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

XLIII: Kuroba and Hattori

Kaito yawned, wiping a stray tear from his eye. The lady thief had been rather easy to track, since she had been part of the museum security staff, and last night she had been out dancing in one of Shibuya's nightclubs. He had found the stolen diamonds readily enough, since she had been careless to leave the rucksack stowed behind her bedroom door. The difficult part of last night had not been nabbing her—rather, the difficult part had been to dress her in all the appropriate clothing without peeking, because KID was always a gentleman, no matter who said otherwise. It had taken a decent amount of creativity to both ensure he did not see anything while also ensuring that he touched nothing he did not mean to.

He shuffled into the break room, intent on obtaining a cup of the terrible drip coffee to wake himself up. Once caffeine was obtained and he had added his usual two creamers and two packets of sugar, he took a slow, cautious sip and barely restrained himself from making a face at the taste. Bad coffee was still bad coffee.

"You still don't look so hot," remarked a voice with a heavy Kansai accent, and Kaito turned to find Heiji regarding him with a raised brow as he leaned against the counter.

"So?" he answered, clutching the cup, "I didn't sleep well last night." Understatement of the century. I nearly had fits trying to dress her in that gown.

The Osakan watched him for a moment longer before dropping the subject. "So I've a kendo tournament this weekend. You interested in going?"

Kaito shrugged. "Maybe. I'll have to see what Aoko's schedule is like. Why do you ask?"

"Well, Kudou's coming with Nee-chan, and I figured I might as well invite you too," answered Heiji. "And while you're there, try not to drive Kudou so nuts he disrupts the tournament. We'll be going out to dinner afterwards, and once there, you've free reign to wind him up as much as you like. He suddenly grinned. "And I'll even help."

Kaito smirked. "I'll be there."

Author's Note: Ah, Kaito and Heiji make such a great team when it comes to winding people up. I do love writing these two together. I hope you enjoyed it.

Completed: 11.11.2015