Tsumugi snapped her head to the door.

"Brought....everyone?" She murmured. Gonta stepped aside to let everyone inside: Kaede, Tenko, Himiko, Angie, and Rantaro. "Guys? What are you all doing here?" Tsumugi asked, coming over to them.

"Well, Gonta said that you weren't feeling like yourself, so he suggested that a cosplay party with you would cheer you up." Tenko said.

"What? N-No, you don't have to..." Tsumugi said. "We know we don't have to, but we want to." Rantaro stated.

"Yeah, what are friends for?" Kaede said with a smile. Tsumugi's eyes widened, practically lighting up.

"F...F-Friends?"

"Nyeh? Course we're friends. We forgave you, didn't we?" Himiko said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Yes! And besides, who wouldn't want a chance to try out the famous Tsumugi's costumes!" Angie said, eyeing the mannequinns.

"What?! No no! Y-You don't want to try those on!" Tsumugi said, looking more and more flustered.

"Oh yes you do," I stated, putting on my mask and standing on the stool I sat on, "just check out this phantom thief costume she made!"

Everyone stared at me in complete awe, eyes wide and mouths gaped open.

"Okay I gotta try on one!" Tenko stated, rushing to the costumes. Everyone followed her, looking through the costumes. "There's so many good ones..." Himiko said.

"Indeed. Even Atua is stumped on what I should choose." Angie said. Kaede puffed up her cheeks.

"What will look cute on me?" She said. Tsumugi watched in silence, seemingly stunned....then she beamed, putting on a determined expression.

"I know exactly what will suite you all! Come, let me guide you during your cosplay experience!"

*    *    *    *

I mostly just watched as the girls began to change into many outfits. Rantaro sat beside me, seemingly enjoying himself. Even Monophanie joined in the fun, cosplaying quite a bit.

I glanced at Rantaro....who I noticed was making goo goo eyes at Tsumugi the whole time.

"They look like they're having fun." I said, making the boy snap out of his thoughts.

"Oh uh yeah, yeah they do." He said.

"So why are you sitting here like a loser? You obviously want to spend time with Tsumugi. Ask her to pick out an outfit for you." I said. Rantaro looked at me.

"Think she'll be okay with that?" He asked. "That will make her day." I stated. Rantaro took a deep breath and nodded, getting up and walking to Tsumugi. I sighed, leaning back and drinking another cocktail.

"....why do I feel like I've grown soft?" I thought.

*    *    *    *

After a couple of hours of cosplaying, it was getting close to nighttime. Everyone began to leave the Ultimate Cosplayer's lab. Gonta and I were the last ones to leave.

"This fun, Tsumugi. Gonta want to do this again!" Gonta stated. Tsumugi giggled.

"Definitely. And I'll make an outfit that will fit you!" She stated. I smirked, turning to leave. "Well, we best be on our way. Night Tsumugi-"

"Wait Kokichi."

I paused, puzzled. I turned to speak to her....but she suddenly hugged me, wrapping her arms around my neck. My eyes widened in shock, feeling her warmth pressed close to me.

"What is she....?"

"Thank you Kokichi," she pulled away, smiling and teary eyed, "for everything." I watched in surprise as she went back inside her lab.

"I got some cleaning to do. Goodnight." She replied, closing the door. I blinked, then who looked at Gonta, who looked more flustered then I did.

"Guess party make Tsumugi happy." He said.

"Yeah....guess so."

*    *    *    *

Gonta and I slowly started to walk towards our dorms, the sky littered with fake stars.

"Gonta tired. Kokichi feel tired?" Gonta asked.

"Actually, not really. But I don't know what else to do either." I said. Strangely enough, my body felt too energized to go to sleep. Course there's not a lot to do at night. No one to hang out with, no one to tease. So what can I do-

I stopped dead in my tracks, and held a hand out to stop Gonta. He looked down at me concerned. "Kokichi? What's wrong?" He asked.

A felt a huge smirk creep up on my lips.

"Hey, Gonta, there's no rule for going in other people's land at night, is there?" I asked. "Gonta no think so. Why?" Gonta asked.

I slowly raised a finger....and pointed at the Ultimate Inventor's lab.

"Wanna see what inventions that dirty girl is cooking up?" I asked. Gonta blinked, tilting his head. I rolled my eyes.

"I'm saying you wanna go into Miu's lab?"

"Gonta not so sure that good idea. If Miu see us there, she get really mad." Gonta said. "But that's what makes it fun! The risk!" I stated.

"Gonta not sure...." He murmured, placing a finger on his chin.

"Come on!" I said, grabbing his arm and dragging him towards the lab. "Gah! Kokichi!" Gonta said, but I ignored his protest. We went to the door and I grabbed the door knob, only to find out it was locked.

"Awe man, it's locked!" I whined. "Oh well, can't enter now." Gonta replied. I chuckled.

"Nee-heehee, oh contrar, my friend," I said, pulling out a needle, "I have the key right here~" I began to pick at the lock, working the needle around carefully.

*click* *click* *click*

"Ha! Open says me!" I stated, kicking the doors open. I didn't hesitate to run inside, looking around.

There sure was a lot of stuff. Tools, equipment, blue prints, everything an inventor would need.

"Whoa. Sure is a mess." I placed a hand over my eyes, scouting the area out. "Now, what would Miu Iruma do all cooped up in here?"

"Uh, maybe she make these?" I looked to Gonta, who pointed to a box under her desk. I pulled it out, seeing it was a box of her inventions.

"Jackpot!" I stated. I pulled one out, examining it.

"Huh? Wonder what this does." It looked like a laser or something. I aimed it somewhere and pulled the trigger, but nothing happened.

"C-Careful Kokichi!" Gonta said nervously. I pulled the trigger a few more times, but nothing happened.

"Hmm? Why aren't you working?" I asked. I pulled off a part of the gun so I could see inside. I don't know too much about tech, but I know enough.

"Oh, you just have a loose wire." I said, adjusting it. I put it together like normal and shot again at a piece of scrap metal. A green beam shot out, and the scrap metal suddenly became....cotton candy?

"What?" I said. Gonta looked at it curiously and took a bite of it.

"Mmm, tastes good." he said. I blinked and shrugged. "Alrighty then...." I pulled out the next invention. This one looked like a scanner, and it actually had a title....Virgin Detector.

"Oh Gonta, are you a virgin?" I asked with a smirk, holding up the device. Gonta tilted his head innocently.

"Um, Gonta not know what 'virgin' is." He said.

"....then you definitely are one." I turned on the device, except it didn't work. "What? Oh come on." I smacked it, but it didn't work.

"Broken?" Gonta asked. I examined the scanner, taking off the case on the back.

"Well let's see....no, it's not. Just has a loose battery." I said. I pushed the battery back in, closed up with scanner, and turned it on. A green screen lit up, and I pointed it at Gonta. No surprise, it was beeping like crazy.

"It works." Gonta said. I nodded and turned it off.

"Guess so. I wonder...." I looked to the box of inventions. That's when I noticed the box was labeled: Scrapped Inventions.

"Why are these scrapped? They're not broken." I thought aloud. Gonta looked at the box curiously. "These not broken?" He said.

"Don't think so. Looks like Miu just missed a few small details. If she's fix them, then she could use them." I said. I wonder why she'd be so stupid enough to miss anything. Isn't she an inventor?

"I bet'cha I could fix all these here and now." I stated. And that's what I did. I sat there and fixed every 'scrapped' invention.....all night.

*    *    *    *

It wasn't till something gently shook me that I realized I was sleeping. I slowly opened my eyes, feeling dazed. The floor felt like cold concrete. I was about to drift back to sleep, but I was once again shaken.

"Kokichi!" I sat up and stretched, then looked to Gonta, who had his eyes locked in the door.

"Gonta? What's wrong? You look like you've seen a monster....." I trailed off however upon looking at the door.....seeing a very pissed off Miu, eyes glowing red.

"Uh oh...."

"You little fuckers! What the hell are you doing in MY lab?!" Miu snapped. "We break in here last night." Gonta replied honestly.

"You broke in?!"

"Now now Miu," I said, standing up, "I assure you there is a perfectly good explanation for this." I stated. Miu crossed her arms across her large chest, waiting....I didn't hesitate to bolt past her and out the door.

"See ya bitch- GAH!" Something grabbed onto my scarf, pulling me back. "Nice try Kokichi." Keebo said.

"No fair!" I whined as he dragged me inside the lab. Miu rushed to the box of 'scrapped' inventions and looked through them in a panic, seeming flustered.

"Heeeeeeee," she squealed, "out of every you assholes could've touched, you just had to see all my failed projects! So embarrassing!"

"You shouldn't have gone into Miu's lab. You both know this is her private space." Keebo said sternly.

"Gonta sorry! Gonta very sorry!" Gonta said, repeatedly bowing. I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah yeah, sorry and whatever, but by the way," I said, pulling my scarf free from Keebo, "those inventions are not scrapped. There was just a few small details out of line with each one." I stated. Miu snapped her head back to me, brows furrowed.

"W-What? Don't be stupid! These are definitely broken!" She stated. I placed my hands in my pockets, going to stand beside her.

"No, they're not! In fact, last night I looked through them all and fixed them. Now they all work. You're welcome!" I stated. Miu looked down at the box, picked up the 'cotton candy laser' and shot it at a piece of scrap metal, successfully turning it into cotton candy.

"No fucking way...." Miu said.

"Yay!" Gonta cheered, grabbing the cotton candy and eating it. Keebo blinked. "Is that sanitary?" He asked. Miu looked at the invention in shock.

"No way....but, I checked everything! These should definitely be unusable. I mean, I'm Miu Iruma, the super genius girl!" She said.

"Well I guess even geniuses need a second pair of eyes to examine their work. I mean, I knew you were blind, but some of things I found were soooo easy to fix. How could you miss them?" I said. A shadow cast over her eyes, and her face flushed a bright shade of red.

"Kokichi, that was far too harsh." Keebo stated. "Hey, I'm not the one who messed up-"

"Get out." I looked at Miu.

"Huh?" She turned to face me, giving me by far the fiercest glare I've ever seen.

"Get. The fuck. OUT OF MY LAB!!!!"

At that point, Gonta and I looked at each other nervously before dashing out of the lab.