Oumasai Oneshots

(Saihara x Ouma) Alternate Fate

(this was originally supposed to be the asylum oneshot but I realized the concept I thought of was too similar to my pregame story with the runaway lovers trope. So here! Have trial 4 ending but Shuichi isn't an asshole)

Kokichi could only stare as the only person who considered him even a sliver of a good person burned to a crisp while tied to a wooden pole.

Kokichi really didn't want it to end this way. He didn't. He wanted him to survive. If they won, Gonta would be the only one to escape to the real world, and out of everyone he deserved that the most. But then it all failed.

It hurt more considering how similar Gonta was to one of his DICE members. Especially with the fact he told everyone not to blame him when he should be the only one to bear the consequences. He didn't want to use Gonta for this plan either. He could've used somebody else.

But then again did he really have a choice? Who would believe him if he told them Miu was gonna murder him? Maki, Kaito, and Himiko wouldn't care or believe him and Kiibo, Tsumugi, and Shuichi even if they would believe him probably wouldn't have a way of checking considering they needed Monotaro's help to figure out there was a setting on his avatar. All Miu had to do is say he was a liar and nobody would suspect anything. Only Gonta was gullible enough to trust his word.

It was hard to keep his mask up because of this. Even now. He could feel his hands twitch ever so slightly and he was sure that he couldn't trust his voice not to crack. He couldn't cry. Not now. He had to get out of here. He couldn't-

"Kokichi, what was the secret of the outside world?" he heard Tsumugi ask. He knew he couldn't speak. He didn't trust his voice to speak yet. But it would be suspicious if he didn't speak at all. He needs to stay strong. No vulnerability.

"I...don't want to..." he managed to say without a stutter. Shuichi tilted his head in confusion.

"What?" he asked. Kokichi took a deep shaky breath, feeling his mask grow weaker. He couldn't break now. He needed to keep up his act.

"I-I said I don't want to s-stupidhead!" he hated the fact he stuttered. He was weak. Too weak right now. "You f-fell for that f-fake crying!? I would n-never cry for G-Gonta!" Just saying his name, thinking of what he did to him while he was kind to him, made him nauseous. Shuichi's gaze seemed to soften.

"But then...why are you crying and stuttering now?"

Kokichi touched his cheek to realize Shuichi was right. He was crying without even noticing. He looked at the ground.

"H-Hey w-why am I crying...? I d-didn't c-care about h-him..." he wiped at his eyes but the tears just kept coming "I-I d-didn't c-care...I don't c-care about a-anyone" he wiped at his eyes frantically. He heard Shuichi step closer to him. He took a step back.

"W-why are you c-crying?! You idiot s-stop c-crying!" he felt his knees give out as he fell to the ground. He felt angry, he's being weak. He can't be weak he has to win this game, to end it! He noticed his hands were shaking. He let out a frustrated noise as he hit his arm repeatedly.

"S-stop shaking! S-stop s-shaking! Stop being so weak idiot!" He yelled at himself as he continued hitting his arm in a feeble attempt to stop shaking. When he felt a hand on his shoulder he smacked it away, moving back until he was against the wall of the trial room. It was Shuichi.

"S-Stay away from m-me! I-I'll k-kill you!" he yelled out but Shuichi just walked closer to him and then...

he hugged him.

"S-stop it!" Kokichi said trying to wriggle out of the detective's embrace but Saihara only hugged him tighter. "S-stop! J-Just...just s-stop it..." his yells became softer as it started to become harder to resist his warm embrace.