A/N happy pride month!!
It was June, the month of Kokichi's birthday and also...pride month! The celebratory month of rainbows and coming out and lovey-dovey couples and parades and just...pride!
And as an early birthday gift, Shuichi decided to go with Kokichi to one of those parades! They happily agreed, of course, they've wanted to go to a pride parade since forever! But due to unsupportive parents and a killing game reality show, it was difficult. They hadn't actually felt accepted since Shuichi came around. He was the one to help them, to show them that it was okay to be the way they were, and Kokichi was really grateful for that.
Finally, this was happening! They were standing in front of a mirror, covered in rainbow clothing with glitter and hearts on their face. The nonbinary flag hung around them like a cape, along with the original LGBTQ+ one.
They looked amazing, so cool. Exactly how they pictured they would look when they thought about this day.
And they were excited! This day was their day, their day to celebrate their gender and sexuality, something they hid for years. They don't have to hide it anymore, they get to go out there, and show everyone that they are unapologetically themself!
But the day wasn't just for Kokichi. It was for Shuichi too. For him to come out and be proud of himself! He had his own struggles with his gender and sexaulity, and going to this pride parade meant a lot for him too. Kokichi knew that, and they wanted to make this day to be the absolute best for him, in any way they could.
It was also a day for their relationship, to show everyone that they loved each other and no matter how much homophobia was thrown at them, they weren't going to stop. They went through so much together, they could practically never part at this point, and even if people looked down on them for it, they were definitely considering marrying each other.
Really, this day just celebrated a lot! It was an incredible accomplishment that the two even got to the point, consider all the hardships they faced before this. A year ago, they both probably would have never thought they'd make it here.
But here they were. Getting ready for a really significant day in their lives. ....And no matter how amazing it sounded and how much Kokichi had been preparing for this and hoping this day would come..they were still kind of scared.
It's not like they weren't proud of being nonbinary and queer, they were! They loved being out and accepting their real identity, instead of shoving it in a closet like they used to do! It was better this way, it was easier to breathe now that they weren't hiding anything.
But they were still hiding some things, just not their sexual orientation or gender identity. They were hiding all of the anxieties they had about today. About how they were scared that there would be secret homophobes and transphobes at pride. The ones that crept up in their comment section, with long rants on their opinion of how Danganronpa was "so much better" when everyone wasn't gay.
Putting aside that they clearly missed all the gay subtext before Kokichi Ouma was introduced, it hurt. And they knew Shuichi got those types of comments too. It hurt him as well.
The only difference was that Shuichi admitted it while Kokichi tried to keep their feelings hidden.
Sometimes, their worries would slip out, they had been dating for over three years and it wouldn't be right to completely lie to Shuichi about this sort of thing. But overall, they just pretended it didn't bother them!
