Texting again- Conan's texts are left-aligned, Kaito's are...well, center-ish.


Kaito blinked down at his phone in surprise. He hadn't expected Conan to be texting him in the middle of school. After a quick look around to ensure his classmates (read: Hakuba and Aoko) weren't paying attention to him, Kaito slid the phone onto his desk, making sure his textbook would block the teacher's view (at this point in the year, they were likely to ignore something like texting from him, but he'd rather not be interrupted) and opened the detective's message.

I did some research.

Oh?

I think I've been getting anxiety/panic attacks.

Being involved in all those cases can't be good for your stress levels.

You have no idea.

Maybe you should take a break from the cases Tantei-kun.

The cases themselves don't really bother me.

…Running into murders weekly doesn't bother you?

I'm used to it. Murder is part of my life.

໒( ᓀ ‸ ᓂ )७ Murder is bad Tantei-kun.

Yes? That is why I want to be a detective.

( •᷄⌓•᷅ ) You're no fun.

Yet I'm still your favorite.

Really, it's not that the cases bother me.

Then what?

Trying to keep the others from investigating dangerous cases.

They're way too reckless.

Says the one who threw himself off a building to try to catch me.

What, are you mad? I knew you wouldn't let me fall.

Kaito stares at the screen for a minute in surprise. Was this Tantei-kun's way of saying he trusted KID? Kaito had known the detective trusted his alter ego somewhat after the all the times Conan had 'let' the thief escape, but that Conan admitted it, even indirectly was new. It felt…nice actually. His thoughts were interrupted by another text from Conan.

But really, they're worse than me.

How?

It's like they have no concept of danger.

And they can't defend themselves at all.

Maybe I should get Ran-neechan to give them lessons.

Maybe you should consider keeping them away from cases, Chibi-tantei.

Oi! I'm not that small!

But you're so short and cute! o(^▽^)o

No.

You are! Your friends are all taller than you, you know.

Actually, Ayumi is shorter.

Whatever you say, Chibi.

…You're not going to let it go, are you?

⌒°(ᴖ◡ᴖ)°⌒ Nope~

Instead of lessons, you could give your friends some defense gadgets.

Then you wouldn't have to worry so much about them getting hurt.

(∩︵∩) Oi, don't ignore me, Chibi-kun.

Chiiiiiiibiiiiiii~~~

.·´¯`(▂)´¯`·. Don't abandon me!

I need your cuteness!

Just for that, I'll teach them to kick soccer balls at you.

(๏д๏) You wouldn't!

Try me.

|−・;)

I take it back! Don't send them after me with soccer balls of doom!

Why not?

I think it'd be fun.

八(^□^*) Tantei-kun! Aren't detectives supposed to be good and forgiving?!

…We arrest criminals, so not so forgiving.

How horrible.

Do you admit I'm not cute?

You're too evil to be cute. ( ̄ー ̄;)

Hmm. They would probably misuse it if I gave them strength shoes.

…So…no soccer balls of doom?

Not from the Shounen Tantei, no.

…Brat.

Stupid thief.

Gotta go, I've disturbed my class by not pranking them.

Wait, really?

Yep. ( ̄︶ ̄) They get twitchy if I don't pull anything by lunch.

You just have no self-control.

Why bother? This's much more fun~(^v^)

I'll leave you to it then.

Bye, chibi.

Shut up, idiot.

Kaito grinned at the text for a moment before subtly eyeing his classmates. Yep, they were definitely waiting for the chaos. He'd been working on a big one for an occasion just like this…


A/N: Hope y'all enjoyed this one!

I'm thinking next chapter will have them meeting up in person again.