A random Book of one-shots

Love Letter And A Ball Of Paper [SaiOuma]

Valentine's day. Kokichi never liked that day.  He was left out of his class, having no friends in there whatsoever. Sometimes people would talk to him, but never as friends. More as classmates, when they were paired up. Only three ever talked to him out of those opportunities : Rantaro, whom Kokichi considered a possible friend, Gonta, but only since the purple boy was able to make him believe anything, and... Shuichi, whom Ouma had fallen for a long time ago, when they were around middle school. Shuichi was the only one to ever reach out to Kokichi when he felt bad, they even used to hang out. But since high school started, the blue detective completely ignored the poor purple boy.

Anyways, on Valentine's day, people talked to Kokichi way more. Not because he was popular love-wise, and even the contrary actually. He was known for being a great love letter writer, being labeled as the school's "matchmaker". He didn't even like writing these, but it was the only reason he was aknowledged as a person. So he did it, as a favor to anyone who needed it. It almost became a tradition to write a letter to your crush on Valentines, and Kokichi would do it for others.

There was this myth in the high school that if Kokichi wrote a love letter for someone who gave it to their crush, their love would be shared. He didn't believe it at all, but he liked how important he became just because of something he did for fun.

"Hey Ouma ? Can you do me a huge favor ?"

Kaede was sitting by Kokichi's desk, trying to get his attention since at least two minutes. The boy turned around to face her.

"What is it ?"

"C-Could you write a love letter for me to give someone ? Please... "

"Oooh, Piano Freak is in love with someone !" He joked. "Who's that person ?"

"Y-you know him, of course... It's Shuichi..."

Kokichi felt his heart stopping. Kaede had been Shuichi's best friend for as long as he could remember, so he thought they were dating already. He nodded at Kaede, who took his hands out of joy.

"Thank you Kokichi ! I knew I could trust you with that !"

"You're welcome... Any special details you'd like to add ?"

Kaede then explained Kokichi her plans for today. She'd let Shuichi find the card in his locker, and he'd then join her behind the school where she could confess. And thanks to Kokichi's "power", her confession wasn't going to be rejected. She also trusted him with putting the letter in Shuichi's locker, since he was a master at lockpicking. Kokichi listened to her with a fake smile, forcing himself not to snap at the piano girl. She left him a few minutes later to join her own friends, leaving him to his own thoughts.

Kokichi took some paper and started writing on it.

"Dear Shuichi,

I've loved you since middle school now. Feels good to finally get this out of my mind. You've always been the only one to understand me, and the only one to actually spend time with me. I wonder why you stopped talking to me, since it broke me. I still love you."

He scrapped that one almost immediately after realizing what he wrote about, making a ball with the paper. It was not about him, but about Kaede.

"Dear Shuichi,

When you'll be reading this, I'm probably already waiting by the bench behind the school's entrance.
I have a lot of things to tell you, but let's start with the basics ; I love you, you might've guessed it since you found this. I've been longing to tell you for all this time, but now I am sure of it.
Please come to the bench I'm waiting at by 5:20PM. I want to tell you everything face to face.