Chrysanthemum (1)

Skipping to the present, everyone around Kaito was getting their desired, happily ever afters. As for him, well... He was just left behind, that's all.


On one cold November night, Shinichi walked across the vast roof with a letter in his hand. He reached the end and stood by the cool metal railing, watching the stars that Kaitou Kid was immensely admiring before he decided he wasn't one to appreciate the sky and handed the envelope over to the thief.

Sitting on the edge of the railings, Kaitou Kid's legs swung in the air and nonchalantly took the paper with ease. He skilfully whisked out the content and read, his eyes widened dramatically.

"Oh! Someone's getting laid soon!"

Shinichi smiled wryly in return.

Other than the appearance of who he was now, Shinichi gave Kaitou Kid a choice to either show as his true citizen-self, or disguise as someone unrelated to come to his wedding. The groom-to-be didn't want to cause any form of disturbance or distraction on his big day.

Of course Kuroba Kaito wouldn't appear as himself, what a stupid thing to even suggest. Besides, he'll probably create a bigger ruckus if he did, with his face so similar to the Detective of the East. But that was something he didn't intend to tell. Kaitou Kid effortlessly lifted himself up and stood on the railings, his figure towering over his rival.

Shinichi knew it was sign of departure. "So are you going to attend?"

"We'll see."

Kaitou Kid gracefully bowed and swiftly slipped the invitation into one of the dozen hidden pockets in his suit. He gave a casual salute, tipped back and let himself fall. In mere seconds, his fluttering cape turned into white wings that glided him through the night.

.o.

Kuroba Kaito came to the wedding, not as promise, but out of curiosity. He donned an appearance of Shinichi's distant friend, one who coincidentally had a stomach flu that day. He blended in perfectly, though there were times he had to pretend to leave for a toilet break just to get away from those thirsty single ladies. Maybe it was a wrong choice to choose a handsome man as a target for disguise.

The ceremony finally commenced and everyone headed inside the church to take their seats. It wasn't long when the door burst open and he watched the ever familiar Mouri Ran, her arm hooked around Sleeping Kogoro's as they walked down the aisle to the front of the church. Shinichi was standing before the priest, trying hard to keep his cool while his eyes were brimming with tears of joy. Kaito would have laughed, but he understood why. The bride looked practically like an angel.

He spotted several familiar faces around, which he tried his best to avoid during the pre-ceremony. Hattori Heiji was standing beside Toyama Kazuha, the latter currently sobbing into his sleeve. His observant eyes spotted the similar ring necklaces hanging around both of their necks and Kaito guessed it wouldn't be long seeing them repeating the same event as now.

Hakuba Saguru was present too, sitting two rows in front of him. Kaito knew he had been flying in between countries to juggle his detective work in Japan and to spend time at England with his girlfriend of four years. His attentive ears managed to pick up information from several conversations that Hakuba was discussing a permanent transfer over to England because he thought he should settle down soon. Good for him.

All these white and bright coloured decorations today suddenly reminded Kaito of a complete contrast wedding invitation he received from Akako a few months ago, with the aid of a crow. The letter was glittered with black shiny dusts and words that glowed mysteriously, stating the date and venue of the ceremony (He was pretty sure the address didn't belong to Earth). He wrote his wishes and apologies that he couldn't make it and let the crow deliver back his reply. A week later, he received a photo of Akako and her husband standing in the middle of a dark forest, with a message written in glittering gold; Goodbye Loser.

The sudden claps and cheers snapped Kaito back to reality as he glanced around before his eyes set upon the bride and the groom exchanging a passionate kiss. A small smile tugged onto his lips and his hands came together, joining everyone's excited and joyful act of blessing. A pity he didn't hear the wedding vows, but it didn't matter.

It was a perfect closure, so many happily ever afters.

Everyone got their desired endings. He's just left behind, that's all.


Hello once again, I hope you guys aren't bored with my name appearing on fanfiction's story lists these days. Here's a time-skip multi-chap I'm working on that takes place after Shinichi managed to get back his body and destroy his black organization after a couple of years, whereas Kaito is still sticking to his duty of finding Pandora and planning Snake's downfall, a complete different organization from Shinichi's.

As stated, this will be a Romance/Drama story, not Mystery/Crime or Adventure so I won't be focusing much on the bad guys (like usual) but develop Aoko's and Kaito's relationship in the future.

More will be explained, well, if you're willing to stick with me till the end of the story haha. Thanks for reading and reviews are appreciated :)