|~|Brought back|~|saiouma/oumasai

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TW: choking, mention of a eating disorder.
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One of her hands wrapped around my neck.
"Do you wanna die?" She hissed, her glare shot daggers.

"Maki!" Himiko shouted, "stop!"

Maki then let go, I fell to the floor trying to regain my breath.

Himiko walked over to me and patted my back awkwardly.

I looked up to see Maki walking over to Kokichi, and in the blink of an eye, Kokichi was pinned against a wall, Maki's hand tight around his neck.

"maki! Let him go!" I was scared for the boy, he just woke up after being dead, the poor guy must be so confused not to mention in pain.

"Not until he admits this whole thing is a lie!" She yelled back.
"It's not a lie!" I yelled back, she could easily kill him (again) considering in how bad of a condition he's in.

Kokichi's breathing started to quicken, his eyes wide open, he looked scared.

I was angry, I didn't think she would stoop this low... before I knew what I was doing, I punched Maki, hard.
She dropped Kokichi, he fell to the floor.

Himiko ran out of the room, scared of a fight.

Maki glared at me before walking out after Himiko.

Now it's just me and Kokichi, I walked over and sat beside him, he looked at me before he asked "Shuichi.. where am I?"

"Your in my lab, well, a altered version of it." I calmly explained.

"Wait... I'm confused, how am I here?"
He asked, it looked like it was getting easier for him to talk, the antidote must be kicking in.
"It's hard to explain, what's the last thing you remember?" I asked him.

"Well uhm... I remember... Maki shooting me with poisoned arrows.. I remember Kaito getting shot... I remember Kaito dragging me to the hydraulic press... I remember laying on it, the press coming down on me... then there was nothing."

I wrapped a arm around him as he started to cry, actual tears, not fake ones. "H-hey shh it's alright... your safe now..." I tried comforting the boy, he looked down and fiddled with his thumbs.

"Did... did my plan work?" He asked, pain filling his voice.

Oh god, how am I gonna tell him this...
"Kokichi look... it didn't work..." I trailed off, scared of his reaction.

"Oh."
What? I thought he would be upset about this.

He suddenly smiled, a smile that was hiding pain, confusion, anger, and many more unwanted emotions.

"Oh well! It was a stupid plan anyways! Cya!" He went to get up, only to fall back down.

"Kyah!"

"K-kokichi?! Are you okay?!"

He rubbed the back of his head before smiling again. "I'm fine Saihara~chan! Just a fall, nothing I can't take!" Back to the nicknames I see.
No, that doesn't matter right now!

"Kokichi... you don't have to lie to me."
I paused before adding "I'm sorry about what I said, I didn't mean any of it, you where never alone."
I smiled at him, a gentle smile.

He looked me dead in the eyes, his amethyst eyes staring into my yellow ones, his gaze broke as he leaned forward and hugged me, crying into my shirt.

I rubbed his back in circles while whispering reassuring things in his ear such as "shh your okay" "no ones going to hurt you anymore" "I'm right here okay?"

Soon the sobs turned into soft snores, i picked him up bridal style, one of my hands supporting his back while the other was keeping his legs up.

He was extremely light, does he eat? I don't think I've ever seen him eat much to be honest, I'll ask him about it later, right now he needs to rest, he's overwhelmed and I can see why.

I set the small boy down on the bed as I whispered "sleep well 'Kichi"
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Sorry this chapter isn't as long I just didn't have any more ideas.
Also when I was at the mall I saw Deku and Todoroki cosplayers, it was pretty awesome tbh
~Author~chan