Danganronpa Agere Oneshots!

💚🛠️Working Together!🎀🔧

Caregiver: Miu Iruma
Little: Kazuichi Soda
hello! this was requested by Ryebread0605 :) i hope you like it! i do want to say this chapter includes swearing because of miu, so if that bothers you, feel free to skip this one! thank you so much for reading and have a wonderful day <3
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"Pass me that wrench, will you? This damn thing's whirring again."

Kazuichi nodded, grabbing the tool and handing it to Miu. She hastily snatched it, which made him wince.

He was fixing a car with Miu Iruma. One of their classmate's car wasn't working for some reason— probably an issue with the radiator— so he and Miu had been entrusted to fix it.

This normally would have been fine, had Kazuichi not felt himself slowly regressing.

He didn't even really notice at first! Initially, he just thought he was being passionate about what he does, ignoring the higher pitched lilt to his voice, the stumbling over his words and the chewing impatiently on his lower lip at the slower parts of fixing the car.

But sooner or later, he realized what had happened. And quite frankly, it was nerve-wracking. He'd never, ever regressed in front of anyone before, much less Miu Iruma!

"Oh my god."

Miu's voice caused him to glance up, watching her as a grin spread across her face.

"H-Huh?" He blinked.

She began to laugh, clutching her chest dramatically.

"I've solved it! Hah, the gorgeous girl genius has done it again!" Miu bragged, a final chuckle leaving her lips before she explained, "The fuckin' radiator's leaking. So you know what that means?"

Kazuichi froze when he realized she was looking at him pointedly, as if she expected an answer. He didn't want to speak— much less answer her— in fear of his words slurring or sounding small.

But when her gaze was still steadily holding his, he nervously swallowed.

"U-Uh," He mumbled, immediately cringing, "S-Sealant. In the coolin' system, 'n then coolant. Then gotta seal again."

Miu raised an eyebrow at his tone of voice, and his cheeks flushed, but she didn't say anything about it.

"Bingo! So go get me the sealant while I find the coolant. Shouldn't be that hard of a fix."

Kazuichi nodded, turning and going to find the sealant. It was near a couple of various liquids. Picking it up, he returned back to the car.

Miu glanced up from the engine, taking it from him and beginning to pour the sealant in the cooling system.

"You wanna do the coolant?" She asked when she was finished.

"U-Uh huh. Please?" He said softly, and he immediately regretted speaking, embarrassed by his tone of voice. Miu probably thought he was weird.

However, despite his obviously slurred words, he could have sworn he saw the hint of a smile— a strangely kind one— creeping up onto the corners of her lips.

"Alright. It's all you," Miu gestured to the engine.

She watched him pick up the coolant, still keeping a careful eye on him as he sealed the system with coolant.

"Oh—! Careful, don't spill any," She warned, gently reaching out to hold his hand steady.

Kazuichi felt embarrassment flood through him. He didn't take her for an idiot. She probably knew that he was regressed, considering how she was making sure the Ultimate Mechanic didn't make any mistakes. The way her voice softened ever so slightly as she spoke to him, helping him do something he should be able to do on his own.

It was embarrassing, and he was terrified to be regressed in front of someone, and yet...

He didn't hate it. She wasn't being mean to him, much like he thought she would be.

So he didn't protest as she helped him tilt the bottle of coolant into the engine.

"Alright, slow down, I think that's enough," Miu said, and he stopped pouring, screwing the cap back on.

Kazuichi watched as she poured in some water to top it all off, then sealed the system and closed the hood of the car.

"Looks like we're done!" She grinned, turning to face him and raising her hand, "Give me a high five!"

Kazuichi shifted awkwardly where he stood, his eyes on the floor.

Miu frowned.

"What's the matter?"

Kazuichi didn't know what to say. He didn't know how to ask her if she knew he was regressed, didn't know how to ask if it bothered her, didn't know how to ask if she was going to tell people or if she found him weird.

So, the only thing that slipped out was an apology.

"'M sorry."

She tilted her head in confusion.

"For what?" She asked.

"'Cause 'm regressed," He barely choked out, "A-And 'm sorry if I was annoyin', or weird, b-but please don' tell anybody?"

Miu's gaze softened as she heard him speak, and it was so strange to see someone as confident and hardened as Miu treat him with care.

"Hey, you weren't annoying. I'm not gonna tell anybody," She promised, "I'm pretty familiar with this regression thing. I don't think you're weird by any means."

Kazuichi blinked. That surprised him. She... knew about regression? And she didn't think he was weird?

A tiny smile formed on his face, and she chuckled.

"Now, give me a high five! That was awesome work we did there!"

Kazuichi giggled, high fiving her back this time. He'd never felt so safe.

"What should we do now?" Miu questioned as she shut the hood of the car, glancing back at Kazuichi, "You wanna get a snack, take a nap? Maybe play a game?"

Kazuichi hummed, in thought for a moment before he finally answered.

"We play hide 'n seek?" He asked shyly, and she grinned.

"Of course we can!" She exclaimed, as if that was exactly what she wanted to do as well, "I'll count to ten while you go hide. Deal?"

He nodded excitedly, and as soon as she faced the wall, he sprinted away, going to find a spot to hide in.

He wasn't used to regressing in front of people. Honestly, the thought of it still scared him, in a way.

...But as he crouched behind a shelf in the garage, listening to Miu count down from ten, he felt himself smile.

Maybe it wasn't so bad.