Author's notes: Shinichi is a separate character in this universe, and is, for the most part, conveniently missing. Also featuring friendship, slow build friends to awkward lovers, lots of awkward Hakuba and whatever I can think of. I just want an excuse to roll around like a pig in this verse. All chapters unbetaed. No specific plot for this series, other than me getting Kuroba and Hakuba together. There isn't enough HakuKai to sate my needs (and I blame my enablers for pushing me to write HakuKai when I ship KaiShin and now I'm in it deep).

1.

"You're still obsessed with the Kuroba kid?"

Hakuba doesn't give Conan the satisfaction of turning around and giving the boy an actual glare. Instead, he scrolls to the bottom of the page, then saves the information for later perusal. "It's not an obsession. I am only working in the best interests of the public to put a known criminal behind bars."

There's a moment when there is nothing but the sound of the soccer replay on the TV, then Conan shifts from where he is on the sofa to pillow his head on the armrest. "Whatever helps you sleep at night, Saguru-nii san."

"Oww ~ OUCH!" Hands grab onto his shoulders, finger digging painfully in through his uniform. "One of these days, I'm going to lodge a complaint against you for mistreatment. I swear you're doing it on purpose."

"You signed the agreement," Hakuba reminds him, lapping over the small wound he's made before blood could stain the clothes. He does so hate making a mess.

"Yes, and I regret that decision every single day." Kuroba lets go of Hakuba's shoulders, and crosses his arms before him. "Hurry up, I have a soccer game to play. No one's going to wait all day."

It has been two weeks since Hakuba's moved in to Ekoda, Japan, and two weeks since Kuroba Kaito has been signed on as his secondary. His primary had been reluctant to leave England, seeing as she was still studying for her Masters, and so he had to contract someone else for their blood temporarily, at least for the period of time that he will be in Japan. It is a nifty system, one that works for both parties' benefit, a legal business contract fully recognised by the law. Humans are free to sign up for the programme, providing their blood as either a primary provider or a secondary for vampires at a cost stated in their contract, with stringent laws set in place to protect both parties.

Bless his luck that of all the candidates in Japan, he's managed to contract Kaitou Kid (not that the boy has admitted to it, but it's still a work in progress on Hakuba's end) as his secondary.

"You really should think about why his name is on the list," Conan had told him disapprovingly while hanging over the back of the sofa with a book he is trying to read upside down when he discovered Hakuba's apparent 'obsession'.

Conan, Hakuba feels, needs to learn to keep his opinions to himself.