Hey everybody! So here's a little Christmas chapter. It's not exactly fic-canon so I guess treat it as a sort of alternate universe. Where KID has revealed who he is to Ruri and she's revealed to him about her stuff and they both have this mutual kind of... thing...(?) going on.
Ruri looked up at the enormous Christmas tree set up in the crossing that was decorated with bright lights and extravagant ornaments that probably cost more than the average salaryman made in a year. Somehow, it seemed as if KID had thought it would be a good idea to...how to say it? Steal Christmas. Not actually steal the holiday, per-se, but as he put it, "make it just a little more entertaining." Steal Christmas' thunder, if you will.
So here she was, completely entranced by his little magic show. Somehow, he had managed to cover the crossing in lights, and even crisscrossing them from rooftop to rooftop over the streets. It looked almost like the magician had strung up stars. Ruri clenched her fist around the bag she was holding and shivered. It certainly was cold tonight.
"How is everyone this fine Christmas Eve?" KID's voice rang out from his spot on a rooftop.
The crowd cheered.
"Well then, since it seems my lovely fans are raring to go, we shall start the countdown to Christmas!"
A large electronic sign was turned on, displaying the clock as 0:20.
"19!" KID's yelled as the clock counted down.
"18!" the crowd yelled along with him at the next second.
"17!"
"16!"
"15!"
"14!"
"13!"
"12!"
"11!"
"10!"
"9!"
KID had disappeared by this time but no one in the crowd seemed to notice.
"8!"
Ruri felt warm hands on her shoulders.
"7!"
"Is there something wrong?" she asked.
"6!"
"No, not really. I just had something I wanted to give to you in person, is all," the thief turned her around to face him.
"5!"
"And what would that be?" the brunette asked, smiling softly.
"4!"
"Well, here's to hoping that it'll snow tomorrow," KID grinned.
"3!"
Ruri tilted her head.
"2!"
"What?" she asked.
"1!"
KID pulled out a small wrapped box and handed it to Ruri.
"Merry Christmas," he said, smiling and a bit red.
"0!"
The crowd went wild, cheering and whooping, shouting out "Merry Christmas!"
"I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with a gift," Ruri grinned and lifted up the bag she was carrying.
Ruri walked into the classroom with a big bag filled with gifts for Aoko and Hakuba. Even Akako.
She gently touched the snowflake earrings KID had given her.
The brunette spied Kaito basking in the warmness of his new earmuffs.
"Ruri!" Aoko and Hakuba chorused.
"Hey guys," Ruri greeted. "I've got some presents for you."
Still not fic-canon. But I had fun writing it. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, whatever you celebrate if it's not one of those two. I love all of you.
DFTBA guys.