"Oh my god be careful, heard it? Are you even experienced in this?"

"Much to your relief, I am. Now hold still."

It was a weird scene Hakuba Saguru had come across and he wasn't quite sure what to make of it either. He had been surveiling Kuroba since a few days, especially since he had become creepily close with the class' most popular girl Koizumi Akako and now... yeah.

Now he was in the boy's bathroom, frozen in the entrance, listening to both Kuroba's and Akako's voice in one of the stalls.
"It's disgusting enough I have to do this with you in the men's room, hold still and it'll be over soon."
Akako's voice, again. A soft pink began to spread on Hakuba's cheeks and he decided to make his presence known by loudly stepping into the bathroom and going towards the sink to turn it on. What on earth were they doing there? Knowing Kuroba it was nothing good and the conversation had been suspicious enough for Hakuba to make assumptions he did not want to make. For god's sake, he hoped he was wrong.

Utter silence was all he heard from the stall during his entire visit, and once Hakuba took his leave again, Kaito and Akako breathed out loud in relief. Gone with the nuisance, continue with the procedure. Akako had already drawn a bit of blood from Kaito with a desinfected syringe, and was now collecting a bit DNA from his skin. Finally, she stood up again, arching her back.
"That should be enough. I should have everything together by the evening. I'll call you."
Kaito gave a silent nod, slowly lowering his sleeves again to his wrists. He got up as well.
"Sure. Don't lose it, I won't give you DNA again."
All Akako did was roll her eyes before marching out of the men's room, causing Hakuba who had waited a few meters away to choke on his water.

Oh my god it was Koizumi-san, my ears didn't lie to me. What unspeakable things have they done in this school?!

He threw her a judging look Akako couldn't quite place before slowly heading to the direction of their classroom. Honestly, Hakuba did his best to just forget what he had seen. He was never going to speak of this again.
And yet, he found it hard to look Kuroba in the eye for the entire rest of the school day, much to the surprise and confusion of the young magician. Well, but he couldn't care less, could he?

***

In the evening, Kaito was already dressed in his KID outfit when he received the call. He didn't need to look at the display to know who it was, Koizumi had announced herself after all.
"I've got him. Remember the place where KID first found him?"
Glad she was speaking in third person, Kaito gave a nod.
"Yeah."
"He went back there. He's hiding in the exhibition. Maybe it makes him feel more home? All of those objects should be far more familiar to him than anything else."
Kaito bid his farewell and hung up. He had to sneak in as KID, else he would get into trouble.

Only a few moments later he was speedwalking around the halls of the large and closed down exhibition, long past closing time. He frowned, searching left and right, but no trace of Pandora.

Did Akakao fail? Why is Pandora not here?

Kaito prided himself on finding every and any hidden object or person, he wouldn't ever imagine it was going to be his lack of talents that he couldn't find him.
His knee was throbbing again by now but Kaito couldn't allow himself to slow down in the slightest.

"Fancy seeing you here, KID."
He froze, tensing, eyes shooting up. His cap was immediately pulled down to hide his face.
"Meitantei, a pleasure to run into you. Say, what are you doing here past closing hours?"
He turned around, only to freeze again. Shinichi stood there, right in front of him, but the bandage... was gone?

His eyes were bright and clear like moonlight itself, and Kaito swallowed. Shinichi... could see.

Shinichi... could see him.

Catch him.

Kaito forced himself to stay put. He wasn't going to show weakness.
"Lets just say I'm helping an acquaintance. And you? Scouting for new target?"
"You could say so," Kaito lazily drawled back, eyes glancing left and right. He needed an escape route, and that immediately.
"You're not exactly honest, KID. There is nothing of interest here for you, as far as I know."
Kaito gave nothing but a shrug and a mischievous smile. He didn't reply, there was nothing he could say anyway.

"Will you relax?! It's me!"
Kaito and Shinichi both froze at the angry whisper coming from the large corridor on the left. What? Shinichi's face lit up while Kaito's paled. Both had one thought inside their brains.

He has been found.

In the same speed, Kaito and Shinichi marched towards the scource of the noise, and... Surprise was evident on both their faces. Shinichi stared, unable to speak.

He was searching for HIM? The same guy who is in cahoots with KID?

Kaito wasn't less startled as he watched a darkskinned european drag his Pandora out of a corner.

Pandora is here, I finally found him...!

Pandora made an expression as if frightened to the very core, yet as he saw and recognized Kaito, his face lit up. He pushed the guy away and flew into Kaito's arms, sobbing in pure and utter relief.
"...What is the meaning of this?"
Shinichi glared at his supposed partner, then at Pandora.
"What do you need the guy who's in kahoots with KID for?"
"Sorry detective," the guy smiled and shot a glance at the now startled KID. His... knee didn't hurt anymore?

What?!

"...but I can't let you have him."
A switch to Latin, he adressed Pandora.
"Lets go, Pandora. We're finally reunited again."
He glanced back at KID and Shinichi, lips curling up into a smirk.

"Credo in te."

Both KID and Shinichi felt an adrenaline rush go through their bodies, their thoughts possessed by the one thing they desired the most. And while Shinichi did not hesitated to lunge at KID to capture him, KID pulled without remorse his cardgun from his belt and lifted it up to his own chin.

Pandora's eyes grew wide.