Detective Conan and Magic Kaito characters, settings, and ideas do not belong to me but to Aoyama Gōshō.
Warnings: Language, minor violence
TMPD Antics
By Taliya
XXXV: Hattori and Hakuba
"So was it your idea?" Saguru asked grumpily the day after the prank. He had a hand spread across his face, his thumb and middle finger massaging his temples as he leaned on the wall behind Heiji's desk.
"My idea to what?" Heiji yawned as he flopped into his chair, rubbing his eyes tiredly. "And why the hell are you here?"
The half-Briton scowled. "I wanted to ask you if bringing my father into the prank was your idea."
The Osakan shrugged "Don't remember," he remarked offhandedly as he shook himself to wake up a little more. "Kuroba did most of the work. I just threw out names every now and then." He yawned again and blinked a few times, finally getting his bearings. Last night had been rough; there had been a suicide-murder that had left both himself and Shinichi scratching their heads at the motive, aside from listing the murderer as insane. Shinichi was taking today off as neither had been able to talk the perpetrator out of slitting his own neck, and the other homicide detective had taken it very badly. He had called Ran on the way back to his apartment despite the hour of two in the morning to give the lawyer a heads up. Hopefully Shinichi would feel better after a night's rest, though Heiji doubted it.
Saguru sighed. "Thanks to you two nitwits, Otou-san decided we needed a little 'bonding time'."
Apparently his father's idea of "bonding" included a marathon of watching historical samurai action films like Zatouichi, Seven Samurai, The 47 Ronin, and 13 Assassins while drinking copious quantities of beer—which then led to bawdy pub songs he had learned while he had studied overseas in London. It was how Hakuba Shigeru had met Adrienne Hightower, his mother. Saguru had managed to keep his drinking to a minimum, though he still had a rather insistent headache since he rarely, if ever, drank. But he was positive his father was nursing a terrible hangover at the moment. He had a sneaking suspicion the superintendent general would be calling in sick today.
Serves him right, Saguru groused. I could have used last night to work on the KID heist notice that came out yesterday afternoon. Speaking of which… "Also Hattori-kun, if you happen to see Kuroba-kun, please inform him to stay far, far away from me today."
Author's Note: So no fireworks between these two this time because they are both simply too tired. I have not seen any of the movies listed, but their ratings and reviews look promising. And do I spy a KID heist on the horizon…? Hopefully this makes your week go faster, EclipseKuran. I hope you enjoyed it.
Completed: 20.10.2015