[Song: Nightcore - Poor Little Me]

Shuichi's POV

Kokichi was in critical condition after the crash, our class raised money for his hospitalization fees. He had gotten surgery and was in a coma for two months. Our class visited him everyday. After he woke up, we tried to talk to him and he was put into physical therapy.

But no matter how we tried, he didn't respond. He never spoke. He would just stare down blankly, at the sheets when we visited.  He always had this blank look on his face and dead look in his eyes. He's been in the hospital for 3 months now. A few weeks ago, we had gotten a new student. His name is Rantaro, we don't know much about him though. His kinda secretive, yet easy to get along with. He's really nice and charming.

We told him that there was someone else in our class who was in the hospital so that he wouldn't be too surprised. We told him all about Kokichi. "He's nice and funny. He's pretty short and sweet. Kokichi never loses his temper and pretty cool, but he doesn't like to cuss, drink or do stuff like that. " Rantaro was pretty excited to meet him. That's what he was like before the crash.

Not too long ago, we found out that Kokichi didn't have any living family, so he would be put into the orphanage near the school. Not long after, a couple had arranged for him to live with them after he got out of the hospital.

It's been pretty boring, quiet, and sad without him. No one is as happy or cheerful without him around. Everyday we all hope that he's okay enough to go to school. He had stayed at the couple's house for a few weeks to get settled.

I walked into the classroom and sat down in my desk. I stared at the empty desk next to mine, Kokichi's desk.... In front of me was Kaede's desk, she turned around. "Hey Shuichi, do you think Kokichi's geting out today? The doctors said he was doing well recently." she said pretty happily. Kaede was one of the few people holding this class together.

"Well that'd be pretty exciting! I hope he does, I really want to be able to talk to him!" Rantaro said while smiling. He'd been pretty excited for the day he gets out. "I'm sure he will! After all, Kokichi is one tough little guy,  he's strong!" Kaito yelled reassuringly, and I guess by luck the for slid open. Standing there,  was Kokichi himself. I pulled Rantaro over, and whispered into his ear. "That's Kokichi."

Kokichi looked slightly different, his hair was a bit longer and he had some scars on his face. He walked over to his desk and sat down silently. Everyone looked at him, all surprised but happy. "See! I told you!" Kaito exclaimed triumphantly. "Hey, do you mind shutting the fuck up? Your voice is annoyingly loud." Everyone went completely silent. We had never heard Kokichi being so rude. Hell! We never heard him cuss! "Guess the little shit thinks he's all tough now! HA!" Miu laughed. Probably a huge mistake.

Kokichi smiled. "Aww, how funny! The little whore thinks it can make fun of me! Last time I checked,  you weren't any better than me. Listen, I'm not a slutty, delusional pig who opens they're legs to anyone." She whimpered and backed off. No one could even speak. Everyone except Rantaro. Rantaro walked up to him. "Hello, I'm Rantaro Amami! I'm your new classmate-" Kokichi cut him off before he could finish. "Does it look like I give a damn?" He rested his chin inbred palm of his hand. Kokichi looked pretty annoyed.

"Kokichi? Why're you acting like this?" Kaede asked worriedly. She put her hand on his shoulder but he just brushed them off. "Like what?" He said sarcastically, clearly enjoying this. "You should really explain before asking me, Miss Goody-Two-Shoes." The last comment definitely pissed Kaito off. He got up and grabbed Kokichi by the collar. "What the hell is going on with you?!" He yelled, another mistake. Right after, Kokichi kicked him, making Kaito drop him. "Don't FUCKING touch me." Kokichi glared at Kaito.

"Touch me again, and I swear I will hurt you. This goes for all of you." He threatened us all. The old Kokichi wouldn't even think of doing that. "Tch. I always knew all men were the same. They're all just degenerates." Tenko said quietly. Suddenly out of nowhere, a knife came flying toward her,  but just barely missed and slammed into the wall. "Oh and if any of you are gonna talk shit, then say it to my face."

Rantaro's POV

I looked at the purple haired boy, he was the complete opposite of how they described Kokichi. And it seemed that everyone was just as surprised as I was. So he definitely changed. 'Why? What happened exactly to make him change so drastically?' I didn't know the answer which made me even more curious, and I'm now determined to find the answer!

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