Disclaimer: Detective Conan & Magic Kaito belong to Aoyama Gosho.
Ships: Kuroba Kaito x Kudou Shinichi (possibly reversible?)
Genre: fluff, humour, romance
Words: 968
Summary: It has been six months since Kaitou KID's disappearance, and Shinichi couldn't get his head wrapped around that awkward heist…
Inevitable Love
Chapter 1: The Final Heist
Edogawa Conan, who was shrank into a grade schooler from high school detective Kudou Shinichi because of circumstances that all Detective Conan fan should know already, was now trying to glare holes through the white-clad self-proclaimed gentleman phantom thief in front of him.
It was none other than Kaitou KID's fancy heist that took place here tonight, except he had no idea what exactly was in the thief's mind. First of all, Kaitou KID took Conan's glasses out of all things he could have stolen from the museum's exotic jewelry collection. Then, KID had knocked out every single heist participant with sleeping gas and had kidnapped him to the museum's rooftop. Now, KID was kneeling in front of him with a weird cheeky grin that Conan wanted to do nothing but kick a soccer ball at it.
KID's grin widened.
Conan twitched and reached down for his belt.
"Whoa, wait a sec, Tantei-kun! Hold your horses!" The thief immediately panicked and grabbed hold of the detective's arms before he could strike him.
"What the heck do you want, KID? Give my glasses back!" Conan snarled as he tried to wrestle his arms out of the thief's grasp but failed.
"Well… There's something that has been bothering me. Since you're such a famous and intelligent detective, I thought I'd seek your expertise," said KID as he released Conan's arms.
Azure eyes rolled in mocked surprise and curiosity. "The infamous phantom thief Kaitou KID had to seek my expertise?!"
Amethyst eyes narrowed at the insulting tone but chose not to comment. "Hmm… how should I put it? There's a certain individual who I've had my eyes on for quite a while, but that person has been too oblivious to get the hint. What should I do, Meitantei~?"
"What…? Can't you just be upfront and tell her 'I like you'?"
KID blinked. "...wait, can you repeat that?"
"Just say, 'I like you', simple as that." Right after he repeated his words, for a split second there Conan thought KID was staring at him stunned as if he had grown a third eye. "KID?"
"Uh, excuse me." The thief cleared his throat briefly, and right after that he closed his gloved hands around Conan's. "I like you."
"Yup, it's that simple."
"No, I meant, I like you!"
"Yup, like I said, it's that simple. Aren't you Kaitou KID?! How could you not know how to do something as simple as that?" Conan emphasized with a raised and confused eyebrow.
"…oh forget it." KID released a deep melancholic sigh as he released Conan's hands and stood up. "Alright, thanks for your advice Tantei-kun. I think I should take my leave now."
"KID!" Just as KID turned around, Conan spoke up with an inquiring tone. "When are you gonna return the Tearless Goddess emerald that you stole last week?"
"Good question. I wonder?" The white-clad phantom thief bowed in his usual elegant manner and brought his mantle towards his chest. "Farewell, Meitantei. Don't be so reckless all the time!" In a puff of smoke, KID disappeared and left no trace of himself on the rooftop.
"Che." Conan cursed as he habitually brought his hand towards the bridge of his nose, and was mildly surprised that he ended up touching himself instead. "That stupid blasted thief, why did he steal my glasses?!"
The short detective continued to search around the rooftop be didn't find anyone hiding. Decided that he'd be better off going back to the detective agency to rest instead of loitering around, he headed towards the stairwell out of the rooftop, half wondering what the thief's true intention of the night was.
Kaitou KID watched the not-child detective left the rooftop from a few buildings away and brought his binoculars down. He smiled bitterly as he looked at his acquisition of the night, checked that it was turned off so that his whereabouts wouldn't be exposed, and made it disappear at the flick of his fingers. He already expected the outcome of the night to be unsuccessful – the detective was interested in nothing but solving mysteries and riddles, and dedicated all of his spare time fighting crimes and kicking murderers' butt. Hell would probably freeze over for the righteous detective to have romantic interest in a criminal like himself.
Sometimes he wondered why he'd fall for this particular detective. Back then, he thought all detectives would be annoying and nosy just like his classmate Hakuba Saguru, and because of the nature of his night job, he thought he'd never befriend one, let alone fall for one. Yet here he is, making a confession to the detective, and the funniest part was that the oblivious detective himself didn't even realize that he was being confessed to. He couldn't decide if this was worse than getting an outright rejection. He supposed he wasn't being extremely straightforward either, but still – oh well, at least he got to hear the detective said "I like you" despite the detective never meant it…
The vibration of his cell phone interrupted his train of thought. KID quickly pulled off his white disguise, changed back to Kuroba Kaito's usual dark coloured casual wear, and picked up the call.
"Bocchama?"
"Yes Jii-chan?"
"Oku-sama and I have got everything ready. Would you be able to meet us over there in about two hours?"
"Sure, see you two then." Kaito released a nervous sigh as he put his cell phone away, and pulled out an emerald. Under the dim moonlight, a blurred crimson glow could be seen in its center. It disappeared again at a quick snap of his fingers.
"All right, this is it. Wish me luck, Meitantei." The teenaged magician silently mouthed the words as he put the detective's glasses on, and left on his way to join his mom and assistant.
TBC.
Afterword: Thanks for reading! Please review and tell me your thoughts! Big thanks to everyone who fav-ed/alert-ed/reviewed my other stories, as well as everyone who put me on their author fav/alert list! ^o^
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I actually haven't made up my mind as to whether this fic should be KaiShin or ShinKai yet. Feel free to review and chip in your two cents! =3
Title adapted from GARNET CROW's Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai ni; actual translation is something like It Seems We'd Have to be in Love but since it's too wordy so I changed it to Inevitable Love lol.
The confession idea at the beginning of the chapter was based off a list of oblivious guys my friend and I saw online somewhere. If you have seen it you'd probably recognize it XD
The summary applies to chapter 2 and onward. *back to studying*
