Hour passed but no one found Kokichi.
The police was searching him out of the hospital and in less than a second, all the japan knew that "The Ultimate Supreme Leader, Kokichi Ouma, who partecipated to Danganronpa V3 was missing!". That's what journalist wrote on the journal.
Meanwhile the others woke up and were confused as well, as the doctor explained all the same things, like he said to Shuichi.
<<Will they find him?>> someone asked to the police. They answered <<We are not sure, we still have no idea where he could be.>> as the journalist were close to them, ready to write some gossip.
Shuichi was out the hospital, sitting on a random park bench.
He never liked it because he thought it was kind if sad and also made him feel bad for no reason.
He was lost in his thoughts again.
As ge heard a sweet and soft voice, talking to him <<Hey, Shuichi?>>. It was Kaede's voice. Shuichi was surprised to hear her voice. He couldn't believe she was back again. Her blonde hair were so shiny as her pink eyes were looking at him curiously <<Are you okay?>>.
He looked at her, or at least he tried to look at her in her eyes but he failed <<Yes of course, I am fine.>>
But the pianist sat next to him <<You sure? You can talk to me about everything.>> she said, trying to know what was wrong in him. She already knew but she wanted him to free himself from his thoughs.
<<Well... I am just worried about... everyhing>> he said, knowing he couldn't lie to his friend.
<<Of what happened here?>> she asked and he nodded silently. Then he spoke after a while <<What if happened something bad to Kokichi? If someone made something bad to him?>> .
Kaede stroked his shoulders <<No one is making bad things to him, I am sure. We were all protected there. Maybe he just went out, ignoring everyone. Is typical of Kokichi>> she tried to comfort him, but he was still worried. Kaede didn't want him to keep think about bad things, so she started to talk about good things.
She asked <<Are you worried about something else too?>>. Shuichi still looked away <<I am not sure... Maybe about something but...>>.
<<Still about Kokichi?>> she asked but the boy didn't answer, instead he looked down.
Kaede smiled a bit <<You know, I noticed that Kokichi have been really attached to you, since the start of the Killing Game.>>
Shuichi still looked down but kept listening to the blonde girl as she kept talking <<He was really confident with you and also he always talked a lot about you.>> she stroked his arm <<He liked you so much. Did you know that?>>
Then Shuichi looked at her and blushed a lot, just hearing the word "liked".
Then he stuttered <<W-Well... uhm... I don't really know...>> then he grabbed his hat and took it to cover slightly his face.
Kaede smiled <<You liked him too?>>
Then the detective became red like a tomato. Even more! <<T-That's... uhm...>>
<<It's nothing bad to admit>> she said, making him understand he could tell her everything. Then he looked her a bit and slightly nodded, still embarassed <<We... uhm... already talked about liking each other and we started to dating secretly. No one knew but... then he started to ignore me, to treat the others worst and I got mad, telling him that he was going to alone forever...>>
Kaede was still listening to him, as some tears runned down Shuichi's face <<I-I didn't mean it... I was so angry that... I said a bullshit and he was so upset about that...>> he started to cry and he didn't even noticed <<It's my fault... it's all my fault. Maybe if I just shut up, he would not be mad at me...>>
The blonde girl suddently hugged him tightly as he hugged back and cried silently on her shoulder. Then Kaede says <<How you know that Kokichi is upset? And mad at you?>>
<<Just... I would be mad if someone would tell me that...>> the detective kept crying.
Kaede nodded <<You are right, but we all not the same. Maybe he felt something bad but... when you like someone so much, even the bad feeling goes away. And after that you don't even remember why you got mad at them and they don't will even remember their bad feeling.>> she stroked his head through the hat and she didn't say anything else. She just let the detective vent to her still crying, and saying something random of what happened.
After a while he stopped crying and Kaede gave him a towel, where he wiped away his tears <<Thank you Kaede...>> his voice was still weak but he felt a bit better.
<<You don't have to thank me>> she said still smiling, holding his hand <<Remember you can always call me anytime okay?>>
The detective smiled a bit and held her hand back <<Yes, I will.>>
<<Also>> the girl added another thing, before going away <<I will help if you decide to search for Kokichi, don't hesitate to call me!>>