Face The Music (A Saimatsu Story)

Bro Time

-Kaito Momota's POV-

I almost push my best friend into my house.

"BRO, we have to talk," I tell him, an urgency in my voice.

"Woah Kaito why?" Shuichi asked, concerned. 

"It's about Kaede," I tell him with unusual seriousness in my voice.

"Woah- what did she do?" Shuichi asked, taken aback. He probably thought she flirted with me or something. I mean, I *am* that handsome. Who wouldn't want to flirt with me? I can almost feel Maki glaring at me, even though she isn't here, so I cut to the chase.

"Dude. You like her, admit it," I tell him.

"Excuse me?" he asked shocked, but with some sort of contemplating look in his eyes.

"I've prepared an essay titled "How I Know That Shuichi Is Denying His Feelings For Kaede Akamatsu Because He's Too Chicken To Ask Her Out"," I say, pulling a piece of paper out of my jacket pocket, "Yrs- wait, that should say 'yes'... hold on... Yes, it may seem odd at first glance, but nobody can deny Shuichi Saihara's feelings for Kaede Akamatsu, and although he tries, nor can he. Point number one- dumbass I've seen the way you look at her. You ogle her when she's not paying attention, you know that, right?" He looked shocked, maybe not even realizing he did that. "Next point, she's exactly your type. Sweet, kind, smart, not to mention she makes you happy whenever you're around her. Point number three: the way you act around her. You blush way too much than is probably considered healthy, bro. And it's not just because of your social anxiety, you have a thing for her. Point four, she's beautiful. You smile when she smiles because it makes you happy, prove me wrong. Oo adding one more point: when I start talking about her, you get a sort of dreamy, far off look in your eyes."

"And how do you just happen to know all of this?" He asks, snapping back from his trance.

"Because, unlike you currently, Shuichi, I have a girlfriend and I too did that before she and I started dating." I reply, a pointed look on my face. "Honestly, though, bro, by denying that you like her (not pulling out the L word yet), you're more idiotic than me."

"Huh..." he said, eyebrows knitted in concentration on what I'd just said.

"I'll give you some time to think about it, but I have an astronaut seminar thing to go to, so you'd better take some time to mull it over," I tell him.

A/N: Shuichi leaves the house, and this is a time skip to when Kaito gets back from his astronaut thing. 

My phone dings and when I unlock it, I see a text from Shuichi.

Shuichi (Bro): Huh, maybe you're right.

Shuichi (Bro): I guess everyone saw I liked her. I was just the last to know.

Good on ya, kid. You finally did it.

-Shuichi Saihara's POV-

I can't stop thinking about Kaede. Her beautiful piano, her smile, the way she laughs... So when Kaito brought up me liking her, I really couldn't deny it. All week I've been telling myself I don't like her, because I don't want to get heartbroken when she says she doesn't like me back. I mean... who would like a detective with zero confidence who normally keeps to himself? But then Kaito forced me to realize it, and I don't know what to do now.

A/N: YRSSSSSS multiple uploads 🥳 Hopefully you guys liked Kaito's essay he worked for ten minutes on it. There WILL BE more Saimatsu, just give the story some time to develop. I'm also planning on adding shorts and stuff in here, but there'll most likely be a lot of time skips to get to all the fluff I have planned. Alsooooo if anyone caught the reference I made with Kaito's Yrs lmk ;) Bye and ilysm ✨🥰✨

Published: April 3, 2021