[Now this is a surprise. So much so that, for a few moments, all Shuichi can do is stare at Kokichi's hand before him.]
[He'd offered his own hand to Kokichi once, and the other boy hadn't taken it. But even that lack of action had said something about him. Something that had helped Shuichi come to understand him just a little bit more.]
[For the tables to turn like this now...]
It's a promise. [Still smiling himself, he reaches forward and takes Kokichi's hand firmly in his own.]
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[He'd offered his own hand to Kokichi once, and the other boy hadn't taken it. But even that lack of action had said something about him. Something that had helped Shuichi come to understand him just a little bit more.]
[For the tables to turn like this now...]
It's a promise. [Still smiling himself, he reaches forward and takes Kokichi's hand firmly in his own.]