[original] 'Til Death Do Us Part {Oumasai}

Chapter Twenty: Kaito's Truth

"I whisper, as if I could talk to his ghost. But it was too late, he was gone. And he wasn't coming back."

After reading the note Rantaro looks at Kokichi with anger. "Read this." Kokichi reads it, re-reads it, and starts crying. "No..." Rantaro walks up to him and punches him in the stomach. "RANTARO WHAT THE HELL" I yell at the top of my lungs, how could he hurt Kokichi? He ignores me, staring him straight in the eyes. "What. Did. You. Do?" Kokichi looks at him fearfully. Rantaro yells "What did you do to him?!?!? He's dead now because of you, what did you do?!?"

I rush between them, blocking Rantaro's second attack. "Rantaro, stop! I get you're upset but this isn't Kokichi's fault!" He looks at me in disgust. "You're no better! Both of you are at fault, you're the only ones he wrote about. What did you sick bastards do to him?!?" I think back to the last line of the note, "I'm not in your way anymore, Shuichi, my love." Why did he refer to me as his love? We've never had any sort of romantic relationship, we never even really hung out.

Kokichi punches Rantaro across the face. How did it come to this? He looks Rantaro dead in the eyes, filled with rage. "Listen, you can say all the crap about me you want. I don't care. But don't you fucking dare say anything bad about him. This isn't his fault at all, it's mine. I'm the only one responsible, it's not his fault." "Kokichi, this isn't your fault." I cut in, he shouldn't blame himself. He can't control Kaito's actions.

"You don't understand, it is." I tilt my head, curious. He continues, "Kaito and I.. w-we both liked you Shuichi. So we decided to play a game, it was never meant to hurt anyone. It wasn't even meant to be taken seriously, I thought we were just doing it for fun.." He takes a deep breath. "The first one to get you to like them wins, we just meant it for fun. I didn't think it would go this far..."

I hug him. "It's okay, Kokichi. You had no way of knowing." Rantaro punches the wall. "You two disgust me. Kaito's dead, gone, vanished. Why don't you care?!?!?" I try to reason with him. "Rantaro we care, it's not like we're happy he died. But Kaito wouldn't want us to establish blame and fight each other, would he?" Rantaro sighs. "I-I know but.." He scratches his arm. "I-I-I.. I liked Kaito" His cheeks flush a dark crimson, clearly embarrassed.

I hug him. "Rantaro.. I-I'm so sorry.." I feel him bury his face on my shoulder. I pat his back. "He's in a better place."

a/n
im sorry this chapter is way shorter than usual I really had no inspiration and im really sorry

i promise to get chapters back to their normal length once this book goes off hiatus.