Kaito probably should have been expecting the knock, since he hadn’t gone to school that day after he’d looked at himself in the mirror that morning. Nope. Not going to mess with that.
But when he heard someone at the door, he hesitated a moment before sighing and pulling the hood of his jacket over his head to cover the ears.
…Hmm… I called the school to tell them I was sick… So… More than likely…
The magician looked through the peephole, and, yep, it was Aoko. Of course she would come over… Another sigh and he put on a small smile before opening the door some.
“Ah… Hi, Aoko…”
“Hey, Kaito.. How are you doing? I heard that you’re sick.”, she with worry in her voice.
Someone could easily tell, that she wasn’t happy at all. After all, it didn’t happen often, that Kaito was sick. So it was kind of a surprise for her when she heard of him not coming to school because of sickness.
A flash of guilt rose up at the concern in her voice. It… wasn’t a complete lie. Sudden unexplained extra parts didn’t exactly fall in with how he normally was, even if they couldn’t be classified as an illness… But it still didn’t feel right to make her worry over something that wasn’t entirely true either…
“Well, I’m doing better than I was when I woke up… It was just something that came all of the sudden and I didn’t think I’d be able to sit through school with it. Nothing contagious, though, just needs care until it goes away. It nothing to worry much about.“
Moonlight Archive 