TMPD Antics

by Taliya

Upon graduating from university, Shinichi, Saguru, Heiji, and Kaito find jobs with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shinichi and Heiji are in Division One, Homicide; Saguru's in Division Two, Criminal Affairs; and Kaito's in Division Three—Theft? On a side note, KID's still on the loose. Rated for language. Side stories: TMPD Antics: Hijinks. Artwork by Pixiv ID: 1903514.

4. IV: Kuroba and Hattori

Detective Conan and Magic Kaito characters, settings, and ideas do not belong to me but to Aoyama Gōshō.

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Warnings: Language, minor violence

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TMPD Antics

By Taliya

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IV: Kuroba and Hattori

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Kaito yawned as he shuffled into police headquarters. The cup of coffee in his hand had not yet fully woken him up as he worked his way down the hallway to the elevator lobby.

"That's some serious bedhead you got there, Kudou," came a heavily Kansai-accented voice.

Kaito turned to find none other than Hattori Heiji standing next to him with a smirk on his face. He blinked, forgetting that as Kaito he had not officially met the Osakan. "Ha-Hattori? What are you doing in Tokyo?"

Heiji gave him a very flat look. "Oi oi, Kudou, I've been bumming a room in your house for three days now—did you forget already? Ahou…"

The Division Three officer was rather insulted, but it still took a moment to process Heiji's words. Wait… "Kudou?"

Now Heiji was giving him a really strange stare. "Maybe you need a double shot of espresso instead of just coffee," he muttered.

"But I'm not Kudou…" Kaito sputtered, his brain still struggling to wake up properly.

"Okay this isn't funny anymore, Kudou," Heiji said with a frown.

Kaito shook his head. "I'm serious, Hattori, I'm not Kudou!" He happened to catch a glance at the clock in the hallway. "Shit, I'm going to be late for my meeting!" And so saying, Kaito dashed away, juggling the coffee cup in an effort not to spill the hot liquid inside. Heiji blinked in consternation at Shinichi's rapid exit.

"Hattori?"

The Osakan swiveled to find Shinichi shuffling up the hallway from the building entrance, a different cup of coffee in his hand. One double take later and Heiji was staring down the hall where the man he had originally thought was Shinichi had disappeared down. "Who the hell was that?!"

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Author's Note: Ah, confusion galore, Kaito's modus operandi, even if inadvertent. I'm operating on the assumption that Kaito as KID knew who Heiji was, and therefore was able to place a name to the face, even if he forgot that as Kaito he has never met Heiji. Also, while "ahou" is used in a more joking manner in Osaka, it is a more serious insult in Tokyo, and vice versa for "baka". I hope you enjoyed it.

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Completed: 30.07.2015