I think this chapter might be my least fav so far. It was surprisingly hard to write. Blah writer's block. Anyways let me know what you think. I appreciate honesty as long as you aren't being cruel ^ ^'
"KID, get back here!" Nakamori ordered to the figure in white running ahead of him.
KID through back his head and laughed at the thought that Nakamori seriously thought he would listen to the officer. The moonlit thief came to a fork in the museum hallway and without even hesitating he took the left hallway. At the same time, he pulled a remote out of his pocket and pressed a button on it. The button turned on some hidden speakers in the right hallway and a recording of KID's laughter could be heard coming from the speakers. Nakamori laughed in triumph, "you can't lose me, KID," he shouted before taking off down the right hallway. With Nakamori running down the wrong hallway, and the rest of the task force duct tapped to the wall on the ground floor, the thief made it to the roof with ease.
As he walked out onto the roof, KID held the gem to the sky. The moon bathed the jewel in its silvery light making the gem almost glow, but it was a natural glow, not the glow of Pandora. KID sighed with disappointment and slipped the jewel back into one of his many hidden pockets. "Not what you are looking for, KID?"
The thief turned to the voice behind him with an excited smile, "Meitantei –kun, welcome back." Shinichi Kudo stood before him in his true, adult body. KID also noticed with confusion that his favorite critic had changed his wardrobe. The detective wore a long, baggy coat and a baseball cap covered his black hair. KID frowned, "I don't approve, meitantei-kun, that coat hides your sexy figure and the hat covers your beautiful hair." Despite the darkness, KID could still make out the blush that adorned Shinichi's face.
"Enough talk, it's time you were caught, KID!" Shinichi yelled the last as he sent a soccer ball flying at the thief.
KID dodged it with ease, "did you know Shin-chan that when you get flustered your aim gets worse?" he taunted.
Shinichi growled, "Don't call me that." He kicked another ball at KID.
KID dodged again and Shinichi blinked in confusion when the thief was suddenly gone. "Let's get rid of that awful coat and hat," a voice whispered behind him.
"No, don't," Shinichi began in a panic, but it was too late. KID snapped his fingers and in a puff of pink smoke, Shinichi's hat and coat were gone.
KID's poker face was wiped clean off his face and all he could do was stare…and stare…and stare. On top of Shinichi's head was a pair of black, furry cat ears. KID could also see a matching tail swaying nervously behind him. Shinichi didn't to know what to say so he just looked to the side nervously, waiting for KID to do something.
The detective didn't have to wait long, KID almost immediately knew what he wanted to do. He reached a hand up, ignoring Shinichi's started look, and touched one of the ears. His other hand followed. "So soft," he said to himself. Shinichi frowned as his cheeks were dusted pink, but otherwise did nothing to stop him. KID firmly gripped the two ears and gave them a gentle tug, but the ears stubbornly stayed. KID nodded to himself. He somehow knew the ears were real, but he had to check to be sure. Satisfied that the ears weren't going anywhere, he began to rub the silky ears between his index and middle fingers and his thumbs. The fur just felt so soft, he couldn't stop. He also noticed that Shinichi didn't seem to mind, if his half lidded eyes were any indication.
"KID!" Nakamori bellowed as he slammed open the door to the roof. By the time his eyes found the thief, he had stopped touching Shinichi's ears and the detective somehow found that his hat and coat were back on.
KID gave his signature smirk, "Nakamori, better late than never I suppose. I was just about to take my leave, and it looks like you get to show me off. So lucky~"
Nakamori's face turned a deep red color, "You aren't going anywhere, KID, except to a prison cell."
"Hmm, sorry I don't think that will fit in with my plans. I shall take my leave now, and this time I'm going to take my favorite critic with me," KID seemed to suddenly appear behind Shinichi and scooped detective up into his arms.
"KID, put me down!" Shinichi yelled at the thief. KID gave the detective a devilish grin and took a running leap, and then the two of them were falling. The glider opened with a snap and Shinichi tightened his arms around the thief with a small squeak of fear, his hat flying off his head and disappeared somewhere behind them. Shinichi buried his head under KID's chin, his revealed cat ears tickling the thief's cheek.
In a few moments, KID landed the glider on a balcony connected to the Kudo mansion. He somehow managed to open that balcony doors without putting Shinichi down. "I can walk, you know," the detective grumbled.
KID chuckled and decided not to point out that the detective still had a death grip around his neck, "I'm suspect your legs are still a little shaken up. I don't want to put you down and find that your legs cannot yet support you." Shinichi didn't answer, probably because he knew KID was right.
Shinichi noticed that KID walked confidently through his house, never once hesitating. Without asking for directions, he found the sitting room and gently set Shinichi down before taking a seat next to him. He raised an eyebrow at the thief, "how do you know the layout of my house?" KID just smiled at him. Shinichi rolled his eyes, his tail twitching in agitation, "never mind, I'm not sure I want to know."
KID watched the tail flick back and forth, amusement and confusion clear on his face, though Shinichi knew when he wanted he could hide his emotions behind his mask with ease. "I suppose you are wondering about…" he gestured to his ears and tail.
"An explanation would be appreciated, yes," KID smiled at him.
"Well, to put it simply, Haibara found a cure to the Apotoxin, but something went wrong with it. The cure had an unusual side effect, these…ears," Shinichi told him.
"And the tail," KID pointed out.
Shinichi sighed, "Yes, and the tail. Along with a few other feline like characteristics, but those don't need to be mentioned." KID made a mental note to figure out on his own what the other characteristics were. "Now, since the heist is over and your curiosity is somewhat satisfied, you can get out now."
KID chuckled, "Rather straight to the point, aren't you?"
Shinichi sighed, some of his exhaustion seeping through, "I'm just not in the mood for anymore games. I'm tired. I was stuck as Conan for years and had to deal with all of the complications that came with that, now I finally have retrieved my true body, and I'm part cat." His shoulders slumped a bit and he pinched the bridge of his nose, "It's not as bad as being Conan, but I still thought that it was done. You know all the hiding, the secrets, and the lying. I'm aggravated that it's not done, I have to hide my ears and tail, not to mention the other feline characteristics and instincts I have. It's better, but it's not over. I'm ready for it to be over."
The half neko stopped talking when he felt his companion rubbing his ears. "What are you doing?" he asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Everyone knows cats love to be petted. I'm comforting you, Shin-chan," the thief told him with a happy smile.
Shinichi grumbled a little but otherwise made no move to stop KID. Truth be told, it felt quite good. 'Ohh,' he thought as KID's fingers found the sensitive spot at the base of his ears, the spot where the cat ears and his scalp met. He didn't notice that his eyelids had fluttered shut, nor the fact that he was making small moans of approval. His body felt very warm, like he was being wrapped in a comforting blanket. He felt so warm, so comfortable. He felt a small smile find its way to his lips.
A chuckle broke the spell and snapped him back to being alert. He realized with a start that he was purring. He also realized, to his horror, that he was curled in KID's lap. He jumped out of KID's lap as if he had been burned. He landed with a thud on his butt on the floor. He glared as the thief laughed, cursing the blush he felt creeping up his cheeks.
KID stood from the couch and knelt on the floor in front of him. Shinichi leaned away from him, but the thief just followed his movements. "So adorable," KID told him before kissing his nose. Shinichi's eyes widened, 'Did he just call me…?And did he just kiss my…? But he must be teasing me.' Than with a puff of smoke, the thief was gone. His laughter echoed through the sitting room, but when Shinichi looked around, he couldn't find the thief anywhere. "See you tomorrow, Tantei-neko," the thief promised as the laughter faded completely.
xXx
The following morning, Shinichi had not forgotten the thief's promise. He woke early, dressed quickly, and without anywhere particular in mind he left the house. Yes, he remembered the thief's promise and he fully intended to avoid the thief by not being home.
He could feel his ears twitching underneath the hat. He didn't care too much for having to cover them, the hat muffled his hearing slightly and a deep rooted instinct buried somewhere inside of him didn't like having one of his senses dulled. His hearing was still better than an average humans', even with the hat, but it still bothered him.
He walked for awhile before he noticed that he was close to the park, so he began to head in that direction. He avoided the playgrounds and sport areas, choosing instead the places less frequented by the public. He found himself in a deserted clearing and sat down on the grass surrounded by a comforting circle of trees. 'I'm not sure I ever appreciated just how warm the sun is,' he smiled to himself and closed his eyes, turning his face to the sky and feeling the sun's warmth on his face. 'I suppose I'm sunning myself like a cat, but at the moment I can't bring myself to care.' He lowered himself till he was lying on his back and allowed his eyes to close.
xXx
Warm. He felt so warm and comfortable….and safe? The last confused him, he hadn't felt safe since his time as Conan, when he had formed a paranoid habit of watching his back and jumped at shadows. He noticed a familiar smell, his newly sensitive nose breathing deeply to try to identify it. It was the scent of someone he had recently been in close contact with, but his sleep slowed mind couldn't figure out who the scent belonged to. After a moment, he also could feel that someone was rubbing his ears.
The last part caused him to wake with a start. He saw that he was laying in someone's lap, a teenage boy's more specifically. He was probably around his age, maybe a year older but no more. His face was shockingly similar to Shinichi's own, but a closer study allowed him to notice many small differences. His brown hair looked wild, not like it was tangled, but like it defied all combs. Indigo eyes gazed at him in amusement, but it was the KID like smirk on his face that told him whose lap he was sitting in.
"Kuroba Kaito, magician extraordinaire. Pleased to meet you, meitantei-neko," he made a red rose appear and handed to the detective. Shinichi's ears, free of the hat, lay flat on his head as his tail twitched in annoyance. He tried to sit up, but a firm hand on his chest stopped him. Or maybe it was when the other hand began rubbing his ears again that he stopped. He sat still and glared up at the teen, secretly enjoying the ear rubbing.
"What do you want, KID?"
The teen hummed a little before answering, "To spend time with you outside of a heist."
Shinichi's frowned, "Have you have lost your mind? Why in the world would you want to hang with me, a detective? Why would you reveal your name and face to me?" He tried to glare, but the effect was ruined by the fact that he was still laying in the other teen's lap.
Kaito grinned making Shinichi's eyebrow and tail twitch. Was the magician/thief always smiling? Kaito answered him, "That's easy, Shin-chan. (Shinichi twitched at the nickname.) I like you. I was serious every time I called you my favorite critic. Now that your battle with the crows is over and you have retrieved your body, I figured maybe we could get to know each other, maybe be more to each other than thief and detective. I risked revealing my true identity because honestly, I don't think you will turn me in."
Shinichi was curious, "what makes you say that?"
"Well, am I wrong? Are you going to use this new information against me and turn me in?" Kaito waited, his poker face not telling Shinichi anything.
The detective stood up and thought for a moment before answering, "No, I won't. My time as Conan taught me that not everything is black or white. Your suit might be white, but you Kaito, KID, are grey. I don't really believe you are a dangerous criminal. It's almost hard to see you as a criminal at all. I'm not sure why you steal, but whatever the reason is, I don't need to use important information that you gave me to finally catch you." He turned and gave Kaito a small smile, "Also, I think a part of me has considered you an ally for some time now. Friends isn't much of a stretch from that."
Kaito blinked at Shinichi's words, than a goofy smile spread across his face, "Yeah, Shin-chan likes me!" Kaito sprang up and started jumped around Shinichi.
"I-I didn't say that!" Shinichi stammered.
Kaito was suddenly kneeling in front of him, "You're so cute when you are flustered."
"I changed my mind, I think I will turn you in," Shinichi grumbled to himself, but Kaito chose to ignore him.
Shinichi felt Kaito's slightly larger hand envelope his own, "Come on, neko-chan. Let's go hang out somewhere." Shinichi's ears dropped as he anticipated a headache hitting him at some point today. 'I hope I don't regret this. And he really needs to stop calling me neko before I kick a soccer ball at his head!'
xXx
A couple weeks passed and Haibara was still trying to figure out how to get rid of Shinichi's cat like features. Shinichi might have gone crazy waiting if it wasn't for the huge distraction that Kaito caused. The magician came over every day and dragged him out of the house to go hang out somewhere. On a few occasions, he would bring his childhood friend Aoko and Ran would tag along with them. Ran and Aoko immediately made friends and got along well together. Hattori even tagged along a couple times, which Shinichi expected. The Osaken detective was stalking him after all, so it was expected that he would want to meet his rival in Kudo's attention. Strangely, Kaito seemed a little possessive of Shinichi when Hattori was around, and was that jealousy that he sensed?
Normally however it was just the two of them, something that Shinichi didn't mind to his surprise. And even though Ran had found out Conan's true identity (and forgiven him for lying), Kaito was still the only one that knew about Shinichi's feline features. This pleased the magician immensely, although Shinichi wasn't quite sure why.
Shinichi found himself getting use to Kaito's company, even to the point that he didn't mind if the moonlit thief prepared for his heist at the Kudo mansion. He even allowed Kaito to keep some of his things in one of the spare bedrooms, and he shouldn't have been surprised when he found himself referring to it as "Kaito's room."
So maybe Shinichi shouldn't have been surprised when he walked into his library one day and saw a snow white dive sitting on the arm of a chair, yet he found himself blinking in surprise anyway. The dove didn't seem to have noticed Shinichi yet, it was turned away from him preening its feathers. Shinichi's vision seemed to narrow down till all he saw was the small bird. He felt his heart rate speed as he watched the feathers twitch. Barely conscious of what he was doing, his body slinked down to a crouch and he slowly made his way closer. His body moved with grace he previously wasn't aware that he had. His cat ears were alert, but as he got closer to the dove, he laid them flat on his head. It wouldn't do for his prey to see him coming. His tail twitched in anticipation. He took a breath and held it, muscles coiled getting ready to spring.
"Bad! Bad, Shinichi, bad!" Kaito suddenly appeared blocking his view of the dove. The magician held a squirt bottle and sprayed Shinichi with it.
The half neko hissed as the water misted him and sprang away from Kaito and the dove. 'What am I doing?' Shinichi asked himself. He straightened and turned back to Kaito. "Kaito, I'm sorry. I-I'm not sure…what came over me. I-"
He stopped talking as Kaito came to him. Kaito smiled and began to rub Shinichi's ears, "its okay, Shin-chan. It was just one of your feline characteristics taking over. I understand."
"No Kaito, it's not okay. I almost attacked one of your doves like an animal. What I almost did just now, what I wanted to do that bird, it wasn't human," Shinichi's voice broke at the end. "I'm afraid that I'm losing myself, Kaito," he snorted, "or maybe I lost myself the day my body shrank and I turned into Conan."
His vision began to blur with tears and he opened his eyes wide trying to stop them from falling, blinking rapidly to try to get rid of them. Kaito watched him, one hand still scratching his ears. The other hand wrapped around his waist and held him close, "If you don't stop looking so cute, I'm going to have to kiss you."
The sudden change in topic confused the neko detective, "w-what?" He felt his cheeks become warm with a small blush.
"I warmed you," Kaito told him before he leaned forward and kissed his cheek. Instead of pulling back, he hugged Shinichi resting his chin on his shoulder. "No matter what, you will always be Shinichi. When you were Conan, you were still Shinichi. Even with cat ears and a tail, you are still Shinichi. You will always be Shinichi.
Shinichi's chest felt tight and he firmly wrapped his arms around Kaito, "Thank you."
xXx
After that day, the neko detective found that he was a lot more comfortable with Kaito. Shinichi had never been much of a touchy person, preferring to keep people at arm's length from his bubble, but after that day, he found he didn't mind when the thief would invade his space. What was even more surprising was that he sometimes caught himself being the one to initiate the casual contact. It was never anything big, maybe an arm thrown over the other ones shoulder, an excited hug when he figured out a case without anyone dying, even a friendly kiss on the cheek.
Ok, so that last part was always Kaito kissing Shinichi, but he didn't mean anything by it, right? He probably did that with all of his friends. "No, I have never seen Kaito casually kiss Aoko or anyone except you for that matter," Ran told him.
She was sitting across her friend at a local burger place. She had asked him to accompany her so she could talk to him, about Kaito of all things. She had munched on some fries while Shinichi talked, telling her about how much he had been hanging out with the magician recently, what they did together, etcetera.
"Oh. Then I wonder why he kisses me," Shinichi wondered aloud.
Ran chuckled before popping another fry in her mouth. She rolled her eyes, "You know, for a detective you can be really dense sometimes."
Shinichi glared at her and under his jacket his tail twitched in annoyance, "How am I being dense this time?"
"Shinichi, open your eyes! Kaito kisses you because he likes you," she told him.
"W-what?" Shinichi yelled, a blush instantly rising to his cheeks.
Ran nodded, "It's so obvious, and I can't believe you didn't notice. The way he looks at you, how he finds small excuses to touch you, the fact that you two are always together, all of it." Shinichi just blinked at her. She sighed, "Let's try a different approach on this. Are you in love with Kaito?"
Shinichi gaped at Ran for a moment. She could almost hear the gears in his brain screeching to halt as he thought about the question. Give the detective a nearly unsolvable crime, and he would have found the criminal before anyone could even finish questioning the suspects, but whenever it came to love, the detective was clueless.
Ran waited for a moment but Shinichi clearly wasn't going to come to a decision anytime soon. She stood and slung her purse on her shoulder, "You just sit here and think about that for awhile. I feel like I should leave you alone with your thoughts." Shinichi mumbled a goodbye to her as she left.
xXx
Shinichi sat alone in the booth, his thoughts swirling around in chaos. 'Is Ran right? Is Kaito in love with me? Do I love him?' He asked these questions for what felt like hours, but the answers eluded him. He finally stood and began to head home.
During the walk home, his thoughts continued to gravitate to a certain magician. He didn't even notice when he had made it home. His body was on autopilot as he unlocked his door and removed his shoes, hat, and jacket. His sensitive cat ears heard Kaito a second to late as the hyper magician pounced on him, "Shin-chan, you're back."
Shinichi blushed at the close contact, "Kaito, what are you doing here?"
"I was waiting for you, Shin-chan. Did you enjoy your day with Ran?"
Shinichi's memory of his conversation with Ran made his blush deepen, which made Kaito frown in confusion. What was making his cute detective blush so hard? "Yeah I had a good time, and she gave me a lot to think about," Shinichi answered.
"O…k, well come with me into the kitchen. I was just finishing up dinner," Shinichi noticed for the first time that Kaito was wearing a pink apron with little green four leaf clovers on them.
"But Ran and I just had lunch," Shinichi protested.
Kaito blinked at Shinichi, "Shinichi, you went out with Ran for lunch…at noon. It's now almost six o'clock. What were you two talking about that had you so distracted?"
That familiar blush crept up onto his face again. Wasn't there some old saying about continuing to make a face and it would freeze that way? The detective stuttered out a lame excuse and Kaito decided to drop the subject. He wouldn't force his detective to talk if he didn't want to. Kaito shrugged and turned back to the stove top.
He lifted a spoon and stirred a pot, humming to himself a bit. His arm slowed as he felt eyes staring at his back. "Everything okay Shi-EEP!" Kaito squeaked as he turned around and saw that Shinichi was just suddenly there. 'I didn't hear him move at all! Damn his cat like movement.'
Shinichi ignored Kaito's question and stared intently at Kaito's string or more specifically the string hanging from Kaito's sleeve. The loose thread seemed to wiggle at him mockingly with each small movement the magician made. Shinichi had not previously been aware that a thread could move in a mocking way, but this one defiantly did. Once again, his vision narrowed down till all that existed was him and the thread. His ears flattened and with a small, cat like growl he pounced.
Kaito yelped as he found that he was suddenly lying flat on his back with Shinichi sitting on top of him. Shinichi was playfully batting at a string hanging off of Kaito's apron before he stopped and horror movie slow sat up to meet Kaito's gaze. Once he finally was able to meet Kaito's purple eyes, amusement glittering in them, and hung his head again and groaned.
"Aw, cheer up Neko-chan, I thought it was cute," Kaito laughed. He flicked his wrist and a feathered cat toy was suddenly in his hand.
"Get that toy away from me Kaito, I don't want to play with it," despite his words, Shinichi followed the hand that held the toy as if his eyes were glued to the toy.
"Shinichi, no matter what you are still you. If you want to play with the toy, play with the toy." He waved the toy closer to Shinichi's nose. The detective neko's tail began to wag and he batted at the feathers. "That's it, there you go," Kaito encouraged as he moved the feathers a little farther away. Shinichi stretched his arm and swatted the toy again. Once again, Kaito moved the toy, this time Shinichi had to lean his entire body forward to reach the toy. Kaito moved the toy one final time. His arm stretched as he moved the toy past his head. Shinichi focused on the feathers and leaned even farther forward trying to reach the toy. "Just a little closer," he half heard Kaito mumble as he tried to reach the toy.
Kaito lifted his head off the kitchen floor and placed a quick kiss on Shinichi's lips. Shinichi's eyes snapped to look at Kaito in surprise as the magician moved back to resting his head on the floor. "Kaito, why did you kiss me?"
"Because I like you, Shinichi. I like, like you. And these past few weeks, you haven't picked up on any of my hints, so I decided I needed to take it a step farther, hence the kiss," Kaito explained.
Shinichi tried to open his mouth but no response came out. "Shinichi, for once in your life, stop thinking. Just close your eyes and allow yourself to enjoy the moment." Kaito leaned forward again and Shinichi obediently closed his eyes. The kiss was slow and gentle; Kaito didn't want Shinichi to feel like he was being pushy. The half neko hesitated for a moment then slowly began to kiss back. Kaito took this as encouragement and brought his hand up burying it in Shinichi's silky hair. He continued to kiss the detective as his nimble fingers massaged Shinichi's scalp. His fingers found that sweet spot were ear met scalp and Shinichi moaned into the kiss, a soft purr beginning like someone was starting a motorboat.
Shinichi broke the kiss, panting as if he had ran a mile despite how gentle the kiss was, "I…I think I might like you too."
His words were rewarded with a smile from Kaito, "What do you think, Shin-Chan, do you want to try this?"
"Try, uh…what exactly?" the half neko mumbled.
Kaito chuckled, "try dating, silly. Would you like to be my boyfriend?" Shinichi's cheeks turned a light shade of pink and he nodded. "Would my boyfriend like me to kiss him again?" The blush on Shinichi's turned three shades darker and again he nodded. He closed his eyes and leaned forward, smiling as soft lips met his own.
xXx
Shinichi huddled on the couch and leaned against the back of it, glaring out the window. Today was his and Kaito's one month anniversary and Kaito would be over soon enough for their "romantic evening out on the town" as Kaito had put it. They had a reservation at a new restaurant that was opening. Shinichi had made the reservation when he read a review about the restaurant's famous dessert menu that offered a wide selection of chocolaty desserts as well as pie of every flavor.
So why was Shinichi sulking? Simple, because it was raining. Ever sense he had taken the cure and become part cat, he found that he hated water. 'I already have to deal with showering every day. Dealing with water once a day should be enough.' Yet he knew that he wouldn't cancel the reservation, he wouldn't be able to face Kaito's teary eyes.
A knock at the door broke him from his thoughts. He opened the door and found Kaito waiting for him grinning like an idiot. "Since when do you use the door? Or knock for that matter?"
"Tonight is special, Shin-chan. There a certain rules that a gentleman must follow," Kaito raised a hand and snapped his fingers making a bouquet of roses appear.
Shinichi laughed forgetting his previous sour mood, "A gentleman also wears a suit or tuxedo rather than a t-shirt that has a tuxedo print on it. Besides, since when have you followed the rules?"
Kaito smirked, "I follow the rules that I choose to follow. Now, shall we go, beautiful?" He offered Shinichi his elbow.
Shinichi 's gaze shot over Kaito's shoulder, eyeing the drops of water with a touch of irrational fear. Kaito noticed the look but instead of saying anything, he flicked his wrist and produced a white umbrella with little pink hearts. Shinichi also noticed that the umbrella was bigger than normal; this one was probably big enough for two people and was most likely sold as a 'couples' umbrella, or at least that's what Shinichi guessed it was for while he eyed the slightly tacky hearts.
The half neko accepted his dates elbow together they walked. The sound of the rain pattering onto the umbrella top was a little soothing, the detective had to admit. Kaito wrapped his arm around Shinichi's thin waist and the detective was able to feel the warmth radiating off of his boyfriend. 'Maybe this isn't so bad after all,' he thought to himself. He didn't notice that he had started purring again and Kaito chose not to point it out.
They made it to the restaurant on time and found the host. A small, old man peered at them from behind his podium, his thick glasses magnifying his eyes to comical sizes. He cleared his throat with a cough and an age ridden voice croaked out, "Name, please?"
"Kuroba," Kaito answered.
The man peered down at a list, blinked a couple of times, and then pulled out a second smaller pair of glasses. He slide them on in front of the first pair mumbling, "Much better…..ah yes! Kuroba, table for two, the lover's corner booth, your table is right this way." The couple followed the old man to their table and the host looked at Shinichi and asked, "May I take your coat and hat, sir?"
Shinichi started to remove his jacket before he remembered his cat ears and tail, "No thanks, I think I will keep it."
The host blinked at Shinichi with a look of disgust on his face. He turned his nose up and sniffed before walking off. Kaito watched the little man leave than turned to Shinichi, "I think you insulted him." Shinichi laughed, thinking to himself how happy he was that he didn't cancel their reservation.
When their waitress came, the two ordered a small entrée and waited, making small conversation as they did. Just a few minutes after they had ordered, their waitress came back, "Can I get you a refill?"
Kaito blinked and looked at their barely touched glasses, "No, we are good still."
The waitress turned her back on Shinichi and looked Kaito directly in the eyes, "Well if you need anything else, just let me know." She brushed her hand against Kaito's arm and left.
Kaito turned wide eyes to his date, "Was that woman just-"
Shinichi stirred his coffee and glared after their retreating waitress, "Yes, yes she was."
The rest of dinner went quite well. The couple talked, laughed, and just enjoyed being together. The waitress continued to flirt with Kaito, but neither of them really knew how to handle that so they just ignored her flirting as best as they could. As the night went on, Kaito started to worry about his date, he could tell Shinichi's patience was wearing thin.
They finished their meal and were looking over the dessert menu when the waitress came back. She leaned over the table showing her cleavage to Kaito and began pointing out different choices to him. When Kaito ignored her chesty display, she edged closer and closer to him, all the while poorly covering up her lame attempts at flirting by trying to help Kaito with his selection.
Shinichi tried clearing his throat to get her attention, but she ignored him and continued to push her chest closer to Kaito. Kaito was backing away from her and trying to tell her that he had already made his decision and therefore didn't need any more help. He turned pleading eyes to his boyfriend, silently begging for help. He wanted her to stop, but he wasn't sure how best to do it without making a scene.
He paused in his silent begging when he caught a look at his detective. Shinichi's face was bright red not with a cute little blush like he was use to seeing, but with anger. And was that steam he saw coming out of his ears? Shinichi slammed his fists down on the table getting the waitress's attention and hissed at her. The girl let out a small scream and ran from the table.
Shinichi sat back down and tried to pretend he hadn't just hissed at another person. When their desserts were delivered, they were brought out by a different waiter who informed them that they were on the house.
Dinner was uneventful after that, Shinichi being a little to embarrassed about his actions to make proper conversation, so they finished their desserts in silence and left. 'At least it's not raining anymore,' Shinichi thought as he gazed at the now clear sky.
"You don't need to pout anymore, Shinichi. I thought it was cute how jealous you got," Kaito broke the silence.
The Neko sighed, "It's not that I got jealous, it's how I hissed at that poor girl."
Kaito stopped walking and turned to Shinichi, who also stopped. Shinichi met Kaito's eyes and let out a small gasp at the love he saw within them. "Don't forget what I told you, Shinichi. No matter what, you are still you," Kaito finished by giving Shinichi a small kiss.
Shinichi smiled and took Kaito's hand as they continued to walk home.
"Mew, mew, meow," they looked down in surprise and saw a brown cat following them.
"Looks like we have a friend, Shin-chan," Kaito bent down to pet the cat. The cat made a wide circle around Kaito and began rubbing against Shinichi's leg.
Shinichi sniffed the air then his entire body stiffened, "Let's just ignore her and go home, Kai."
"Her? How do you know it's a girl?" Kaito watched as the cat desperately tried to get Shinichi's attention. It stood on its hind legs and pawed his thigh, purring and mewing while it did so.
"Uh, lucky guess? Okay fine, I can tell because I can smell her," Shinichi looked away from Kaito and frowned in embarrassment.
"Smell her? I wasn't aware that cats can tell gender by smell. Does it work with humans too?"
"Not exactly, what I smell on her is that she is, uh," Shinichi was obviously uncomfortable but continued anyway, "She's in heat."
Kaito blinked as what Shinichi said sank in, than he wrapped his arms possessively around Shinichi and yelled at the small cat, "He's mine! You can't have him!" Shinichi rolled his eyes at Kaito's actions. The cat raised the hair on her back and hissed at Kaito. "Did you see her, Shin-chan? She just hissed at me! That's it!"
Shinichi jumped in surprise when Kaito used his vocal talents to start barking like some huge dog. The brown cat jumped in fright than turned and ran. She stopped halfway up the block and turned a longing look back at Shinichi, but ran again when Kaito started growling.
After she left, the half neko laughed before turning and placing a kiss on Kaito's cheek.
xXx
About a week after that, Haibara sent the half neko a text, "Here kitty, kitty. I found the cure." Shinichi's eyebrow twitched before he went to fetch his boyfriend.
At the professor's house, Kaito sat bouncing in excitement, clutching Shinichi's hand in his. Shinichi sat next to him with his cat ears and tail exposed. His tail twitched impatiently, but otherwise he remained calm. Haibara walked into the room, a small bottle with a single pill inside held in her hand, "Are you ready, Kudo?"
Shinichi nodded. Kaito looked at his cat ears and pouted, "I'm going to miss your neko ears, Shin-chan. They're so cute! Can't you keep them for just a little longer?"
"No, Kaito!" the detective glared at his boyfriend.
Haibara rolled her eyes at the two and handed the bottle to the detective, "Here it is. You can take it in the comfort of your own home if you would like. It's going to be a little painful, although not as much as growing and shrinking was. This will take away your ears and tail as well as your cat like instincts and behaviors."
The two boys thanked her and went back home. Shinichi closed his front door and turned to Kaito, "Kaito, before I take the cure, would you….?" His cheeks were dusted a cute shade of pink.
The magician smiled and raised a hand. He cupped one of Shinichi's ears and began to run, "Is this what you wanted, detective-neko?" Shinichi closed his eyes and nodded. Kaito took his hand and lead him to the couch. Kaito sat and pulled Shinichi into his lap, his fingers continuing to rub Shinichi's cat ears.
"Mmmm, I'm going to miss this, Kai," Shinichi purred.
Kaito chuckled, "Me too, Shin-chan."
They sat together for a moment longer before Shinichi finally took the pill. For a couple seconds, nothing happened. Then he hissed in pain and his cat ears began twitching, his tail thrashing about wildly. Steam started to rise from the ears and tail, and slowly they began growing smaller. It only took a moment or two, and then they were gone.
Shinichi raised a hand to the side of his head and brushed aside a couple strands of hair revealing normal human ears underneath. He felt Kaito pinch his ass and he jumped, "Sorry, Shin-chan, just checking for a tail." Kaito quickly changed the subject, "So your ears and tail are obviously gone, but did it work on everything else?"
Shinichi tilted his head to the side as if listening to something, "Well, my hearing and sense of smell seemed to have returned to normal. That's going to take some getting use to…"
Kaito whistled and a dove flew out of nowhere and landed on his shoulder, "What about Ryugi here? Any buried feline instincts telling you to eat him?"
In response, Shinichi leaned forward and stroked the bird's feathers but otherwise left it alone, "I seem to be back to normal."
Kaito leaned forward and hugged his boyfriend, "Yeah! No more ugly hats hiding your beautiful hair, and no more coats covering your sexy figure!"
"Idiot," Shinichi mumbled, but he raised his arms and hugged Kaito back. He felt fingers on his human ears, "Kaito, that's not going to feel good anym- oh! Oohhh, that feels nice." He let his body go limp in Kaito's arms and closed his eyes so he could enjoy the ear massage, a small smile on his face.
Kaito looked down at his boyfriend and watched the smile grow on his face. He leaned down and gently kissed his forehead, "I love you, my neko detective."
xXx
Oh my god, it's finally finished! It's kinda funny that this one shot was both my hardest one to write, and my longest. Sorry if it seemed to drag or anything, I really couldn't figure out where I was going with this. The other chapter practically wrote themselves, but NOT THIS ONE! This one was a BITCH.
Anyways, I reread some of my last posts, and I realized that my writing is terrible! I made so many small mistakes. So would anyone be interested in being my beta reader? Whoever wants the job can have it, but if nobody wants to do it it's not a big deal.
One final note, I LOVE to collect KaitoXShinichi/Conan fanart. If anyone has some cute pics they would like to share, I would appreciate it. Now if anyone is interested, here are some links to some pics I found that I thought you would enjoy. Make sure you remove the (dot) and add a real '.'.
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