"How did you manage to pack all of this in that single bag?" You questioned as Chiyo laid out the outfits she had brought neatly on Kusuo's wooden floor.
"Heh! That's my little secret! You'll never know!" The brown-haired girl then pulled out something a little strange.
"Why did you bring lingerie?"
"Kusuo wanted me too! He even told me what size you wore so I could bring the right ones! I have everything from As all the way to triple Qs in case any of my friends need it!"
Chiyo smiled widely while you looked at the folded set.
You really should have known. You should have taken him more seriously. Like the threat he was.
"Alright, come on, Y/N! Eeeh! I'm so excited!" She popped up to her feet and rushed you up to your own while you still held the set in your hands.
"Uhm, Chiyo...Thanks for doing this but...I'm not really in the mood for this right now." Lightly frowning as you explained, you didn't see her spirit damped even despite your light denial of her help.
"Ah, it's okay Y/N." She said, unexpectantly calm. "Kusuo said you'd say something like this. He just told me to continue on no matter what. It's the only way to get you out of your little sadness!"
"...what?"
Chiyo didn't respond as her own delusions were fogging her brain from common fucking sense.
"Please, please, please, please, please, please, please-"
"Alright, God, fine."
She made it clear she was ready to do whatever it took to try and "get you happy again."
***
"Aw! Y/N!" Chiyo happily squealed, pushing you in front of the mirror she brought. "Kusuo was right about f/c looking good on you!" She placed her hands on your hips and patted down the intricate fabric strips of the lingerie so it sat flat on your body.
"Hey, I have a weird question." Your voice cracked as you looked at the brown-haired girl through the reflection of the mirror.
"Yeah? What's up?" She didn't look back as she was looking around the room for real clothes to put over the underwear.
"W-would you believe me if I said Kusuo was evil or something?"
Chiyo looked at you for a moment before laughing.
"Of course not! How could I believe someone like that is evil? The guy wouldn't hurt a fly!"
Awkwardly, you laughed along. You didn't want to seem crazy.
"Alright, here, try this on," Chiyo handed you an unnaturally long black sweater before running out of the room and calling for the reserved psychic.
"Saiki! Come here!"
You mentally screamed, preparing for the worst. His footsteps echoed through the hallway before stopping in front of the door.
"Thank you...I really mean it, Chiyo."
The excited girl smiled happily before cheerfully waving to you.
***
"W-Wow...You look great." Kusuo's face lit up as he closed the door.
You didn't respond out of slight embarrassment.
Anxiously, Kusuo took a step closer to you, "Come on, Y/N. You can't be mad at me forever."
"Why the hell would I NOT be mad at this?"
"Because...uhm...Because I did it for love."
"This isn't love. It's whatever my curse is making you feel! It isn't normal, Kusuo!"
"This is normal! The only thing not normal is the way you're acting!" He furrowed his brow and took a large step closer to you.
"What the fuck makes you think this is normal?!"
"Love is normal, Y/N! What about that is hard to understand"
You heavily scoffed before turning your head to the side and rolling your eyes.
"You're exactly like Vincent."
***
"Who are you?" Chiyo tilted her head to the side, staring at the adult on the couch.
"Kusuo's brother. Who the fuck are you?" Kuusuke had forgotten all about the stranger in the house.
"I'm Saiki's friend, Chiyo!" She sat right next to him on the couch, tilting her back and forming her body to appear more attractive, "I didn't know Saiki had an older brother!"
"...I didn't know Kusuo had any friends. Like, at all." He stared at the girl with an odd expression.
"How old are you? I've never seen you in our classes!"
"I'm an adult."
"Adult? Really? I like mature people."
"I like not being in prison."
***
You fucked up. You knew you did as soon as that statement came out of your mouth. Comparing Kusuo to Vincent. Right in front of his god-damn face.
"I-What?!" His voice nearly shook your core. "Don't you ever compare me to him! I love you, Y/N! I love you more than he loved himself. I care about you so fucking much and I don't know how you can't understand that! I would give my own life just to have you love me again and if this keeps up, I'll make you fucking love me!"
The silence that filled the room would have made you laugh under normal circumstances.
"I don't have the mental capacity to fucking unload what you just said." With a sigh, you sat on his bed and brought your knees up to your chest.
"I'm...doing this for your own good. Would you rather have a complete stranger do this instead of me?"
"That's not an excuse. I'd rather be, y'know, not kidnapped?"
Lightly, you messed with the sleeves of the black sweater. The straps of the lingerie underneath dug tightly into your skin.
"...we can do something outside tomorrow if you'd like..." Kusuo mumbled before he sat next to you.
"Really?" Your eyes lit up. Him saying sparked another memory of Vincent promising to take you on a walk in the forest.
You didn't remember what happened on the walk but you remembered being extremely excited about it.
"I mean if it makes you happy." He formed a wide smile while you turned to face him.
You had only been in this hell hole for 3 days but it had felt like you'd been here for weeks.
4 days until your parents came and saved you from this. 4 days until you could go back to your home. Your real home.
"But, of course, you can do something to thank me." His sudden, odd statement caught you off guard.
"Huh?"