[Ah. Nope. He was right. Kokichi was just messing with him. Business as usual, he can't even pretend to be surprised by this. Shuichi swallows thickly and sits up straight again, suddenly preoccupied with fixing his sleeve even though Kokichi didn't actually mess it up.]

Aha...I think it will work on someone who doesn't know you very well. You almost had me fooled for a minute, but you've tried this kind of lie on me before so... [Like...every time Kokichi called him "my darling", for instance. Or that time he claimed that Shuichi was his favorite. Not to mention that whole "stealing your heart" thing.] ...I knew.

[Yet he still got flustered. For some reason. Despite knowing it was a lie.]