A seventeenth student.

Chapter 3

We sat down with Junko in the Data lab and relaxed for a bit. I was wondering why she wanted us around so I finally spoke up.

"So... what's going on?" I asked her.

Thats when her face lit up and she pointed to a monitor.

"Okay so you see the despair on their faces? Well check out this one. The sly fox even grabbed a knife. She plans to kill tonight. That means you two are going to have your date tonight!" She squealed in delight. "Also it wont be in the cafeteria. That's just lame and to much work. I've decided that the music room would be a lot better. I'll have the robots move everything, set it up, even have one playing the piano for you two. It's going to be so romantic." She sighed and fell onto her chair.

I stared at her for a moment wondering the practically non-existent sanity of my friend when she suddenly sprung out of her chair and threw two bags at us.

"There are your outfits! I planned them perfectly. Dress in them soon. There's only so much time left till curfew." She began practically shoving us out of the room.

A few moments later I stood in my room and ran a hand through my hair. "At least it looks really pretty." I said to myself as I took out the dress and slipped it onto myself. It was a rather simple black dress that ended a little before my knees. I did a little spin and saw the skirt lift a bit. A giggle left my lips as I kept spinning till I was getting dizzy. When I finally stopped I went to put on the rest of my outfit. Next was a pair of heals, that couldn't be more than an inch or two, in red. I began to style my hair and decided to let my {(l/h) or (s/h)} down in slight curls. I felt good and then there was a knock on the door. As I went to open it, I saw an envelope. I took it into my hands.

"I went ahead to make sure that everything was in place. When you're ready to leave, monokuma will lead you to the music room. Please put this on as well.

-Mono"

I couldn't help but smile slightly at tbe necklace that was in the envelope. It was the white half to Monokuma's face.

"I wonder if Mono has the other half." I said to no one in particular as I put the jewelry on and stepped out of my room.

A monokuma took my hand and began to lead me to the music room. There I saw a table more towards the lower right corner of the room and all the benches previously there were gone. I saw Mono sitting at the table, patiently waiting for me.

When he lifted his head, his eyes lit up and a smile spread across his face. It wasn't like his usual smile. Instead of it being crazy and laced with despair, it was kind and gentle and charming.

He jumped out of his chair and ran up towards me, gently taking my hand and planting a kiss upon it. "You look stunning." He complimented before leading me to the table and pulling out the chair for me to sit in. Once seated, he ran back to his chair and sat down. I saw him in a pair of black jeans and a white button up.

"Junko let you dress casually?" I asked him.

"Kind of. When she was figuring out what we should wear, I told her I wanted to keep my color scheme so thats when, instead of the ball room scene she wanted to create, it's a bit more formal." He said as he held something in his hands. When I could it, I noticed it was his hoodie. He always found comfort in it when he felt awkward.

"You can put it on. Like I said, I prefer you to wear it."

As if the sky opened up after a rainstorm to reveal a sea of rainbows, a sigh of happiness overcame him as he put his hoodie on and flipped the hood on. I couldn't contain my laughter as it was cute to see him so flustered.

"So other than dinner, what did Junko have planned for us?" I asked him as I played with my necklace.

"I think she said dancing and a small walk in the garden." He said as he watched my fingers twirl around the chain and a smile appeared on his face. "Hey! You're wearing it!" He said and revealed he did infact hold the other half.

"Well I'm glad you have it. Anyways, let's begin this date shall we?"

"Of course!"