eating tater tots with knives || pregame ndrv3 chatfic

3 || McEnd my McSuffering || 3

( this chapter will take place outside of the group chat )

it was a fairly windy day, and although the sun was out, it was still cold.
kokichi stood outside the school, and watched the door closely so he could see the exact moment his classmates came out of it.

just as he had expected, kirumi, kaede, himiko, and shuichi all came bustling out at the exact same time.
it was a very tight squeeze through the doorway, which had caused shuichi's hat to fall off.
he picked it up and put it back on before running over to kokichi.

kaede whipped her phone out from her pocket and unlocked it.
"be quiet, nerds. i have to tell my mum that i'm gonna be home late," she snapped as she began to dial her mother's phone number.

everyone was quiet as kaede spoke into her phone.
"hey mummy, so i'm gonna be hanging out with my classmates today, so i'll be home late. . . no, i will not be doing anything illegal. . . okay, love you mummy, see you soon. mwah."
and with that, kaede hung up.

"well then, let's get going, losers."

kirumi, himiko, and kaede led the group along, gossiping about who had a crush on who.
kokichi and shuichi, however, followed behind them, the two not saying a word to each other.

eventually, shuichi tapped kokichi on the shoulder.
"just wanted to say, it's so great to finally hang out with you in person! I, um, I admit that I've never really had the courage to talk to you because you're just so cool and pretty and i've been scared that i'm not good enough for you," shuichi rambled. "but here you are! and i can finally say all the stuff i should have said sooner!"

kokichi rubbed the shoulder that shuichi had touched him on.
"first of all, don't touch me," kokichi muttered. "it makes me feel all gross."
shuichi gave a nod of recognition.
kokichi continued, "second, you can just say what you want to. i'll listen."

shuichi beamed with joy. finally, he could tell his beloved about his thoughts and feelings!
"well, i don't really stalk you, but harukawa tells me lots of cool things about you, so a few months ago when it was  your birthday, i had bought you a present but i was too scared to give it to you," shuichi explained. "so maybe i can finally give that to you!"

kokichi was silent for a moment before he let a soft smile grow on his face.
"that means a lot to me. nobody got me any presents this year. my family's been tight on money for a while, so they couldn't get me anything. same goes for harukawa, she wanted to buy me something, but. . ."

shuichi smiled at kokichi. "Well, you'll always have me! i can afford to buy you presents! i can get you anything you want! i'll do anything for you, ouma-kun!"

himiko, who had overheard saihara, looked back at saihara and yelled, "shuichi saihorny is a gay simp!"

"i am not!," shuichi retorted.
"oh yeah? i bet you have pictures of ouma on his phone that he doesn't know about!"
"so what if i do? he's pretty and i've gotten some really good angles!"
"so you admit to taking pictures of him! what do you use em for, anyway nasty reasons?"
"um."

the girls began to laugh.
"ew, disgusting," kirumi muttered. "i feel bad for ouma now."
kaede nodded in agreement. "Yeah, me too! never thought i'd ever admit to it though!"

kokichi's face turned red with embarrassment.

when the group finally made it to the mcdonalds, they went to order at an electronic ordering station.