Chapter Includes : 

Kokichi Ouma, Kiibo, Kiibouma, Poison, Betrayal

Entering the dining hall, the first thing Kokichi noticed was Kiibo sitting at the table staring longingly at the food. His heart wrenched at the sight of the sad robot but placed a mean smile on his face to cover up the inner thoughts.

"What's a robot doing at the table, you can't eat! If anything you should be giving us food," The little ruler declared, sitting down and immediately placing his feet on the table, swimming in the irritated looks shot his way.

"That's robophobic!" Kiibo shouted angrily, though his large, surprisingly quite emotional eyes were less sad, now that he had something else to do but hate himself.

Kokichi continued to tease the somehow attractive piece of metal, until Kirumi came out with food in her hands. Giving everyone their food, Kokichi thanked her and watched as people around him began to eat their meals. When nobody reacted negatively, he tentatively took a bite of his food and waited only to feel no different.

Once again convinced (quite easily) the food wasn't poisoned, Kokichi shoveled the fest into his mouth and then left the table without a word. As he turned the corner, the little ruler met eyes with Kiibo and was surprised to realize the robot had been watching him the entire time.

The robot's face flushed, (how was that even possible) , and he looked away in embarrassment. Kokichi shook his head, continuing his way back to the dorms as he tried to tell himself that he couldn't fall for a robot. Though he had to admit, it was getting harder and harder to tell himself that as the line between machine and human was being blurred more and more.

——time skip—

The rest of the day passed by relatively fine but Kokichi started to feel more and more sick as the day passed. His vision was beginning to blur and throat felt as if something was lodged in it. He didn't know what Monokuma would do if he got seriously ill but the little ruler was worried about becoming an easy target.

When he'd been sitting in the library reading up on sicknesses in an attempt to figure out what exactly he had, Kiibo walked in.

"Hey, Kee-boy! You're a robot, so you can diagnose sickness or whatever, right?" Kokichi called, in the most calm and disinterested voice he could force himself to speak in.

"Perhaps, I've never been asked to," the robot responded, somehow not seeming to put two and two together.

"Then could you try and diagnose me?" The little ruler questioned, hoping the robot was too innocent or just plain stupid to ask why.

"Why?" Goddamnit.

Kokichi opened his mouth to make up some sort of excuse but all that came out was a cough. Multiple coughs. Bringing his hands up to his throat, the little ruler began to hack, tears coming to his eyes from the pressure in his throat and lack of oxygen getting in.

Kiibo watched in confusion and helplessness, unsure what to do. The robot was so used to seeing the boy lie he couldn't tell if this was a real fit or not. It was only when blood began to come out as he coughed that the machine stirred into action.

Rushing up to the still coughing boy, Kiibo tapped his arm to reveal a set of needles and other things that might be needed if someone were to get sick or injured. The robot pulled out a red needle with a skull design on the top from his arm and put it over one of Kokichi's veins, "I'm sorry about this."

The little ruler half gasped half coughed as the needle was injected into his arm and found himself losing consciousness very quickly. The last thing he saw before passing out was Kiibo's apologetic eyes.

——time skip again becuz I'm rlly lazy today—

Groggily, Kokichi squinted his eyes open only to be face to face with Kiibo. Letting out a girly scream, the little ruler jumped and scrambled back. The robot looked guilty but ultimately relieved.

"What happened?" The little ruler tiredly asked, rubbing the back of his head which had hit the wall when he'd jumped back.

"You were poisoned by Kirumi," Kiibo said placidly, as if there was nothing out of the ordinary with the statement. Kokichi stared at him, jaw hanging loosely.

"W-wha..?"

"It was a slow working poison which is why you didn't feel it at first," Kiibo explained, not seeming to notice the shock and horror on the other boy's face.

Kokichi had trusted Kirumi and she had..?

"But there wasn't even a given motive today so why did she suddenly poison me?" The smaller boy reasoned, still not quite believing it. There was a long pause, the machine not being able to answer the question either.

Kokichi gave a dry laugh breaking the previous silence, "I guess I'm just that unlikable, huh?" Contrary to the previous silence, Kiibo jumped up and grabbed the little ruler's face into his metallic hands. His face immediately flushed but Kiibo was too invested in what he was doing to realize.

"Don't say something like that!"

"Well it's true, isn't it! Nobody likes me!" Kokichi argued.

"That's not true! I do!" The two fell back into silence, both just as surprised as the other. The little ruler felt a smile put itself on his lips.

"You're really making it hard not to like you too," he said, pulling the robot into his arms and hugging him tightly.

Kiibo sank into the hug and oily tears began to fall from his eyes at the same times a sob ripped through Kokichi. Neither had ever had anyone who truly cared for them, but everything had a first. 

(A/N : I know something that I've mostly been doing is something happens to Kokichi and then he ends up with random lover when he wakes up, sorry I know ur prob done with that but it's just something I've grown to do lol)

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