I have no idea where this came from, but I thought it was a funny idea, so I'm sharing it with you guys. I'm not really sure, but I might be willing to make this a collection of one-shots. I'm not promising anything, but if you have some scene in mind that would fit in, do tell me! I'll try to write it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito
Hakuba thought it was quite amusing.
He had come to the classroom early that morning, just to watch the show. Last night, there had been a Kaitou KID heist. While it wasn't all that unusual to hear gunshots during one (It was always worrying, but not really unusual), it was unusual to see KID, flying on his hang-glider, flinch, place a hand over his suit where said suit was turning red. In other words, it was pretty unusual to see KID get shot. Investigation had not led them to the trail of the sniper, like it usually didn't.
The reason he had come early, though…
"Hakuba-kun", he turned as Momoi Keiko walked over to him, looking worried. "Do you think Kaito-kun's okay?"
It was amazing how quickly everyone fell silent (they had been pretty quiet to begin with, to be honest…) and turned to look at him. The gazes were demanding his opinion, because he was one of the few ones who had seen where exactly KID got shot at.
But why would Keiko ask about Kaito, yet clearly mean KID?
Simple. Kuroba Kaito wasn't as good at hiding his secret identity as Kaitou KID as he thought he was.
"The bullet probably went through", Hakuba admitted, thinking back to what he had seen the previous night. "I don't think it actually hit him, rather it scratched his side. Badly? Yes. But it's still just a scratch. He's been through worse and come to school the next day."
Some of his classmates relaxed a little at that. His opinion was always appreciated, especially when it came to their local prankster/magician/phantom thief. Yet, that didn't mean they were relieved. No, his opinion was appreciated, but it didn't mean he was right. He could have been wrong, and the bullet could have hit more badly, and it might be so bad he wasn't coming to school. If he didn't, then they all knew to worry, because Kaito came to school with injuries that, Hakuba dared to say, even Kudo Shinichi wouldn't go to school with.
(That was saying something, because Hakuba was fairly certain he had heard, once, that Kudo Shinichi had gone to school and not told anyone he had a concussion and possibly a broken rib after he cornered a culprit first thing in the morning. That, of course, had gotten one Mouri Ran more than just a little mad at him.)
The clock ticked too slowly. His classmates were starting to twitch, worried for their classmate. The wait after a KID heist was always too long, time went on too slowly. Kaito was their prankster/magician/phantom thief, and the wait to see him after his heists was always too long, because something could have happened and we wouldn't know. Hakuba, in a way, understood, yet didn't.
Nakamori Aoko, Kaito's childhood friend, had promised him it was just because Hakuba trusted Kaito and was the only one to actually know that Kaito could take care of himself at times like that. Hakuba wasn't sure whether to feel insulted for apparently trusting Kaito or not.
All of a sudden, the door was slammed open. Everyone turned to it, only to see one of their classmates (he was the gate guard, AKA the one who, after a KID heist, stood by the gates until he saw Kaito and then made a dash for the classroom.). The boy panted there for a second before looking up. "Kuroba's coming, he seems normal and is with Nakamori-san! Everyone act normal!"
That was the cue for everyone to relax and start talking about whatever they could think of at that instant. As chatter filled the classroom, Hakuba smiled. Even then, none of them was actually relaxed. None of them was really acting normal. Not yet.
After a moment, the classroom door opened. Aoko and Kaito walked in, Aoko with a somewhat tired look, Kaito with a bored look. The boy moved just fine and didn't seem to be hiding any severe injuries.
As Kaito walked over to his desk and then started to harass his classmates with his pranks, the students' postures relaxed, they finally began to act what was seen as normal, at least to Kaito. Hakuba chuckled a little.
Kaito would never know just what all they'd do for him. Hopefully, at least.
Kaito stopped mid-prank, staring at him in horror. Then, he started screaming bloody murder. "Hakuba smiled and laughed! The world is ending!"
After getting his hair dyed in bright neon rainbow colors, his school uniform changed to that of a female student's and getting that dyed pink and then getting glued to the ceiling, Hakuba decided that it might be worth the other students' wrath to arrest Kaito then and there.
Thank you for reading! Have a nice day!
