EDIT: So, I changed a few paragraphs a bit, hopefully it's not that confusing anymore. Thanks for warning me, though, and please, if it's still confusing, or if you ever find anything that's too difficult to understand in a chapter, tell me so that I can do something about it.

Guys, guys, can we pretend that it's already Thursday? Uploading only two chapters per week is hell when you're on a writing spree, seriously...

So, you guys don't know about this yet, but I'm, uh... kind of a sadistic writer ^^" I like to torture my loved ones when it comes to writing (Shout out to Aika Ashihara, my adorable kouhai, who is apparently my very personal AU storage too, she knows this already...), so um... Shit's about to hit the fan very soon. I guess. Or maybe not.

Please enjoy!


While he had seen the thief being distressed a few times, Shinichi definitely wasn't used to Kid pacing in the living room with an angry scowl on his face. He wasn't even walking anymore – he was stomping. He resembled a pissed off dinosaur more than anything else. And his hands, oh, his hands. They were shaking so badly, Shinichi thought they would fall off.

He couldn't even imagine what happened to Kid while he was away. He left for school in the morning, looking slightly tired, but other than that he was fine. He didn't clutch his left side either, and his smile looked just a tiny bit more natural too. So what on earth, Shinichi asked himself, could have happened in the span of… less than 8 hours?

"Arthur, I'll go upstairs a bit, okay?" Kid said, then left without waiting for an answer. Weird. He didn't like to leave Shinichi alone unless it was seriously necessary.

Before Kaito went to school, too, he fussed over Shinichi like a mother hen. He put him on the sofa, turned the TV on for him, but prepared a blanket too in case he wanted to sleep. He pushed the coffee table close enough to the sofa that Shinichi wouldn't even need to jump, and prepared tons of food (he even warned Arthur to eat the fruits and vegetables first, or they'd get too dry) and water in caps of plastic bottles. When everything was done, Kid held him close to his chest, apologizing a million times for leaving. Even after he closed the door behind him, Kaito went back just to hug Shinichi again and ask him to be careful with his hand. He was so nice, for a moment Shinichi forgot that they were supposed to be rivals.

But when he returned, Kid was cold, angry at something or someone, and his overly affectionate self was gone. He only gave Shinichi a tiny, short hug, then put him down on the sofa again and ignored him afterwards.

Shinichi probably fell asleep while watching an awfully uninteresting cooking show. When he woke up, Kaito just returned from somewhere (probably the place where he always went to eat in the morning and the evening) and it was already dark outside. It felt weird not to sleep on his pillow (Yes, he had his own pillow in Kid's house already. He resisted the urge to facepalm at that.), and for a few moments he was disoriented. By the time he managed to fully gather himself, he was already in Kid's still slightly shaking hands, as they made their way over to the bathroom.

They started their new bathing routine – Kid took a quick shower, then began to bathe him. He occasionally sang something (and damn, it was probably the most adorable singing voice he ever heard, Shinichi admitted with a slight blush), but it never was quiet. He always babbled about something, asked Arthur about things like his favourite food or colour, as if he couldn't bear the silence.

That day, however, was different. Kid didn't say a word, his movements were monotone, robotic, stiff. While he usually took his time with bathing Shinichi, now he was in a hurry for some reason. The glove they used as his pajamas – now fully adjusted to fit Shinichi, without the annoying safety pin – was already there, and once he was dressed, instead of going to the bedroom, Kid took him to the living room again.

"Good night, Arthur," he said, and he noticed the nervous tone in his voice. He went upstairs after that, and didn't emerge from there until the next morning.

Kid's behaviour didn't change. He prepared everything for Arthur, made sure that he would be fine while he was in school, but he was too stiff. The hug he gave him was short, his words absentminded. He left shortly after that, and didn't come back.

Shinichi just stared into nothing, wondering what was wrong when the news from the TV reached his ears.

"…the police received another message from Kaitou Kid. According to it he will take the Twins' smile tonight at 11 p.m…."

He had a really, really bad feeling about the upcoming heist.