Just found a prompt pic on Pinterest and let me just say, I AM SO TEMPTED!

Chapter Summary: Hakuba's made it back to his house only he didn't think over the consequences of not coming home, missing school and having no charge to his phone.

I really wish Detective Conan and Magic Kaito belonged to me, sadly they do not.

Chapter 10: Phobia

After getting lectured by Aoko and then receiving a phone call from Ran who lectured him as well, Hakuba was not in the mood to deal with Kaito on top of still feeling ill.

Unfortunately, his feelings went unnoticed as his two classmates stayed at his home long enough for Baaya to invite (more like demanded) them to stay for dinner. His annoyance was enough to distract him from how unwell he's been feeling but the moment they were all seated at the table with food in front of them, Hakuba felt nausea creep up on him.

He couldn't allow himself to be throwing up, especially not in front of two women and his rival/possible friend.

Taking slow, measured breathes in, Hakuba smiled at Baaya in thanks before picking up his fork to hesitantly bring a small piece of meat up to his mouth. It barely touched his tongue and he was already regretting his actions. Forcing a polite grin on his face, he ignored Kaito staring at him in favor of answering all of Aoko's questions about where he was to where certain decorations in his home were from.

"AAHHH!"

Baaya dropped the plate of sushi she'd been bringing to the table and clutched at her chest as she stared at Kaito startled.

Aoko took one look at Kaito and the dish Baaya now had splattered on the floor by her feet before she burst out laughing.

Hakuba noticed how Kaito's breathing sped up and his skin appeared clammy, the expression he wore gave way to how terrified he was in that moment. Hakuba followed Kaito's line of sight, preparing himself to see one of the possible enemies of Kaitou Kid, instead, all Hakuba saw was Baaya and the homemade plate of sushi.

He knew there was no way Kaito was terrified of Baaya no matter how scary she could be when she wanted to be. Which meant he was scared of...the sushi? Hakuba's eyes widened, ichthyophobia! He realized that would definitely explain Kaito's reactions anytime fish was somehow involved.

Hakuba cleared his throat, "Baaya, terribly sorry. I forgot to mention Kuroba-kun has an extreme allergy to fish, he can be a tad...dramatic in making sure it isn't near him."

"Heavens boy!" Baaya huffed, "Very well, I'll make sure no seafood makes it into the room."

Hakuba smiled gratefully at Baaya's back as she hurried to the kitchen, presumingly to put away any seafood type dishes before they went bad. Hakuba slid out of his chair and snatched a napkin off the table before kneeling on the floor and picking up the pieces of sushi.

Aoko and Kaito were both staring at him with wide eyes and unreadable emotions on their faces but Hakuba ignored them in favor of making sure the floor was clean before Baaya would try and do it herself.

He was pleasantly surprised when Aoko knelt next to him and began helping him clean up the sushi. Hakuba took one look at Kaito and realized he was trying to build up the courage to come over and help them clean up the mess he inadvertently caused.

"Kuroba-kun just stay over there." Hakuba smirked over his shoulder at him, "Besides, it would look bad if Baaya saw you touching fish when I told her you're allergic."

Kaito nodded and looked down at his lap. Seeing how...downridden Kaito seemed, Hakuba gently elbowed Aoko and gestured for her to go over to Kaito. Hesitantly she searched his face, apparently, she found what she was looking for since she smiled at him before heading over to Kaito.

After they'd all finished eating, Aoko and Baaya got into a discussion on how to make certain meals, as Aoko was stressing over what to make for her dad's birthday. Hakuba waited patiently for them all to look away from him before he took off running towards the bathroom, apparently, he'd be revisiting dinner that night.

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"So…" Kaito began causing Hakuba's attention to divert to him, "You're sick right? I mean you were just throwing up-which ewe by the way, but is that why you missed school?"

"I admit I am unwell, but I'm afraid I missed classes because my acquaintance did not wake me up," Hakuba informed him as he finished placing the last of the dishes into the sink. Allowing a bit of sarcasm to leak into his voice Hakuba added, "Is there anything else you wanted to know?"

He would also admit that Kaito following him to the bathroom, watching him vomit for seven minutes exactly, there were a few moments he thought he was finished but just start up all over again, and then follow him to the kitchen annoyed him.

"Who's this acquaintance of yours?"

"Why on earth do you need to know that Kuroba-kun?" Hakuba turned on the faucet to allow the sink to fill with warm water before adding soap to begin cleaning the dishes. He wasn't sure why, but he had the feeling he shouldn't let on that he knew Amuro-san.

Kaito shrugged and grinned at Hakuba's back, "I'm curious."

"You and your curiosity," Hakuba scoffed before he set the newly scrubbed plate onto the drying rack and grabbed another to wash off.

"He's worried about you." Kuroba-san said as he drifted into the kitchen from who knows where and hopped up on the counter next to Hakuba, "You should've seen how worried he got when that little boy and his older sister showed up at the school asking for you."

"She's not his sister," Hakuba muttered quietly as he reached for another dish.

"Ah~ My bad, I have to say...they both look oddly familiar to me. The girl I may have seen before when she was younger but the little boy looks like the son of an old family friend." Kuroba-san held his hand up to his chin, deep in thought.

Hakuba, curious about what Kuroba-san was talking about, momentarily stopped doing the dishes and watched Kuroba-san out of the corner of his eye.

"The son of a Detective...but the age doesn't match…" Kuroba-san frowned, "It's actually uncanny how alike they are, Kaito's the only other person who could look like his twin…."

"Who?" Hakuba inquired softly, not wanting to break Kuroba-san's line of thought.

"Who what?"

Startled, both Hakuba and Kuroba-san's eyes darting over towards Kaito who was staring at Hakuba with his arms crossed.

"Huh?"

Kaito sighed dramatically and draped his arm across Hakuba's shoulders, "You said "Who?", so I'm asking who or what you were thinking about that it made you stop cleaning."

"Edogawa-kun," Hakuba answered truthfully, and he was glad he did when Kaito's reaction made him all the more curious as to what Conan was hiding and how Kaito supposedly knew what it was.

"What about him?" Kaito leaned back against the counter and Hakuba wanted to laugh at how alike he was to his father at that moment, "Thinking about when you babysat him?"

"Hmm. Along those lines."

"BAKAITO!"

Hakuba leap back as Aoko came flying into the room covered head to toe in some sort of slimy glitter.

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO BRING YOUR PRANKS HERE AND YOU HAVE A GLITTER BOMB IN YOUR BAG?!"

Kaito visibly gulped, "N-Now A-Aoko-"

Kaito didn't get to finish speaking before Aoko launched herself at him and soon began the all too familiar chase of cat and mouse between the two of them. While Baaya looked horrified by their actions, Kuroba-san was rooting for Kaito to run, and Hakuba couldn't help himself. He looked at all of them and simply laughed, almost uncontrollably.

The reaction was immediate. Everyone froze where they were and stared at him as though he were insane. Something Hakuba was beginning to think may hold some truth.

So I finished chapter 9 and the climax chapter, now to just finish the chapter in between...