Kuroba was grinning, Hakuba noted with some disconcertion. It wasn't a relaxed friendly grin on his face. No, this was the type of grin you saw just before the Kid went 'Boo' and did something that A: a human should not be able to do at all and B: scared the bejeezers out of you.

He wasn't the only one to notice it either. Aoko had an eyebrow raised at him. "What are you grinning at?" She demanded.

There was a quick flash of something, blankness perhaps as he could practically see Kuroba switch gears without missing a beat. He beamed at her. "I'm naked under my clothes!"

Hakuba nearly tripped on the sidewalk. "Wha-what?!" He stammered, looking at Kuroba, who continued to smile angelically. "THAT is what you were grinning at?"

"Nope." Kuroba gleefully motioned to the girl beside him. "She's naked under her clothes too!"

There was a slight moment of absolute stillness as his words sunk in. Aoko turned red, her hair fanning out like a battle aura as her temper rose. "PERVERT!"

Kuroba had just enough time to laugh before taking off running, his whoops and cheers echoing across the local area as Aoko chased him.

Hakuba sweatdropped, silently pondering if that was what the magician had actually been thinking, or he thought up these sorts of comments as distractions in advance.

-ende-

... I have no clue what we were thinking when that mental picture came up... ^^;; Hee.