When I heard a loud crash from inside the house and saw four long-dead men, a black gorilla, and someone's girlfriend in the living room, I pressed a hand to my forehead and muttered, "Ah, have I finally developed nervous exhaustion from pulling all-nighters to meet deadlines?"
Of course, that wasn't what happened.
[Scene One]
Hagiwara: "Xiao Taosu, your dark circles are so bad. Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Tao Su: "Mm... I suffered a psychic attack, so I stayed up drawing a doujinshi, a Gen and Morofushi story with no romance."
Amuro looked over warily. "?"
Tao Su gave him a dazed smile. "It's angst. Want some?"
Amuro: "..."
Hagiwara: "Xiao Taozi, you've got a really scary look on your face."
Tao Su said something terrifying in a calm voice and with a blank expression. "Ah, I was going to draw something sweet to recharge, but then I realized angst is really satisfying."
Amuro grabbed Morofushi and immediately backed away. "Hiro, stay away from her. She's the enemy."
"Zero..."
[Scene Two]
After my explicit drawings were discovered, Tao Su propped one foot on the sofa, casually picked up a pen, and pressed it to Amuro's neck. "All right! Reveal your kinks and I'll spare your life."
Hagiwara: "Xiao Taosu's gone berserk."
Matsuda: "That's some impressive spirit."
I turned to the two wiseacres behind me. "You three aren't getting away either! If we die, we die together!"
Morofushi, an innocent bystander: ?
"Calm down," Amuro said, looking composed. "What we want to say can't be posted on this website."
Tao Su was instantly shocked. "I never knew you were like this, Rei Furuya!"
[Scene Three]
Because of his constitution, Matsuda gets bitten by mosquitoes easily in summer, so everyone wordlessly crowds around him.
Sacrifice one Matsuda, and enjoy a cool summer!
Matsuda, sweltering from being crowded: "...Is this any way to treat someone?"
Morofushi: "Why not just spray on some mosquito repellent?"
It's so nice.
A world where everyone made it out alive.
On the night before the countdown ended and everyone had to go back, I assured Amuro, who looked uneasy, "It'll definitely have a happy ending."
He managed a faint smile. "I hope so."
"It will," I said with a smile. "That's how novels go."
[Because that's what I wished for.]
Reader's Guide:
1. The main story is told in third person.
2. The pairings depend on the story. It may also be an open-ended story with no pairing.
3. The skits don't include the class president because he's busy cuddling with his girlfriend x
4. Everyone gets saved. Isn't a rescue story focused on the police academy group perfectly normal?
Theme: Affection blossoms through companionship.