Shuichi had a plan. And it failed. In his attempt to try an kill the mastermind, he had lost her. Kaede. He tried to get the image out of his mind… The piano. The Monokubs’ giggles. Her body swinging back and forth before the spikes—

He shook his head slightly, trying to shake off the bad thoughts. No… he couldn’t. Kaede told him to make sure everyone got out alive. He couldn’t go all depressed.. not now. Not when she was still counting on him, beyond the grave. He sighed and stood up, walking to the communal kitchen to make himself a cup off coffee. His eye bags could sure use it. He let the coffee maker do its thing before pouring the steaming liquid into one of the blandest mugs he’s ever seen in his life, before adding six spoons of sugar. Too much? Definitely too much. But getting diabetes isn’t really the main issue here, is it?

He blinked slowly, trying to retain the moisture in his eyes as he took a long sip of his coffee. The numb, burning sensation on his tongue gave him a little distraction from the maelstrom of thoughts in his mind. He leaned against the counter with a sigh and let his head bang against the cabinets once he let his head fall back. He let out a small hiss before he relaxed again. Why was this happening? To them, of all people? They were all nice(mostly) and talented people. Well, except him, of course.

His eyes flitted to the small, red and blinking light in the corner of the kitchen. He narrowed his eyes at the device, knowing that Monokuma was probably watching them like hell to make sure they did nothing stupid. And who would, considering what they did to Kaede? He blinked himself out his staring contest as someone entered the kitchen. {{user}}.