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Part one - Smile

Byakuya's POV

*Good morning, everyone! It is now 7 a.m. and nighttime is officially over! Time to rise and shine!
Get ready to greet another beee-yutiful day!*

"Ughh..." I groan loudly as I awaken to the sickening sound of the morning announcement. I get up quickly and get into my suit, finishing my morning routine as I normally do.

As I walk outside my room, I lock the door and contemplate what to do next. I don't feel like seeing the commoners, but I'm hungry. I quickly decide that I am not going to meet those plebeians for breakfast, as I'd rather starve. I start heading toward the library instead.

As I go to grab the door handle, I become more aware of the presence I feel behind me. I almost tense up, but instead anger builds up in my chest. I decide to check my suspicions by fully entering the library.

As I go and grab a book, I realize I was correct, as always. The horrid, disgusting, commoner, is right behind me.

Toko

I sigh inwardly as a look of disgust crosses over my face. Why can't this plebeian just go away? I don't like her and that will not be changing anytime soon. I angrily turn around and make sure she knows it. I feel my face get hot as I shout at her.

"B-but ma-master Byakuya-" she starts, and I interrupt her.

"Don't call me that!" I snap. As I start to tell her to leave me alone, and to take a much-needed shower, she passes out. Knowing who I will be met with if I stay, I quickly, grab a stack of books and leave. I think about where to go and ultimately decided to go to the locker room where I'm sure she won't be able to find me. I head to the dining hall first to grab something quick to eat, now that the commoners are done with their meeting, then get back on track to my destination. 

As I walk to the locker room I start to think about the commoners. I'm sure they will start to ignore me more after what happened a few days ago. They were quite mad about me intervening with Chihiro's trial, but I don't see the big issue anyway. Still, I am quite glad to not have to deal with them too much anymore. Especially Makoto.

You see, after he has his stupid breakfast meeting with all his commoner friends, he uses some of his free time to talk with me. At first, it was just annoying, but it at least got rid of Toko. Either way, I still don't want to waste my time with commoners like him any longer, especially after a certain interaction with Makoto. I can't stand to be with him for too long, or to look at him, really. 

What happened was, one time when he spent some time with me, I...almost smiled at him. Even thinking about it makes me feel disappointed in myself. I can't let those emotions show. Especially with a simple-minded commoner like him. I can't even explain why, and I don't like thinking about it. It was just a one-time thing I will never feel again. I can't feel it again.

If only my parents found out, my father found out, I don't know what I would do. If he thought I was thinking of something other than my role at our company, my inheritance, for even just a moment, he would regret my winning against my siblings. I already had to prove to him that I was worthy the first time, me being the only time the youngest child has won. I've worked hard, and now my life is perfectly set; I can't lose sight now.

I finally reach the locker room and sit down to read for a while.

After some time passes, I see someone enter the room. I see it's Yasuhiro. Of course, the most idiotic commoner had to find me. I ignore him, continuing to read, and eventually, he leaves.

After another short while, I hear someone else come in. Genocide Jill. Again. Of course, a stupid commoner like Yasuhiro would have to go and tell Her where I am.

But I just ignore it as best I can and continue to read.

After a little while of reading and ignoring Genocide Jill's angry attitude due to me hiding from her, I hear her sneeze. Instantly, she goes back to normal Toko. I still just continue to ignore her. At least Jill is a little more interesting than Toko is, though I like the idea of her way more than when she is actually right in front of me. It's such a hassle to have to deal with the two of them; especially when one version of her might be planning my untimely demise...

Eventually, Monokuma comes in, annoyingly loud, to tell us to go to the gym. I walk silently through the halls with Toko following not too far behind. I enter the gym and realize we have to wait for the others. And of course, they all take their time. Finally, I see everyone else enter the gym. Those commoners always making me wait for them. I roll my eyes.

"To be kept waiting by the likes of you. Rest assured, if we had access to firearms, you'd all be dead." I say to everyone as they enter.

"Byakuya...? Did you get here early?" Makoto asks.

Clearly, Makoto chose to ignore my insult, but that just causes me to insult him again. "Did you forget how to walk? Is that why you're late? It's simple- right foot, left foot. Right foot..."

"Hmhmhm. Same as always, I see. Her, on the other hand..." Says Celeste, pointing to Toko.

Yasuhiro says something about Toko being normal again and I tell him about how she sneezed and went back to her stupid self.

They all start talking about Toko. I don't listen and find myself looking at Makoto. I obviously look away when I realize what I'm doing and inwardly scold myself while hoping no one noticed. I don't understand why I'm doing this. I mean maybe it was because I was thinking about that one time I almost smiled at him before. Or maybe it was because I didn't want to partake in the useless small talk and did it on accident. Yeah, that's it.

Just as I get pulled out of my thoughts, I look at Makoto for a split second again, and he notices instantly. He quickly gives me a nervous smile, clearly not engaging in the other commoners' conversation either. I look away with no emotion on my face.

Monokuma soon appears again. "Come on, out with it. What kind of motive have you prepared this time?" I state.

After a few seconds of useless chatter, Monokuma finally shows us the motive. It's money. 10 million dollars.

"10 million dollars is.." Makoto starts, but I finish the sentence for him. "It's not nearly enough." Come on. 10 million dollars? I made 4 billion dollars myself easily. What kind of stupidity is this?

While they all chat about not killing for money, I'm still confused about who would kill for that little of an amount.

"Th-there's nothing to worry about right?" I hear Hina say. "Nobody would kill for money right?"

"Have you so quickly forgotten the lesson from last time? You can't judge others by your own standard." I say back

While everyone drones on uselessly about this idiotic motive, I finally hear the nighttime announcement.

*Mm, ahem, this is a school announcement. It is now 10 pm.
As such, it is officially nighttime.
Soon the doors to the dining hall will be locked, and entry at that point is strictly prohibited.
Okay then...sweet dreams, everyone! Goodnight, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite...*

After that, we all head back to our own rooms. I get fully ready for sleep and fall down onto my bed. As I lay there, I think about the events of the day, and eventually, I stop to think about Makoto. Again. I'm angry about everything that has happened and I'm even angrier at my stupidity. I shouldn't let a commoner like him get to me. I soon realize I won't be able to sleep for a long while.

(A/N- Hello new readers! Next chapter is when the action starts! I appreciate everyone who is reading my story, you don't know how much it means to me. Thank you all so much! Writing is a big passion of mine and while this may not be my best work, I put a lot of effort into it. This is the first fic I have published publicly, and I am grateful for the support I have gotten. [Also, if there are any, hello re-readers 😏])