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𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 ,

𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘪 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸?

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘵. 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮, 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘪 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦.

𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺, 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵, 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪? 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥, 𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦? 𝘐’𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

𝘐𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘪 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘪 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘢𝘦𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵.

𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺? 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.

𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺.

Shuichi glanced down at the body the note had been messily laid next to, the pencil not far. He felt a smile on his face through his tears as he bent down and pulled out his phone, dialing 911.

He pulled the limp and cooling body close, not caring about the blood he got on himself. It was Kokichis after all.

“Of course I’ll marry you, you stupid idiot. Love you too.”

He shook violently, trembling to the point he was weak as tears poured from his eyes, his nose burning as he gripped the body closer. He wished it could hug him back, but he knew it never would.
He sobbed into the soft hair, holding the phone to his mouth and ear, trying to form coherent sentences in the mess that his brain was and say them without choking on his own sobs.

He wasn't excited about the fact he’d be the one doing the investigation, and he knew somewhere that Kokichi was cackling at him because of the extra paperwork. Kokichi was somewhere out there, and Shuichi made a resolve to find him as quickly as he could.