Ekoda High's class 2-B was as noisy as ever and as usual, Kuroba Kaito, pulling off pranks on his classmates and especially on the London detective, Hakuba Saguru.

The day was going perfectly fine and normal – at least to Kaito – but only until he received a phone call. Once the magician picked it up, his face turned pale which was, quite unusual for him. He shoved his phone in his pocket and grabbed his bag.

Aoko – Nakamori Aoko, childhood friends with Kaito – wondered what has ever gotten into him. "K-Kaito… where are you going?"

"Tell the teacher that I'm taking the early leave…" Kaito paused as he bit his bottom lip. "It's Alice. She's in the hospital…" and with those last words, he dashed out of the classroom.

Once the magician arrived at the hospital in Beika, he rushed towards the reception center and asked for a patient with the name of Kumiko Maki. When he finally got the patient's room number, he thanked the nurse and of course, gave her a rose which Kaito find it a routine, and started for the said patient's room.

Still… what did she do this time though… the teen wondered aloud.

By the time he arrived, he never did expect kids to be around. And unfortunately… Tantei-kun huh…? And also the Shōnen Tantei Dan… So troublesome…

"Shi- Shinichi-oniisan!?" the girl with the yellow headband – Yoshida Ayumi, apparently – squeaked out of surprise as Kaito made a confused look.

"Huh? Who are you talking about?" the magician asked Ayumi. "I'm sorry little sweetheart but I'm not this 'Shinichi-oniisan' you called me earlier," he bent down as a pink rose appeared between his fingers and gave it to her. "Anyway, is it true that Maki is here?"

The woman in her late 20s nodded in agreement. She then asked, "Are you related to Maki-chan somehow?"

"Yes. I'm her…" Kaito paused for a while and well, he seemed to be hesitating before he could answer. "Cousin." He finished.

Tantei-kun is staring at me suspiciously. Kaito mentally face-palmed. Stop staring for lord's sake.

A doctor came out of Maki's room and suddenly asked, "Anyone here related to Kumiko-san?"

"It's me, doctor." Kaito replied while using his well-trained pokerface. He couldn't let it slip off no matter the situation for he is a magician.

"Okay. You may come in first." The doctor said as she pushed her glasses up and smiled.

Once the magician entered the room, he started for the girl that was laying down on the bed. Alice…!

The breathing of the small figure in front of him made him sigh with relief. He smiled and stared at the unconscious body in front of him. Once he made his way to the chair beside the bed, he sat down.

The room was quiet. Except that the beeping sounds that came from the heart monitor disturbed Kaito's ears.

For the fact that it's a hospital room, it doesn't really seem unusual. The sunlight from the window behind the teen shone bright and he had to cover it up. Who on Earth in this universe would open the windows of a hospital room? He had to face-palm.

When he stood up to close the windows and cover it with the curtains, he saw a finger of the unconscious girl twitched. It surprised him. Really. He had to call for the doctor.

The door to the room burst open and the doctor he met earlier rushed to the girl. Followed by a nurse and… kids… again.

I really wish she would tell me why. Tantei-kun. Is here. Of all people. The teen said to himself. Only when he saw Conan staring at him again. Dear lord he wanted the little detective to stop doing this because damn, he really just don't want people staring at him. It makes him uncomfortable.

Slowly, the patient's eyes began to open. The doctor quickly examined the girl's eyes and her heart rate. Once she was done, she sighed with relief and said, "It looks like she'll be fine. But she shouldn't move around too much despite her bullet wound." She paused and turned to Kaito who was, apparently, not paying quite much attention. "And well, you, as a relative of hers, would gladly nurse her right?"

"Hm? Oh. Yes. Yes I would." Kaito said absent-mindedly.

"And it looks like this bullet wound she got was around a week ago. How come you didn't notice it?" the doctor asked while jotting down notes.

"She never tells."

"Oh really? Or are you just hiding something from us?" Conan interrupted with a grin plastered on his face.

Kaito's eye twitched. He really hoped for someone to interfere with the conversation.

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