…It End With Us…
/Warning/: This chapter contains cursing, sadness, angst, character's injury, a lot of time skips, and flashbacks, there are other things too, and who knows what! All reviews are appreciated.
P.S: This is an Omegaverse story as in Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamic, you have been warned!
"Character talking"
"Foreign Languages"
Character thinking…
…Flashbacks…
Chapter 5
The sound of the bell chiming as the door was open made him raise his head because if one thing was known it was too early for anyone to come into his shop, and secondly the door was locked, he sighs through his nose and stood up, ready to get out of the back and head to greet the customer who decided to buy flower and the crack ass of dawn, hoping it was anyone but the person he already know was waiting for him. He walked out of the backroom, pasting a cheerful smile on his face even when he couldn't summon the cheer for it, but when he went to the front of his shop the smile left his face as he saw who it was, it wasn't the costumer he hoped for. "Koizumi…" He spat as he saw the woman with her dark purplish-red hair looking around his shop with an interesting look on her face, and it made his skin crawl, and he promised himself to call an exorcism as soon as she leaves, hoping to kick her evil out of his shop before it sticks.
"Kuroba-Kun, I see that you are well." The woman said which made him cross his arms over his chest and stand in defense, waiting for the woman to tell him what she wants and be done with it, he will never forgive her for what she did years and years ago, the only reason he even tolerates to see her face, was because she was his best friend's mate.
"What the fuck do you want? I think I made it clear that I don't want to see your face in my shop again!" Kaito finally loses it and screams at her, which only made the woman look at him for a long time, before one of her creepy smiles took over, which made the hair on the back of his neck to stand up on its ends.
"Just came to remind you that today is his eighth anniversary and that your mother is waiting for you at the Kudou's mansion, and that if you refused to come, she will come and drag you." Koizumi said which made Kaito bit the inside of his cheek as he looked at the woman hard, hoping that the woman will burn in her place with the power of his glare alone, after a few minutes of silence the woman sighed and nodded her head before turning around intended to leave the shop, which made Kaito let out a sigh through his nose at that. "The Shinigami is coming back." That was Koizumi's parting words which made Kaito roll his eyes at her strange blabbers and unknowing metaphors, Kaito stopped paying them any attention since the two of them stopped talking to each other.
It didn't use to be like this…. Kaito thought as he leans on the counter tiredly, looking at the place that Koizumi stood in not five minutes ago. Everything was perfect; everything was… until it wasn't. Kaito bit his lower lip before returning to the backroom, smiling sadly at the blue roses that were put in an elegant bouquet, it wasn't like he forgot what today was, and how will he? When today was the day he was told that his mate had died when he was doing the raid on the Black Organization with the rest of the FBI, CIA, and The Imperial Guard. It was so funny, especially when he mysteriously fell into 'Coma' because of 'Suppressant over abuse' thanks to Koizumi that witch and whatever a soap opera story she told.
Kaito frown a little before going to the front of the shop, putting the 'Closed' sign on and returning to the back, he doesn't want to be bothered at all today, so he will take the day off. Kaito sighed as he sat in front of the bouquet, looking at it from every direction, picking a few more of the blue roses to put and taking a few small decorating flowers off of the bouquet, smiling sadly when he was done…
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"So do you want to be a magician when you graduate from college?" He remembers Shinichi once asking him that question, the two of them were sitting in the library of the Kudou house, by then Kaito can safely say that the two of them had moved in together into his house, after all, Shinichi move in Ekoda trying to leave his old life, Shinichi never told him why he did that, but whatever his reason was, Kaito knew that it fuels Shinichi's nightmare, but that didn't stop the two of them from going to the Kudou's household, for the huge library that Shinichi's eyes warm up a little after seeing it, and for another reason, it was mainly to go and check on the scary little miss, Haibara Ai, and the little detectives' team that Shinichi has a soft spot for.
"What? Of course, I want to be a magician, Shinichi-Kun what kind of question is that?" Kaito remembered asking, which made Shinichi hum a little and nod his head before going through the library to take whatever book he wants after all the two of them will return here again in two weeks.
"Nothing, it's just… I wonder if you are going to be really happy doing that." Shinichi murmured which made Kaito stop what he was doing and looking at the Alpha who turned to look at Kaito with a happy smile. "I mean I see what you do on the stage when you are donning the cape, the happiness, the freedom, choosing when the show is going to start, how it ends, the time and the place, and I never saw anyone as happy as you, which make me happy." That got a smile from Kaito who looked at Shinichi with happiness. "But, what about when you become a magician like your father? Always traveling, always disagreeing with your mangers because they were idiots, or your staff because they couldn't do the simplest thing, can you really say you will enjoy a life like this?" Shinichi asked him gently, and he raised his head to gaze in Shinichi's eyes to try to see what his true motives were, and he was stumped when he saw nothing but curiously and wonder, nothing under it, and it made Kaito think…
Did he really want to be a magician…?
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After that day, after losing Shinichi, Kaito had to wonder, if he really wanted to be a magician. Yes, being Kaitou Kid helped him with grieving and it was fun at times because Kaitou Kid doesn't have any other job other than stealing jewels and bringing joy to his audience. He tried, he did, to became a magician like his father, but it was tasteless, boring, made his eyes roll, because where was the rush and joy he felt when he was doing Kid's stunts? The thrill he felt from the audience, and the police forces who tried to make idiots out of themselves, and Jii-Chan who was better than any assistant out there.
It was then that Kaito understood what Shinichi meant, and he had to laugh, because apparently, Shinichi knew him too well, to know that Kaito won't enjoy being a stage magician like his father. It end with Kaito opening a small flower shop, it was his backup plan, he was good with taking care of flowers and growing them, everyone said that his flowers stayed fresh for months like they have magic in them, and he was happy. He had to thank Shinichi for making him realize that, or he will be twice as miserable as he was.
"Happy birthday, Tantei-Kun…" Kaito whispered to the bouquet with a sad smile, how funny it was that Shinichi died on his nineteenth birthday? Leaving just as fast as he returned to Kaito after all these years of separation, it was so funny, his life was so funny! After the 'Accident' when he was shot after Kaito stopped using suppressants, he and Shinichi tried for a child, because Kaito never gives up, because not everything the doctors said can be true, because maybe, just maybe a miracle will happen, but it was funny that in the end, Kaito left with no mate, and no child to focus on and take care of, to lessen the pain of his mate's death.
He was left alone…
"Don't worry, Yukiko-Chan! I'm sure that Kaito is just late and will arrive soon." Chikage said softly to her sniffling friend, which got her a sad smile in return, which made Chikage bite the inside of her cheek and look at Jii who was shaking his head after failing to call Kaito for the sixth time.
"It's OK, Chikage-Chan, Kai-Chan has every right to stop talking to us, we understand." Yukiko said with a sad smile, looking at her mate Yuusaku to see him giving her the same sad smile, which made Chikage press her lips tightly as they continued their walk to Shinichi's headstone, it was true that they never found Shinichi's body, but having a closure like a headstone did help when someone wanted to go and talk to the teen for a little while.
Chikage understands she does, she really does, after Toichi's death, the only thing she wanted to do was book the first flight she can find and leave Japan forever, not caring that she will leave other people behind, and she did end up doing it after years when she left her fifteen years old son, every year for three months while she went around the world, though her son seemed to relish in the freedom he had when she was absent, especially when he mated with Shinichi.
But it seemed that no matter how much her son was forgiving and understanding, his kindness won't reach the Kudou (She never knew why) or Aoko's mate Akako, and it left her frozen in fear and doubtful of her friends when she eavesdropped on Kaito's screaming match with Akako a week after waking up from his coma.
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"It was you, wasn't it?" Kaito's shouting made Chikage jump from her chair and rush upstairs to Kaito's room, fear was pounding in her heart, it was a week since Kaito had finally woke up from his coma, that the cause was over abuse of suppressant which she never knew her son used, after all, Kaito himself called her and told her that he is going to stop using them, ever since he was shot while he was with his mate. A week since her son-in-law and Kaito's mate, Shinichi was KIA and MIA while overthrowing the organization that destroyed everyone's lives… a week and it seems that her son was already going crazy.
Reaching Kaito's room, Chikage was about to thrust the door open, only to stop in her place when she heard Koizumi's voice. "I assure you Kaito; I have nothing to do with Kudou-Kun's death." The woman said and Chikage felt a shiver running down her spine at the cold voice she was hearing.
"Don't lie to me, you bitch!" Chikage flinch at the raging scream she heard from the inside, the sound of something breaking against the wall stopped her in her place. "I know it was you, your freaking magic made me sleep for three fucking days, you know damn well, that I stopped using suppressants a long time ago, tell me what you did, witch!" Kaito's screams rang in Chikage's head, making her head pound from how pained her son sounded.
"…I told him the truth." Koizumi said after a while of silence, which made Chikage held her breath waiting for what was going to take a place now, and what truth Koizumi talked about? "That if he took you with him to overthrow the crows like the two of you have planned… then you will die." Koizumi said and Chikage had to hold her gasp of horror at that.
"You played him!" Kaito hissed and the sound of enraging growl could be heard from inside of the room, and Chikage despite herself wondered why didn't her son start breaking things after hearing that. "You fucking knew about his fear of losing the people he loves and you played him!" Kaito's shriek and snarls could be heard inside the room, followed by curses and yelling, and the sound of things getting broken.
All the while Chikage was outside, too shocked to move…
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After that day, Kaito distant himself from everyone, rarely talking to anyone if he didn't feel like it, always growling at the Kudou family, screaming that they were one of the reasons that Shinichi was dead, always avoiding Koizumi like the plague, and ignoring every Alpha who showed a little interest in him, shooting them down before they even got a word out.
Reaching Shinichi's headstone, Chikage had to hold her tears when she saw that her son was already praying for his mate, a beautiful bouquet of blue roses were sitting neatly near the headstone surrounded by hundreds of other roses that were given to Shinichi from all of his friends and the police department. As usual, her son ignored the Kudou when they greeted him, which broke her heart how cold her son has become.
She wished Shinichi was still here with them…
"Today is Shinichi Nii-San anniversary, right Ai-Chan?" A dark brown haired teen said as she stopped packing her supplies into her back bag, her words, made the rest of her friends stop what they were doing and turn to the female who was looking at her badge with a sad look on her face, tears gathering in her eyes.
"That's right." The other female of the group answered coldly as she continued to stuff her bag with her notebooks and pens, refusing to look at anyone while she finished her work, which made her friends give her a concern looks and looked at each other, sad smiles taking over their faces.
"It's the eighth anniversary, right? How old is he supposed to be, Mitsuhiko?" Genta said as he finished packing his bag and looked at Mitsuhiko who was looking at his badge, the gloomy aura surrounded everyone at the mention of their former friend, leader, and Sensei who taught them everything they needed to know about how to become detectives.
"Twenty-six, he is the same age as Kaito-Nii." Mitsuhiko said as he finishes backing his bags, following the silent Ai out of the class to get ready to leave the school. "Hey, do you think that Kaito-Nii is going to come to the get together this year?" Mitsuhiko asked Ai, gently which made the light reddish-brown haired woman shrug her shoulder at that.
"Probably, his mother returned from LA three days ago." Ai said as she took her shoes out of the small locker, to wear them while putting her other sets into the locker after she was done, she starts walking outside of the school, followed by the detective boys, who didn't chat her ear off like they usually do any normal day.
"They are hosting the get-together, in Shinichi Nii-San old house right?" Ayumi asked as she rushed to Ai's right side, the shrunken teen nodded her head which made the rest hum at that. "Hey, why don't we stop at the flower shop and get flowers for Shinichi Nii-San's parents? I am sure they will like it, then we can go with Kaito-Nii for the rest of the day and help him with his shop, considering that tomorrow is Friday." Ayumi said which made the boys pause a little looking at each other before nodding their head.
"That's a good idea, Ayumi-Chan; especially when we haven't seen Kaito-Nii since last month when he helped us to solve the camellia flower case." Mitsuhiko said which made Genta nod his head at that, frowning a little in thought.
"Hey, does that Hakuba fellow still bother Kaito-Nii?" Genta asked which made everyone stop for a moment then they looked at the fourteen years old teen with wide eyes. Being fourteen, they still haven't presented yet, but they weren't worried that much about it since the presenting age is from fourteen to sixteen. Only a few prime Alphas or Omega will present at the age of thirteen.
"My God, please tell me he wouldn't show up!" Mitsuhiko whine which was a mirror by Ayumi and Genta as they looked at Ai who was buying the flowers they wanted from the flower stand, paying the old woman behind the stand.
"You know, I love when someone never gives up on his love interest, but this is getting ridicules!" Ayumi nearly shouted which made the boys nodded their heads at her words. It all started maybe six years ago? When Kaito-Nii was in college, Hakuba, one of Kaito's friends and an Alpha, was interested in the Omega, and he starts asking for a date with the Omega, and from then on he always followed Kaito wherever he went, always asking him for a date, sometimes he will ask Aoko for advice to woo Kaito, Aoko, and Omega friend of Kaito was a little excited at the possibility of Kaito moving on and finding his footing again, will help the idiotic Alpha, again and again, the only one who seemed to snap at Hakuba to stop with this farce was Akako, Aoko's Alpha, but Kaito never talks to the woman, and they never knew why.
"Well then, let's just hope that Koizumi-San is going to be there to stop him from doing anything stupid." Ai said as she gave her friends the flowers they requested and continued on her way toward the Kudou's mansion with the detective boys following her. Ai had to give a sad smile as she saw the kids behind her chatting about their plan of helping Kaito when they visit the Kudou couple. It has been eight years since Shinichi died while taking down the black organization and their leader with him, and Ai never get rid of the thought that this was all her fault if she just didn't create the poison that shrunk her and Shinichi if she just went with him and help instead of being forced to stay behind if she just… the what if's continued to follow her for eight years straight never letting her have a peaceful night. The blow of losing Shinichi was hard on her, but not as hard as Kaito who woke up from his coma after three days only to be informed that his mate was killed, it wasn't as hard as when she had to tell the detectives boys that their mentor and best friend Shinichi/Conan was killed, the kids spent a month crying their eyes out, having finally been told that their friends Conan who left to America was actually Shinichi who loved them and wanted to be a part of their lives once more, they were happy… only to be told that he died not nine months later since they finally got to know him and his mate and consider the two of them as a part of their family…
And Ai… she was lost…
"This is fucking ridicules!" Shinichi hissed as he leans on the wall behind him looking at the road waiting for anyone to come in and save him from Toichi who was making a nuisance of himself with his crutches he was leaning on and tries to swing on the crutches like a monkey. Shinichi and Toichi arrived at the mansion of Toichi's friend, three hours ago, and for three hours straight they have been waiting outside for anyone to come out, but no one did, even after Shinichi banged on the door like a maniac. He could have easily broken into the house and left Toichi there, but the man was a leech, any time he saw that Shinichi was about to leave. He jumped him and hangs on tightly to his frame, crying about how cruel Shinichi was to leave him all alone.
"Oh come on, Shinichi-Kun, just give it a little bit of time, I am sure that Yuu-Chan is going to come any minute now! Please just a little bit more time!" Toichi whine which made Shinichi grumbled to himself and shake his head leaning on the wall behind him, waiting for the owners of the mansion to come. Shinichi lowered his black Fedora Hat, pulling his black knees height coat tightly on his body as he watches Toichi try and balance himself on the crutches, only to fail. No matter how many time Shinichi told Toichi that he needed to stop straining himself for the therapy to work the man refused to listen; but Shinichi had to give it to the man, because of his stubbornness the man was able to walk on crutches in six months when normally it will take normal person, years to walk normally with the kind of torture Toichi went through.
The movement to Shinichi's right made him look up, Shinichi raised his eyebrow when he saw four middle school brats running around the place, with no care in the world, though Toichi stopped the four of them and start chatting up while pointing at the mansion behind him while joking and making the brats laugh, which made Shinichi roll his eyes and look at his sports car that was parked on the other side, wondering if he could just hightail it and leave Toichi alone that he found a few brats to entertain him. Shinichi felt someone staring at his face, which made him frown and adjust his sunglasses to look at the small kid with reddish-brown hair who was looking at him, it made Shinichi wonder why the girl was shooting him looks of fear as she tried to back away behind her friends… he wonders if it was his clothes.
It was fifteen minutes top, when Shinichi blinked his eyes behind his glasses, not five minutes after the four brats joined him and Toichi (The kids steered far away from Shinichi, maybe because of the clothes, or stone-cold face?) cars start pulling over, and until now, Shinichi counted over twenty-something people crowding the place, an old man with a white lab coat came running toward the kids, apologizing to everyone who was waiting and opening the mansion's door letting everyone in, Shinichi though was left outside with Toichi, the man had become as quiet as a mouse as soon as people start coming, which made him concern a little.
"Why are you quiet? This is not you, you would have chatted my ear off by now." Shinichi tried to say in a joking manner which made Toichi give him a small dull smile, which made Shinichi press his lips tightly. "What's going on?" Shinichi ended up asking which made Toichi sigh as he saw another guest head into the big mansion.
"When I talked to the kids earlier… they told me that today was the eighth anniversary of Yuusaku's son's death." Toichi murmured which made Shinichi hum and lean on the wall behind him, raising his eyebrow when he saw Megure Juzo and a few other law enforcement walking inside of the mansion after sparing him a fleeting glance. "You know, I wanted my meeting with Yuusaku to be light, and maybe a little happy… I don't know, I just… I just wasn't expecting this. I choose today because it was his son's birthday, you know? I thought that maybe it will be a pleasant surprise; maybe that I will even end up meeting my wife and son… never thought that fate was cruel enough, to kill a bright kid on his birthday." Toichi said which made Shinichi nod his head a little at that.
"Fate is never kind, don't think otherwise Toichi." Shinichi said as he straightens himself from leaning on the wall for a long time, rolling his eyes when he saw the teen with light hair looking at Shinichi from the mansion's doors trying to be subtle and failing at that. "Do you want to go inside?" Shinichi asked the man which he got a head shake for his question, that made Shinichi turn to the girl who was watching him making her flinch and try to hide behind the door, which made Shinichi roll his eyes and get his phone out of his coat, sighing as he saw the missing calls from his mother and sister as they pester him about what happened in his meeting with Toichi's friends.
Shinichi was too busy responding to his mother that he ignored the person who stood beside him looking at his face with a frown when Shinichi finally finish his letter he turns to see a woman with a reddish-purple hair which made Shinichi choke on his breath… he saw her… no, he knew her from someplace! "You finally found your way here. As expected from you Shinichi-Kun, I never doubted you for a second." The woman said which made Shinichi blink at her strangely.
"You know me?" Shinichi asked slowly which made the woman give a smile hidden within a smirk, an action was so familiar it made his heart bang in his chest, who was she? The woman looked at him with a smug look on her face as she waved her hand in front of his face and Shinichi had to frown at the red sparkle he saw.
"Of course you do, a deal is a deal, and you found your way back here, so you gain the right to have your memories back." The woman said which made Shinichi take his sunglasses off and look at her like she was crazy, his look must have told her something because her eyes widen a little and then a frown sits on her face.
"My memories?" Shinichi let out a snort and he ignored the screams and cries from his left side as he noticed that Toichi was running toward a woman with light brown hair. "Lady, I hit my head on a cliff and lost all of my memories a long time ago, so cut the crap." Shinichi hissed as he stood up and towered the other Alpha, and he had to give it to the woman for not flinching with the angry pheromones he was letting out. "But you said you know me and that's all that matter, you are coming with me and answering all of my questions." Gone the composer, Shinichi always prided himself on, but the Alpha didn't care about that, because finally, he found a link to the past, a way for him to find his mate!
"And what kind of questions are they?" The woman asked as she looked at him up and down like he was something to dissect, which made Shinichi's blood boil and he ignored Toichi's calls of his name. "Is it something that has to do with your mate?" Shinichi nearly growled at the woman, but she nodded to Toichi's direction which made him turn to the Alpha, only to hear chocked gasps and the cries of his name from the two couple as they rushed toward him.
But Shinichi was frozen in place, he couldn't move he couldn't breathe, because there he was, the person Shinichi searched for, for more than seven years, looking so beautiful in real life more than any memory could, and his scent was so familiar, smelling, like home and roses and mate. Shinichi swallow at that and his breath hitch when a familiar name chocked itself in his mouth wanting to get out and Shinichi nearly cry when he saw the Omega look at him, too shell shocked to even move. "Kaito…" Shinichi whispered which made the Omega look at him in a strange light like he couldn't even believe his eyes.
Shinichi never wanted to wake up from this dream…
Finally!
We finally met Kaito! And get to know a little bit about everyone's background while doing so!
I can't believe I finished this, chapter, took me a long time to do, had to take a lot of scenes down or else the chapter will be too chaotic and not understandable.
We will go more into Kaito's point of view in the next chapter.
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Nazaki-Sama
