✔️More Than a Game (Oumasai/Saiouma)

32- Truth...

Ouma's POV:
Shuichi.

Where is Shuichi? It was the only thing on my mind, the only thing I could think about. His bright yellow eyes, his dark cyan hair, that small smile he would make if he became amused in the slightest, I couldn't get it out of my head.

Thank God I had just been discharged from the hospital. It felt odd to walk on my own, without anyone carrying me, but I had better get used to it soon. After some time, I caught the sight of Shuichi at yet another bus stop. No way, not again...

I gently poked him on the shoulder. "Hey."

Saihara looks up at me. "O-Ouma..? Shouldn't you be at the hospital..?"

"Not anymore, silly! And my mom's paying from her insurance so you don't have to worry about that too." I sit down on the bench when I realize Saihara's eyes are red and his face is wet.

"Hahaha..." he laughs quietly to himself.

Becoming nervous, I ask, "Are you okay?"

"Okay?" he whispers. "I'm fine."

Liar.

"Um, I've been discharged from the hospital, do you want to go to my mom's house? She's letting you stay until the school year starts again," I continue.

"No," he mutters.

"So... whaddya want to do?"

"Nothing."

I kick him in the leg so he looks back up at me. "Stop it! You're so boring like this!"

"..."

I grab his arm and heave him up. Well, he's had to carry me for so long... I should at least pay him back like this.

All through the while, he kept on muttering things like, "It's my fault..." and "I don't deserve anything...". I don't know why. He didn't do anything! Ever since we all escaped into the outside world, I've heard those words more then any other.

Lost in thought, I accidentally bump into a taller guy.

Oh, shit-

"Hey, watch it!" says a voice. Something about it sounded familiar...

"Oh, Kaito," I say in a bored tone, looking up at the tall magenta-haired male.

"W-Wait... Kokichi? Shouldn't you be in the hospital cuz you got hurt or whatever?"

I groan and don't answer him. He then notices that I'm dragging Shuichi and exclaims, "H-Huh? Shuichi? Is he okay? Shuichi!" He promptly shakes his shoulder a bit and Saihara looks in his direction.

"Haha... hey..." Saihara says in a groggy tone.

"Y'sure he's alright? He sounds kind of odd to me..." Kaito asks me. "Wait... I shouldn't be asking you. You wouldn't even tell me the truth."

"Wow, you're actually being smart for once! Didn't expect that from you, Kaito," I retort.

"H-Hey! Stop lying!" he exclaims. "That's not true, right...?"

I ignore him and walk in the direction of where my house is. I try to remember the address. 11037 West View Rd, I believe. As I walk, I notice Kaito is following me. "What the hell?! Stop following me!"

"I-It's fine..." Saihara mutters.

"Yeah, see? Unlike you, Shuichi here actually cares about people!" Kaito yells

"Maybe if you weren't so dumb, you wouldn't be as boring and I would like you more," I spat.

"...!" Shocked, Kaito turns away and doesn't say anything.