Daddy Issues (Nagito Komaeda X Reader AU)

Ch Eight

Ch Eight - I'm on Fire

When you pulled the car into the garage and stopped it, you sat there for a minute.

"What's wrong, Aki?"

You looked at him.

"Am I your friend?"

"I hope you are. I really don't think I deserve friends, haha, but you seem to be pretty adamant about being with me" 

You sat there for a moment, staring at the steering wheel. At that moment, you really wanted to kiss him.

But you didn't.

"Aki, you're a very good friend."

"I've barely known you for a week."

"Still," He urged.

You looked at him, and gave him a genuine smile.

A real, original smile.

You were in love with him.

After several minutes of sitting and doing nothing, Komaeda broke the ice.

"So I guess we should go inside now, right?"

"Um.. Yes. The key is..." You looked at the note that she gave you, "In Snake's mouth."

"What the hell?"

"Hey, it's just what the letter says."

You both got out of the car and started searching for a snake. Real or fake.

Five minutes go by... Nothing.

Ten.. Nothing.

Fifteen... Nothing.

Then, you remembered something.

"Fuck me! She named her 'pet rock' snake. Check that one big rock in the front of the yard."

"Rocks have mouths?"

"Just go look."

Sure enough, he found it.

"That thing was creepy as hell."

"My friend likes it. She feeds it. And when it rains, she puts a towel over it."

He gave you a very confused look.

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The house wasn't beautiful, but it was nice looking. The walls were painted a very vivid shade of blue, and the furniture was colorful. It wasn't messy, either. The windows could use some washing, though.

You led Komaeda to her guest room.

"You pick. Guest room or master bedroom. Both can hold two people, but if you want, I'll pick your #2."

He looked at the guest room. Then glanced at the master bedroom.

"You take the master bedroom," He told you.

"Want me to get your things in place in the guest bedroom?" You asked.

"No, do that in the master bedroom."

Huh? 

Oh.

"Alright then," You replied with a sheer shrug, trying not to let him see your obvious grin.

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You set his things in an orderly place. Not very many, so it was very easy.

But my question; why does he have a whole other set of clothes if he was just planning to go to a party?

Komaeda walked into the door.

"So a while back I was watching a movie, and they're selling posters that are very sensual. And they say that everyone was buying two copies, and one guy told them that it was just in case the first one got ruined. What does that mean?"

You looked at him.

Wow.

"Ko, that means that the men are masturbating to them, and they might, uh, um.. ruin it. Get it?"

He looked at you, dumbfounded. "Yes..Wow, I'm really..." He trailed off. If he said something, you didn't hear it.

After recovering from that very unusual question, you went outside.

She has such a beautiful garden.

It was entirely full of petunias, tulips, sweet williams, marigolds, roses, perennials, and more. It was a sight for sore eyes. A vivid rainbow of swaying life. You went down to tend to them.

Some of the flowers were caught in spider webs, shoved in the dirt, or just pressed down from a rabbit.

You fixed every single one.

Feeling accomplished, you went inside and met Komaeda in the bedroom. It was very silent, except for the television that was barely playing.

Suddenly, you heard the lobby door open ever so silently.

You looked at Komaeda, and Komaeda looked at you.

Slowly, both of you made way to the lobby.

"Who's there?"

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