Momoharu Week 2023

Day 1: Trust/Betrayal

This is a sequel from the Mastermind AU that I did last year. People last year enjoyed it more than I thought and I kinda sorta wanted to do a follow up from it. What better opportunity than this XD

Also, unlike last year, any art that I have might not be great because I've been too busy to draw anything good. So art might seemed a bit rushed.

Maki had woken up with a headache and slight feeling of nausea. At first she thought that she was sick from a motive that Monokuma had cooked up. Then she realised that her wrist and arm were sore. When she opened her eyes and took in her surroundings, she immediately remembered what had happened. How she had accidentally found the secret passageway in the girl's bathroom. How she found where the Mastermind hid and was caught. And worst of all, finding out that Kaito was the Mastermind all along.

How could Maki have not seen it?

Either she was being uncharacteristically naive, or Kaito was extremely good at acting like an idiot.

Maki didn't want to believe it. All those moments that she had with Kaito. The training, the insistent wanting to have her hang out with him, the talks that they had and that stupid nickname that she started to come around to. Everything that Maki had felt or seen whenever she was with him suddenly felt wrong. Kaito was someone that she felt like she could trust. Someone to fall back on when she needed him. Someone to talk to when she had no one else.

Someone that she came to love.

And Kaito just trampled all over the things that he had built up with her. If there was ever a time when Maki felt like her heart was shattered into billions of pieces, it would be now. The despair that she was feeling was almost too much.

Now she can never trust again.

Just as that reality sunk in, there was a quiet click. Maki snapped out of her depressing thoughts. She glared at the door as it slowly opened. Her face darkened as Kaito popped his head in. He was still wearing the black and white clothes with that stupid red eye shadow. The worst part? He had the gall to smile as if nothing was wrong. When he closed the door behind him, Maki noted that he was carrying a plate of food. Sushi rolls? Really? How can this guy be the Mastermind, and STILL continue to act like the biggest idiot in the world? Maki continued to glare as Kaito approached her nonchalantly.

"Get the hell away from me!" She sneered, trying her best to move further away. Kaito stopped in his tracks, his smile vanishing from his face. Well, at least he didn't dare to come any closer. However, his face was unreadable, making it hard to tell what he's thinking.

"Calm down. I'm not trying to hurt you." He spoke calmly, his front foot looking like it was ready to step a little closer.

"Oh really? What do you call this then?" Maki challenged, pulling at her still cuffed wrist. She yanked on the chain to prove a point. She held back a wince as the cold, cruel metal dug into her skin. "Kidnapping? No, let's not call it that shall we?"

"Maki Roll-" Kaito started, raising a hand as if to stop her from hurting herself.

"Call me that again, and I'll rip you to pieces!" Maki spat, trying to get herself even further away. However, the side where her wrist was handcuffed prevented her from moving any more.

"Please, just let me speak." Kaito begged, staying still. He looked like he didn't want Maki to hurt herself anymore.

"I'm not listening to a bastard that I thought I could trust." Maki sneered, turning her head. She can't even look at him. Just being in the same room as him made her feel sick. She just wanted to break out of this room, find the others and end this game! She refuses to die here! If only she could, she'd snap Kaito's neck. No, she'd do worse than that! She'll rip him apart as slowly and painfully as he could. Let him feel how Kaede, Kirumi and Korekiyo felt when they were executed. Give him a taste of his own medicine. The bastard deserves it after all.