Kaito is having a really bad day.
Of all days Lady luck decided to leave her favorite son, it has to be today. And today his path just happens to coincide with one Mouri Ran's rather eventful night.
His not-so-lucky day started with him rolling on the wrong side of his bed. Literally. And by literally, it means rolling over and crashing off his bed to fall on some of his gadgets —mainly for pranks— and thus a series of puffs and cluttering later he looked like he just got out of a prank war.
It's very embarassing especially after his mother barged into his room to check on him.
Chikage decided to check on her son before going to the kitchen to make breakfast. At first she would have rulled the sounds as Kaito being Kaito but then it's still early and he shouln't be up for at least an hour. There's no heist or exams in the near future so..
Shoving the previously locked door open with an air of nonchance that screamed of her past exploits, she stared at the sight of her son. And then proceed to blink at the blob of goo-shaped-kaito, before silently closing the door shut and bursting into laughter outside.
Really, his mom did't help him at all!
Sometime later after successfully getting up and shedding his now ruined clothes, he spent the next hour scrubbing himself clean of the different colored dyes and prank matterials—wait, are those slime?!— while grumbling to himself. And that's not even the last of the series of unfortunate events that is Kaito's day.
After getting rid of the mess that's previously his clover themed pajamas, he went down to eat breakfast only to find himself more than irritated.
His favorite hot chocolate mix's out of stock leaving him to compromise by making a cup of sugar-drowned-coffee. He then proceed to choke out of nothing, making him burn his mouth by gulping the still steaming hot coffee— and ow did it hurt.
A bit later after nursing his burned throat and he's on his way to the bus stop. Almost missing the last bus to his campus, he ran all the way to his first class only to find out that class has been canceled due to their teacher being sick and that his cell's battery's dead which explains his lack of being informed.. so on and so forth.
Now, fast forward into the present after a bunch of misfortune has him staring Kudou Shinichi in the face as his civilian persona, Kuroba Kaito. That in itself is not entirely the problem because damn if Tantei-kun isn't a reprieve from his luckless day with his good looks. All blue eyes and pretty face staring at him intensely, though in an entirely different reason than what he secretly wanted.
Two beats later.
"Ow! What the—!"
"Oh, calm down. It's not that big of a deal."
"You broke my hand!"
"And you slept with my sister. I say we're even"
"Slept?! Oh god I don't even know her name!" Kaito practically shouted in denial; mortified of the accusation while nursing his — thankfully not broken — only bruised hand.
He didn't even touch her inappropriately!
He was on his way home from the campus library —after some intense studying and research that ended up with him falling asleep, what with his eventful day, and then being woken by the librarian a little before 9pm— when he chanced upon Mouri-chan.
She looked rather intoxicated, eyes a bit glassy and a slight wobble in her step. One of his guesses is that she's on her way from a party or something like it when he promptly decided to tail her a bit to make sure she got home safely.
Some distance later he knew that he did the right choice. Some guy decided to think of her as easy prey which made him cringe after seeing her do an impressive round house kick to the pervert's jaw.
From there he didn't really do anything except carry her back to her house after she passed out from the vertigo of her actions and thus led him to facing the protective wrath of the detective waiting at the agency's doorstep.
"Oh shush Kid of course you do."
"How did you—?! Never mind. But I didn't.. we didn't.. ugh! We never did anything inapproprate together okay?!" Gods where was his poker face when he need it?
Shinichi still looked unconvinced "You can't blame me for at least assuming that, you know. You tried to kiss her once and then there was that one time when I was Conan that you implied that you left her naked —"
"I'm not even interested in women!" Shit Kaito. Way to leave things awkward and embarassing.
"Oh."
Gah! It's bad enough without his poker face! Won't his cheeks stop thinking it's nice being radioactive red?
Spining on his heels, he decided that leaving now would be the right choice. "Alright. I'm done. I'll just leave and—"
"Will you go out with me?" Unseen by Kaito, Shinichi looked a bit mortified of the slip up, which turned to determination a second later.
Kaito froze, effectively stopping him from his way to the front door. Okay where did that come from? So he's hearing things now after a day gone bad. There's no way Tantei-kun just him asked him that right? Right.
Nodding to himself, he continued his brisk walk to the front door of the Mouri detective agency, unprepared of the hand that suddenly grabbed his.
"Wait! Uh, sorry about earlier. Bad day plus Sonoko makes me a bit.. cranky" Kaito snorted at that but Shinichi decidedly ignored him. "She called earlier after her bachelorette party and pretty much implied that Ran's drunk and one thing led to another so.. yeah" Shinichi finished a bit lamely, flushing a bit.
Shinichi's warm hand on his and the sight of him flustered made his brain short circuit, making him say the only thing that made sense at the moment. "Suzuki-chan's getting married?"
Shinichi's stared at him disbelievingly. "Really Kid? That's what you focus on? Honestly, you can't blame me for jumping to conclusions after seeing you carry her home looking all ruffled like that."
"Well.."
Shinichi stiffened. Face falling and looking heart broken "You said you didn't!"
"Wait! No! That's not what I meant!" Kaito simultaniously stepped back and raised his available hand frantically in the universal sign of surrender, noticing in the back of his mind that his other hand was still held by the detective. He then proceed to tell Shinichi of his day and the night's events.
Awkward silence hung between them after the retelling of his not-so-great day. "So.. tantei-kun, would you let go of my hand now?"
Shinichi blinked, hand only tightening onto Kaito's as the magician willed himself not to panic. After some silence, Kaito's almost positive that he'll have to say goodbye to his freedom and live in prison for the rest of his life. Not that he can't escape but—
His thoughts stopped in an abrupt halt when the hand holding his suddenly pulled him foward; making him stumble a bit and falling into the arms of the detective, soft lips firmly catching his.
Wha? Shinichi was.. Shinichi was..
Shinichi took a small step back some seconds later to give the magician some space, leaving a slightly dazed and breathless Kaito.
Dilated pupils, erratic pulse and heart beat. There's a chance after all.
"So, Kuroba Kaito. Will you go out with me?"
Kaito blinked out of his Shinichi induced daze at the sound of his name coming out of the detective's lips. Deciding that he would ask about it later, he gave his detective a sharp seductive grin before pulling him in to show him what a kiss really is.
Well, Lady luck hasn't left him entirely after all.
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