His words said one thing; his body, another. Guess which one was generally more reliable, and which one he was going to go with? “Oh, no, you’re definitely clocking out, you little liar.” Smirked slightly, even if his mirror image wouldn’t be able to see it from his position. He continued to stroke the other’s hair as he mused to himself. If the other did fall asleep on him, he’d have to transport him to a proper bed – but that could wait.
Well, it’s not as though he entirely meant to, and the thief did try fighting the urge to sleep. So by his intentions, it hadn’t really been a lie… Might’ve tried mumbling that out, though how intelligible it was could be debated.
But yeah, with the stroking and the fact he didn’t seem to consider pushing away from what comfort the other was providing only helped to pull him further down, and he eventually went completely lax against the other.
Hakuba kept the kiss light as he massaged the back of the others scalp with his fingers, hand sliding up Kaito’s waist, thumb brushing the skin as they then trailed down to slid behind the others back. He pulled Kaito closer, but kept the kiss light, not wanting to completely overwhelm him, even as his fingers itched to touch more sensitive areas. He smirked into the kiss, thinking of all the sounds he could draw from him there.
He had to stop his mind wandering, lest his fingers follow.
He pulled back and smiled down at him. “Your beautiful, blush and all.” He caressed his cheek. “I’m the luckiest man around, to have someone as stunning, both inside and out, as you.” Yeah, he was feeling the need to shower Kaito in compliments, knowing it would make his face go darker. He loved it when Kaito blushed, because it meant Hakuba had an effect on him, and he loved that.
A shudder passed through the magician and he made a soft noise at the trailing hand. For the best that Hakuba didn’t go much further into anything, because Kaito might be more prone to that feeling of being overwhelmed right now, close and exposed as he felt right now.
Still, he’d half expected more from the kiss. Not that he protested from the other pulling away, just from the experiences he’s had with the detective kissing… Oh.
…Okay, yeah, the compliments worked just as the other had planned. Whether he’d have tried to fight it or not, the teen’s face flushed even more under the other’s hand. Damn it, tantei, you really are taking advantage of the fact he won’t speak right now, aren’t you? Because at least complimenting in return could distract from the complete attention on him…
“Yeah, she’s more preoccupied with the whole love thing and joining her army of poor enslaved and brainwashed boys, isn’t she?” Hummed, red eyes calmly half-lidded as he thought for a moment. “Still annoying, though tantei-san is the one to really worry about.”
He could practically feel the other tiredness and the way he was about to doze off. Chuckling, he moved a hand to run through his mirror image’s hair. “Gonna clock out on me, are you?”
“No…” Yes. …Probably. The fingers through his hair aren’t helping in the slightest, making him relax more and tilt his head slightly. Half a thought was given to appreciate the irony of that description for Akako coming from this one’s mouth, though he didn’t comment on it. Pretty sure the other would have picked up on the words, if said brainwashing weren’t happening at that very moment. At least even Akako didn’t focus much on causing chaos with her magic…
Snickered, and bumped the other back. It wasn’t like he was doing much differently than usual; heists were regularly at absurd times, anyway. He just intended to, instead of it being a side effect. Kept his head touching the other’s, breathing softly.
“Akako,” he reminded. “But yeah, though I imagine he probably thinks that keeping him up at such times is revenge for chasing you, or something.” Would serve the smug bastard right, anyhow.
The pressure of keeping up with heists in general had mostly been forgotten to him, considering he didn’t quite need the rest at all, anymore. But back before, keeping up the image of a cheerful student every day had been so taxing.
“Akako isn’t r’lly one of th’se more constant in trying to chase us down at heists. Nor does she r’lly seem to care for proof. So I stand by only l’sting tantei-san in the question of sleep schedul’s.”
The thief sighed and let his eyes close. …Which, really, he should keep them open, sleep pulls more if he starts giving into it, just… Having another presence not (actively) trying to hurt him tended to make him relax, more often than not. Wariness with this thief only went so far, especially when he just wanted to drift off. Only thing making him stay awake was the knowledge that he shouldn’t entirely trust a Pandora influenced self. He may not hate his counterparts, but he did harbor a strong dislike of the gem.
It wasn’t like he was tired at all, especially in comparison to the other, but body warmth. He’d be perfectly fine with staying in this position if it meant he could relax the way he was doing now.
“Ehh, for me, it’s less keeping them guessing and more keeping them up at absurd times,” he mused. “Aside for more frustrated screaming, they get too drowsy to think properly, which makes things marginally easier.” Not like it wasn’t pretty easy enough in the first place, unless of course the detectives decided to come join the party.
“… You need to keep your own sleep schedule in mind, though.” Clicked his tongue. “Got school and other stuff, don’t you?”
Kid pulled his head back, just enough to lightly bump the other’s forehead. Bad other self. Stop messing with the cops like that. No.
“Don’t really need you worrying about that for me. ‘nother reason to not have normal times, when Hakuba’s the only one who really believes an ‘nternational thief is a highschooler…”
Change up times, make them think no teenager would go through the trouble… Which, by all rights, he shouldn’t, and was part of the reason he didn’t just go planning three heists in a row on back to back days. Still. Guess there was a reason the job got so stressful at times, and pretty sure the police have the right idea in thinking someone young wouldn’t handle it. Even if they were wrong on the overall assumption.
“Is that so?” Smiled, as he drew the other closer and touched his forehead with his own. “I think all the late nights are getting to you. Should make your heists earlier.” He, of course, had been steadily making them at more and more absurd hours of the morning, thoroughly enjoyed his lack of need to sleep.
The thief hummed, maybe not the most relaxed when the other brought him in more, though he made no move to pull away. Can’t deny that his heist ran later tonight, even more than most usually did. At least he’d gotten far enough away that the police were too far to find him the rest of the night.
“I do… Just sometimes they go later. You like to keep your police guessing, well, I can’t exactly keep a set schedule for mine to focus on either. Just that it’s during the night.”
Which is bad for times it starts getting darker later, but eh. He’s dealt with worse need for sleep. Like those stupid tiny eye-robots that chased him everywhere… Not fun. This was fine.
Hakuba enjoyed the show as Kaito stripped before him. He half wondered if Kaito would have refused, but was rather pleased when he hadn’t. This was the first time he was seeing the other naked, and he half wanted to tell Kaito to just stand there, so he could get a look look – who knew when he’d get to see again – but he felt that would be too much. Instead he let the other climb into the bathtub, smiling the entire time.
Most of it was payback, the other half was testing what he could do.
It was so important for Hakuba to find out where the line was drawn, so he knew not to cross it. He just had to push, to see how far he could go, so he knew when to stop. He would always stop[ when the other asked him too, but for now, he’d enjoy the blushing teen. “Mmm, you look wonderful, Kuroba-kun.” Hakuba murmured as he leaned in for a kiss.
Really, whenever Hakuba tended to stare at him, he felt wary and self conscious. Though, it usually wasn’t from situations like this. …Probably.
…Well, maybe he’d have to think back to times in classrooms, after knowing that Hakuba’s been interested in him for reasons outside of the suspicion surrounding his night job. It gave the feeling of being closely examined, so, yeah, of course the magician was going to be flushed. One thing for public baths and such, it’s another when it’s a lot more private and he knows he’s being watched. Even the cover of bubbles didn’t help much, close as this was.
Kaito glanced up at the other at the compliment, just barely a pause before he moved to meet the kiss. Another part he’s still trying to get used to overall, really. The intimacy. At least like this, knowing he’s still new to trying a relationship, and one with someone he hadn’t entirely thought about before. It was one of the reasons coming for visits with the rules intact might need to continue for a while. To help him get used to it faster.
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