"...Ughm?!"
His face flushed the deepest red as he spluttered out his reply coated with pure shock and surprise. The blush spread all the way down his face, even going as far as to cover the very tops of his ears.
"Seriously? I ask you to marry me and all you say is ughm?!"
Kokichi was staring at the other male, not believing the answer he had just received. Sure it was out of the blue but maybe he should never of never have opened his mouth.. there were so many emotions; he was angry and bewildered at himself at the same time, but overall pissed off with Shuichi. Surely after all they had gone through, he'd get a better answer than that!
Shuichi's hear was racing. He'd already messed up with his initial reaction so he needed to carefully construct an answer. What were the possible answers..? Yes or No, right? On the one hand, he definitely didn't want to say no; his love was too deep for a rejection of that capacity, but if he said yes, weren't they moving too soon? Plus what if he was simply being swept up in the moment.. and blindly agreed without saying anything then regretted it later?
It was a delicate situation to say the least. If he didn't give an answer soon enough, Kokichi would simply leave or make a joke and then they would never talk about it every again; he knew how the other male worked and ticked so he needed to be incredibly delicate and precise as if he was disabling an active bomb.
"It's not a no, but not a yes.. it's a.. maybe." Sure it was generic but it was also genuine, "We haven't been dating for that long after all. I just need time, can you give me that? It's just there are too many factors I haven't thought through and-"
GoldenSquidGoddess I saw this and the first thing I said outloud was, 'Oh.. oh, the edge.. oh I love it.' And that still holds up days later. I have to say that my favourite bit where Kokichi and Shuichi are near the left, middle? Everyone say your favourite sections! Anywho, please comment and follow and show this person love! It's really good.
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"Factors? Ya can't be serious with me right now~ Nishishi.. f-factors." Kokichi's reaction fell as his face stiffened into a colder and sterner one, he let out a small laugh before spitting out another sentence, "No, stop being a stupid idiot detective for one second! The only factor or whatever is whether you want to marry me! That's it! Bravo, it's not that difficult!"he waited around for a few more moments for a reply but as he saw Shuichi fail to come up with one, he stormed out of the dorm, attempting to slam it but failing at the last second, the heavy door suspended, just touching the frame.
It was scary to Shuichi at how angry he had just seen his boyfriend to be. It was understandable.. but that didn't make it any less nerve wracking. It made his heart thump and pound heavily in his chest, and his voice catch in his throat. So without another thought, he gave chase, slamming the door after he dashed off.
He should have said yes.. or at least anything other than what he had just said or failed to say.
Since he wasn't in the fittest physical shape due to his injuries, it didn't take too long for him to give up running due to his legs feeling like they were on fire with a burning pain shooting up and down them. Slowly losing a little bit of his remaining hope, Shuichi was forced to take a break and place a hand on the wall beside him in order to steady himself.
"M-Monomi..?" He breathed out, putting a hand to his heart to measure his heart rate. It was whirring in a mechanical fashion, thumping perfectly in normal beat as if nothing had happened, which was more than odd. He'd investigate it at a later date..
"Yes? I'm sorry Shuichi, I'm running a little slow today but I'll fix it right up!" The pink bunny rabbit chirped as if reappearing from nowhere, "Soooo how can I help?" She spoke in a bubbly fashion, ready and raring to accomplish any task.
"Kokichi. Where is he?" He was rushing so really didn't have time to be nice or watch his words. He only spoke to get what he wanted. The rabbit exchanged glances around before responding with an answer, "He's heading towards the dining hall."
Shuichi took a deep breath and started to walk again, but slower this time.. however Monomi interrupted him with her own little statement. "You should keep him on side y'know, I know everyone loves two lover characters like this! So keep it up!"
Of course, Shuichi had forgotten that. This was a television show to satisfy the needs and desires of humanity and Monomi must be some sort of messenger for the outside world, or whatever was outside the walls of this game.
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Before, it seemed like such a long time ago now but when it was Himiko and Maki and him, they were walking towards some sort of light. It was blinding and never ending.. yet because of the final trial, Shuichi knew that there had to be an outside world somewhere. And when he found out how to get to it, everyone would escape and live again properly this time, maybe even loving life again, carrying their trauma always in their hearts.
He needed to resist the idea of that fantastical fantasy for the moment as he currently had a larger scale problem and that was the male of whom he had just rudely near to rejected a marriage proposal to.
Everyone acted impulsively at times, but this wasn't an ordinary reaction.. and it definitely wasn't any ordinary person, he was the one and only Kokichi Ouma.
Without anymore ploys or interruptions, deductions or abstract ideologies, he made his way with maximum effort towards the dining hall. Once he opened the door, the scene unfolding was something he could have dreamt of or had a nightmare about depending on how you looked at it.
"Shuichi! My beloved, sit down, sit down.." Kokichi was sitting at one long table on his own, gesturing with an innocent smile to the seat next to him. Shuichi's mind instantly set of warning signs.
The rest of the students were sat at another long table, facing the one that Kokichi was sitting at with various expressions and emotions on their faces. Kaito spoke up as Shuichi sat down but before could even guess at what was going on.
"It's not true, surely you'd have more sense than to date him!"
Ah, so that's what this is about. Kokichi had listened to him in that respect but had punished him at the same time. He knew that Shuichi hated large crowds and confrontation where it was unnecessary so he had expertly used that against him all the while achieving the goal that he suggested. He should never have underestimated his cleverness and ability to scheme..
But if this is what the other male had planned, then he needed to avert all expectations and defy them, in order to not make things any more difficult for either of them. With one swift look towards Kokichi, who was smirking, he replied to Kaito.
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"Yes I'm dating him. We have been for a while now and we are official, we've defined our relationship and know that we make each other who we want to be." He took Kokichi's hand.
Maki was also apart of the crowed and felt a sense of.. what was it..? It was undefinable but the nearest hug to it would most likely be pride. She let Shuichi go and was never more thankful that she made the correct choice. The other students weren't so happy however and arose in retorts.
"He's controlling you Shuichi, I would not be so quick to make rash decisions." The robot interjected, rising from his chair, Kokichi laughed a little, getting quite the kick out of this chaos. "Think this through and his reasons for-"
He had had enough. "We didn't ask for your blessing or even approval. I want to be with him and no one is going to change my mind despite what they say or jeer. I love him and if that's so worthy of your disapproval, you can save yourselves at the next class trial!"
The room fell silent as Kokichi walked over to him with a finger to his lips, "That's the feistyness I was missing out on~" he then kissed him gently on the lips, resisting the temptation to do more. Kokichi wouldn't admit it, but what Shuichi had just done made more of an impact than he was anticipating but it did mean the world to him but even more so when Shuichi lent in closer to him and whispered. "M-My answer is yes. But I'll propose properly when we get out of here, I don't want to start our new life in this nightmare."
"It's more like a dream with you, Shumai~"
The cosplayer was at the back of the room, cursing and scowling under her breath; she had prepared for every individual character outcome or event but never anticipated this. When they worked together their plans were flawless and Tsumugi had frankly shot herself in the foot. If the students managed to put together the pieces of the puzzle about Shuichi's fall, then her cover would be exposed and her game would be ruined..
As Shuichi pulled away from Kokichi, he redirected his gaze upon Tsumugi who he simply smirked at with more confidence than ever before, just like Kokichi always did. Now he could win and end this game as the final plan formulated in his mind, cogs turning like clockwork.
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