Pride

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(Happy pride month everyone! Just a warning, I don't usually write in third person, so I'm sorry if this sucks😅)
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Class 78 sits in Junko Enoshima's living room, chatting happily with each other. About thirty minutes earlier, Junko and Sayaka had dragged Mondo into Junko's room for a 'surprise'. They all felt a little nervous, knowing that the girls were very spontaneous and reckless. Sayaka had reassured them that they would love this surprise.
"What do you think they're doing to him?" Leon asks with a sly smile. Hiro, who's sitting beside him, shrugs his shoulders.
"Guess we'll find out." He chuckles. The whole class hoped that Mondo was in the midst of a massive makeover. They didn't have a problem with how the biker looked, they just want to see him with makeup on. Chihiro speaks up.
"If they don't come out soon I'm going up there." He declares with his hands on his hips.
"I really don't think that's necessary." Taka speaks with his usual confidence.
"I'm sure they're being civil and orderly!" He says. Byakuya scoffs and rolls his eyes.
"Is that all you care about? Order?" To anyone else, that might've been hurtful. But Taka could see that, despite his demeanor, Byakuya means well. Besides, he's used to the sneers and jeers he would get from his middle school days. Taka simply smiles and clasps his hands behind his back.
"Of course not! I care about all of you, don't I?" The room goes silent for a few seconds.
"That was meaningful as shit, man." Leon comments with a straight face. Taka only smiles wider.
"Thank you, Leon. But please watch your profanity." Kyoko, who has remained silent for the entire visit, speaks up.
"We should probably make room on the couch." She states simply. Makoto looks at her, confused.
"Huh? Why should we do that?" He asks. Before Kyoko can answer, the ultimate's hear a knock on the door. They stare at the detective, mouths open.
"How?!" Leon suddenly exclaims. Kyoko shrugs in response.
"It was just a hunch." Celeste giggles slightly. She thoroughly enjoys the looks of confusion on her classmate's faces. Junko sprints down the stairs and to the door. She swings it open with a giant grin, revealing a few familiar faces.
"Hey! I'm, like, so glad you could come!"
She leads the following people into the room.
Takaaki Ishimaru, Daiya Owada, Takemichi Yukimaru, Komaru Naegi, Taichi Fujisaki, the entirety of Sayaka's idol group, Fuhito Kirigiri, Aloysius Pennyworth, Hiroko Hagakure, Mukuro Ikusaba, and Yuta Asahina. Everyone immediately began talking with their friends and family.
"Good afternoon young Master. I'm sorry that your parents could not attend, they are quite busy at the moment." Aloysius says, bowing respectfully to Byakuya.
The blonde smiles slightly and pats his butler on the shoulder.
"That's quite alright. I don't even know why I'm here." He shrugs. Aloysius shakes his head, signaling that he had no idea either. Byakuya looks to all of the visitors, one eyebrow lifted.
"So no one here knows what's going on?"
The visitors all shake their heads one by one. Byakuya sighs in exasperation.
"Great. Just when I thought I would get some answers." Celeste suddenly giggles evilly in the corner of the room. She's standing hand in hand with Kyoko as they talk to Fuhito, Kyoko's grandfather. As the attention is shifted to Celeste, Byakuya sighs again.
"You know don't you?" He asks, done with the situation. Celeste giggles once more.
"Kyoko was kind enough to tell me her deductions." She sneers, enjoying the attention. Kyoko rolls her eyes at her dramatic girlfriend and turns to the rest of the group.
"Just to be clear, if any of you had asked I would have told you." She shrugs. Daiya speaks up.
"Sorry to interrupt, but where the hell is my brother?" Just then, the group hears a door open upstairs.
"I guess we're about to find out." Takaaki states calmly. They wait impatiently for the three to walk down the stairs. Sayaka and Junko come into view first, practically jumping up and down.
"Come down here!"
"Hurry up!" Sayaka and Junko yell up the stairs in unison. Mondo slowly comes down the stairs and stands in front of the group. He has rainbow scars covering his face and arms. His hands are wrapped in rainbow bandages and his hair is down. He says nothing, but he has a small smile on his face.
"Tada!" Sayaka squeals, gesturing toward the biker.
"We're all going to pride!" Junko exclaims excitedly. After hearing that, the room bursts into excited chatter. Daiya and Takemichi walk up to Mondo.
"That's a nice look on you little bro." Daiya chuckles, slapping his brother on the back. Mondo playfully elbows him in the ribs.
"Shut it. You're gonna get somethin' too." Junko overhears and speaks over the voices.
"Yep! You're all getting makeovers relating to your flags! Courtesy of Sayaka and I." She yells with her hands on her hips. Sayaka however, doesn't seem to be paying attention at the moment. She's currently flirting relentlessly with Mukuro, and the latter is sitting there with a blush covering her entire face. Almost everyone in the room cheers in excitement at the news. Junko beams at the crowd of people in her living room.
"Okay so everyone who isn't an ultimate, I need to know if you're gay or bi or whatever."
Takemichi speaks up first.
"I'm pretty gay fam." He laughs, one arm around Mondo. Junko takes out a notepad and stars writing things down. She then points to Daiya, who's standing on Mondo's other side.
"Ace/Aro." He says simply. Junko jots that down and moves on to Takaaki.
"Straight." Komaru is next.
"Lesbian." Toko pumps her fist in the air in a celebratory motion at that. Taichi goes next.
"Straight." Junko keeps pointing at person after person. Most of them give the same answer. They're straight allies. Then Junko lands on Hiroko Hagakure.
"Bi." Hiro turns to her wide eyed.
"Really?" He asks incredulously. Leon outright laughs at that.
"It's pretty obvious dude. Major top energy." He jokes, elbowing his boyfriend in the side. Hiroko looks at her son nervously.
"Is that a problem?" She asks timidly. Hiro puts a hand on her shoulder to reassure her.
"Nah. I'm pan." He tells her with a smile. Hiroko's nervous expression changes to a sly smile as she looks between Hiro and Leon.
"Are you two...?" She teases. Hiro blushes heavily as Leon laughs again.
"I like her!" Leon exclaims. Junko interrupts the moment abruptly.
"So who wants to go first?" Surprisingly, Taka raises his hand first. Junko smiles at him and grabs his hands, pulling him up the stairs.
"Come on Sayaka!" She calls over her shoulder. Sayaka sighs a little and waves goodbye to Mukuro, who's still blushing madly. The three disappear up the stairs.

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