Abuse and Comfort

Chapter Two

Shinichi looked up at the normal suburban home that Kaito had lead him to, though he was pretty sure that the house was anything but normal. He glanced around, noting several very well hidden cameras around the outside of the building. He started feeling nervous as they made it up to the door of the house. "Um, My mom is a little weird, but I'm sure that you'll get along with her." Kaito said with a smile as he unlocked and opened the door to be ambushed by his mother, who engulfed him in a hug. "OH Kai-chan you didn't come home last night, and I was so worried!" Shinichi took off his shoes as Kaito struggled to get away from his mother. He twitched as he heard the woman gasp.

"Who's this cute little boy with you, Kai-chan? Is this Shinichi-kun that you always talk about? He's so adorable!" The woman giggled as she engulfed Shinichi in a bear hug, cooing over how cute he was as Kaito tried to explain. Shinichi winced as the woman latched on and tried to smother him to death. "uh Yeah, he's had a little problem with Mouri-kun, and I was hoping that he could stay here for a while…" Kaito said, feeling kind of jealous at his mother completely smothering Shinichi who seemed slightly confused. "Of course he can stay, as long as he can keep your secret as well as you keep his." The woman looked over at Kaito completely serious before gushing Shinichi into another more gentle hug. Which Shinichi was relieved by, he didn't think he'd be able to tolerate another bear hug. "I've always wanted another little boy in the house! It's even better that it's Yuki-chan's little boy!" The woman cheered, and somehow Shinichi wasn't surprised to learn that this woman knew his mother.

"So why don't you tell us everything, ne? Shin-chan?" The woman smiled kindly at him, even though she toughly managed to aggravate all the bruises and scrapes. "I really want to know who hurt you so badly."

Oh, looked like Kaito inherited more from his mother then her eye color.

Shinichi looked down at the table, away from the woman's dark look, he could feel Kaito twitching next to him in the chair. They were currently sitting in the kitchen, with some coffee and cookies; Kaito having hot chocolate instead of coffee. "I see, I don't know what Mouri-chan was thinking at the time, but it isn't your fault, Shinichi." The woman said seriously. Shinichi doubted that it wasn't his fault, it had to be for Ran to react so violently at seeing Conan, she'd almost beaten him half to death. He looked up an watched as the gentle middle aged woman drink her coffee thoughtfully. He had to admit that she wasn't bad looking for her age with her dark brown hair cut short and violet eyes twinkling with knowledge and mischief. He glanced over to the twitching Kaito, and could definably see the similarities. The woman knew how to be loud and rowdy, but subtle and quite when needed. He also learned her name in the middle of the talk, Kuroba Chikage.

"We're going to have to take you to a doctor, who knows what could be wrong with you with that amount of bruises, Shin-chan." Chikage said Shinichi frowned at the thought of having to go to the doctors. He looked back at the table deep in thought, he didn't even thinking about going to a doctor, after all Kaito had helped with most of what had to be taken care of. He felt that if he went to a doctor that they'd ask unwanted questions. Ran was still his friend, regardless of beating him half to death, he really didn't want to get her into any trouble, so that meant coming up with a good lie. He sighed, he really didn't want to think of anything at the moment. All he felt like doing was going to sleep for the next ten years.

"I think that Kuroba-kun did a very good job at patching me up, Kuroba-san." Shinichi answered, still looking down at the table, not seeing the sad look that passed the woman's face. "I'll be fine after a couple of days. It's not the first time that I've been beaten like this." The older Kuroba sighed and went with the boy's wishes of not seeing a doctor. Kaito could barely stand the tension in the room, before he started juggling the dishware, making Shinichi look over at him cracking a weak smile as several of the fruits that were on the counter joined the dishes. Chikage shook her head before getting up from her seat to start dinner.

Shinichi could feel his insides turning as he looked at the state of Kaito's room. Guess being a full-time student and thief left little to no time to clean up one's room. Clothes, schoolwork, magical items and what could have been leftovers were scattered through out the room. He slowly made his way through the room to the middle and looked around as Kaito stood by the door scratching the back of his head. "Sorry, it's a little bit of a mess." He chuckled at the look of utter disgust on Shinichi's face. The fake child sighed and looked towards Kaito, if only he wasn't so sore from his beating he'd clean this…mess in no time. He just rolled his eyes and crawled, cringing slightly, into Kaito's unmade bed. "Oi! That's my bed you know!" Kaito complained as he got changed into some pajama's that he managed to locate.

"So? I'm small enough for us both to fit." Shinichi answered as he curled up close to the wall, "It's not like you minded last night."

Kaito blinked as he watched the detective fall asleep almost instantly in his bed. He frowned and sat on the bed, still watching the small detective, he softly ran his fingers through the boys surprisingly soft hair. "Gee, Tantei-kun…what am I going to do with you now…" He sighed and laid down next to the boy, trying to get some sleep.

-End Chapter Two-

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