forum "I stole your heart so now I'm satisfied. I don't need to steal your life anymore."

Started December 08, 2022 by @heeey-bitchhhhhhhhhhh

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(Ignoring the fact that I got very distracted-)

At some point during the hour, Shuichi and Rantaro felt a tension forming between them, a desire to have Kokichi. Well, it was mostly Rantaro since he was becoming protective of Kokichi. Despite Shuichi letting them both into his house, he didn't trust the detective by any means. He could easily arrest them if he desired, so what if he used a relationship to manipulate him until arresting him? It was a thought that he disliked, so he had to get him to know that Kokichi was his.

It was as he watched Kokichi sleep that memories of one of his other friends came flooding back to him. They were very similar to Kokichi, even in the aspect that they had fallen in love with a detective. That friend ended up being used by the detective, lured into his own arrest through a relationship. He had forgotten originally, hence his immediate trust of Shuichi, but as the memory returned, so did his distrust of detectives. It was what caused him to feel angry with him for possibly liking Kokichi.

"Leave him alone!" he yelled suddenly.

Shuichi stood there, frozen from the momentary surprise. That was a sudden shift in tone from Rantaro. He had typically been rather calm and quiet, allowing Kokichi to sleep peacefully. The sudden outburst was surprising, but he had to go about it carefully. Kokichi was still sleeping, as far as he knew, and he didn't want to wake him up. He needed the sleep, that was for sure.

"I'm not…doing anything…?" he responded, a genuine confusion in his tone.

"You're trying to take him from me!" Rantaro accused. He was still yelling as he did so. "Stop it!"

Shuichi couldn't hold back, and this ended up turning into a pretty big argument as he tried to convince Rantaro that he wasn't trying to do anything to Kokichi, but he never believed him. He only grew more suspicious as this went on, fueling the argument. It seemed that they had forgotten about Kokichi in the end.

Kokichi had been woken up for a bit now “STOP! Stop it!” he yelled, crying heavily

Kokochi stormed out, jumping from the balcony door and taking off to get some space from the two

As soon as Shuichi saw Kokichi rush out of the house, jumping from the balcony to get away as quickly as he could, he couldn't help but run after him. He rushed out of the house without a second thought, not even thinking about the fact that he was wearing Kokichi's cloak at the time. A detail like that didn't matter to him when he wanted to catch up with the other to apologize for what had happened. Besides, he could easily get himself into trouble if he kept running around, which wouldn't be good. He just wanted to protect him.

Kaito, a detective with shuichi, was walking during his night shift. The gun on his hip tapped soundlessly into the night. Then he saw it. The cloak or kokichi ouma. He pulled out his gun and shot absentmindedly, watching the villain fall mid-jump. “?”

While Kaito had been correct about the fact that Kokichi was in the area, he had been mistaken about who was in the cloak that night. It was a dark and cloudy one, so there wasn't much light, and Kokichi's cloak was dark in color. It was hard to tell who was wearing it, which caused him to fire at Shuichi instead of his intended target. Before the detective could process what was going on, the bullet pierced through him, and he collapsed as he began to bleed.

Kaito ran to grab the villain, upon looking though.. It was shuichi. “Shuichi! No!”

Shuichi weakly looked up at Kaito once he saw him running towards him. Was he the one who had shot him? If that was the case, he couldn't be angry with him due to the circumstances. He was wearing Kokichi's cloak, after all, and on a night as dark as that one, it was understandable how he could have been mistaken for Kokichi. However, that didn't change the fact that he was currently bleeding onto the ground and slowly losing consciousness.

"Kai…?" he called out weakly. He didn't bother trying to say much. Even with the circumstances, it was still a bit of a surprise that it was his own best friend who shot him.

Kaito nodded and picked him up gently. “Hospital, now,” he mumbled

Kokichi returned back to rantaro a few hours later, his face soaked in tears

Rantaro immediately wrapped Kokichi in a hug once he saw him. To see Kokichi return without Shuichi was a surprise. Maybe he had been wrong to think that the detective was out to hurt Kokichi with how much he seemed to care about him. He would have to apologize for the argument, although he couldn't apologize to Shuichi until he figured out where he had gone, wherever that was.

"Kokichi…?" he asked softly. "What's wrong…? I never meant to argue… I'm not angry with Shuichi anymore… Speaking of him, where is he…? He ran after you, but he's not here or with you… What happened…?"

“Kaito shot him! He had my cape on…” kokichi started to cry against, holding onto rantaro tightly

Rantaro's eyes widened at the realization. He hadn't expected to hear that Shuichi had been shot, but it was more surprising that it was by his best friend, or he figured that they were best friends since they worked on almost every case together and seemed to get along well from the couple of times he had seen them investigating his or Kokichi's crimes. It was certainly an interesting situation.

"He was shot…?" he asked. It seemed that he was in disbelief. "Do you know where the bullet hit him, by any chance? Maybe there's a possibility that he'll survive."

“I don't know, I couldn't stay long, if they are shooting anything that remotely looks like me.. Then I have to be careful..”

Rantaro nodded in understanding. He understood why Kokichi would have to be careful, especially since just about anyone with some form of resemblance to Kokichi was going to get shot. It was what had happened with Shuichi, after all. He really hoped that the detective was alright after all of that. However, even if it wasn't a fatal wound, he would likely be traumatized. It was his own best friend who had shot him, although unintentionally.

"Fair… Do you think we'll be able to visit him…?" he asked, sighing. "I feel like he could use some support while he recovers from this…"

“You can, but they know who I am. “ he said softly before kissing rantaro deeply “ I'm going to disappear for a few days.. Please.. Stay safe,” he said before starting to walk away

Rantaro blushed at the kiss before grabbing Kokichi to prevent him to leave. He didn't want him to disappear, even if it was only for a few days. It wasn't safe for him to be anywhere on his own, even if he was trying to get away from everyone. He just wanted him to be safe.

"No, stay… I'll keep you safe…" he assured him. "Just stay, please…"

“I can't stay at shuichis place, it could get him in trouble..”

Rantaro sighed softly at the comment. He couldn't let Kokichi be alone, although he did understand that the other couldn't stay there, either. Neither of them really had a place to go, and that was why they basically moved in with Shuichi, but he couldn't leave Kokichi alone. He could be shot and killed if he did,

"Fair, but at the same time, I can't leave you alone… You could be killed…" he sighed. "We need to work something out…"

“ then run with me,”

(Ignoring the fact that I was distracted by my other role plays all day yesterday-)

Rantaro nodded in response to the suggestion after a moment. It was possibly the only thing that he could do if he wanted to protect Kokichi since there were so many people who wanted to kill him at the time. He didn't want his best friend to die, so he needed to stay with him just so he would be able to protect him.

"If I have to, then I will. I'm just not sure where you'd go when I'm doing other things. I intend on visiting Shuichi at some point, just to make sure that he's alright and stuff," he responded. "With how much you care about him, I'll be sure to update you. I'll make sure that everything's alright. I'll make sure that both of you are okay…"

Kokochi nodded, hugging tightly to rantaro

Rantaro held Kokichi close to him as he hoped that it would give him some form of comfort. While the entire situation had been an absolute mess, he was pretty determined to comfort the other and make sure that he was okay. He would also be sure to check on Shuichi when he could. He just had to figure out where Kokichi would actually go first.

"Well, what are we going to do?" he asked. "For when I can't be with you, I mean."

There's a building I can find at” he sighed softly “it's abandoned”

Rantaro nodded in response to the statement again as he was sure that Kokichi would be able to keep himself safe for a little while. He didn't think that he needed to worry too much if he went to check on Shuichi that night. Everyone was probably busy dealing with the events of that night to care as much about Kokichi. Besides, he needed to make sure that Shuichi would recover.

"Alright," he said softly. "You can head there. I'm probably going to visit Shuichi first. I know you're worried about him…"

“ thank you,” kokichi said and left to go find his building

Rantaro watched Kokichi leave before heading to Shuichi's room. If he was going to go anywhere, he would need to put on some normal clothes, so hopefully his clothing would fit him. He could always buy stuff at a later time, but he needed to get to the hospital as soon as he could. After hearing about what happened, he knew that things would be unclear with Shuichi, which concerned him, and he was worried about Kaito, too, since he did know that he was Shuichi's best friend. It was best to get there quickly to keep him calm and get updates when he could.

After changing, he rushed out of the house. It didn't take him long to arrive at the hospital, and once he did, he found Kaito pretty quickly. He knew that the other would have been pretty worried about his friend and probably upset with himself over everything, so he was going to comfort him to the best of his abilities. He was usually pretty good at providing comfort, so maybe it would all work out.

"Hey, are you alright?" he asked softly as he saw him. "You can talk to me if you need to talk to anyone."

“Rantato? Oh. No, I'm fine.” he said softly, his body was shaking like a leaf when he finally stopped pacing

Rantaro sighed softly at the very obvious lie. It was incredibly obvious that something was wrong, both from his knowledge of the events and the other's body language. He just needed to get the other to talk to him about it so he could help. That was all that he wanted to do.

"You're shaking," he stated softly, a light concern in his tone. "I know what happened. Please, talk to me about it."

Kaito froze for a moment before tearing up, “I shot him.. I was shooting to kill.. The only reason he is still here is because I missed.”

Rantaro nodded in understanding before he walked over to Kaito and pulled him into a hug. He wrapped the other in a tight and warm embrace, hoping that it would help provide some form of comfort to him. He had reasons to be upset, but Rantaro was trying to prevent him from completely breaking down.

"You didn't mean to shoot him…" he whispered softly. "You mistook him for someone else, a wanted criminal. Also, if I may ask, where did you actually hit him? You say it's because you missed, so where'd you end up hitting him?"