Title of the work: Truth behind the Dream
Author/Artist: tantei-kitty
Pairing: Kuroba Kaito x Nakamori Aoko
Fandom: Magic Kaitou
Theme: #06 - the space between dream and reality
Disclaimer: The characters I used are sole property of Gosho Aoyama, though my plot bunnies claim the story for themselves... evil bunnies, evil, evil bunnies
Rating: K+
Summary: She didn't know that her dream was telling the hidden truth.
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Blue eyes gazed over every drenched object outside.
A female with messy brown hair sighed softly.
"Stupid rain…" she muttered to herself.
Nakamori Aoko never really did like rain, she didn't know why but every time it rained she felt miserable.
But right now she felt much worse than the other rainy days, not only was it one of the last days of summer but Kaito was still not back from his trip because of his so called job.
Aoko smiled unconsciously as her thoughts drifted away to him.
He would usually come by here right now, all wet… then he'd tell me he forgot his umbrella and I'd yell at him for being such a forgetful idiot.
Then he'd just grin and tell me some stupid thing and I'd laugh and forget about being mad.
I wonder if he's thinking about me right now…
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Aoko stared around her room, she heard something but maybe it was just the rain, she glanced outside her window and saw the rain coming down harder then before, she frowned.
Again she laid her head on top of her folded arms and closed her eyes, letting her musing go back to him.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
Aoko raised her head and looked around bewildered, the noise did not sound like rain, not at all.
She looked around again and blinked as a blurry sort of irregular round thing hit her window and made the 'tap' noise.
Aoko opened the window.
Bad idea.
As soon as her window was opened rain, wind, some leaves and dust went in, blowing past her harshly.
Aoko winced as a leaf hit her face. She brushed the leaf away and hurriedly looked down, there she saw a figure, and realization immediately dawned to her. She slammed her window shut and darted downstairs and opened the door.
Outside, under the cold wind and hard rain, stood a drenched Kuroba Kaito, brown hair soggy, casual clothes dark and clingy and a wide grin plaster on his face.
"Kaito! Get inside now…" worry and annoyance wrapped around her voice as she pushed Kaito inside. As soon the door closed Aoko glared at Kaito, she opened her mouth to begin her scolding.
"What were you thinking Kuroba Kaito, standing outside the rain like that? Especially standing in this kind of rain like that!" her hand pointed to the hall window, which showed flying leaves, and spattering rain. And the winds howled as if agreeing with her.
Kaito said nothing but his grin widened.
Aoko continued on.
"And what if you got sick…what would your mother think, honestly Kaito sometimes your just plain stupid…" then it hit her. Aoko looked at Kaito's wet figure, curiosity flooding her blue eyes.
"Wait, weren't you suppose to be on vacation? Your not suppose to come back yet, you…you said you'd be back next week!"
A bigger grin was his only reply.
"Kaito…answer me! Why are you here? You told me you would be coming back next week, so why are you here now? Kaito! "
He opened his mouth but nothing came out, then he closed them and grinned back at her.
Aoko glared at him. Why wasn't he answering her?
"Kaito, tell me!" she said in a commanding tone.
But he disobeyed it and grinned wider.
Aoko sighed, frustration, annoyance and worry getting on her nerves.
"I forgot my umbrella." He said casually, his grin never faltering.
"Wha—? Kaito…" Aoko couldn't reply to that, it was too random.
"I forgot my umbrella but I wanted to see you." He told her.
Aoko stared suddenly something tugged at her, his voice, she thought, it sounded empty, she couldn't figure why it sounded empty, along with it was his eyes, it was so atypical Kaito. He seemed too unconcerned, so distant, so different.
"What's wrong?" Aoko felt worry flooding her senses.
His grin was replaced by a smile, a smile that held pain and sadness.
"Kaito…" Aoko's eyes went wide as she saw Kaito change into something, someone…
"Who are you…" she asked silently, it was almost inaudible.
"I'm Kaito."
As an imaginary light shone over him, Aoko yelped.
"You're not" she said, mild bitterness and regret filled her voice.
"Of course I am Aoko." He told her, reaching out to touch her.
She flinched at his touch.
"You're not him." He can't be him, but he looked so identical to him.
"You're not him! You're different from the Kaito I know!" her voice shrank "so different from my Kaito."
He smiled at her and approached her slowly she tried to move away but she couldn't, it was like she was tied, her breathe hitched as he drew in closer and kissed her forehead before withdrawing back.
"Kaito…" she cried out softly "Kid, you can't be Kaito, please…tell me your joking"
He smiled apologetically and tipped his hat. "But I am…"
He stepped back, continuing his backward pace as he slowly began to vanish into mist.
He mouthed the word "good-bye" before he completely vanished.
Aoko stared, eyes wide.
Ring.
Ring.
Ring.
Aoko sat up straight, her eyes holding confusion as she stared at her room.
Everything was still the same, nothing happened, Kaito wasn't here, she was alone and it was still raining, thought it lighten up. Silence enveloped her.
Another round of ringing sound broke the silence in her room, Aoko found her culprit and picked it up and brought it to the side of her face as she acknowledge her caller.
" Hello?"
"Hey Aoko."
"Kai…Kaito? Kaito!"
"Eh, why do you sound like I just called you after I died?"
Aoko bit her lip. It was just a dream. Just a dream, none of it was true Kaito wasn't Kid and he didn't vanish.
"Did not! I just had a weird dream that's all"
"Oh, what was it about?"
"None of your business, when are you coming home by the way?"
"Jeez Aoko, I told you next week. Or do you miss me so much you couldn't wait?"
"What! Bakaito! …" her voice softened "I do…"
"What was that?" Kaito asked over the phone.
"I said I do, I guess I do miss you a bit."
Aoko could practically hear him grin. That idiot, why is she even worrying.
"So it's raining there isn't it?"
"Yea, but how'd you know that?"
"I just know…anyways after this I want you to go downstairs, I'm sure your father's not home yet, and go to the door, open it and you'll find something from me to you."
"Wha—"
"Gotta go Aoko, do what I told you to do."
"huh…Wai—"
Click…
Aoko gaped at her phone, he just hung up without even letting her speak. She had a good mind not to go downstairs just to spite him but her curiosity won anyways.
As she did what she was told, Aoko opened the door and stared at the hanging object. A dozen white roses were hanged on the door with a silver string and a note was attached to it seemingly protected from the rain and wind.
She took it inside with a wide smile.
She sat down on the living room and read the note.
Have something to cheer you up! Stop frowning when it rains, try to see it's beauty right…okay, and stop thinking how this got there or you'll hurt yourself. I am a magician, may I remind you, and things like these are child's play to me.
Aoko recognized Kaito's handwriting at once, but then how did he? She sighed and just shrugged it away. At the bottom of the note was a messy scribble of his name and…
I miss you.
Outside, hiding behind shadows sparkling blue eyes watched over Aoko through her window. Then a white gloved hand stretched out and aligned a blue jewel at the moon, after a few minutes of inspecting the shadowed figure sighed, it still wasn't the right jewel. The figure then moved out of the shadows, a young man clad in white, a monocle covering one eye took one last look at the Nakamori living room window before darting away.
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Somehow I think my plot bunnies were not working together with this fic, kind of confusing even for me...and I'm the author-ess, but I really needed to post a new fic so this is what I got... this is what you've got...sigh hope I can make better ones...