Refrain

Notice + Story Outline

( Sorry to anyone who thought this was a new update :(( )

Soo, as you can probably guess by looking at the description, I have cancelled this story. I've already orphaned the work on AO3 (where I originally published it) so there's no going back. I was just going to cancel it without saying anything, but I felt bad for leaving you guys hanging so I wanted to at least let you know.

I was full of inspiration when I first started writing this fic, and I had so many ideas for where I would take it. But now that it's been more than a full year, not only have I lost motivation, I've also realized how utterly scrambled this story is. Seriously, I read over some of it, and the plot isn't consistent with the canon events in the game at all (at least not as much as how I wanted it to be).

I didn't have the whole plot planned out yet, but if you want a brief outline of the story you can read it starting now (I can't link stuff for some reason lol)

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What was going to happen after chapter 7 was basically Saihara going with Ouma to help Momota out with something (I didn't plan out what the something was lol), and Kiibo catching up to follow them. Momota would be annoyed that Ouma was there, but he would try to just ignore him as he gets Saihara to help him.

Kiibo observes them, and at the end of the chapter he would wonder if he's going a bit too overboard just to check for more suspicious behaviour from Ouma. He would once again convince himself that it was for their class' safety, but as the game goes on and more people start to die (in a different order from canon), he'd seriously begin doubting himself. Clearly his observations aren't stopping his classmates from killing each other, so what can he do to make it stop?

I was planning on putting something in about how Kiibo had become a stalker, just as Ouma had been one to Saihara. Kiibo thought he was doing it for the right reasons, but as it turns out, he was just as bad as the person he was claiming to want to put a stop to. (And by this point in the story, Ouma would've revealed that he's been suspicious of Kiibo the whole time).

There's not much to the outline, because again, I didn't plan out the entire story. But as sad as it is, Kiibo and Ouma most likely would've died in the ending; perhaps after having resolved their issues with each other. Unlike in the original where Ouma's last moments are spent with Momota, in this story they would've been with Kiibo. You can imagine for yourself what that would've been like.

That's the last of the outline... Sorry I couldn't think of more ( and I'm even more sorry for not actually writing any of it out ;; ).

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I really appreciate all the support this story has received (even being #1 on the kiibouma tag at one point!) and I'm soo sorry for not being able to continue it. I know how disappointing this must be u.u''

I will keep writing for the kiibo/ouma pairing, but for now, I think I'm just going to stick to one shots. Thank you to all my readers, and the ones who cared enough to stick around for this long! <3