A/N: hi this one is entirely about kokichi being nonbinary because im nonbinary so i relate 🥺but also ,,,, it kinda sucks its one of the first fics ive written so
Kokichi knew they were nonbinary.
He's known this for a while, actually!
It's just that it never came up in conversation, so they never told anyone about it. It's not like he was hiding it! They just didn't really want to make it a big deal. So he told themself that he would only bring it up casually.
But then no one brought up the topic of gender casually.
So they just dealt with it! He was fine with being called "he", it's not like it was a huge problem. But they also wanted to be called "they" sometimes, and no one knew that .
He had told some people in D.I.C.E. before, only some, and they accepted him.
But now, they're in a killing game. A whole new environment. So he's back to square one.
And the last thing they should be worried about right now is his pronouns and gender identity. But they couldn't help it! It was starting to bother him slightly.
They hated it when Tenko grouped him into being a man. They weren't a man! And it wasn't just Tenko, everyone perceived him as a boy and it was awful.
Additionally, no one liked them, so if he corrected them, why would anyone listen to what they said? They might just think it's a lie.
So he just had to deal with it. On top of everything else, they had to deal with being called only one set of pronouns and the wrong gender all day.
There really was no way out of this! All he could do was just pretend it didn't bother them.
And that was fine, right? He could handle that right? Of course they could!
...
Well, one day he snapped. Someone mentioned they were a boy again and he just snapped.
Not in front of other people, no way ! In their room.
Alone.
He just wanted to be referred to right! Was that so much to ask? Yes, they were a bitch, but he deserved to be seen for who they were, right?
Right?
...Right?
It shouldn't matter in this killing game. Death was on everyone's mind, there were other things to worry about. But this misgendering was just tearing him up inside!
They weren't a boy. Why did everyone think he was a boy??
*Knock Knock*
Oh shit. Did someone notice him freaking out? They did leave the conversation early.
Wait no. There's no way anyone noticed him acting weird! They hid his feelings enough, this was just unnecessary anxiety.
Still, they didn't move at all from his original position.
Until they heard a voice.
"Kokichi. It's me."
Shuichi?
Shuichi's here?
...Shuichi was present during that conversation. He didn't find out, right? There was no way he could find out right? Just because he was an ultimate detective didn't mean he could see through all of Kokichi's masks!
