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A week has passed since both Teruteru Hanamura and Byakuya Togami had died. One being the victim, and the other, blackened. Fuyuhiko can't afford to let that happen to him. As much as his parents encouraged him to use Peko for what she was made for, he told her that they were strangers for as long as they stayed on this island. It's all fucking stupid. First a talking rabbit, then a talking bear named Monokuma,—that actually got someone to kill. He was just at the diner, but right now, he just wants to be in his cottage.
He hasn't been passive to any of his classmates, with the exception of Peko of course, but even THAT'S pushing it, mainly because they've barely interacted per his request. He walks along the path, from the second island back to the first. Nobody had seemed to notice that he knew there was a second island despite not being present when it was announced, except for Hajime. When he questioned him, Fuyuhiko responded as vaguely as he could, and it basically ended like that. As he walked, he spotted two figures in the distance. Peko Pekoyama and.. oh, speak of the devil.
“Wh-what!? You're giving this to me!?” Peko exclaimed. Did he give her a gift or something? Fuyuhiko was just too far away to see that.
“Hajime…you…! I will never forget this favor for the rest of my life!” After Peko thanked him, he just nodded. Seriously? A girl is that grateful for a stupid fucking gift and you respond with a nod? This guy might actually be fucking insane. They don't really seem to be talking about anything.
Fuyuhiko walks straight past them, exchanging glances—cause he's Fuyuhiko after all, who wouldn't at least look at someone so hostile. He had his hands in his pockets, and was seemingly grumbling something hateful. Everyone's so god damn insufferable, he thought, whatever, as long as I'm not bothered, I don't really care. But that's the problem, he WAS bothered. He was bothered by Byakuya useless attempt at keeping everyone safe, as he and a “fellow classmate” fucking died. He was bothered by everyone's kumbaya happy-go-lucky personality. He was bothered by this dumbass school trip. He was bothered by them, him. He was bothered by Hajime.
No! No, he wasn't! He couldn't possibly be, no fucking way would he allow that. He finally reaches the 1st island, finally. He heads straight to his cottage and slams the door as hard as he can. Fuyuhiko sprawls on his bed, exhausted from his thoughts. Peko never had any friends growing up, Fuyuhiko usually had Peko to himself!—N-not in that way, of course. He'll have to get used to other people talking to Peko, but maybe, just maybe.. she'll realize from this trip that she is equal to him. Cause she's always been, and always will be. Hopefully she realizes that.
If he's (more than) okay with people befriending her, why is he so bothered by Hajime!? I mean, Hajime is taller than her, and he's not “cute” looking either. What more could a girl possibly want—actually, he could keep going, but I'll spare you the details.
Point being, Hajime doesn't deserve her. She's like a flower, it's like giving a flower to a gorilla. He. Doesn't. Deserve. Her! Peko could literally choose anyone else on this island to be friends with, not boring Hajime. He needs to have a talk with Peko soon. What if they're becoming friends?? What if they're really close friends??? What if Peko likes him!?—Wait, what? He doesn't care about who Peko dates, nor does he need her approval from him. Peko's her own person, and she needs to realize that, too. But if there's all that, why does Fuyuhiko feel so annoyed inside. Like he wants to punch Hajime in the face, but why!?
No, no way. He's not.. Jealous, is he? No, he DEFINITELY is, a normal person wouldn't care that their close friend is hanging out with such an ordinary person like Hajime! But he's jealous, so of course he cares. He needs this sorted out like yesterday. But it seems like it's around the time to go to bed, he hears his classmates returning to their cabins, he overhears a conversation between who can only assume is Kazu-whatever and ugh, Hajime.
“Dude, this whole trip thing is such a pain! ..I tried to talk to Miss Sonia,—b-but no luck...” He sulked.
“Ive seen her around Gundam, yeah.” Hajime responded, much to Kazuichi’s annoyance, it seems the mention of Gundam made him groan. Sonia and Gundam, It's like how Fuyuhiko feels about Hajime and Peko, annoyed. He's never been in a love triangle before, nor did he have much knowledge about how they went, but all he knew is that he needed to cut the third party out, Hajime.
But for now, he wants to rest.
Fuyuhiko is taking a walk on the beach,
He needs to clear his head.
He spots two figures, again.
Peko and Hajime, again.
They're walking too,
holding hands.
Holding hands?
Holding hands.
How, why, what?
Why’re they… when did they….
Why does Fuyuhiko feel so vexated.
So sad.
Like something he'd longed for had been taken away from him.
Something that he'd had since forever, something that'd he'd never never even lose.
Why does it feel like he lost it?
Fuyuhiko wakes up in a cold sweat, he looks around, taking in his surroundings. He pants and pants before calming down. It was just a nightmare, just a nightmare of course. It was a little late, he might have missed breakfast, it's not like he'd go anyway.
He goes into his bathroom, he needs to wash off this stress. After his shower he changes; just as he opens his cabin door he is met with Peko.
“Young master, are you—”
“Fuyuhiko.”
“Right, I apologize. F.. Fuyuhiko, we are having breakfast again today, would you join us?” She asks, like always. The rest of the class insists that she should just stop, it's not like he will come.
“I guess..” He replied flatly, much to Peko's surprise. She nods and leads him to the hotel restaurant. Of course everyone was pretty surprised to see him too, but most people paid him no mind.
“Oh? You ACTUALLY got him to come, that's surprising considering how stubborn he is..” Hiyoko stated, snickering.
“Watch your mouth, bitch!” He yelled back, Hiyoko just rolled her eyes. Fuyuhiko sits down at one of the tables, unknowingly across from Akane, it's not like she'd bother him anyway, she's too busy eating. He doesn't really eat anything, Fuyuhiko is too troubled to worry about hunger right now, he's focused on where Peko sat after she and him arrived at the hotel restaurant. Across from Hajime, and next to Mahiru. It seems Mahiru was pestering him about something about ‘being a man’ or whatever, but overall they were all talking normally.
Why was Peko there, was she like—enjoying his company? He rests his head on his hand.
“I'm surprised you're not eating.” Akane said, her mouth full with food.
“Fuck off.” He replied, more peeved than ever. Peko isn't smiling, as much as he wishes she would these days, that sight kind of relieves him, at least Hajime isn't good enough to make her smile. But now that Fuyuhiko thinks about it, he hasn't made Peko smile in a while, which washes a wave of irritation over him. He can't dwell on that right now, whatever. Anyway, this relationship between those two needs to be sorted today. Tonight. Fuyuhiko abruptly gets up, exiting the restaurant.
He returns to his cabin. He grabs a pen, and paper, and writes a note. He puts it in her mailbox before going to explore the second island more.
Peko Pekoyama parts ways with Mahiru and Hajime. It seems Young master left breakfast early, did he even eat anything? That's not good.
She notices something in her mailbox. She takes the envelope and enters her cabin. She opens it, reading the note inside.
“Meet me at the beach at 8:30 p.m.” Could this be a person trying to kill her? She wouldn't go! Wait..
“-Fuyuhiko.” Oh, maybe she will go.