“Where were you?!”

themoonlightthief:

themoonlightthief:

My muse has been missing for several days. Send “Where were you?!?” For mine to suddenly show up at your muse’s doorstep, in rough shape.

Kaito flinched, just barely managing to stop himself from taking a step back, his gaze shamefully, guiltily, darting off to the side and towards the ground. Maybe this had been a bad idea after all. He knew there would be questions – of course there would be – but he’d hoped against hope and prayed that his other self would, at the very least…

…He wasn’t quite sure how to finish that. And, in all honesty, it didn’t really matter at the moment anyway, did it?

Swallowing thickly, he opened his mouth, then closed it again, hesitating, before glancing back up towards the thief again. And the expression that met Kaito only made the guilt and utter selfloathing grow to the point that he felt like he might just throw up.

“Ah, I…”

A thin, weary smile curved at the corners of his lips and a bloody hand selfconsciously tugged the equally bloody and dirty sleeve down his other arm and Kaito chuckled, quietly, tired indigo eyes flickering away once more.

“I went to buy chocolate and got lost on the way home…?”

Though the magician found himself unsconsciously stiffening at the offer, there was also the barest sound of a laugh, quiet and soft – but it was there. He followed the thief inside and shot him another glance, smile stretching just the tiniest bit wider.

“M-maybe. I’ll think about it.”

Though he wanted to tell his counterpart the truth, talking was more difficult than he’d ever imagined it would be and, perhaps, showing him would be easier, but…

Indigo eyes scanned the entryway, before they darted back up towards the thief again. They were the same, but at the same time they weren’t and maybe that’s what made him feel so conflicted, but this wasn’t the time, and Kaito merely took a breath, awkwardly raked a hand through his hair, before moving further into the house.

“I’ll…be right back then. With clothes. …Thank you.”

Kid hummed. …Better than what happened last time, at least. So long as he could get the other to relax after being gone the past few days, he didn’t entirely need an explanation, unless the magician felt like telling. So he just kept the smile and took a little bow.

“You’re welcome, magician-kun~”

There’s a slight pause before the thief goes to keep his promise on starting the water for the other, glancing back out of the corner of his eye as he went.