Danganronpa 4-Despair Loop

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"Y-yeah... Even the cloth that tied her up is proof of that. At first I thought it was Yuki as well, from the torn part of the cloth to the fact she was shot with something Yuki and Miana made together, so I had assumed that Yuki was the only one who knew how to assemble it. But I found the blueprints for it in Yumas room. Miana must've given it to her before she died..."
"Well this is boring! I'm bored. Are you all bored? Well I'm going to postpone this trial." Monokuma pipes up. The doors to exit lifts up and Koko walks out, her face as hard and cold as ever. Nao runs up to her and silently walks with her. Koko looks over at her and starts to cry, heaping sobs that racked her whole body. She collapses to the ground and feels the small arms encircling her.
"It'll be okay Koko," she hears Nao say. Koko nods slightly and stands up, putting a brave face on. She continues to walk toward the exit. 
Koko lies down on the floor of her room and breaks down in tears. The people she loves are gone and she was never getting them back. Yuki was insane, Yuma was gone, and she didn't know how much more she could handle. She doesn't know what to do or how to do it, but she knows she has to defeat Monokuma.  For Yuki. For her love Yuma. For Nao and the others. 
Koko gets up and walks toward Mianas workshop, wanting to see what she could find, what was left of… Yuma… She ends up finding the same computer Yuma had, and she watches all the videos that are on it right before deleting all of them. Koko sighs ruefully. She gets up and opens the door, only to find Nao right outside.
“I thought you’d be here Koko. I just wanted to see how you were holding up,” she says with a pained smile. 
“Nao, you’re not Ayane, you don’t need to pretend to be happy,” Koko expresses, squatting down so she’s eye level with the petite girl. Nao hugs her tightly. Both of them had lost someone close to them. 
“Has anyone checked on… her…?” Koko hesitates when thinking about her former friend. 
“No. We locked her in her room.” 
“Ah. Is it okay if I check on her?” 
“Maybe. You’d have to ask everyone else though.”
Koko nods and heads out, leaving the tiny girl to her thoughts. She walks down the hall and down the stairs, heading to the dorms. She pauses in front of Yuki’s dorm, but continues onward towards Naoto’s room. She knocks twice on the door and waits for a second. After confirming that he isn’t in his room, she moves along towards Sayuris room. She knocks on her dorm room door, and it opens a tiny bit.
“Hey Koko! Whats.. Whats… whats up?” Sayuri gives a slight smile.
“I need to see Yuki. I wanted to make sure that's okay with you,” Koko says, her face dead serious. Sayuri flinches at the sound of her name.
“I-I-I’m okay with-I’m okay with that…” She looks down at her hands and fiddles with her lab coat that’s a little too big for her. Koko nods and walks off. She hears Sayuri’s door close softly as she walks over to Chinatsu’s room. She knocks and waits for an answer, but none comes. 
“She’s probably with Naoto, I’ll go find them.” Koko starts to try and find Naoto and Chinatsu, feeling a pang of sadness as she passes the dorm that used to be Yumas. She listens for a second and hears the faint sound of banging. She realizes that Naoto’s playing the drums and she runs up to his workshop on the 3rd floor. She casually walks in. Chinatsu is drawing Naoto as she always is. She looks around as Naoto finishes the song he was playing, and she claps politely.
“How long have you been here Koko?”
“I just got here. I have a question for both of you,” She states plainly.
“Shoot.” 
“Would it be okay if I were to check on Yuki?” Chinatsu lets out a small gasp as Koko says her name. Chinatsu quickly nods and looks away, Naoto contemplating her request.
“Why do you want to?”
“I feel bad,” Koko states, gesturing to the two of them, “both of you have each other, but she lost her best friend in the worst way possible. And… I really do care about her and I don’t want her to kill herself.”
Naoto nods. Koko nods back and walks out of the room.