Friday rolled around and Kaede's party was after school today from 8 pm to 11 pm. Kokichi said he was excited but Shuichi could tell he was nervous. He gave him a hug before they left that morning.

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"Yo! Shuichi!" Rantaro said putting his arm around his shoulders cutting off Shuichi's thoughts. "You coming to the party tomorrow?" Shuichi turned to face him and looked over his shoulder for a moment to see Kokichi messing around with Keebo and Gonta. "Yeah, I'm coming with Kokichi." Rantaro's eyes widened slightly. "You got Kokichi to come to?" He asked sounding more surprised than Shuichi would have expected him to be. 

"Yeah...why does that surprise you so much?" Shuichi asked making Rantaro look over to Kokichi, Keebo, and Gonta. "Well, he doesn't really like any of us more than you so I guess it makes sense." Shuichi blushed at this statement before Rantaro continued. "I tried asking him but he declined and said he was busy, so I thought you were doing something with him." Shuichi turned back to Rantaro. "No, we didn't make any plans." "Oh, well I'm excited to see you both there. Please be good to him Shuichi," Rantaro said before walking away. 

"Treat him well?" Does Rantaro remember something I did before...Shuichi thought as he felt a shiver go through his spine. Anytime he tried to ask Kokichi about how he acted before he would avoid the question...Shuichi felt left out for not knowing...but he shrugged it off walking over to Kaede to tell her the news.

"Hey, Kaede." He waved over to her making her turn around to face him. "Hey, Shuichi! Have you made a decision?" Kaede asked smiling at him. "Yeah, me and Kokichi are going to be there," I said grabbing her shoulders making her calm down slightly. "Sorry, I'm just so excited to hang out with all of you guys!" She smiled and gave Shuichi a hug before she ran over to Rantaro and started sharing all the things he just said to her with him. He could see him roll his eyes and laugh a bit. Shuichi smiled to himself. 'Kaede will always be Kaede...' He thought to himself.

"Shu!" Kokichi yelled making Shuichi turn around with a blush on his face. Kokichi ran over to him and trampled him in a hug. "See I did it!" He yelled back to Keebo who just put his hand over his eyes. This made Kokichi laugh even harder. "Keebo asked you to hug me?" Shuichi questioned getting up to brush himself off. "Well, kind of." Kokichi said pinching his fingers together. "Oh? What do you mean by that?" Shuichi asked letting his arm go around Kokichi's waist. 

"It was more like I was telling him 'do you dare me to go and hug Shuichi' and he gave me a small nod so I did it. While he did technically ask me to hug you!" Kokichi said pulling him into a hug. Shuichi held onto his hips while Kokichi held onto his torso. They stayed there for a moment before the bell rang cutting the sweet moment short. "Damn that bell!" Kokichi yelled making me and some of the others start laughing.

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"Kokichi, I heard from Shuichi you had a change of heart and decided to come to the party after all~," Rantaro said patting his head making him jump before he playfully glared at him. "Well, I thought it would be good to get out of the-" "You are just going because Shuichi is going~," Rantaro said making Kokichi blush. 

"No! That's not it!" He waved his arms around getting flustered making Rantaro laugh. "It's cool Kokichi, I do that sometimes too." He said with a smile. "See you at the party Kokichi!" Rantaro yelled leaving the classroom.

School was already over? Kokichi was surprised by how fast today felt like it went by. He was so caught up in his own thoughts he didn't even notice Shuichi came up behind him. "Koki~," Shuichi whispered in his ear making him jump. 

"God Shuichi! Don't scare me like that!" He yelled pushing him away playfully. "Sorry, Koki, I was wondering if you were ready to go back home before the party." He said kissing him as an apology. "Yeah, thanks for coming to get me." He grabbed his hand and they walked back to their apartment. 

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"Ok, I'm all ready. Kokichi are you ready?" Shuichi yelled walking up the stairs to find Kokichi wearing a lavender sweater with some black skinny jeans with his scarf to top it all off. 

"Yeah, you ready Shu." Shuichi tried to hide his blush with his hand only to get it taken off by Kokichi. Kokichi leaned in and kissed him with a small giggle when Shuichi looked away embarrassed. "Let's go to the party!"

Shuichi walked with Kokichi down the stairs to his car. They both slid into the car and drove to Kaede's house. "Kokichi, are you nervous?" He asked feeling Kokichi's hand shaking in his as they pulled up to her house. "Yeah...but it's just because there are a lot of people here," Kokichi whispered. Shuichi kissed his cheek giving him a comforting smile before he walked with him into Kaede's house.

"Shuichi and Kokichi! You made it!" Kaede exclaimed rushing over to the door to give Shuichi and Kokichi a hug. "It's nice to see you Kaede," Shuichi said with a smile. "It's nice to see you guys too!" She yelled before she waved to us soon disappearing into the crowd. 

"Shuichi you can go and talk to some people, I'm going to grab a drink from the snack bar," Kokichi said pointing over to the table trying to give him a convincing smile. Kokichi felt guilty for keeping Shuichi to himself...telling a white lie isn't that bad right?

"Ok, are you sure?" He asked holding onto Kokichi's shoulder trying to read his expression. "Yeah," He said brushing his thumb over his cheek. "Alright, if you need me, come and find me ok." He said kissing Kokichi on his lips before leaving into the crowd.