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Mmm...not necessarily. I don't think every square has to be completely and concretely different from another. There seems to be room for overlap.

[He shifts to face Kaede a little better before continuing with his explanation.]

For example...something like gore would probably be considered edgeplay, right? And those are both squares, Oma-kun even has both on the same card. I think altered state of consciousness and drugs and alcohol are a similar sort of situation. Being drunk is technically an altered state of consciousness, but so is being really sleepy or hypnotized. That dream we shared probably qualifies as well, since our perception was so warped that we may as well have been different people. [A beat.] Actually...there may be a way to know that for sure. Oma-kun has altered state of consciousness as well...

[He taps his lower lip thoughtfully. He'll have to ask Kokichi about that later, just to see if he's understanding this square correctly. Since there's not a handy list of examples or anything.]

So we could do something in the VR if we wanted to, but it shouldn't be a necessity.

Hmm... Iruma-san would probably know better than any of us.

[She hums. It's times like this where she kind of misses Miu? Maybe not everything Miu's ever said or done, but. You know.

Kaede absently runs her thumb over Shuichi's hand as he faces her, just a kind of idle movement while she thinks about it. Right, if they just think about all this stuff logically, there's no need to be embarrassed!!]

Rubbing is really easy at least.

[--Except if it's teasing Shuichi, it's fine to be a little embarrassing.]

[Yes, thinking about all this logically makes it so much easier. It's the reason why Shuichi has managed to explain as much as he has without stuttering or blushing. It's also probably why strategizing is fun for him. He's not really thinking about the actual actions that go along with each square. He's simply rotating pieces to fit them together. They're just words on a projection that only vaguely mean something embarrassing.]

[Then Kaede had to go and shatter the illusion by teasing him. His cheeks flush and he stares down at their joined hands]

M-mm...yeah. That one...is pretty straightforward.

[Thanks, Kaede, now he's actually thinking about what the words on those squares actually mean again.]

[She giggles at him. She can't help it? He's just. so cute. At least she leans in and gives him a kiss for his trouble. Even as she's giggling at him.]

So which ones of ours can we pair together pretty easily? Most of them seem like they could go with multiple ones, right? Like, um... blindfolds and writing. I could write you a secret message, and you could try to figure it out!

[That sounds like the kind of nerdy thing you'd like, right, Shuichi?]

Erm...how exactly would that be arousing?

[Kaede, you're forgetting the key requirement here. Somebody has to be turned on for it to count.]

You don't think a puzzle would be sexy if I wrote it on you?

[Huh.]

Oh! What if I used my tongue?

[Temporary AND it uses her mouth. That would make it an even trickier puzzle.]

.....

[Apparently, no, he doesn't really think a puzzle would be sexy if she wrote it on him. Not that he ever actually gets a chance to voice this, because before he can think of how to put it, she mentions her tongue.]

[And that...yeah, that might actually be arousing.]

Mmnn... [He's still not so sure about the puzzle part because he might focus too much on that and...not actually be aroused. He can all too easily see that happening. But she is kind of on the right track...blindfolds and writing would go well together, if it you're writing on bare skin.] Oh! Wait, didn't that gift basket they gave you to compensate for the tree glitches have chocolate body paint in it?

[You didn't just...eat that, did you?]

If we used that, then maybe it would mark food off in addition to writing and blindfolds.

[It won't. But. You know, in theory, it satisfies the requirements of all three. If they were on their second cards, it would work.]

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Oh! Maybe!

[She didn't eat everything in the basket, gosh. Just some of it.]

I could compose a symphony in chocolate!!

[Wait. Then she'd just want to play it and not eat it. Also it would probably take too long to compose a whole song. Hmm... maybe not a good idea.]

Unless... you wanted to write on me? It doesn't matter who does it, as long as one of us gets, um, aroused, right?

Um...that's something I haven't been able to figure out yet, since...virginity and rough sex were the same square for both of us and we were...obviously both aroused.

[So it was impossible to tell, really, what the exact conditions were. Does it have to be the person who has that square? Or will it count if only one of them is? He doesn't know.]

But the first time... [His cheeks darken and, once again, he has trouble meeting Kaede's eye.] were you...?

[Aroused? He honestly had no way of telling. He knows he was, for sure. But if she wasn't then clearly the answer is "only one person has to be aroused for it to count for both participants".]

You couldn't tell...?

[She thought it was obvious, but... maybe not. That's kind of a relief, really, even as her free hand comes up to brush against his cheek, trying to catch his attention again.]

U-umm... yeah. I was.

[Crap, now she's flushing. Maybe he had the right idea, looking away?]

I guess it can be hard to tell with girls, even for a detective, huh...?

[No obvious boners to get in the way.]

[He shakes his head, still keeping his eyes fixed on their hands. Nope. he couldn't tell. He was still a completely clueless virgin at that point, he wasn't exactly sure what to look for. He could tell she was enjoying it, yes, but...not if she was enjoying it.]

Y-yeah, kinda. [He's a little easier to tell now that he knows what signs to look for beyond "girls get wet down there". But he still can't always tell immediately. Girls a tricky. Much easier for them to hide or even fake arousal, compared to boys.] Well...then I'm still not completely sure what the conditions are.

[He knows that Kokichi didn't enjoy having his guro square filled, but that doesn't necessarily mean he wasn't physically aroused while it happened. The other guy WAS fucking him while also chopping his limbs off, so... Eugh, no he doesn't want to think about that. That's still so messed up. He shakes his head a little, as if to clear it and looks back up.]

But, um...the whole point of body paint is to eventually lick it off, so...if you want to write on me, that's fine.

[Since he knows you like sweets more than he does.]

Dunno.

[She hums, but, well, anything they'd do together hopefully gets both of them aroused, so... it shouldn't come up, she's pretty sure?]

Alright! I'll have to think about what to write... Oh, but we don't have to do that right now. And, um...

[While they're on the subject of trying to do multiple squares at once,]

We could... probably do the, um, the oral square too. If you wanted.

[She'd be licking him anyway so like?? It's fine.]

U-uhm... guess we could...try and knock out four at once.

[You'd think a guy would be super excited and jump right on that offer to have his dick sucked. Shuichi, on the other hand, looks uncertain.]

But...if that's the case, then I...wanttobetheonewriting.

[The words come out in an embarrassed rush. Small victory though, he manages to keep himself from trailing off into a mumble this time. Maybe the next time he tries to tell her what he likes, he'll be able to speak 100% clearly. Third time's the charm, right?]

Eh?

[She did kind of think a guy would be excited about that, even as embarrassing as it is. That's just what guys are like, isn't it...? But then he looks uncertain, and she opens her mouth to tell him she was just joking and not to worry about it.

She closes her mouth without saying anything at all at his rush of words, though, eyes going wide as a flush slowly suffuses her cheeks. He wants to... oh. Oh. She kind of wants to press both hands to her cheeks, but she only has one free hand, so one hand to her cheek it is. Kind of a silly-looking effect, but. So it goes.]

Oh... really?

[She doesn't sound doubtful, just surprised and a little embarrassed. She didn't know that was something he'd want to do...?]

I-I mean... we could always split it up and do that on its own, too. Um... if you wanted. I mean, obviously I wouldn't mind, but--

[She's rambling, jeez.]

I-I just mean, we don't have to do it at the same time as writing! If you wanted to, um, do that...

[It really does look silly. Like she's a southern belle with a case of the vapors or something. Oh my stars.]

[He nods mutely. Yes, really. He hasn't just been reading novels when he holes himself up in the library for hours at a time. Plenty of that time has been devoted to research, as well. And, to him, the idea of going down on Kaede is more appealing (and less embarrassing) than having her suck him off.]

[Not that he'd say no to that, if she really wanted to. Of course he'd enjoy that too, but... In a situation like this, where things are a little less mutual...where one is giving and the other receiving...he'd rather be the former.]

L-later, then. I do think it's a good idea to try and do at least two at a time, but...I don't think we should...force it either. You know what I mean? [Do squares that go together, sure, but don't add stuff on just for the sake of adding it on.] It's not a race, even if we have to play more seriously to support Oma-kun. We can still do things at our own pace.

Y-yeah... you're right.

[Hey, boyfriend? You're getting another kiss. Just because. She holds it for a few seconds, dropping her hand from her cheek to hold his other hand. Because he's cute and she loves him.]

So... is there anything else you, um, wanted to talk about trying? Whether it's on the card or not, I mean... stuff you wanted to do together, even if it's not right now.

Um... [Well there's the whole moving in together suggestion she made yesterday. That's something else they didn't really adequately cover. They didn't even ask Kokichi if he'd want to do it. But...does he want to bring that up right this second?]

[That's still just...such a huge step, even with as much time as Kaede spends in his room.]

[So he shakes his head.]

No, that was all.

[She hums quietly and leans in, wrapping her arms around him for a hug and nuzzling her nose against his cheek affectionately. Maybe that's a lot to ask, having him admit he wants to... eat her out, on top of the other stuff they'd talked about. Yeah, she won't push him to keep talking about the cards. They're at a good point to start.]

Um... have you thought about what I said yesterday? [she asks finally, keeping her nose pressed against his cheek.] About... getting a place together? Even if it's just the two of us, we could still put the extra money aside for Oma-kun.

[...crap.]

[She must really be set on it, to bring it up again so soon. And the fact that this time she didn't open with "maybe the three of us could get a place together" makes him think that, maybe, it wasn't helping Kokichi that had prompted this. She must just be ready to take that step already.]

[Which...isn't all that surprising, really. Kaede isn't exactly a model of patience. She doesn't dip her toes in the pool, she just dives right in.]

Mmm...not much. I thought about it a little bit while I was waiting for the two of you to finish talking, but after that...

[After that things got Busy and he hadn't spared it a second thought. He nuzzles her nose a little with his cheek.]

I'm guessing you have though, huh?

[Kaede "leaping in with both feet" Akamatsu at it again.

And maybe it is a big step -- or it would be, normally. If they were at home, and things were normal, she wouldn't even dream of it. They're still high school students, after all! But they're dead, or narrowly-saved, or something, and there just doesn't seem a reason to hesitate. Not when they've gone so far together already.

She hums quietly, pressing her lips briefly to his cheek.]

Mmm... yeah. We could have more space, and some places have kitchens, and Oma-kun could come hang out with us more easily... if we're really going to be here for a long time, we really should get a place with at least more than one room, don't you think?

Of course...I didn't think we'd stay in these cabins forever. [Especially not Kaede, given her spending habits. At the very least, she needs somewhere with a bigger closet.] I just...didn't think we'd be discussing the possibility so soon.

[Of course he didn't. Because if left to his own devices, Shuichi moves at the pace of a half frozen snail.]

[Wow you like her cute clothes, Mister Detective.]

Is it too soon?

[She pulls back just enough to meet his eyes, lips curving into a concerned frown.]

Um...sort of. Though I suppose the reality of the situation is...that it's really not, considering...everything else we've done together already.

[They've had sex how many times now?]

It just...seems like it is.

Mmm...

[She hums quietly, pressing her lips to his cheek again for another gentle kiss.]

If you think it's too soon, we don't have to. But you have to promise you'll think about it, okay?

[Not much... would change... with how often she stays over already.]

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