Shuichi had to be the one to be gently pushed away by the other male's hands gently pushing against his chest.

"H-Hey there~ Nishishi.. Shuichi, it's not like I'm against PDA or anything but we should get off the roof and continue somewhere else.." He raised an eyebrow and winked at the flushed detective, finishing off his sentence with a large smirk, "..in the dorms, on the lawn near the courtyard.. maybe even against a wall!~ the old you used to be very adventu-"

Shuichi cut in before the other could finish his sentence, "I-I know.. I remember everything now Kokichi.. but I can't say that hearing you talk about it isn't embarrassing for me."

Kokichi couldn't help but get a little thrill of exhilaration when he saw his Shuichi's face turning a darker shade of red due to him getting so flustered so quickly. He missed that before all throughout the game and, completely understandably, the detective had gradually become colder and harsher. Now though, it felt like the early stages of the relationship once again. Everyone called it the honeymoon period before the rockiness started, along with the true trials. But surely after all they had gone through, they simply deserved happiness and no more hardship.. didn't they?

The purple haired male let out a simple giggle under his breath then held out his hand with a typical eccentric flourish, expectantly waiting for Shuichi to take it. After all of this time, he still loved being in charge and even if it was something small, he needed that little bit of dominance back again.

"K-Kokichi.. I think we should think of the next course of action.." He shyly sighed, running a hand through his hair and biting his lip, "You see.. as much as I want to spend the rest of my.." he paused but shortly continued after a long exhale, "..time with you, I really do think that Tsumugi might be more agressive and persistent this time, leaving nothing to chance."

After a few of those sentences, he knew that the detective was rambling once again and getting all worked up and anxious. He disliked this panic so decided to put a stop to it, smoothly redirecting the conversation, "Okay okay, but you need to relax first, take my hand, if you trust me~"

Before, Shuichi would have resisted or paused but he didn't wait for a single moment to take Kokichi's hand. And that was because he trusted him entirely with his mind, body and soul.

He had already done the basic checks on speech and personality, not allowing any time for Tsumugi to replace him. Whether it was a good or a bad thing, Shuichi was back to searching and investigating.. he learnt that he had to be more vigilant and suspicious than before, was the last thing he wanted to be around his boyfriend. It was the end game now, who knew what Tsumugi as planning.

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When the both of them entered Shuichi's dorm room, the liar had remembered the state that he had left the once pristine room in. He had previously forgotten to tidy away all of the sheets of paper and all the upturned drawers when he was 'investigating' before.

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Shuichi's jaw dropped and his eyes widened; he took a few steps forward as his eyes glanced around all the corners of the room, darting from each corner and crack to the others but finally settled on the main focus, the main problem being with his desk. "K-Ko.. Kichi! What did you do.. why is my room like this?"

"Kichi huh, I like that nickname~"

Shuichi felt his face begin to flush again, but managed to stop himself before it was too noticeable. It was a fair stab at removing his attention elsewhere but it had still failed nonetheless. He needed to find out why his room was in such a state, and hoped that it wasn't the mastermind's doing.

Without stalling he switched to his over analysing self and carried a few careful feet in front of one another as he took a few steps forward, avoiding damaging or moving the paper 'evidence'. After his amazing gymnastic feat, he leaned over to inspect the desk, only to see that there were some extremely embarrassing drawings that he'd drawn previously when daydreaming about Kokichi. With a panicked expression absorbing his face, he scrambled over the pages to tidy them up, only to be caught off guard with an explosion of laughter.

"Nishishi! I've already seen them Shumai!~ My my, didn't know you were quite the artist.."

His heart could have exploded right then and there as he felt more embarrassed than he was previously. "Stop teasing me Kokichi. It's not something to laugh about!" Even though he was trying to sound stern and serious, Kokichi knew that he was just embarrassed so didn't bother apologising. As much as the other may not like to admit it, Kokichi knew Shuichi's personality in and out, from his tsundere mode all the way to his badass one, especially after what he had to go through to get him back.

Shuichi simply tuned into the silence and began to sort the papers; not allowing his room to remain in the state that it was in currently. There was a moral dilemma however, to sort them by subject or alphabetically..?

"You could just get Kirumi to do that~ She loves all this neat freak stuff."

The detective didn't give him a reply to that, making him more agitated by the minute. Instead he let out a small 'tch' which, from the moment he made it, knew it was a bad idea. However he had finally settled on a solution; first sort them by subject and then from those, alphabetically.

Kokichi wanted the attention to be on him but he didn't want to let his boyfriend see the needy side of him. Just as he was about to speak, creating some sort of small talk for conversation, Shuichi interrupted with the most surprising proposition.

"Kokichi, there's something, an idea that I've had but it may have negative consequences on you as much as me.. so I want your opinions on it. Please think this through and listen to my reasoning before you say no." It was clear to see that the detective was having a difficult time in explaining what he wanted to say due to his constant backup plans and options, "Tsumugi wanted me off that roof and used our relationship as a bargaining chip, I will never stop resenting her for that. My idea is that we don't let her use it anymore."

Kokichi raised an eyebrow, not understanding what the other male was saying. He hoped that it wasn't what it sounded like but even so, he had to ask, "So.. like date in secret?~ So mysterious... or did you mean.. break up, jeez Shumai, if you wanted to end it then you could've just said so, I do have a life to lead after all!"

SaioumaTrashBag did this drawing and the drawing under it for me and they are both wonderful! Their Instagram is supreme.detective.shumai for more arty stuff, I'm following it so please do as well. Like seriously they've done stuff for this book before and it doesn't get any less amazing each time.

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He shook his head at the miscommunication, "N-No.. that's not it at all! I-I.. want to out our relationship to everyone. I want to be able to hold your hand and kiss you wherever I want without the fear of someone discovering us. Only if you're okay with that however."

That request shot through Kokichi like a lightning bolt, he was frozen to the spot, a completely shocked expression frozen to his skin. His eyes were wide and completely unblinking and his mouth was wide open as if it was desperately scrambling around for a joke to tell or a lie to whisper to break the tension. Instead, the following words slipped out of his mouth like thick treacle before he could even stop himself or think properly, "Marry me."

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