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[witchwhaat]

men sp🫡

[rekino2114]

Hmm...I know.

Reader defending Teruko from the dogpile of murder accusations in chapter 1?

Reader defending teruko tawaki

A/n:ooooohh this idea was so good, I had so much fun writing this, and I always love an excuse to rewatch drdt

Spoilers for drdt chapter 1

The first trial had started,no matter how much you didn't want it to happen deep down, you knew that it was inevitable, but you didn't expect it to be like this.

Xander had died,stabbed, in the computer room, a shame, you really liked him and his attitude towards the killing game but the worst thing was that teruko,your girlfriend was found in the room with him also stabbed but thankfully she was alive.

After she woke up she told you everything about how Xander actually tried to kill her but that she didn't kill him, you believed her of course, even if you didn't know why someone like him would do that, unfortunately your classmates didn't have the same trust in her you had.

"H-hang on you've got it all wrong!, how am I Xander's killer?"

"Seriously?, you were at the scene of the crime with the murder weapon in your hand how much more obvious can you get?"

"Not to mention you admitted moments ago to meeting up with Xander in the computer lab where his body was found, you were the last person with him"

"That doesn't make me the killer, Xander was the one who asked me to meet him in the computer lab"

"Do you have any evidence to back up that claim?any witnesses to Xander saying that?"

"I.....i don't.....but still,you have to believe me! Xander is the one who brought the knife and attacked me with it. That knife was taken from the kitchen so he could have accessed it at any time"

"That means little if anyone could have taken the kitchen knife, then it just as easily could have been you who took it"

"Ignoring the fact that you have no proof to back up any of your statements so far.even if Xander was the one to strike first couldn't the two of you have gotten into a fight that killed him?"

You desperately wanted to say something in defense of your girlfriend, but min,Arturo, and Veronika all made great points and you weren't there so you couldn't have known what happened,of course you believed her but you needed evidence to prove her innocence, evidence that could have only come from more discussion,so you silently continued to listen as it went on.

"S-seriously, everyone, you've got it all wrong, I'm not the killer!"

"Can you explain why you had the murder weapon when your bodies were discovered?"

"I.....I'm not too sure. Maybe the killer is trying to frame me,I'm not too sure at this point in time but...please everyone believe me"

At this point, you knew you had to step in at least to support her

"I believe you teruko"

Eden also agreed with you, and teruko seemed to calm down for a moment

"Y/n.."

"Yeah, well, I don't, and I'm sure the only reason you do is cause you love her oh so much"

You wanted to punch arei for her comment but resisted...mainly because your podiums were too far away, so you sticked to words

"I think you need to learn that your opinion isn't the truth just because you yell it louder"

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY YOU-"

Before arei could continue hu stepped in

"Let's return to the original topic which was establishing a sequence of events,that should clear up any confusion"

the class recapped what they knew about the events, and you could feel they were leaning even more towards teruko being the culprit as they talked

"Then Arturo and i discovered the body at 8 p.m. we all know what happened after that"

"That story doesn't explain all the evidence at the crime scene! What about the strange DVD or the water on the ground?"

"Does that even matter? Maybe someone was watching some videos and there was a water leak, big whoop! Stop grasping at straws"

Yet another stupid comment from arei made you lose your patience

"She's not grasping at straws, she's bringing up unexplained evidence! Do you even know how an investigation works?"

"If you continue talking to me like that I swear you'll be the next victim"

"Please go ahead, it'll be fun watching your execution from the afterlife"

While you were arguing more accusations went against teruko and she started to panic

"H-hang on! wait a second you're making a huge mistake.....I DIDN'T KILL XANDER!"

She raised her voice, and you looked at her with concern. Unfortunately, the others seemed even more convinced

"Let's vote already and put this trial behind us"

"Seconded. This case is too obvious all the evidence points to her"

"W-wait-"

Your pleading was ignored as monotv finally spoke

"Hm? Voting time already? Wow, that was fast"

"Stop... please for a moment, you're all....wrong.....I didn't.....I didn't kill xander"

Teruko was spiraling, she seemed on the verge of despair you had to help her even without evidence

"Everyone we need to hear her out, we can't vote for her so blindly just because all the clues seem to point in her direction!"

They all ignored you

"I'm sorry, teruko I know you're upset for having been caught, but we have to do this if we don't vote for who the blackend is we'll die"

"......"

"Wait no please we still need to discuss we haven't solved the case completely"

"But we have enough evidence to determine she's the culprit, and she can't defend herself i apologize to you too I recognize this must be hard for you but you have to see that teruko is guilty"

Hu was right you knew she wasn't guilty she couldn't be , but neither you nor her had any evidence to prove it

"......"

You couldn't bear to see teruko in this state she looked so defenseless and despairing the fact they were willing to vote for her when she was clearly innocent made you angry

"Are you seriously going to kill her without even listening to her side of the story?" she got stabbed too. She's another victim here goddammit"

"Y/n please calm down and realize that there's no other way that this makes sense"

"No there is another way! The truth! But, you're all so focused on her that you can't even think about other possibilities!"

"If you're so trusting in her then you surely have some evidence to clear her of suspicion no? Or is it just your emotions speaking?"

"I-i admit I have no concrete evidence, but that's exactly why we have to continue this trial"

"Do you expect us to continue with this trial forever? Just accept that your girlfriend's a murderer and move on!"

As j spoke to you, your mind was getting closer to the pit of despair teruko was already in, you loved her, she could never kill someone, why couldn't anyone else see that?

".........no...I refuse.... teruko isn't the murderer.....I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT!"

"Just great now we have two people in denial, hey monotv can you speed this up and let us vote before we all die?"

This was it, you were all going to die teruko wasn't the murderer so all of you except the real killer would die, you didn't even have the strength to say goodbye to her.

...........

...........

..........

"Thank you y/n"

"Ter...uko?"

"Thank you for defending me and making me realize.......what a bunch of fucking morons the others are"

"What?"

"Go ahead and vote for me if you want to end your life that badly, go ahead"

"T-teruko? What's wrong?"

"Have you completely lost it"

"I think the stress of the situation has finally gotten to her"

"Ahahahaha"

The laugh that came out of teruko was maniacal and insane but you really couldn't blame her you would have done the same

"Xander pretended to be my friend just to betray me and try to end my life, you all are the same, without thinking about it, without any concern for my life, you want to call me Xander's killer"

"Wait a second-"

"And what about y/n! They made totally logical arguments, and you just ignored and belittled them just because I'm their girlfriend?, as if the only reason they trust me is because we love each other"

"......."

You were speechless, not only she was defending you but she was also calling out the other's bullshit

"Now I realize I was a fool for thinking we could all work together, the only person i can trust is y/n, they defended me with everything they had while you all were against them, that is true trust and I intend to repay that"

"Teruko....."

"I'm sorry for making you go through that I should have done this a long time ago, but don't worry now......I'll have to prove my innocence with evidence! I'll show you all why I'm not the killer"

As the trial continued, the teruko you saw was someone new, a more confident, even ruthless person, but you knew you could trust her just as she knew she could trust you, even if everyone else was against you two, you would still have each other to love and to trust.

[pheita]

Flash Fic Friday: Yonder Hills

Ok, it's a hot minute since I finished this @flashfictionfridayofficial so here we are. Again a little snippet of my strange wlw romance WIP "Tricky Love" Tagging @mantabanter @incandescent-creativity

Have fun

For minutes I tried to rummage in my memory for when I had seen Rose grinning like that. It was that wide grin of anticipation, and I feared I'd never seen her like that. Her natural red curls bobbed along with every movement. "You're going to love it," she promised with a giggle in her voice. It was kind of cute to see her like this, even if the number of facets this woman had was starting to make me dizzy and I had a hard time to keep count. "Where are we going? Can you at least tell me?" A rough idea of where she was taking me would have been enough, after all. Sometimes Rose loved secrets far too much. So I had no choice but to go along and wait. I was sure she wouldn't put me in danger, which was strange considering she was a criminal wanted by the government. Somehow, nothing had been normal since I met her. "You'll see in a minute. Don't worry, it's not far." "Why is that exactly what I'm worried about?" "Because you're getting paranoid?" laughed Rose, grinning at me with her eyes closed. I always thought only anime characters did that, but this was just then proving me wrong. The only thing I could say was the obvious observation that we were still very close to her business. "Paranoid? Hmm, who do you think is to blame for that?" I put my index finger to my lips and looked up at the sky as if I really needed to think. Rose just nudged me with her hip. "Very funny." "I think so, too." Inevitably, I had to grin. "But seriously," Rose explained a little more seriously, "you really are getting a little overcautious." "Am I?" If Rose said that, there must have been something to it, even if I hadn't noticed. I'd glanced to the side for a moment, but when I looked back at her, the corners of her mouth were twitching suspiciously again. "You will, but that's normal. Hopefully it'll go away." "Tell me, are you channelling Rodney or what's going on with you today?" "I'm just in a good mood."

She shrugged and did a little hop. Her good mood was a little scary and I seriously hoped I'd never witness her and Rodney being like that, that would be the end of a lot of people, and I wasn't keen on witnessing the metaphorical murder of business clients. Abruptly, she stopped and pulled me into a small side alley. Before I knew what was happening, she was pressing the buttons on a drink machine in a strange sequence. The surprised cry on my part was certainly not so good when the drink machine moved and cleared a small passage. Rose made a welcoming gesture. "Welcome to Yonder Hills." "What?" "I'll explain in a minute." Cautiously, I stepped into the twilight of the passage and took a few steps. You heard Rose step into the passage behind me, and right after that, the drink machine moved in front of it again. For a second we stood in the dark, when suddenly the light came on. Rose exhaled in relief. "They fixed it. Wonderful!" "Who, what?" "One more minute." The grin took on something slightly strained, and it didn't reassure me one bit. Rose nudged me to keep walking. How long we walked I could poorly guess, but it wasn't long. The hum of the old neon lights accompanied us until we arrived at a bunker door. "A bunker?", I asked over my shoulder. "More than that," Rose spoke, pushing past me, "Over the yonder hills is above below and below above, law is dark and justice shines brightly from the highest point." Now finally confused, I looked at her questioningly. She nodded to the door, which opened with a squeak. A young man with a winning smile and wavy short black hair opened it for us. "Welcome home, boss. And I see you finally brought your girl." "Shut up, Ferdinand, and let us through." The eye-roll from Rose was epic and something I'd only seen in the context of Rodney. "Just as you command, boss." Ferdinand stepped aside and I could finally see inside. It wasn't a bunker, but it was clearly in the basement of the building, the way the windows were placed. There were computers, workbenches, and bits and pieces of whatever were lying around in various corners. "What is this?", I asked into the room. "Yonder Hills, the main headquarters of Midnight Rose." Somewhere deep in the room to my left came the answer. Looking there, I found a young woman with distinctly East Asian roots and bright green hair. "Natsuki, this is Audrey. Audrey, Natsuki, our tech and life insurance when we're out there. You've already met Ferdinand. He's..." "Connoisseur of fine things, entirely at your service," Ferdinand took over and took my hand to press a kiss on it. "You never said you had a whole team." I definitely sounded poutier than I wanted to. "Did you think Rodney and I could handle this all by ourselves?" Again, Rose laughed. When she put it that way, it made sense. There were too many specialties at once for just two people. Embarrassed, I pushed a strand of hair behind my ear. "Now that you mention it." "Oh my goodness, you're adorable." The new voice was unidentifiable from where it came, but it too was female. "Tanisha, don't scare her like that. Come out of your corner for a minute," Rose called, looking up. "Five minutes, boss. I'm on something right now. Leanne will be right back with the others, too, so we can do this properly." Did I need to say I was a little overwhelmed? I don't think so. Lost, I stood there and could only try to get my head around it all.