Chapter 49: Affection.

Genre: Romance/ Friendship/ Fluff (I hope~).

Warning: AU, OOC-ness, bad grammar and typos…my attempt of writing something fluffy…

Disclaim: I own neither DC nor MK, which is good, I suppose.

A/N: Thank you guys for the kind words and for stopping by this crappy shit ^^!

This one is kinda dedicated to Kaida-chan because I kind of…forgot her birthday so yeah…It's not birthday-themed but well, hope you enjoy~!

Well, he's quite affective, if you know where to look, that is," Kaito grins, placing his chin on his curled fist as he turns to watch Shinichi, the words are said so randomly because they are spoken after a too long moment that even Ran has to blink in confusion.

It's just a nice spring afternoon, when the weather is pleasant and just a perfect day for friends to gather for a nice chat.

"Over here!" Ran calls and waves her arm from her table to get the two boys' attention. The café isn't crowded but with the way the two boys are talking to each other, Ran just knows if she didn't do that, they'd walk past her without realizing.

"Oh hey! Ran!" the messier haired boy- Kaito, calls back brightly and soon enough, they stumble to her table.

"Hi," the neater haired one- Shinichi, greets, not as enthusiastic as his partner but a small smile on his lips is enough.

"How are you boys doing?" Ran asks happily, her eyes flick between her friends awaiting.

"Oh, we're doing just fine," Shinichi replies off-handedly and Ran fixes him an annoying but still amused glare.

Rolling his eyes, the detective stood up from his chair, "I'm getting something to drink before they arrive then."

"Get me a mocha then!" Kaito grins brightly and Shinichi turns to Ran with a raised eyebrow.

"Make it double," the girl says, smiling and Shinichi only nods before walking off, getting into the line.

"He's such a killjoy sometimes," Ran mumbles, "Seriously. Sometimes he's just too quiet and showing no affection at all!"

Kaito blinks, "You think so?" and when Ran shoots him a 'duh' look, Kaito laughs.

Because his beloved detective's body language is quite expressive.

Like when he got home (yes, the Kudo mansion, his house) late after a heist with a bleeding scar across his cheek that he didn't even know when or how he got it. Shinichi would drag him into his bedroom (that's somehow changed into theirs- just because Kaito can) and treated the wound carefully.

All the time, a scowl would stay on his face and Kaito understood that it mean: "you stupid, stupid thief, why wouldn't you let me help you?" (Because Kaito had made it clear that it was his battle, that until Shinichi decided to let him meddle with Shinichi's battle then he'd let the detective do the same- that got Shinichi glare at him but Shinichi stayed quiet, no doubt considering the pros and cons).

And later, when they were in bed, nestling warmly against each other, Shinichi would hug him tightly and Kaito would promise himself to stay alive and come home.

Or like that time, after his first magic show- on a professional stage, he'd sought out Shinichi giddily to ask how he did.

All he got back was only an eye-roll and a "Mh."

And ouch, that hurt, a bit, he admitted.

But then, Shinichi would slip his hand into his and squeeze it lightly as they walked out the entrance and said, "The kids liked it. They said it was great," with an amused smirk, of course.

And Kaito had never been prouder because he knew that mean, "It was great, I like it."

There was also the time, when Kaito's "I love you," was said when it was last expected. Like on a late night, when he was pillowing on Shinichi's thigh and they were watching some movie that had the volume down, so low that he couldn't make out any dialogue at all, his sleepy mind didn't help either.

Shinichi only looked down with a raised eyebrow and an "Idiot." Then his eyes would flick to the screen again and Kaito would slip into dreamland happily because he noticed the faintest hint of a smile on Shinichi's lips and he knew the detective mean, "I love you too. Isn't it obvious?"

"Well, he's quite affective, if you know where to look, that is," Kaito grins, placing his chin on his curled fist as he turns to watch Shinichi, the words are said so randomly because they are spoken after a too long moment that even Ran has to blink in confusion.

But he doesn't care.

And when Ran notices his gaze on her best childhood friend, a fond smile tugs at her lips and she only shakes her head mirthfully.

…because the idea struck me when I was in shower so yeah…And I feel like I need to write something fluffy and I hope this can be called fluff ="=.

And maybe next chappie will be about vampire :D! Because I've just done reading Vassalord (horror, vampire, blood, violence and generally rated M by those but sadly…it's only Shounen Ai x3…There's hints of Shoujo Ai too, I think) and I'm left awe-struck by the awesome-ness of Vampires~!

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