A/N: Sorry, but there might not be an update for the rest of October since the tests are coming and I've been having a hard time studying, everything is so much more interesting...

M rated SubChap! Warning; Yaoi (URL at the end)

Warnings:
Strange English, OOCness

Spoiler to:
Episode 457-458 Sonoko's Red Handkerchief

Uploaded: 2012-10-15
Revised: 2014-09-16
Chapter rating: T
Words: 2,500


Chap. 53
Sneaky Woman

Kaito shook his head while he watched the detective rub his face, obviously surrendering to whatever the future might hold, but Kaito wasn't about to let the noisiest and most gossipy fan he had know that he was together with Shinichi, not after the precautions they took yesterday, so in a puff of smoke he removed the disguise.

"Kuroba Kaito," he introduced himself with a stage-bow and decided to save the little pride Shinichi had left, "magician extraordinaire! And KID's number one fan!" Kaito grinned, knowing that that sentence would start a fight with Sonoko, "but sadly enough I couldn't get Shinichi into the outfit." He pouted and sent the detective a glance, registering the relieved look on his face.

"I told you!" Shinichi sighed and began acting in on the lie with a lot of help from Pandora, "I don't want you to imagine KID when you're kissing me!"
"Just once!" Kaito begged, and continued with mischief glowing from his eyes, "I could disguise as Sherlock Holmes..." The disturbed look Shinichi sent him was answer enough, since he was sputtering too much to get anything serious out.
"How dare you!" a loud shriek echoed through the house, "to even pretend kissing my KID-sama!" Shinichi made a noise like he was choking, thinking about Kaito holding the loud-mouth in his arms, and received a glare from the woman.
"I wasn't pretending!" Shinichi defended himself from the accusing look from the blonde, "he's insane! And... And I can't say no to him...I tried..." The detective slouched with a sigh and Sonoko seemed slightly less angry.

Kaito's phone vibrated and he grinned at the message from the Brit, knowing that the detective must've seen the picture somewhere.
'I'm happy for you, and I hope you don't do anything drastic,' Hakuba had sent.
'We're going to have lots and lots of babies! And you will be their godfather!' Kaito replied with a grin and looked up to see that Shinichi was explaining the situation to the women. Hakuba didn't respond for a small time, obviously happy with the fact that Kaito had dropped his hopes about Shinichi.
'Now, what are you talking about?' the thief wrote down on the phone and sent; anything to make the blonde detective sweat.
'What do you mean? The woman on the picture! The woman you're dating!'
'Ooh, THAT woman... Who am I dating?'
'Don't tell me that it's a hoax!' the detective replied and Kaito laughed, drawing attention to himself.
'Panicky, are we? I'm just pulling your leg!' Kaito didn't receive a response after that, but happily walked up to the crowd by the library's entrance, hearing Shinichi describe the first time they met as Kaito and Shinichi, face to face on a heist. Ran was studying him with a disbelieving look and narrowed her eyes suspiciously, while he only sent her a smile, thinking that she was looking at him like that because she was evaluating him as a partner for her friend. Kaito glanced to the floor, where he knew that the file had landed, but assumed that Shinichi had picked it up since it was gone.


Shinichi made his way towards the kitchen, stealing glances at Ran that was staring at him in dissatisfaction while she walked beside him, listening to the two voices a couple of metres behind them that were arguing over who was the number one KID-fan.
"I can't believe that you're actually dating KID," Ran confessed, making the detective ready to tell the lie again, "what happened to your wish to be a detective?" She pulled out the file from her handbag before her childhood friend had time to respond, "next time, don't leave evidence lying around. Now tell me; why?"

Shinichi stared at the file in her hands and took it as she handed it to him, swallowing his nervousness at the fact that he was revealed.
"Because," he began and looked into her eyes, "I love him. And he's harmless; he doesn't hurt anyone, and he returns what he steals." Shinichi sent a glance back at the thief that was holding an annoyed expression on his face. "I will protect him, to the very end," Shinichi stated seriously and then took a deep breath.
"Kaito!" he called out, ending the argument the thief had been having with Sonoko, "come here!" The magician immediately hung over his shoulder and then sent a glance to the file, realising that Ran now knew who he was.

"Don't leave evidence around for people to see it," Shinichi smiled and waved a bit with the file, "and get the pictures, will you?"
"Yes-yes, I already took the envelope," the magician smiled and made the file disappear. "It's nice to meet you Mouri-chan," he continued and seemed more KID-like, "I guess that you know and won't tell on me." Ran watched how the thief laid his head on the detective's shoulder and gave him a hug that made her childhood friend smile. She sighed and shook her head; how could she reveal his identity when he made Shinichi smile so happily.

"Hurt him and I'll make sure that you regret it," Ran beamed lovingly and Kaito paled.
"That's what I told Hakuba when he began dating Aoko, but somehow you're ten times scarier because I know what you can do," Kaito confessed and sent her a wink, "don't worry. If Shinichi stood in front of a mirror, holding a rose, he would see two of the most beautiful things in the universe. I don't think I can even live without him." Shinichi blushed happily, but Ran didn't look the least impressed and only glared at him, making him go numb.
"We'll see about that... And since you are you, I'll only give you one chance," she stated, punching her fist into her open palm and sent Sonoko, who just joined them, a glance before she continued, "Shinichi, do you remember that you promised to take me and Sonoko shopping?"

For a second the detective looked clueless, and then laughed awkwardly after Pandora told him when he agreed to it, down to the second in a perfect imitation of Hakuba.
"Yes," he stated with an apologetic smile and began to make his way towards the door, "sorry, I completely forgot."
"Aw, but I don't wanna go shopping!" Kaito complained and then whispered in Shinichi's ear, "I know something much better we could do. Alone, upstairs, naked, in your bed."
"Who told you that you could come?!" Sonoko roared, still angry over the fact that the magician had 'pretended' to be KID, but Kaito only detached himself from his boyfriend and fuelled her anger further by childishly sticking his tongue out.
"Like I'm going to leave my Shin-chan with someone who sets him up on dates against his will!" Sonoko snorted at his statement, obviously not caring about how uncomfortable the dates had been to the detective.

"But it would be a good thing if he could come," Ran mused aloud as they left the house behind themselves and Kaito raised an eyebrow, "if Isamu gets to know that Shinichi has a boyfriend he won't have to worry."
"Why would he worry if I didn't have a boyfriend?" Shinichi asked intrigued, while Kaito only smiled happily at the fact that Shinichi had called him 'boyfriend'.
"Because Sonoko told him some stupid things," Ran muttered as she blushed.
"I just wanted to make him work harder for you; you're making it too easy on him!" Sonoko defended herself while Shinichi deadpanned, remembering the time that the blonde had forced her boyfriend to camp in a forest in order to find a red handkerchief that she'd tied to a tree.
"And you're making it too hard for anyone to be your boyfriend!" Shinichi stated loudly, "after what Conan told me I feel sorry for Makoto."
"Bah! KID-sama could handle it!" Sonoko called out and missed the magician's horrified look at the thought of being together with the young woman. "Ah, my KID-sama can handle anything! But that evil bitch has gone and tricked him! KID-sama..." a tear ran down Sonoko's cheek and she sniffled a bit, "I'll save you from the clutches of that horrible and ugly woman!"
"Who're you calling ugly?!" Kaito growled and then continued to defend Kaitou KID's choice in women.

"Shinichi," Ran whispered and the detective eyed her, "did you dress up as a girl just to trick some reporter?"
"Ran," he blushed and sent the arguing teenagers a glance as he whispered just as quietly, "who, of Kaito and I, have a history of dressing up as women?" His childhood friend sent the thief a glance and Shinichi nodded, making her point to him and gape.
"Wouldn't that mean..." she hissed even quieter, "you were KID on that photo!" Shinichi nodded with a chuckle.
"Correct," he answered and she began to giggle while sending him an amused glance.


They met up with Isamu and Shinichi introduced himself feeling that the man was a bit tense, until Kaito gladly introduced himself as his boyfriend and then kissed Shinichi, making the detective nervously fidget while he looked around himself to make sure that no one had seen him or recognised him; it would be bad if KID got a girlfriend the same night that Shinichi got a boyfriend, that would be too much of a coincidence. After the shopping, while they ate dinner at a restaurant, Shinichi's phone went off and he answered, not understanding a single word that his mother was rattling off.

"Mom... Mom... Mom!" Shinichi called out a little louder, keeping his voice low enough not to disturb the others in the restaurant, and gained the interest of everyone around the table, "calm down. I can't understand you. What did dad do now?"
"Oh, Shinichi! I'm so sorry!"
"Wha-?" the detective blinked confused and then grew worried, "what happened? Is dad okay?"
"Yes, of course he's fine!" she answered a bit angrily, "but you." The woman winced, "oh, Shin-chan you must be heartbroken! I'm coming home to take care of you!"
"What? No!" he answered quickly, knowing that he didn't want his mother around the house if Kaito and he were going to take their relationship one step further, "don't come home! And what do you think is wrong with me?"
"Don't you dare to play strong in front of me, young man!" she scolded and Shinichi stared blankly in front of himself wondering what was going on.

"I-, I'm so confused that I honestly don't understand anything you're saying..."
"That thief!" she screamed in the phone, making him wince from the sharp sound.
"Don't scream," he demanded in a complaining voice and waited for her to continue.
"Aw, Shin-chan!" she sighed, "I really thought that you and that thief would become a couple... You loved each other! I can't believe that he would go and betray you that way!"
"What?!" Shinichi hissed and turned away from the others, "how on earth did you know about that?"
"A mother always knows," she stated proudly while Shinichi blushed, "and then I saw the picture on the internet! That cheating bastard!"
"Have you told dad?" he asked warily, ignoring her comment about Kaito and met the magician's questioning gaze.
"No, of course not!" his mother giggled, "he's so frustrated that he can't find out what I know! Or how I learnt it! Oh, and on a related note; I haven't had my period for two months! But I'm coming home to get that thief and teach him not to hurt my baby-boy!"

"Wow! Hold your horses!" Shinichi glared into thin air as he blushed, "you're pregnant?"
"Didn't I say that?"
"Yea, kind of," the detective deadpanned, "but the normal way to let your son know that you're having another child is saying; 'you're going to have a sibling' or 'I'm pregnant' not the way you said it..."
"You know what I mean..."
"Yea, yea," Shinichi muttered and took a bite of his food, ignoring the curious stares that followed his every move, "I'm happy for you. Have you thought about a name?"
"Actually we thought that if it's a boy we'll name him after Toichi," she said in a warm voice, "since he save your life."
'I like that name,' Pandora quickly stated, 'he'd probably be honoured.'

"Pandora likes that name," Shinichi smiled and let his mother know that the gem was communicating, knowing that no one else but Kaito understood the sentence.
"Pandora? You can talk to each other now?"
"Yes, you can tell that to dad in case he gets close to figuring out that I'm gay," Shinichi smiled and then frowned, "but what picture was it that upset you?"
"The one where KID is kissing that woman," she sighed, "ooh, Shinichi. I understand how you must feel!"

"Mom," Shinichi complained, "I'm fine, and please don't tell dad about me. I-, I guess that I want to tell him myself, when I'm ready."
"Don't worry, there's no way that I'm going to tell him anything!" the woman giggled in the phone, "but are you sure that you're alright? Do you want me to call that detective friend of yours who helped out after the cure, Hei-chan?"
"No!" Shinichi gasped and dropped his chopsticks on the table, "whatever you do; Don't come home, and Don't. Tell. Hattori! For God's sake, please, don't tell him what you know!" Yukiko giggled and hung up without saying anymore, leaving her son terrified that she would call Hattori to tell him that he was in love with KID, which was exactly something she could do. Shinichi stared at the phone in his hand and then deadpanned; even if his mother called Hattori he could deny it with telling him that she was having a personal vendetta against him for not introducing her to his boyfriend, Kuroba Kaito. Hattori would believe him, hopefully.

"That sneaky woman knows everything," he muttered and sent Kaito a glance to let him know that it was about him, "everything."
"Is she going to call Hattori and tell him about me?" Kaito asked with a smirk, "that sure would make Hakuba's head explode."
"Hakuba?" Ran asked curious, "as in Hakuba Saguru, the detective?"

"Yes, we're in the same class. He's together with my childhood friend Aoko, Nakamori-keibu's daughter," Kaito grinned and Ran stared at him in disbelief, understanding what the second 'everything' had meant while she thought that Hakuba would dislike the competition and realised what a mess the thief's life must be.
"By the way Shinichi," Kaito turned to his boyfriend, batted his eyes and continued with a sorrowful voice, "are you so ashamed of me that you don't even want to tell Hattori, your self-proclaimed best friend, about me?" Shinichi didn't look happy over the question even though he could see that the thief wasn't serious.

"You do know that that wasn't what I meant," he muttered, "how do I even tell him about you?" Kaito tilted his head, not really understanding Shinichi's dilemma while the only thing he could think about was what kind of shock Hakuba would get once he got it thrown in his face that Kaito had successfully wooed the Great Detective of the East, but now he had another detective to mess with; how much fun couldn't he have with the oblivious Osakan? As it showed, Kaito got to mess with Tantei-han much sooner than he'd thought.


A/N: If anyone has forgotten; Isamu is Ran's boyfriend

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One Step Further
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