Day One

Conan Edogawa is a 7 year-old boy who lives at Beika Street. He is currently staying with Ran Mouri and Kogoro Mouri. Right now, he is strolling along the streets with bored eyes. He doesn't know what to do or where to go next. Suddenly, he ended up at the cafe just below his current home, the Poirot Cafe. He decided to go inside to have some lunch.

"Welcome, Conan-kun!" the waitress, Azusa Enomoto greeted him.

"H-Hello, Azusa-nee chan." Conan greeted as he passed the waitress. He decided to sit on his usual seat.

"What do you want, Conan-kun?" the waitress asked the boy.

"Juice." Conan replied sheepishly.

"OK. What else?"

"Nothing more."

"Eh? That's all?"

"Yes."

"OK, then."

Azusa left the depressed-looking boy alone. Conan rested his elbow on the table, with his cheek rested on his hand. He looked outside through a window. Conan let out a depressed sigh.

When Conan's order arrived, Azusa noticed the depressed boy's expression.

"What's wrong, Conan-kun?" she asked the boy. "You seem depressed."

"No, nothing's wrong, Azusa-nee chan."

"Is...that so?"

"Y-Yes..."

"OK, then. Tell me if you need anything."

"I will."

The waitress left with a worried face. She looked at the boy once more. Then, she left. Suddenly, someone entered the cafe.

"Welcome, sir!" Azusa greeted that person.

That person is a 16-17 year-old boy. He has spiky, brown hair and indigo eyes. He wore a smile in his face. He wore a blue jacket over his green T-shirt. He wore blue pants and blue sneakers.

The lad raised his hand, greeting the waitress. The person looked around for his seat. He spotted the depressed boy. He went to that seat and sat down. Then, Azusa approached the lad.

"Excuse, sir," the waitress said. "But, that seat is already consumed."

"It's alright." said the lad. "I'm one of the boy's best friend.

Conan was surprised from the lad's replied. Then, Azusa looked at the surprised Conan.

"Is it alright for you, Conan-kun?" Azusa asked.

"Y-Yes." Conan answered confused but yet surprised.

"OK, then."

The waitress looked at the lad.

"What do you want, sir?"

"A cup of coffee. Nothing else."

"Understood."

The waitress left the lad and the boy alone.

When the waitress left, Conan looked at the lad with an annoyed expression. The lad smiled at the boy.

"Who are you?" Conan asked the lad annoyingly. "Why did you sit here with me?"

"Hey, hey! Slow down!" the lad said, motioning his hands. "OK. What was the first question?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm Kaito Kuroba, 17 years old. Pleasure to meet you."

"Yeah, right. Anyway, why did sit beside me?"

"I just saw that depressed face of yours when I came inside."

"Hmm? What are you talking about?"

"You were staring outside through that window, wearing a depressed face."

"Is that the very reason why you sat beside me?"

"Y-Yeah..."

Conan let out a depressed sigh before continuing.

"You're being a fool." he said.

"What!?" Kaito exclaimed.

"You're being a fool of yourself."

"Shut up! Listen, all I wanted to do is to cheer you up."

"What? I'm not sad, you know that."

"But 'depressed' is a kind of 'sad'."

"Oh, shut up."

"Come on, I'll show you some of my magic."

"You mean, 'magic tricks'."

"No! Simply, magic, OK? Just, please, little boy."

"Fine..."

"Oh, by the way, I haven't got your name."

"Conan. Conan Edogawa."

"OK, then, Conan. I'm going to make you amused! One of a magician's rules is to make his audience amused using his magic."

"Tricks."

"Shut up! Anyway, I'll first show one of the simplest magic."

"Tricks."

"Shut up!"

Kaito, who was annoyed for a second, smiled and made a white rose appeared. Conan was bored about it.

"Now, I'm going to show you that this white rose will turn into a blue one." Kaito explained.

"Fine. Do it."

Kaito focused at the rose. Conan became interested and stared at the rose, too with a smirk in his face. The lad saw this and smiled. Then, he continued focusing at the rose once more. After a few seconds, the white rose slowly turned into a blue rose. Kaito grinned while Conan smiled. Kaito saw this.

"I knew it that you'll be amused. That face of yours tells me." Kaito said happily a he pointed Conan's smiling face.

"Shut up!" Conan said sarcastically. "Just like you said, I was amused. But, I already knew the trick behind that magic trick."

"Eh? Well then, would you mind tell me?"

"Show me your palm first."

Kaito smirked but he was actually surprised about Conan's words. He showed his palm and there is small pile of blue powder on his palm. Conan smirked when he saw this.

"That is cotton, stained with blue ink." Conan explained. "If the blue ink absorbs through the cut end of the rose's stem, a white rose will tinged together with the ink's color, causing the white rose to turn blue. That is a simple trick, though. It was already done by Leviathan, the alchemist, around 1898 - 1899."

Kaito simply clapped after the deduction. "Very good, Conan-kun! You are some kind of detective."

"Indeed, I am." Conan said calmly.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing."

After a few seconds, the two laughed and Kaito continued showing magic tricks to Conan while Conan continue deducing each and every trick. Because of that, the two formed a bond together.

A/N: Special thanks to:
Gosick - the only anime where I can find the magic trick and the history of it.
Victorique de Blois - the one who explained the trick.

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