1024 Words excluding (A/N)~ I no own MK/DC~

Written January 18 2021
Posted April 11 2021

Poor story... It got bumped so far back XD

Kaito grinned to himself as he looked at one the many false books that he'd put together, sure they were technically books, but they didn't hold anything worth reading. While he wasn't a book fanatic, even he wouldn't buy a ton of books just to ruin them. Instead, he put together a bunch of random movie scripts, including the one for the Bee Movie of course, and bound them together, making the results truly look like real books once he put on the fake covers. The magician snickered, knowing which person he was going to mess with first.

He hugged the fake Sherlock Holmes book to his chest as he made his way into the Kudo library, AKA Shinichi's main dwelling. Kaito often came over just to hang out, so the sleuth didn't question him when he plopped himself on one of the cushy seats, draping his legs across it as he opened the 'book'. The magician pretended to read it for a good half hour before making his move. He cracked the book's spine

Shinichi paused, hand hovering from where he'd just been about to turn the page, raising a brow as he looked up to eye Kaito. Azure suddenly narrowed "Why would you do that?!" He hissed, realizing that the odd noise had been from Kaito damaging the book from the way it was bent.

Kaito looked up innocently "It's easier to read this way" He explained, tilting the book up just enough to show the rare edition Sherlock Holmes book.

The sleuth glanced to where his own version of said book should be on the shelves, only to see that it wasn't there. Azure darkened "Kaito, did you just damage my rare book?" He inquired, standing up from his chair. He'd waited in line for hours just to get his hands on his copy before it got sold out.

Oh, maybe hiding Shinichi's version wasn't as good an idea as he'd thought it would be "Maybe?" Kaito smiled nervously, suddenly feeling like he should run.

"I see..."

Not liking the scary look on his friend's face, Kaito bolted, narrowly dodging a soccer ball after escaping through the window.

*

Normally after such an encounter, a fair amount of people would put it to an end. Kaito wasn't like those people, he thrived for this kind of thing. Becoming Kaitou Kid may or may not have made this part of himself worse, but either way, he still had mischief to cause. So like someone who has yet to learn their lesson, the magician made his way towards Saguru's house, fresh fake Sherlock Holmes book in tow.

Like Shinichi, Saguru was used to him popping by for a visit via the window. Though unlike the sleuth, the blond was working on case files instead of reading. That was fine, he could still have fun this way. Kaito pulled out the replacement fake book, then got himself comfy next to Saguru who'd been working on the study's couch instead of the desk for once.

Saguru raised a brow, not even bothered by the way Kaito had snuggled up against him. The embarrassment had stopped being a thing after the first 30 times this had happened, his friend was just a touchy person.

They stayed like that for a good while, with Saguru doing his case work and Kaito 'reading' his book. Though eventually the blond looked over to see what the strange hand motion was that he kept seeing in the corner of his eyes. It was different than if Kaito were just flipping pages. Saguru immediately grimaced as he saw that a fair amount of the pages were dogeared "Why are you bending the pages?" He inquired.

Kaito smiled "I'm marking my favourite parts" Saguru wasn't able to see the words from this angle, but he angled the book just enough to show it's cover. The magician inwardly cackled as he felt the other tense.

Saguru offered a faint but uneasy smile "I'm glad that you're finally appreciating Sherlock Holmes" Even if his friend was damaging a very rare book, one that he hadn't been able to get his hands on.

Indigos gleamed as Kaito noted how the other's hands had clenched the paperwork, Saguru was upset with him, but at least he wasn't violent like Shinichi. He shrugged "It's not my favourite, but it's better than some of the other things that I've read" He's read some pretty freaky things before so that wasn't really setting the bar all that high. He plastered a fake look of concern onto his face "Are you okay?" He tilted his head "You seem upset"

"I'm just fine Kaito..." Saguru lied, pretending to believe the other, Kaito went back to 'reading'.

A few hours later, Kaito finished 'reading' the book, so he placed it on the end table "I'm going to head out, bye" He hopped out the window.

Both curious and wanting to take stock of the extent of the damage, Saguru picked up the book and opened it "Bastard" Saguru cursed once he realized what he was looking at.

*

Kaito happily skipped down the street, knowing that by now, Saguru was aware of his trickery. That was fine, he wasn't heading to his own house, he was headed to a coffee shop then the library, this time with a very antique but well cared for looking book tucked under his arm. He'd chosen to act today because there was supposed to be a book appreciation event happening at the local library. He wasn't going to partake in the event, but he was going to be nearby, just in view of the many potential book lovers.

Once he was armed with his sugar drink that had a bit of coffee in it, and the book, he headed inside the library. Kaito easily found a nice cozy spot located near the group, he put the book down, then placed his coffee on it. The book was going to play the role of a coaster.

Pretending to be oblivious to what he was doing wrong, he pulled out his phone and began to search the web for good crafts sales. A few people were giving him dirty looks, but that just made it all the more fun.

Me: I'm very protective of my books... Nobody is allowed to touch my books °^°

Hope you enjoyed~

•3• I walked to a diff store than usual, it was nice to have more variety for fresh bread stuffs and to see foods I don't normally see

I only take the bus to unwalkable places since the pandemic... Even if it's painful to carry so much

Hmm brownie story or another Messing story? Both written