Saioma Month 2023

Origami Hearts

Shuichi has been pining over Kokichi for a while. Over break - Kokichi asks Shuichi to make a paper heart for him, out of origami. And Shuichi complies, of course. But due to unforeseen events - he ends up with two paper hearts to give to Kokichi, and one isn't his. What happens when Shuichi mixes them up?

Or~ Shuichi and Kokichi bond for a while, when Kokichi asks for a paper heart. Shuichi ends up with two - and he gives Kokichi the wrong one

Prompt : First kiss

Shuichi was trying to like Kaede's twin sister; really he was. But it was getting harder and harder for him to keep a smile on the rare occasions she talked to him. Due to her moving, she'd recently settled into the area - and Hope's Peak had generously accepted her as a temporary student, as she was the Ultimate Origami Master. It was only a temporary placement, however - much to quiet a lot of the class's relief.

It wasn't that she was a horrible person... she just liked a lot of people. And not in a friendly, more cheerful way - but in the way that Kaito liked Maki, or the way Shuichi liked...

Well, it didn't matter that much. As interested as she did seem in Kokichi, both Kaito and Rantaro seemed to have caught her eye more. Not to mention, Kokichi tended to avoid her when he could; he had gotten into a habit of immediately burying his face in Shuichi's chest and pretending to fall asleep when she approached. The first few times it had made Shuichi stutter and blush furiously, but he had gotten slightly more used to it. He would still blush, but it would be more subtle now - and he could contain his crush to just smiling and looking down at Kokichi.

It also meant he could spend more time with Kokichi, without being the one to awkwardly instigate it. And he did enjoy spending time with Kokichi, because most of the time Aiko wouldn't even end up bothering them, and they could just spend time together. Whether it was eating at lunch, or studying - or observing her as she tried to sneak up on Kaito or Rantaro.

Miu actually had a bet going around most of the class - when Maki would finally punch Aiko for trying to get with her boyfriend. Kokichi and Shuichi both said she wouldn't, but everyone else had put somewhere between one to three weeks. So far, only Miu had been angry she'd lost her money. All in all, Shuichi was just happy he had something to laugh about with Kokichi.

"Shuichi, save me!"

Recognizing the overdramatic cries, Shuichi turned around almost immediately to see Kokichi barreling towards him. He didn't even have time to formulate a response before Kokichi was in his arms, grinning up at him. Looking down, Shuichi matched Kokichi's grin, "Hey Kokichi... um. How are you?"

"Terrible," he responded, grinning, "But I'm doing better than Rantaro!"

"Rantaro?" Shuichi questioned for a second, the cogs turning in his mind, "Wait - did you abandon Rantaro to run to me?"

"Yup!" Kokichi looked up again, "And if you try to lecture me I'll bury my head into your jacket so I can't hear you."

"Is that... supposed to be a threat?"

"Maybe," even with the awkward angle, Shuichi could see Kokichi's grin, "Unless you want me to be this close?"

"Of- of course not!" Shuichi can feel himself blushing more, and he tries to free himself from Kokichi's grip.

"Nishishi, did I make you embarrassed?" Kokichi tilts his head, "You look preeetty red right now."

"Kokichi, why did you run off like that?"

Having reached a point where he was (somewhat) safely out of Kokichi's arms, Shuichi turned to look for wherever Rantaro was. Casually walking up to them, his eyes briefly flickered over the two, and he gave a small and knowing smile, "So you abandoned me for the detective, that's cruel, Oma. Cruel."