"Mooorning sleepy-head~!" Shuichi woke to Kokichi sat on the end of his bed, kicking his legs.
He was already dressed in his usual checkered scarf and straight-jacket-looking suit or whatever.
"You're already dressed and stuff..? It's only seven thir- Oh my atua! It's eight?! That only gives me half an hour..!" Shuichi quickly got up and ran to the bathroom to get ready.
"Sorry.. you just looked happy and cute and I didn't wanna wake ya~!"
"C-cute..?" Shuichi blushed.
"Uhh.. I meant.. Cursed~! Yeah~!" He lied.
"Uhuh.."
After 15 minutes of rushing, Shuichi grabbed his bag and ran downstairs with Kokichi to grab some toast. They quickly ate before leaving.
"Hey, aren't you forgetting something~?" Kokichi mentioned, patting his head. He had to stretch his arm to reach.
"Huh..?" He felt his head. "Oh my atua.. my hat!"
Kokichi took it from behind his back.
"Oh..! Thanks Koki!" Shuichi thanked him, reaching for it.
Kokichi quickly moved his hand and ran forward.
"Nuh-uh~!" He teased.
"Koki.. please..?"
"Nope~!" He put the hat on.
It was quite big compared to his small head, so it slid down slightly, covering his left eye.
They got to the entrance steps, and Kokichi hid the hat in his checkered backpack. As they were walking into the main campus, they bumped into Rantaro and Kaito. Kokichi grabbed onto Shuichi's arm and tried to hide his fear, but Shuichi saw right through it. He felt safer with Shuichi though.
"Hey Rantaro, what the hell happened with you and Kokichi, huh..?" Shuichi snapped at him.
"You really do care about him huh.. you won't even hear my side of the story you love him that much!" Rantaro smirked.
"L-love..? It's not like that..!" Shuichi blushed and glanced at Kokichi for a second, before turning back to the Survivor.
"Well, I'm listening." Shuichi said, annoyed.
"So, me and Kai were just wondering around in the woods when we found that cottage. We were pretty tired, so we were gonna go in and sit for a bit when that little- *cough* Kokichi attacked us! See this scratch?" Rantaro pointed to an artificial looking scratch on his face.
"Yeah. So Rantaro fought him off first, but he was crazy, man! So I had to step in. He tried to attack me too, that's when I had no choice but to punch him off..!" Kaito lied, stepping in.
"Liars." Shuichi saw right through their act, and wiped away Rantaro's fake scratches.
The detective held Kokichi's wrist and walked with him to class.
"Hey, how'd you know they were lying~?"
"First, they were avoiding eye contact, which is an obvious way to tell someone's lying. Second, Blood isn't bright red and wet. If it happened yesterday, it would've started to for a scab and dry out, and blood is darker in colour." Shuichi explained.
"Huh, you really are the Ultimate detective~!"
"You should get to your class, it'll be starting soon. See you at lunch..?"
"Yeah, okay~!"
*Bell noises*
"Is something on your mind, Shuichi?" Angie asked.
"No.."
"Hmm.. sure. So, who is it??" She asked curiously.
"What do you mean..?"
"Who's your crush?? It's obvious you're thinking of someone!!"
"Wha-?! No..!" He lied.
He couldn't stop thinking about Kokichi, he didn't know why. He didn't.. love him.. did he? He couldn't get what Rantaro said out of his head.
You love him that much.
"You really are thinking of someone!! You're blushing!! Who is it?? Kaede?? Miu?? Maki?? Sorry, but Kaito's got the hots for her.. or is it a guy? You're bisexual, right? Is it.. Korekiyo?? Rantaro?? K11bo?? Oh, I get it, you don't wanna say??"
"Sorry, but I don't even know what you're talking about, I'm not in love with anyone.."
Or was he?
"If you say so.. hey, it's valentine's day next week! Whoever you like, you should write them a love letter!"
He forgot about that. He'd been too distracted with Kokichi that he'd completely forgot what the date was.
"Saihara, Yanaga! Stop gossiping and start writing the pigeon conspiracy. Anyway class so the gover-"
Kokichi Oma.. what is it with you? Why can't I stop thinking about you?
*Bell noises*
Shuichi walked out of the classroom, thinking about Kokichi. Was it love? Or were they just friends?
"Gahh~! Shu- SHUICHIII~!!!" Someone shouted.
"Shut it you little rat. Don't you dare snitch on me again, that was a brave move last time."
Kokichi punched Rantaro in the nose.
"Y-you don't control me!" He shouted, as Rantaro held up a hand to hit him.
Shuichi ran towards the noise, and found Kokichi on the floor, with an angry Rantaro stood above him.
"Hey..! Back off!" Shuichi yelled, standing with his arms out, protecting the crying boy.
"Sh-Shuichi..! Stop..! You'll get hurt..!" Kokichi grabbed Kokichi's sleeve, a worried and frightened expression on his face.
"What the hell Rantaro?!"
"It's.. self defense..! He attacked me again..!" Rantaro put on an act, pretending to be afraid.
"Sure, and that's why Kokichi's covered in marks and you're not?!"
"Fine! You got me! And what're you gonna do?!"
"Protect him. From you."
"Well, don't get your hopes up, old friend!" As Rantaro swung to punch him.
"No." Within a split second, Kokichi was standing in front of Shuichi, holding back Rantaro's fist. His face was dark, he wasn't messing around anymore.
"You can hurt me all you want, but don't you DARE touch my Shumai." He said in a capm but deadly voice, shouting the "dare".
"Oh? So you're all big and tough now, huh?"
"Back the fuck off, Amami." Kokichi glared at him, as if he were about to kill him.
"Koki.. calm down.. let's go.." Shuichi held his hand tight to comfort him, and walked away with him.
Kokichi glared at Rantaro, his eyes filled with hatred. Rantaro swallowed his fear, and texted Kaede.
R: Hey Kaede, sorry but I can't fight Kokichi anymore, he snapped
K: wdym snapped? Has he backed away from my Shushu yet? x
R: Shuichi had to pull him away, I swear he was about to kill me
K: Well we'll have to break him another way then x
R: Why don't you just fall in love with someone else?
K: How could you even think that? I WILL make him mine, thats a promise x
R: Fine, I'll talk to kai lie
"Damn it Kaede.. why can't you just give up on him and love me instead?" Rantaro said to himself, punching a wall.
"You're such an idiot Shumai.."
"Huh..?" For some reason that hurt him.
"Why did you get in the way?! You could've gotten yourself hurt!" Kokichi yelled, tears forming in his eyes.
"Wha-?"
"I'm fine with getting hurt myself, but I'm not fine with others I care about getting hurt. Why.. why did you protect me anyway?" His tears started to fall.
Shuichi pulled him into a tight hug, which made both their hearts flutter.
"Because I care about you, Koki.." Shuichi held him tighter.
"And I'm not letting you get hurt again."
"Shu.." Kokichi let himself flop, as he started to cry into Shuichi's chest.
They stood there for a while in silence.
"We should get you to Mikan.. she should be able to help.." Shuichi let go of the smaller boy, but put his arm around his shoulder for support.
He dried Kokichi's eyes before they started walking to Mikan. Before long, they were at the Nurse's office. Kokichi sat on a chair as Shuichi went to go find Mikan.
"Hey Mik-! You're not Mikan..?"
"Oh hey! Yeah, Mikan just left for bandages and stuff, I'm her assistant, Lizzie!"
"Oh, but isn't fetching supplies an assistant's job..?"
"Yeah, but she wanted to go get stuff for a change, plus my legs are tired.."
"Oh.. anyway, I was wondering if you could help my friend Kokichi..?"
"Oma?"
"Yeah."
"No problem!"
"Oh atua! What happened to him..?"
"Not much! Just a little fight~!" Kokichi smiled.
"Ah okay.. hmm.. let's see.." Lizzie grabbed a box of medical supplies.
She stuffed tiny cotton balls up his nose to stop his nose bleed, stuck pastel bandaids on his scratches and gave him an eye patch for his eye.
"That should do the trick!"
"Thanyou, Lizzie." Shuichi thanked her, as he held Kokichi's hand and walked out of the Nurses office.
"You're so brave, yknow.. sometimes I wonder how you do it.."
"Huh~? Oh.. well.. I'm not brave at all actually. I just put on a brave face, that's all.. that's why I lie~!" He smiled a little.
"Oh.. I see.. surely it's hard.. right?"
"Well.. you get used to it. But.. soon lying becomes an addiction, and you can't stop. You're the only person I haven't lied to, Shumai~!"
"R-really..?"
"Yup~!"
"Wait..! Kokichi..!"Lizzie ran after them.
"Huh..?"
"I'll call the main office and tell them to send you home, you shouldn't stay at school like that..!"
"Okay~! Only if Shumai gets to go home too~!"
"Sorry.. but for legal reasons, he can't.. I am sorry.."
"Well then I'm not going anywhere~!"
"Koki.. you've gotta go..!"
"But I'm not going home. I don't wanna go home. You can't let me." He whispered to Shuichi.
"Y'know what? Fine. But we're gonna need to give him some sfx."
"Sf wha-?"
Before he knew it, Lizzie and Kokichi were grabbing bandages, fake blood and all sorts and throwing it all onto him.
"Your alibi.. broken arm from falling down the entrance steps! I'll go call the main office, you boys go sit in there." She pointed to the chairs on her office.
"Hey Shuichi.."
"Yeah, Koki?"
"Can.. can I keep staying over at yours for a while..?"
"Yeah! Of course! Besides after the way you protected me earlier, I owe you."
Kokichi smiled and blushed a bit, Shuichi did the same.
"Okay boys, you're free to go!"
"Thankyouuu~!"
"Thanks a lot."