Kokichi is tired, and Shuichi is tired of Kokichi's whining.

A/N: Non-Despair au!

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Both Kokichi and Shuichi were currently lost in a forest, almost lost, they may or may not be going the right way. You might be asking, how did they get in this situation? Well, the only answer to that is Gonta.

While the man in question is generally innocent, he tends to always be and this situation is no exception to that rule, but he is behind the current barrage of complaints Shuichi has currently been subjected to. It's not that he doesn't enjoy his boyfriend's company, he loves it, except when he whines, at first it's not a problem at first but after a while, it gets annoying like anything else if it goes on too long.

"I'm tiiirrreeeddddd Shuichi! So tired!" He can only sigh as the shorter of the two trails behind him, crossing his arms as he slouches down, feeling his eyes twitch. 

"Can't we rest?"

"Not until we leave the forest,"

"But I'm too tired to keep walking, and-"

"Fine. Fine fine fine fine," He suddenly stopped walking, Kokichi bumped into the back of him. He glanced up at him, watching him as he crouched down and glanced back at him. "Here," Kokichi raised a brow at him. "Get on my back," That didn't satiate Kokichi's curiosity.

"What do you think? I'll give you a piggyback ride if it means we'll get there faster,"

Kokichi had a wry grin on his face as he stared at him, covering part of his mouth with his finger like usual. "So I don't have to walk?"

"Yep,"

"So all I have to do is climb you like a tree, huh?"

"W-well when you put it like that it sounds bad!" His face grew hot as he stuttered out his response. Kokichi hooked his arms around the dark blue-haired boy's neck. On instinct, he wrapped his arms around Kokichi's legs and pulled him up, with a slight jolt. Kokichi let out a loud laugh as he tightened his grip on him

"Nishishi... Your expression makes it seem like you do!" He swings his legs back and forth with a bright grin and Shuichi almost loses his balance. "Well I don't care if that's what you want, after all, I'm going to do what I want which is to either rest or sleep!"

The trek through the forest carries on like that, Kokichi occasionally throwing him off balance and him having to stop to take a rest because despite how many push-ups he might do with Maki and Kaito he isn't the strongest and god is he starting to wish he took it more seriously, especially now. 

During their trek back Kokichiended up leaning all of his weight onto him soon enough, leaning into the crook of his neck, his breath ghost against his neck. Shuichi shivered but kept on trying to carry him as if it was nothing, silently noting to himself that Kokichi had fallen asleep, he tightened his grip and carried on now more determined to get back to the grounds they entered from.

Which eventually they did, the trickster sleeping the whole way through it, ducking through a few branches that eventually nicked him he managed to find his way out of the forest and into the light of the sun. He took a deep breath inhaling tons of fresh air. Oh, how he missed the sunlight desperately.

"Ah! There you two are!" That sounded like Keebo's voice.

 Shuichi felt Kokichi stir a bit, tightening his grip on him and shifting his head to lay on his shoulder. The detective only nodded, quickening his pace. "Yeah, sorry guys! We got a little lost!" They looked around to see no one else but Miu there had everyone else... Left? Or were they still lost?

"I'm glad your okay Shuichi and Kokichi! I thought you had gotten lost as everyone else had." Shuichi let out a sigh of relief, not at that everyone but Miu and Keebo was lost, but that he knew what had happened to them. He glanced back at Kokichi who was starting to wake up from his little nap, letting out a small yawn as his eyes flickered shut again. He should probably get him to the car so he can rest while he goes to go find the others, Rantaro should be fine knowing him but Himiko and possibly Kaito if he heard a sound that sounded vaguely like a ghost were the ones he worried for. 

As Keebo was walking towards them, he stopped in his tracks, pausing with a falter, it made Shuichi stop as he watched concern furrow in the robot's brows. "Are you two... Okay? You look slightly disheveled,"

Shuichi looked over himself and partly of Kokichi and shrugged with an awkward smile. "It's nothing really, it's the forest what do you expect?" He lightly chuckled at the end of his sentence. 

"Oh, I know what happened!" Miu suddenly piped up, deciding to join their conversation. 

"Feel free to enlighten us then Miu," Keebo hums with a smile.

"They fucked like rabbits! At least until that liar got tired and had to carry him all the way over here. That's why they're disheveled like that."

"No! It's not like that!" Shuichi retorted, his face furiously blushing, "Shut the fuck up you donkey-lipped cum dumpster!" Kokichi shouted with new vigor, since when did he wake up?

"C... Cum dumpster?"

"Heeeeeeeeeeeee! Oh, you wish you could see me like that you crotch goblin!"

"Ugh, I think I'm getting sick along with even more tired too, c'mon beloved, let's get out of here," Shuichi knelt down a bit so Kokichi could dismount off his back but he didn't budge, hed nudged him and Kokichi just tightened his grip.

"I thought we agreed you'd get off of me once we got out of the forest,"

"Mmmmm, no. I'm tired, you're my own personal horsey today. So giddy up! To the dorms horsey!" Then, he tacted on: "The car works too, though,"

"I'm not your personal transportation,"

"C'mmooooooonnnnn don't lie Shumai, you know I don't like liars. You bring me everywhere, don't lie, you know I hate liars,"

"Yeah because your feet can't reach the pedals,"

"They can, I'm not as short as people say I am, believe it or not, they just draw me short,"

"Who draws you short?"

"Oh, nothing! It was a lie! Now giddy up horsey!" With a smile, he rolled his eyes and got started walking.