All Characters, Magic Kaito, belong to Gosho Aoyama
--Part II Kaito's POV, Temp Job--
"Hey, have you been getting enough sleep?" Aoko whispered to me during class Thursday afternoon.
"Huh?" I asked, faking confusion, "'Course I am! Heh. Honestly, Aoko what do you think of me?" With that, I rested my head on my desk.
"Kaito…" she threatened, startling me enough to lift up my head to see her narrowed eyes. Her face became more concerned when she said, "Look, if it's your new temp job, don't you think you should give it a rest?" She said it in such a pleading voice that I couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Aoko," I said, getting up from my desk, looking her straight in the eye, "I'm fine, honestly." I got my book bag and headed towards the door.
"Kuroba-kun, where do you think you're going?" I heard my teacher ask me. I stopped, still facing the closed door and held up three fingers. "Three?" Then two fingers. "Two?" By this time, I felt the whole classes' eyes on me. Then, I left just my pointer finger up. "One?" They said in unison. At that moment the dismissal bell rang.
I looked over at me teacher with a cheeky grin. "Class dismissed?"
"Er, yes. Class dismissed." She said, embarrassed. I walked out the door, casually.
"Kaito!" I heard Aoko through the hallway. "Wait up!" I stopped and she began to walk with me, in silence. We continued that way until we made it to her house.
"Kaito…" she looked at me sadly with those bright blue eyes of hers.
"I'm fine." I smiled earnestly. "Really." Aoko looked down--and it wasn't hard to tell that she didn't believe me--and nodded, walking towards the entrance of her house.
I sighed as soon as she entered her house. "Stupid 'temp job.'" Stupid Hakuba. It's because of him I'm so sleepy. "Well," I yawned loudly, "I suppose what's done is done."
--End Part II, Temp Job--