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Kaito's stomach growled as the class rose to escape to freedom, other wise known as the end of the school day.
Aoko giggled at him. "You want to stop for ice cream on the way home?" She offered.
"Naw, I'll just grab something when I get home." He waved it off. "Kind of low on funds at the moment." The Kaitou Kid's tricks and traps were cool, but they did cause a bit of a drain on his wallet.
"Funds?" Keiko echoed for a moment before her face lit up in a bright expression. "Oh! I nearly forgot! Koizumi-chan, Hakuba-kun, please wait here a minute!"
Akako and Saguru, who were almost out the door, blinked in surprise, but did as requested as the pigtailed girl rummaged through her bookbag. "I know they're here somewhere..." She mumbled to herself. "Oh, here they are!" She pulled out 4 envelopes, each with a slightly different colour pattern print on them.
She turned and passed them out to the other 4 teens. "Here you go, it's your share."
"Share?" Hakuba ventured, looking at his off-white envelope quizzically.
"Yeah!" Keiko beamed.
Aoko pulled several bills out of the pale blue envelope she was holding. "Keiko-chan, what's this for?"
"It's your share from the betting pool." Keiko explained, holding up a book.
Akako's eyebrow rose as she looked in her rose-coloured envelope. "Betting pool?"
"Yup! I split what's left of the profits and put it in the envelopes. It's all written down right here, if you want to check that you're getting your share. I'm just sorry I forgot to give them to you sooner!"
"...What kind of bets?" Hakuba questioned.
"That would be telling." Keiko grinned, giving him a wink. "If you knew, you might change your pattern of behaviour, and then what would the class have to bet on for fun?" She laughed, dancing out the door. "Bai!"
"Did any of you know about this?" Akako asked, looking down at the money as if she wasn't quite sure if it was solid or not.
"Um... I did, a little bit." Aoko admitted. "I've been in the betting pool before on what kind of animal you were going to turn Hakuba-kun into. But I didn't know that there were any with Kaito or me!"
Akako and Hakuba looked a little startled at the reference to Akako's occasional habit of accidentally turning the English detective into various small animals when irked. She was usually aiming a Kaito when it occurred.
"I'm not sure if I should be pleased or outraged." Hakuba commented. On one hand, people were betting on him behind his back. On the other hand, he was getting a share of it. And from the looks of it, a pretty fair share as well.
Akako raised an eyebrow at the blue-eyed girl. "Your friend is a bookie." She deadpanned.
Aoko laughed nervously and sweatdropped.
"Kuroba?" Hakuba prodded the wild-haired boy, who was staring at the grey envelope he was holding in wide-eyed silent shock. "Kuroba? What do you think of all this?"
Kaito slowly shook himself out of the shocked stupor, and looked stupidly at the others. They looked back at him, hedging backwards a bit, just in case of an impeding explosion. No one was really ever sure just what was swirling around in that brain of his.
The magician suddenly bounced, all hyperactive smiles again. "Who wants ice cream?!"
-fin-
Yes, the envelope colours are their names once again. Seemed easier than writing their names on it.
While working on a random fic about the class putting on a play a while back, Keiko started taking bets over just who was going to kiss Princess Kaito: Aoko or Akako.
And somehow, it evolved into a sort of a constant mental background joke when ever Aoko started chasing Kaito, or Hakuba and Kaito started pranking each other, that Keiko was there the background taking bets on who was going to win -this- time.
Sort of like a cheerful pig-tailed version of Tendo Nabiki from Ranma1/2. ^^;;
For those wanting to know about the new LJ, it's under /~ickaimp/
Kaito's stomach growled as the class rose to escape to freedom, other wise known as the end of the school day.
Aoko giggled at him. "You want to stop for ice cream on the way home?" She offered.
"Naw, I'll just grab something when I get home." He waved it off. "Kind of low on funds at the moment." The Kaitou Kid's tricks and traps were cool, but they did cause a bit of a drain on his wallet.
"Funds?" Keiko echoed for a moment before her face lit up in a bright expression. "Oh! I nearly forgot! Koizumi-chan, Hakuba-kun, please wait here a minute!"
Akako and Saguru, who were almost out the door, blinked in surprise, but did as requested as the pigtailed girl rummaged through her bookbag. "I know they're here somewhere..." She mumbled to herself. "Oh, here they are!" She pulled out 4 envelopes, each with a slightly different colour pattern print on them.
She turned and passed them out to the other 4 teens. "Here you go, it's your share."
"Share?" Hakuba ventured, looking at his off-white envelope quizzically.
"Yeah!" Keiko beamed.
Aoko pulled several bills out of the pale blue envelope she was holding. "Keiko-chan, what's this for?"
"It's your share from the betting pool." Keiko explained, holding up a book.
Akako's eyebrow rose as she looked in her rose-coloured envelope. "Betting pool?"
"Yup! I split what's left of the profits and put it in the envelopes. It's all written down right here, if you want to check that you're getting your share. I'm just sorry I forgot to give them to you sooner!"
"...What kind of bets?" Hakuba questioned.
"That would be telling." Keiko grinned, giving him a wink. "If you knew, you might change your pattern of behaviour, and then what would the class have to bet on for fun?" She laughed, dancing out the door. "Bai!"
"Did any of you know about this?" Akako asked, looking down at the money as if she wasn't quite sure if it was solid or not.
"Um... I did, a little bit." Aoko admitted. "I've been in the betting pool before on what kind of animal you were going to turn Hakuba-kun into. But I didn't know that there were any with Kaito or me!"
Akako and Hakuba looked a little startled at the reference to Akako's occasional habit of accidentally turning the English detective into various small animals when irked. She was usually aiming a Kaito when it occurred.
"I'm not sure if I should be pleased or outraged." Hakuba commented. On one hand, people were betting on him behind his back. On the other hand, he was getting a share of it. And from the looks of it, a pretty fair share as well.
Akako raised an eyebrow at the blue-eyed girl. "Your friend is a bookie." She deadpanned.
Aoko laughed nervously and sweatdropped.
"Kuroba?" Hakuba prodded the wild-haired boy, who was staring at the grey envelope he was holding in wide-eyed silent shock. "Kuroba? What do you think of all this?"
Kaito slowly shook himself out of the shocked stupor, and looked stupidly at the others. They looked back at him, hedging backwards a bit, just in case of an impeding explosion. No one was really ever sure just what was swirling around in that brain of his.
The magician suddenly bounced, all hyperactive smiles again. "Who wants ice cream?!"
-fin-
Yes, the envelope colours are their names once again. Seemed easier than writing their names on it.
While working on a random fic about the class putting on a play a while back, Keiko started taking bets over just who was going to kiss Princess Kaito: Aoko or Akako.
And somehow, it evolved into a sort of a constant mental background joke when ever Aoko started chasing Kaito, or Hakuba and Kaito started pranking each other, that Keiko was there the background taking bets on who was going to win -this- time.
Sort of like a cheerful pig-tailed version of Tendo Nabiki from Ranma1/2. ^^;;
For those wanting to know about the new LJ, it's under /~ickaimp/