Hakuba shuddered and made a soft sound. “I-I will…” there was no weight in the words, and his voice trembled a little, so most likely he wouldn’t.

He steps in further some, but otherwise doesn’t move. Nor is he touching Hakuba. At this point, he wanted to see how long Hakuba would last without resorting to physical touch himself.

’It’s always a game with you, isn’t it?’

A smirk rose up at the words that bubbled up from his memory.

Of course it is… Better than the alternative, tantei…

A slight tilt, and bit closer, just barely hovering away from his detective’s skin.

“Hmm… then…. why haven’t you?”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“T-Then I could always leave.” though he didn’t move, he was so close his legs wouldn’t listen.

Kid smiled and leaned in even closer, moving to the side more to speak in Hakuba’s ear.

“But will you?~”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“You are also entitled to keep your thoughts to yourself.” he shuddered.

“Ooooh, but if I’m entitled to both, then that means it would be my choice as to which I do.~” Aaand now he’s right in front of Hakuba’s face. “And let’s just say, I don’t find keeping my thoughts to myself to be the better option.~”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“T-That will not be necessary, I assure you.”

“Really? I think it seems veeeery necessary.~”

The thief stops in front of Hakuba and leans in close to his detective’s face, though not too close…. yet.

“I should be entitled to guess when someones doesn’t want to say something I’d like to know.~”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“I guess you will simply have to go on never knowing.”

“…Do you want me to try and guess instead? Because I have quite the imagination.~ Though, it would likely be more vivid than yours…”

Careful Hakuba. He’s taking a few steps closer, and it’s uncertain whether or not he’s kidding right now…

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“I am not going to validate that with an answer.”

“Oh? But it sounds like you were thinking of something interesting… I would love to hear what ‘highly inappropriate’ things you thought the thief would do… Are you sure you don’t want to tell me?~”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“K-Kid! That is highly inappropriate!"

"Hmm…. All I said was that a thief could take your mind off of things. Never said how…. Just what were you thinking of, tantei?~”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“I’m already getting a headache over the paper work that would be needed for this.” He groans.

“I’m sure there’d be a few thieves willing to stay and help with that headache afterwards. And at least one knows how to take your mind off of things.~”