the punishment motive (completed)

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Welcome back, my friends :) This is gonna be Kiibo's POV because it's been a while since I wrote in his perspective.

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"a trap..? how would we even pull that off? doesn't tsumugi have cameras all over the place?" shuichi muttered, mostly to himself.

ouma nodded, but continued his idea.

"that's what i was thinking, but i remembered something. remember when kiibo's ahoge flew off in here and bounced all over the walls?"

everyone nodded, including myself- but saying i was a little embarrassed at the thought would be an understatement.

miu was still figuring out how to add upgrades to my body, since she'd never performed on a humanoid machine before, and a system that was supposed to have been installed in my ahoge ended up overheating, and it popped off of my head and flew around the room. that wasn't a very fun day. the cat ears on ryoma's beanie were torn off, and korekiyo almost got decapitated- not like he would really care. thinking about the incident still made my system overheat in embarrassment.

"well, the ahoge ended up breaking the camera that was in here. and tsumugi had no opportunities to install a new one, since someone is always in here." ouma trailed off, then recomposed himself and continued.

"we should be able to make her take action against us while we have an advantage."

rantaro and angie nodded, understanding what ouma meant before the rest of us. kirumi also slightly nodded, and bowed before exiting the cafeteria. shuichi and i were left clueless, which didn't make sense since shuichi was supposed to be the ultimate detective.

angie noticed we didn't understand, and smiled, lifting her arms above her head in a prayer-stance.

"atua can see that you two do not understand, so allow me to explain! ouma-kun believes that miu can create a camera similar to the one that was in this room,and we can use the camera for solid proof that tsumugi is the mastermind! nya-ha-ha-ha~!" she laughed, like it was the easiest thing to comprehend.

i blinked and finally understood, but it still confused me as to how easily the others were able to understand ouma-kun. did he spend a lot of time with them? no, that's unlikely. he usually was in his lab or bothering people, so i don't think he'd have time to form friendships with people. at least people other than me... that makes me wonder if i'm considered a friend to ouma-kun. surely i am, right? he let me hold him as he slept, and we held hands on our way to see who was chosen for the punishment. that's gotta count for something, right?

"well are you comin or not, kiiboy?"

his words still rang in my head. his soft black and purple gradient hair, his dark lavender eyes that could look into your soul and uncover secrets even you didn't know about yourself. his pale, doll-like skin that brought out his beautiful rose-tinted lips. the playful, yet soft smirk that he'd only ever let me see. the way he'd skip down the halls, his curls bouncing as he went off to bother someone. his standing position when something interested him- how he'd hold his hands behind his back and lean in slightly, his eyes filled with wonder and a kitten-like expression on his face.

heh...kitty...

"what?"

i snapped back into reality to see that I had zoned out staring at ouma-kun, and everyone was now staring at me.

"w-what?" i shrunk back from their gazes, my face starting to heat up.

ouma looked at me and blinked, with that gosh darn cat expression, so i couldn't help but blush more.

"did you just call me a kitty?" ouma-kun asked.

...so it seems i have made a fatal error.

"u-uhhhh i-umm n-no what-huh i- what's a kitty?" i stuttered helplessly. dang, i must look really stupid right now.

rantaro was the first one to laugh, holding his sides and bent over, almost crying.

then angie started to laugh, leaning against the tall avocado-haired boy and wheezing quietly. 

shuichi then joined in, laughing lightly with his eyes closed and cheeks flushed.

i couldn't help but giggle a little bit, since what just happened was kinda funny. i looked over to ouma-kun, who was still sitting on top of the table, and i saw something beautiful.

ouma-kun sat there, not really laughing, but with one of the sweetest smiles i've ever seen him show. 

it was at this moment that he knew. 

he was gay.

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We're nearing the end of the fic, only 3 parts to go!
I'm trying to get into writing 1,000+ words, so hopefully I'll have at least 1,000 words in the next chapter :)
so have a happy Kokichi and gay Kiibo :0