Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan/Case Closed.

Pairing: KaitoxShinichi

Chapter Rating: M

Warning: Lemon (and not much plot) in this chapter

Collection Summary: No matter where or what they are, their lives are always entwined. KaiShin stories in fantasy settings.

Chapter Summary: A promising lead in the investigation of Toichi's murder takes Kaito and Shinichi to the home of the secretive Ebon Mages.

Chasing Shadows

[Castle Verse]

Part 10

The hotel room was dark when Kaito returned, but the curtains were open, letting in the soft, silvery light of the moon and stars still glittering in the clear night sky. In their ethereal glow, he could make out Shinichi's familiar form lying under the covers with his back to the door. Kaito discarded his hat, coat and gloves and toed off his shoes and socks.

"I'm back," he whispered, not wanting to wake his beloved if the librarian was asleep. But apparently the other was still awake.

The figure on the bed stirred.

"I'm not talking to you," Shinichi huffed, not bothering to turn around.

"Oh come now, don't be like that." Kaito slid under the covers and scooted closer until he could slip an arm around Shinichi's waist and pull him back against his chest. He noted with amusement that, for all that his librarian was trying to give him the cold shoulder, the boy was wearing one of Kaito's shirts (which he most certainly had not been wearing before Kaito had left). It hung rather loosely on Shinichi's smaller frame. It also appeared, Kaito noted as he slid a hand down the length of his beloved's body in a soothing caress, to be the only piece of clothing Shinichi was wearing. The discovery caused certain parts of him to stir, and he buried his face in the crook of Shinichi's neck, kissing it softly. "I got you a present."

Shinichi made a supremely unimpressed noise that had Kaito chuckling.

"You remember how you noticed none of the bookstores in the areas we were allowed into had much of a selection? Well, they have real bookstores in the closed parts of the city. One was still open when I was on my way back, so I picked up a few things for you."

He could tell from the way Shinichi shifted in his arms that he'd caught the librarian's interest even if the boy wasn't going to admit it.

"What kinds of things?" Shinichi asked eventually, apparently unable to resist the allure of new literature any longer.

Kaito began nibbling lightly on Shinichi's neck, smirking when he felt Shinichi shudder. "A few historical texts, a book of myths, a couple novels, and a book of modern Ebon plays. I've never seen any of them outside this city."

"I see," Shinichi said, failing horribly at hiding his interest. He made a valiant effort to sound aloof anyway. "I guess that's good."

By now, Kaito's hands had made their stealthy way up under Shinichi's shirt, one to rest on his stomach and the other to trace nonsense patterns over his bare hip. Shinichi could feel himself relaxing despite his best efforts.

"So," Kaito murmured into his ear. "Forgive me?"

Shinichi held out for another two seconds before surrendering with a resigned sigh. "Just don't eave me like that again," he grumbled, turning around in Kaito's embrace and slipping his arms around the magician's neck to pull him down into a kiss.

Pleased by the response, Kaito wasted no time deepening the kiss and was amused when Shinichi wrapped a leg over his hip to pull him closer. His could sense his little kitten's eagerness, and it was turning him on. He let his hands roam up and down Shinichi's body. He debated getting rid of the shirt but decided against it. He rather liked the sight of Shinichi wearing nothing but one of Kaito's own shirts.

The magician's hands slid downward to grip Shinichi's buttocks, squeezing roughly as he ground their hips together. Shinichi gasped as Kaito's still-clothed erection rubbed against his own growing arousal. He blushed, becoming abruptly aware that his magician was still fully dressed while he himself was clad only in a borrowed shirt.

"Kai," he whimpered, fingers made clumsy by desire fumbling at the buttons on the magician's shirt before resorting to tugging impatiently on his lapels. But Kaito had been momentarily distracted by the slickness his fingers had encountered.

Indigo eyes narrowed slightly, and the magician abruptly pressed three fingers past Shinichi's entrance. Shinichi squeaked at the sudden intrusion, hips jerking and inadvertently pushing Kaito's fingers in deeper.

"My, my," Kaito drawled, a bemused smirk playing around his lips as his eyes gleamed in a way that made Shinichi freeze, feeling like a rabbit caught in the sights of a wolf. "Were you having fun without me? What a naughty little kitten you are~."

Shinichi instantly turned bright red. "I—I don't know what you're talking about," he stuttered in hasty denial only to turn even redder as Kaito shifted, pinning him to the bed and smirking down at him. Kaito used his knees to push Shinichi's legs apart as he quickly unzipped his own uncomfortably tight pants, freeing his erection.

"Or perhaps," the magician continued, voice dropping into a low, dark purr as he pressed the tip of his arousal against then into Shinichi's entrance in a shallow thrust that had Shinichi squirming in an attempt to take Kaito in deeper, "you were being a good little kitten and preparing yourself for your beloved master."

Shinichi could quite happily have died of embarrassment right then, but Kaito didn't give him any time to contemplate his mortification. In fact, Kaito seemed intent on not giving him time to think at all.

Satisfied that his lover was indeed ready for him, Kaito sheathed himself fully in his lover's tight heat with one swift thrust. Shinichi threw his head back as his back arched and Kaito's name tore itself from his lips. Calloused fingers dug into his hips as Kaito pulled almost all the way out then thrust back into Shinichi hard and fast. Again and again, he pounded deep into Shinichi's core until his lover was a writhing, incoherent mess of pleasure.

Overwhelmed by the sensations coursing through his body, Shinichi came screaming Kaito's name. His inner muscles constricted around the cock still thrusting inside him. With Shinichi clenching almost impossibly tight around him, Kaito managed only one more thrust before he followed suit, coming deep inside Shinichi. They collapsed together, gasping for breath, still lost in the pleasure of their coupling.

Eventually, Kaito place a soft kiss on Shinichi's lips and shifted to pull out of his lover only to stop as Shinichi wrapped his legs around him.

"Stay," Shinichi murmured, drawing Kaito back down for another, deeper kiss.

Kaito couldn't suppress a chuckle. "My, you're rather insatiable today."

"It's your fault, with that stupid spell," Shinichi grumbled, blush returning.

"Which should have worn off well before I got back," Kaito countered.

Shinichi's blush darkened. "Just shut up and kiss me. And do something about your clothes. You're overdressed."

Kaito laughed. "As you wish." He did away with the rest of his garments by the simple expedient of a spell, but he decided to leave Shinichi in his now very rumpled shirt. Just thinking about Shinichi touching himself while wearing his shirt was making Kaito hard all over again—a fact that Shinichi couldn't help but notice. Shinichi squirmed and moaned, inner muscles clenching around the hardening length still inside him.

Grinning into the crook of Shinichi's neck, Kaito nipped and sucked on the soft skin as he moved his hips in a shallow thrust, delighting in the way Shinichi tightened convulsively around him, breath hitching in his throat. The magician pulled out a little further this time and thrust back in again more slowly, and Shinichi mewled. Pleased, Kaito repeated the gesture, this time eliciting an outright moan.

"Well," he purred, shifting to kiss Shinichi again. The smaller boy slid his arms around his magician's neck and returned the kiss with a fervor that sent a thrill racing along every nerve in his body. "I see my little kitten is ready for more."

He quickly adjusted their position,, lifting Shinichi's legs over his shoulders before his hands returned to the librarian's slim hips. His next thrust had him sliding even deeper into Shinichi, and they both moaned. He took a moment to savor the way his little kitten shuddered and spasmed around him in a silent plea for more that only served to turn the magician on even more. Then he withdrew and thrust back in again, keeping the pace slow this time.

Shinichi's eyes were squeezed shut as his hands twisted in the sheets. Kaito was pulling almost all the way out of him then sliding all the way in again with each slow thrust, and he couldn't help but be acutely aware of every inch of his magician's large cock as it entered him, filling him again and again, sending tingling waves of heat and pleasure rolling through his body and making his head spin.

Shinichi's gasps of pleasure became punctuated by whimpers then broken little moans before they evolved into breathless cries. He was lost completely in sensations—of the heat that did not burn and his magician's touch deep inside him where only Kaito was allowed had Shinichi's thoughts blanking out in pure bliss.

He didn't want it to end, but his already over stimulated body couldn't take the stimulation any longer, and he came again, clamping like a velvet vice around Kaito's hard length. The pulse of his magician's cock inside him and the sensation of being filled by Kaito's hot essence had his head lolling back against the pillows as another moan escaped his lips. The moan became a whimper when Kaito gently eased out of him.

Cracking a soft and rather amused smile, Kaito gathered against his chest.

"Better?" the magician inquired.

Shinichi blushed and wrinkled his nose but snuggled closer.

"I take it you and Miss Shiho succeeded?" he asked rather than answering. His voice was soft but, in the stillness of their room, it seemed loud.

"Of course," Kaito replied. "She'll be meeting us once we leave the city."

"What are we going to tell Ethan?"

"Well, it shouldn't be an issue while we're with the caravan. As for after that…" Kaito fell into a thoughtful silence that lasted for several seconds. "You know, I might have an idea."

Shinichi waited a moment for him to say more. When nothing came, he asked, "Well? What is it?"

Kaito chuckled. "I need to iron a few details out first. I'll tell you when I'm sure."

Shinichi pouted, realized what he was doing and quickly smoothed away his expression. "I'd like to go home soon."

Kaito hummed in agreement. "We will."

They ended up making love again before drifting into a comfortable sleep.

-To be Continued-