The orphanage. (Pregame Oumota.)

Chapter 3. lunch

Monday,
April 1,
12:30 PM
Maki P.O.V

I chase Kokichi into the cafeteria. We both take a moment to catch our breath. "Are you guys okay?" I hear a voice call out behind us, Me and Kokichi both turn around and see a girl with strawberry blond hair. "Miu!!!" Kokichi runs over and hugs the girl. "Hey koki!" She says laughing, I walk over to them with a smile, "Hi." I say and the girl looks at me "Ah! Hello! You must be Maki?" The girl says and i nod "Yes!" I say proudly putting my hands on my hips the girl laughs. "Guys! You went to fast!!!" I hear shuichi yell, me and ouma look at the door to see all three of our friends running over to us. Kokichi smiles and looks at them "Hey guys!" He says. "Whos that Kichi?" Kaito asks and kokichi happily looks at the girl.

"My name is Miu Iruma!!! " The girl says shaking everyones hand yet giving a bit of a side eye to shuichi. "And you guys must be...Kaito, Kaede, And....Shuichi." Miu says looking at everyone. They all nod and she smiles. "Nice meeting you!" She says smiling, she then turns to kokichi and they start talking about something. "..." I walk over to the others and sigh. "Im going to lose my best friendddd" I groan leaning against kaede. "Yeah...Im sure thats not the case." kaede says pushing me off while looking at her phone "...Meanie..." i sigh and we walkover to the table we normally sit at waiting for kokichi come. After what feels like an hour (even though it was only five minutes.)  Kokichi walks over and sits next to me and kaito with a smile.

"Sorry, she wanted to talk for a few minutes." He says and i shrug eating a rice ball from my lunch box "More like an hour." i say and kokichi laughs "It was only five minutes." He says and i shrug again "Still feels like an hour!" I say stealing a riceball from his lunch "Hey!" He yells and i giggle. He sighs and continues to eat his lunch "Are you guys going to the kimono festival?" Shuichi asks and i look up "Why are you talking about that? Its only april." i say and he nods "Yes but i was kinda hoping we could all go together." Shuichi says looking down and playing with his food. "If kokichi wants to we will." I say with a smile and kokichi looks up "If i wanna what?" Kokichi says clueless of what we were just talking about. I laugh "The kimono festival. Are we going to go?" I ask and he shrugs leaning his head on his hand "I dont care." he says and i sigh. "Yeah we will probably go." I say and shuichi nods with a smile.

I then stand up and look at everyone, "You guys should vist the orphanage today so we could all hang out!" i say and kaito looks at us "Why can we just go to one of our houses?" Kaito asks and kokichi looks up "We have to help take care of the kids in the orphanage since we are older then most of them." kokichi says and kaito nods "Oh... That makes sense..." kaito says and kokichi nod looking back down "You alright? You look kinda upset." Kaito says as he looks down at kichi.

Kaito P.O.V

I look down at kokichi and wait for him to answer, he looks up at me and smiles, "yeah im fine!" he says "you sure?" i ask and he nods looking back down. "ok..." after a minute he looks back up and turns to me "Hey Momo~Chan?" he says, and i turn to him trying to hide the blush that crept up when he said momo~chan. "Hm?" I hum in response and he smiles "Do you mind helping me find a book in the library?" He asks and i nod "I dont mind i can help if you want." i say and he nods "Yes please!" he says and i smile. Kokichi stands up and looks at the others "Me and momota~chan are going to go find a book!" Kokichi says and the others nod continuing with there conversation. Me and kokichi walk to the library together and look around. "so uh- what book are you looking for?" I ask and kokichi turns to me "'So Lingers the Ocean' by Toko Fukawa. One of my care givers has been wanting to read it so im hoping if i find it here i can take it home and give it to her for her to read." Kokichi says and i nod "Oh... Isnt that some kind of romance novel?" I ask and he nods "mhm, Toko Fukawa is the Ultimate Writing Prodigy known mostly for her romance novels!" Kokichi says and i nod. "oh, Interesting." I say not really understanding what hes saying. Kokichi smiles and turns around looking around with me following, he then turns over to a ladder and looks at me "Can you hold the ladder for me?" he asks and i nod walking over to the ladder and holding it in place for him to climb.

Once he gets to the top he gasps "I found it!" He yells excitedly. He then grabs the book wobbling a bit on the ladder, As he tries to regain his balance he loses his grip and falls. "Ouma!" I yell, luckily i catch him he takes a deep breath and sighs, "...Sorry Momota~Chan..." Kokichi says his face slightly red, I feel my face heat up and i sigh of relief "Its alright. Just be careful." i say looking away. I hear giggling coming from the halls and i sigh "Maki?" I yell and she runs in "Well arent you two just so cute together!!!" Maki giggles "Are you sure he was helping you find a book?" Maki says poking kokichis cheek. Kokichis face turns even more red "Sh-shut up!" Kokichi yells jumping out of my arms and running after maki. I sigh, hm... Y'know.... Maki makes me wonder what kokichi really feels about me... Does he hate me? Like me? maybe a little more then friends..? Im confused... I look at the two as they run around the library chasing each other... "Hey geniuses! The bell is about to ring!" I yell out to them and they turn to me and nod. "You skippin Momota~Kun?" Maki asks me as we walk out into the hall. I shake my head "Nah, I will tomorrow though." I say and maki sighs, "Alright i will tell everyone you were feeling a little under the weather." she says and i nod "Thanks Harukawa~Chan." i say and she nods I turn to look at kokichi who was just staring at the ground. weird.