An Older Ouma (Saiouma)

Shopping Spree

When Kokichi Ouma stepped outside the hospital at 9:23 am on a Saturday morning, he noticed Shuichi standing right outside on his phone, and rushed up to him. He stopped himself from pulling Shuichi into a hug, no matter how funny that would be.

“Hii Shumai!” Kokichi looked up at him excitedly. He chuckled and kept his phone. “Let's head home! C'mon, lead the way!”

“You seem very excited about my house, Kokichi,” Shuichi responded, chuckling as he headed off in a seemingly random direction with Kokichi following behind.

It did not take long for the two of them to reach home. Shuichi’s house was situated pretty close to both the hospital and his workplace. It took about 10 minutes for them to enter his small two-storey home.

Shuichi watched as Kokichi put his shoes on the shoe rack inside his house. “Make yourself at home. I'll tell my uncle that you're gonna be staying here for a while,” Shuichi patted his back, which made him blush lightly in surprise. Luckily, Shuichi didn't notice the blush. “By the way, I'm taking you out to the mall later at 1 pm to help you get some stuff you need. Toiletries, clothes, whatever. Rantaro and Kaede will be coming along too; they'd love to meet you.”

“Oh, like a double date. How fun,” Kokichi smiled gratefully.

“...Yeah, I guess you could say that,” Shuichi shrugged and headed into the kitchen, already texting away on his phone. He was messaging his uncle, Kokichi assumed. “Do you want to eat breakfast?”

“No thanks, I ate at the hospital,” Kokichi waved both of his hands to decline. “Anyway, what can we do in the meantime?”

“I dunno. Do you want to watch something on TV?” Shuichi looked up at Kokichi, who's eyes lit up.

“Oh, yeah! Let's watch something you like!” Kokichi grabbed onto Shuichi’s arm and dragged him over to the living room. Shuichi gasped at the sudden arm grabbing, but it seemed he thought nothing more of it. When they sat down, Shuichi turned the television on with a remote, booting up Netflix and playing a noir show.

“Oh, Syndicate of Kanagashi? I've watched that before,” Kokichi revealed, leaning back on the couch. “The detective falls in love with the crime boss, right? That's pretty cheesy. Did they really have to go through with detective x criminal?” Kokichi complained, grimacing when he realised what a hypocrite he was being. Being in love with detective Shuichi when he's a good for nothing petty thief. Was that better or worse?

After binging the first few episodes, Kokichi slowly leaned his head on Shuichi’s shoulder. He felt soft. Kokichi hoped he did not mind.

“...Feeling tired, Kokichi?” he asked after a little while. Kokichi nodded as a lie, but Shuichi didn't realise. “I get it. You did just suffered a concussion,” He added, which made Kokichi chuckle. He didn't move afterwards, so that Kokichi could get comfortable. Kokichi didn't know if he was being nice, or if it was for a different reason…

Soon enough, 12pm rolled around, and after checking his watch, Shuichi paused the show and turned the television off.
“We should probably go and meet your old classmates,” Shuichi stood up, grabbing Kokichi by the wrist and pulling him up. They put on their shoes, with Shuichi grabbing his wallet and keys, then they exited the house, locking the door when they were outside.

Shuichi drove Kokichi to the Yokohama Heights Plaza in his Mazda CX-5. Kokichi spent the entire ride staring outside the SUV’s window and playing eye spy. Shuichi played along to keep him entertained, as it was the least Shuichi could do when he never kept in touch with him for five entire years.

“Kaede and Rantaro should be by the entrance,” Shuichi murmured as he parked his Mazda underneath a large tree. When they exited the SUV, however, they were rushed by a woman with blonde hair and a man with green hair.