Chapter 12!
HEY! I just want to make sure everyone has read chapter 11. has been really messing up with email alerts and whatnot, and usually it tells me when things are updated but it hasn't been a lot recently :/ So just check to make sure you read it!
Uh, this chapter is stupid? Like I thought of it and wrote it a long time ago...but it's okay :) It'll all end up fine!
Another thing: I'm pathetic. I tried looking through the story to make sure, but I'm pretty sure I've got the season right. Near the beginning it was spring...I don't remember, but I hope I haven't contradicted that. Sorry! So now time has passed, of course, and viola!
"Hey, Shinichi!" Kaito called. "Isn't it stupid that we have homework during the break?"
Shinichi tensed, turning around in surprise. He had been walking alone down the street when the magician had called out to him. A few people looked curiously at the loud boy. "Kaito? You didn't tell me you were visiting today." He stopped to let Kaito catch up with him. "And why are you always smiling, you silly, loud...attractive...person...?"
Kaito's smile didn't cease, and it dug deeper into Shinichi's soul until his heart was throbbing like a schoolgirl's. "Thank you for the wonderful compliments, Shinichi! I decided to surprise you with my visit today. Since it's summer break I don't have anything to do and neither do you, of course."
...Of course? Shinichi repeated in his head. What if I had been busy today?
"Ah! That's right, Shinichi! My birthday is soon! Will you get me a present?"
Shinichi chuckled. His boldness and lack of humbleness could be annoying, but he found himself becoming very affectionate towards the magician's bright and straightforward actions. "What would you like, Kaito?"
"Hmm...how about a romantic dinner for two?" Kaito asked with a wink. Shinichi thought of the implications and immediately blushed. "Oh, I knew that would make you blush! You're so cute!"
"Ah, shut up, Kaito..." Shinichi muttered. It wasn't his fault that he was romantically incompetent. "Is that all you want?"
Kaito hummed in thought for a few moments. "Yup! Just spending time with you is enough!"
"Ah. That's right...how did you know where to find me?" Shinichi wouldn't put it past Kaito to put a tracking device on his boyfriend.
"Lucky guess," Kaito offered with a shrug.
"Really?" Shinichi asked doubtfully.
"Yep! I actually used your amazing detective skills! I hope you'll forgive me for borrowing them for a while. I thought 'What Would Shinichi Do?'. And then you told me inside my head, 'He would go to his favorite bookstore, duh!' which I knew was in this area so I came looking. And then I thanked you, but I'm not sure if you got my telepathic message."
Shinichi blinked. Even though he was somewhat used to Kaito's eccentricity, it was sometimes surprising what he came up with. Shinichi, of course, would play along. "Oh, is that what you were thanking me for? Sure I heard you! You were a little loud, too."
"Heh, I'm sorry. Well, thanks to you, I found you! Isn't that wonderful?!" Kaito's eyes lit up and his smile brightened even further.
Shinichi smiled back fondly. "Yeah, it sure is. Completely wonderful." He grabbed Kaito's hand, squeezed it, and let it go; public displays of affection weren't really his forte, but he wasn't completely opposed to occasional physical contact.
"So you're coming to the bookstore with me?" Shinichi inquired with a raised eyebrow. Kaito nodded. "You?" Shinichi clarified.
"What's wrong with that?" Kaito teasingly asked with a smirk, silently willing Shinichi to make a rude comment.
"Er...you're just so bouncy and all. I don't know if they'll appreciate you running around screaming."
"You act like I'm a little kid!" Well, you sure act like one. "I can totally be quiet and reserved and act all smart and look at books, just like you can!"
"M-hm," Shinichi agreed, completely unconvinced. "Let's go then, baby."
"Aw, you called me a pet name!" Kaito flirted, winking.
"Yep. Because I definitely wasn't referring to the fact that you act like an infant..." Shinichi mumbled.
"What was that?" Kaito challenged.
"Nothing, baby!" Shinichi insisted.
"Well Shinichi..." Kaito sighed. "I guess this is where we say adieu!"
"Yep..." Shinichi agreed. After going to Shinichi's choice bookstore, they had gone out for ice cream and had taken a long walk back to where they would part ways. Shinichi held a bag full of books while Kaito possessed only two books. Shinichi had been surprised that Kaito had even picked one mystery book (although the other looked suspiciously like a romance novel).
Now the sun was setting and Kaito had to get to the train station in time to catch the last train back to Ekoda. Shinichi, always awkward when it came to physical contact, stiffly offered Kaito a good-bye hug. Kaito accepted, relishing Shinichi's scent and the feel of his body. "See you later," Shinichi whispered.
Kaito, after a long moment, withdrew from the hug and grinned. "I would say aloha, but then I'd never leave."
Shinichi smiled as well. Even though I was with him all day, now I feel pretty sad to part with him, he thought. Is this what liking someone always feels like?
Kaito said his final good-bye to Shinichi, and whipped out a rose like usual. It was red, and Shinichi didn't move to accept the offering. Kaito frowned. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Shinichi said brusquely, practically yanking the rose out of Kaito's hand. He turned away, facing the road home. "Bye."
Kaito concernedly watched the seemingly angry Shinichi's receding figure for a moment. Then he remembered that he had a train to catch, and jogged to the station with Shinichi in his mind all the way.
Once Shinichi was home, he went straight to his bedroom. Instead of preserving the rose in a vase as he usually did, he tossed it onto his desk. He then stretched for a moment and changed his clothes quickly and methodically, finally collapsing onto his bed. From his position, he could just see the outline of the rose due to the slight moonlight filtering through his window. The moon would reach a higher point soon, where the rose would be in full view. So Shinichi rolled over, facing the other wall, and closed his eyes.
Dadadaaaaaaaaaaah! So...this definitely sounded way better a few years ago xD But too late, since I already set up the whole story. It's pretty much the cheesiest thing ever...and if it's not obvious what the problem is with Shinichi, score one for me! But if it is, I'm not exactly surprised.
Aaaaaah. So anyway, review! La next chapter is a bit short, so...sorry about that. But the chapter after that will be good and pretty much then to the end should excite your little KaiShin brains! So if we get some good bunches of reviews and stuff I'll try to update by maybe Wednesday or Thursday this time? Yeah! Okay, bye bye!