Clichés & Tropes -
Disclaimer: The works of Detective Conan and Magic Kaito belongs to Gosho Aoyama-sensei.
Warning: KaiShin relationship.
A/N: Just something to fill time...
11 Explosions
Whenever the hero escapes a predicament, it is often accompanied by an explosion that they either walk away in a casual saunter, or dive face first into the dirt just as the explosion sounds.
"Alright, we've subdued the culprits." Kaito declared with a brush of his trousers as he stood up to admire his handiwork that included a rather colorfully bound man using different coloured duct tape. "What about your end Shinichi?" Kaito glanced over at the still crouched detective who was busy trying to remove the various bits of plastic packaging from the inside a cardboard box.
Suddenly, the detective swore out loud, raising alarm bells in Kaito's head.
"What is it?" He rushed over to the crouched detective.
"Thirteen minutes..." A pair of concerned blue eyes looked up at him. Kaito repeated nearly the exact same phrase of swearing.
"And the police would not be here for another twenty five." He glanced about, eyes landing on the small huddle of injured people at the corner of the shop.
"I can try to disarm it." Shinichi rolled up his sleeves with grim determination. "Kaito, if you can..."
"I'll start the evacuation and alert the police about bringing a bomb squad." He nodded.
With several succinct commands and various hand motions, Kaito managed to direct all the injured out of the shop towards a safe location. It was lucky that the shop was so far away from the rest of the town and located at such a remote area.
"At least we could minimize the damage." Kaito muttered to himself as he walked back towards the shop with the intention of entering and helping out Shinichi. He left clear instructions to the most healthy of the hostages, telling the person to keep a close eye on the culprit and to shoot him with the tranquilizer dart should he show any signs of waking up.
"Kaito?! Why did you come back?" Shinichi nearly ran into him at the entrance.
"To give you a hand of course." He let himself grin even at such a dangerous situation.
"No time." The frantic glance behind was quickly replaced with quick action where Shinichi took hold of Kaito's wrists and pulled him further from the shop front. They took off at running speed down the cobblestone path in the direction where Kaito left the injured escapees.
None too soon, the shop erupted in flames alongside a loud explosion. The pair dived down into the ground covering their heads with their own arms. Several more explosions sounded and they remained still until only the roaring of the flames were left. Thankfully, they were far enough away to avoid the licking flames.
Looking away from the burning building, Kaito looked at Shinichi, studying the profile image before bursting into a fit of giggles. Shinichi turned to face him, eyes clouded with confusion.
"I'd say you light up my night alright. Not too shabby for a date night. Though next time, leave the fireworks to me OK?" Kaito leaned in, placing a kiss onto Shinichi's nose before standing up gracefully and extended out a hand to the detective to haul him up.