Truth or Dare
(KaitoxAoko)
Disclaimer: Magic Kaito?!?! Nope, not mine.. -goes to corner of the room and cries herself to sleep-
Engineer MOTZ1412: A pleasant day to all the passengers! This is your locomotive engineer, Aikamotz and I will be with you for today's train trip. On behalf of my crew, we thank you for your reviews! Today's stop is "Truth or Dare". Enjoy!
Under the roof of an enormous cottage in Mount Shirouma, the students of Ekoda High class 2B gathered near the fire place where their teacher sat. Some of them sat on the floor, hugging their knees to prevent them from shivering because of the coldness. Others sat on the couch located beside the fire place.
It was half past 9 p.m. and the weather was really bad. A boy, with messy brown hair and wore a green sweater, sat right next to the window sill, away from the others. He sighed and wondered how he could attempt his next vocation with this snow storm. "I think you shouldn't do it for tonight," a girl, standing beside him, suddenly said. He looked beside him in startle but then remained calm. "Under this weather condition, I don't think can't and you shouldn't," she looked out the window, in the dark, cold night of December 24. Kuroba Kaito chuckled and faced her, "where's Aoko?" he smiled. "She's preparing hot chocolate for everyone," Akako smiled but didn't look at him.
"Hot chocolate, anyone?" a girl wearing a pink sweater top with apron, suddenly exclaimed cheerfully as she entered from the cottage kitchen. "Whoa! What a life saver!" Fujiyama-sensei smiled. Everyone laughed as Aoko handed out mugs. Finally, one mug was left. "Weird. I swear these mugs were enough for everybody," she muttered out loud. "Did you already give a mug to your magician friend?" Akako, who sat nearest to the fire place, smiled. Aoko turned her attention to the shadow who was sitting next to the window sill. She smiled and approached the sighing boy.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Aoko suddenly said, startling the boy. The startled boy chuckled in half-moon eyes, "ever heard of 'tapping' the person first?" he thought. She handed him a mug of hot chocolate, "c'mon! Sensei's gonna play a game with us," she happily dragged him towards their class.
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"Okay, here's how to play it," their teacher clapped his hands, "first, I will pick a name of a student from this bowl. I will ask the student if he or she will take truth or dare and that certain student will pick and do the specific thing asked. Then, that certain student will pick another name from this bowl and whoever he or she picks shall do truth or dare," he explained with a smile while adjusting his glasses. Girls giggled in excitement except for Akako and Aoko. "Okay, let's start!" the teacher smiled and dug his hands into the paper-full bowl. He opened the paper and smiled, "Hakuba-kun, you're up. Truth or dare?" he asked.
"Truth," Hakuba smiled as he sat on a single-couch, resting his elbows on the armchair. "Okay," the teacher grinned, "can you tell me, in your opinion, the prettiest girl in the class?" Hakuba scanned the room as the other girls giggled. He rested his eyes on Aoko but then, he saw Kaito looking at him with anger in his eyes. Sweat dropped from Hakuba's forehead as he looked at Kaito with half-moon eyes. He scanned his eyes again and spotted a violet-colored hair girl behind the crowd on girls who were hoping to be picked. Akako was busy reading witchcraft books as she yawned, not interested in the game. "Akako," Hakuba smirked at the teacher. Suddenly, hearing her name, Akako raised her eyebrow as it twitched. She looked at Hakuba, "what?" she asked. "Well, I agree. Koizumi-san is an amazing girl," the teacher smiled at Akako. She blushed then returned to her reading.
Hakuba dug his hands into the bowl and as soon as he picked a paper, he opened it, "Akako-san," he smiled. "What luck," a boy hollered. Akako walked towards the chair where Hakuba sat and sat beside him, on the floor, "dare," she simply said. "I dare you to tell the class you innermost secret," Hakuba smirked, "aside from being able to communicate Lucifer at your will," he added. "My innermost secret?" she echoed, "I must admit, this may be quite a shocking," she smiled, looking at Hakuba. "My innermost secret is that," she paused then sighed, "that I've always wanted to quit in witch crafting," she smiled. Everyone fell silent and then, they burst in laughter. "Well, that may do," Hakuba chuckled.
Akako unexcitedly dug her hands into the bowl and opened the paper she picked, "Kaito-kun," she smiled at the boy sitting beside a messy-haired girl. He sat up, "dare," he smiled. Akako laughed evilly, "I dare you to hug Aoko," she smirked. "WHAAAAAAT!?!?!?!" Kaito and Aoko, who sat up, exclaimed. "Sorry, a dare is a dare," Akako shrugged.
Kaito turned to Aoko, who blushed. "I'm sorry, Aoko," he muttered. "Wha-" suddenly, Kaito hugged her. Everyone felt silent even the teacher. Aoko's eyes widened but then, she rested her head on his shoulder. He sighed and smiled but suddenly, "okay, that's enough, you two," a boy separated them. Everyone laughed, "that was soooo sweet!"
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Aoko opened her eyes. It was dark since everyone was sleeping. She sat up and looked around. Akako was sleeping with her sleeping mask on while Hakuba was sleeping with his blanket covering his face. She turned to the bed beside her's. Kaito wasn't there. She sighed and crawled out of her bed as she yawned. She wore her pink sweater and stepped out of the room quietly. She walked towards the den of the cottage where the fire place was. She yawned and continued towards the balcony of the cottage. As she walked passed by the fire place, she didn't notice the boy sitting beside it. He turned his attention to the person who walked passed by. Aoko closed the sliding door of the balcony as she leaned towards the freezing railing. Her arms folded as she stared up to the moon.
Suddenly, the sliding door opened. Aoko smiled and knew who it was, "not sleepy yet?" she asked. "I can't sleep," he replied as he closed the door behind him. He leaned his body against the railing, beside her. "Aren't you cold?" he asked her. "Not really," she blushed. There was silence.
"Listen, about a while ago, I-" "O-oh, that one," she broke in, "it's okay. It was a dare. No big deal," she smiled at Kaito. "No, I just want to say..," his face turned red, "I want us to finish it," he smiled at her, his eyes stared lovingly back at her. "What?" she asked. "Why can't we just admit our feelings for each other?" he asked as he put his gentle hands on her shoulder, "we are childhood friends, after all."
"K-Kaito..," Aoko thought. Suddenly, he hugged her and as second passed, his hug got tighter. Aoko sighed and smiled. She wasn't sure if it was real but real or not, she had waited for this time to come.
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As the sun's light shown through the thin curtains, Aoko squinted. She moaned and turned her head away from the window. But as she turned her head towards Kaito's bed, she was surprised by the face of a sleeping boy. Kaito fell asleep while carrying her to the room. He was sitting on the floor; his arms folded serving as a pillow as he rested his head on the side of her bed. He was holding her hand. She held back but felt something around her hand. She looked down to her hand and saw a bracelet. It's charm was half of a heart while on Kaito's hand, was a bracelet with a charm of the other half. Aoko blushed with a smile.
"You're one lucky girl," someone suddenly said. It was Akako, sitting on Kaito's bed, "he said that you fell asleep while you two were, uhm, hugging," Akako said, scratching her head. Aoko sat up, "I did?" Akako nodded and grinned, "we were so worried about you, thinking you were sick again," she smiled. "Now, if you mean 'we' you mean that….,"
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"You two were so sweet," a girl screeched at Aoko. Everyone was so excited about what they saw last night. "Man, we never have the time alone," Kaito thought with half-moon eyes, blushing. "We caught it one video too," another said, raising his video. "We should watch this as our film showing next week," a girl suggested. Everyone agreed. "Wait a minute!" Aoko exclaimed as she blushed.
It was early in the morning and the class was having their breakfast in a large, rectangular dinning table. "You were all lovey dovey last night!" another teased. Everyone laughed. Akako folded her arms and smiled. Kaito just chewed his food while Aoko just tried to read her book while she ate.
"I wonder why KID didn't show up," Keiko suddenly brought up. The fan-girls nodded. "Yeah. I wonder why. I was so certain that he would be coming back for more," Akako smiled at Kaito who choked again. "Kaito! What's wrong with you?!" Aoko exclaimed and handed him a glass of water. "Maybe he didn't like Aoko anymore," Hakuba suddenly said as he took a sip from his coffee. "You think so?" a fan-girl asked. "It's possible," another said. "What? Why would he hate me?" Aoko asked herself as she sigh but her worried look didn't get pass through Kaito's eyes.
"That's impossible!" he suddenly blurted out.
Everyone looked at Kaito, even Aoko. "Why would he hate her?" he asked as he put his fingertips together, leaning backwards. "You may have a point," Hakuba continued eating. "I don't think anyone would hate Aoko," Kaito added, with a serious face. "Why'd you say that?" Akako asked, looking at him as if challenging Kaito. "That's because-"
"that's because Kaito thinks that Aoko is a beautiful girl and he is positive that whoever would dislike such beautiful girl is an idiot," Keiko smiled as she took a bite from her sandwich, "right, Kaito?"
"No comment," he raised his hand as if giving up. Everyone teased and laughed again. Aoko blushed and smiled at the same time. She held Kaito's hand under the table. Kaito looked at her but then leaned back with a smirk. The charms of their bracelets connected, forming a heart.
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