Kaito had no idea how this had even happened to him, last they spoke he had threatened to kill him.. and had him up against by the throat against the wall. Plus, he only knew how to comfort his sidekicks.. not like Shuichi had talked to him much when he said that they should all train together.. he had chosen Shuichi and Maki because they both looked equally as alone in the beginning.

Kokichi may see him as an idiot, someone who couldn't put a string of words together into a sentence.. sure he couldn't exactly say any big words, but he just wasn't one of those clever or academic types.. the thing he did know though, he knew people.

Most importantly, how to help the vulnerable, the weak and the isolated. It was a trait he learnt in astronaut training and it turns out he was a natural at it. All he secretly wanted, deep down, was to make sure that everyone was coping, despite who they were as a person. Never once did he notice that Kokichi was in desperate need of his help or guidance, he'd probably make so much fun of him and wouldn't take it seriously.

He kept hugging the small, purple haired liar who was still openly weeping onto his jacket, but couldn't help himself from getting slightly distracted by the knife that was on the floor. This boy, the one he was supporting, the one who was openly weeping, could have become the blackened.. he was so close to killing Tsumugi, the way he was acting just before he nearly attempted to.. well, kill her, it wasn't normal. It was like his body had been overcome with a type of twisted sensation of euphoria.

"Did you just give up?" Kaito simply let the words slip out of his mouth, but those words were enough to completely ruin the moment. Kokichi pulled away from him instantly as soon as the words slipped out of his mouth, pushing him as far away as he could with his weak arms, wiping his eyes with his sleeve. His eyes were bright red and puffy as he started back at him, laughing.

"Nishishi~ Nishi..ishi.."

Kaito backed up, putting his hand out to try and apologise or justify what he had said. Sure in retrospect it was the wrong choice of words, but if he just had the option to give a reason, then he'd be fine. However, he massively doubted that the smaller male would give him a single chance for an explanation.

"This was your plan all along, wasn't it?!~ You.. you were waiting for this moment!" He kept pointing at the astronaut, gradually getting more and more violent and aggressive with each and every word he spat out. He growled, pissed off that he didn't get an immediate answer. Well, he didn't expect any less from such an idiot like Kaito..

He searched around and set his eyes on the same knife. Kokichi's eyes narrowed as the reflection of the gleam from the knife filled his vision; he swiped it up from the floor and then flipped it around, pointing the handle towards the astronaut. "Take it, kill me, gimme what I deserve~"

Kaito felt his hand outstretch all by itself without having the capability to stop himself. Kokichi smirked as the knife was taken out of his hands; the astronaut had finally revealed his own true colours. He observed as he glanced at the knife and tilted it from side to side, watching the light reflect off of it when he moved it.

The truth was he wanted to see whether Kaito had the capacity to commit murder. There was the supportive side of him for sure, the 'sidekick' side but there had to be a flip side and Kokichi suspected that might be the complete opposite to that. Maybe he was going to snap if given the opportunity?

Kokichi crosses his arms, trying to brace himself for an attack. He hoped that he wasn't shaking as he didn't want Kaito to know that he was afraid of dying.

He may have been more angry and uncontrollable as of late, but that was all to weigh up who he could trust other than Maki. He had definitely overdone it with Tsumugi when he realised who she truly was.. but with Kaito, no, that was simply a clever lie, especially that meltdown. He just thought about Shuichi and those tears rolled out, that helped the realism.

Kaito weighed the knife in his hands, beginning to lower it as he did so. Kokichi raised an eyebrow, he really thought that he had the capacity to kill; especially with his stature it would be easy enough to murder someone of his own smaller and weaker stature.

"Ooo, Kai-"

*smash!*

"The hell was that.." he murmured out under his breath, switching his head around to suddenly see the knife on the floor, the astronaut on the floor and the assassin with a blade pointed at his neck, whispering harsh somethings into his ear.

Maki was poised on her knees, wielding the blade with expert precision she had one hand behind his head, forcing the point of the blade against his skin. "If you hurt him, I'll end your petty existence."

He shook his head, spitting out with a little bit of panic, Maki was being scary again, "I wasn't, I was just gonna.. put the knife down on the floor!"

"Awh, look at you, getting so angry over me!~"

Maki let Kaito go and put the knife away, rolling her eyes at Kokichi. "You're too cocky for your own good."

Kaito slowly got up from the floor and scratched the top of his head, "Got me scared for a moment there Maki Roll," he soon crossed his arms and stood in his normal, powerful stance, "So, about Kokichi, we needa think of a thing to do. I don't think he's a threat to us, I could easily knock him out, but like, the others need to see that we're taking action, what'da think Maki?"

Kokichi's expression turned to a disgusted one as he turned up his nose at such a stupid statement. "No, no, no, I'm an ultimate supreme leader, no one tells the, what to d-"

"I'd quite like to lock him in a cupboard." A sly smirk could be seen on her face, whereas Kokichi's drained slightly. Maki didn't know about his claustrophobia but he had to go along with it for now, it would probably be the best punishment on the table.

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"I'll come back every hour to update you." Those were the last words Maki spoke before she locked the cupboard with the liar inside. The rest of the students were outside and each individually checked to see whether it was locked and it thoroughly was.

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The purple haired male thought he'd be okay to begin with.. and he was.. for the first few minutes. After that, he was full on crying for real this time.

He had no idea when he was going to be let out. He was hammering on the doors, screaming and shouting at the top of his lungs. His heart had jumped into his throat and he was finding it unbearable to breathe.

And just like that, he was a child again at the mercy of the adults.

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"Let me out! Please.. I'll.. do anything! L-Let me out! LET ME OUT!"

He hammered on the doors once again, but nobody came to get him. He was simply an unstable dictator who didn't need anybody.

They could tell themselves that, all the rest of the students could believe that illusion, but Kokichi knew that Shuichi was going to wake up, and once he did, they were going to end this killing game together as one unstoppable pair.

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A/N: I've been really ill lately with the flu, I hope this chapter turned out well and you got the cupboard reference from another fic that I wrote. Thank you for all of your comments and support, they help me keep going with this. Also, artists, I haven't forgotten about you, I've just been ill, hope you understand. 

Also! If you do any art for ANY PREVIOUS CHAPTERS, including the ones with no art in them, I will happily add them in! Just send me a message and I'll give you my email.  

Also, chapter is dedicated to smiles. Thank you for everything.