Hey guys, I'm The Jade Empress, a huge fan of Kagerou Project and the ship KanoxKido. This story was created with the mindset that it would be a three-shot, but now that I actually look at it, it might have to be more that that. I'd love if you could leave me a review, so I know what you think of it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kagerou Project
Kano knew he had realized the problem far later than he should have. The signs had been obvious, but he had been so caught up in the lies he had weaved that reality managed to sneak up behind him and give him a slap to the face. Once again his lies led to a future full of grief, and this time he wasn't sure if he'd be able to fix it...
Chapter 1
Apartment 107:
"Oi, Momo," Kano called out from the couch. "Why do you keep glancing at me? If you keep doing that I'll start thinking you have a crush on me."
Momo flushed slightly at the boy's suggestion, "I-I'm not staring at you," she countered defensively. She glanced towards the door that linked the Mekakushi Dan's apartment to the rest of the world before bringing her eyes back to the TV screen. "I was just wondering w-when you thought Danchou would come back."
Although it was not visible to the idol, Kano's jaw clenched tightly at her question. The cat-eyed boy shrugged as he clicked the TV remote to change channels. "I don't know," he replied flatly.
Momo let a few awkward minutes pass before attempting to pursue the conversation. "Aren't you a bit worried though?" She asked hesitantly, not knowing exactly where she stood with this particular founding member of the Mekakushi Dan, seeing as she had only been with them for a month and a half. "It's pouring outside and she hasn't come back since yesterday's fight-"
"-She's old enough to take care of herself," Kano replied without a hint of interest in the conversation. He stood up from his place on the couch and casually stretched his arms. "As you know Seto's already out looking for her." The cat-eyed boy tilted his head in a somewhat knowing fashion, "And as history will prove, our adorable little Danchou will come home when she's ready to come home," and with that Kano strolled out of the living room down the hall to his bedroom.
Momo pursed her lips to keep herself from asking Kano why he was acting so uninterested in Kido's disappearance and locked her eyes on the glitching TV screen. The show that was being aired was some ridiculous reality TV show that she doubted Kano had intended to watch.
"Well I guess I can wait here for Seto and Kido to return…" she muttered to herself sleepily. She took a quick glance at her iPod, which read 9:54 before letting herself sink into the comfy couch and the warmth of her blanket.
"Come on Kido, please pick up your phone already," Seto mumbled under his breath as he stood shivering under a green umbrella that was no match for the onslaught of rain and the howling wind.
The boy in the green jump suit had been roaming the streets in search of Kido for the past hour and to tell the truth - he was exhausted.
BZZZ - his phone vibrated in his hand.
He let out a small sigh of relief thinking it was Kido calling, before answering his cell. There was a few seconds of silence, before he heard an extremely feminine voice speak.
"Uh, hello?"
"Oh Mary-chan, whatsup?" Seto asked, trying to hide the shakiness in his voice.
"Oh Seto!" There was the sound of the phone being dropped and small eek! "Oops! N-no i-it's ok, I got it!" He managed to hear through the phone. A few second passed before Mary managed to untangle the phone cord and put it back to her ear to speak. "W-we were wondering if you had any luck finding Kido," she asked timidly.
"I haven't had much luck," Seto replied sheepishly, as he pushed his dark wet bangs from his eyes.
"W-well don't stay out too long," Mary chimed. "You might get sick, because it's raining pretty hard."
"Sorry 'bout that, I didn't mean to make you worry about me," Seto replied softly, pushing his phone farther up his hood in attempt to prevent it from getting wet. "I'm just worried about Kido."
He heard Mary agree with him through the phone and smiled, despite knowing she would not be able to see it. "I'll try to get back as soon as possible, so don't tire yourself out by trying to stay awake for me, ok?"
"Ok! Just be careful," she replied before hanging up.
Seto sighed as he slowly brought the phone away from his ear.
BZZZ - his phone vibrated again and he glanced at it wondering if Mary had hit re-dial on accident.
From: Kido
To: Seto
Message: Go home Seto, you'll catch a cold.
Seto took in a breath of relief when he saw the sender. He quickly scanned his surrounding looking for the elusive green-haired girl, but nothing caught his eye. Seto knew he had to be careful with how he replied, he reasoned if he was too direct she might ignore him.
To: Kido
From: Seto
Message: The same goes for you
Seto clicked send and then continued to watch his phone intently, until the screen lit up.
From: Kido
To: Seto
Message: I'm fine, I just need some time to think.
The brown-eyed boy sighed, typical Kido, she didn't want anyone else to see her when she was upset.
To: Kido
From: Seto
Message: I don't agree with how he acted, but you know Shuuya was just fooling around. He didn't actually mean what he said. He was just trying to get a rise from you.
Seto sent the message, but after a minute or two he received no response. He attempted to wipe his phone's screen off with his sleeve, so he could re-read the message he had sent, but it did not do him much good, because his sleeve was soaked all the way through.
After he managed to get his screen cleared off enough to read his message Seto wanted to mentally face palm. Why did I mention Kano? He scolded himself.
The drained boy decided to send another message, but this time he focused one the group as a whole, not just Kano.
To: Kido
From: Seto
Message: It's practically two day since you left and everyone's really worried about you.
He had a hunch that Kido was more likely to respond to this message, because it focused on the Mekakushi Dan's wellbeing as a whole - something he knew she felt responsible for (and yes he felt very bad knowing it would make her feel guilty.)
When Seto glanced up he was startled to see two red eyes looking at him tiredly. Her hood hung limply at her shoulders and the sixteen year old girl appeared to be soaked from head to toe. Other than her purple hoodie, Kido had no protection from the rain whatsoever, and her green hair was plastered to the back of her neck.
"Guess I really am a shitty leader," Kido said, taking a deep breath, "for making you guys worry."
Even through the heavy rain that blurred the space between them Seto could see her red eyes flicker up and down his partially sodden form.
"Ah, don't worry about it," Seto replied lightly, shifting his phone into his pocket. "We all need some time to ourselves."
Kido did not respond to him and chose to look at the concrete beneath their feet, rather than his face.
"...Well we better get you home," Seto said over the pounding rain. "You look like a mess." He held his green umbrella out, so she would be protected from the rain.
Kido looked up and tried to smile, "I could say the same to you." She placed her hand on the pole and pushed it away slightly, so it was covering a third of both of their bodies.
There was a bright flash of lightning against the charcoal colored sky prompting Kido to shut her eyes tightly. "Yeah...Let's go home," she muttered.
To: Mary, Momo, Shintaro, +3 others
From: Seto
Message: I found her
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-The Jade Empress