A/N kokichi is nonbinary and uses ze/zem in this fanfiction!!
Kokichi has always thought of dying zir hair differently. Not that it wasn't cool already, , but that wasn't the point!
Throughout zir life, ze had saw people with dyed hair, whether it was in public or online or in magazines. And ze thought it looked amazing! It became a secret wish ze had, to dye zir hair like that.
And yeah, it was kind of a simple wish. But due to the weird and kind of terrible cards life dealt zem, ze never got around to doing it.
Firstly, zir parents were...well, they weren't good. So it's not like ze had the choice to even buy hair dye without feeling bad for it.
Secondly, during zir D.I.C.E days, everyone around zem, to put it simply, thought ze was annoying and a complete waste of space! If ze dyed zir hair at that point, then that would surely be something to make fun of zem for. And ze didn't know if dyed hair fit the Ultimate Supreme Leader look anyway.
Thirdly, after the killing game, the audience had...mixed reactions on zem. When the show first came out, ze started to be stalked everywhere ze went. And most things that ze did was documented on various news sites.. If ze dyed zir hair, it would be all over the internet and ze risked being judged for it for months! Or maybe even years...
Basically, ze has just never felt really... safe before, safe enough to not be judged by someone for something as simple as a hair dye decision.
But ze had found a new safety with Shuichi Saihara. They had grown closer after the killing game, confiding in each other and eventually falling in love. It was a little unexpected, but it kind of meant the world to Kokichi. Shuichi was sweet and he actually liked to hang out with zem. He listened to zir rambles and he stayed despite all zir meltdowns. Ze really didn't think something so incredible would last, after everything ze did in the game ze was sure Shuichi would get fed up at some point?
But after almost 3 years, Shuichi stayed. They both finally moved out of the stupid Team Danganronpa hotel, and found a nice small house to live in together. Emphasis on small, but it was cozy!
Now they spent every day together. Doing cheesy couple things like feeding each other and wearing each other's clothes. They even had a routine where every night Kokichi sat in Shuichi's lap and he combed zir hair.
He had practically memorized the strands at this point, making note on what parts became tangled easily and what parts were always smooth.
Really, anyone knew what color Kokichi should dye it, or if ze even should, it would be Shuichi, since he stared at it so much.
"You're, like, an expert on my hair, right?" Kokichi assumed, while Shuichi delicately brushed a comb through.
Shuichi chuckled, "Uh, I wouldn't say that..."
Ignoring that clearly false statement, Kokichi continued,"Soooo what color should I dye it?"
Ze would decide zemself but ze couldn't really make a decision! You'd think with all of the years ze thought about this, it would be easy to choose. But it was just the opposite! There were so many options swirling through zir head, how could ze pick just one?!
"...You want to dye your hair?" Shuichi questioned. He didn't sound necessarily opposed to it, but he also didn't sound too excited. It almost made Kokichi rethink zir decision before ze realized that this was Shuichi. He wouldn't judge zem for wanting to do this, he would accept it! Maybe he would even help...
