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Chapter 1

Himiko woke up with her usual morning-messy red hair, scratching her head as she shut her alarm clock. She groaned slightly, feeling tired from yet another night of homework.

She slowly got up, and tried getting off of the bed with her eyes closed, only to fall on the cold ground, seemingly tied up. "Stupid cold, hard tiles...if I had mana right now, I'd make them disappear in an instant and then replace it with better tiles!" She grumbled. She moved her left arm, and felt that thing keeping her tied get tighter. "Nyeh...what's going on?" She yawned, slowly opening her eyes.

To her surprise, she was entangled in a red string.

"N-Nyeh...a...a string..?" She asked herself. "A...A red string?!" She gasped, panicking to get herself free from it. After she had gotten out of it, she glanced on her finger. "No way.." She rushed to her mirror. It was true. There was a red string wrapped around her finger. "Nyeh..! No way! I don't want a soulmate!" She yelled to, particularly, no one.

"But...who's...who's my soulmate?" Himiko suddenly asked herself.

She got up in a hurry, did everything that she needed to do and rushed to school.

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Himiko was practically running, tiring herself as she carried her heavy, red backpack behind her.

Following the red string, she ran and ran until someone ran into her.

"Ow!" Himiko yelped. "Sorry," The person said, offering their hand to Himiko. She gladly took it. "Thanks...um...Ouma-kun?!" She practically yelled. "Nishishi~ That's me!" He said, doing a peace sign with his fingers and putting it up to his right eye. Himiko narrowed her eyes at him, as if she were staring at him.

Her eyes landed on his pinky finger, and...

"The red string!" She thought. "He...He's my soulmate?!" Himiko's mind went into panic, and she couldn't really think properly. "Walk away, walk away, walk away!" Her mind commanded. "Why aren't you walking away?!" Her mind screamed.

"Nishishi~ Am I that sexy?" He interrupted her thoughts. "Nyeh?! No! Of course not!" Himiko's face flushed, a burning sensation creeping onto her cheeks. "Aww, you like me," He giggles. "Nuh-uh! I hate you!" She yelled without thinking, afterwards slightly regretting it. "But I like you."

Those words rang in her ears for what seemed to be forever. "Nyeh..?" She mumbled.

"Well, are you going to just stand there? C'mon, we'll be late!" Kokichi yelled. "Nyeh...o..okay.." Himiko gave up, trailing behind him. "Hurry up, slowpoke!" Kokichi yelled, walking a bit faster, which caused Himiko to pick up her speed.

"Nyeh...hey, Ouma-kun?" Himiko asked, looking up at him. "Eh? What is it?" He asked, returning a gaze. "Nyeh..um..what's..." She was trying to find the right words. "..what's that on your finger..?" Himiko asked, motioning to his right pinky. "Eh? Where?" He brings his finger up to his face, examining it. "Where?" He turns back to Himiko, who fidgets in response. "Nyeh..n-never mind..I..I made it disappear using my magic!" Himiko stutters slightly, hoping he'd believe her.

"Who am I kidding? He's the best liar ever! He'd never believe me! He can tell I'm lying even if he's asleep! He-"

"Ohh, okay!" Kokichi hummed, skipping forward a bit. "Nyeh, hey! Wait for me!" Himiko yelled, running towards him. "I'm gonna turn you into a human pretzel, Ouma-kun! I swear on Atua!" She screamed, slightly panting.

Once she was able to catch up to him, she slowed down a bit, catching her breath. Kokichi hummed a tune, picking up his speed a bit. "C'mon, can't you go a bit faster?!" He asked, starting to run. He gripped her hand tightly, practically dragging her. "Hhhah, hey- S-Slow down!" She slightly stumbles, but she kept up with his speed.

Well, tried to.

Himiko bit her lip, glancing at the red string. "I don't want him as my soulmate..." She thought. "He's a good friend, but...no, wait, we're not even friends!" She sighed. "Besides, I'm fucking gay!"

"You are?" Himiko blushed, suddenly turning to Kokichi. "You- You heard that?!" She blushed, her cheeks turning beet red. "Uh, duh! You just screamed it to the world, dummy!" Kokichi laughed. "Sh-Shut up! I'm gonna turn you into a human pretzel!" She shouted. "Not if you can't catch me," He snickered, running off with a smirk. Himiko was back in reality, and realized they were in school, and Kokichi was running for the halls. "Get back here, Ouma-kun!" Himiko exclaimed, running after the purple dick.

"Ouma-kun, you dick!" Himiko yelled angrily. "That's Super Duper High School Level Dicktator to you, Ultimate Wannabe Magician!" Kokichi laughed, running faster as Himiko burst through the school's doors.

This is going to be rather interesting...