1022 Words excluding (A/N)~ I no own MK/DC~

Written November 8 2020
Posted December 6 2020

Noting the blond's concern, Shinichi decided to see if he could pry a bit "So I couldn't contact him because he was here" He offered a small smile "Having friends is nice" Was the magician here of his own will, or was Saguru forcing him to stay in the hopes of gathering evidence? It would be a valid trick considering that it'd seemed like Kaito lived alone, but that was if the two weren't already working together.

"Indeed" Saguru agreed, face pinching with concern as the coughs became more raspy "I'm terribly sorry, but I need to check on Kaito"

The sleuth caught Saguru's arm as he moved to turn away, azure softened "Is there any way that I could help?" If Saguru wanted to catch Kaito, then he should have no problem with another detective snooping around the magician.

Gold darkened "Please leave Kudo-kun" With that he hurried upstairs to check on his friend "Are you okay?" Saguru's tone was soft, laced with worry as he knelt down next to Kaito, a cup of water that he'd swiped from the end table offered out.

Kaito gave a shaky nod, feeling weak as he accepted the cup, grateful that it wasn't full enough to be spilt by his trembling "I've been better" He rasped after swallowing the last mouthful. His limbs felt so heavy, he doubted that he'd be able to get up without help. He leaned back into his pillow nest, unable to do much more "Hate being sick" At least the water made talking less painful, the magician absently massaged his own throat with a grimace. Coughing had hurt, a lot.

Saguru allowed himself to snicker, relieved that Kaito was well enough to be conscious "I did warn you, idiot" He pulled out a cloth and wiped some of the sweat from the other's face "You should have listened to me" His tone lowered, becoming more stiff "Kudo-kun was here, he knows that you're here" Kaito deserved to know, he was the one in the most danger after all.

The magician tensed before forcing himself to relax "Still here?" He inquired.

"I told him to leave" Saguru answered.

Kaito snorted, immediately regretting the action with a pained hiss "He's still here then, I want to talk to him" There was no point in delaying things any further.

"No" Saguru's tone was firm, finger's automatically curling defensively, he would not let Kaito put himself on the spot like that, not when he couldn't run away.

Indigo softened "Please trust me, he won't be able to arrest me" If he had to play dirty, so be it.

The blond studied Kaito's face before standing up, scowling, he was angry "Fine" He trusted Kaito more than anyone else "I'll bring him up, if he's still here" He didn't want to, but the look in Kaito's eyes said that the other had a plan. He just hoped that it was a good one. When he went downstairs, he was disappointed to see that Kaito had been right, the sleuth hadn't left "Kaito wants to talk to you" With that, he headed upstairs, Shinichi following close behind.

"Meitantei" Kaito greeted, voice  flat, but scratchy, courtesy of his illness.

Azure gleamed curiously at the easy admittance "Kuroba" For some reason calling the other 'Kuroba-kun' seemed weird. Maybe it was because of everything they'd been through together "I'm glad to see that you're doing better than you could be" Kaito didn't look healthy, but that was better than dead.

Kaito nodded, so the other wasn't going to automatically call him Kid, that was better than nothing at least "Let's get things straight" Both detectives eyed him curiously "You expose me, and I'll expose you" Shinichi stiffened, telling him that he didn't need to explain further, the other knew what he was talking about.

Saguru turned his gaze towards Shinichi, looking confused.

Shinichi swallowed, since Saguru was still here, that meant that he was in fact on Kaito's side. He ducked his head "I'm sorry, I messed up and seem to have unintentionally threatened the two of you" Asking about Saguru in the way he did had been stupid "I just wanted to know if Hakuba-kun was against you or not" He scratched his cheek nervously "If I had wanted to arrest you, I wouldn't have changed your clothes and lie to him about how I found you" Silence filled the room for a few moments before it was broken by Kaito's cackles, which quickly morphed into pained wheezes from the movements.

"Kaito you idiot!" The blond scolded the other as he forced him to stay still, offering another cup of water "You're supposed to be resting"

"S'rry" The magician's voice was even more strained as he wiped his eyes, he'd actually teared up a bit at the hilarity of the situation. He'd known that Shinichi was bad with expressing himself, but there should be a limit to how bad he was at it.

Once Kaito had settled back down, Saguru let out a sigh before turning towards Shinichi "Do you really mean that?" Kaito was still feverish, so there was a chance that he could have read the other wrong.

Shinichi nodded, ears burning with embarrassment "Yeah, he's done too much good as Kid for me to think of him as a bad person"

Saguru's shoulders lost some of their tension at his words "Kudo-kun, I must be frank with you" He met the other's gaze "I'm tempted to slug you for all the worry, panic, and stress that your actions have caused us. I implore you to see a communication councillor to prevent further misunderstandings from happening" God he'd thought that they'd have to give up their everyday lives and run.

"I'm sorry" Shinichi winced "I didn't know what to do so I asked for advice" He broke eye contact "I didn't realize that they were being sarcastic" He really hadn't.

The blond pinched the brink of his nose "I see..."

Indigos glittered mischievously, now that this stupid misunderstanding has been cleared, he was already thinking about all the mayhem the three of them could do against his Crows. Now if only his laughing hadn't made him unable to do anything but make noises, for now. He'd get better.

Me: This was silly, misunderstandings can be so fun~

Next week is Parental!GinzoxKaito

Hope you enjoyed~

Whenever I open a package from mail, I always video record it so I have proof if things are missing or damaged •3• never needed it yet

But the one time I don't record could be the one time I should have 0.0