Misguided ( discontinued) (reposted)

Friends

I lied, there is not hope for my sleep schedule so we'll just deal with my one braincell writing a story by itself! ahhhhhh

God I hope this is better than the mess that is chapter 10 🤮

Also, quick note! I'm going to start working a lot more on my cosplays so I apologize if chapters get out slower! Hey, it gives me a bit to think about what to right though, right? Aha ☺️ 

Short chapter!

(Kokichi Pov)

Shuichi ended up staying for another hour- nothing too special. We all actually had a pretty good time, and all four of us enjoyed the small conversation.

Later on, papa drove Shuichi back to the school so he could get his car and go home.

It was around 12:30 when they left, so it's definitely late- I hope his guardian won't be upset with him! I'm sure they won't if he explains everything. Honestly, I'm just really happy that I made a friend today.

I can sometimes find it difficult to make friends with people, I'm just so painfully awkward at first that it sometimes makes the other person uncomfortable or just feel pure pity and try to ignore me.

It's a shame really, I would love to have more friends. I'd like to say the longer I know someone, the safer I feel! I had a friend in elementary school once, but she moved away one year.

We were really close, and dad told me I was always really happy around the time I was with her. I have a lot of happy memories with her, it's kinda funny how I remember so much of it. When we were still too young to read long books, the teachers would still let the younger kids into the school library-

We were allowed to look at any book as long as they were appropriate for our age. Me and my friend didn't know how to completely read, so we would have challenges to see who could find the book with the prettiest cover! We would usually let another random student be the judge of who wins.

Whoever lost the contest had to go dig around in a bunch of rocks and find a cool rock to give to the winner, sorta like a prize for having a sharp eye in book covers. It all seems a bit silly looking back at it, but we were enjoying ourselves and that's all that mattered.

I'm hoping to be really good friends with shuichi too, and Maki seems not that bad- she was totally open to helping me help him, so maybe we could talk sometime? Maki and Shuichi seem kinda close, so it would be cool if he introduced me to her.

I'll say it again but she's really cool and I wanna know more about her.

It'll be nice coming to school and talking to people! After I help Shuichi with this Kaede situation too, we can just be normal friends without anybody having to worry about the situation. The less stress the better, honestly.

Dad already went to bed, and papa is asleep on the couch. I should go to sleep too, I'm exhausted. Smiling, I stand up and quietly make my way to my room, making sure to not wake up my parents. I collapse onto my bed, and I fall into slumber.

(Shuichi pov)

It's dark outside, and I hate driving in the dark. Headlights are a thing that I'm using of course, but it doesn't distract me from how dark everything is. Like, if the lights just suddenly went out it would be absolutely terrifying and then I'd most likely crash the car because I'm still not the best driver out there!!

Ugh, I need to stop thinking about the worst possible outcome. The radio is quietly playing music on a random station- It's just white noise at this point. I can't wait to get back home and sleep. It's been a long day.

Of course getting the life extracted from me by Rantaro sucked all my energy away, but now I actually have someone who wants to help me. Any support means the world to me right now, so I'm stoked!

I try not to think too much about everything on the way home. I usually overthink things and zone out, and zoning out on the road isn't the most safe thing. A few minutes later, I find myself pulling in- I'm home.

I pick up all my things, leave my car, and I head inside. It's really dark inside. I feel my way down the wall until I finally find the lightswitch! I turn on the kitchen light, and I put my keys and bag away.

I just want to go to sleep, and I don't need my uncle seeing the... nice state of my face right now. I lay down on my bed, and I try my best to fall asleep. I find that when I think to myself when trying to sleep, I sometimes just fall asleep without warning!

I close my eyes and think about everything that happened today. The fight, getting 'kidnapped' by Oma's family, and making a new friend with Oma. His parents are cool too, I really enjoyed talking to them! I can't help but think about Kaede.

I tend to find when I try to sleep I can't sleep without thinking about Kaede at least once. She always just pops into my head sometimes no matter how much I don't want to think about her. It's just quite annoying, because I want to forget about that bitch for at least 6 hours, even if I'm just winding down or unconscious.

Oh well. I can feel my mind starting to drift off, and I slowly fall asleep.