Who We Were Before

Recognized?

In no time at all, the 2 boys were dressed and ready to go get some actual food other than bread and butter.

Kokichi had insisted on leaving the wheelchair behind, which concerned Shuichi but Kokichi clearly had other ideas.

"How can I expect to walk better if I never walk Shumai?" The smaller boy prompted. "I brought my collapsible crutches with me just in case." He gestured to the small bag slung over his shoulder.

He walked a little closer to Shuichi, staring into his golden eyes before booping the taller boy's nose with his finger. "Though if I were to fall, I hope my beloved Shumai will be there to catch me in his big strong arms," the smaller boy teased before sauntering out of the apartment, Shuichi following him.

With their hoods up to try and avoid being recognized, the 2 boys entered the nearest store. Kokichi immediately made a beeline for the soda aisle, grabbing case after case of grape Panta before he suddenly froze, staring at the sodas as if he wanted to punch them. He let out a long sigh before turning towards Shuichi.

"I knew they were gonna do this. I would've been surprised if they didn't. God I hope this stops soon." Shuichi looked at him with a puzzled expression and Kokichi simply pointed towards the labels on the bottles as he continued down the aisle with their shopping cart.

It didn't take very long to figure out what had made Kokichi so upset. There on the label of the purple bottle was a picture of Kokichi himself, a creepy sneer on his face as a tattered cape billowed behind him. He turned his attention towards the small print at the bottom of the label.

Panta is a proud sponsor of Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Airing November 3rd.

Sure enough as Shuichi looked around at the other Panta flavors, he was met with a small picture of several of his friends. He didn't even look at the shelf stocking blue raspberry. He couldn't deal with that right now.

"Shuuiiichiiiii," a small voice whined out from down the aisle, causing the detective to pull his eyes away from the sodas. He was met with a pouting Kokichi standing on his tiptoes as he tried to reach towards something on a higher shelf.

Shuichi chuckled to himself before running over to help his roommate, not even bothering to hold back his laughter at the sight of Kokichi's cute pouty face.

The 2 boys continued through the store grabbing probably way more than was really necessary but hey, they were rich now! Might as well use that Danganronpa money on good food right?

Shuichi had to admit, it was really fun hanging out with Kokichi, even if they were just walking through a grocery store. He found himself easily carrying conversation after conversation with the smaller boy. He was constantly cracking jokes and making ridiculous observations about the other shoppers (See that woman over there Shumai? Her name is Nancy and she's an evil lawyer who cheated on her husband with her daughter's boyfriend! Isn't that scandalous?). Shuichi could safely say he couldn't remember having so much fun in a long time.

That was, until they got to the checkout.

"Okay sir that'll be $244.52," the man at the checkout counter said as Kokichi tried to shove all their purchases into the least amount of bags as humanly possible.

Without even thinking, Shuichi pulled out his debit card from Team Danganronpa and swiped it. He looked up just in time to see the cashier's eyes widening as he slipped his card back into his wallet.

It was at this moment Shuichi knew, he fucked up.

The cashier's eyes grew even wider when his eyes trained on Kokichi, who had finished bagging their groceries and looked towards Shuichi with a panicked expression.