「Anime x Reader One Shots」

Unwavering Faith (Koichi Ouma x Reader)

He was there for you from the very beginning.

Kokichi was mean and cruel to every student aside from you. On the contrary, he often by your side telling off anyone who said anything rude to you, such as Miu. The way he went about defending you was a little too mean for your taste, but you appreciated his aid nonetheless.

He was always there for you, comforting you from the pain after each murder. He never showed these soft feelings in front of anyone else, though. You assumed his lack of affection in front of the others was all part of another one of his schemes, but you never questioned it. Your faith in him never wavered.

The others couldn't see the good in him that you easily noticed. As much as Kokichi, himself, didn't want to admit it, he did have a working heart like everyone else and did feel emotions. Whatever his reasons were for pushing them aside, no one would know and you figured it wasn't their business to know. As long as he accepted the fact eventually, everything would be okay.

You were always loyal to him. After all, it was the least you could do after everything he did to protect you. Not once did you doubt his intentions even when everyone else did; not even when they believed him to be the true mastermind of the killing game.

Although he never said it straight up to you, you knew he wasn't actually the mastermind - that it was all part of his elaborate plan that he insisted on keeping it a secret. It wouldn't make sense if he was. After all, he was always so kind to you, even from the beginning. More so, you knew he would've told you so if he was the mastermind. Even with the odds stacked high against Kokichi, you continued to maintain your faith in him. Nobody, not even the other students, could ever make you think otherwise of him.

It was when you were lying contently on your bed that he made an appearance. His cheerful smile was plastered on his face as usual as he took a seat on your bed. You sat up and greeted him with a hug which almost seemed to catch him off guard.

"You really shouldn't be so open with me, [name]," he said in a sing-song voice, although there appeared to be a hint of warning in his voice.

You furrowed your eyebrows. "Why is that?"

Kokichi haughtily laughed. "Because I'm the game's mastermind, of course. I can control whether you live or die right now. You can't honestly be stupid enough to forget that, now can you?"

You smiled at him, catching him off guard once again. You raised your hand slowly and placed it on his cheek and he quickly sucked in air, his eyes growing wide.

"You're not the mastermind. I know you better than anyone here so I know when you're bluffing."

Kokichi opened his mouth as if to speak but quickly closed it. He stayed silent before laughing again, this time sounding defeated. "You truly do know me best, [name]."

Sighing, he laid down on the bed and you followed suit. Together, you stared up at the boring ceiling, doing nothing more than enjoying each others presence. Words weren't needed to express how content you and he both felt around each other. He made you feel safe in a strange way.

"You don't need to tell me why if you don't want to...," you hesitantly started, your gaze shooting over towards him. "But why are you trying to convince everyone that you're the mastermind? Is there a specific reason why you want them to hate and fear you, or are you just doing this for fun?"

He clicked his tongue and rolled onto his side to face you, humming softly as he thought about his answer. "Why am I, you ask? Well, I'm not sure. You know me so well so I'm sure you can come up with the answer if you push that tiny brain hard enough."

You didn't need to think anymore about it, though. You already knew the answer, just didn't want to admit it to yourself. "This is all part of your plan, isn't it?"

He grinned, signaling to you that you were, indeed, correct, albeit you feared you didn't want to be.

"I just hope it's nothing dangerous..."

He grabbed your hand and squeezed it tightly in reassurance before meeting your gaze. "Don't worry, [name]. If everything goes to plan, then I promise you will make it out of this game alive."

You could only hope that he would, too.