THIS IS SO GOOD. FAWKKKK I NEED THIS SO BAD ?????
These two polar opposites meet as classmates during some of the most immature years of their lives, and suddenly, they have this purpose to engage with each other. The game of cat and mouse started on day one. Kokichi finds Kaito so boring and predictable, and yet it's interesting enough to keep going back to, to keep provoking, someone who, despite how badly Kokichi acts, will always keep chasing after him. Kaito finds Kokichi to be a nuisance, someone who is always doing what he perceives as wrong. But Kaito doesn't give up on anything or anyone, even if his empathy for Kokichi comes secondary to his anger, he's still looking for a presence of good. And there begins their denial of what they mean to each other. It's not that nobody likes Kokichi, because in a world where there isn't a killing game, he's just annoying and occasionally antagonistic. But he's always surprising Kaito by making him laugh. Genuinely and fully. They challenge each other, and feel challenged by each other. Kokichi will call Kaito stupid any day but he knows that Kaito is smart. And Kaito comes to realize how intelligent Kokichi truly is behind all of his stories.
When they finally start to meet in the middle and understand each other, something of a partnership grows. It's a slow process, but bit by bit they have to admit to themselves that they're friends.
Sometimes they have these long, subdued talks. They get to see this quieter side of each other. And it's nice. It's comfortable. Too nice for Kokichi who realizes that there are only two ways this can end, and the nicer option feels near impossible. So he starts to speed up the destruction of their relationship. He's mean and underhanded and everything that he knows Kaito hates. But there's nothing he can do about how suspicious it all looks. Kaito knows that something is off. This isn't Kokichi having fun.
This all comes to a head one day, in front of the whole class. Most of the class had no idea that the two were so close at all. When Kokichi runs, shouting back what he thinks is one last deterrent, Kaito's friends tell him not to pursue it. But of course, he's going to. He loves and trusts Maki and Shuichi, but he has a gut feeling that something is wrong. More than a gut feeling, really, just something that he knows.
He chases Kokichi, the way everything all began, and finally catches up to him. He's still frantic, trying anything to get Kaito to just let it go, but he doesn't give up. On the rooftop of Hopes Peak, two boys have to face what they mean to each other.
I dunno if this makes any sense haha but I'm really hungover and this is all I could think about.