1017 Words excluding (A/N)~ I no own MK/DC~

Written April 28 2021
Posted December 11/12 2021

Whoah... This story was pushed back by over half a year QAQ... And I've finally decided to just post it instead of pushing stuff in front

Power outage, lucky hotspot connection, big wind storm so chapter is posted early

It was hot, so fucking hot. Kaito let out an aggravated breath before he emptied his water bottle with ease. He really shouldn't have allowed himself to get captured, even if Shinichi had used brownies to bribe him... Though they had been good brownies, it wasn't worth getting trapped in a mostly empty room. One that had the heat on way too high.

If the magician didn't know any better, he'd think that the criminal was trying to hurt him via dehydration. They weren't though, the abundant supply of bottled water was proof of that, and only a few of them had already been unsealed! Kaito sighed, feeling disgusting with how much he'd been sweating as he popped open another bottle.

Kaito really just didn't understand what the master plan was besides putting him in a room with no doorknobs or locks. He hummed, finger tapping the bottle in his hand, maybe he was just meant to be uncomfortable and Shinichi was actually the main target? Causing Shinichi to worry would be a good payback plot... It was no secret that the other really cared about those close to him. Kaito scowled at the thought.

I really didn't take too long for Kaito to become bored. With nothing besides bottles, and a door leading to a toilet, it was hard not to. Couldn't he have at least been given something to sit on? If he could be given a toilet, why not a chair as well? Not that he wasn't thankful for said toilet or anything, he just wanted something comfortable to sit on or to entertain himself. Though Kaito had to begrudgingly admit that this was one of the better places that he'd ended up in after being captured. It was clean and his body was currently free of injuries. He busied himself with making bottle castles.

A headache slowly crept up on Kaito, eventually prompting the teen to drink more and more water. How was he starting to feel dehydrated? He'd been drinking so much! He was actually starting to feel uncomfortable from just how much he'd drank! Even so, Kaito just kept drinking water in an attempt to combat the dehydration. It wasn't fun, but he really didn't like the tiredness that he was starting to feel. Dehydration was awful and he did not want to really succumb to it, again. The last time had not been fun.

By the time he'd consumed well over 12 L of water, Kaito had begun to regret his decision. He felt weak, tired, and he was getting horrible cramps. The room's heat was making him want to drink more water... But Kaito didn't think that doing so was a good idea anymore. He just felt too horrible to move. He didn't even realize that he was passing out until it was too late.

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"Why do you always get Kaito captured?" Saguru scowled, somewhat angry at Shinichi as they reached where the tracker was located. While he knew that Kaito was also to blame, the dead bodies just laying around were unnerving him. They all looked unharmed, besides the being dead part that is.

Shinichi winced "He's good at infiltration..." Azure glanced at the body that he stepped over "And I was expecting him to have escaped by now" There'd been a severe lack of dead bodies despite the rise of missing people... At least there had been until now. The kidnapper, now killer must not have bothered to remove them for some reason "I thought it was kidnapping, not murder" There'd been more signs leading towards human trafficking than murder.

The blond let out a heavy sigh "At least this is probably the correct location..." Or at least it better be, they did not need two different highly active kidnappers running around. That would be a nightmare to deal with. They just needed to get through the room, without stepping on any of the bodies. It was horrifically difficult, the floor was just covered in them. The horrid smell wasn't helping anything either, the heat was way too high, allowing the bodies to rot at a swift pace despite the winter weather.

By the time they'd both made it through the room, both males were sweaty and tired "The killer seems too cocky" Shinichi muttered as they walked through a thankfully clear hallway until they were met with a heavy steel door. They both shared a glance before Shinichi got down to pick the lock. Kaito had forced him to undergo lock pick training.

"I think this kind of door can only be opened by the outside..." Saguru muttered half to himself "Kaito is probably very angry at you" Kaito hated actually being stuck in rooms.

"I'll deal with it" He'd just have to buy the other a lot of chocolate, that way he wouldn't get pranked as hard.

When Shinichi unlocked the door, they carefully opened it, making sure to keep the door propped open with his special overalls. The last thing they needed was for them to get trapped inside as well. At the sight of Kaito lying unconscious on the floor, both teens hurried over.

"He's alive" Saguru let out a relieved breath after checking his vitals.

Shinichi frowned "...That's a lot of empty bottles" It was sweltering inside the room "He needs salt" There was no clock, so Kaito must have drank a lot more than he should have.

Saguru looked at Shinichi with confusion before understanding dawned upon him "He was tricked into consuming too much water" With how much water there was, Kaito couldn't be dehydrated "Water intoxication" The body could only process so much water so fast.

"Yeah" The sleuth nodded "We should get him to the entrance, hopefully the police and ambulance should arrive soon" They'd called ahead of time just to be safe "Do you have anything salty?"

"No" Saguru shook his head "I only have sweets on me" Bought to curb Kaito's wrath or distract him, whichever situation was called for.

"Same" Shinichi frowned "He should be able to hold on" What a messed up way to kill people... Very few would expect it "The ambulance will be able to help him"

Me: The body in general can't deal with a lot more than a litre intake of water per an hour... What an unexpected danger, the consumption of water... How could water betray us like this?

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°^° My bed is soft, but it's less soft with my fancy bamboo bed protector that goes under my sheets. Still comfy though.

When I bought my new bed, I got a discount for a bundle pack of bed sheets, bamboo bed protector, 2 bamboo pillow protectors and stuffs

XD was supposed to be a student pack, but COVID made there be less students so they had overstock