Detective work. (Saiouma/Oumasai)

Criminal.

Shuichi stared at Kokichi, who had just spit out those words. "Th-Thanks.." Kokichi gave a worried expression. "Th..Thanks..?" Shuichi smiled. "No..I love you too, Kokichi.." That made Kokichi smile. Shuichi helped Kokichi off the sand, and they began to cook the fish that Shuichi had caught. Shuichi explained the financial situation, and that they had enough money to go and rent an apartment. There, they could find new part time jobs, where they could afford a new living situation together. Kokichi smiled at this plan. "I can't wait to live with you, Shuichi!" Shuichi smiled slightly. "I can't wait either!" As the two ate their food they made, Shuichi thought to himself. It seemed pretty obvious that Kokichi liked him. Shuichi closed his eyes and took a bite out of his fish. "Shuichi. Open your fucking eyes." He heard Kokichi say. His eyes shot open and Kokichi stood with another checkered bandana. "Let's be criminals, Shuichi." Shuichi wanted to say no, but then he remembered the thoughts he had while he was waiting to kidnap Kokichi. He should do it. Shuichi stood up and opened his mouth to say no, but Kokichi ran at him, and knocked him over. "Gah! Kokichi!?" When Shuichi opened his eyes, Kokichi was on top of him.

"I know how important honesty is to you, Shuichi,"

"..."

"What if I kissed you right now? How honest would that be?"

"Huh..? Ko..Kichi..?"

Kokichi moved his hand toward Shuichi's face. He leaned his head in closer to Shuichi's, right where their noses were almost touching. "Ah..What are you..doing, Kokichi..?" Strangely enough, Shuichi didn't try to stop Kokichi. He was curious of what the criminal would do. Kokichi finally leaned in far enough, kissing Shuichi there. Shuichi's eyes widened in shock and confusion, but he, once again, didn't stop Kokichi. He put his hand on Kokichi's back. They were like that for a while, before Kokichi finally pulled away. He got off of Shuichi, so Shuichi could stand up. "Kokichi..what was that?" Kokichi shrugged.

"Nothing." 

Kokichi threw the spare checkered bandana at the ex detective. "Put it on, Shuichi! You're now a part of dice!" Shuichi stared at the bandana in his hands. "Am I..?" He asks. Kokichi looks annoyed and confused. "You are, stupid!" Shuichi sighed. "Let's go to sleep, Kokichi. We can talk about this all tomorrow." Kokichi rolled his eyes in pure annoyance, but he agreed. The purple haired fell alseep quickly, but Shuichi was up a while. He squeezed his eyes shut, but the vision of Kokichi standing over him with a determined expression stayed in focus in his mind. "Shit," Shuichi whispered.  He brought his arm over his eyes, until a dim dark light clouded all his vision. He was falling asleep.


His eyes opened, and he sighed in annoyance as he was in his head again. An incredibly lucid dream. The night time streets were empty, and lights shined onto him. A shaky sigh left his mouth. 

"Shuichi!"

Shuichi whipped around, to see the small purple haired behind him. "Kokichi?! What are you doing here?!" Kokichi smiled and closed his eyes. "Oh, Shuichi. Your mind is silly. I'm here because you think about me often." Shuichi was aware it was just a hallucination of his mind talking to him, but he couldn't help but blush. It wasn't a false statement. He would be lying if he said that it wasn't true, and he hated lies. "Kokichi, get out of my head," Shuichi said, looking down at the concrete. Kokichi tilted his head. "But why? It's nice here! It's just you, me, and the night time streets!" Shuichi looked up. "I get that! It's just so dangerous here." Kokichi rolled his eyes. "If it were dangerous here, I wouldn't have shifted to your dream." Shuichi took a step back. "What?! Th-That's..actually you, Kokichi?!" Kokichi shrugged. "Dunno. Might actually be me, or just your mind playing tricks on you." Shuichi ran forward and shook Kokichi's shoulders. "I need an answer, Kokichi!" Kokichi shook his head. "That can't happen, Shuichi. It'll break the dream, and I'm sure you dont wanna leave here yet." Shuichi bit his lip. "Kokichi, I.." Kokichi smiled softly. "It's okay, Shuichi. Embrace this. Just you, me, and the night." Shuichi closed his eyes. "Please, Kokichi. Leave my head." Kokichi put on a sad look. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! YOU'RE SO MEAAANNN!!!" He screamed. Shuichi took a step back. "Ghh..Quiet down, please." Kokichi smiled. "Sorry!~" Shuichi flushed in embarassment, and looked down. "Kokichi please, I'm not saying this because I don't want to be around you, I really do, I'm saying this because I don't want you to get hurt. My inner mind is dangerous." Kokichi shrugged and sat on the concrete ground. "Eh. Pretty sure mine is more dangerous." 

"What goes on in your head?"

"Romance."

"R-Romance?!" 

"Yeah. Romance. I don't really need anyone to see what goes on in there."

"Kokichi, tell me about it!" 

"No."

"Why not?!"

"I don't wanna."

Shuichi sighed in annoyance. "I want to get to know you better, and to do that, I need to see what goes on inside your head, Kokichi!" Kokichi's breath hitched. "You..want to get to..know me better..?" Shuichi nodded his head. Kokichi sighed. "Later, Shuichi. I'll tell you about it when you wake up." Shuichi closed his eyes. "Why are you doing this..?" Kokichi laughed and took a breath. "I'm a fuckin' waste of time, I know," Shuichi gasped quietly. "No? You aren't!"



"Wake up, Shuichi."