diffidentive

Not that I have it for anything like that. Actually, that was a lie, I don't have a knife at all! I may have credits to spare now, but I can't afford to spend them on something like that yet.

You've...already started playing, then?

[Kokichi DID say he was going to play, but...it's only been three days. Has he really already had sex with someone? Or does he maybe have some easy squares like he and Kaede?]

Yeah.

[Just a simple, easy answer.]

I said I would be, remember? And I'm not too keen on being low on money. I like eating, and I was told that a kitchen addition is kind of costly. Plus, this room is small and boring, I want something bigger! With futuristic decorations and floating furniture and alien trees!

[He has simple desires, really. He lifts a finger into the air.]

Plus, it's the easiest way to earn money. If that's really true, one of the three of us should be playing to support the group, right? Playing the game is both fun and functional!

[It's no big deal really. You're welcome.]

No, I didn't forget, I just didn't think you'd start playing so soon. That's all.

[He'd be surprised that someone with Kokichi's personality and looks actually managed to find someone to have sex with him, but...this is a kinky space station. One night stands seem to be kind of a given and there are probably a few people into young-looking boys.]

[So...it's actually not surprising at all that he found a partner.]

But uh...good for you, I guess?

Edited 2017-11-28 20:58 (UTC)

[He pauses before actually saying anything, just smiling at him in a sort of knowing way.]

[And then that smile turns into a very, very knowing grin.]

You say that like you didn't try and beat me to "fastest square filled". I heard you and Akamatsu-chan enjoyed each other's company the very first night here~ How was it, huh?

[What is that look supposed to--]

...!

[For just a second, Shuichi looks surprised. Just a second though, because this has to be a lie. Kokichi's just trying to mess with him, as usual.]

[Because there's no way Kaede told Kokichi about what happened after they left him at the arcade, right?]

I don't know where you could have heard a rumor like that, Oma-kun, but we didn't do anything like that.

[He is trying his hardest to stay calm and sound convincing, but he's looking a little sweaty, despite his best efforts.]

Edited 2017-11-28 21:20 (UTC)

Does it count as a rumor if one of the participants told me herself?

[Good luck keeping up that calm facade.]

She said that you walked her home and she invited you inside, and that you at least tried to fill a square together. It didn't work though, right? She was too embarrassed to say exactly which one you guys attempted, but she said to ask you to show me your card to prove you couldn't manage it.

[He leans forward a little, resting his chin in his hand and propping that up with an elbow on his thigh.]

So...which one was it? I guessed it'd be an easy one, but she was so shy I'm starting to wonder if it wasn't one of your kinkier ones.

......

[This has to be a bluff. There's no way she told him any of that. He's just suspicious and fishing for details. Probably because he couldn't get anything out of Kaede.]

[But...still. It's eerily on the mark. Right down to the part where it didn't work.]

You know you can just ask to see my card, right? You don't need to make up an elaborate lie to trick me into it.

[That's what he's trying to do, right? Either get him to show his card without thinking, or get him to refuse to show it, thereby proving his theory.]

Edited 2017-11-28 21:48 (UTC)

[Kokichi can't help but laugh at that, drawing his knees up to hug them loosely with a grin.]

Are you kidding? I have that memorized already, it's not a lie to look at that.

[Raising a hand, he starts counting off squares on his fingers while naming them out loud.]

Orgasm control and denial, costumes, voyeurism, hands and fingers, edgeplay, altered state of consciousness, blindfolds, rough sex, rubbing and grinding, domination and submission...should I continue? I can recite the rest for you if you need to.

[Do you want him to continue? Do you need further proof?]

But you really don't want to believe that I know about that, do you? Why, is it because you couldn't get it up? Is that why you couldn't fill the square?

[Are you embarrassed?]

We're both guys so it's nothing to worry about. I won't judge you or anything!

[Why does he have my card memorized!?]

[Shuichi never actually gets a chance to voice this question, however, because Kokichi hits him with three questions of his own. Three questions of his own that utterly destroy that calm exterior Shuichi had been working so hard to maintain.]

N-No!! I told you, we didn't d-do anything like that!!

[What happened to his inside voice? And why did his cheeks turn pink? Congrats, Kokichi, if you were aiming to fluster him, you succeeded.]

[That knowing smile from earlier returns and he leans forward again.]

Was it cuddling?

[This has honestly been his guess from the start, even before when he was asking Kaede, but he really wanted to see if he could get one of them to admit it. But that was a bust with her, and he's reached the desperate denial stage, soooo...]

[What the heck, Kokichi, this is not how you play Argument Armament. You just skipped right to the final blow without destroying any of his armor first! You're supposed to keep to the beat and shoot down his denials!]

H-huh?

[Bingo.]

[He already played that minigame with Kaede, it'd be boring playing it again.]

Nishishi~ So that was it. I thought so.

[Kokichi stretches out a little, leaning back on his hands. Ready for the closing argument?]

Akamatsu-chan probably asked if you wanted to see if it'd work, right? Because she was curious, and because she secretly wanted to do something with you but didn't want to admit it. But she was probably no more ready for this kind of thing than you were, so she picked something easy that neither of you would have to do any sort of indecent or perverted thing for. Since it was just cuddling, you weren't inclined to say no, because it wouldn't hurt anything, right?

So you guys snuggled up in bed and fell asleep together, but you're hard to wake up normally and were still exhausted from everything that happened up until that point. Maybe she got you out of bed for breakfast or something at least, but you still slept in really late, which is why she chose to hang out with me instead of you. Killing time until you woke up.

[He's all smiles, but at least he looks more playful than anything.]

The square didn't fill though because this is kink bingo. I'm betting neither of you got "excited" over cuddling, and that's probably a requirement, right?

......

[After a moment of silence, Shuichi just...nods a little. His eyes are fixed firmly on the floor and his face is bright red...even his dumb little hair antenna seems to have wilted from embarrassment.]

[Well, at least he was sort of right about one thing. Kaede DIDN'T tell Kokichi what they did. Not explicitly, at least. But she reacted to his prodding enough for him to get a pretty clear picture of what happened.]

[His smile brightens a little.]

I'm not gonna pick on you. I just want to know how serious you guys are about this game. Whether you guys seriously don't want to participate, if you're curious about trying it, if you're just not being honest with me...or each other, or even yourselves. Clearly Akamatsu-chan is some combination of those last ones there.

[Well there's a surprise. Kokichi Oma? Not going to pick on him? That can't be right. He must have misheard. Or maybe he's picking on him by not picking on him? Ugh, talking to Kokichi one-on-one is still as tiring as ever. Good to know.]

I...I don't know.

[Meaning he's probably just going to go along with whatever Kaede decides because that's just how he is.]

Edited 2017-11-28 23:09 (UTC)

Well here's some advice: you should give it some serious thought. If she wants to play this game, you shouldn't just go along with it, y'know? It's going to be way more long term than the games you and I played...so you should make it enjoyable for her. Long term games are miserable if one person wants to play and the other just does whatever the first one wants. So...think about it. If she wants to, you should commit and really play with her.

[Solid man advice from a fellow man. He's really not picking on him!

........mostly because he's going to pick on Kaede later, but partially because he cares too!]

[Oh my god, Kokichi, leave poor Kaede alone. Haven't you picked on her enough already?]

M-mm... [Strangely sweet and genuine advice from kokichi. Seriously, what's gotten into him today? Or is he maybe...seeing a truer side of him? The bits that he had to hide because of the killing game? Who can say. Kokichi Oma is an enigma, after all. A lie in human form. There are many possibilities...]

[Endless possibilities. That's the fun of a lie.]

So hey, can I ask you a question?

[Shuichi finally glances up from the floor. He looks a little hesitant. It's a very innocent question, but...it's coming from Kokichi. There's no guarantee that the actual question will also be innocent. He may bring the creeper smile back out and start talking about boners again.]

Uh...sure? What is it?

Edited 2017-11-29 00:35 (UTC)

[It's not really innocent, but it at least doesn't bring back the creeper smile.]

Have you looked up what edgeplay means?

[Just while they're on the topic of the game.]

...yes. [Well, actually Kaede asked Rei about it and then Kaede told him and THEN he went to go look it up himself but...details. Just thinking about it brings an uncomfortable grimace to his face.] Is that one of the squares we have in common or did you just look it up because you were curious?

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

1/2

no subject

1/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

1/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject