Mikau: Hey, guys! How's it going? I'm doing well. I just realized that Valentine's is coming up, though, and I owe you all HakuKai and KaiShin Valentine's specials, don't I? Shoot. I guess I'll have to start coming up with ideas, won't I? In the meantime, enjoy this next short. And thanks so much to Bunnyz-chan for reviewing last chapter!
Disclaimer: If I owned it, I'd quickly run out of ways to kill people using duct tape and piano wire. Seriously. As I've learned from Detective Conan, you can murder people in dozens of creative ways if you have piano wire and duct tape!
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Stormy Skies
"Wait!" Hakuba found himself shouting unexpectedly as he reached the top of the stairwell and found the Kaitou Kid about to take off. "Don't jump!"
The thief turned slowly, raising an eyebrow and giving the blonde a look that clearly said, "It's not like I'm taking a shortcut to the ground floor, you idiot."
Instead the phantom somewhat impatiently responded with, "Yes, Tantei-san? May I help you?"
"I…" Saguru gave a bit of a false start. "Uh…there's a storm coming in. Do you really think you should be flying in that direction? That is to say, isn't it too dangerous to attempt escape by glider in this impending inclement weather?"
Saguru received another look that challenged his intelligence. This time Kid's face seemed to say, "Did someone hit you with a stupid stick this morning, Detective? You seem a little on the brain-dead side today."
Again the jewel thief seemed to gather his patience as he replied, "Well, while I do see your point, Tantei-san, I don't really see where I have other options. You sort of have me cornered on a rooftop with nowhere to go but down or up, so I'm just going to have to risk flying in the storm."
"I wish you wouldn't," Hakuba interjected before quite thinking it through. "What I mean is that if something…were to happen to you…I—Aoko-kun would be devastated…. I think you might have a better time of disguising yourself as me and telling the others that you escaped while you, in reality, escape as me."
Kid blinked. "Why…would you offer to help me escape, Detective Hakuba?"
Saguru shifted uncomfortably, casting his eyes downward. "Why does it matter why I do what I do? You don't really have much time if you're going to gas me and stash my body somewhere before the others show up. They weren't that far behi—"
The detective was out cold before he could even finish his sentence, and Kaito was disguised and had the body hidden in a matter of minutes.
Before he made a break for it, Kaito thought to set up an open umbrella over the Brit and slide a red rose into the blonde's breast pocket to express his gratitude. He tried not to think much about his rival's motivation for protecting the thief and the way Hakuba's cheeks had been suspiciously rosy throughout the encounter.
Kaito decided that the bumbling blonde must be getting a cold. It wasn't good to over-think things.
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Mikau: There. Short, sweet, done. Please drop me a line, if you feel so inclined. Also, I've got a new poll out on my profile page, since I have a bit of writing ADHD right now. I can't focus, so I'm wondering how you guys want me to prioritize my work. Thanks, as always for reading! Have a super special awesome day!