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note:

"text" - dialogue

'text' - thoughts

- - change of POV

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

'Friends will keep you sane
Love could fill your heart
A lover can warm your bed
But lonely is the soul
Without a mate...'

Kahlil Gibran

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Shinichi's whole being went weak. He couldn't believe what he just heard. With even bone in his body, Shinichi hoped he heard wrong.

That his ears were deceiving him.

Anything other than what just came out of Kaito's mouth.

"Is this some kind of sick joke" his voice was barely above a whisper.

"Please tell me that was just another one of your stupid attempt at a joke."

His breathing became hard and heavy as he waited for Kaito's answer.

There was nothing but silence from him.

"Tell me, Kaito..." More silence. Shinichi grew impatient.

"I said tell me" His voice rose to new heights.

His hopeful eyes looked into Kaito's. He was still hoping, wishing what he heard was wrong.

'Life can't be this cruel.' he thought bitterly.

"I can't tell you that, Shinichi" he said reluctantly.

"Your parents could have been alive if it wasn't for me."

"I don't understand" Shinichi stood up but his eyes stayed glue to the boy still in bed.

"Tell me what the hell happened now, Kuroba."

Hearing him use his surname to address him tightened Kaito's heart severely.

"This isn't the time to talk in your damn Kuroba codes." he was speaking through clenched teeth. His hands balled tightly into fists. He didn't even realize his nails had managed to dig themselves into his own flesh.

Kaito tried to take a hold of Shinichi's hand but he backed away in time.

He wasn't about to give in to his charm. Kaito sighed and retreated his hand.

"Start talking, Kuroba..." His tone was cold. Colder than usual, and this time it was intentional.

'Ouch.' Kaito winced at the internal stab of pain.

With more icily glare from Shinichi, Kaito had no choice but to spill everything.

He sighed, long and loud.

"Well...I was always proud of being able to help so many people from their tragedies. I never even thought of the consequences of my actions. Then, I soon realized how wrong I have been to change what was meant to be."

He paused for a brief seconds.

"I had a dreamt of a man. He was walking down a dark alley, apparently drunk and lost while trying to get home. Three strangers followed him from the bar. They intended to kill him and take his money. The drunken man died in my dream, but I made sure I was there in time to help him when the actual event took place. Hmph, who would have thought me saving that man, was one of the biggest mistake of my life."

Shinichi listened to his every word, but his patience was growing thin.

'Get on with it, Kuroba.'

Kaito continued as if able to read his mind.

"Two months later, that very same man I saved that night was caught."

He began to chuckle as he shook his head.

"It turned out..." Kaito nearly choked on his breath making Shinichi almost forget he was mad at him. His foot stepped forward but he caught himself in time.

'No, I can't give in. I must know everything.'he restrained himself and resumed his position leaning by the window.

"...it turned out that man was a serial killer."

Kaito finally let out with a sob. Shinichi's eyes widen considerably at his words.

"What..." he breathed out, so low even Kaito couldn't hear.

"He murdered many people before. He raped and killed them; all of them were young beautiful girls who had a bright future ahead of them."

Tears were visibly running down Kaito's face.

Shinichi's own heart shattered to see him in such a state. He wanted to run to him and wrap his arms around Kaito. To console him, to tell him everything will be ok. But there he was, standing at the very same spot unable to move and completely speechless.

"He killed three more people after the day I saved him. I saved him, Shinichi."

Kaito looked up at him, tears drenched his eyes.

"I was the reason those people died. I helpedhim murder them." Kaito's whole body began to tremble as he continued to cry.

That did it for Shinichi. Nothing else mattered at the moment but the boy in front of him. As quickly as his body could carry him, Shinichi ran and threw his arms around Kaito. Kaito's arms wrapped around him as well. He felt Kaito's every breath, his every tremble. Shinichi completely forgot about asking him about the death of his parents when...

"Two of the later three deaths were your parents" Kaito whispered into his ears and almost regretted letting out.

Shinichi's breath caught in his throat. He couldn't breathe. Everything became a blur, and it took several moments before he realized the blur was from the tears that formed in his eyes.

"What did you say" he whispered back. It became almost impossible for Shinichi to breathe.

Kaito's hug tightened as if to restrain him from leaving as he continued.

"He raped and killed another girl. Then, as he fled the scene, he hit your parents car, causing it to flip and fall into a cliff."

Shinichi's head shook back and forth weakly, not wanting to believe what he was hearing.

"It was in the middle of night and so far out in the countryside, the killer as able to get away without any witness. I'm sorry, Shinichi."

He buried his tear flooded face under Shinichi's hair.

His next series of "I'm sorries" were muffled as he continued to apologize softly.

'Sorry... sorry...?' Shinichi repeated the words inside his head.

'Mom... dad...oh my god...'

It took several tries but Shinichi finally broke free from Kaito's hug.

He stared down at him blankly. He was numb, wasn't sure how he felt at the moment.

Kaito attempted to stand and take him back in his arms but winced in pain as a stitch became undone. Shinichi saw the pain in his eyes as his hand automatically held to his side, attempting to relieve the unbearable pain. He however didn't feel anything. Slowly and steadily, he walked towards the door.

'I need to go. I need to get out of here. Get away from him...'

Shinichi's hand gripped on the doorknob when one of Kaito's arm wrapped around his waist, holding him back.

"Please, Shinichi" he pleaded. Small droplets of blood dripped from his slowly opening injury and began to create a small crimson puddle.

Kaito had to lean in on Shinichi for support as he struggled to stand. His whole body screamed in pain.

"Please don't go. I can't... I can't lose you."

"I can't stay here."

Shinichi opened the door.

"I can't look at you right now."

"Please" his voice was filled with pain, both physically and emotionally.

"Let go of me" Shinichi yanked himself free and ran down the hallway.

Without the support from Shinichi, Kaito fell to his knees.

He could do nothing more than watch as he disappeared around the corner.

"I'm sorry, Shinichi..."

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Shinichi didn't get too far when he ran into a doctor. He grabbed the startled woman's arm and shook it roughly.

"You..." Shinichi was clearly out of breath. "...you have to help him. He's..."

"Whoa, calm down. Are you ok? Maybe you should..."

"He's hurt damn it! He needs help now" Shinichi yelled at the woman making her step back at her sound of his voice.

"Ok" she held on to both of Shinichi's arms. "Who's hurt" the woman asked calmly, looking straight into the ecstatic boy's eyes.

"Kaito. Kuroba Kaito. He's in room 306. Please, he's bleeding badly." Shinichi pleaded.

"I'll take care of it" the woman reassured Shinichi, squeezing his arm gently. "We have an emergency! Toru, Kenshi, please follow me…"

Shinichi huffed out a sigh of relief as he watched the three figures ran towards Kaito's room. He peeked around the corner making sure they reached him before turning around and walked out of the hospital.

Outside, the cool wind blew as little tiny flakes of snow began to fall.

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"Lunch was great, Heiji. Thanks for taking to such a nice place."

Ran looked over at the timid boy walking beside her. They reached the elevator and stepped in together.

"Oh it was nothing. I eat there pretty often, most of the time to entertain clients." He said shyly. Heiji's fingers brushed against Ran's causing every single strand of hair on his arm to stand.

'If I hold her hand… will she get mad?'

Heiji's hand suddenly found Ran's and he held on tightly. For moment neither of them moved nor made a sound. The only thing that could be heard was the low rhythmic sound of their breathing. The sudden ding of the elevator caused them both to look up.

"Looks like our stop." Ran turned around to Heiji with a smile.

'She didn't pull her hand away!'

Heiji was too excited that he walked right into the elevator door with an "Oof!" escaping his mouth. He rubbed his face wearily. The boy couldn't believe his luck.

'Why does these things always happen to me while I'm with her?'

Then he heard a small giggle. It didn't take long for him to realize it came from the girl he was holding. Her eyes were closed and her free hand unsuccessfully covered her mouth as she continued to giggle. Heiji couldn't help but smile at her. She was very cute when she laughed, and if it took him getting hurt to bring on that smile Heiji didn't mind walking into the door or wall several tim

es more.

"Hey, Heiji." He finally saw her mouth moving.

"Huh?"

"The elevator, it's open." She pointed to it with an amuse look on her face.

"Oh ok. Let's go then." He led them both out the elevator and headed towards Kaito's room.

"Hey, Ran?" He sounded nervous.

"Yes?" She turned to look at him detecting his nervous tone.

"I was wondering, if you're not busy this weekend, my parents would really like to…"

The sudden burst of a door startled both the them. Two nurses wheeled a patient out of the room with a doctor running right behind them.

"We have to hurry, he's losing too much blood!" The woman said with urgency.

They soon disappeared around the corner leaving Heiji and Ran staring wide eyed.

"Heiji?" Ran's voice was weak like how her whole body felt at that moment.

"Y…yes?" came Heiji's shaky voice.

"They just came out of Kaito's room…"

Hearing those words left Ran's mouth made Heiji's heart sank. He was hoping he misunderstood and that those people had came of someone else's room.

"My God, Kaito…"

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After a long while of walking, Shinichi found himself sitting alone at the shop. Ran was gone and it was way past her time to be back from lunch.

'This is unlike Ran. She would never leave the agency unattended for so long. Could something have happened?'

Shinichi decided to go out and search. He figured him being at the agency wasn't going to do any good especially in his state. After slipping on his winter coat, the shop's door suddenly slammed opened.

"Shinichi, I've come back for you!"

The familiar yet annoying voice yelled excitedly from the door. Shinichi cringed as the guy walked swiftly closer to him while his back was still turned to the person. The guy's arm spread widely ready to embrace the teen when he suddenly turned around in time to swing his hand and slapped him across the face. The guy practically flew to the wall, landing with his face on the wall and his butt stuck in the air.

"Shuichi," Shinichi said his name in disgust.

"What did I tell you about touching me?" he towered over him with his arms crossed.

"I guess you haven't learned since last time."

Shuichi managed to look up at Shinichi with tears in his eyes.

His brain told him to run for his life because this time it just might cause him just that, but the other part of him, the one that always seem win in the battle told him to stay.

'Damn my romantic heart!'

He cursed himself mentally before getting up on his feet.

"But, Shinichi, I was merely showing you how happy I am to see you after such a long time recuperating." He grinned at Shinichi showing how happy he was to see the other.

Both of Shinichi's eyebrows lifted.

He couldn't believe the guy was back after the verbal and physical abuse he gave him. His once long hair was cut down to almost nothing by herself when they first met and Shuichi decided he was his happy place and suddenly hugged him. That took several days from him to get over, but still Shuichi came back and claimed that his love for Shinichi was greater than anything, even his trademark aim.

'What a moron.'

He had thought, but Shuichi was there following him to and from work daily. He even threatened any guys who came near him, but Shinichi didn't mind that part at all. It saved him the hassle of having to do it himself.

Shinichi yelled at the other to leave him alone. That didn't work. Shinichi called him names such as stupid, moronic, idiot, yes even dork. That didn't work either. Soon he resorted to physical violence hoping the pain would bring some sense to the hopeless guy. Still didn't work. Finally he gave up. At least he was keeping his distance until one day...

Shinichi wasn't sure what came over him but Shuichi tried to kiss him.

Shinichi shuddered at the thought. That resulted in Shinichi punching him in the mouth before the other's lips even touched him. After several minutes of him spewing insults at the other, Shuichi ran away from the scene crying and have disappeared for weeks, way longer than any other times he fled from him in tears.

Yes the biggest craziest assassin/agent cried like a baby making Shinichi almost feel sorry for him... almost.

Now he's back standing in front of him with the stupid grin on his face.

Grin...

Shinichi's thoughts suddenly floated back to the one person he refused to think about. Still he couldn't help being concern about his well being.

I really hope he's ok…

"Argh! What am I saying? I don't care about him!" he blurted out loud.

The startled Shuichi scratched his head. "I am sorry, but who is this him you are talking about?"

Shinichi looked up at him but looked away suddenly. He blushed slightly, embarrassed with his sudden outburst.

"Leave me alone, Shuichi. I don't have the energy to inflict any bodily harm to you right now."

"Not even enough to insult me!" He shrieked.

That was uncommon, very uncommon, of Shinichi. He came to see him half expecting detective to either break his teeth or anything along those lines.

"Shinichi, are you ok? Are you sick? Let me feel your head." Shuichi reached for Shinichi's head but he slapped his hand away.

"It's none of your business, moron." he turned to leave the agency.

"Get out; I'm closing the agency early today."

"Something really is wrong! Tell me your problems, Shinichi. Maybe it would make you feel better." Shuichi clasped his hands together and leaned towards Shinichi with a hopeful look on his face.

"I said it's none of your…" Shinichi stopped in mid-sentence. He thought for a moment about Shuichi's offer.

Why not? Maybe talking to this moron would make me feel better. I just want someone to listen, and Ran's not here…

"Ok." he said and turned to him.

"But only on one condition."

"Yes, anything for you, Shinichi!" He was clearly overjoyed.

"Only I talk and you say nothing. I'm getting hungry anyway."

"Deal!"

Shinichi walked out of the agency/shop and Shuichi followed. He locked the door after he was out. They soon began walking with Shinichi in the lead and Shuichi trailing like a love sick puppy behind him.

"Oh, and one more thing." he stopped and said without turning back.

"You're paying."

Not far in the distance a blonde sat alone on at a bench overlooking a good-looking detective and a much taller brunette following closely behind. A smirk formed on his face.

"Just a matter of time before you come to me, Shinichi. I will be waiting…"

is it just me or everyone's now thinking Shuichi Akai is so OOC? hahaha

I dunno .. I don't wanna pair our poor Shinchan with anybody who's not that good looking ..

Shuichi Akai is pretty decent though .. hahaha

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~lexii