✔️More Than a Game (Oumasai/Saiouma)

28- Kaboom

Ouma's POV...?
"Kokichi... Kokichi, are you alive?" Shuichi murmurs. "Please. Tell me you're alive." He wanted to know. He wanted to know so bad. But why do people want to know the truth so much? Especially when it's so much easier for both people to just tell a lie, too...

Smoke still clouds the area, and Shuichi continues to get closer to the execution area, coughing a bit as some of the pink colored smoke went down his throat. "What did the bomb thing do...?" he asks, probably talking to himself.

Finally, he finds what he was looking for. "K-Kokichi!" he exclaims, letting out a breathy sigh. "You... a-are you okay?" His eyes fall on the blood seeping from the shots. "A-Ah! No... don't... don't be..." A bit of raw flesh lays on the floor. He tries not to look disgusted and doesn't give up.

Slowly, my eyes open the slightest, and I use my energy to make a small smile. "H-Hey... Saihara-chan..."

"Ouma! Ouma! You're alive! Listen, we can get out, the killing game will end, and we... we can be..." He trails off.

"...Together?" I ask.

"Y-Yeah..." he mutters.

"That would be... nice."

"I... Yeah, I bet it would."

We stay silent for a moment. That moment seemed to contain so much, though it was just the breathing of each other, the beating of our hearts in sync, listening to it like music. I let out a small sigh and then start to speak again.

"W-Well... I don't have a lot of time left." I look up at Shuichi's golden eyes. "S-Sorry..."

His eyes widen in surprise as he stares at me. "No! No way is that happening. I told you this already: I love you, Kokichi Ouma. You can't leave me!"

Those words hit me hard. I love you. How could anyone love someone like me? I hesitate before starting to speak again.

"But... you need to make sacrifices. I wanted to live too. I wanted to get out with you all."

"Then... Then why can't you?" Shuichi asks, cheeks growing warm as tears start to fall on top of me. "Why did you kill her? Why did you kill Tsumugi?!"

"I killed her..." As I speak, I hold Saihara's hand close to my cheek, and continue. "...for you."

"For... me?"

"Hey, but it all worked out in the end, didn't it? I was only meant to be with you for a short while."

"B-But...you..."

"Just promise me one thing."

"Anything."

"Go. Do what I couldn't. I... Even if I don't get out, dying knowing you got out is enough. Even..." Even if it's the last lie I have to believe. "I'm sorry...

"I'm sorry I lied so much."

"I'm sorry I wasn't nicer."

"I'm sorry I teased Kiibo."

"I'm sorry I was mean to Kaito."