The Date- Part 1
-Are you free on Wednesday?-
Well, isn't that random?
Shinichi didn't know what to expect when he invited Kaito out that day. He's actually surprised the magician agreed so easily! His mother had pestered him to tell her all about the lovely and charming Tsukiko-chan! To which Shinichi was forced to indulge her. He still believes that she was fishing out information and trying to test him! She probably thought that Shinichi had made a deal with some girl to pretend to be his girlfriend!
Which … arguably is exactly what happened.
Except:
One- Kaito isn't a girl.
Two- He's not a complete random choice or a stranger.
Three- Shinichi is confident he knows the thief well enough to be able to actually make it look like they were dating.
But as the questions went on and became more and more mundane, like: What kind of food does she like? What sort of dressing style does she have? What was her ex-lover like? Does she have a pet? What hobbies does she have? It became harder and harder for Shinichi to remain truthful and still find an answer.
He could of course say: Chocolate (from his observation of their initial meeting at Poirot when Kaito had order a hot chocolate and a chocolate cake and his face showed how much he loved it); White elegant suits when on his job but casual wear for his daily life (as observed again on that meeting); the opposite to Shinichi (if Kaito's claim were truthful that Shinichi wasn't his "usual type"); do doves count as pets? As for hobbies … Shinichi isn't sure parading in white in the middle of the night and making a show of stealing other people's jewellery can be considered a hobby. Clearly Magic is more than just a hobby for Kaito so that can't work either.
But all these answers relate in part to KID or are based on a one-time observation on Shinichi's part. Well, counting aside the times Shinichi had tracked Kuroba Kaito down to actually see what he looks like after he'd found out his name. Haibara had called it stalking but Shinichi maintains it was only for investigating purposes.
This still leaves these questions unanswered and many more came following upon his mother's eagerness. When Shinichi was asked: What do you do on dates? He had frozen.
Date?
Oh yeah … Couples do that, don't they?
Date.
Date KID.
Date Kaito.
What do you do when you go on a date with Kaitou KID?
That's … a rather good question, actually!
Shinichi didn't have an answer and hence his sudden and out of the blues text requesting Kaito's availability the coming Wednesday.
-What for? Another party?-
-A date.-
There had been a long blank after this and Shinichi wondered if Kaito would ever answer him when lo behold:
-Just to be clear! When you say date, you mean YOU and ME going out TOGETHER as a COUPLE and to do COUPLE STUFF, right? Without dead bodies dropping at every street corner, yeah?-
Shinichi had irked at the way Kaito seemed to believe he was in complete incapacity to understand the concept of a date! Shinichi knew how to date fine, thank you very much! He just chooses not to do it because … well, for one, you need a partner to go on said date with and Shinichi's whole problem in the first place was his lack of said partner!
-YES! I KNOW WHAT A DATE IS! THANK YOU!-
-lol! Just checking!-
- And dead bodies do not drop at every street corner!-
-Shin-kun, do you listen to yourself? You're like a magnet for murder! I'm going to start calling you Shinigami-kun starting from now!-
-Don't you dare!-
-Try stopping me~!-
Their conversation had then digressed into meaningless chatter and playful banter. In all honesty, Shinichi rather enjoyed their text-chats. It was unusually comfortable and Kaito's personality complimented his own quite well. Most of their conversations were about meaningless topics but that's something Shinichi rarely gets. When he talks with Hattori, it's always about a case or about their relationships (in Shinichi's case, his lack of one). When he talks with Ran, it's always about Uni and her life mostly. He doesn't share much about himself because aside from cases and murders, there isn't much to share. The only other people he actively socialises with are police men and detectives from work, teachers from university, and fans he needs to fend off. There's also the Hakase and Haibara but they usually start talking about science and lose Shinichi halfway.
This kind of easy relaxing conversation without purpose or even a point to it was something Shinichi never had. It's relaxing and he's enjoying Kaito's engaging personality. He knew KID to be entertaining but that was always in the context of a heist, or for Kaito, a *show*. He was actively trying to be entertaining. Here, it's just quiet, subdued and easy. Kaito's still able to distract him with the tiniest of comments, his witty comebacks often pull a half-smirk on Shinichi's face, and his extensive general knowledge allows for a broad range of topics for them to engage. Honestly, Shinichi never thought interacting with the thief would be this fun and pleasant.
So much so that he almost forgot he'd arranged a date with said thief.
And this is the date.
Today.
With Kaito.
Ah no! With Tsukiko. (Need to remember that!)
"Shi-ni-ga-mi-kun!" Shinichi almost jumped when he heard a sweet teasing woman's voice from behind.
He turned and glared at the stunning Tsukiko. Again, just like at the party, Shinichi feels his heart thump into summersaults in his chest. Kaito isn't even dressed in a seductive way at all. It's actually a rather subdued look. Shinichi half-expected the thief to go all out to impress him but he forgot that Kaito takes his roles very seriously. He's Tsukiko. And Tsukiko likes comfortable jeans, a nice neckline T-shirt to show off her lovely figure but with a hoodie shrugged over her shoulders casually. You wouldn't think she's on a date.
"Stop calling me that!" Shinichi warned her and the girl giggled playfully.
"I think it suits you! So, date uh? Where were you planning on going?" She looked up expectantly at Shinichi who nervously cleared his throat. Kaito's really cute when he looks upward like that … his pretty eyes enhanced by those long eyelashes … Focus! Focus! It's just a disguise! Focus!
"I was thinking … cinema?"
Preview:
Tsukiko smiled reassuringly at her worried detective. You don't need to be a detective to see how nervous Kudo Shinichi is right now! This is rather unexpected and fun! Teasing the detective is always entertaining but Tsukiko could see how unfamiliar Shinichi is with this. Dating must not be something he does often. Not that Tsukiko expected anything to begin with. She knew her boyfriend was hopeless. Guess, she should give him a hand, uh?