Chapter Text
After napping with Yasuhiro post-romp clean up, I woke up with the morning already gone.
"Woah...think anybody got concerned about us?", I asked, sitting up on the mattress.
Unfortunately for me, Yasuhiro was still fast asleep.
I don't blame him. I might've gone a little harder than I needed to.
Kissing him on his forehead, I arose from the bed and proceeded to rummage through his drawer to obtain his token, and was relieved to see that Yasuhiro had just enough pairs of his signature black-and-blue briefs to not notice one was missing, and if by some sort of weird twist of fate he did, I'd explain it to him.
Once my hands had grasped the undergarments, I put my clothes back on, shoved the briefs into my jacket pocket, and exited Yasuhiro's room. Luckily for me no one was in the hall at the time, so I was able to scurry down to the dining hall where literally everyone was getting lunch.
"Makoto! Oh my gosh, we thought you'd gotten hurt or died!", Sayaka cried out, before rushing me for a hug.
I held my arms out, but I nearly fell over from the force.
"No...I'm fine...", I responded, hoping Yasuhiro's underwear wouldn't fall onto the floor and expose me.
"Great! Now that we know you're okay, why weren't you at this morning's meeting?! Or Hagakure, for that matter?!", I heard Kiyotaka holler as he approached me.
"Well...I don't know why Yasuhiro wasn't at the meeting..", I blatantly lied, hoping that'd be enough to satisfy the loudmouthed Kiyotaka.
It absolutely was not.
"I'll have to get on to him later! I will ask you one more time, Makoto: why weren't you at our morning meeting? Given the circumstances, you know that any one could die at any time, and if Hagakure does not emerge in the next hour, I'm almost positive you'll be accused of murder!"
During his rant, he had gotten progressively louder and closer to me, so much that Sayaka backed away from me and everyone else fell silent.
Now Kiyotaka's eyes were drilling into my soul.
I proceeded to do the only thing I could to distract me; have incredibly inappropriately lewd thoughts.
I can hear everyone else now...
"Makoto, you're such a hoe. You've done Yasuhiro Hagakure, and now you're already shopping around for the next boy. Shame on you and your nasty dick."
I can't help myself! He was standing so close that I could smell him. And he smelt like heaven- like fresh laundry and that nice soap you get out of Bath and Body Works...
I wanted my face pressed flush to the very source of that scent.
"Sit on me."
Oh shoot. I said that out loud.
Kiyotaka cocked his head to the side, his stern expression softening into one of puppy-like confusion.
"What did you say, Makoto?"
Thinking I could immediately fix things, I responded "I said 'I'm sorry'...".
Everyone looked back and forth amongst each other and shrugged, except for Celeste, Aoi, and Leon, who all agreed that I let something sexual slip and that I was far too pitiful to pick on at the moment.
After a moment, the compass gave a smile, chuckled heartly, and threw his hands into the air.
"I'll forgive you this time, Makoto! After all, that's what friends are for! Though please, try to attend tomorrow morning's meeting!".
I nodded a yes, and soon, everyone was back to chatting and eating.
Except Celeste, Aoi, and Leon.
The trio immediately rushed over to me and began a series of hushed whispers I couldn't understand.
"Wait! One at a time..!", I requested.
Celeste wove her metal-clad finger in the air to silence the other two.
"It has recently come to our attention that you find Kiyotaka Ishimaru, of all people, to be sexually attractive.", she whispered with a teasing hum, before chuckling with her hand over her mouth.
"N..no...! What made you think that...?"
Aoi's face flushed a deep pink before whisper-shouting, "You clearly said you wanted him to sit on you! That's sexual!".
"It isn't", I proclaimed, before adding, "and even if I did say it, it wouldn't be to him! He's probably pretty against stuff like that anyway!"
"Au contrairé!", Celeste proclaimed at normal volume, before allowing Leon to speak.
"Me and the girls have got a little bet going on. Celestia thinks that Taka's a kinky switch-"
"Specifically with a fetish for bondage and naughty language, but has never acted on his desires in bed. Hence the boots.", the gambler specified.
"Aoi says that he's a non-horny virgin-"
"He totally is though!", Aoi quickly interrupted.
"-and I think someone's given him the 'd' to get out of 'etention'.".
I looked back and forth from each of their gazes.
"Why does this concern me?"
"Don't you see? You're the one who thinks he's worth landing in bed. You can find out for us.", Celeste specified, after the fact mentioning that the bet had thirty thousand yen riding on it.
I noticed Leon casually looking in Kiyotaka's direction as the hall monitor bent over to pick up a fallen napkin.
"Why doesn't Leon do it?", I questioned.
At the mention of his name, the redhead snapped back to the conversation at hand.
"Duh- I'm not gay.", he replied, with Aoi stifling a snicker immediately afterwards.
"Yeah...and I'm not a lesbian!", Aoi remarked, before bursting into laughter.
The pale-skinned gambler nudged my elbow. "If you'd like, we can put an extra ten thousand yen on whether or not Leon is homosexual."
Before I could reply, the drivel of Monokuma's fever-pitched voice rang over the P.A. system.
"~Ding Dong, Bing Boooong! All students, please report to the gymnasium immediately! I repeat, all students, report to the gymnasium immediately!~"
With a resounding sigh, everyone in the hall trudged to the gym. To my surprise, Yasuhiro made his way there, a limp in his walk, but otherwise completely normal. When we made eye contact, he gave me a sly wink...no, more of a wonk.
I just may go back for seconds.
Once everyone was situated in the gym, Monokuma popped up from the ground, taking his seat on the podium before him.
"Hello, my dear students~. How've you all been? Anyone feeling an itch for muuuuurdeeeeer?", he asked, squishing his adorable bear cheeks.
When he recived no obvious response, he took it upon himself to resume.
"I thought so. That's why I gathered you all here today! You see, it's been getting a little dull around these parts..."
Oh no.
Did I do something wrong? Monokuma promised he wouldn't release a motive if I did Yasuhiro in time.
I guess that's what I get for trusting a stuffed bear.
"...sooooo, I decided that, in order to spice things up, I would give you all a little incentive..."
I shut my eyes tightly.
Here it was...motive number one...
"Everyone, follow my lead!", the monochrome teddy commanded, springing off of the podium and walking through the crowd of students. Although everyone else seemed confused, I knew what was coming for us.
Marching merrily out of the gym and down the corridors, Monokuma suddenly paused at a flight of stairs.
"C'moooooon! Hurry your asses up! I'm a stuffed teddy bear, and even I made it over here before all of you!", he teased.
"P..please calm down, Monokuma...", Touko anxiously requested, pressing the tips of her fingers together.
"Fiiiine, but only once for you!"
In a minute, the group was gathered at the bottom step.
"What possibly would you want with this staircase? ", Kyoko inquired, tapping her chin.
"You see...I originally planned to give out a motive to kill! It was gonna be real gruesome, too! Footage of your loved ones doctored to look like they got all sliced up while wishing you good luck at school! Upupupupu!"
I could feel everyone's eyebrow raise just slightly.
"...if you were to distribute this motive, shouldn't you have taken us to the audio/visual room?", Sakura questioned, saying aloud what everyone was thinking.
Monokuma blushed sheepishly after, covering his face with his paws.
"About that...you see...I just couldn't be bothered to rig everything up and go through the hassle of making sure everyone saw the right viiiideooo...then there'd be the whole murder thing and a triiiiaaal...and given the brain capacity shared by all of you, the game would end pretty quickly!"
Laughing as manically as he could, the bear then brandished a silver key.
"Usually I'd do this after an execution, but I'm feeling nice, so you ungrateful bastards better thank me for the gift!"
He had then danced up the stairs on his toes (or whatever his toes were meant to be) and unlocked the gate that separated the current one from the next flight up.
"Let me get this straight...", Byakuya began, "...you assembled all of us at this staircase just to unlock that gate? You couldn't possibly have done it, then announced the information over the intercom?"
Monokuma did his best to flip Byakuya off.
"One day, someone's gonna teach you a lesson about that attitude of yours~!", he claimed, sneaking a glance at me.
Believe me, I was ready.
Professor Naegi's Behavioral Correction 101. First lesson- begging.
It keeps you humble.
After a haughty scoff from Togami, Monokuma dismissed the congregation from the stairwell in order to explore the new portion of the school.
Knowing what awaited me in my dorm, however, I decided to return quickly before seeing what exsisted in the new area of the building.
When I opened the door to my dorm, the first thing that caught my eye was the shiny orange wrapping paper on the next gift package. After making sure I wasn't followed, and my door was locked, I went to open the bundle.
The contents this time included the usual pair of condoms, the travel-sized lubricant, and the golden envelope of destiny, along with another hand or paw-written letter and an ample amount of red ropes, and not of the licorice variety.
"My very dear Makoto Naegi,
I'm very suprised at what you managed to do, and in less than a full day! Don't you feel satisfaction, exploring that side of yourself that you never really knew existed? I know I had fun watching~ How unfortunate that Hagakure's so vanilla, though. Really, it could have been much more interesting than it was, but that's okay- you've got dirtier boys than him!
I do admit that, after watching your rendevous, I realized the gift I gave you was completely counter-intuitive! So from now on, you're getting items you can most definitely use when getting your freak on! And if you don't, it'll be in violation of your brand new rule! (See your e-handbook for more information)
Given how quickly you were able to snag Yasuhiro, I've decided to lower your time limit on your next target! That's right- instead of a week, you have three days! Surely that wouldn't be difficult for you, riiiight?
I'm excited to see what you two will do with those ropes..! I'm practically shaking with antici.................
.......pation! And remember Makoto, if you breach the time limit, I'll release a motive for real! And it'll be alllll your fault!
Sincerely, Your Loving Mastermind~
P.S. If you have no knowledge on how bondage works, which, you probably don't, please refer to the pamphlet I downloaded into your E-Handbook."
Curious, I wanted to see who I'd have to fornicate with this time, so I took hold of the golden envelope and looked inside.
"Leon Kuwata"
At the exact time I finished looking at the name in the envelope, someone knocked on my dorm room door. Hurriedly, I shoved my mess aside and sprung up to see who was on the other side.
"Hmhm...I owe Leon a thousand yen when we get out...", Celeste murmured, before smiling at me.
"Greetings Makoto. Aoi, Leon, and I just had a little bet to see if you had gone to the bathroom, the dining hall, or your dorm. "
I chuckled uneasily, before remembering the bet Celeste offered me earlier.
"Remember when you said we could put another ten thousand yen on if Leon was gay or not?"
With a wicked look, she nodded in my direction.
"Go ahead and add it."