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Gonta and Ryoma have been friends for a few months now.
They met at the beginning of the school year, and have been inseparable ever since. At first, Ryoma was hesitant. In fact, they both were. Ryoma didn’t think he deserved to have ‘friends’, and Gonta was worried that he’d have his head bashed in if he kept pushing and pushing.
But they still ended up becoming friends, anyway.
One thing that Ryoma seemed to notice was the jewellery that Gonta wore.
Gonta always wore a golden bracelet and necklace. And occasionally golden earrings too. Now he knew that Gontas family was wealthy. It’s very well known. I mean, the Gokuharas are in direct relation to the Togamis. Of course he knew. Everyone’s grandmas cousin would know. But Gonta didn’t seem like.. a jewellery person. Especially given his stereotypical views on how a gentleman looks. And Ryoma doesn’t think that gentlemen wear golden jewellery.. he’s at least 53% sure.
So one day, while himself and Gonta were just hanging out in Gontas dorm, he decided to ask about them.
“Say, Gokuhara. I’ve been meaning to talk to you about something.” Ryoma spoke, looking up at Gonta as he fiddled with his hat.
Gonta immediately glanced over at Ryoma. Putting down the stick bug in which he was once having a full blown conversation with “Yes, Ryoma? Everything okay?”.
“Yeah, yeah- everything’s fine. It’s just.. I gotta ask, what’s with the jewellery?”
Gonta tilted his head “What Ryoma mean?” he questioned.
“Well, I’ve noticed that you never take them off. Not even when we go to the beach. ‘S just confusing. Especially given your whole ‘looking like a gentleman’ demeanour. I’m not really educated on how gentlemen look, but I don’t think they wear jewellery at all.” Ryoma shrugged. He’s not even sure if what he’s saying makes sense.
Ryoma noticed how Gonta immediately went quiet. Usually, when Gonta got asked a question, he managed to respond straight away. But this time he didn’t. It took around 30 whole seconds to respond. He let out a small sigh as he responded with a sad tone in his voice.
“It just.. remind Gonta of forest family. Once Gonta come back to human family, jewellery the only thing they let him keep. Gontas forest family has loads of jewellery, it was part of forest families culture! They special to Gonta.. mean a lot to him.”
Ryoma nods. That checks out.
…
Wait a sec.
“Wolves have jewellery? How do they even.. find it- or make it?” Gonta went pale. He began to nervously bounce his leg up and down, eyes darting around the room.
“U-Uhh...Well-..” Gonta thought for a moment. Could he trust Ryoma, a close friend, with the biggest secret of his life? Not even Kokichi, his ‘best friend’ , knows. Yet.. knowing Kokichi, he would use that against Gonta in one way or another.
But.. he felt as though he could trust Ryoma. He’s kind and relatively chill. He’d never go around telling people Gontas secret.. Gonta knows that for a fact.
He let out a long, deep sigh. Looking back over at Ryoma, refusing to make eye contact. Instead just staring at the horns on his hat.
“Gonta not been.. entirely honest with Ryoma. Or anyone else, for that matter..” Ryoma raised an eyebrow. Staying quiet, allowing Gonta to continue.
“So, uhm.. Gonta not actually raised be wolves. He raised by dinosaur people.. called ‘Reptites’.”
“…..Huh. Well I guess that makes sense.”
“…Wait- Ryoma actually believes Gonta?” Gonta seemed shocked. The Reptites specifically told him not to tell anybody about their existence for two reasons. One, because they can’t know about their existence. And two, if Gonta were to tell a human about their existence, the chances of them believing that Gonta was literally insane were high. And they didn’t want Gonta to be seen as a psycho.
“Mhm.” Ryoma simply responded. “I know you’re not one to lie. Plus, it might be able to explain the random symbols you draw in your notebook.”
Oh right.. The language that Reptites spoke. Wingdings. That language consisted of a large amount of random symbols meaning different letters. Despite Gonta knowing how to write in Japanese, he prefers to write in Wingdings while taking notes in class. It’s just.. easier for him to understand.
“Ah yes.. it reptite language.. Wingdings.”
Ryoma hummed. “Sounds cool.” Gonta nodded.
“So.. the jewellery is from the ‘reptites’, yeah?” Gonta nodded “And you don’t like taking said jewellery off because it’s the only thing you got left of them?” Another nod. “Hm.. alright then.”
While Ryoma was happy that he got his answer, Gonta felt.. beyond happy. He finally told someone about his secret, and he didn’t get judged! Or seen as crazy-! He felt relived. Like a weight had just been lifted off of his shoulders.
Gontas soon found himself staring at Ryomas neck. There lays a white, pearly necklace. When Gonta asked about it, Ryoma said that he couldn’t really say.. not yet, anyways. Which was fine.
Gonta just hopes that one day, Ryoma would feel happy enough to tell him the backstory behind that beautiful, pearly necklace. Just like how Gonta told Ryoma about the backstory behind his own necklace (And bracelet.. and Earrings).
Gonta will wait, though. He’d like Ryoma to be comfortable enough to share the story. So he won’t push him.
And Ryoma will wait for the day that Gonta might just be comfortable enough to tell the others about his secret. Maybe he won’t, maybe he will. Only time will tell.
But they just hoped.. for each others sake.
Maybe one day.
(THIS WAS SO RUSHED IM SORRY BUT LIKE WAH.)