Hey guys, I'm back!
I'm so sorry for the delay, but I was really struggling with this chapter ^^ So I wrote a first version of it and didn't like it. Then I put it a away for a few days and tried again and was finally happy. And as I was also busy having friends around and visting people there was not much time for writing =( But yeah I finally did it. I'm sorry for having you wait a bit longer than usual and I hope the next chapter will come sooner ;-) I'll give my best!

Shinichi checked his watch again. 3:45pm. He still had 15 minutes left if Kaito was as punctual as Kaito Kid. He was nervous, because the truth was he didn't have any specific plan what to do with Kaito. His intelligence had totally disappointed him in that matter and nothing had come to his mind.

He had no idea what they should do. He had actually bought some tickets for the tower which still felt weird. Were they really doing a normal date, like going to the aquarium together or something? It felt strange being in this situation now even though he had wanted it. But today it was his chance to find out more about Kaito and he had to admit he was more than curious.

The last week had felt like it would last forever and now he was finally waiting here.

Nothing special had happened now that he thought about it. He had met the detective boys and spent some time with them and Heiji called him, asking him out about Ran and when he was going to visit him again. That made Shinichi think about Ran again. He still hadn't talked to her. He just didn't know what to tell her at the moment.

Hey Ran, I'm sorry but I don't know I think I'm dating Kaito Kid?!

What if Ran was doing what he had intended to do only weeks ago and would ask him if they would become a couple. He was actually afraid of the thought itself, because he had no idea how he would react.

He didn't want to hurt Ran, he really didn't, but hadn't he made his move and told her that he loved her a long time ago and somehow, maybe because he was still Conan at that time she never managed to give him an appropriate answer and there were many occasions where she had the chance to do so.

But he had to be fair, she had to process a lot after she found out about him being Conan and maybe this whole secretiveness had ruined it after all.

Everything had been really messed up after this whole story, but whatever Ran was thinking, one thing was totally sure for him; he would always be there for her no matter how they would end up. She was important to him and that would never change, but now he would focus on Kaito.

"Hi clever boy." Shinichi gave a jump.

He turned around looking at Kaito.

"You're early!" Shinichi complained checking his watch. It was 3:55.

Kaito put on a confused face.

"Ehm, so then you're early too I guess. Or wait I think you've been waiting here much longer, am I right?" He smiled. "And just to remind you, I know as Kaito Kid I use to be really punctual, but waiting around the corner to get here exactly in time felt a bit ridiculous even for me and I think you said you want to get to know the real me so here I am, not on time."

He laughed about his own words and got closer to Shinichi.

The detective was slightly confused. Kaito behaving like this was a normal situation, but Shinichi was actually really nervous and not quite sure what to say.

"Okay, I guess you're right..." He said slowly.

"It has to be hard to admit that you're wrong." Kaito grinned and came even closer. "So what have you planned for today, I'm curious."

Shinichi felt Kaito's body almost touching his while he whispered into his ear. Then he backed away looking at the detective meeting his eyes intensively.

Shinichi gulped. Why was he so stiff and unsure? He had felt so self-confident last time and also when he texted Kaito, but now that he was really in this situation he felt overwhelmed.

C'mon Shinichi pull yourself together!

"Sorry I lost my train of thought and before you say something, yes it happens." He coughed slightly. "We're at Totou Tower so I bought two tickets to go upstairs to the observation platform and then I don't know let's just talk?"

He knew this wasn't really extraordinary, but who cares.

Kaito seemed to hold back a stupid comment and just nodded.

"Okay, go ahead. I'm following you."

It took them quite some time until they reached their destination upstairs as there were also many tourists and other people around here today, but finally they were standing at the edge of the platform leaning against the handrail in front of the huge window.

They were standing close to each other so that their arms were touching slightly. Nobody said a word and still it wasn't really strange, it was like they were just enjoying it, which felt weird for Shinichi who never thought he could feel that with any other person than Ran. But why was that? He barely knew Kaito. He felt like there was a connection between them, one he wasn't really aware of right now.

"I must say, I was quite impressed that you actually asked me out, Kudo." Kaito said sounding really serious.

"I...I mean...I don't know. It's just I have been feeling really confused the last few weeks and I don't know if I'm right because I'm really bad at this stuff, but I needed to know what you got out of this like seriously, what's the matter?" Shinichi said, more talking to the window than Kid, trying to imagine that he just said that to himself. Oh he felt so stupid.

"So we really stopped teasing. At least for now." Kaito replied, not really giving an answer.

"Does Aoko know that you're Kid?" Shinichi suddenly asked, changing the topic completely.

Kaito tilted his head to look at the detective and raised one of his eyebrows.

"What has that to do with this?"

"You seem quite close even though you tease each other a lot, so I was just wondering?"

"Are you jealous?" Kaito's smug grin came back.

"Is there any reason to be?" Shinichi shot back angrily.

"Haha...no she doesn't know and by the way she hates Kid and I don't want to bother her with my problems any more. But I think you know that feeling, hiding from Ran for such a long time."

Shinichi looked through the glass in front of him again. Yes Kaito was right, he knew this feeling all too well. But wait, did he just say he doesn't want to bother her with his problems. So there was definitely something going on.

"Wait, what do you mean with problems, aren't you just a thief because I don't know it's fun to fool people because you're cleverer?"

Kaito was quiet as if he was thinking about what to answer. After half a minute he replied.

"I'm not sure if I want to share this with you to be honest. I cannot really tell what we are right now, rivals or allies from time to time at least...lovers?" He waited a few seconds before he said the last word as if he was using it for the first time and to see how Shinichi would react.

The detective listened closely feeling a tingle inside him while Kaito described them as lovers, so he almost didn't care about the rest. He tried to focus on the information again.

"I can accept that and to be honest I don't know." The silence returned.

Shinichi didn't know what to say or what to do. This was the worst date ever. He really wanted to smash his head against the glass,maybe it would help his brain thinking in order to help him what to do.

He thought about Kaito being Kid again. Actually he didn't mean what he had said. Of course he thought that Kaito did enjoy fooling others, but after so many times dealing with Kid he also believed that there was something more going on. Until now this hadn't bothered him any further and provoking Kid a bit by stating that he is just doing it for fun might not have been his best idea either.

He was brought back to reality as Kaito suddenly turned around and grabbed him by his arm.

"Come on let's leave and have a coffee or something this silence is killing me." He tried to smile, but still seemed a bit thoughtful about something.

Shinichi nodded in agreement and together they left the tower, got a coffee and were now walking through a nearby park.

"So magic is not only part of your secret life as Kid you're also doing it in your free time?" Shinichi tried to come up with another topic to talk about.

Kid looked at him, aimed for his ear and before Shinichi could back away Kaito presented a 100 yen coin in front of him.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." He laughed.

Shinichi smiled, happy about Kaito behaving like Kaito again. Having a serious talk with him seemed so strange after all that had happened between them.

Before Shinichi was able to say something again he was interrupted by his phone. He excused himself and checked the message. It was Ran! He was staring at his phone for a few seconds too long as Kaito shot him a curious glance trying to see the screen.

"Something wrong?"

Shinichi froze then decided to ignore the message for now. If it was really important she would have called him.

"No, it's nothing." The phone wandered back into the pocket of his pants.

He looked at Kaito again and tried to pick up the conversation where they left off.

"So why magic?"

"My father used to be a magician so I know most of the stuff because of him." Kaito said quite cheerful.

"Used to? What happened?"

"He's dead." Came the short answer. Oh great, he was really asking the wrong questions.

"I'm sorry."

Kaito gave him a weak smile. "But as you now ruined the mood basically for the second time you really need to repay me or at least try to cheer me up, otherwise this will be remembered as the worst date ever."

Kaito's voice had changed to his smug, challenging manner, while he gave him a telling look.

Shinichi hesitated for a moment. He suddenly felt this tingling in his stomach again and he knew where this feeling was leading them. Was Kaito expecting him to take the lead like last time or was he totally on the wrong track?

Shinichi still didn't know much about this stuff and last time he had just hoped that he was doing it right. When he thought about their previous encounters he now was really torn apart between liking the feeling of having control over a situation like he normally has in every crime scene he needed to solve and being out of control. But he also couldn't deny that he had enjoyed being the receiving part, when Kaito had slept with him the first time. Could it be that Kaito was feeling the same? There was only one way to find out.

Shinichi took a look around and discovered a place a little distant from the main way, where some trees were.

"Let's go that way, " he said pointing to the group of trees.

After they got rid of their empty coffee cups Shinichi heard his phone again. He again ignored it as they arrived at his chosen destination. He then turned around to face Kid who was following him closely, a wide grin on his face.

"What's wrong Kudo, too afraid to do something in public? It didn't seem a problem last time." He said mockingly.

Shinichi knew that Kaito tried to provoke him and the fact that it actually worked didn't bother him as much as it had been before all this had started.

He closed the distance between them. Then he grabbed Kaito by his bare arms, as he was just wearing a t-shirt due to the hot weather, and pushed him against one of the big oak trees surrounding them.

Their faces were now really close as Shinichi's phone gave another bling sound. Shinichi let out an annoyed grunt. He ignored it again, trying to focus on the boy in front of him.

"I'm still waiting, Kudo." Kaito said amused, looking at the detective fiercely.

Shinichi closed the distance between them and pressed his body against Kaito's, still not kissing him.

Instead he placed his head next to Kid's whispering seductively into his ear.

"Tell me how bad do you want me to do it?"

They were playing a game again now and Shinichi enjoyed it a lot. He got used to it by now, but this time he would win, if you could actually win.

"Do you know how fucking hot that is when you talk to me like that? Don't get to proud on what I say now, but I don't know what gotten into you last time, but seriously that was just so amazing and I really enjoyed it to be at your mercy, because you were right. I'm really turned on by your intellect. When you solve your cases you get that look in your eyes and every time it just gives me the chills when you prove how intelligent you are."

Shinichi was shocked. Was he dreaming or did Kaito just admitted why he desired him so much? Before he could manage to think about it further his phone interrupted them again. This time Shinichi got really angry and pulled the device out of his pocket to look at it.

There were three new messages from Ran. Seriously, this was the worst timing ever. However, what Shinichi didn't notice was the slight angry, or was it more a disappointed, look on Kaito's face who also watched at the small screen.

Shinichi put away his phone, he couldn't read her messages now, but he would at least set the volume to mute.

He tried to forget about Ran and looked at Kaito again. When the detective had checked his phone he had backed away a bit, so now he went one step forward again and was just about to kiss the boy, giving him what he wanted when his phone started to ring. No, this was not happening! The phone should be muted so what the hell..?!.

He was so angry and annoyed about it, that he backed away once again and answered the phone.

"What is so important?! Normally he wouldn't speak to Ran in that way but he couldn't hold back his annoyance in that moment.

"What's the matter with you?! I just need your help with something and you told me I could always call you." She answered sounding angry too.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to sound so angry, but seriously, can it wait?" He didn't want to have a fight with her.

"I think it can, but what are you doing that is so important? You left school without telling me, so how could I know that you don't have time?" She asked, sounding more curious than angry now.

Shinichi was relieved. At least she was not that mad at him anymore.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you at the moment. I need to hang up, sorry, bye."

As he used to end their calls really often like that when he had been Conan, he didn't feel bad about it. For a second he had totally forgotten about Kaito, so now remembering again what was actually going on the last few minutes, he quickly turned around, but the only thing behind him was the huge tree. Kaito had just disappeared.

I really hope you enjoyed it and I would like to hear your thoughts in the comments ;-)