Midday Meetings

Enigmatic

Aoko was in a right mood all morning.

Kaito had slightly expected to find her steaming(she usually was after a KID heist) but that wasn't quite the case.

She was stiff and obviously unhappy.

"You okay Aoko?"

She took a deep breath before answering, never a good sign, "I'm fine, don't worry about me."

Kaito furrowed his brows, "You sure?"

Aoko just gave him a weak smile before staring off into space.

She was thinking about something.

Kaito sighed, worried as he was, there was nothing he could do until lunch. Class was about to start and unless he was going to start an infamous mop chase, he couldn't do anything at this point in time. And a mop chase would only help her blow off steam, not help her think.

Aoko closed her eyes as the teacher began droning. She could easily catch up later if needed.

She had felt safe. Cared for even.

It had been a long time since she felt like that.

Kaito was a distant person, always there and always ready to help…

…at arms distance.

He knew how to invade her mind without even trying, how to help her like no one else could. He knew how she worked inside and out.

But he liked to leave it as a one way relationship.

In many ways, she was the person that knew Kaito best, she could read him like no other(excluding his mother).

But that wasn't saying too much.

Much as she could read him better than everyone else, she couldn't read him as well as he could her, not nearly as well.

She used to be able to.

Even with his attempts to keep her at arms length(even when they were children) he'd never been able to push her far.

It was only after his father died that it started getting harder to read him. It was gradual but eventually she was left at arms length and for all her efforts, she couldn't get closer.

Her father was always busy.

It wasn't that he didn't love her, or care for her for that matter. But when one was so busy with KID heists and paperwork and just trying to get home so he could sleep it was easy for him to forget to hug his daughter.

It was easy to forget to tell her he loved her as often as he used to.

So she just got used to not having her father's bear hugs and she adjusted to Kaito's somewhat cold nature.

She didn't even know how much she really missed it until last night.

She'd felt safe, like he wouldn't let her go no matter what.

It wasn't like when Kaito comforted her. He never hugged her. He was good with words, great with them actually and he knew just what she needed to hear.

But there was something to be said about the comforting touch of another human being.

Stupid Kid… why did he have to be the one to comfort her that way?

Aoko sighed and peeked at Kaito…

…before stifling a laugh.

The boy looked downright constipated with how hard he was thinking.

'Baka… I said was okay, there's no reason to get so worried…'

Still despite how silly it seemed, she couldn't resist smiling warmly.

Kaito may not hug her. Her father may not remember to.

But somehow… that really didn't matter too much.

Kaito may not let her in but he did worry about her and care for her. It was just how the ice cream boy worked.

Kaito sent her a quizzical look, completely unable to understand where her amused grin had rooted from.

Noticing his attention, Aoko grinned before mouthing something.

"Baaa-kaito."

Girls were an enigma, he finally decided.

((Ending Notes: Right... I'm still hitting major writers block because my house burned down and stuff but I'm trying to get back on it -.-;; heh, I'll try and update everything else too! :3 (though I swear, this is the worst case of writers block I've ever had! I literally spend hours staring at a blank document and thinking of everything to write, but get too intimidated to touch the keyboard . plunnies bite my head and all I can do is stare at a keyboard! Argh!)

In any case, thank you to all that are still reading this! I'm really happy you guys like it and stuff =3 have a wonderful day!

-Muse-chan frustrated with writers block.))