What if it Repeated? (Oumasai/Saiouma)

Chapter 33- Entry

"Go distract him." Shuuichi whispered to the silently bobbing boy behind him.
"No way, I'm not helping." Kokichi responded harshly, continuing his rhythmic bobbing on his heels. Great. How was he meant to get passed Gonta when he was on his own. He sighed and looked over the short brambles again. He needed a plan, since simply walking up there obviously wasn't going to work.

He needed to get Gonta away from the door if he wanted any chance of getting into the lab. That also meant waking him up. Would he need to shout to get his attention? If he shouted he would get seen and his cover would be blown. Or did it have to be?

"Gonta." He tested experimentally and felt something solid hit him hard across his arm along with an angry hiss from Kokichi. His side throbbed where he had been struck, but he resisted the urge to rub it. Gonta had stirred slightly at the calling of his name, but he didn't seem to be fully conscious, yet. He gave a short look back at Kokichi as he filled his lungs full of air again and called out for the second time, this time much louder, "Gonta!"

A couple of things happened at once. Kokichi swore loudly at him and Gonta sprang up in utter alarm, scanning the deserted area for the accusing noise. Shuuichi put up an arm to direct Gontas attention and stood up, resisting Kokichi who was attempting to pull him with all his might back down to the bush.
"Over here! I need help!" It took the bleary eyed Gonta a second to discern him from the landscape, but when he did he came bounding over frantically.
"Saihara? Is that you? What happen?"

Kokichi finally managed to pull him down and he toppled messily onto the ground below with a soft thump. Kokichi's eyes were wide and he looked about to murder him.
"What are you doing?!" He hissed softly as Gonta came ever closer, "there better be a plan!" Shuuichi didn't respond. He popped his head back over the bush, dusting himself off.
"Yeah it's me Gonta, Kokichi is hurt and I can't carry him back to his dorm, he's too heavy."
"What!" Kokichi made to scramble to his feet only to get pushed down lightly by Shuuichi. "You've got to be kidding! I said I wasn't going to help you!" Kokichi retorted furiously, his lips tightly pursed.

"He'll only be helping you back to your room, it's hardly helping me." Kokichi's expression told him that he obviously didn't agree, but in that moment Gonta had finally reached them, worry plastered over his face.
"What's wrong? Is Ouma alright?" Kokichi made a groaning noise that Shuuichi knew was for his benefit, but Gonta seemed to take for a cry of pain.
"Stay here! Gonta will get Kirumi!"
"No!" Shuuichi said quickly causing Gonta to look even more alarmed, "no, what I mean is he just needs to rest, fell over that's all."
"More like pushed over..." Kokichi muttered darkly so that if Gonta had been paying attention he would've easily have heard. Shuuichi nudged him hard under the cover of darkness and Kokichi recoiled slightly, shutting up instantaneously.

Gonta nodded firmly lifting the struggling Kokichi into his arms to Shuuichi's relief.
"Gonta can carry him back no problem." Gonta said proudly, a confident smile on his face.
"Thankyou Gonta, my dorm should be open so you can bring him there."
"Alright." Gonta agreed, readjusting Kokichi as he had already managed to make it halfway out of his arms in the time Shuuichi had taken to explaining.

He never noticed how much appreciated how Gonta didn't ask questions where one would usually ask them until now. It made his life a whole lot easier now that he didn't have to come up with some giant lie about why they were in that particular spot at this time of night. They had made it around halfway back to the dorms when he stopped,
"...Oh god." Shuuichi murmured just loud anough for Gonta to hear. Gonta stopped and turned around to see where Shuuichi had gone, "I must have dropped it, darn." He continued louder, making sure Gonta could pick up every word.

"What did Saihara drop?"
"Yeah Shuuichi what'd you drop?" Kokichi echoed, his displeased expression poking around Gonta's arm at him. Kokichi knew exactly what he was doing and it seemed he was in no way going to let him achieve it easily,
"My... monopad." He said, patting his pockets and pretending his hand didn't hit the very object he was claiming to have lost. "Gonta if you could just take Kokichi back that would be great, I should really look for the monopad, you know..." he tried, trying to sound as convincing as he could.