Shuichi paced up and down in his dorm room, his head in his hands.

He couldn't stop thinking about Kokichi.

It had been almost three days since the press, and he had pleaded every single day that that day would be the day where the liar walked back into his life.

He flinched at every knock at the door, and at every sound of movement, no matter how small or quiet it was.

He only went outside his room for the necessities; food and water, plus the occasional visit to the scenes of the murders from the last game. For the last couple of days he had been trying to keep himself busy by focusing on his original purpose of going back in the first place.

To prevent the murders of his classmates.

He had two options to stop the next murder.

To prevent Korekiyo from killing girls for his sister.

To stop Angie from forcing the resurrection ritual on everyone.

And if he was honest with himself, both of these seemed pretty intense as Korekiyo and Angie were both stuck in their ways.

He slumped onto his bed, covering his face with a pillow. He was the Ultimate Detective.. but he felt like he was fizzled out with no more deductions left to make.

A knock on the door shook him awake from his thoughts. Shuichi hauled himself up from his bed and opened the door to see Kirumi standing there in her usual stance. Straight posture, a gentle smile across her face and her hands cupped together nicely across her chest.

"Shuichi, your presence is need-"

The detective cut her off before she finished her sentence. "I'm not hungry right now Kirumi.. sorry but I don't think I'll be coming to breakfast." He faked a gentle smile, "Everyone else can eat without me."

Kirumi shook her head side to side, a small bundle of laughter escaping her lips. "Ahah.. your presence had been requested somewhere else actually."

Shuichi tilted his head to the side, letting out a mumble of 'huh?'. He crossed his arms to mirror the maid, "I'm confused.. w-where am I needed..?"

"The rooftop." Kirumi spoke the two words that Shuichi both dreaded and begged to hear.

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The rooftop was where Kokichi and him had first looked at the beautiful academy sky together.. where they first got to know each other properly.. probably where they started to..

The other reason however.. that was almost terrifying to think of. Shuichi honestly had no idea of when Tsumugi had started to become aware of what was going on between them. He had no idea how long she had been planning to frame Shuichi for Kokichi's murder, so, the possibility remained that the Ultimate Cosplayer had set this up.

It was like a bolt of lightening had shot down his spine. 

"Shuichi? Are you feeling alright? I am aware that this may be a hard question for you to answer." Kirumi asked, not able to look him directly in the eye.

Shuichi took a moment to think before he decided to answer, "Who asked for me?"

The Ultimate Maid sighed heavily, not choosing to ask him further about how he was feeling. There was no way that he could possibly be alright, she couldn't even understand how he seemed to be socially functioning after what happened at the hangar.

Kirumi cupped her hands together gently, faking her usual neutral smile. "I am unsure as how to answer that, as they left a letter in my research lab, including instructions of what they were asking me to do."

The last letter resulted in Kokichi being in the hydraulic press in the first place.. because Shuichi had been so blind as to the Ultimate Cosplayer's manipulation. If she was going to try this again, maybe he could seize the opportunity to kill her..

He shook his head. Since the very beginning, he never wanted to be a murderer.. he was determined to prevent the murders and never commit one himself. If he wanted to kill her.. if he wanted to be a murderer, he would of done that to begin with. But what was the alternative? No, he just had to suppress these thoughts for now..

Shuichi looked directly at her again but decided not to question it. If Kokichi really was.. dead, what more could Tsumugi even take away from him?

"Thanks Kirumi. I'll go there now." Shuichi's answer was short and his tone was extremely blunt and cold.

Kirumi nodded to him gently before opening her mouth to speak, "Shuichi.. if you ever wish to talk to me about what hap-"

The detective placed a hand on her shoulder, making her almost jump at the sudden contact. "I know and I will. But at the moment, I see the pity in your eyes." Shuichi once again spoke firmly, no emotion in his voice.

With Kokichi gone.. the taller boy was falling into despair.

Kirumi swiftly turned around and left him standing alone in the doorway.

He quickly swiped his room key from his desk and left the room, the door slamming shut after him.

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With every step that he took towards the roof, it became harder and harder to move at all. Maybe it was the fear of what was waiting for him when he arrived.

Even though it was the beginning of the day, it didn't mean that he was safe. Murders can happen at anytime in the day..

The detective reached the top of the stairs and started to look around. As he turned around, he saw a figure quickly start to run towards him at a considerable speed.

Shuichi didn't have enough time to scream, the figure had already pushed him onto the ground. He attempted to fight back but he was untimely defenseless.

He suddenly felt arms wrap around him tightly, embracing him in a warm hug. The next thing Shuichi heard was crying; uncontrollable sobbing.

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He looked down and it was Kokichi who was clinging on him. He opened his mouth, but only choked sobbing noises came out as he started to cry himself. He left down and kissed the liar's forehead, hugging him back as tightly as he could.

"I-I'm never going to let you slip away from me again. Never ever.. I'll keep you safe as long as I live.. you are my everything Kokichi Ouma.."

"As long as you live..?" Kokichi muttered into the detective's chest, still soaking it in tears.

Shuichi nodded firmly holding the smaller boy's head up to his own so that he could look at him directly in his beautiful, purple eyes. "As long as I live.."