Unfair

[Author's note: Hi writer AzureFlakes here! I reposted my fanfics here but you guys can find them in my Ao3 account under the same username. This is a Rantarou POV fanfic. Let me know what you think about it!]

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I groaned, feeling a throbbing pain at the back of my head. My sight is blurry and my body feels heavy. Everytime I try to move, my skull feels like it's going to split open from a searing pain. Wait, how did this happen anyway? I remember walking to the library and a shotput ball fell then...! No, am I...dead? Wait where am I? 

Now that my vision is getting better, I look around to find myself slumped on a chair, with my hands bound by a rope to the arm rests of the chair. I was in a small, windowless room and in front of me was a screen where it shows my classmates arguing on who the killer is. 

Wait, if there's a killer...then who died!? I watched in horror as everyone voted for the blackened. Everyone had heavy hearts as they voted. Then Monokuma revealed that their votes are correct. Kaede Akamatsu, the ultimate pianist, was the killer. 

"Kaede? What's going on!?" I shouted and desperately tries to break free from my restraints but failed. This can't be happening. Why is Kaede being accused of killing someone? 

"I'm sorry everyone. I didn't mean to kill Rantarou. I was planning to defeat the mastermind but...my plan backfired. I'm sorry. Please, carry on with my wish," Kaede confesses and sobs, her hands are shaking as tears streams down her face. Tenko, Gonta and Kaito are ready to defend and fight the exisals but Kaede stopped them. I want to get up, run as fast as I can and tell them that I'm alive. I want to wipe away Kaede's tears and tell her she didn't kill anyone; that she's innocent. But it's too late. Through the tv screen in front of me, I can see Kaede was dragged away from the group while Shuichi desperately tried grasping for her hand but failed. 

"No! No this can't be happening! Kaede didn't kill anyone. I'm still alive!" I shouted furiously as I watch Kaede being hanged and the Monokubs begin pulling at the rope wrapped around her neck. As if to mock her further, Monokuma begins to swing his arms to conduct a music while the Monokubs keep on pulling at the rope. The performance begins to turn awfully and they earned boos from his fake audience. One of the audiences threw a stone at Kaede who was struggling to breathe. The scene got worse and worse until Kaede just...stopped struggling. But the nightmare didn't end there. The piano cover which has deadly spikes on it closes and Kaede's body was almost crushed. I gritted my teeth the entire time I was watching Kaede's execution. I couldn't take my eyes off the screen as I feel tears run down my face. It was so unfair. Someone like her –a kind, cheerful, helpful and selfless person getting killed for a crime she didn't even do. I would rather be dead than see her get humiliated from such an inhumane execution. 

The tv screen turned off and I lay my head down and sobbed silently. I didn't know how many minutes or hours had passed until I heard the sounds of footsteps from behind me. Could it be...the mastermind? 

"How did you enjoy the show Rantarou? Upupupu!" the mastermind asked and laughed just like Monokuma's. I tried deciphering based on the voice which among my classmates was behind it but I can't tell who it is. It sounds like a woman but not the one I'm familiar of. 

"Why? Why did Kaede have to be executed? It's unfair! I wasn't killed!" I shouted at the top of my lungs in anger and frustration as my mind chose to recall her gruesome execution.

The mastermind chuckled. "For audience entertainment, duh! How does it feel to see your leader and symbol of hope die so early? Isn't it despairful!? I'm sure our dear classmates feels it too. They will all succumb to despair soon. Just you watch!"