Shuichi woke the next morning and looked over at Kokichi's empty bed. The room felt cold and lifeless without him. Although he hadn't been hanging around with him for too long, the detective felt lonely and like something was missing without him. However, as he looked over at his calendar, he knew he wouldn't have ti wait much longer. Today was the day, February 14th. He went to get ready and make sure he looked perfect. He gelled his hair and put on a tiny bit of blush, and ironed his usual uniform. He took a deep breath and walked out of the door. He'd never been so excited and nervous for Valentine's day before, and he was beginning to question whether or not he should go along with his plan. Yes, he had to. He felt lonely and strange walking on his own, without singing, humming and Kokichi skipping and twirling around. But that's why he was excited, he was going to get him back. He was greeted at the entrance steps by Miu, Angie and K11bo. They all arrived one hour early.
"Miu told me everything! I prayed that things will go well for you!" Angie smiled excitedly.
"Ah yes. I cannot believe it! I do not quite understand the feeling of love yet, but I am certain it is very special. Good luck Shuichi, you will succeed." K11bo ensured him.
"Right, so we discussed my plan last night, right? This might be Shuichi's only chance at love, so don't fuck this up! K11bo, you're in charge of the grape boy. Angie, you're in charge of setting the scene! However you plan to do that. And Shuichi, you gotta secure that boys tiny dick! Go get him!"
"Thankyou so much Miu.. thankyou so much all of you..!"
"Quit gettin' all sappy on me and get on with your work!" The inventor ushered him away.
Shuichi ran to Kokichi's locker, and placed a small, pink, origami heart into it. He took a deep breath and blushed. This was it. He was finally gonna do it.
Angie ran towards the cherry tree, and tied white ribbons with pink foam hearts stuck on them to each branch, all connecting to one string so she could shake the blossom when needed. She also set a trail of paper hearts starting from halfway up the path to the cherry tree, leading to underneath it. It all looked very pretty and romantic.
K11bo waited at the entrance for Kokichi to arrive. Finally, a lonely purple blur approached the school.
"Hello, Kokichi! Are you excited for today? I heard that it is a special day!" K11bo smiled.
"I was.. but not anymore.." The boy fake smiled, but it wasn't as realistic as his previous events, he was hurting a lot.
"Why not?" The robot tilted his head inquisitively.
"Well.. I fell in love with guy.. but he only feels sorry for me, he doesn't like me back.. I don't think he even likes me at all.. I think he felt forced to like me.." Kokichi pouted, looking at the ground.
"Oh, I see. Well, he might actually like you, you never know! Today might be the day you find out that someone likes you! That's what today is all about, isn't it?"
"I doubt it, but oh well~! Just another year of false hope~!" He chirped, before skipping to his locker.
"H..huh~?" The boy saw the pink piece of paper.
"No way~! Well, it's probably just a prank anyway.."
He started to unfold the heart and read it.
Dear Kokichi,
I want you to know that you're the most sweet, kind, fun person I've ever met. Although we haven't spent months and months together, it feels weird not having you around. It's like you have some sorta magic, lol. Anyway, I'm no good at writing my feelings, so meet me at the cherry tree asap. I love you! x
From: Find out yourself!
He blushed and smiled. He began to follow the path to the cherry tree, which he realised was sprinkled with pink hearts. Miu and K11bo looked at each other in excitement. He reached the tree, and found a taller, raven-haired boy leaning against it.
"Y-you..?!" Kokichi gasped.
"Well, yeah I guess!" Shuichi blushed.
"No.. NO! You're just trying to trick me because you feel bad! You liar.. LIAR LIAR LIAR!" The leader held back tears.
"I'm not lying! I really love you! All those adventures we had.. made me so happy. Your feral, childish energy, your cute and sweet side.. they all made me feel some sort of way. How cute you were in the woods that time, the fun we had baking cookies at mine, the funhouse, movie nights, everything! How angry it made me when Kaede tried to push you away, how disgusted and furious it made me seeing you get beaten by Rantaro and still trying to protect me.. It all made me feel, weird. And now I've realised, that feeling was love. I really love you, Koki."
"No.. no you don't.. YOU DON'T! STOP LYING TO ME! YOU'RE JUST GONNA BREAK MY HEART, SO STOP PRETENDING LIKE YOU LOVE ME!" The smaller boy yelled, tears welling in his eyes.
"Koki i-"
"JUST FUCKING SHUT UP!" And with that, he attempted to run away.
Shuichi grabbed his arm and held him by the waist, before pulling him into a kiss. Tears began to stream down both their faces.
"Shuichi.." His eyes were wide in shock; his dream was finally becoming a reality.
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting~" Kokichi jumped up and wrapped his legs around his loves waist, and wrapped his arms around his neck, before kissing him again.
Angie pulled the string and the cherry blossoms slowly fell down onto the couple, as Miu and everyone else from Hope's peak threw confetti onto them.
"Hey Kaede.. I'm sorry I couldn't make him love you in time.." Rantaro put a hand on her shoulder.
"That's okay! The truth is.. I didn't love him anyway! I just wanted to see how devoted you were to me, and whether you loved me enough to let me be happy with someone else, which you do! I know about your crush on me 'Taro.. and the truth is, you're the guy I really love!" The pianist confessed.
"K-kae.." Rantaro was bright pink.
"Oh stop waiting around!" Kaede grabbed his cheeks and kissed him, before he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her back.
"Ew, I can't deal with all this kissing and lovey-dovey stuff.." Maki pouted.
"Oh.. w-well.." Kaito stuttered.
"Unless I'm involved." She looked up at the Luminary and blushed.
"Well Maki-Roll, I.. I think I'm in love with you.." Kaito admitted, becoming bright red.
"I think I'm in love with you too.. himbo.." She also admitted, before kissing him on the cheek.
Kaito picked her up and spun her around, before lowering and kissing her.
"Atua, I thank you, for answering my prayers!" Angie smiled at the sky.
"Oh my Atua.. Kids what do you thi-!" A teacher started to yell, before another held her back.
"It's valentines day, don't spoil it." A teacher smiled, looking at the happy couples.