Based off the pretentious game
Chapters in this mini series will be super short
Characters: Shuichi Saihara, Kokichi Ouma, Kaede Akamatsu, Rantaro Amami
Main ships: Shuichi Saihara x Kaede Akamatsu, Shuichi Saihara x Kokichi Ouma (one sided, past)
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Shuichi tried to forget Kokichi and move on.

He opened a new door to his future.

Shuichi tried to learn new things. Do things he'd never done before. Finally complete his bucket list.

He won't hurt himself anymore. It took time to heal from the emotional damage.

But why have the damage anyway? It wasn't like he was rejected.

But he still couldn't take his mind off him.

Especially when he's trying to sleep. Visions of their time together flashed in his head.

He slammed his head into his arms.

Shuichi tried to remove all traces of Kokichi.

Burning pictures. Throwing out precious memories. Forgetting their friendship.

Maybe he needs silence. Maybe he needs noise. Shuichi doesn't know.

He can recover. He knows it.

Til one day, he met a girl.

Kaede Akamatsu.

It was a chance meeting. Bumping into her while on his way home.

It was soon followed by another meeting. This time, she was sitting by a lake. He sat down by her, and started conversing.

Shuichi found out they had some of the same interests. Both of them liked late TV shows, skipping rocks, etc etc.

They were bouncing with joy.

But life had a sick sense of humor.

Shuichi was walking down the street one night, when he saw Kaede across the street.

They waved to each other, and Shuichi waited for the light to turn green.

Once it did, he started walking across.

A bright light suddenly illuminated the two.

Shuichi turned to the source of the light.

Wait, what was that car doing the-

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Shuichi blinked his eyes open.

He was in a dark tunnel. There was a bright light at one end of it.

Shuichi heard a voice. "Follow the light," it said.

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Kaede set down flowers next to Shuichi's grave.

Shuichi watched from a distance, angelic wings on his back.

I know I've hurt you more than the first one has hurt me.

But you have to continue moving on.

Continued in part 3