I MANAGED TO FINISH THE CLIMAX OF THE STORY~
Chapter Summary: Hakuba's sick and people are getting suspicious of him.
Detective Conan and Magic Kaito do not belong to me...
Chapter 9: The Flu
Waking up after his first peaceful nights sleep in who knows how long left Hakuba feeling disoriented and confused. Mainly because he had no idea where he was.
The room he was in was simple, nothing to identify who it belonged too or where the building was located. Hakuba sat up and glanced at the window. Judging by where the sun was in the sky it seemed to be midday.
Hakuba's eyes widened, "Damn it..." Hakuba flung the blanket off of him and saw his cell phone laying on the end table by the bed. Opening it he tried to turn it on but his battery must've died at some point in the night.
"Oh! About time you woke up!"
Hakuba watched as the ghost, Scotch if Jinpei-san gave the right name, entered the bedroom and sat down next to him.
"You worried Amuro when he got you here and realized how bad of a fever you had!"
"Amuro…?" Hakuba blinked, "Oh! So that's where I am…"
"Where'd you think you were?" Scotch asked amused. "Kidnapped?"
Hakuba shrugged, "It certainly wouldn't be the first time."
"What wouldn't be the first time?"
Hakuba twisted around to look at Amuro who stood in the doorway, carrying a bowl and a glass on water on a tray.
"Huh?"
"You said, "It certainly wouldn't be the first time", I was wondering what you meant." Amuro explained as he walked over to Hakuba and set the tray down on the end table.
"Ah. I was just talking to myself Amuro-san." Hakuba forced himself not to look over at the food brought into the room, he felt hungry but at the same time he felt as though he was going to be sick.
Amuro raised a brow at Hakuba but didn't comment on his behavior, instead he laid the back of his hand against Hakuba's forehead and frowned, "You're still pretty warm…"
Hakuba leaned away from Amuro, "I'm alright, it's just a small cold."
"Hmm."
"Amuro-san if you don't mind my asking, what time is it?"
"It's…" Amuro checked his watch, "3:15pm. Why?"
Hakuba dropped his head into his hands and groaned loudly, "I missed classes!"
It took almost an hour for Hakuba to convince Amuro that he was well enough to head back to his own home, and then it was a fifth-teen minute drive to the train station and a then it took almost thirty minutes including stops and all for him to arrive in Ekoda District. By the time Hakuba made it to his house it was already 4:23pm.
What he didn't expect was to find Baaya sitting restlessly in the living room, with Kuroba-san and Akemi-san waiting there was well.
Both ghosts looked relieved to see him and they hurried towards him as soon as he shut the front door.
"Botchama!" Baaya came rushing towards him and Hakuba felt terrible for having worried the three of them.
"I'm alright." He assured her, "I ran into...a acquaintance last night and ended up staying the night, I apologize for worrying you."
"An acquaintance." Baaya repeated her disbelief showing on her face.
"Yes." Hakuba gently eased himself out of her hug and headed towards the stairs, "If you won't mind I believe I'll be taking a small nap."
"But-!"
Hakuba made his way up the stairs and was proud when he didn't stumble nearly as bad as he thought he would. The moment he entered his room he barely spared the time to plug his cell phone into its charger before he shrugged off his clothes, until he was left in just his undershirt and the pants to his school uniform.
"Do you know how worried we were?!"
Hakuba groaned as Kuroba-san's yell felt as though it was plunging needles into his head.
"H-"
"Perhaps now is not the time Kuroba-san." Akemi-san's soft voice cut off the elder ghost and glanced pointedly at the dark bags under Hakuba's eyes.
"...Fine, but don't think this means you're off the hook!"
Hakuba muttered under his breath and turned so his face was pressed into his pillows and not facing towards Kuroba-san and Akemi-san. The two ghosts spent the enforced silence wandering around Hakuba's room, occasionally talking to one another while Hakuba pretended to be asleep until they left at which point he finally relaxed enough to fall asleep.
According to the clock on his night stand, he wasn't asleep for more than an hour before he was woken up by Baaya yelling out,
"You can't go up there!"
Startled, Hakuba just managed to sit up in his bed and swing his legs over the side before his bedroom door flung open and Aoko stormed in with a sheepish looking Kaito following after her.
"Did something happen?"
Aoko's glower was enough to freeze Hakuba in place, "Did something happen? YES, Something did happen!"
"Err…"
"Where have you been Hakuba-kun?! You left right after school to watch that little boy and next thing we know that boy and his neechan are at school asking for you!"
"They went to my school…?" Hakuba's brows knitted, "Why?"
"Because you never let them know you got home!" Aoko yelled.
"We all came here to see you but according to your housekeeper you never came back home." Kaito glanced around Hakuba's room as he spoke.
Hakuba wasn't sure how he felt about having Kaitou Kid in his bedroom.
"Conan-kun and Ran-san were really worried!" Aoko marched over to Hakuba and poked him harshly in the chest, "Make sure you let them know you're alright!"
Hakuba nodded, "I will. I wasn't able to contact either of them last night because my phones battery had died."
"So where were you?" Kaito asked as he flopped down into Hakuba's desk chair and ignored the glare Hakuba shot him.
"... I ran into an acquaintance of mine and by the time I realized how late it was, it was too late to get on the train back to Ekoda so he allowed me to spend the night."
As Aoko went on to lecture him about the importance of making sure his phone was fully charged and letting people know where he was, Hakuba powered on his phone and sent Ran a text saying he was alright.
Neither of them noticed the suspicious glare Kaito was shooting towards Hakuba or the way he tensed when Hakuba gave his excuse for not being home.
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