Dumb cop, liar cop (Oumota)

Haunted House

Kokichi dragged Kaito outside, and they just started walking.

"Wait, where are you going?"

"I thought you wanted to investigate with me."

"You weren't done explaining yourself yet!"

"I'll tell you what you need to know when you deserve to know," Kokichi replied cooly, "I don't completely trust you yet."

Kokichi leads Kaito across a playground, onto a bus, through a mall, until they stopped at...

"Why in the world are we at a haunted house?!"

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"I received info that a suspicious criminal is lurking about the haunted house, so we are going undercover."

"You better not be messing with me!"

"Wouldn't dream of it," Kokichi said sarcastically to himself.

"There's nothing to be afraid of!" Kaito said more loudly than he needed to.

"Yeah... Why are you yelling?"

"I'm not yelling! I'm not scared of ghosts!"

Kokichi stared at disbelief as the taller guy was sweating and shaking. Seriously? He knew this was part of his plan, but he didn't know that it would work so well... So even a dumbass actually had things that frightened him.

"...if you don't want to come, it's okay," he said, hoping Kaito would take the bait, "I can investigate on my own..."

"D-don't be ridiculous! I can't let you go in by yourself!"

Crap. Now he was making Kokichi feel guilty. There was actually no criminal inside the haunted house. But now to complete his lie, Kokichi stepped into the haunted house with a shivering police officer. Just how he wanted to spend his day off.

When they got to their first jump scare, Kokichi regretted his choices deeply.

"AHHHHH!" Kaito immediately grabbed Kokichi, but because of how short Kokichi is, the big guy had basically lifted the liar off of the ground. Kokichi flailed helplessly as Kaito continued to hug him like a teddy bear in his chest, carrying him through the winding hallway painted with skulls and bloody handprints.

"Idiot put me down."

"No! If something dangerous happens, it would be faster to carry you and run!" Kaito made a flimsy excuse.

Kokichi gave Kaito a very wide grin. Unlike normal, Kaito was too nervous to start yelling insults at him. Kaito noticed Kokichi's smirk way too late.

"You really are scared of ghosts, aren't you."

"I'm not!"

Kokichi gave a small gasp, and his face went pale. "Behind you..."

Kaito shrieked dropped Kokichi, flinging a backhand fist into a wax statue of a clown. The clown's bright red nose was crushed from a cherry to a pepperoni.

"Just kidding~," Kokichi said, "are you sure you aren't being a little too jumpy, Detective Momota? What if that was a civilian~"

The dumb cop glowered and forgot about his fear for a moment. "Why you piece of sh*t! It's your fault for messing with me!"

"That's better."

"HUH?"

"It's better for you to be angry. The world becomes uneasy when idiots like you start being scared as well..."