*at Shuichi's house*
Shuichi began fumbling through several drawers and cupboards looking for bandages. Finally, at the very back of a drawer he found a box of plasters and bandages.
"There.. so, can you do it yourself or do you want me to do it for you..?
"Weeell~, I can do it myself, buuut, I want you to do it for me~!"
"Okay then.."
Shuchi wrapped a bandage around his head for his left eye, and a strip across the middle for his nose. He stuck some plasters on any other little cuts and scratches he had.
"Thanks Shumai~! Aren't you gonna kiss it better~?" Kokichi teased.
"I- uh.." Shuichi blushed in embarrassments.
"I'm kiddi-"
Shuichi lightly kissed the end of his nose.
"O-oh..?" Kokichi looked at his nose in surprise, and blushed.
"S-sorry..!"
"No.. it's okay~!" The leader was still blushing, as he looked up and smiled at the detective.
"Next time if anything happens, you run away, okay? I don't care if you can fight back, you've gotta run to me and shout, okay?"
"Okay~! But only if you let me nurse you too if something happens~!" Kokichi poked Shuichi's cheek and smiled.
"Can we bake cookies again~?" The smaller boy stood on his tip-toes and looked excitedly at the other boy.
"Sorry.. I'm out if chocolate chips after you ate them all on Saturday. But.. I think we have ice-cream..!"
"Ooooh~! Ice-cream! Okay!" He smiled in delight.
Kokichi ran to the sofa and jumped onto it, grabbing the remote.
"Whaddya wanna watch~?" He yelled towards the kitchen where Shuichi was preparing their ice-cream.
"You can choose, I dont mind..!"
Kokichi thought about the kind of things Shuichi liked. He knew he liked crime documentaries, he didn't really like horror movies, and he liked movies with music. Kokichi knew the perfect movie. It featured crime, songs, and it wasn't scary! Chicago!
"Found oneee~!" The little boy announced.
Shuchi walked in with two bowls of Ice-cream. One was chocolate with bubblegum sauce, whipped cream, sprinkles and wafer on top, which he handed to Kokichi, and the other was vanilla with chocolate sauce which Shuichi had for himself.
"Woah Shumai~! This is so cool~!"
"Well since you're my special guest, I figured I'd go extra!" Shuichi smiled.
"Sooooo, ever heard of Chicago~?"
"Yeah! I used to love it..!"
"Really? Me too~!"
They watched the movie together, Kokichi resting on the taller boys shoulder for most of it. He stood up and performed every song though, which made Shuichi laugh. Shuichi looked at the clock. 7pm.
"I'll be right back..! You keep vibing or whatever!"
"Okay~!"
Shuichi headed to his room and grabbed a spare mattress out of the closet. He placed it next to his bed, and grabbed and many blankets and pillows as he could find and arranged them on the mattress as cosy and cute as he could. He found his old black bunny plush from when he was little and put that on the bed too. He went back downstairs to find Kokichi holding a picture of him when he was younger, stood with his parents smiling.
"Your parents must've loved you, huh~?"
"Yeah.. I miss them sometimes.."
"Heh.."
"What about your parents, Koki..?"
"Oh~! Um.. they're.." The boy tried to lie but couldn't.
"It's okay if you don't wanna talk about it, I get it if it's a sensitive topic.."
Kokichi yawned,.wobbled a bit, and fell into Shuichi's arms. The leader shook his head.
"S-sorry~!"
"It's okay.. we should probably go get some sleep, today's been a very tiring day, huh..?"
"Yeah I guess.."
Shuichi picked him up bridal style and took him upstairs.
"Hey~! I can walk y'kno-"
Kokichi saw the bed the taller boy made for him.
"Woah~! Thanks Shumai~! So that's what you were doing!" He jumped onto the bed.
"Y'know.. nobody's ever actually been this nice to me before~!"
"Really..?"
"Yup~! People.. don't really like me because I'm a liar. They don't see me for who I am like you do, they don't even gimme a chance. I approach people with a smile, but they always turn away and groan. I don't like to be annoying and stay around people that dont want me around, which might sound silly considering I tease and pester people a lot. I'm happy you're being so nice, honestly, I've never been this happy. And I've never been so desperate to hang around with a specific person~!"
"I'm glad I made you happy, honest! You've made me a lot happier too, Koki..! Also.. I never asked, why do you lie..?"
"Hey, I'm getting kinda sleepy~!" He yawned, avoiding the question.
"I'm gonna try to sleep now, you should too Shumai~!"
"Yeah.. I guess, goodnight..!"
And with that, the boys fell asleep.