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Finally finished with making the tea, you and Tsumugi made your way to the table. As you placed the teacups down Kokichi seemed shocked to received one. When he looked up to look at you, you flashed him a caring smile, making him flush and look back down at his full teacup. It got a small laugh from you, maybe you were becoming fonder of him. or fonder of his vulnerability. feeling more comfortable you began chatting with Tsu in front of Kokichi without much worry. It's not like he could tell anyone anyway.

Eventually, over time chatting turned into eating, eating turned into gaming, and gaming turned into watching anime for cosplay ideas. It was surprisingly relaxing despite Kokichi's presence. Maybe he wasn't so bad. At around 1 am everyone decided to go to sleep, partially because Kokichi was barely staying awake. You took out blankets and pillows and set them all up. You and Tsu an one couch and Kokichi on one of the recliners. You managed to drift into a tranquil sleep.

-Time skip-

After the sleepover you found yourself growing more fond of Kokichi's personality. At least every two days a week you, Tsu, and Kokichi would hang out at your house and relax. With each passing day you saw how much more trusting he was for you. No flinching when you were near, less stuttering, the whole show. You were glad he was coming out of his shell. Though you tried to avoid him at school it was bound that you'd get dragged into something...

It was afterschool hours when you were walking through the halls. You had a teacher vent to you about numerous problems. Good for blackmail, yes. Good for when you wanted to go home, no. While thinking about what you were going to do with the new found information you heard a loud bang against the lockers. You didn't even have to look to know what was happening. You peeked around the corner and saw exactly wat you expected, but didn't want to see. Kokichi getting roughed up by Kaito's jock friends.

'Can't they pick on someone their own size' your bias freely being shown in your thoughts

As much as you'd like to step in, you refused to throw away the progress you made with either side. You took a different route out of the school. You had a better safer idea. After walking out of the school you stopped just before the turn to your block. If you wait here, there was a greater chance you'd run into Kokichi. You'd pretend like you didn't expect to see him and patch him up at your house once you saw him. A simple win-win plan for everybody.

After waiting for a while you began to worry. Surely Kokichi wasn't so badly hurt that he wouldn't be able to make the walk back to his house, right? After sitting for a while longer you got to your feet. As important as you considered your reputation you had to bite the bullet and realize it wasn't worth getting a close friend seriously injured. Walking a few more blocks back you found Kokichi resting, no, passed out against a row of fences near the sidewalk. Wither it was because of his injuries or his malnutrition you didn't know.

' Christ-'

You expected him to be a little beat up, but this was second degree assault. Maybe you shouldn't have waited as long to find him. You move your backpack to one of your shoulders as preparation to carry him. Much to your concern, he was easy to carry, light even. with him on your shoulders, you cut through yards to get home faster. For both of your sakes.

Once you were home you gently placed Kokichi on the couch and went to grab a med-kit out of the bathroom. You avoided looking at yourself in the mirror. It was already hard enough to deal with the weight of your decisions, you didn't need to look yourself in the eyes while doing so. when you returned with the med-kit Kokichi was still out cold. a small sigh escaped your mouth as you began to patch him up to the best of your abilities. And as much as you hate to admit it you felt flustered when having to remove his shirt.

'Props to Mikan for being able to do it so easily-'

Your silent embarrassment didn't last long though as you heard a knock at the door. To say your heart dropped would be a drastic understatement. You made your way to the door silently, trying to make sure the person at the door didn't hear you. Looking out the peephole you silently prayed it was Tsumugi or even a random ding-dong ditcher. Unfortunately, god put your prayer on hold. kaede was right outside and having Kokichi shirtless on your couch definitely wasn't a good look for either of you.

❅How much worse could your luck get❅