Resting on top of the building that housed a detective and a half probably hadn’t been the smartest idea… But since when was he one to follow what others considered smart? The gem from that night’s heist was held loosely between his fingers, half resting in his lap, already examined under the moon and without a red glow. And as he stirred when she came up, the fingers clenched around the morganite slightly.
“…Th’nk s’meone ‘lse nee’s y’ m’re th’n I d’, hous’ki-s’n…”
Ran approached the slumbering thief slowly, careful steps so as not to wake him. However, as she got closer, she saw him stir a bit and she gasped, holding in her breath and edging ever closer like a stealthy ninja. She didn’t want to wake him too much, although every fiber of her being told her to go and call the police. He looked almost peaceful as though the stress of the day had worn him out.
Her eyes fell upon the jewel he’d clasped in his hand and she froze once more as she heard him speak. His words were jumbled, wrought with sleep and confusion. At least, she thought so. She wasn’t sure if he was speaking to her or the gem he held. Should she chance it? Another step forward, so close now. Ever so gently she reached out, her fingers grasping for the white top hat he wore upon his head. “Just who are you?” She whispered and hoped he wouldn’t awaken.
Her approach was only met with silence, Kid having settled again with his fingers loosening on the night’s prize once more. No, not until she took hold of his hat did anything register. The feeling of movement on his head helped draw him up from his dozing, not to wake him entirely, but enough that a small sound left him as his eyes just barely blinked open, unfocused and still hazy with sleep.
He normally headed for home after heists, when they ran this late, but that he’d come here instead meant carrying his tiredness with him. A rest really had been all he had in mind, waiting for the others inside to fall asleep, but it had dragged him down instead, and the silent response from the other didn’t trigger any defensive alarms.
Moonlight Archive 