A/N

Ahaha, yes I do know that the Black Org's somewhat humane in this fanfic… I mean, really, they are technically humans, even though they're bad… I do despise those in real life though, even if the guys aren't necessarily bad, but just breaks a boundary rule… Aha, I'm ranting again…

"Welcome, Shinichi-kun!" Agasa said with cheer when he saw Shinichi walk in, searching for Shiho. "Yo, Hakase… Is Shiho-san here?"

"Err…" Agasa hesitated before saying, "She's been locking herself up in the underground lab since Akemi-chan made her go out in a very girly manner…"

"Huh…" Shinichi tried to picture her in a situation where she wore extremely girly wear, like Sonoko's way of dressing sometimes, and shuddered at the thought. He couldn't exactly do it because of the cold look the girl has. Metaphorically describing, it'd look like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Now Shinichi felt a little bit reluctant to go and see Shiho for his weekly meetings. "Don't worry! She's practically harmless right now!" Agasa then shoved him to the door which leads to the said underground lab.

Feeling like a living human sacrifice to appease a god, he stepped in, gulping audibly.

"You're here, Kudou-kun," Shiho said in her usual mannerism. Shinichi blinked. "You're not acting abnormal?" was what he wanted to say, but instead, he tried to mask his fear and with a smile, said, "Yo, Shiho-san!"

"… You look pale," she stated. Shinichi could only laugh it off. "Yeah, Prof. Agasa said something about you acting all different after some kind of outing… That's not true, right? You're acting like usual…" Shinichi trailed off when he felt a very angry Alpha aura in which she was emitting. Shinichi cowered behind the stool he was about to sit in.

With a scary smile, she said, "Yes, I feel normal." Her eyes felt like a glare, and her words felt like a threat. But Shinichi knew that that's what would happen if anyone angered Miyano Shiho. "Shiho~" came Akemi's voice, somewhat saving Shinichi when he saw Shiho's shoulders tense.

A few moments later, the said person came, carrying some kind of loud speaker and the melody of "Un-Break My Heart" following close. "I found another song that I just know you'd sing well!"

Silence fell, an uneasy one at that. Shinichi knew that he should scoot away, but unexpectedly, Shiho pouted and glared childishly at her sister. "Nee-chan, please stop!"

'Seems like, Shiho-san only acts like this when she's around her sister…' Shinichi concluded with a nod. After Akemi left, Shiho said in a dark tone which made Shinichi shudder, "I'll deal with her later. Now you come, follow me."


Thinking about the previous conversation with Chianti, Gin went back into his thoughts. Vodka, who was driving, didn't see the change in his mood as he thought.

'All the victims in her murder were male, wether they be an Alpha, Beta or Omega doesn't matter. They weren't necessarily the mysterious type, but those who look cool in her eyes…' Gin's eyes squinted. 'Then there's also a possibility that…'

"Aniki, we're here," Vodka said, effectively disrupting his thoughts. Checking his gun and his bullets, the two headed out.


"I said I'm sorry!" Kaito said when he saw an angry-looking Aoko right in front of his house, just as he was about to go out. "If you're really sorry," Aoko said, pulling out a paper, shoving it to him. "Treat me to this place!"

The paper had the words 'Ice Cream Heaven' and the following contents were still in a form of some kind of event proposal. "You see, dad got this a few weeks ago, and the whole festival is gonna be held within a month or so."

"Wait… Why did your dad even receive this?"

"Well, the organizers and planners feared that Kaitou KID would come and steal the tiara the Queen of Ice is gonna wear! I hear that there's this diamond… Called 'Snowflake' on the tiara, I think. Well, the Queen of Ice is just a figural person, though. I hear that she's a real beauty!"

"Uuh… So you want me to go there with you?"

"What! I love ice creams too, you know!" Aoko pouted.

"Hai, hai…" Kaito said. Once Aoko had invited him to something like this, he knew that there's no escaping it. He had to go with her no matter what. But this also gave him an idea.


"Jii-chan, could you please help me with something?"

"What is it, bocchan?" Jii said whilst wiping a glass. "There's this interesting diamond called 'Snowflake' that's gonna be worn by the Ice Queen in Ice Cream Heaven… Do you know anything about that?" Kaito asked, leaning on the counter near the old man.

"Let's see… It's in the festival next month, right?"

Kaito nodded and watched as Jii started typing in an incredibly fast speed in his computer. "Hmm, it might be the one this time," Kaito said, voicing out Jii's thoughts, loud and clear. The two gave each other knowing smiles and nodded in agreement.


8 AM.

That was the first thing Shinichi saw once he woke up. Yawning and rubbing his eyes, he then went to the bathroom. Brushing his teeth, he then noticed a card with a flower attached to it. Looking closer, he saw a KID's doodle and then he fully woke up.


"Shinichi?" Ran called. When there was no answer, she sighed. "Maybe he's not awake yet?" she mumbled before opening the door to the Kudou manor and entering the house. She then instinctively went to the Study room and found Shinichi grinning like a madman.

"… What're you doing?" Ran asked rhetorically. From his face, she could already conclude that it's a puzzle that he'd solved, and judging by his carefree attitude, it would be something involving KID.

Rolling the nearest old newspaper, she went to stand beside her childhood friend and smacked him in the head. "Wha-?! What gives?" Shinichi said, rubbing the back of his head as if it hurt. "Mou, Shinichi! Don't tell me that you forgot about today?"

"Err…" He honestly didn't remember. Rather, he knew almost nothing about anything, because he hadn't seen the calendar… yet. "Mou… You were gonna treat me to this new movie today, right?"

"Eh? I did?"

"No you didn't, I'm here to drag you anyways," she said and grabbed Shinichi out of his house, despite his protests.


"You really should get out more and relax," Ran said, waving the movie tickets in front of the Omega who looked irritated. "And what's with that look? I'm bringing you out here for your own good! If you don't get out much, how're you supposed to stay healthy?"

"Hai, hai, okaa-san," Shinichi said with a bored tone. "Listen here, Shinichi, if you want—"

"Aaaaaaah! A thief!" someone cried. Shinichi immediately turned towards the source and saw a man with a hat tipped so low that you can't see his face clearly, wearing a baggy jacket and training pants. He then ran after the guy once he saw a bag in his arms.

Kicking a can to the man's head, he finally caught him. But there was something weird about the man, he noticed. He didn't even struggle when Shinichi grabbed his arm and yanked him aside, taking away the bag and giving it back to the woman.

"Th-thank you very much," she said, out of breath yet happy. Shinichi nodded and smiled. "No worries," he said and looked back at the man suspiciously. He then took off the man's hat and saw that the man's face was blank, as if he had no more will to live.

"E-err… Are you okay? You don't seem good…" Shinichi said, despite knowing that the man is a bad guy. The detective then looked into the man's teal eyes and saw how it rapidly changed colours until it was pure black. The man then coughed up blood and fell unconscious.

"Ran," Shinichi said, seeing his childhood friend right beside him. "Call an ambulance… And the police."

"Eh? Why the police also?"

"This man… might actually be a victim," he said seriously. "And that woman…" he said, but then realized that the woman was gone. He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "That woman?" Ran asked, her hand dialing the phone number and waiting for a reply.

Shinichi ignored her question, his head in the deepest part of his mind. He was obviously suspecting the woman, but he was also against suspecting her because she was just someone whom appeared in front of him in a spur of moment, which is when the man took her bag and he gave it back to her.

He tried to recall her characteristics, but he couldn't. Like the man, she was also wearing a hat, even though it was a summer hat. He did remember the wavy brown hair, because the brown was an odd kind of brown, as if it was sort of bleached or something.

She looked a little bit shorter than him, possibly around 164 cm. He remembered slender fingers and a light complexion. Shinichi then remembered the man who fell unconscious and tried to feel for a pulse.

Nothing.

He then laid the man gently and stood, his face grim. "Shinichi?" Ran asked, looking up at her childhood friend, sensing the faint fear signals, although she couldn't be sure because of the on-lookers who was slowly gathering, crowding them.


Walking home with a manila folder in hand, Shinichi looked at the time. 10 PM. Not exactly the best time nor the wisest time to be going home alone. He knew that Clarisse liked to kidnap her victims and torture them to death.

He knew that she's probably using drugs to do so, drugs that weren't listed in the list of drugs in the pharmacy world, as far as drugs are concerned. Biting his nail, he kept on walking until he reached the Kudou manor.

Once he opened the door, he was greeted by a smoke bomb, making him cough and close his eyes. He felt himself getting stripped, and familiar hands touched him. Waving away the smoke, he tried to say, "Kuroba-kun!" between fits of coughs. Once he opened his eyes, he found himself standing in a dress, a tiara on his head.

Shiho was sitting in his living room, an amused expression on her face as she stared at the surprised detective. "You look good in that, Kudou-kun," she said, sipping her tea. "Hmm! You're right, Jou-chan!" Hattori said, suddenly coming into view.

That was when Shinichi saw the enormous banner, saying, 'Happy Birthday, Kudou Shinichi!' The whole room was decorated, the floor was covered in carpet. A table with 8 chairs surrounding it was placed in the middle of the room, flowers were strewn on the room's walls. The curtains were drawn and changed into something else of lacy fabric.

What intrigued Shinichi the most was the fact that the whole place seemed to be decorated with the colour white as its theme.

"E-eh…?"

He obviously had forgotten that it was his birthday.

"Thank you, Mouri-chan, for your help!" he heard Kaito said. Shinichi turned to see Kaito dressed up in a white suit and orange tie with a blue undershirt, and a blushing, semi-formally-dressed Ran, although her expression slightly gloomy, probably because of the events that happened earlier that day.

Kazuha came up with a flower in hand and put it onto Shinichi's ear. "That looks better, now!"

"What? Why?" confused, Shinichi asked. "It's your birthday and a late congratulations on getting yourself an Alpha," Hattori said with a wink and a suggestive smile. "Yeah! Why didn't you tell us that you got yourself an Alpha?! We could've celebrated it earlier!" Kazuha pouted.

"So mean, Kudou-san… Forgetting me because of all the murders in the world…" Kaito said, taking Shinichi's hand and kissing it, making him blush. "Wha- wait a minute?! What?!"

"It's something like 'congratulations on losing your virginity' too, Kudou-kun," Shiho stated in an amused tone. "Y-you don't have to say it that way!" Shinichi's blush deepened. "Ara~? Shinichi-kun, you actually look cute like that!" Akemi said, bringing a cake and setting it on top of the table.

For some reason, in Shinichi's perspective, it seemed more like a wedding than a birthday party. "And the one who suggested all of this was…" Kaito said, building up tension for a dramatic effect as he said, "Nakamori Aoko!"

Aoko then came out with a camera in hand. "Say cheese!" she said and Kaito pulled him closer by the hip and struck a pose. After a while, the picture of the white-clad thief and a white-and-frilly-dress dressed detective with a tiara on, sat snugly in a photo frame.

Somewhere in his mind, Shinichi decided that this was more of a wedding than his (forgotten) birthday party.


Waving good-bye to his friends as they walked away together, Shinichi looked back inside and sighed. "What am I gonna tell mom and dad when they see this…?" he muttered and started cleaning up. "Just tell them you had a birthday party with me," Kaito said, suddenly appearing behind him, startling him.

"Y-you're still here?" Shinichi asked, a hand on his heart in an attempt to calm himself down. "What kind of husband am I if I were to leave my wife alone on our first night?" Kaito said nonchalantly, shrugging. "I knew it…" Shinichi face-palmed. "You intended for this to be some kind of wedding, didn't you?"

"I wonder what you're talking about~?" Kaito said, obviously feigning innocence.

"…" Shinichi sighed once more before continuing in his clean up.

After they were done, Shinichi stretched before going to the front door. "Where're you going, Kudou-san?" Kaito asked. "Your room's upstairs."

"? You're not gonna go home?"

Kaito gave him a look. "Are you suggesting that I go back home in the middle of the night? No way! I'm staying here for tonight!" he said and dragged Shinichi upstairs to his room. Right after entering the room, Kaito quickly changed into a set of his pajamas, doing the same to the detective right after. Then, he flopped down onto Shinichi's bed, dragging the owner also, pulling him close into a hug.

"What's this supposed to be?" Shinichi said, unimpressed. "Our 'first night'," Kaito said with a grin. Shinichi shook his head, but leaned into Kaito's warmth anyways before falling asleep.

A/N

I can't believe that I woke up in the middle of the night, just because my neighbor started this extremely loud music (exaggerating, but still loud music) and started singing happy birthday to you… Sometimes, I wonder if I can ever concentrate on trying to sleep at all… Haha…

- To be continued -