ɓựʈʈɵɲʂ ɲ' ʂʈɨʈɕɦɛʂ || Oumasai

Motive to.. Salvation?

A/N: as u can see i love run-on sentences lmao

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The room went dead silent as Kokichi and Kaito finish their round. After a few moments of processing what just happened, Kokichi's lip twitched as a smile. Kaito's face turned white, as if he had seen a ghost. Or maybe he was the ghost!

Of course, Kokichi was the one who won. He has scissors, as Kaito had paper.

Before Kaito could say anything, Maki jumped up with the deadliest look that Shuichi's ever seen. She walked over to Kaito and Kokichi, then slapped both of their hands down. "This is stupid. We should'nt be playing games while we're trying to figure out a tough situation."

"... Kokichi did win," Kiibo mumbled, but backed down when Maki whipped around to face him.

"Kaito's not going... Anywhere." Maki growled, a slight crack being heard in her voice. "I won't... Let him..."

"Calm down there, Miss assassin!" Monokuma exclaimed cheerfully. "Actually, it doesn't matter if you do or not. Because Kaito's going away anyway!"

"So we didn't have to vote?!" Maki growled.

"Oh, you did. If you didn't, you'd die." Monokuma said, nodding at Shuichi who just fiddled with his hat. "Buuut... Kaito was a great choice! I take it he's your final answer?"

"No!" Maki exclaimed. At the same time, Kokichi yelled; "Yes!"

"Ooooh... Looks like we have a split opinion!" Monokuma laughed, putting his paws on his belly. "Althooooough.... I don't care. Now, say your last goodbyes to your lovely friend Kaito! Puhuhuhu!!!"

"No!" Maki yelled again, tears stinging her eyes as she snatched something from her pocket— A knife?... Actually, that was pretty predictable.

"Maki-roll... It's.. Okay," Kaito started, turning to her. He was cut off by Shuichi, who also tried to calm her down, but wasn't too calm himself.

"Maki... I'm so sorry.." Shuichi mumbled, stepping forward with guilt. "It's all my fault.. I.. I-I shouldn't have voted for him..."

"You're right, you fucking shouldn't have." Maki snapped, turning to Shuichi with a look of pure anger. She walked over to him and grabbed him by his collar, which made him gasp. "And it's all because you just had to vote for your stupid, goddamn boyfriend that you love oh so much!"

Tears were already falling from Maki's eyes as she shook Shuichi angrily. "Why can't I ever be happy instead of you?! I want to be able to be loved, too! Is that too much to ask?!"

"I... I-I... Uh.. M-Maki, .... I didn't mean to..." Shuichi stuttered, now crying on his own. His eyes were swirling with confusion and despair, his eyes focusing on Maki's faded red eyes. "I-I'm sorry.. I meant no harm, I just--"

Shuichi felt himself fall backwards, but was caught by familiar arms that he definitely missed.  And the scent of those arms. Was Shuichi a cat or something?

"Hey, If you want to pick a fight with Shuichi, you'll probably shouldn't." Kokichi said, with little humor in his voice. "Because he'll definitely win with how strong and hot he is. And because you'll have to go through me, first."

Maki instantly came back with a response, "So now you defend Shuichi." She scoffed, crossing her arms and backing away. "You were ignoring him for most of the time that we've been here."

"So? That doesn't mean I won't defend him." Kokichi blatantly stated.

"... I Shouldn't have even considered starting to like you. You're nothing but a lying, manipulative.. Idiotic... Brat!" Maki narrowed her eyes, but not with as much anger. "Kaito.... Even Kaito trusted you, and you blew that! You blew any chance of redeeming yourself.. Especially since everyone knows that under your fake little facade, you're actually extremely weak and can't win a fight if it depended on your life!"