"Y'all wanna hear a scary story?" Leon asked me and Byakuya.

"Uh why now?" I asked as I sipped some fruit punch.

"Becauseeeee. I'm bored." Leon said.

"Go hang out with someone else. Me and Makoto are busy" Byakuya rolled his eyes.

"Busy with what? Making out?" Leon smirked.

I choked on my fruit punch and coughed a bit, "w-what?!"

Byakuya hit Leon in the arm, "N-no! Talking you peasant" Byakuya glared. Although he was now red like me.

Leon held his hands up and laughed, "Sorry!"

"No you're not" Byakuya glared underneath his glasses.

"Yeah I'm not. Anyways so have you heard of the story of Teke Teke?" Leon asked.

I racked my brain for that story. I vaguely remembered a story about a lady whose legs were chopped off or something like that.

"Uh no" Byakuya said.

"Okay so- there are many different versions of this legend, but I'll tell the one that I'm more used to. So this lady got hit by a train during the winter and her legs kinda....like got cut off. Due to the severe cold, she bled out very slowly. So she dragged herself to a train station and when the attendant saw her, all they did was put a tarp over her body...er upper body and she died a slow painful death. Anyways, legend has it that her ghost haunts the streets, she drags her body with her arms making a 'teke teke' sound. Which is how she got her name." Leon said.

"....oh uh wow" Byakuya said.

I had a horrified face on, "That's so gruesome!"

"Yeah I know. Usually after people hear her legend, she comes after them and chop off their legs. It's sad that no one can outrun her. Even in a car" Leon said.

"Why did you tell us about her then if she kills people after they hear about it?!" I exclaimed.

Leon shrugged and walked off.

"Don't worry. The story is fake. I think" Byakuya said as he put his arm around me.

"How convincing" I said sarcastically.

"Leon is just messing with us" Byakuya rolled his eyes.

"Okay but if it is real, I'm getting a headstart" I said.

"You heard Leon, you can't outrun it. And I saw you during gym class you were terrible at running" Byakuya scoffed.

"Hey!"

"I'm not wrong!" The corner of Byakuya's mouth twitched a bit.

"You totally are" I crossed my arms.

"You're a terrible runner"

"I'm not! I just get tired super easily" I huffed.

"Which means you're a terrible runner" Byakuya pointed out

"Oh come on-"

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walking on the beach was very relaxing. The sun was in the sky and the ocean breeze felt nice against my skin. It was so peaceful. I could almost ignore the fact that Aoi was trying to drown Teruteru.

I sat on the sand as I looked over the ocean. It was a pretty blue.

"Yo." Mondo sat down next to me.

"Oh uh...hi?" I said awkwardly.

"What's up? Where's your boyfriend?" Mondo said.

I turned a little pink, "Oh he....uh he went to play cards with celeste. Something about wanting to beat the ultimate gambler, I don't know" I laughed nervously.

"As if he could beat 'er. Hey, has Leon told you tha' creepy Teke Teke story also?" Mondo asked.

"Oh- yeah! Then he added very ominously at the end that anyone who would hear would die by her later" I fiddled with my jacket sleeves.

"Lil shit. He's just fucking with us" Mondo grumbled.

"I mean yeah probably. But still. It's kinda creepy" I said.

"Don't tell me that yer scared or somethin'?" Mondo scoffed.

"I'm not!"

"Uh huh" Mondo crossed his arms.

Teruteru ran past us, covered in water as Aoi ran after him trying to grab him.

"The hell-" Mondo said.

"yeah. I don't know why Hina hates Teruteru so much" I laughed a bit.

"Everyone hates Teruteru" Mondo scoffed.

"I don't hate him! Although he can be a perv at times, he isn't that bad" I said.

"He tried to touch my chest."

"Oh- er..." I didn't know what to say. "But like you don't have...boobs?" I said awkwardly.

"Pft yea I know. But apparently that lil chef bitch wanted to touch 'em anyways" Mondo grumbled a bit.

I patted his broad shoulder, "I...um...I'm sorry?"

Mondo raised an eyebrow, "I just realized that you are very awkward"

"Wha- no! I just...don't know what to say in this situation" I said.

he scoffed, "Whatever."

"Hey where's Taka?" I asked

"Oh last I saw him, he was talkin' with that redhead lady. With the camera thing" Mondo put up his hands and made a click motion. Like a camera.

"Ohhh yeah that's Mahiru Koizumi. Ultimate photographer" I said.

"You know everyone's name's here?" Mondo said.

"Yep. I technically saved them so it was easy to learn their names" I shrugged.

"Ah right. You harbored war fugitives" Mondo grinned as he nudged my shoulder. "good job. Ya got arrested before me. That's a major accomplishment"

"Oh uh haha thanks" I laughed a bit.

"I don't know how you did it considering you're goody two shoes ass" Mondo muttered.

"h-hey!"

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I think my favorite island is the second one. Not because of the abandoned Hope's peak building. That's kinda creepy. I just like the vibes the best. Also there's a diner there that has great food.

The diner also had air conditioning. And I like the cold so naturally, I was sitting in a booth in there with Teruteru trying to flirt with me. It was kinda funny.

"Has anyone ever told you how cute you are?" Teruteru said.

"Yeah my boyfriend" I smiled.

"So uh...threesome?"

"No thank you" I laughed nervously.

I heard the diner door opened and I looked over and saw Hajime and Nagito walk in. Hajime saw me and Teruteru and he stopped dead in his tracks, "what are you 2 doing here?" he asked.

"Talking" I said.

"Making out" Teruteru said.

We both looked at each other and Hajime had a confused expression on, "Um...I'm gonna guess you guys were talking" he said.

"Close enough" Teruteru said.

Hajime and Nagito sat in the booth with me and they were across from me.

"Is he bothering you? I can kick him if you like" Hajime glanced at Teruteru.

"no it's fine. He was just making me some food" I said.

"I can make you 2 gentleman some food also" Teruteru piped up.

"Um no thanks" Hajime said.

"Oh I'm fine thank you" Nagito gave a smile.

"If you say so. Makoto, your mac and cheese will be ready soon" Teruteru went into the kitchen area of the diner.

"Okay!" I said.

"So how are you two?" I asked.

"I'm doing okay" Hajime shrugged.

"Oh I've been doing well. Thank you for asking. Such an amazing person like yourself shouldn't waste time on trash like me" Nagito laughed a bit.

"You're not trash, Nagito" Hajime sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose as if he had to talk to Nagito about this 20 times.

"yeah!" I agreed.

"I appreciate it. You two are such nice people" Nagito smiled.

Although Nagito isn't as obsessed with Hope like before...he still believes he's trash and has no meaning to the world. Which is not true! Everyone has meaning!

"Thanks" Hajime said.

We talked for a bit and 10 minutes later, Teruteru brought me my mac and cheese. It was in a bowl with a metal fork in it.

"Bon appetite. I hope you enjoy it" Teruteru winked at me.

"Ahaha thanks" I said as I picked up the fork and ate some. Teruteru stared at me, waiting for my reaction.

It was amazing.

"Mm! This is good!" I smiled.

Teruteru smiled and he combed his hair back, "I appreciate it. Thank you"

"Are you guys sure you don't want any food?" I asked.

"yeah were fine, thank you" Nagito said.

Teruteru left and me, Nagito and Hajime talked a bit. Mostly about random stories

"-why would Ibuki try to blow up those fireworks?" I sighed.

"She wanted to see colors in the sky. She said that it was to boring to just see a dark sky" Hajime shrugged.

"Fireworks are very pretty" I smiled a bit.

"Very loud though. They make a boom sound and it startles me easily" Nagito said.

"Ah yeah" I nodded.

Kinda like the execution.

I ate more of my macaroni. God Teruteru is an amazing cook- or chef in his words. He IS an ultimate.

"Oh! Funny story. I was walking along the beach one time, and a seagull started pecking at me" Nagito said.

"How is that funny?" I asked.

"You didn't hear the part yet, I apologize. So while I was trying to swat it away, Gundham came over and tried to subdue, and the seagull pooped on his head!" Nagito laughed.

"....pftt" I held in a laugh. Even Hajime broke into a grin.

"Guess seagulls are no match for the ultimate breeder" Hajime laughed.