Text Me Back!

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His hand covered his eyes. The sun was too bright.

The grass he laid on swayed with the light breeze. His hat sat next to him, still. Shuichi laid flat against the hill, flowers surrounded him. Trees were scattered a short distance away from him. He had found this clearing in the forest after loosing someone. His chest rising and falling heavily.

Rustling sounded from his right, he glanced over to see his friend.

"Hi again!" Shuichi's friend walks over and sits next to him.

Shuichi didn't respond. The two sat in silence both aware of the slowly draining time they had to spend with each other.

His friend curled his legs up to their torso so that they hugged them, gently laying their head onto the top of their knees. They slowly pushed the hair out of their face and behind their ear. "I miss you, do you miss me?" He asked.

Shuichi turned his head and looked at him. His eyebrows furrowed with, pain almost. "of course I do. Who do you think I am? I'm your friend. I can't just,, forget about you." Shuichi sat up as he spoke.

"ah,, I thought so." He looked away, his purple hair covering his face as pink dusted lightly over his cheeks. "But even so, what's left?"

Shuichi's face almost seemed to scrunch up at the question. "what do you mean?"

"Everyone's has gone. Well except for you, Yumeno-chan and Harukawa-chan." He explained. He unraveled himself, slightly becoming more relaxed. "is there really anything left for you three? You have so much trauma it's hard for you to even get through one day."

"But-" Shuichi tried to speak slowly but his voice faded with nothing to say. His eyes turned to the ground.

Kokichi looked at him as he heard Shuichi trying to rebuttal his comments. "cat's got your tongue?" he smirked.

There was nothing to be said. Nothing to say. They both sat in this silence for a while. "do you have a plan?" Kokichi put his hands behind his head then plopped onto the soft grassy ground. "or are you just seeing where everything will take you?" his questions seemed to fall on dead ears. Shuichi was listening but didn't know how to respond.

"Project Danganronpa will take care of you guys for the rest of your lives. What will you do now?" the only thing to be heard was the soft wind. "will you,, get a job and continue life normally?" Kokichi smiled "Or will you become a celebrity and look down on everyone!?" He sat back up.

"But that doesn't sound like something Shumai would do.." Kokichi seemed to pout as they both looked each other in the eyes. "maybe Saihara-chan will sulk in his loneliness forever!" He gasped, putting one hand up to his face in a surprised manner.

"Kokichi.." He almost seemed to freeze at his first name. Shuichi grabbed Kokichi's other hand and put it up to his face, closing his eyes after touching his lips to Kokichi's knuckles. No warmth came from the hand and it saddened Shuichi, "I don't want to lose you again."

Kokichi's face flushed from the gesture and he laughed "how cliché Saihara-chan!" He pulled his hand away quickly then sighed. "plus it's not like you have a choice."

Shuichi looked in the eyes, yet now Kokichi refused too. "we'll see each other soon! It think," Kokichi smiled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" He sighed.

"What's what supposed to mean?"

"Don't give me that, Kokichi."

"Give you what? What else do you want? ohhh~ never mind Shumai, I think I know!"

"It's not like that!" Shuichi blushed, shaking his head. "I mean, what do you mean when you say we'll see each other soon?"

Kokichi shrugged "dunno, just a feeling you have" he huffed

"A feeling that I have?"

"well yeah," He turned away, "why else would I say it?"

"I still don-"

"Anyways!" Kokichi stood up abruptly, brushing his pants off. "I gotta go Saihara!"

"Kokichi wait-!" Shuichi stood up trying to grab Kokichi's arm before he ran off again.

"That was really fun, we should try it again sometime!" He ran off to the forest giving Shuichi one last wave before disappearing into it.

Shuichi chased him into the dark forest, He didn't see any signs of Kokichi even being there. In the end he just found himself back where he started. Out of breathe, he fell to the floor. In the same position he started in. His hand shielding his eyes from the bright sun as he struggled to catch his breath.

Rustling sounded from his right, he glanced over.

"Hi again!"