🎲 *cracks knuckles* alright, let's do this
surprisingly enough, having an eldritch being for a boyfriend doesn't change things...much.
actually, Kokichi still isn't sure Shuichi isn't just doing a very committed bit to mess with him but there are a few points of evidence pointing to the eldritch thing.
the dark tendrils keeping him trapped in bed for one.
the soft guttural chittering emitting from a slumbering Saihara was another.
it's not from the other's tongue or teeth, somehow, the other sleeps with his mouth closed, lips not even parting, which was honestly the most unnerving part about this because who doesn't at least– he's getting distracted.
the purring, if it can even be called that, was coming from Shuichi's chest, where his heartbeat should be.
what the hell? if Kokichi wasn't so concerned about waking the other up – what kind of boyfriend would he be? eldritch or not, his Shumai didn't sleep for two days! – he'd have laughed at the absurdity of it.
don't get him wrong, it was soothing, very much so, but did Shuichi have a heart? pressing up against his chest to try and find a beat of it was difficult however.
"you won't find it like that." comes the sleepy murmur and the dark tendrils curl around his skin a little tighter, reminding him of their presence.
"is my Shumai well and truly heartless then?"
"mm, yes. my heart is with you." aw.
"Shumai, please don't tell me i actually have your heart."
SDGEHJEDA sorry kokichi the man(?) is dedicated to you enough to have given you his heart, literally.