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Usually he was never entranced by eyes of any sort. Today, however, the golden eyes intrigued Kokichi Ouma.
He had to get in closer.
Taking one last shot (of water, stay PG guys) for confidence, Kokichi decides to shoot his shot with the mysterious individual. After all, that’s what he came here to do. Forget. Forgive, if he’s feeling lucky. Move on.
Past… him…
That wasn’t important!
Now that Kokichi was getting a closer look, the specimen wore no clothes at all. Which Kokichi was fine with. It’s the twenty-first century, people have got to be more open-minded about the constraints of clothing anyway. The second thing Kokichi noticed was that… well…
It was a fish.
“Blub bub blub blubby blub blubo lubb,” he said, once seeing Kokichi approaching at rapid speeds. And oh, that voice . Had to be one that didn’t walk the mortal realm, for Kokichi was instantly mesmerized. Blinking with both eyes at separate intervals, he continued. “Lub blub blubbb blupo.”
Oh.
Kokichi smirked. “Well, you certainly know your way with words, hm? As for your offer…” taking the fish off guard, he stepped behind him with one leg while grabbing a fin with his left hand and twirled him around slowly. The fish landed in Kokichi’s arms with a slight redness creeping onto his face. “How about I sweep you off your feet? But first, how about a name?”
“Bub.”
“Bob,” Kokichi repeated. “Beautiful.”
With a swift motion, Bob couldn’t take the tension anymore and shocked Kokichi by jumping forward for a kiss.
Their mouths met and for a second, Kokichi could swear he could hear fireworks. The perfect chapness of his lips, the slippery feeling of losing it all only to reign it back thrilled him. It was all perfect, until-!
“K-Kokichi?”
He stopped, only to realize he recognized that voice.
“Shuichi,” Kokichi sneered, putting a protective arm over Bob. “What are you doing here?”
“Me?!” Shuichi Saihara was not one to be messed with, especially when angry, he could be the accumulation of a beach. “You. You’re the one here kissing f…fish!”
“You can’t take back what you did,” Kokichi said, breaking apart completely from Bob to stand on his own. He was no longer that afraid child, he was at least somewhat of a big boy now. “And after all we’ve been through too.”
“ We ?” Shuichi wheezed out, sounding like a pained whisper. He laughed, one that felt choking. “Looks like there is no we anymore.”
With this, Kokichi couldn’t take it anymore. “Let’s go, Bob.”
After leaving the sushi restaurant, Bob sat with Kokichi along the pavement. The air felt cool against his ears and seeing Bob’s face under the night sky almost made the whole situation better.
“Blub?” Bob asked, probably an act of consolation - one that was sincere.
Kokichi sniffed before continuing. “Oh, that was just my… my ex. We broke up yesterday, I thought that by meeting you, I would be able to… forget about him.”
“Bub blub blubo pup blub lbu-”
“No,” Kokichi interrupted, putting a finger to Bob’s lips. “I know what you’re going to say, just don’t. I was the wrong one here. I shouldn’t have used you like that, god.”
“Blu blub blublbuu blbuo blub.”
“Heh,” a mere pity laugh as Kokichi tried desperately to keep the tears from falling. “I suppose you always have my back that way.”
“Blub bulbubu.”
“Yeah, I know,” he let out a shaky breath, mixing with the night air. “It’s just… so dumb. We broke up, because - because he gave my Xbox a bath! And I just thought, out of all the unforgivable things he could have done, he chose that one? I couldn’t even cope!”
Bob laughed, a little like how Rook sounds on Refuge calls. “Blu blublub lbublu blublubl lbublblbu bluboubl. Blub blbuo blubob blbubobl blubob blbubol bubl, blublubol blbbulubob lbubluobo.”
“No! I don’t- I don’t miss him at all,” Kokichi exclaimed before humming back into his own thoughts. “Not his- his light laugh whenever he speaks passionately about something. Not his talking back or- or his constant solving of my lies. Nothing! I despise his smart and beautiful brain and his gorgeous golden eyes and-”
“Blub blubob blublbou blublo,” Bob interrupted before pointing to his own eyes.
A thought struck Kokichi. “Oh.”
“Blub blub.”
“Oh, you’re right,” Kokichi laughed. He didn’t know at what. Himself? This fish he was talking to? God? “You’re always right. I need to make it up to him.”
Kokichi stood up to walk away before looking back at Bob.
“I’m…I’m sorry for using you like that. That was my bad and I sea the consequences of my actions now,” Kokichi gave a smile back, ignoring the fact that his eyes were watery. “But, hey! One last kiss goodbye?”
“Blub.”
“Don’t worry,” Kokichi stated before leaning in. “There are always more fish in the sea.”