"So..." Ran started, dragging the word out questioningly. "How's Kaito-kun doing?"
Shinichi looked up from the case files on his desk in the library to Ran who was leaning against his armchair and shrugged before focusing back onto his work.
"From what I know of him, I assume he's probably off somewhere playing pranks on Hakuba and turning on the charm to get free chocolate cakes and all," he said dismissively.
Ran frowned then tried to subtly prod the detective towards Kaito-thoughts. The magician better appreciate the effort she's putting in to help him and her childhood friend to get together.
"Don't you need to get Kaito-kun back for that prank he did to you the other day? Y'know, the one with the rose petals all over the bedroom and stuff?"
Even if it did inspire less-than-charitable thoughts about the other boy. Oh boy, the fun she could have with this situation!
Shinichi gave her an odd look then told her, matter-of-factly that no, that was KID and that he was going to eviscerate the thief when he saw him again.
The urge to laugh was getting worse. Reigning it in with the control of the twenty-year-old she was, Ran tried again.
"What about that time he put you in that white dress? I'm sure you probably want revenge right?"
As if on cue, an angry tic mark formed on his forehead at the thought of the incident two days ago, his fists clenched and he ground his teeth in fury. He had gone out of his was to forget that humiliating event but now that Ran had brought it up, the boiling fury couldn't be contained any longer.
"I'm going to go eviscerate that idiot right now!"
And because Ran was the best (worst) friend ever, she accompanied him all the way to Ekoda as the detective angrily stormed his way over to the magician's house (though how he knew the address when he had never been there was anyone's guess - though Ran's was quite accurate).
(The wide-eyed look of shock on Kaito's face made Ran's day, though Shinichi's stammer after realizing he was rudely trespassing on someone else's house was hilarious as well.)
A/N: unbeta'd. Written late at night so quality is bad. Not too happy w this so I may change this later or smth, depending on my mood.