Mikau: Hello there! Good to see you all again. Did everyone that celebrates Thanksgiving have a good one? I got up at 4:30 AM to go with my church to a church downtown to serve breakfast to the community there. We fed about 150 people, and there were 100 volunteers there. Needless to say, there really wasn't enough work for all of us, so a good deal of the time I spent talking with some friends. I got to hang out with my crush and his sister. It was fun, but we were all sooo tired. In other news, many thanks to Mai-chan63, MysteryConan, Nightstalcer, Aniki-xvi, Sirastar, Sweetest Writer, Athie Lestrade, Athina Dark-Angel of Death, and patternleap for reviewing. I really do appreciate you guys; I wouldn't have made it to chapter fifty without you. Just a heads up, the Conan part of the chapter is a little more raunchy than usual, but it should be fine, so without further ado…
Disclaimer: If I owned it, I think I'd do an episode where Mouri has to solve a case on his own. It'd be interesting.
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Vows of Sincerity
Monday morning came too soon, and Kaito found himself at school.
He went right up to his best friend and sat on top of her desk. "I have a secret."
Aoko blinked, tilting her head to the side. "Aoko's listening."
The magician glanced from side to side, making sure no one else was listening. "You were almost right. Except, I still wasn't sure if he really loved me or not even after he kissed me right on the lips. You can go ahead and say, 'I told you so,' though."
Aoko blinked, processing her friend's words.
A little light bulb turned on above her head.
"You and Hakuba-kun!?" she squealed, drawing the rest of the classroom's attention. "Aoko knew it! I told you so! I told you so!"
"Geez, Aoko," Kaito snorted. "Not so loud. You're as noisy as a fire alarm."
"Humph," the inspector's daughter snorted right back at him but lowered her voice to a whisper. "So? Are you two together now? You like him too, don't you? Aoko's noticed the way you've been making eyes at him the past couple weeks."
"Yeah. I'm crazy about him, and we are together, but…it's a little complicated," Kaito sheepishly admitted.
"Because of that other guy you were seeing?" Aoko's sky blue eyes narrowed.
Kaito gulped, getting ready to be scolded. "Am seeing. Present tense."
The little firecracker blinked and then exploded. "Kaito! That's despicable! You can't date two people at the same time! What's wrong with you?!"
"I know, I know, but just listen to me—"
"—No!" Aoko screamed, but then dropped her voice into an angry whisper. "Kaito, you can't treat Hakuba-kun like this. He really loves you, and I won't let you play around with him."
"I'm not playing around," Kaito hissed, trying to explain.
"Then dump the other guy and only date Hakuba-kun," the inspector's daughter snorted.
"I can't!" Kaito sighed in exasperation.
"Why not?!" Aoko huffed.
"Because I love Shinichi. I really, really love him, and Saguru knows that. He was the one who suggested that they share me in the first place. I know it's not conventional, but…" Kaito bit his lip and looked nervously at his childhood friend.
Aoko frowned. "Aoko doesn't like it. Kaito should only have one boyfriend, and it should be Hakuba-kun."
Kaito was about to argue in his own defense, but his taller boyfriend walked into the classroom at that moment, effectively distracting him as the blonde came up to the pair.
"Good morning, Aoko-kun…Kai."
"Morning, Guru," the love-struck teen chuckled, making eyes at his beloved. "How'd you sleep?"
"A lot better without you hogging the covers," the detective teased, adding, "I missed you every second we were apart."
"Me too," Kaito cooed.
"Liar," Hakuba laughed. "You and Kudo hung out after the three of us had dinner together. I'm sure there were times while you were with Kudo that you didn't even spare me a thought."
"Don't be cruel," the brunette pouted.
"Kaito's the one who's cruel." Aoko jumped right back into the conversation, turning to the detective. "Hakuba-kun, you shouldn't allow him to run around like that! It's not fair!"
"Yes," Saguru sighed. "But it wouldn't be fair to Kudo to steal Kaito from him entirely; they were together first, after all, even if I was the first one to fall for Kaito." The blonde smiled and bowed. "Thank you very much for looking out for my well-being, Aoko-kun, but I can assure you that it is not necessary. Everything is just fine."
"You sure you're sure about this, Guru?" Kaito asked once more. "I still don't feel right about this myself."
Hakuba rolled his eyes and ruffled his boyfriend's hair. "Meet me out back by the old maple tree during lunch."
"Why?" The purple-eyed boy blinked.
"You'll see." The detective smirked, and Kaito made a mental note of how sexy smirking Saguru was.
000
"There's a legend that anyone who confesses under this tree will have a long and rewarding relationship," Saguru said, gazing up at the maple he was leaning against.
"I hadn't heard that rumor before," Kaito chuckled, hugging his coat closer as he shuffled on up to stand in front of his blonde. "So…what are we doing here?"
Saguru smiled shyly, a cute blush painting his cheeks. "Well…I was thinking that I never really confessed to you so much as had a confession rung out of me, so…I sort of wanted to do this properly, if you don't mind."
"Actually, I do," Kaito declared as he strode right up to the detective and pinned him up against the tree. He planted one palm flat against the rough bark and used the other to gently cup Saguru's cheek.
Kaito took a deep breath and began. "Hakuba Saguru, I haven't been able to get you out of my head for a month or so now. I love your eyes—both of them, even though I can't decide which color's my favorite. I could stare into those dreamy eyes of yours for eons.
"I love your lips," he whispered, ghosting his thumb over them. "They look so soft, and it drives me crazy whenever you chew on them. I can't wait until I'm allowed to nibble on them too; I could suck on them until we both ran out of air and passed out.
"I love your hair—the color, the texture. You don't know how many Asians would kill for hair like that. I just want to run my hands through and play with it.
"I love the way you look, the way you speak—everything—but most of all, I love you. I love you when you're moody, when you're sad, when you're angry, when you're goofy, and especially when you're happy, but…I love you, so…Hakuba Saguru, will you go out with me?"
Even the tips of Saguru's ears turned scarlet as he nodded and whispered, "Yes."
"Good!" Kaito chuckled leaning in and letting his weight rest on the taller teen. "May I kiss you?"
"I kind of wanted our first kiss to be…more…you know…special. Someplace romantic," Saguru mumbled, mind almost numb with overflowing happiness.
"Hmm," Kaito hummed in thought, absentmindedly nuzzling the detective's hair, neck, and face. "That's not the whole truth, is it? You're afraid to kiss me." Kaito ceased his attack, wrapping his arms around Saguru's waist and resting his head on the younger boy's chest.
"I…" Hakuba bit his lip and decided to be honest. "I've never kissed before, so I'm probably not very good at it…not like Kudo."
"I don't compare like that," the magician assured. "Besides, it'd be boring if you kissed like Shin-chan. I wanna find out what your kiss is like, Saguru. Once we start kissing, I might think things like, 'This isn't as good as last time,' or 'This time is our best yet,' but it'll only be a 'personal best' type deal. I won't compare your kisses with Shin-chan's in a 'who's better?' kind of way. Same goes for love making, so don't stress out about it." Kaito placed a quick peck on the Brit's cheek and pulled back. "Okay?"
Saguru nodded, a little grin quickly spreading across his face. "That…helps, but I still want to take it slow with you. I'm also scared stiff of messing things up by going too fast."
"I'll respect your wishes," the brunette reluctantly agreed. "…but…just let things happen naturally, okay? I need spontaneity. I don't care if it's semi-structured spontaneity, but just don't make out timetables and stuff."
"Got it," Hakuba chuckled. "Thank you for understanding."
Kaito shrugged. "'S okay. I know you, and I know how your OCD works. Just…don't make me wait too long, and…don't think too hard about this. I get that you want it to be special, but it doesn't have to be too special. I mean, my first kiss was under my bed for Pete's sake, and it was still special because of who it was with."
Saguru blinked, and Kaito could just see the words "under my bed" going through his mind.
The imp chuckled, "Aoko, when we were eight," by way of explanation.
The detective nodded. After a moment of thought, he replied, "If you're so eager to kiss me, I suppose I could take you to this nice Italian place on Thursday. After dinner we could kiss by the fountain out by the—"
"—Pass," Kaito lightly snorted.
"You…don't like Italian?" Saguru hazarded a guess.
"No. I don't like you trying to fit our first kiss into a timeslot," the older teen huffed. "You can take me to the restaurant, but I'll decide when and where I kiss you. If we say we'll kiss out by the fountain, it'll just be awkward, and we'll both feel like we have to do it, even if the timing isn't right. I understand that you feel like everything has to be all special like a fairytale, even though I don't understand why, but forcing it won't turn out well."
Hakuba sighed but nodded anyway.
Kaito had a point.
"If it's any consolation, the location doesn't really matter much. Once you start kissing, you kind of lose sight of everything but the other person, anyway. You could make out with me in a janitor's closet, and it'd be just as special as if it were the top of the Eiffel Tower."
"I think I can do better than a janitor's closet," Saguru grumbled.
"Yeah, but the point is: you don't have to. 'Cause I'd love you anyway." With a quick peck on the cheek and the wink of an eye, Kaito was off, and he kept glancing back in a way that told Saguru that he wanted to be chased.
"Beginning to think someone has a fetish for being pursued," the half-Brit snorted, taking off after his boyfriend.
000
"I'm jealous," Conan pouted like an eight year-old, blowing bubbles into the chocolate milk. "Hakuba gets to spend all day with you, and then you go and hang out with him after school too. It's not fair!"
Kaito chuckled, shooing his smaller boyfriend away from his milk. "Blow bubbles in your own…coffee." Kaito blinked. "Hmm…guess coffee's not really conducive to bubble-blowing."
"Kaitooooo, I'm seriouuuuuus." The whining continued.
"Oh, my poor, sweet Shinigami-chan, what would you have me do? Transfer to Teitan Elementary? I can't help that we go to school together, but it's not like we're spending every single moment connected at the hip…. That's the expression, isn't it? Anyway, what I mean is that we're not hanging out and having fun all of the time. We're at school."
Shinichi tried so very hard to ignore Kaito's "joined at the hip" comment, but, in the end, he couldn't help but wish that he could be connected to Kaito at the hip right that very moment. He didn't really even care that they were in a restaurant full of people.
Kaito was a habit-forming substance, and the Great Detective of the East needed a hit bad.
But, at the moment, the magician was going on about something, and the schoolyard sleuth thought it might be best to tune into the conversation.
Shinichi really tried to pay attention, but Kaito himself was very distracting.
He had the top few buttons of his school uniform undone, and his collarbone was sticking out.
Hello, Collarbone.
Hello, Shinichi~ Why don't you come on over and suck on me? You remember what delightful noises Kaito makes when you suck on me, don't you?
Yes I do, Collarbone. Yes, I do.
"Is your mother home?" Conan asked, cutting off the tail end of Kaito's sentence.
The younger teen blinked. What did that have to do with film noir? "Uh…no. Not yet…. Why?"
"I was just thinking that it had been a while since I did that thing with my tongue that you like so much," the older boy commented flirtatiously.
Kaito blinked. Kaito liked the thing with Shinichi's tongue, but why was his boyfriend offering so suddenly and in such a direct manner? Normally the thing with the tongue was something Shinichi was rather embarrassed about.
"O-Oh?" the magician gulped, cheeks turning a lovely shade of cotton-candy-pink.
"Yeah." Conan nibbled on his bottom lip, eyeing the other teen hungrily.
Kaito was about to say "Hell yes" when something Saguru had said crossed his mind. "Shin-chan, maybe we should just talk and hang out. That's important in a relationship too."
Shinichi put on his best pouty face. "Whatever happened to the Kaito that was only ever interested in sucking my face off?"
The taller of the two looked to the side and mumbled, "He was a slut. I'm your boyfriend, and I'm interested in having a healthy, successful relationship. There's probably something to Guru's slow and steady nonsense."
"Yeah," the healthy teenage boy trapped in a grade schooler's body sighed. "Yeah, I know how we've talked about the imbalance between the physical and emotional parts of our relationship, but…can't we do the thing with the tongue and then talk about comic books or do a crossword puzzle or something?"
Kaito blinked yet again.
It was then that he realized that the proffered blow job had not been solely for his benefit. "You…really wanna do this, don't you?"
Conan blushed, bashfully looking down at his sneakers. "Yes," he replied in a small voice.
"Why? I mean…I don't imagine it's much fun for you."
The pocket-sized detective's cheeks turned an even darker shade of red as he mumbled, "Physically, not really. I imagine it's a great deal more enjoyable for you, but…it's…it's something I can control. I don't have much power in this relationship, and I know that. If you left me, you'd still have Hakuba and probably be no worse off. You've got the upper hand here, Kaito."
"Shin-chan, I…" He hadn't thought of that before. "I don't…"
"This…" Conan continued when Kaito didn't. "This is something I can do to even the playing field a little bit. It gives me power over you, and I really like it. Even though I can't make pineapple upside-down cake like Hakuba f-ing Saguru, I can make you sweat and squirm and scream my name. I like being able to affect you like that."
"Shin-chan," Kaito gulped. "You know…a word puzzle after a roll in bed sounds really good right now. Then we need to talk about your insecurities, but…bed first."
000
"Take your clothes off too. Kid wants flesh on flesh snuggle time," Kaito whined lethargically as he curled up in the sheets of Shinichi's bed.
"Can I keep my boxers on?" Conan chuckled, wiping his mouth.
"No. Boxers off," the younger teen demanded much like a two year-old would.
"I can't refuse you anything," the shrunken teen laughed, discarding his clothing a little reluctantly.
"Glasses on." Kaito reached up to stop his lover as Conan moved to remove the spectacles. "They're sexy."
"Weirdo," the seemingly younger boy snorted as he was scooped up and brought to his beloved's chest.
"Yeah, yeah. It's your fault; you've given me a fetish. Good thing Guru's got glasses too. I can't wait to role play school librarian and student with overdue books with him and those glasses," Kaito snickered, imagining his other love scowling, removing the glasses, and saying, "You're up to your eyeballs in fines, Mr. Kuroba."
"Don't talk about your boy toy when you're with me," Conan whined, playfully nipping his lover's earlobe.
"Sorry," Kaito whispered, nipping right back. "You know I'm crazy about you, right?"
"Yeah? Go on." Shinichi loved it when Kaito sweet talked him.
"And that I'd never leave you?" Kaito pressed. "You don't need to worry about me running off. I may be an indecisive idiot, but I'm damn loyal." The magician accented his point with a kiss.
"As long as he's around, I'm going to worry, Kaito," the great detective replied honestly.
"Let's draw up an agreement, then," the taller brunette proposed. "I forfeit the right to terminate our relationship as long as you…promise to love me forever."
"Done," Conan chuckled, putting his lips to Kaito's collarbone and beginning to suck.
"How much longer until you get to be big Shin-chan again?" the taller teen groaned.
"Still three weeks." The detective smirked, sinking his teeth into the sensitive skin of his darling's neck.
"I'm not gonna make it," Kaito wailed.
All Shinichi could do was laugh.
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Mikau: I was typing the other day, and I thought to myself, "That kind of looks like a martini glass." Yes? No? Maybe? Oh well. I have a Christmas tree to go help my family put up, but thanks for hanging in there with me and reading chapter after chapter after chapter. Hopefully the next one will be up within the next week and a half. I'm having a lot of trouble finding time to edit and post lately. You probably noticed. Take care until next time, folks!
