-Clichés & Tropes -
Disclaimer: The works of Detective Conan and Magic Kaito belongs to Gosho Aoyama-sensei.
Warning: KaiShin relationship.
A/N: A short one this time since I'm too busy these past few weeks (make that months).
04 Bulletproof
Whenever the protagonist of a story is shot (by bullet, arrows, or any sort of projectile) they would always survive through miraculous means, mostly through well placed objects in the pockets or a nifty invention by the resident scientist.
"NO!" Shinichi called out as he saw the red laser dot appeared on the pristine white suit. He ran towards the thief, diving to push KID underneath him. He felt something make an impact on his back as he tumbled on top of KID. Several more impacts were made onto his back even as he tries to hold the thief down and prevent sighting from the sniper faraway.
"Meitantei!" KID exclaimed, hands busily trying to push Shinichi off but he held firm and covered the white body with his. The suit is too visible and KID would make an excellent target under the full moon's light and Shinichi was not about to let it happen on his watch.
Still, several shots from a high velocity sniping rifle is leaving behind rather nasty after effects. First being the continuous stream of pain.
"Come on, stay with me! Don't move towards the light in that dark tunnel! Follow my voice and come back!" For some odd reason, with KID's struggles, they managed to move to a shadowy corner of the rooftop where Shinichi finally let KID rise from his lying down position. He, himself, did not have the strength to move just yet, needing time to recover from those impacts.
"I'm fine KID." He said softly, accompanied by a cough. It hurts to breath, it hurts to cough, but at least he was not coughing up blood. Despite what cinema dictates, a shot to the torso does not always result in coughing up blood.
"No you're not! That was stupid, trying to cover for me!" KID immediately turned Shinichi over, using his white jacket as a pillow for him. "Let me see."
"I said I'm fine." He tries to turn back only for firm hands to hold him down. Shinichi mused at the reverse of tide where just moments ago he was the one holding down the thief, and it was not even for arresting him.
"Stay Still!" There was something in those violet eyes that had Shinichi pinned to his position. "I want to check for damage."
"It's not that bad you know." Shinichi coughed again, chest aching and cough coming out scratchy. He felt hurried hands pushing up his jacket and shirt, he shivered slightly as cool wind touched his skin.
"...Wh-wha?!" KID looked incredulously between the back and Shinichi's face. "But...how?"
"The Professor's new invention." Shinichi struggles to sit up, hand immediately on his own shoulder as though such an action can soothe away the pain on his back. "Bulletproof jacket, though it's still in development so it had not absorbed all the shock. But at least it stopped the bullet." He tried to rotate his shoulder only to hiss loudly, "I think I'll have nasty bruises come evening, possibly a slight fracture as well if I'm unlucky." Shinichi tries to glance backwards to assess for damage, but the human neck was not made to turn a full 360.
"You…" KID gently brushed a gloved hand on his cheeks, forcing Shinichi to look at his direction. "You scared me…" He whispered softly, fingers tracing the bottom of Shinichi's eyes.
"I'm a tough one you know." He tries to alleviate the tension.
"I know, but it's still scary." KID leaned his forehead in, so the pair of them were touching. "I don't want you to pay for my life."
"It's in my job description to save everyone." Shinichi whispered back in the exact same volume, as though the raise of voice could break this strange atmosphere. It felt right for KID to look at him as though he was something precious, it felt like this was what the world was meant to be, the pair of them should be able to look at each other and see past lies and masks.
"But not at such a high cost." Another hand came up to cup Shinichi's face as KID moved slightly out so that they can look into each other's eyes. "I don't like it when you dive into danger like that."
"Then protect yourself better, don't make yourself a target for them." Shinichi knew about the snipers, at least he had noticed their presence at heists. He might not have all the intel but he had enough to conclude that KID is constantly targeted. "You're...I still need to apprehend you." He said weakly, not buying into his own reasoning.
The smirk on KID's face told Shinichi that he too was not buying into the lie. "Thank you." He said with understanding. Their lips touched briefly afterwards, the moment was so short that Shinichi thought he had dreamt the whole thing. The moment their lips parted, KID disappeared and the only evidence of his being in Shinichi's close proximity was the gem in Shinichi's pockets.
"I'll catch you…" Shinichi muttered in the night. "And you won't be able to escape then.