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Key

Kudo Hikari didn't understand what was going on.

One of her best friends, Kuroba Satoshi, was glaring at her other best friend, Hattori Risa. The seven years old girl didn't find anything weird in their situation. She and her two best friends were in her father's study, playing police and thief. They have borrowed some handcuffs they found in her father's desk.

And then, Risa-chan decided that she was the police and that Hikari and Satoshi-kun were the thieves and she ripped the handcuffs from Satoshi-kun's hand and handcuffed them both without another word.

That didn't settle well with Kuroba Satoshi.

"Why do we have to be the thieves?" he demanded.

"Because I said so," Risa-chan sang, grinning. She was younger by a year and she usually got her way with the two seven years old. "Why are you so grumpy anyway? Aren't you a magician? You should be able to escape."

"Satoshi-kun is still training with Occhan." Hikari supplied as the boy blushed lightly, but nodded, scowling. "He still doesn't know the big stuff!" the young girl waved her free arm to emphasize her point.

"He could bring out a rose anytime though," Risa said. "He always gives you a rose, Hikari-chan." The younger girl giggled.

Hikari smiled. "Yeah. I like that trick."

Satoshi, who was blushing badly now, grumbled, "Just get us out of these handcuffs, already. I am hungry!"

"I am hungry too!" the two girls exclaimed.

Risa-chan went over to the still open drawer and looked inside. She looked up at her friends, confused. "There is no key."

Silence.

"Oi! What do you mean there is no key?" Satoshi demanded. Sometimes, he really hated that he was the only boy between those two girls—it was too much for his young mind.

"I am sure it's there," Hikari said, worried. "Papa wouldn't leave the handcuffs there without a key."

And so, the three young children searched for the key—Hikari and Satoshi having difficulty in covering wide spaces with their wrists caged in the silver bracelets. Five minutes of thorough searching concluded that, in fact, there was no key in the room.

"Oh God, I don't want to stay stuck with her all day! I'll catch cooties!"

"Hey! I don't have cooties, baka!"

"You do, baka! And don't call me baka!"

"You don't call me baka, baka!"

"Alright!" Risa said, eyes wide. "We'll just go to our mamas and tell them what happened."

The kids scrambled out of the door and dashed towards the kitchen where their mothers were talking and laughing while making lunch.

"Mama!" Hikari exclaimed, and Kudo Ran turned towards her daughter's voice. "We were playing with Papa's handcuffs, but we can't find the key now." she showed the three women hers and Satoshi's cuffed hands.

Hattori Kazuha coughed, trying to hide her laughter.

Kuroba Aoko and Kudo Ran rushed over towards the two kids. "Why were you playing with handcuffs?" the former demanded.

"I think the question is: why does Kudo-kun has handcuffs?" Kazuha said, slyly.

Ran blushed, looking stricken. "It's your husband's fault!"

Risa looked confused. "Why is it Papa's fault?"

"We were playing police and thief," Satoshi explained. The three women exchanged wary glances.

"Hikari, why don't you go over to your father?" Ran suggested. "I am sure he will be able to get the cuffs off."

The children nodded, and dashed again towards the living room, where their fathers were lounging on the couch, debating fervently about a basketball game.

"Papa!" Risa squealed, jumping on her father. "I cuffed Satoshi-kun and Hikari-chan together!"

Kudo Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito froze. "What?"

"That's not something to be proud of, baka!" Satoshi exclaimed, scowling heavily as he swung his arms around.

Hikari's arm swung with his.

"Why would you do that, princess?" Hattori Heiji asked, confused.

"Because we were playing police and thief!" the girl explained, grinning.

Shinichi and Kaito exchanged wary looks while Heiji snickered.

"Papa, can you please take them off?! We can't find the key!" Hikari said, eyes swimming with tears.

"Of course, sweetie. Here, let me find the pliers." Shinichi said.

Ten seconds later, the pliers had cut the small chain in half and both kids sighed in relief. Shinichi and Kaito helped their respective kid out of the cuffs and ordered them to go back and play.

The kids scrambled out of the room, already laughing and making plans for their new game, their hunger momentarily forgotten.

Heiji sighed. "Damn! They were a good pair of handcuffs."

Shinichi glared at him. "Shut up."

Heiji grinned. "Don't pretend you didn't enjoy my gift, Kudo."

As Kaito snickered, Shinichi looked stricken. "No! I didn't—there wasn't a key—and I didn't—"

"Oh, well, at least I know my daughter will be a good match maker when she grows up." Heiji lay back, grinning.

Shinichi gave Kaito the look. "Your son better not lure my daughter!"

Kaito snorted. "Your daughter better not seduce my son!"

As the two men continued their argument, Heiji sighed regretfully as he looked at the broken silver chain, reminiscing about his own adventure when he was a kid.

Snickering at his two friends, he wondered if the silver chain still had its magic.

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