"Well you've got Michelle and Libby here. They're nice for teenagers" Liekable shrugged as he looked back at the party that were having fun. "They've been nice as far as I knew them from the day we've met here"

"All kids are annoying to me" Karen shook her head and took a sip from her cup. "Just fucking annoying brats..."

"Right..." Liekable slowly turned his head back to the woman and asked more. "So...how've you been since the killing game?"

"Still fucking pissed" Karen bluntly told him with a grumble. "Ever since getting killed by that damn green girl. I've been pissed off! And when I was brought back to life. I've tried suing the damn bear for the stuff he did to me, too bad I couldn't find a goddamn manager for that..."

"I don't think Monokuma had any managers...well that's half truth to tell you" Liekable looked away in thought, wondering if Karen would ever be able to sue someone rich as Daddy Bigbucks?

"Whatever!" Karen rolled her eyes at that. "At least I've been able to sue other companies after that damn incident. Got a few bucks outta these chumps, been living comfortably with my useless husband afterwards"

"You're..." Liekable held his tongue from asking that question. If he valued his life that is...

Though Karen definitely noticed, making her narrow her eyes at the man. "What? You I'm too washed up to have a man settle down with me?"

"No, no no!" Liekable shook his head frantically with a sheepish smile. "I-I am just surprised to know that...you're actually married...don't think I remember you ever telling us that"

"Well yeah kid. I settled down with a man, and don't act like you wouldn't had married me either if you saw me in my damn youth. I bet you're wishing that you did so now, damn creep!" Karen scowled at the young man with disgust.

"I...am not going to comment on that one" Liekable awkwardly said with a cough.

"Whatever...i'm eventually going to sue that green kid for her money" Karen then directed her glare towards Vendetta.

"I don't...think you can sue a kid" Liekable pointed out to her.

"You think I haven't tried already?" Karen gave him a questioning look

"Fair..." Liekable shrugged before gesturing away at someone else. "I'll go now. It was good talking to you again Karen"

"Yeah yeah...damn that asshole for not coming with me here" Karen grumbled on as Liekable walked away with a sigh.

At least she doesn't yell her lungs at people anymore...I guess that's a positive change with Karen. She didn't change much from what I remember...she's nicer a little bit though, so maybe she did change after all. Aside from the fact that she sues people...guess certain things don't change within a person.

Liekable was wondering who to speak to next. Until his eyes went to Vendetta and her hamster Grudge. They were seen chowing down on...onions and clam? Disgusting!

Either way he needed to ask her some stuff...so Liekable went ahead to speak to the green girl.

"Vendetta" Liekable walked up to her, keeping his distance away from the big orange hamster.

Vendetta looked up at Liekable and deepened her frown a little bit. "It's you again...poorly dressed boy. What is it now?"

"Poorly dressed...are you still serious about that, even now?" Liekable gestured at his new suit.

"That is what you're forever known to me" Vendetta then looked away with a pout. "And besides, I still have a grudge against you and for what you've done to me during the trial"

"That..." Liekable stopped, realizing how awful it really was when he and the others basically voted Vendetta into her execution...but she did murder Karen with one of her fiends after all. "Okay. I understand if you hate me after...all that stuff happened. But you do realize that we were basically fighting for our lives there"

"So was I!" Vendetta argued with.

"You murdered Karen...that's something nobody forgot about yet" Liekable gave her a stern look.

"Well I did it for a good reason" Vendetta dismissively said with a pout.

"Didn't...didn't you do it for 10 million dollars?" Liekable spoke, almost out of disbelief at her lack of remorse.

"I would've did a lot with that much!" Vendetta angrily grumbled then. "But you poorly dressed boy, and these stupid people ruined my chances...that just made me really mad!"

"Okay then...i guess you're not different than the first time we met each other" Liekable sighed deeply, as he decided to change subjects. "Anyways...why did you come back here?"

"To extend revenge!" Vendetta quickly explained as she pointed at her fiend. "And I brought along my fiend to make sure that those who crossed me would pay for what they did to me. Starting with that stupid bear. Grudge will make him pay for all the trouble I've went to!"

Liekable looked at the orange hamster. Who lowly growled at the human, which made Liekable gulp and back away a little bit.

"Yes that's it!" Vendetta smiled at the fear coming from the man. "You all shall surrender to my fiends one way or another. Eventually"

"Right..." Liekable rubbed on his neck and tried to avoid Grudge's glare. "So...I don't think Monokuma is ever coming back here. Not that we'd need him to anyways. Don't you just wanna catch up on old times?"

"Psh!" Vendetta scoffed with an eye roll. "What old times? I barely was here for a week...since you know that you people KILLED me?"

"I do apologize for that...but you should be sorry too" Liekable pointed out.

"For WHAT?" Vendetta incredulously asked.

"For being responsible for Karen's death and trying to frame me!" Liekable reminded her of the fact. "I haven't forgot about that...it wasn't cool"

"Survival of the fittest!" Vendetta bluntly stated with a dismissive hand wave. "The weak was meant to perish anyways. I was only doing what I could to ensure my safety"

"Would you ever be sorry for what you've put everyone through?" Liekable asked with a small sigh.

"No" Vendetta flatly responded, which is something that Liekable immediately predicted from her.

"Okay...well" Liekable looked up for a moment and tried to think about something to say next. "...How have you been?"

"Why do you want to know?" Vendetta rudely asked.

"I just want to know how you've been since the killing game" Liekable continued on with slight curiosity. "You know since being killed and being revived again....maybe some sort of perspective changed in you?"

"That's stupid" Vendetta narrowed her eyebrows at the comment. "If anything I was annoyed to be back home with that stupid Charlotte. Always annoying me and asking me stupid questions about where I've been at. If it wasn't for her constantly pestering me. I would have never agreed to coming here at all!"

"I thought you came here for revenge?" Liekable raised his eyebrow.

"I wanted to get away from Charlotte too!" Vendetta admitted with a exhausted look. "Do you not understand how annoying it is to live with a dimwit like that...It's worse than being stuck here!"

"Yikes...seriously?" Liekable winced...he wasn't sure if she was exaggerating or something.

"But I will at least admit something..." Vendetta then suddenly added in with a small annoyed sigh. "Perhaps I also came back to see...the state of the others"

"Aw...so you missed us?" Liekable asked with a side head tilt.

"NOT AT ALL!" Vendetta yelled angrily at him. "I was just hoping to see you traumatized people, you idiot!"

"Well okay that's not what I was hoping for..." Liekable sighed, before looking at her with a small frown. "Though...i'm sorry for any mental trauma that we caused for you back at the trial. You know that we never meant for things to turn out that way"

"You're lucky that was in the past. And that I am not easily disturbed by such things" Vendetta grimaced at the human before looking away then. "In anyways. I am not so glad to meet you again. You haven't been on my mind at all since we departed from this prison. So you can leave me alone, unless you want me to send Grudge against you?"

"Okay then...I'll leave you to it" Liekable held his hands up defensively and backed away from the two. As Vendetta's fiend kept glaring at the human man with intense.

Seems like Vendetta hasn't grown a heart yet...there's something that we don't know about her...she still came here for reasons. One of them is to see how we're all doing...even if for bad intentions. Vendetta did wanted to see us one more time...I guess that's nice in a way?...scary hamster pet she has though.

Liekable then looked at Michelle, Libby and Flower talking to each other. He decided to approach them next as he did miss talking to these three girls too.

"Liekable, hi!" Michelle was the first one to wave at the man.

"Michelle, Libby and Flower!" Liekable smiled at each three and greeted them. "Hey, how's it going with you all?"

"We've been doing okay" Libby smiled back.

"Oh yeah!" Flower nodded at that. "I've been focusing a lot on my business nowadays. More sweaters to be made!"

"That's great, so I assume things went well after the killing game?" Liekable asked.

"Surely enough" Michelle nodded and held her elbow with a sad smile. "Dad's been really strict ever since that day...can't blame him though. It's been tough when I came back home"

"Me too..." Libby sighed sadly and looked down. "I couldn't cope with the stuff we went through...Molly was trying to help though. I am really glad to have someone like her with me. At least that whole experience gave me a boost to start taking my role as a secret conspiracist. N-...not that should matter or anything"

"You're into conspiracies?" Michelle asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I-.It's a long story" Libby blushed out of embarrassment.

"I've met conspiracists before. They're onto something...at times" Liekable slowly said, as he recalls a few certain people in his memory.

"Well nobody cared that much when Ruby and I got back home!" Flower angrily frowned then. "Half of them didn't even notice we were missing until we told them to!"

"That's messed up" Michelle gave her a sorry look. "For me though, even people like Julia were worried about my disappearance. That's saying a lot to be honest"

"I sure wish I had people like that..." Flower sighed with a bothered look.

"Molly and everyone else was worried...it made me feel bad" Libby sulked with a frown.

"There's nothing to feel bad about that" Liekable told her with a slight frown. "People worry about others like that. Because they care about you a lot...I'm sure a lot of people were worried about our safety during that time"

"I don't think so..." Flower grumbled.

"Don't take it that way" Liekable looked at the flower then. "At least I'm glad that you're still doing well to this day"

"Yeah well...thanks" Flower rubbed her neck with a small growing smile. "I guess that...does make me feel a little bit better now"

"How's school going for you now Michelle?" Liekable turned to the pink haired girl with a smile. "I think you go to...what's it called again...P...P..."

Michelle giggled a little bit and spoke with a smirk. "P.I.N.Y?"

"That one!" Liekable snapped his finger then.

"It's been okay I guess" Michelle shrugged before sighing a little bit with a frown. "Just need to deal with Julia and her gang...I've got boy problems too and classes"

"Boy problems...?" Libby gave her a quick look.

"You know..." Michelle scoffed at that.

"Well I um..." Libby held a finger to her chin and thought for a moment.

"What about you Libby?" Liekable asked the brown haired girl next. "Everything's okay nowadays?"

"Oh gee...well a lot of has been happening nowadays" Libby awkwardly chuckled at that. "Molly's been herself as usual...and Scratch. Molly and Ollie have been a thing and Andrea is kinda nice now and...boy...I really have a lot to tell you guys"

"Well what about me?" Flower frowned and turned to Liekable. "I've been doing okay too you know!"

"Sorry Flower...your business going strong I've been hearing?" Liekable asked with a smile.

"Well of course!" Flower smirked with a proud look. "I've been able to sew more sweaters and sell them for a profit. They're not itchy as people claim them to be like. You guys can confirm that, right?"

"Oh yeah" Michelle nodded as she held up one of Flower's sweaters. "This one is actually comfy. You're definitely getting ahead there girl!"

"I knew it!" Flower jumped up with a proud tone.

"I'll have to get one too...i'm not that big on suits" Liekable looked down at his clothing and sighed. "Pinkerton’s been persistent though..."

"Well I'll gladly design something for you!" Flower immediately offered then. "I've got tons of ideas nowadays. You'll see!"

"I'll hold you onto that then" Liekable smiles before backing away a thumb gesture. "I'll catch up with the rest now. Talk to you girls later"

"See ya!" Michelle waves goodbye at the man with Libby and Flower. As the trio then went back to talking to each other.

It's good to hear from the girls again...Michelle's doing well with school. Flower's happier with her business nowadays and Libby has a content life. It makes me feel happy knowing that each of them is holding well in life...everyone here seems to be doing that...I'm glad...

Liekable stopped for a moment to catch a break at one of the tables. Which had all sorts of snacks onto them, deciding to pour himself some punch with one of these party cups. Liekable would just do that and lean against the table afterwards. Watching everyone have a great time.

"Well there you"

Liekable turned his head to see none other than Nikocado himself again. Holding a huge plate of food in it.

"Nikocado...you still got a bug appetite?" Liekable asked as he moved his eyes away from the plate of food.

"Yeah I guess so" Nikocado smiled and leaned onto the table next to Liekable as well. "I've been trying to eat good after the surgery"

"Surgery...?" Liekable utters, as he soon realized that Nikocado probably lost all that weight due to some kind of surgery. That's a thing after all.

"Oh let me tell you about it!" Nikocado set the food aside and clasped his hands with excitement. "It's been...an EXHAUSTING year. I'll tell you that much. I had to go to the doctor for a really serious treatment. Ya know just getting rid of the weight that I've gained throughout the years and whatnot. Thankfully I trusted my doctor a lot, It was definitely worth the pain that I had to endure during my treatment"

"I heard they really put you into heavy medication after these kind of surgeries...how was it?" Liekable asked.

"Painful...like a lot" Nikocado sighed deeply and held onto his arm. "I've gotten a bunch of scars all over my body. Since you know that they needed to trim all that fat out and whatever. Then I spent like...LOTS of time into the hospital bed. I'd be put to sleep a while and I would wake up in a lot of pain. Like really a lot of pain. I wasn't able to eat by myself, wasn't able to use the bathroom at all and...well you know how bad that sounds like. Right?"

"Yeah..." Liekable winced. It really did sound like a lot of trouble that Nikocado had to endure. "So...how's it feel now? Are you happy to lose all that weight?"

"More than you can think" Nikocado nodded and kept rubbing on his arm. "I still do mukbangs on my youtube and whatever else. All that usual stuff that you can expect from me. Ashley"

"Oh god..." Liekable sighed at the nickname. A reminder of who Nikocado used to be like in here.

Nikocado laughed a little bit and patted Liekable on the back afterwards. "I'm just joking!" he said with a friendly tone. "But no seriously, still do mukbangs and film vlogs. I'm trying to keep my health too of course. It's been...a really busy life after...you know"

"I'm glad you're doing well nowadays though" Liekable turned to him with a quick smile. "I think your weight loss is somewhat of an inspiration to those who struggle with weight issues too"

"I see people comment that all the time!" Nikocado exclaimed with a surprised look. "And I mean...well I wouldn't consider myself to be that sort of idol to people. But okay...I just do what I can do for myself. That's everything for me, first and at most"

"I can get that" Liekable nodded at that point. "Do what's best for you...I can understand that sort of feeling. I've been one to try what's best for me too. I wouldn't say that it worked out like your situation though"

"Why?" Nikocado raised his eyebrow at that comment. "Has everything been okay for you?"

"It's going" Liekable shrugged at the question. "That's all I can tell you"

"I see..." Nikocado nodded slowly before looking away into the others.

"...Keep going Nick" Liekable leaned away from the table afterwards and grabbed his drink with him. "You're really a good person...even after...you know"

"...You're not disgusted with what I've done?" Nikocado gave him a surprised look.

"Everyone had a reason here...didn't they?" Liekable asked, before turning away from the man. "I guess it's not that important anymore...it's all in the past now"

"...I guess it really is" Nikocado slowly nodded and watched Liekable leave afterwards.

Nikocado's completely different now...it's really surprising to me how a person can change that much after a year. I really wonder...can you turn your life around like this. If you just put in your will for it...i'm glad he's doing better nowadays at least.

Liekable then ends up meeting with Thorn next. The shorter man was seen observing the party with a bored look.

"Thorn" Liekable smiles at the familiar face and extends his hand for a shake. "It's been a while. Hasn't it?"

"Liekable...it really has" Thorn faintly smiles and accepts the handshake. "I really thought we wouldn't come here again...but here we are"

"You having regrets?" Liekable asked.

"Too late for that" Thorn sighed and crossed his arms again. "I'm just worried about Ellery trying any of his dirty tricks on my kitchen again. Hopefully Bucky is keeping an eye out for him"

"You're still going on that beef with Ellery?" Liekable playfully asked with a smirk.

"You'd be surprised to see how stubborn a chipmunk can be..." Thorn grumbled with another sigh.

"You made all this food?" Liekable looked at the stuff in the table, all sort of sweet tasty pastries.

"Oh yeah" Thorn turned to the table as well. "I've been baking for a while here. I was one of the first people to come back here again...felt very eerie. If I'm honest"

"Imagine being the only person in here...you'd really be driven to madness" Liekable speculated with that thought...which was quite unnerving. Making him feel real lucky to be here with so many people.

"Or being stuck with these four?" Thorn gestured at Cid and Cheeta. Peter and Yernem, who were dancing like morons to the music. Thorn would shudder at the thought of it then. "N-...no thanks"

"Heh...I can see that" Liekable scoffed and picked one of the cookies on the trays. Taking a small bite of it, and immediately feeling the amazing taste of the soft dough. "Wow...I've forgotten how much I loved your cooking. Thorn"

"Well...I am the ultimate chef after all" Thorn slightly boosted with a smirk.

"You still remember that?" Liekable looked back at him.

I remember a lot from this place...even the bad things" Thorn looked away with a solemn frown.

"...I'm sorry that you needed to go through" Liekable frowned as well. Remember that moment...with Thorn's hung up body in the library...and with Nikocado being responsible for it.

"Yeah..." Thorn sighed, before looking at two specific people without a readable emotion. "I don't know how to feel...being around...you know"

Liekable knew that he was talking about Yernem and Nikocado. Considering how those two were pretty much responsible for Thorn's demise and Liekable’s trauma.

"You holding any grudges?" Liekable then asked him. Wanting to see his honest opinion.

"I don't know..." Thorn shrugged at that. Sounding uncertain with himself. "Just feels...weird, yeah sure I'm back to life after all that. But...it still happened, didn't it?"

"... It's in the past now" Liekable turned away from looking at the lilybud and sighed. "Everything's in the past...it's been a while...yet I remember it like yesterday"

"Maybe it's best to not remember it at all?" Thorn sternly said.

"I wish it was easy..." Liekable sighed.

"...It's still good to see you again" Thorn then added with a softer tone. "Really...some people here. I...did miss a lot"

"You too, I did miss talking to you" Liekable gave him a small smile at the comment. "Everything's okay nowadays with you?"

"Living life, dealing with the other Lilybuds, keeping Ellery out of the kuchen. Watching out for visitors" Thorn then sighed deeply and nodded. "It never has been that good to live a boring life since that day. It really never has been"

"I'm glad you're okay then" Liekable nodded, as he took another cookie from the tray and began walking away. "Catch up with you later?"

"I'll see you around" Thorn cooly nodded with a small hand gesture.

Thorn's been doing well. It makes me feel happy knowing that...Always has been one of the more rational people here around. I missed him...and this sweet baking. Hm!

Liekable would then meet up with Cid and Cheeta afterwards. Seeing how the two were having fun with dancing.

"You both are getting down I see?" Liekable smiled as he watched the two keep on dancing.

"Nah, I'm always up and dancing!" Cheeta laughed and kept doing his silly dance. Which made Liekable sigh a little bit at how obvious Cheeta could be with metaphors at times.

"Oh yeah!" Cid smiled and was doing the robot dance. "We're having a good time here dude!"

"You guys been okay?" Liekable asked the two then.

"Hah!" Cheeta stopped dancing and immediately grabbed Cid by the shoulder and pointed at him with a smile. "Never been better than now! Especially since I've met my best bud again!"

"You said it pal!" Cid nodded with a big smile. "I can't believe we're back here again...after all this time!"

"So you're okay with being here again?" Liekable added in.

"Sure!" Cid nodded to that. "Beats being stuck with the professor at the factory"

"I never responded any faster than that when Pinkerton asked me If I wanted to see my friends again!" Cheeta cheerfully said. "Like, pretend that you're Pinkerton and you're asking ol Cheetz if he wants to see Cid and the others again. I'll say yes within seconds!"

Liekable scratched his head and slowly nodded. "Okay...Cheeta, do you wanna-"

"Okay well first up, what are the terms and conditions?" Cheeta questioned with a look. "And if it includes royalties, I'll need you to pay a cut to Ted. Since apparently that's a thing he wants me to do with any contract I get myself into. Also would there be lots of food where I'm going to and can I bring my guitar with me? Otherwise YES I do agree!"

"Um...that wasn't faster than a second" Cid pointed out to the cat.

"Uh..." Cheeta then scratched himself on the ear. "Wait...what was the question again?"

"Nevermind..." Liekable sighed deeply then. "How's things going on with you and your family. Cheeta?"

"Ah just fantastic!" Cheeta smiled then. "Been livin' the life. Partyin' with the fam, tryin' to teach Kitty a lesson about being cats and whatever else"

"I need something exciting like that too" Cid sighed afterwards. "There's nothing happening back at the factory. It's the same old thing everyday...AGAIN!"

"Oh..." Cheeta frowned. "Well...why don't you just just go out more?"

"I've been doing that!" Cid nodded with a grumble. "But what's fun there is, when half of the city is always safe and has nothing going around. Not that exciting if you ask me"

"Sometimes you just gotta ask your own excitement" Liekable shrugged.

"You want me to commit crimes and pretend to solve them?" Cid asked with a confused look.

"NO?" Liekable immediately said with a look.

"I'm joking!" Cid held his hands up with a smile. "I'll just stick to doing stunts whenever I can. Ever since learning that I was able to save Mia from the hands of D-Troit by my own skill. I was getting more confident with taking parkouring into a new level"

"I remember when one of the boys tried doing stunts" Cheeta looked up with a smile. "Yeah...they nearly died that day. It was fun!"

"Dying does seem like fun at times" Cid nodded along with Cheeta. While Liekable gave them a weird look.

"Well...glad you guys are doing well" Liekable nodded before stepping away from the two. "I'll leave you both to it then?"

"Catch up with you later then" Cid waved at the human before turning back to Cheeta. "Now where was I with my story...oh right. I stole the professor's car that one time an-"

These two certainly haven't changed much either...Cheeta and Cid always remained the closest of friends. Back then, and even now. I guess some bonds just never break no matter what. That's a good thing to know...i'm glad they're doing great nowadays.

Moving on from the two. Liekable went over to Peter next. The boy was seen shaking it in the dance floor...nobody wanted to see that though.

"Hey Peter...uh" Liekable kept looking away from the troublemaker, trying to greet him at the same time too.

"Woooah hey man!" Peter stopped doing his antics and just began wiggling around side to side. "I'm like a crack addict with the way I'm moving. Ain't that right?"

"Uh huh...so how have you been?" Liekable turned his eyes back to the blonde and watched him vibe still.

"Oh just the usual" Peter half shrugged at the question. "Ya know, living, going to school, annoying my sister Tara. Hanging out with my friends and going onto wacky adventures. Possibly underage drinking and all that good stuff that happens in good ol Germany. Yes that's right kids. Seagull Street is located directly in Germany...did I forget to mention that?"

"I actually don't remember..." Liekable admitted, as he tried to ignore the underage drinking part.

"It's okay. I forgot that I'm German too" Peter casually said and began hitting the floss. "So how's-"

"Oh hell no...HELL NO!" suddenly out of nowhere. Yernem came barging into their conversation with anger. "Are you serious right NEOW?"

"The fuck you doing here. Yernem?" Peter narrowed his eyes at the boy. "well, you slut punk bitch?"

"Seriously Liekable...i'm your closest friend and you chose to interact with this NPC instead?" Yernem grimaced at the taller man. "Wow...fake friends!"

"Uh...I-"

"Aren't you the same asshole who basically started the killing games?" Peter immediately jabbed in. Before looking around everyone and shouting. "HEY GUYS, JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS IS THE SAME ASSHOLE WHO STARTED THE KILLING GAMES!"

"I did it for a good reason asshole!" Yernem pushed the boy away with a grunt. "Plus I was going through a phase at that time...just stop bullying me. GODDAMMIT!"

"Bullying is good. It makes dumbasses like you not do stupid shit like that" Peter argued with a scoff.

"Tara should be bullying you more then. But I guess that'd be considered a hate crime since you're not supposed to threat mentally challenged people like that" Yernem rolled his eyes with that snide remark

"Ohohoh...this fuckin' guy" Peter lowly laughed with a annoyed smile. (This is totally not a reference to a video game from 2005). He then tried to point his fingers at the boy and say. "Well listen here you stupid fuc-"

"Guys guys" Liekable put himself between the two before the situation could escalate further more. "Why don't we just calm down...are you both still going at it. After all these years?"

"Yeah?" both of them said at once.

"Are you serious...?" Liekable sighed with a small face palm.

"Well I don't hold grudges" Peter backed away with a calm tone. "It's not like I actually want to murder the guy or whatever...I just like to annoy him with my shit talking"

"And I don't care about this asshole anymore" Yernem looked away with crossed arms. "Never been on my mind ever since we last met each other...besides. I'm way more happier with my GIRLFRIEND. You know, GIRL-FRIEND?"

"You might wanna double check under the dress" Peter gave him a smirk.

"I'm serious dumbass" Yernem grumbled then. "At least I got someone that actually makes me feel happy...I already know that you and the rest of the guys probably don't have anyone special in your lives to this day. Bunch of losers..."

"I got self-love. It don't stink like a certain someone..." Peter narrowed his eyes at the boy then.

"Let's try to keep this party all nice and calm now...besides whatever we did that led to this killing game. It doesn't matter anymore...we were all making dumb mistakes back then" Liekable softly sighed and rubbed his arm with a frown. "Least we could do is...make sure that we don't do that anymore. Right?"

"I guess..." Yernem muttered out.

"That's never happening with me" Peter waved his hand with a small scoff. "I am like on several watch lists at this point. I'm surprised the government hasn't executed me yet. Especially with all the stuff I've done too...like seriously"

"Life's a bore for me" Yernem shrugged. "I just try to live through school with my Abby. But she keeps me real content, just that she tends to hit me a lot. I wonder why...hmmmm"

"Oh yeah my sister hits me a lot of times as well...not sure why" Peter shrugged before holding his chin in thought. "It's almost like...i'm doing something wrong everyday...?"

"You guys..." Liekable shook his head with a small scoff and began to walk away. "You both are still headaches to say the least...but it's good seeing you again"

"Yeah Yernem" Peter then pushed Yernem a little bit. "Stop being an annoying prick to our old friend"

"He meant you, moron!" Yernem pushed Peter in return, until the both ended pushing each other and starting another argument.

Guess the two of them still don't like each other...but at least their hatred dimmed down a little bit...I think? They're not planning to kill each other again at least...I really hope so...wish I had was able to talk to them without all that tension going between the two.

Moving on from these two. Liekable found himself making his way towards Test Tube, the thought of talking to that one old overly smart friend was really exciting to him.

"Test Tube!" Liekable smiled brightly at the familiar face.

"Liekable..." Test Tube set her notebook aside and looked up at the human with a small smile. "It's been..."

"I know..." Liekable nodded, putting his drink on the table as he kneels down to her level and offered her a handshake. "It really has been a while since we've talked...I sure missed you"

Test Tube immediately accepted the handshake and smiled even more. "Oh golly...I...I didn't even know where to begin...so many conversation starting points to use from. Topics that could led to sub-topics which take a few hours to even properly discuss about. It's...a lot to catch up. Is what I'm trying to say...heh"

"Why don't we start with something simple...how have you been ever since the killing game ended?" Liekable asked, sitting down on the floor to keep his eye level with the shorter object.

"It's been...quite difficult to say the least" Test Tube admitted with a sigh. "Ever since that day...I guess I've been more anxious than usual. All that horrible illogical stuff we've been through...It really put my senses to the edge. I guess you can say?"

"Any form of trauma...?" Liekable found himself frowning while asking that. The thought of people being traumatized due to what happened back then...was upsetting

"I'm not sure...was I scared of it happening again? Oh absolutely!" Test Tube nodded with a slightly worried look. "But I couldn't let that distract me from the current events that took place in my own world...with Fan and the egg being stolen. MePhone's whole... ridiculous game show going on. And trying to keep up with my studies and friends and..."

Liekable noticed her stop. Taking a deep breath to herself as she began rubbing on her elbow with a frown.

"I'll have to be honest with you...when I came back home. It felt like the troubles of the killing game were only a test...to the actual troubles that awaited for me, back where home was" Test Tube spoke with a somber face. As she then stared at Liekable again and worriedly asked. "You...remember...Steve Cobs, right?"

"Even though we briefly met...but yeah" Liekable nodded, recalling that weird talking corn guy that was basically responsible for the killing game. "Why...did he...do something wrong to you?"

"I guess you can say..." Test Tube looked away with a concerned look. "I don't know why or how...but he did come back at one point. And boy...did he really put us through some trouble?"

"What kind of trouble?" Liekable immediately asked, feeling quite worried.

"Manipulation. Forcing others against their wills. External Life-crisis conflicts and nearly erasing everyone from existence at one point...inter-dimensional issues that turned everyone into a former shelf of themselves...literally?"

"Uh..." Liekable blinked slowly at all that she just told him. Unable to fully process what she actually meant.

"B-but it's all fine now!" Test Tube frantically waved her hands side to side with a sheepish smile. "Really. Everyone's doing all well, including myself. I can assure you that Cobs isn't going to be a problem for any of us...for a really LONG time"

"I hope so..." Liekable sighed as he thought of any person at the mention of Cobs. "I hope Bigbucks isn't up to any schemes lately either...I haven't seen him in a while"

"Would you want to?" Test Tube asked.

"HELL no" Liekable immediately said, before laughing slightly with Test Tube. The both of them already knew that neither of them would ever want to meet the people that basically put them through hell. Not now, or ever.

"I am really glad that we can talk like this again...seriously" Test Tube held her hands with a cheerful smile. "Seeing you all again...It does bring back some fond memories. Excluding all the bad ones. I even am kinda glad to see people like Karen and Y/-...erm...Yernem?...well you know what I meant!"

"Tell me about it" Liekable smiles back, before slowly standing up with a small sigh. Looking down at the object and giving her a genuine tone. "It's great to see you agw...really"

"...If you don't mind me asking" Test Tube looked away with a shy tone, rubbing on her neck(?) for a moment. Until she eventually asked quietly. "How's...life been for you? I remember...that you went through a lot of things back in the killing game. Things that I still feel bad that happened to you..."

"I'm actually doing okay nowadays" Liekable admitted with a small shrug. "I haven't given up yet, and I let go of so many things that kept holding me back from life...I'm okay, I know it's not much...but it's really enough for now"

"I'm...really happy for that. I really am..." Test Tube slowly smiled, feeling much better to hear all that from Liekable. Knowing just how much he went though.

"Thank you...I'll talk to you later now" Liekable then looked at another certain blue cat. "I need to talk to another old friend. If that's okay?"

"It's fine, really" Test Tube nodded and waved at him with a smile. "Let's talk later then. I still got things to tell you!"

Liekable waved back at her before making his way towards Mr.B. Already feeling quite good with the conversation he had with Test Tube, and knowing that she was doing much better than she was doing before. He does hope that the killing game hasn't really left a bad impact on her mental state though...

Liekable then found himself to the table that Mr.B was sitting on, drinking on his green tea as he always used to.

"Liekable Urbz" Mr.B gave a polite smile. Teacup next to his lips as he stared at the human for a moment. "We meet each other again, at last"

"I guess we do" Liekable sat down next to the cat detective and smiled slightly. "And I see you still got the taste for tea?"

"Englishmen don't just abandon a traditional trait like that" Mr.B chucked, sipping from his tea for a moment and going back to the human. "I do say, you'd feel a lot more better if you'd start drinking a cup or two nowadays"

"I should try that, really" Liekable smiled and leaned onto the table. Relaxing his elbows onto it. "Though...I really love myself a milkshake now and then"

"Ah" Mr.B slowly nodded and set his teacup down onto the table then. "I see you're just like Grosha. I suppose that's not too bad as well"

"Speaking of something...how's life going as a detective to this day?" Liekable asked, leaning forward slightly.

"Oh just the same old routine" Mr.B dismissively said with a exhausted sigh. "Same old criminals trying their best to take over the city's riches, artifacts and valuable assets. Then there's the other unusual cases of people...going all coocoo in the head and thinking they're tree climbing monkeys and whatnot"

"Nothing that comes close to being shrunk down into ants?" Liekable asked with a subtle smirk.

Mr.B put a hand into his chin with a thoughtful hum. "I don't suppose so...but I'm more than sure that a case like that. Would occur someday eventually. Even if I wouldn't want it to be so...that's just the unexpected nature of life for you"

"You're right about that one..." Liekable nodded, fully agreeing with the detective's words. Life can take weird turns now and then.

Mr.B stirred his tea with one of these tea sticks for a moment. Silence filling the cafeteria for a moment, as Liekable could hear the faint voices of some other people talking in the back.

Then Mr.B decided to ask. "So tell me dear boy. Have you gotten married yet?"

"What?" Liekable snapped his head back to the detective and leaned away with a baffled look. "N-now why does EVERYONE always ask this sort of question to people!"

Mr.B heartedly laughed at Liekable’s reaction then. "I always wanted to ask this to someone...oh dear....I'm sorry Liekable. But I've had so many people bothering me with the same question for years now. It's only a bit of fun to ask the same thing"

"Well...ARE you married yet?" Liekable redirected the question back with a sly smirk.

"Abububub!" Mr.B raised his finger with a stern look. "I laid the question first, jokingly of course. There's no need for this...old tiresome subject anymore. I'd go insane if another person asked me this again"

"Well..." Liekable leaned away slowly and held his face with a quiet tone. "I've been getting into...online dating a little bit"

"I beg your pardon?" Mr.B stopped himself from taking a sip from the tea. Staring incredulously at Liekable in result.

Liekable scoffed a little bit at his reaction. "It's nothing serious...really"

"Oh goodness" Mr.B sighed deeply and set his cup down with a tired look. "Online dating...that never went well for me. I must admit"

"Date went wrong?" Liekable asked.

"Deadly, more like it" Mr.B corrected him, before waving his hand slightly. "But enough about me. Why don't you tell me if things are going well for you now?"

"Well...it's going pretty normal so far" Liekable admitted. "I've got a job. I live somewhere nice, and I don't need to worry about old habits anymore"

"That's good, good" Mr.B nodded at that. "It's nice knowing that an old friend of mine is doing quite well than how he was before"

"I can say the same thing about everyone else" Liekable looked back at the others for a moment. "Everyone's really back...and they're doing all better than I expected. Especially..." he stopped with a quick scoff and turned back to Mr.B. "Nikocado...!"

"That...was shocking, admittedly" Mr.B said, finding the thing a little bit humorous. "But...I'll have to admire the man and his sheer will to lose that amount of weight. If Grosha would...ah...nevermind"

"This wasn't what I expected. When I knew that I'd be meeting him again...but I think...I prefer him like this...over...ya know" Liekable made a small gesture with his hands then.

"Trust me, so do I" Mr.B smirked and sipped on his tea again.

"Liekable!" the voice of someone familiar was then heard, which made Liekable turn back to see Jade impatiently calling out for him.

"Oh...I'd better go before she gets mad" Liekable sighed and looked back at Mr.B. "You don't mind?"

"Not at all" Mr.B shook his head with a smile. "It was nice speaking to you again. It really is"

Liekable smiled, before standing up from the table to make his way onto Jade next.

I forgot how pleasant it is talking to someone like B again...always the sharpest and level headed person in this group of...interesting people. It felt good speaking to the detective again.

Liekable then made his way to Jade and noticed how impatient she was looking at him. "Jade...hello again"

"Ugh...what took so long?" Jade asked with a grumpy look. "I was like, waiting for you to come talk to me!"

"Sorry...I was just catching up with the rest of the others" Liekable rubbed on his neck with a apologetic look.

"So I'm not as important as them?" Jade claimed, crossing her arms. Seemingly annoyed with the man right now.

"Of course not!" Liekable quickly said then. "I missed everyone here, and especially you too. So..."

"Ugh" Jade flicks her hair and turns her away with a slight pout. "Well you'd better ask me something real quick. If you actually did miss me and whatever..."

"Yeah definitely...so how have you been?" Liekable sheepishly asked.

"Seriously?" Jade raised her eyebrow at him then. "That's like...such a fake question, you're just trying to dig your way out of this right now...hmph"

"Not really...I'm asking how you've been like since the end of the killing game" Liekable explained with a sigh. "I really...just want to make sure you're doing well. Especially when we all had to go through such a hard time like that...I hope you haven't traumatized or anything like that"

"Well..." Jade felt her annoyance fade away after hearing that kind of sincerity coming from the man. "Okay...I guess I've been fine. Sure I've been trying to cope with all that stuff that happened. But I didn't wanna think about it anymore, so I juts went back to my life and being pretty and popular. You know?"

"So I assume life's been all fine since then?" Liekable further asked.

"Uh yeah?" Jade smirked and closed her eyes as she boasted a little bit. "I've been like way more cooler and popular when I came back to school. All my friends were so worried about me and kept paying attention to me. And I was like...yeah whatever, It was nothing special"

"Good to see that the killing game hasn't affected you that badly now" Liekable slightly smiled and sighed at her attitude.

"Like it kinda did though?" Jade continued with a unsure look. "I was all shaken up a little bit and had trouble sleeping at night. Because I kept thinking that ugly bear would show up and hurt me and whatever..."

"Monokuma's no longer here to hurt us" Liekable reassured her with a soft look. "What we all went through...it would never happen again. I can promise that much"

"I hope so..." Jade sighed, and then she gestured at Adèle. "By the way...that freak over there, got really quiet when you showed up. She acts like she wasn't insulting me in front of everyone a few hours ago...ugh!"

"I do wonder why..." Liekable sighed deeply as he stared at Adèle for a moment.

"Well just pay attention to me!" Jade snapped her fingers then and held onto her pretty dress. "Why don't I look pretty cute in this new dress?"

"Uh...well...it looks pretty" Liekable awkwardly said, unsure if he should be calling an underage girl as 'cute'

"Like, they bought it for me or whatever" Jade said with a small scoff. "I mean I've got way better dresses back home...but this is okay too I guess?"

"I guess that was enough to bring you back here?" Liekable jokingly asked.

"Yes and no...I did wanna see...you know..." Jade crossed her arms and looked away, a bit shy from continuing.

"Everybody?" Liekable continued for her then. Surprised that Jade was actually excited to meet up with the people she once knew. "That's really nice of you Jade. I can see you've become a lot nicer than before"

"Everyone?" Jade raised her eyebrow, before looking away with a huff. "I guess...but i meant...well...just you and Michelle"

"I can understand for Michelle...but me?" Liekable was surprised to hear that he was included....does Jade really care about him that much now?

"W-well like...you're one of the only people who actually cared about me and whatever!" Jade slightly blushed and looked away. A bit flustered. "And...Michelle just has a good sense of fashion and I was hoping to get some advice from her and like whatever!"

"Well...it's definitely nice to see you" Liekable slowly smiled and looked away onto someone else. "I wonder if...someone else feels that way about me too?"

Jade noticed him looking at Adèle then. Which made her sigh slightly. "You really care about her...more than me?"

"It's not like that Jade" Liekable shook his head and looked back at the blonde. "I just...feel like I owe her something. Maybe some sort of apology for a better lack of words. I guess"

"Ugh...well I guess" Jade lowered her arms down and shrugged slightly. "So...I guess you can go talk to her and whatever. Doesn't matter to me"

"Hey, I'd love to talk to you later" Liekable gave her a kind smile then. "Maybe you can tell me a few more of your life stories...I'd be interested. I promise"

"Like if you want me to or whatever...fine" Jade turned away with a small grumble. "You'd better actually mean this though!"

"Of course...I'll see you later then. Jade" Liekable waves at her goodbye and slowly made his way to the last person he wanted to catch up with. Talking to Jade was definitely a good feeling. She's still her old self...but Liekable didn't view her as less for it. He did miss her slightly bratty attitude in a way.

And there was another person who he dearly missed too, someone that he felt like apologizing to. For a lot of reasons. Adèle...

That little hotheaded, red-haired girl that was definitely a bit more on the harder side of the grass than soft. Someone who he knew that could come off as arrogant and careless at times. Though their time together in a deadly situation did prove that a bit wrong. She was really caring for him...someone whom, he held onto for hope. More than once.

Liekable slowly made his way to the little girl. Who was seen still resting her hand in her face. Looking away from the man approaching her. That grumpy look on her face was definitely something that Liekable felt very familiar with at this point. Almost nostalgic if he was going to be weird about it.

He just needed to figure out how to approach the girl and get her talking to him now...he knew she was still mad at him for basically abandoning at Pinkerton’s weird camp during that one time...it must've left her feeling quite upset.

Liekable felt bold enough to sit down besides her though. Looking at Adèle with a small smile and trying not to upset her further more than she was.

For a moment, the two just sat down next to each other without saying anything at all. Liekable watched everyone else have fun and converse with each other in this little reunion party. Vendetta and her hamster were seen nearly about to fight Karen for some reason...it's a good thing that Mr.B was there to keep them separated though. Liekable felt like Adèle would be making some sort of remark about it right now...though she was definitely going to give him the silent treatment at the moment.

He softly tapped his finger onto the table and thought about it for a moment...if he wasn't going to speak now. When would he ever get the chance to ever speak to her again, and settle things between the two?

Better now than never...right?

"...You got anything to say to me, Adèle?" Liekable softly asked, turning his eyes to the little girl and smiling. "Maybe...some sort of insult at least?"

Adèle grumbled, crossing her arms as she faced away from the man.

Definitely upset...ouch

Liekable rubbed his head with a small smile and tried to get her to open up more. "Come on...it's been a while...don't you wanna speak to your good old pal...?"

......

"It's been a while....Adèle"

.....

"You know how it is with me...i'm not the best"

......

"But I really missed you a lot-"

"I don't speak to traîtres...." Adèle eventually spoke, albeit not in the way he was hoping for. Putting a lot of bitterness into her tone with this one comment. Liekable wasn't obvious enough to not understand that 'traîtres' probably meant traitors...ouch

"Adèle..." Liekable sighed and turned to her. "I really am sorry for what-"

"Je ne te parle PAS…laisse-moi tranquille" Adèle spoke in her native French tongue. Pouting along the way as Liekable could understand that she basically didn't want him speaking to her at all.

Liekable rubbed on his neck and tried to lighten her mood, by attempting to speak the little bit of French that he could understand. "Euh...je pensais qu’on était amis...non?"

His words came out as hesitant and not so confident. What'd you expect from a non native French speaker after all.

Adèle could only groan and keep her back turned on him, refusing to acknowledge his efforts at all.

Liekable began to frown deeply and hang his head a little bit, softly asking her. "Is...there no way to make up for all that I've done to you...?"

......

"You know that I wasn't meaning to abandon you or anything...I just...was going through a lot of things at that time...so much..." Liekable sighed deeply and looked away from the girl. "I just wanted to...be less of what I was...tear out something within me and never go back to it...but I guess leaving everyone alone to deal with their problems wasn't the smartest decision...it didn't do me good...not good at all"

.......

Liekable then got up from the table and sighed softly again. Staring down at Adèle for a moment.

"If there's anything that...made me feel really happy than anything else in these last few months...It was seeing your face again" Liekable said, before turning away to leave her alone. "I really mean it...i'm happy to see you again...Adèle. And I'm sorry for...making you wait so long...talk to you later?"

......

"...Okay" Liekable gave a thin smile, before making his way out.

Adèle bit her lip and turned her face to the man, watching how he walked away from her...it was so hard for her to let go of her pride and just tell him something...she was really unsure if she actually wanted to forgive him or not...she wasn't even sure if she even missed him or hated him. Adèle could just...stay silent.

Liekable had his head hung down, as he walked into the middle of the party, where everyone was seen chatting with each other at.

Thorn looked away from Test Tube for a moment and saw Liekable heading for the exit door. "Hey Liekable, are you going or something?"

"No, just catching some air outside" Liekable turned to him with a smile and pushed through the doors a bit. "I'll come back to you guys eventually!"

"Uh...okay" Test Tube frowned out of slight disappointment and turned back to Thorn. "I was hoping he'd stay here...i forgot if he hates parties like I do?"

"He just needs fresh air" Thorn told her with a shrug. "I would do the same thing...eventually"

"CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG!" Peter, Yernem and Cid were seen loudly chanting for Cheeta. As the kid was seen attempting to chug down an entire bowl of punch juice.

Cheeta then began to cough loudly and spill the entire bowl on himself after he felt the juice hitting the wrong pipe in his throat. The bowl ended up shattering in the ground along the process.

"For the love of everything Cheeta!" Mr.B annoyingly said with a face-palm

"See what I mean..." Thorn grumbled to Test Tube.

"PUT ME DOWN ALREADY ASSHOLE!" Karen was heard angrily yelling angrily. As Vendetta's hamster was lifting her up in the air.

"Yes!" Vendetta maliciously laughed in victory. "Feel the wrath of my revenge, woman!"

"Guys they're fighting again" Michelle sighed out, already used to the sudden outbursts like this one.

"Okay guys um...let's calm down?" Nikocado tried to mediate the situation. While looking quite nervous.

"Vendetta I swear to Dog!" Mr.B grumbled and quickly went over to the green girl to stop her from doing this sort of foolishness.

In the meantime, Jade saw the entire conversation between Adèle and Liekable. And she was already making her way towards Adèle, visibly annoyed.

"Adèle!" Jade slapped her hands onto the table where Adèle was at. Giving her a questioning glare. "Tu as fait partir Liekable…HEIN?"

Adèle kept silent and didn't fact Jade, trying to keep herself arrogant attitude up.

"Tu l’as fait, pas vrai?!" Jade frowned angrily and backed away with disbelief. "Qu’est-ce qui ne va pas chez toi ?…Tout ce qu’il voulait, c’était te reparler… mais je parie que comme tu es toujours un abruti agaçant, tu l’as sûrement fait fuir avec ton attitude insupportable!"

Adèle grumbled and turned to face the girl with anger. "Qu’est-ce que ça peut bien te faire, de toute façon, LAIDE!?"

Jade shook her head at the girl and sighed deeply before continuing. "Après tout ce temps…tu vas juste le laisser partir à cause de ta stupide arrogance?"

Adèle looks away again and frowns deeply with second thoughts.

Jade then slowly turns away, sadly frowning to herself. "C’est ton ami, le même gars que tu as toujours défendu sans qu’on sache pourquoi. Tu vas lui reparler quand, hein? Pour ce qu’on en sait, il reviendra peut-être jamais…et te voir le rejeter comme s’il comptait pour rien…ça me déçoit vraiment de toi..."

.......

Adèle looked back at the two exit doors, then back to her own knees. Thinking back to forth about Jade's words for a moment.

.....

Eventually she immediately got out of her seat and quickly sprinted towards the exit doors, leaving Jade to slightly gasp and watch her leave the cafeteria without another second.
-

Adèle was now seen in the hallway, looking around for Liekable. Until...

She spotted him sitting down on the stairs that led up to the rooms section. Hand on his face as he stared deeply at the ground silently.

Adèle looked at him for a few seconds, until she took a deep breath. And began making her way towards him. Keeping her usual grumpy expression on her face as she made her way towards the man.

Liekable kept staring at the ground meanwhile, thinking a lot to himself. What was the point of a reunion...if one of the people he actually cared for. Didn't even want to see him again?

It was disappointing...but then again, he probably brought it on himself. Leaving her all alone like that...it wasn't the best idea now that he thinks about it. He just wanted to fix himself and let go of the habit wanting to help people for his own self validation...of course that never worked and only brought him bad results in the end.

He just wished that...he could fix it.

.....

....

....

"I hate you..."

bump

Liekable was nearly startled, when he felt someone bump onto his arms and say that. Turning his head down to his side and seeing...Adèle resting onto his arm. Was really something that he didn't expect at all.

"Adèle...?" Liekable whispered, staring down at the girl as she had her eyes staring at the ground.

"...I hate you...ugh!" Adèle growled angrily as she shoved her face onto his arm and kept bumping into him.

"I..." Liekable was a little stunned to speak at first. Trying to figure out how to respond to her comments right now. "...Adèle I'm-"

"Shut up..." she cut him off, her voice slightly muffled from having her face buried into his arm. "Just...shut up"

Liekable stared at her for a moment. Feeling his heart pace the beats a little bit. Until he slowly looked away from the girl then, unsure of what she wanted right now.

She didn't want his apologies, that's something he could understand right now...but what she actually needed though. He didn't know either.

.......

"Don't...leave me...again"

Liekable felt a pair of arms wrap themselves around his then. Making him close his eyes and hold his breath.

Adèle was now hugging onto his arm tightly, burying her face deeply and not wanting to let go.

"Adèle..." Liekable sighed, and turned to the girl, pulling her into a deep hug shortly after.

And for a moment, the two remained together. Holding each other for what felt like hours. Liekable pulled Adèle up onto his lap so he can hug her better. Rubbing on her long hair and whispering inaudible apologies into her ear. Wanting to make sure that she knew how sorry he really was.

It was only after a few moments that Adèle pulled away from him and went back to sitting down on the stairs. Wiping her eyes and slightly sniffing.

"Adèle..." Liekable looked at her and tried to speak. "I just-"

"I'm going to cut off your head if you EVER tell anyone about this...got it?" Adèle threatened him with a deep glare. Not letting him finish.

"....I'm sorry" Liekable sighed, ignoring her words for now. "I really am...I didn't mean to leave you there...you know how much I was going through...I knew it wasn't right now...and I'm sorry...could you ever just...forgive me?"

"...." Adèle stared at him for a moment and then turned her face away from the man.

........

"I guess..." Adèle sighed and shrugged for a second.

"Really...?" Liekable asked, scooting closer to the girl and leaning down. "I really meant it when I said I'm sorry...please I just don't want us to-"

"I don't want to hear it right now" Adèle stopped him with a grunt. Before turning to face him. "As long as you don't...EVER...leave again then..."

Liekable could see how much she struggled with actually saying what she felt like. Being abandoned by her only friend...he really messed up...didn't he?

"...I promise" Liekable brought her closer to him and patted her back. "I won't ever leave like that again...never..."

"....You better" Adèle murmured and looked down afterwards.

Liekable slowly smiled and patted her back some more before letting go.

......

"So...how have you been?" Liekable asked, wanting to start some conversation to pass away the tension.

"Meh..." Adèle merely said with a shrug.

"You and Jade stopped fighting each other?"

"Are you stupid?" Adèle turned to him with a look. "No way. I still hate that barbie obsessed freak with all of my heart...you know that I tried to burn her hair before we got here. Would've been funny to let everyone see her like that after all these years"

"Adèle..." Liekable sighed deeply, but felt himself smiling. She really hasn't changed much...has she?

"And you?" she then asked, keeping her grumpy expression on. "Still going around like the sad sack you are?"

"You could say that" Liekable chuckled at the remark. "I've been holding onto a job. Got a small apartment and am kinda seeing someone at the moment..."

"Eugh!" Adèle gagged while pointing at her mouth. "Gross...I don't wanna hear about that...especially from you!"

"You're the one who asked in the first place!" Liekable pointed out with a look.

"Well I didn't ask about that!" Adèle countered back with and pouted. "Think more before trying to accuse people of things...idiot"

"Right...how could I be so careless?" Liekable rolled his eyes with a playful tone.

"Don't get smart with me now..." Adèle punched him on the arm with a annoyed look. "You're too stupid for that sort of attitude. Don't make me upset now!"

"Ow...okay fine" Liekable rubbed his arm with a smile. "Guess that means you missed me...seeing how quickly you're going back to the way we both used to talk to each other like"

"Don't be an idiot!" Adèle quickly got up and walked to stand in front of you with a pointed finger at his face. Talking to him with a grumpy look. "You're still an idiot for doing that to me...if you need forgiveness. You're going to make it up to me...and I warn you. I'm not someone who's easily persuaded"

"Fine...what do you need?" Liekable asked with a curious look.

"Hmph..." Adèle smirked and pointed at her feet. "Maybe start by begging for forgiveness again...this time. ON your knees"

"...How about a ride instead?" Liekable rolled his eyes and got up, picking up Adèle out of nowhere and putting him on his shoulders.

"HEY!" Adèle yelled and grabbed onto his long brown hair with a scowl. "I wasn't going to ask for this until later!"

"Well why wait now?" Liekable chuckled and began spinning around in place.

"Stop...woah..." Adèle held tightly onto his hair and closed her eyes.

"Owowow!" Liekable stopped as he felt how hard she was pulling on his hair. "Could you...please not pull too hard...Adèle!"

"Hah!" Adèle scoffed and looked down with a smirk. "If you're really sorry, then you'd better act as my ugly donkey from now on. Maybe I'll consider actually forgiving you afterwards?"

"Okay...that's a little rude" Liekable frowned playfully.

"Donkeys aren't supposed to talk...so shush!" she hushed him and pointed forward. "Now go back to the cafeteria. So I can make you chase after Jade and bite her!"

Liekable tried to walk forward, until he saw everyone else coming from the corner.

"Liekable" Test Tube stopped nearby with a concerned look. "Is everything okay...?"

"Y-yeah..." Libby nodded slowly with a timid voice. "Jade said that we should check on you both..."

"You good vro?" Yernem asked with a small head scratch.

"You got lice or something...why's people doing that?" Peter asked, before being jabbed by Michelle to shut up.

"Uh.." Liekable awkwardly uttered as he tried to think of something to say.

"Oh please!" Adèle rolled her eyes and pointed at Jade. "Everything's okay...are you seriously going to believe everything that barbie doll loving freak has to say?"

"Urgh!" Jade rolled her eyes and held her hip with a flat look. "Nevermind...guess the little freak is feeling better now"

"Hey you dirty copycat!" Vendetta grumbled, as much like Adèle. Her hamster fiend was carrying her on his shoulders. "If I could, I would've sued you by now!"

"EXCUSE me?!" Karen looked up at the green girl. "I don't think you know how to even contact a damn lawyer!"

"You're very lucky that people are able to restrain me and my fiend from crushing you!" Vendetta angrily shook her fist down at the woman.

"Nonetheless...you all okay?" Mr.B asked the two.

"Yeah..." Liekable smiled and nodded. "Adèle and I were just catching up with on some old times..."

"Oh sweet!" Cid smiled as well and held Cheeta by the shoulder. "My pal and I've been doing just that!"

"Feels good to be back together!" Cheeta cheerfully exclaimed.

"Wow...this place" Michelle looked around the hallway and sighed deeply. "I'm starting to remember everything now..."

"Remember us always going upstairs to these rooms?" Flower pointed at the stairs. "And then over there is the gym. I think?"

"Always went there for those awful motives..." Nikocado shook his head at the bad memories.

"Boy I wonder who's responsible for that?" Peter sarcastically asked while gesturing at Yernem.

"Damn it...i'm sorry okay?" Yernem crossed his arms with a annoyed sigh. "I didn't mean to make everyone all hurt or whatever...I already made up for it anyways"

"How'd you even contact me in that weird dream anyways?" Test Tube asked the human. "I never understood that..."

"Oh yeah that!" Michelle snapped her fingers then. "I remember seeing Liekable in some sort of void...weird stuff"

"I honestly don't even know..." Yernem admitted with a shrug.

"I hope...Monokuma won't pop out of nowhere right now" Jade gulped and looked around the hallway, starting to feel quite uncomfortable. "Oh my gosh like...can we just got somewhere else?...I don't think I like this place"

"Tsh...weak" Adèle rolled her eyes at the blondie.

"It sure does bring back a lot of good and bad memories..." Thorn said as he stared at the hallway with everyone else.

They began to think back on the old times then. When Monokuma still tormented them, when they all walked around these hallways a million times everyday. These stairs, the doors...the cameras...all were bringing back the harsh memories.

"...You all wanna step outside for a moment?" Mr.B asked them after a long silence.

"Please!" Cheeta immediately said then and backed away from the hallway. "Man this really...got freaky all of a sudden!"

"Then let's catch some outside air for a moment..." Liekable told them, as he and everyone else began to walk outside the doors that led outside. Leaving the interior of the school alone for now.
-

Later outside. Liekable and everyone else stood outside. Staring at the building of Hope's Peak academy in its outside glory. The building was shaped oddly, ominously standing tall in the middle of nowhere.

"Can't believe we were actually stuck in there..." Cid said, admiring the odd building.

"You gotta wonder how they managed to build such an ugly thing..." Flower frowned at the structure and shook her head. "I would've at least added some pink and made it prettier...you know?"

"I think no matter what you do, this place will always remain ugly and undesirable" Thorn told her with a stern face.

"That I can agree with" Mr.B nodded in agreement and had his hands behind his back. "Such a place like this...the fact that it still remains in one piece is quite surprising. I must admit to you all"

"Blah!" Adèle rolled her eyes and was still on Liekable’s shoulders. "I say we blow it up. Make sure it never comes back again!"

"I actually agree with a kid for once!" Karen said with a nod. "Blow this shit up!"

"And um...how do we do that?" Libby asked.

"With explosives, duh!" Vendetta rolled her eyes at the girl.

"And where do we find explosives?" Mr.B raised his eyebrow with a small face-palm. "And no we will not do that since that'd be considered as us committing acts of terrorism"

"YOU JUST COMMITTED TERRORISM!" Yernem suddenly yelled out of nowhere.

"Oh yeah we're never letting you live that one. B" Peter snickered with a hand over his mouth.

"You gotta be...kidding me" Mr.B sighed in defeat at the reminder.

"Gosh...so much memories inside this place" Test Tube sighed as she reminisced about the past
"I can still remember our first trial..."

"Urgh remember that secret motive?" Michelle asked with a annoyed tone.

"Or those weird files about us?" Flower added next.

"And these dead bodies...urgh!" Nikocado nearly gagged at the horrible reminder.

"Man remember when we found Cid scattered all over the place inside that VIP room thing?" Cheeta frowned and held onto his shoulder. "Yeah...that really one wasn't the best memory for me"

"I'm with you on that one..." Cid held the cat by the other shoulder and sighed.

"So many memories of bullshit..." Yernem grimaced and looked away from the structure ahead of him. "I can't believe that I had to endure two of these stupid killing games..."

"And I can't believe that Peter actually involved Lilith in one of them..." Michelle glared over at the blonde boy afterwards.

"Oh come on..." Peter sulked down and tried to dig himself out of that hole. "Look...I guess I was bored and needed something like this again. Being all alone without much to do was seriously messing me up...truth is. I'm glad that we're back together...even for one single night"

"Speaking of which..." Thorn looked around the sky and noticed that it was basically late now. "It's like nighttime right now...for a second, I thought we'd hear these annoying announcements again"

"Oh thank plant we didn't!" Flower exasperated.

"So...now what?" Jade asked the others.

"Anyone still up with the idea of building this dump up?" Adèle slowly smirked.

"Actually...why don't we take a moment to remember everything that we went through instead?" Liekable suggested, as he laid Adèle onto the ground again.

"Boring..." Adèle crossed her arms then.

"I don't mind that at all" Mr.B said with a nod as he stared at the building again. "It really is a miracle...how we're still able to tell the tale. Despite everything that we had to go through"

"I don't share the same sentiment" Vendetta grumbled before pointing her thumb at Karen. "Nor does the angry woman..."

"Either way...maybe a moment wouldn't hurt?" Libby suggested with a smile. "I kinda enjoy times like this...actually"

"Okay...guess we'll enjoy the silence" Yernem shrugged before staring at the building too.

"That's a good song...search it up" Peter randomly said before talking a moment too, along with the rest of the others.

And so. Liekable and his friends stood silently and stared at the building ahead of him. Oddly shaped, oddly ominous and creepy. Bringing back memories of a time when they were all trapped inside there. Without hope. Without any freedom. And now?

They were all okay, together yet again. Lucky enough to share this moment with each other for the first time since forever. And this time they didn't have to worry about Monokuma. No motives. No reasons for killing each other. No fear.

Just them alone. Enjoying each other's company...

Like the friends they were probably destined to be as...