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Hakuba had been a little bit late to the show this time. 

It had happened once before, that time due to traffic, this time was due to him getting wrapped up in a few things at his lab. He had lost track of time, which was unusual for him, and happened to arrive a bit late. He had seen signs that Spider had been there when he arrived, and was making his way to the roof as quick as he could.

He was running up the stairs as fast as his legs would go, taking the steps two at a time. He threw open the door leading out to the rooftop and relief washed over him as he spotted KID, who seemed unharmed. He placed his hand against a wall to catch his breath but looked up quickly as the thief started to talk.

At first he was a little bit confused, and his brows furrowed together as he tried to make sense of what KID was saying, but as he continued it started to dawn on him. He blinked, taken back by the thief’s words of concern. It was true, he had been hunting Spider much longer then he had KID, in fact he wasn’t even really hunting KID. KID was just Spider’s prey, and so it made sense for him to stick around.

At least that was how it had been in the beginning.

The last words out of the Thief’s mouth caused Hakuba to suck in a breath, eyes going wide. He was taken back by those words, and Hakuba could tell they were sincere.There was no trace of the Thief’s usual teasing manner, this was heartfelt and true. He actually took a step back, not really knowing what to do with the feelings welling in his chest.

Panic, fear, joy, longing, sadness…

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, taking control of himself once more, letting his face go neutral once more. He’d often wondered what KID thought of him, and had sometimes let fantasies of the thief liking him, like some of the fan fiction he’d read, but he’d never go farther then that. Mixing business with pleasure never ended well for anyone, and KID was a thief. He couldn’t let his emotions cloud his judgement.

“I’m surprised. I never thought you’d feel that way about me Kaito KID. But flattery will get you no where.”

…Of course the detective would just be his usual proud self. He didn’t know what he’d been expecting. Just… the thief was concerned. Just the few times Hakuba had been involved when Spider tried going after him… While the other saved him the first encounter with the assassin… The man had gone right around and taken Hakuba off guard…

Kid turned, throwing a small smile back at the detective as the diamond of tonight’s heist was casually tossed into the air and lightly caught  between gloved fingers. The show of ease was fake, of course, but he’d already gotten what he’d wanted off of his chest. If the other was just going to let it fall and be ignored… well… fine. Just fall back into the normal routine.

“…No, I suppose it won’t, will it?”

The thief slid the unoccupied hand into his pocket as he turned the jewel over, pretending to be examining it while he pushed the thoughts of worry aside for the moment. Then he tossed it up again and held it up, head turned towards the other, usual confident mask back in place.

“But really detective, if you’re going to show up, at least be on time. That’s your specialty, isn’t it?~” And now he looked up at the clear gem, and the moon framing it, absently twisting it a little more before bringing it down some and curling the fingers around the stone.

“Though, I suppose while you’re here…” With only a smirk as warning, he tossed the gem at the detective. “Could you take that back to Nakamori-keibu for me?~”