Interlude Four: Love Provides Solace Even in the Depths of Despair!
- Original Release: September 6, 2020 (Fanfiction.net), September 7, 2020 (AO3)
Summary
Having given their consent to the Hope's Peak Sheltering Plan, Class 78th goes to be interviewed by Jin to officially give their consent when Jin asks Makoto and Kyoko to stay behind. What does she have to say to his daughter and her boyfriend?Meanwhile, in the future recalling this painful part of her past causes Kyoko to dig up her long-held insecurities about Kiki's opinion of her. Will Makoto be able to cheer her up?
Tropes
- Intimate Psychotherapy: After Present!Kyoko expresses her fear of Kiki hating her over what happens in the Mukuro trial, Present!Makoto decides to make love to her to help dispel those fears
- My Greatest Failure: Present!Kyoko admits that she feels immense guilt over leaving Makoto to die during Mukuro's trial and fears that Kiki will hate her when she learns the truth.
- Not So Stoic: Past!Kyoko downplayed it as shown in the Single Tear trope below while Present!Kyoko plays it straight as she breaks into tears over the thought of Kiki hating her.
- Single Tear: Kyoko sheds this when she learns of the deaths of her Maternal grandparents.
