Be My Liar 《Kokichi x Reader》

26

"Heyyy Gonta..."

"Hello (Y/N)! Gonta assumes you are not disrupting the school's peace. You are not, right?"

"Right, right! You can totally trust me." You gave him the most innocent smile that you could muster, which honestly took a lot of effort. "Look, first things first, I wanted to apologize about what I said earlier. We will all eventually get used to living here, and I, uh...bet that Atua could grant us long lives so that maybe we can all die...together...?"

Gonta's eyes widened. "You right...! Gonta must ask Angie if Atua can do that!" He turned away, prepared to go find the cult leader.

"A-Ah, wait!" you called out. Gonta turned back around to face you, a look of confusion on his face. "I...wanted to ask a favor of you... Would you mind uncovering the manhole for me?"

"Wh-What?? N-No! No! G-Gonta can't do that! It would be against student council rules!"

"Something was left down there and I thought I should go get it." You looked down at the scarf around your neck as you picked at it.

"Oh...! That is very nice of you! But let Gonta get it, just in case."

"No, no!" you blurted out. "You really don't want to go get it. It's...something that Miu had brought down there to test on herself alone...and forgot to clean everything up. Trust me here, Gonta. You don't want to scar your eyes..."

"...O-Oh." The male blushed and awkwardly averted his gaze. "W-Well then... Gonta go and uncover manhole for you."

"Thank you for being so understanding."

Gonta stayed silent as he took the lead in heading towards the boiler room. All the while, he still had a blush in his face. I bet he still remembers seeing Miu walking around at night in her... you cut your thought off. Before you even knew it, you were inside the boiler room standing beside the manhole. There was one main rock and then some other, smaller rocks on top of it as well.

"Gonta will remove rocks. Do you want him to wait for you out here or?"

"Nah, you're fine, Gonta. I'll just find the thing and...cover it back up again."

"Okay! Gonta gonna uncover manhole and leave you to it!" Gonta did as he said while you were quietly thanking him for not realizing the excuses you had just made. Geez, Gonta is so gullible... I almost feel bad for lying to him. "See you later!" He waved at you.

"Yeah. Thanks." You waved back and he stomped away.

You looked down into the manhole. You could already feel the cold air rising up. Shivering slightly, you descended down the ladder leading into the dark room. "..." It was entirely silent except for your quiet breaths. You gulped before biting your lip. This place...it brings back old memories. I wish I could just go back...go back to when everyone was still alive, and they were all trying to make it through the tunnel.

You shakily let out a heavy breath as you looked around. Your grey eyes landed on the tunnel entrance. You slowly walked towards it, your footsteps ringing out in echos in the underground room. Could an exit really be on the other side...? I'll only know if I can make it through. The last time that I did this, I failed...miserably. But I have hope that this run will be different.

This run will be different, this run will be different... You kept telling yourself that as you walked inside the tunnel. You saw the same things ahead of you—moving platforms, bombs, cages, and any and all other traps imaginable. I have to do this. I can't turn back now. You felt no determination. You were forcing yourself to go through this...torture.