The way up was silent, dinner was silent even walking back to their dorm rooms was something the students did in silence.
No one felt like socializing, not after witnessing the brutal execution that had claimed Chuya's life.
Ren is lying on his bed and staring at the ceiling until someone rings his doorbell.
'Who could that be?' The ravennette gets up and walks to the door to open it "Huh? Matsui-san?"
Kaida nods, she has a piece of paper in her hands "I found this in my lab. She left it for us to find."
Ren holds the door open for Kaida to enter. Once they're sitting on the couch she hands him the note and he begins the read.
To everyone,
If you're reading this, it means that I killed and got found out, so I'm probably dead now. I know that I have no right to write any of you after what I've done, but I want you to know why I did it.
You see, I don't have a mother anymore and my father is addicted to alcohol, he can't take care of us anymore so I've been doing that since my mother passed away. However, I have three younger siblings Harumi is eleven, Shinta is ten and little Hideki is only seven years old, so it's my responsibility to take care of them.
Of course, this doesn't excuse anything I did and I got what was coming for me, I just wanted you to know my reasons and I hope you may find it in your heart to forgive me someday.
Seto Chuya
"Why did you let me read this?" Ren asks while giving Kaida the note back.
The bluenette neatly folds the note again "There are some burdens in life you shouldn't try to carry all by yourself." She sighs "I'm going to give this to Ueda-kun tomorrow, since he was really close to Seto-san. But I wanted you to read this... because I trust you." She admits.
Those words catch Ren off-guard "I don't really get why you trust me... but thanks."
Kaida smiles "Like I said before, I'm good at those things. You seem trustworthy." She stands up "Well, I think I should go back to my room. Goodnight."
"Hold on!" Ren reaches out and grabs Kaida's wrist.
The bluenette looks at him, shocked "Kimura-kun?"
"Remember what you told me? That it's not a sin to feel, what did you mean by that?"
An understanding smile graces Kaida's features "I've noticed you're hiding from your emotions, you never show them. But, Kimura-kun, if you avoid your feelings, you also avoid understanding who you really are. So... I hope that maybe you will accept them... someday." She carefully slips her wrist out of Ren's hold "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" And then she leaves.
"You're so confusing..." Ren mutters. He glances at his right hand 'But maybe I can try to understand you.'
~*~
Tatsuya and Ichiro prepared the food the next day. Kagami is the last one to enter the dining hall, as usual, but she trips over the doorstep and lands face-first on the ground.
"Ow." She groans but when she notices the shocked faces of her classmates she starts laughing and is soon joined by the others. The tension that was in the air has finally been broken.
Small talk is made during breakfast again. Ren has decided to chat with Kaida a bit and the calligrapher seems quite happy to talk to him. Even Seiichi seems to feel a bit better, Kaida probably gave him the note Chuya wrote.
Ren swears he can hear Aika mutter 'I ship it' but decides to ignore her.
And Monokuma decides to mess with the good mood by showing up.
"Why the fuck are you here?!" Maeko yells, pointing at the cursed bear.
"My, what a way to greet me." Monokuma sulks but quickly goes back to his cheery, annoying self "Anyway, I came here to give you a little present for surviving the class trial. You can now go to the next floor, so feel free to explore!" And he's gone.
"That must mean that the shutter has opened." Yuna stands up "I'm going, feel free to join me."
"Kimura-kun, let's explore together." Kaida suggests, smiling.
Ren nods "Sure."
They arrive in front of the stairs along with their twelve other classmates. The stairs lead to the floor below the one they're currently on. There's even a stairlift, so Ichiro is able to come with them.
"Kisaragi-kun, do you need me to carry your wheelchair downstairs?" Ginjiro suggests while the silverette gets in the stairlift.
Ichiro narrows his red eyes as if he's offended "No. I'll manage."
Looks like someone hates getting help.
As ifon cue all of them start heading down the stairs together.
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FanfictionWhat are you going to do when you're locked up with your fifteen classmates in a building and the only way out is by killing one of them? This is the question the students of the 94th class of Hope's Peak Academy have to ask themselves when they're...
