Kokichi's POV:

I felt satisfied at long last. I felt satisfied now that I had my little toy where I wanted her. I was satisfied with the sheer fact that I didn't have to hide who I was anymore. However it was quite the thorn in my side that I gave away my identity just like that, but (y/n) forced that hand a long time ago when she started to ruin my killing game.
I exposed her like I exposed myself, but I didn't regret it. Seeing the horrified look on (y/n)'s face as I told her how I managed to trap her. I knew everything there was to know about her as well as everyone else. That's why I threatened her with the lives she tried so desperately to save.
    She knew that Rantaro wasn't killed by Kaede's shot. She knew that it was me that almost killed the man of her dreams. She thought that if I agreed to spare the lives of everyone else, that's why she ultimately told me what happened, but she should know that I'm a liar. I wasn't going to spare everyone's life on her expense... no...
    I wanted to see everyone in the throws of despair, especially her. That's why I told her that *she* was my motive in trying to end Rantaro. And the look of despair as well as the warm and soft feeling from my hand cupping her cheek. It felt like a dream come true to me. Telling her everything about what I planned because I had her where I wanted her... it solidified the fact that I wasn't just going to let her go.
    I loved observing her guilt stricken expression on her face when I told her. I enjoyed starting into her eyes which were showing huge amounts of terror for the situation. I found it endearing, and I was amused by it as well.
Having her in this state was the best opportunity for me to kiss her, which was what I did. It did take her a moment to realize it because of tears that strayed her vision. I could feel the satisfaction from her soft lips, slightly trembling underneath mine from both fear and sadness of what she found out. I wanted to see more of that expression she was wearing. I wanted to see her truly break.
I kept my lips against hers for a little while, memorizing how they felt. The softness... the gentleness she showed always despite the situation she was in. It was like a drug and all I wanted was more. And I could have as much as I wanted. I could do whatever I pleased with her. I could do anything I wanted to with her.
I pulled away as I continued to stare into her tear stricken face. My hand was still cupped around her cheek as tears continued to stream from her eyes. A smirk formed itself on my face after I pulled away. She couldn't ignore me anymore. She couldn't shrug me off anymore. I was the one who controlled whether anyone lived or died in this game, and the same could be said for her. I could control her every actions similar to puppets on a string. Ever since she and everyone else were placed in this place, manipulating their actions was an easy endeavor.
    I knew at first that my attraction to (y/n) was more of an obsession. She did however grow from the person she once was. She became braver, and that trait led her to saving me from Gonta's Insect Meet and Greet despite the fact that I was the one who started it. Her desire to keep everyone safe made me fall for her more. I still wanted to break that growth in her. Her desire for keeping everyone safe made her a danger to the game itself. The only way to reverse this is to break her down until she only sees me... until she sees that she can't save anyone.
    "Nee-heehee~" I laughed, "I'm still loving that despair filled look on your face, however there's no point in me telling you anymore if your brain is too full to process other information I can give. So I'm going to let you process that information before I break your resolve again."
After those words flew from my mouth in a taunting way, I moved the hand I once used for caressing her face, placing it on her shoulder. My hand tightened, resulting in a harsh grip that caused my beloved to let out a small noise of pain. I found myself letting out a sinister chuckle in response to that. My other arm was still around her waist.
   With a considerable amount or force, I spun her around so her back would be facing me. While doing so, the hand that was once on her shoulder, moved down grip her wrist. After grabbing her wrist, I pushed it against her back, causing her to fall over onto the ground. She let out a startled scream as she fell to her ground, and I found that noise to be even more amusing. It was so amusing, I started to giggle. I could see her (h/l), (h/c) hair sprawling itself across the floor, her face pressed against the cold tiles of the Hanger Bathroom.
    "Nee-heehee..." I laughed, "how delightful."
    I placed a considerable of my body weight against (y/n)'s arm I had pinned to her back before getting on top of her. I had to keep (y/n) in one place. I had to make sure that she couldn't find a way to get out of the hanger bathroom as impossible as it may seem. I brought a specific item with me to ensure that she wouldn't be able move her arms.  I knew I could've done what I was going to do before she woke up, but I loved the thrill of seeing her struggle.
I took advantage of the shock she was under to be able to pin her down like this. My free hand reached into one of the pockets on my uniform, pulling out an item that has been seen before. I had a habit of stealing certain things from the potential crime scenes as mementoes, but I thought this item would be convenient for me. The specific item was the pair of scratched handcuffs from the second case. Since they were already used, and the ones in Ryoma's lab was now restocked, I could use this scratched pair to keep (y/n) from being able to move, and that's what I was going to do.
The handcuffs were already unlocked thanks to help from Monokuma, so all I had to do was encase them metal cuffs around her wrists from behind. While continuing to pin her arm down from behind, I took the pair of handcuffs, and encased her first wrist in the metal bindings, tightening them up so she wouldn't be able to slip her hand out. My other hand grabbed (y/n)'s other wrist, and I did the same thing with the cuff on the second side.
As soon as I was done cuffing her, I got off of her, seeing her position not even move from the spot I pushed her down into. There were some cases where rope would be better to subdue a hostage, but handcuffs were more convenient to me. She wouldn't be able to do much of anything with her arms trapped behind her back, and that was the goal. It would also be fun to see the marks that those handcuffs would leave on her wrists if she tried to struggle too much. I found myself excited to see that.
I leaned down to get a better look on my handy work. (y/n) wasn't saying anything or moving that much. All I could hear was the sound of small sobs coming from her form as her only body movement was trembling from fear. This was only the beginning though. I had plans to do a lot more, but it would be no fun to do those when she's incoherent. I wanted to take my sweet time with her, breaking her down slowly.
"This is only the beginning, my beloved," I told her, "how does it feel to have the same handcuffs that were used on Ryoma on your wrists? Oh what am I saying? You are in too much shock to even register what I'm saying right now, nee-heehee...."
I let out a laugh as I said those words. This would be a lot of fun. Telling (y/n) she was my motive was already a lot of fun considering her reaction. How would she react if I told her I was the reason Rantaro and her had a little bit of a struggle in their relationship? How would she feel if I told her that Rantaro knew about what she had done to herself? I felt the urge to tell her, but I wanted to save that fact for later.
    I wanted to see the look of shock on her face when I would reveal everything to her and only her. She was no longer in this game. Now that she was in my grasp, I could finally start things up again. Would she know that? No... (y/n) thinks I'm going to spare everyone, but I am a liar. I can swear on things as much as I want and make it sound like the truth. Liars such as myself shouldn't be trusted especially if we are the cause of the bad things happening.
    While I wanted to see (y/n) cower and tremble, I knew I had other things to get back to. I needed to manipulate the situation so another murder would happen, but I couldn't let her find out about that. Not yet at least. Another thing I needed to do was get her some food, however that could wait until later. It didn't look like she was going talk anytime soon. I knew there was a chance that she wasn't going to truly show all of her emotions until I left. Whatever I didn't see in person I could watch through the security cameras and nanokumas around the academy. With her hands tied like that, there was no way she could do anything about it.
    Before I would leave however, I wanted to tease her one more time. Leaning over her, I patted her head with a mischievous smile. I was patting her head as if she was a small child in need of consoling.
"I'm going to be out of the hanger bathroom for a bit," I told her, "I have some things I need to take care of, including making sure that you are at least fed. Don't even try to attempt anything while I'm gone, okayyyy~?"
(y/n) didn't even face me when I said those words. I felt a slight smirk form on my face in response to this. She must've been so angry with herself and me. It's not like there was anything she could do about it though. She was a hostage, and not only was she being used as a point to the others defying me... but I used everyone's lives against her to make her talk.
I stood up straight after a few moments of observing (y/n). I hummed lightly as I made my way to the exit of the hanger bathroom. I opened the door, and then soon shut it. She couldn't do much of anything being cuffed from behind. While I wanted to spend all of my time with (y/n), I needed to see what the others could be planning. I knew Maki was already very upset with me to begin with. I knew there was a good chance that she would come for me alone. I couldn't just stand around and let that happen.
    "I need to see what the rest of you are planning," I said to myself, "nee-heehee...I'm not gonna let you guys win so easily...."

Rantaro's POV:

After requesting the help of the people in the dining hall... after telling them why I was acting the way I was acting... we all went our separate ways back to our dormitories. To put everything short, Maki was planning on scouting the Exisal Hanger area to find out when it would be best to try to talk or save (y/n). Miu was planning on creating a new device that could cancel out noise and camera wavelengths so we could come up with a plan Kokichi couldn't hear.
I had no idea what the true plan in reducing her was going to be yet. I didn't even think that far ahead yet. To be completely truthful, I wasn't expecting anyone to agree with me after what I did. I was expecting everyone to be angry at me for (y/n)'s sake which was pretty accurate.
A part of me wanted to go to the Exisal Hanger in order to make sure she was okay. I still had no idea if Kokichi was in the bathroom with her or not. I did have freetime, but it was pointless to do anything else that revolved around saving (y/n).
"What should I do right now...?" I asked myself, "I need to see if (y/n) is okay, but I have no idea if Kokichi is in the bathroom or not..."
    Part of me knew that it was way too soon to try and visit her, so I knew I had to wait. It really did suck having to lie in wait like this, but it couldn't be helped. I needed to find some other way to keep my mind off of everything right now. So far we had a group of people who were working to save (y/n), including myself. It was important to save her, but we needed to act when needed, not rashly.
    '(y/n), you need to wait a little longer...' I thought, 'a group of us are coming up with a plan to save you... try to stay strong until then..."
    Maybe instead of doing nothing, I should try to gather some people that would want to help rescue (y/n). There was one person I was shocked not to see in the dining hall when I went. That person was Kaito. Kaito was usually brash when it came to things he believed were right. Usually he was one who made everyone think with their hearts. (y/n) kept him from being the one held hostage, so he must've felt so upset and angry with Kokichi. There was also a good chance he was trying to figure out a way to save her alone, which was very impossible.
    At that moment, I knew exactly what I was going to use my freetime to do. I was going to use it to get Kaito to help, which probably wouldn't be too hard. I knew Kaito and (y/n) had something going on. The same could be said about him and Shuichi. Things have changed now. Since Kaito realized that (y/n) pushed him out of the way to keep him from being hurt and trapped, I knew he was going to want to do something to help.
Hopefully he could do something to help. I recalled the images of him coughing up blood and that did concern me. His actions before Kokichi revealed his role as the mastermind were erratic in a sense where it felt like he was trying to do something on a time limit. It to me looked like Kaito was dying. I knew if that happened and (y/n) wasn't rescued... She would be devastated. I needed to find out exactly what was going on with Kaito, and I was sure that he would agree to help.
Free time for me now was not longer time to spend goofing off with the others. A lot of us were too drained mentally to leave our rooms. Right now, this time needed to be dedicated to coming up with a plan. Miu was most likely in her lab creating a new white noise machine or making the finished version of the prototype (y/n) once had. Maki should be outside if the Exisal Hanger, observing everything going on around her. What I needed to do right now was talk to the others to see if they want to help with the plan. Right now, we couldn't devise an accurate plan until we knew how Kokichi was moving.
"If feels heavy knowing that I can't do much right now..." I muttered, "please hang in there, (y/n)."
    I knew there was no chance of (y/n) hearing those words, but my confidence was renewed in her. She had to stay strong until we could rescue her. She needed to stay strong until we could rescue her.
   I couldn't sulk in my room anymore, so I decided to exit my dorm room. I knew Kaito would be in his dorm room, so I wouldn't have to go far to talk to him. Kaito's dorm room was just above mine on the second floor area. All I had to do was climb a flight of stairs to get to his door.
    That's what I decided to do. Walking to the staircase right next to my room, I went up the stairs. As soon as I stepped up the last stair, I was already right next to Kaito's door. With a serious look on my face, my finger pressed the doorbell button stationed at Kaito's door. While some of the others would be pressing that button more than once, I wasn't one of those people. My hand fell back to my side after I pressed that door bell once. I decided to wait a few seconds to see if he would answer.
    After I few moments, from the outside of the door, I could hear the sound of muffled footsteps growing closer to the door. A few moments after those footsteps ceased, the Kaito's door slide open, revealing a pretty upset looking Kaito. From the look of it, it didn't even look like he was upset with me.
    "What are you doing here, Rantaro?" Kaito asked, "I would think you would be in your dorm trying to process the information from yesterday, right?"
    "I mean, I took most of the night trying to process everything yesterday, including the mistakes I've made," I replied, "but that's not what I'm here to discuss. I actually have a request for you."
    "Let me guess," Kaito muttered as his hand reached up to rub his head, "you're trying to think of a way to save (y/n), aren't you, and you've come to ask me for help."
    'Of course he guessed that' I thought in response, 'for someone the others call an idiot, he actually is pretty smart.'
    I couldn't help but chuckle lightly in response to that. Kaito was someone who was capable of quick thinking, but I didn't think some of the others realized that quite yet. Most of them still assumed he was an idiot, but his actions came from the heart.
    "You got it," I told Kaito in response, "so far, Maki, Kaede, Kirumi, Ryoma, Angie, and Miu wanted to help think of a plan to save (y/n). I'm not sure if you will be able to help much, but I still wanted to ask."
    "What the hell do you mean you're not sure either or not I can help much!?" Kaito shouted, "I'm perfectly fine."
    "You say that, but that's a lie, isn't it?" I asked.
My tone grew colder as my eyes stared directly at Kaito with a cold look. When I wanted to make something known to someone, I always used a colder look in my eyes to show I was serious. At this point it was more or less habit that caused this look.
"You say that you're fine, but you coughed up blood after Miu explained what happened to her a few days ago," I replied, "whatever's going on, you need to at least tell the others. You look like you're about to die, and (y/n) wouldn't want that."
"Look man..." Kaito replied, "I appreciate the concern but I am fine. I'm way more concerned about (y/n) than myself right now. She did push me out of the way to keep me from getting hurt. She took my place in a bad situation, and I can't live with that, even if I don't have a lot of time left."
'Even if you don't have a lot of time left, huh...?' I thought.
"Kaito, listen," I told him, "you've been acting rashly for the past few days, and I know you want to help. You say you're fine, but your last phrase doesn't do that any justice. You need to tell me what's going on. If you are sick and we rescue (y/n), there's a good chance she'll be able to help you, y'know?"
    "I know she'd be able to help me..." Kaito muttered in response, "you don't need to know anything about my state of body right now. The only thing that matters is saving her from Kokichi! We can deal with my issues after we save her!"
    'Kaito...' I thought with a sigh.
    It was no wonder (y/n) was able to get along with Kaito very well. They both had the want and need to save everyone, even if it meant making themselves suffer. At this moment, Kaito not only wanted to join our growing effort to save (y/n), but I was able to understand his character a lot more than I was able to before. While Kaito radiated confidence, (y/n) did not. Their goals however were still very similar from what I thought. I knew very well that it was wasted effort to try and get him to talk about his condition. Kaito had a tendency to avoid conversations or change the subject when it was something he didn't want to discuss.
    "Alright, you win," I chuckled, "but when we do manage to save her, try mending your friendship with her. I'm going to do the same thing... I'm sure she'll hold nothing against you, but for me... that's completely different now, yeah?"
    "You know as well as I do that (y/n) doesn't hold grudges," Kaito said, "man, Rantaro... you're really a dense idiot sometimes. I'm sure there was a reason why you were acting weird. After you tell her what happened, I'm sure she'll forgive you. I mean, if (y/n) really does have some sort of life saving ability, then she brought Angie back despite the fact that  she tried to kill her. If she can forgive that, I'm sure she can forgive you!"
In all honesty, it was hard for me to admit that Kaito had a point. It wasn't that he was not smart or anything... it was just his choices were based off of believing in others. I've seen it time and time again. I guess... I could see why (y/n) started training with Kaito. I could see why everyone enjoyed being around him.
    In that sense of believing in others... he said the words I needed to hear. Words that inspired hope that things could go back to normal despite the mistake I made...despite the situation we were in... despite the past I knew not a lot about.
    I shook my head, smiling to myself as I realized all of this. This was what it felt like to have someone believe in me despite the situation. Maki must've felt similar emotions when Kaito believed in her.
    "I think I'm starting to see why everyone looks up to you so much," I told him, "you always believe in everyone... even if they don't believe in themselves..."

Heyo! So we have another update but with an image I worked on that took a lot out of my mental stability because I was constantly screaming to myself "why does he look good"? Well technically it wasn't just that. It was also the fact that I spent a long time shooting a tiktok for it ;w;

I mean it is Kokichi, and it's obvious why I would put an art piece in this chapter that I did of him. Well the first reason is that I'm proud of it. Second reason, it shows how much my art has improved over the course of 5 years of art posting in this story as well. (A good part of me feels embarrassed for offering my art to others in the past because it was so baaaaaaaaaaaaad). And if any of you are interested in seeing the video, my tiktok is yuki_no_fuyu like my Wattpad name. You don't have to check it out if you don't want to. I try to keep self promotion to a bare minimum on here.

Aside from that whole situation, we all know that I was accurate in pinpointing Kaito's personality. I mean he is always trying to help people despite... ahem... y'know... I feel like Rantaro talking to Kaito would kinda result in what I wrote considering the situation. But we also have Kokichi literally cuffing reader with the same pair of handcuffs from the second case just to add a little ✨spice✨ idk.

And I have a POV in Kokichi for all of you simps. It feels like a hot moment since I wrote something in his point of view, so I hope I did good. In terms of this story, I do have a lot to think about with how things are going to roll now because I finally got to the important stuff, but writing for five years getting up to this point makes what is planned to turn into more hazy memories. I have to pile together more information to give you guys everything I envisioned in this story. I've been writing notes already for what I want to happen. As a more experienced writer than I was at the beginning of this, there might be some changes here and there, but the lot of you don't know how I'm going to end this.

With that out of the way, I hope you all have an amazing weekend! Another update is coming next week, so be sure to stay in tune to that. I've been switching point of view's a lot, and the same could be said for the next chapters that I have yet to write. 4000 words a week, so little time XD. Anyway, enjoy the update and let me know what you guys think. I'll see you all next week, and try not to simp over the Kokichi artwork. Ciao for now- yuki_no_fuyu