They had a fairly quiet walk to Shuichi's house. Kokichi hugged the detective's arm the whole journey there, but he didn't mind. Once they arrived, Kokichi ran through the doorway and gasped.
"Wow Shumai~! You live here?!"
"Well, yeah I guess.. it's a pretty average house."
Kokichi looked towards the living room and ran over to the couch. He made himself at home and turned on Shuichi's large TV. He kept flicking through the channels until he found a movie about women who killed their husbands. Shuichi went over to the kitchen and started making cookies. Kokichi sniffed the sweet, chocolatey smell of chocolate chips and vanilla extract and followed it to the kitchen.
"Woah~! Are you making cookies? Can I help?"
"Uh.. yeah sure I guess.. you can do the mixing."
Shuichi rolled up his sleeves, and helped Kokichi roll up his.
Shuichi carefully poured all of the ingredients into a bowl, and Kokichi mixed, somehow getting powder everywhere.
"You can do the chocolate chips if you want."
"I'm honoured shumai~!"
Kokichi poured 3 quarters of the bag of chocolate chips into the mixture, and ate a handful. They both rolled the cookie dough into even balls and put them on a tray, then into the oven.
"Now we wait for half an hour.."
Kokichi licked his finger and wiped a bit of flour off of Shuichi's nose. He couldn't help but blush from embarrassment and the fact that Kokichi touched his face.
Shuichi also licked his finger and wiped some flour off of Kokichi's cheek, before their eyes met. They stared into eachothers eyes for a couple seconds before quickly looking away. Kokichi playfully blew flour and Shuichi and he did the same, they couldn't help but giggle. Before they knew it, the timer on the oven started beeping.
Shuichi took the cookies out of the oven and placed the tray on the flour-covered counter.
"We should probably clean up.."
"Yes, chef~!" Kokichi teasingly obeyed, saluting like he was in the army.
They began to clean, Kokich wiped the sides and put away the ingredients as Shuichi washed the dishes and spoons. Once everything was spotless, Kokichi inhaled the sweet smell of freshly baked cookies.
"They smell soooo good~! Y'know what would be perfect for these? Movie night~!" The boy had a huge, excited smile in his face.
"Okay then..!" Shuichi agreed.
"Wait here! I'll be right back, just close your eyes and no peeking~!" The leader instructed.
Shuichi waited patiently as he heard the smaller boy's little footsteps run around his house.
"Okay, just come with me.. but don't open your eyes~!" Kokichi told him, dragging him into the living room.
"You can look now!"
"W-wow Kokichi~!"
Shuichi looked around the living room to find fairy lights taped to the ceiling, his sofa covered in blankets and pillows, a plate of the cookies they made on the table and Netflix open on the TV.
"Sooo, whaddya think, Shushu~?" Kokichi asked, looking proud and happy.
"It's cute! I'm impressed Kokichi!"
The boys sat on the sofa, and Kokichi grabbed a cushion to hug.
"So.. what do you wanna watch?" The detective asked.
"Hmm.. what about.. That? Y'know, the one with the scary clown!"
"Sure..!"
Shuichi didn't really like horror movies, but he told himself to put up with it for his guest.
"Don't worry! If you get scared, you can hold my hand and I'll protect you~!"
"Thanks.. also.. I found a nickname for you.."
"Oh? You did~?"
"Yeah.. what about.. Koki? It's a shortened version of Kokichi, and it sounds a bit like cookie.. it's not as creative as 'Shumai', but I hope it's okay!"
Koki smiled and blushed a little bit.
"I love it~!"
Shuichi pressed play on the movie, and Koki wrapped himself in a blanket and hugged a pillow. Shuchi smiled at him.
Cute.
He thought to himself. They watched the film mainly in silence, besides when Kokichi giggled every now and then. It got to a gory part, and Shuichi was beginning to feel scared. He wanted to hide behind a pillow or something, but he felt the need to stay strong for Kokichi, or was it to impress him? The smaller boy looked over at him and saw the fright on his face. He smiled in empathy and reached out to his hand. Shuichi squeezed it, and felt safer. He blushed a little, after all he was holding Kokichi's hand. Oh my atua, he was holding Kokichi's hand!
The movie started to come to and end, and shuchi felt something fall onto his shoulder. He looked at it, to find a sleeping Kokichi resting on him peacefully. Shuichi wrapped and arm around him, and pulled him into a hug. Kokichi grabbed onto his shirt for comfort. Shuichi smiled and blushed, he was so cute when he was sleeping.
The detective yawned and slowly stood, trying not to wake the little leader. He gently placed his head on a pillow and pulled a blanket over him.
"Goodnight, Koki.." Shuichi whispered, before lightly kissing him on the head, and heading to bed himself.