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a bunch of legal stuff no one ever really reads and/or cares about... All rights reserved to Aoyama Gosho.

Kaito's POV

He paced the room insistently. His heels thumped noisily on the wooden floor. He could hear the faint echoes as his pacing continued. He stopped and sat down.

'Why did he…? And why am I…? How is that even possible? What am I doing? How complicated can this situation get?' He groaned and fell face down into a pillow.

"Why is it always me?" He asked the pillow desperately. It didn't answer. He stood up and started to pace again.

His footsteps were so loud that he didn't notice the front door opening and shutting.

Aoko's POV

"Kaito, are you home?" Aoko called out. Nothing except a fast and steady thump from upstairs greeted her ears.

She sighed and moved deeper into the house, following the thumping noise to Kaito's bedroom.

She slowly peeked inside the doorway and watched Kaito pace up and down the length of his room. She sucked in a deep breath.

"KUDO KAITO!" She yelled at him. He looked up at her and grinned.

"What brings you, a beautiful young lady, to my humble home this evening?" He said with a mock bow. She blushed slightly and punched him on the shoulder.

"You're waking up half the neighborhood with your inane pacing!" She said; frustrations clear in her voice.

"Thanks to that I got called to stop you. It's 9:30 at night, some of us do have a life you know."

"Really? Who? I don't see anyone here who has a life." He made binoculars with his hands and peered around the room.

"Don't make me bring out the fish." She threatened. He flinched and pretended to put his hand-binoculars into his pocket.

"Now why were you pacing?" She asked. He instantly stopped what he was doing and turned towards her, his face grew thoughtful.

"Aoko… what do you call it when your heart flutters when your near a certain person and you can't stop thinking about them?"

He spoke fast and jittery, almost as if he was afraid to ask the question.

Kaito's POV

Aoko's face went blank, like she couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"I'm pretty sure that's called love, Kaito." She said slowly. He jumped out of his chair and started pacing again.

"Are you sure that's right? Because I don't think that's right. It can't possibly be right!" He said, it was more him talking to himself than a question for anyone.

"Yes I'm positive that, that's right!" Aoko insisted. Kaito stopped mid-step and stared at the wall.

'That means… I-I'm… In love with my brother? This should end well.' He thought with a wry smile.

AN: Well Kaito has figured it out, but he's had way worse things happen to him so he should be OK. Oh and in case anyone is wondering:

Kaito's Backstory- He is Yukiko and Yuusaku's child but they didn't think that they could handle having 2 children at once so they gave him to a close family friend (Kuroba Toichi) until he was 18 at that time the Kudo's would welcome him back to their family if he wanted to come. He was curious about his family so he went to meet them. So he met Shinichi, harrased him. Met Yukiko, conspired with her on how to harrase Shinichi. Met Yuusaku, learned a bit of detective works. And that pretty much brings you up to speed.

Kaida-14Kage: Losing your mind isn't really anything to worry about. I lost mine years ago and I'm still OK. :D
And no. No one knows that they aren't married. Aoko wishes that were true, Hakuba&Heiji suspect it isn't true.
But I've already given you too much information so I will say no more on the subject.