Party Games

‘Why the fuck would we want to play party games?’ Kuzuryu asked. ‘It’s not like we don’t know each other.’

‘I think it’s an excellent idea,’ Sonia said. ‘We were brainwashed, after all. I’m not sure if our having been classmates three years ago means we know who we are now.’

‘Yeah! And Ibuki wants to dare Byakuya-chan to give her a smooch!’

‘Are we really thinking about playing that sort of game?’ Hinata asked.

‘Don’t be nervous.’ Nidai clapped a hand on Hinata’s shoulder, as if that would be reassuring. ‘You can always pick “truth”.’

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‘Fuck marry kill … anyone in this group.’

‘Ah,’ Komaeda said, ‘I’m sure no-one here deserves to be married to trash like me –’

‘Just answer the question,’ Kuzuryu said.

A look passed over Komaeda’s face – like he was annoyed at Kuzuryu for hurrying him. Or maybe it was the prospect of answering.

‘Fuck Hinata-kun. Marry Sonia-san. Let everyone else kill me.’

‘Hang on, you’d marry Sonia?’ Hinata said. Which was probably the wrong part of the answer to be responding to.

‘Sure. Sonia-san is a princess. What do you have to offer, Hinata-kun?’

‘It’s alright, Hinata-san,’ Sonia said. ‘I don’t mind sharing.’ Her eyes lit up. ‘You know, in my country, it’s not unusual at all –’

‘No-one’s actually getting married!’ Souda said. ‘Or … any of the other stuff.’

‘Obviously not,’ Sonia said. ‘The killing game is over, is it not? It’s not as if Monokuma is going to appear again and force us to act out our responses.’

There was a moment of silence as they all considered the idea.

‘Well, if we all just agreed to kill Komaeda …’ Souda said.

‘I think we should have gone with Mioda’s idea after all,’ Hinata muttered.

‘You’d play spin the bottle with Komaeda’s luck?’ Kuzuryu said, under the arguments of the others.

‘Maybe not,’ Hinata said.

But that game would come sooner or later too.