[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.]
[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!
[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!]
[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.]
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.]
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...]
[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.]
...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?
Of course not. [Does this look like the face of a boy who could enjoy branding someone? Or being branded himself?] So even if I do decide to play, it's impossible for me to actually finish the game. Especially since you have to enjoy the experience for a square to count.
[Being branded is one of the LEAST arousing things he can think of, honestly. And everything else that falls under the "edgeplay" umbrella.]
Not necessarily. Winning bingo is just getting a bingo. Either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. If I remember your card right, you can easily get a diagonal if you're willing to put up with a couple things, or think creatively about them. Orgasm denial, blindfolds, size difference and latex or rubber, plus the free square in the middle. The first and last two squares would really be your only issue, I'd think. And even then only because you're pretty plain and probably haven't considered anything like those.
[He taps his chin.]
You could do a vertical one too. Your second column, assuming you choose to do something that isn't painful for possessive. I bet even just putting a collar on someone would work...though, that does have multiple partners in it. So you and Akamatsu-chan would have to be okay with that, or you'd have to be okay finding two other parties.
[Those are the only two he could see Shuichi having an easy...ish time with. Hooking his hands behind his head, he leans back some.]
And then beyond that, it's just about filling squares to get cash. Nineteen of your squares are actually pretty tame, you just have to be willing to push past being embarrassed and do them.
[And then he sits up.]
Do any of your squares overlap with Akamatsu-chan? If you guys focused on those first, you could totally pull in a lot of cash at once, you know? Like...you and I share a third of our cards. If they all pay roughly the same, that'd be sixteen thousand credits between the two of us. Not including the free squares, which could get us another two.
[He tilts his head back to stare up at the ceiling in thought for a few beats.]
Then again, in a place like this, "winning" is probably subjective. Getting bingos, filling squares and cards...that might not matter. Sex is a recreational thing, right? So maybe you're winning by just enjoying it. Or maybe you're winning by making deeper, more meaningful connections with the person you care about. Not all games have to have a strict win or lose condition.
[He really shouldn't be surprised that Kokichi has put this much thought into something like this, after seeing that whiteboard he kept in his room. Plus, his love of games in general.]
[But still, all Shuichi can do for a few minutes is stare blankly at him.]
I...guess you have a point. [About the win conditions, presumably. He hadn't really thought about it that way. Then again, he hasn't really been thinking much about the game at all beyond his initial "How About No" reaction.]
[A deeper, more meaningful connection with the person you care about, huh? Thinking about it that way, it doesn't sound so bad. And it brings a faint pink tint to his cheeks and a weird fuzzy feeling in his chest.]
[Maybe if he approaches the game from that viewpoint...he can play it after all. Even if he can't actually complete his card because there's no way he could possibly ask Kaede to do some of the things on there with him.]
[There we go...he can tell pretty easily that he succeeded with that win condition line. He wants the other two to have an easier time dealing with this. Maybe even a fun time? Because it's better than the killing game by a long shot, even if it's embarrassing...he had a feeling something about connecting with Kaede would snag him.
But okay buddy, come back down to earth. They are still having a conversation. He leans forward and snaps his fingers in front of him.]
You can day dream about her when you're with her, Saihara-chan. I still asked you a question!
[It...sucks, putting her out there as a win condition when he wants so badly to be that himself, but...it's better this way. And at least he has an excuse to steal his attention back for a little bit. It's rude to ignore a person like that!]
[He jumps a little, but the finger snapping brings him back before he had a chance to space out too hard.]
S-Sorry! ...which question? [Technically, you asked him two actual questions, Kokichi. "Sex is a recreational thing, right?" is something he could give an answer to. But he's pretty sure that was actually meant to be rhetorical, so...] Our overlapping squares?
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[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.]
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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?]
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[Are you embarrassed?]
We're both guys so it's nothing to worry about. I won't judge you or anything!
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[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.]
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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...]
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H-huh?
[Bingo.]
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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?
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[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.]
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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.
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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.]
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[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!]
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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...]
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So hey, can I ask you a question?
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Uh...sure? What is it?
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Have you looked up what edgeplay means?
[Just while they're on the topic of the game.]
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Mm, it's one we have in common, yeah. Though I looked the squares on your card that weren't obvious up anyway, just in case you weren't going to.
[He's a great friend, looking up all this kinky stuff you'll have to do.]
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Ah. Well, I looked them up. And, honestly, doing so just made me want to play this game even less.
[What the fuck is wrong with the people running this game.]
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[That noise is him agreeing with the sentiment.]
Can't say I'm surprised to hear that. I can't see you enjoying some of those squares no matter what side you're on. Nor no matter who you're with.
[Even if you hated someone, you probably couldn't pull them off, huh?]
I get it though.
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[Being branded is one of the LEAST arousing things he can think of, honestly. And everything else that falls under the "edgeplay" umbrella.]
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[He taps his chin.]
You could do a vertical one too. Your second column, assuming you choose to do something that isn't painful for possessive. I bet even just putting a collar on someone would work...though, that does have multiple partners in it. So you and Akamatsu-chan would have to be okay with that, or you'd have to be okay finding two other parties.
[Those are the only two he could see Shuichi having an easy...ish time with. Hooking his hands behind his head, he leans back some.]
And then beyond that, it's just about filling squares to get cash. Nineteen of your squares are actually pretty tame, you just have to be willing to push past being embarrassed and do them.
[And then he sits up.]
Do any of your squares overlap with Akamatsu-chan? If you guys focused on those first, you could totally pull in a lot of cash at once, you know? Like...you and I share a third of our cards. If they all pay roughly the same, that'd be sixteen thousand credits between the two of us. Not including the free squares, which could get us another two.
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Then again, in a place like this, "winning" is probably subjective. Getting bingos, filling squares and cards...that might not matter. Sex is a recreational thing, right? So maybe you're winning by just enjoying it. Or maybe you're winning by making deeper, more meaningful connections with the person you care about. Not all games have to have a strict win or lose condition.
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[Good god.]
[He really shouldn't be surprised that Kokichi has put this much thought into something like this, after seeing that whiteboard he kept in his room. Plus, his love of games in general.]
[But still, all Shuichi can do for a few minutes is stare blankly at him.]
I...guess you have a point. [About the win conditions, presumably. He hadn't really thought about it that way. Then again, he hasn't really been thinking much about the game at all beyond his initial "How About No" reaction.]
[A deeper, more meaningful connection with the person you care about, huh? Thinking about it that way, it doesn't sound so bad. And it brings a faint pink tint to his cheeks and a weird fuzzy feeling in his chest.]
[Maybe if he approaches the game from that viewpoint...he can play it after all. Even if he can't actually complete his card because there's no way he could possibly ask Kaede to do some of the things on there with him.]
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But okay buddy, come back down to earth. They are still having a conversation. He leans forward and snaps his fingers in front of him.]
You can day dream about her when you're with her, Saihara-chan. I still asked you a question!
[It...sucks, putting her out there as a win condition when he wants so badly to be that himself, but...it's better this way. And at least he has an excuse to steal his attention back for a little bit. It's rude to ignore a person like that!]
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S-Sorry! ...which question? [Technically, you asked him two actual questions, Kokichi. "Sex is a recreational thing, right?" is something he could give an answer to. But he's pretty sure that was actually meant to be rhetorical, so...] Our overlapping squares?
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