Love The Alone(Saiouma)

Chapter 2

  "Good morning Shuichi! How are you feeling?" The same nurse asked in a cheerful tone. I was still half asleep so it took me a while to realize. "Huh?" I mumbled. "Are you okay? Would you like to get some more sleep?" After zoning out for a few seconds it finally clicked. I immediately sat up in the hospital bed. "Is it morning now? Can I get out of here?"- "If you're feeling better, then yes. Just be careful and don't get up unless you're feeling stable enough to move around." I responded the second she finished her sentence. "No no no I'm fine just please let me get out I'm desperate enough already." "Alright then, let me just check your pulse real quick and we'll get right to it." She checked my pulse, just as she said she would, and turned her head to me. "It seems like you're ready! Let me just help you up alright?" She helped me out of my bed as I almost bolted across the room.

"Alright Shuichi. Who would you like to see first?" I immediately knew what to answer. "May I see Kaede Akamatsu? She was my best friend and I really want to see her.." She looked through a list she was holding with a clipboard. "Kaede...Akamatsu..of course! She's in room 103. I saw her earlier and she's already awake. Would you like for me to lead you to her room?" "No, it's alright." I responded. "I'm fine going by myself." I smiled reassuringly and left the room.

"Room 103 room 103 room 10- Oh!" I found the door leading there. I opened the door to see Kaede smiling at me, still laying down. "Shuichi! Shuichi!" She beamed the second she saw me. "Kaede! Oh my god! Are you alright? I missed you so much I- I can't even explain how happy I am to see you again!" She giggled and we began to talk about our experience during the killing game. I told her about all of the insane stuff that happened  until the very end. I didn't even notice how much time had passed, but the moment I did, I chose to call it a day and move on to the next person. "I'll see you later! Hope we can finally hang out more." I cheered as I waved goodbye and closed the door. The nurse was waiting for me outside with a smile on her face. "Oh gosh, did I take too long?" I asked, pretty embarrassed to have possibly wasted her time. "No, of course not! Who would you like to see next?"

I looked over to the door next to Kaede's. "Who's in there?" " Oh, that room? Kokichi. I'm sure you know him. He was another participant?.." "Yes...I do." As much as his actions during the killing game bothered me, I couldn't help but want to go in there. I knew he'd probably act like a piece of shit just as he always did, but I couldn't help but think about his last words. They impacted me, a lot. I just felt like maybe that wasn't a lie. It just gave off the vibe. The feeling that he was being genuine, and I wanted to see if maybe I could open up to him. Maybe I could help him.

I walked through the door and saw the purple haired boy sitting up in the hospital bed. He was hugging his blanket a bit and looked suprised to see me. "Shu...ichi?" He mumbled. His face was red and his eyes were teary, so it seems like he was crying previously. "Oh..hi..Kokichi." I guess I sounded a bit stern because he looked pretty sad when I said that. "I know..it sounds weird but...can you...come over here? Please.." I didn't know what he was up to, but I listened to him. "Is there anything you wanna say? Are you alright?"

He looked down and started to sob a little. "Did my plan..work?" I was actually kind of surprised that he asked that. "Well...no..sorry.." He started to breathe a bit heavily, while still trying to supress his emotions and keep himself from breaking down. "So...I did that..for nothing?" I couldn't quite tell what he meant by that. But from the evidence I had gathered while searching his room after his death, I figured he was talking about his facade. Pretending to be pure evil, sacrificing Gonta and Miu, getting Kaito executed, not to mention hurting others. "I'm..really sorry. But hey! Maki, Himiko and I made it!" I thought maybe saying that would cheer him up, at least a bit. "So...Tsumugi was the mastermind? Or was it Kiibo??" "It was Tsumugi. She said we were all just some fictional characters but apparently that was just part of the simulation." He stared blankly at the door for a good ten seconds and then teared up again. "Wait..but what if everyone thinks I'm actually a horrible person??? What if I never make any friends and everyone just rejects me or- you- YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ME DYING ALONE WHEN YOU SAID THAT?" "KOKICHI CALM DOWN. It'll be fine. I guess I'll try to give you a chance. Even if it's gonna be hard to trust you." Kokichi stayed silent, but nodded in agreement.

2 days later
It was finally time for us to leave the hospital and get back to our normal school lives. I got a phone call pretty early in the morning from- my school? I picked up the call. It was just some annoucement telling us to meet up in the office to discuss where our dorms will be and who our roomates are. So obviously I went there just as I was asked to.

"Good morning!" The headmaster said in a cheerful and welcoming tone. "Today I will be annoucing where you will be staying at and who you'll be sharing a room with. Alright?" Everyone in the room nodded, and Kaede went up to me. "I hope I can get a room with Rantaro, you knowww, he's kinda cute and alll..." She whispered. "Well then I guess I'll just have to hope for Kaito, or maybe Maki, that's fine too." The headmaster kept announcing dorms, and then I heard my name. "Shuichi, you'll be staying with Kokichi in room #147." Oh shit. I turned to him and saw that he looked awfully suprised, but what caught me off guard was that he was...blushing.

Kokichi's POV
The second I heard I'd be sharing a room with Shuichi, my heart dropped. I've liked him for a long time, and now I'd be in the same room as him. It's not that I didn't want to be with him, I'd love to! But the thought of all the shit I made the people I cared about go through, that was just hell right there. I couldn't imagine the possibility of everyone just forgiving me and everything going back to normal. I'm a horrible person. I'm sure they were talking trash about me after my death, and I can't just keep lying to myself and deny it. Well what was I expecting? The second I met Kiibo, I bullied the fuck out of him. I was scared of anyone  knowing I was vulnerable, I was afraid because I had just woken up somewhere with a fucking robot. And that time I tried asking Shuichi to be with me instead of Kaito, I got way too annoyed by his rejection. I felt as if I wasn't even myself at that point. I became someone I despise and now I can never go back. I guess I'll just have to pretend to be fine.

That took me longer than I had expected. Anyways, sorry if it's bad. I'm not really a good writer but I tried so yay I guess🤧🤧🤧
Somehow I forgot that you can't share a room with the opposite gender. Just pretend they forgot that or smthn