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The moment Kokichi Oma woke up, he knew something was off.

Hmm? What could be causing this weird feeling?

Perhaps an annoying little organization was trying to assassinate him again! Wow how fun!

Well, he never got this kind of feeling of something as petty as assassination attempts thought. Oh! Then this must be the day he finally convinces Shumai to join D.I.C.E. Nishishi~ how sweet would it be.

Smiling to himself Kokichi made his way to dining hall.

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The first thing Shuichi thought upon entering the dining hall was:

Why is Kokichi carrying such a huge mountain of food?

It would be normal to see Akane-senpai or Kaito to carry the whole kitchen to their tables but it certainly wasn't normal for Kokichi.

Usually all Kokichi eats, or rather drinks, the whole day is grape panta and few snacks that D.I.C.E. members make him eat forcefu-

The sound of a shattering plate cutted through the detectives train of thoughts. Looking around Shuichi realized Kokichi had dropped a plate of green salad and before more plates could hit the ground, the detective rushed to hold them in place.

"Shumai! You passed the test!"

"h-huh?"

"Nishishi~ I wanted to see if you would rush to help me and you did! As expected of my beloved!"

Blushing at the nickname "That's so rare for you to eat that much. Are you perhaps carrying someone else's plate too?" Shuichi said placing the meals on the table.

"WAHHHHHH!" Starting to cry instantly "Is Saihara-chan calling me fat?!? THAT'S SO MEAN!"

"w-wait that's not what I-"

"Nishishi~ I'm just joking" said Kokichi, his crocodile tears drying in a second.

Before Shuichi could find time to get offended,

"Want to join me to eat?" asked Kokichi.

Shuichi would have refused if it was coming from someone else, after all he originally had plans to discuss about a case with Kirigiri-senpai this morning (which was rare chance since the other detective was always busy.)

But.. how could he refuse the sweet boy he has been crushing on since the first day of school?

"Sure, I can." said Shuichi and sat down next to Kokichi. not forgetting to text Kirigiri-senpai a short text of apology.

Then he realized Kokichi had perfectly avoided his original question.

"Oh! by the way you haven't answered my question earlier. " pointed out the detective.

"Hmm I guess I have to answer it now huh. Well, actually I haven't eaten anything through the week! All because of a rare poison! if I eat anything it will instantly kill me! How cruel rightt? Thankfully I took the antidote today. So I am starving right now!"

"That's a lie isn't it Kokichi. I saw you drinking a panta at the class yesterday."

Putting his finger on his lips, "Nishshishi~ you catched me! But now I know you really were watching me on the class! How scandalous~ Couldn't get enough of my pretty face?" said Kokichi.

Shuichi was the reddest person on earth as he tried to explain himself.

"wha- no! yes! wai- I was just-" he gave a long sigh, giving up on talking while covering his red face with his hands.

"Oh man! That lie was totally worth it! Who knew my beloved could get this red nishishi~"

As the detective kept blushing a certain green haired classmate of them sat on the chair opposite of Kokichi.

"Good morning Kokichi." said Rantaro smiling.

"Look at that Shumai! The great avacado finally graces us with his presence!"

"I know I am late bu- hmmm?" Rantaro cutted his words to lean over the table and sniffed the air? What was he doing?

"Kokichi did you put on a perfume? You smell kinda sweet."

Curious about Rantaro's words Shuichi also leand closer and sniffed.

"Ah! Rantaro's right you do smell swetter." A bit surprised since he didn't notice it earlier.

"Really?" asked Kokichi also trying to catch the smell.

"That's weird. I don't bother with perfumes and such. Maybe it's because I bumped to bitchlet on the way here. Ughhh seriously, like she can seduce Kiiboy with those pheromone bombs." said Kokichi, grinning.

"Hmmm. Ah, good morning to you too Rantaro" said Shuichi not wanting to ignore the other boys greeting.

As they were chatting on Kokichi was gobbling up all the food which also made Rantaro curious.

"That's rare of you Kokichi I thought I would have to force you to eat this morning too."

"Ughh is everyone counting how much I eat? Well, I don't know too I am just wayyy too hungry today."

"I guess my efforts weren't fruitless huh. To think I would see a day you willingly eat." said Rantaro wiping an imaginary tear off his eye.

They kept talking until the breakfast brake was over. Saying their goodbyes, all parted to go their research labs. And came the next day.