Wait… when did I… get here?

The thief blinked as he stared at the horse insignia on the door in front of him. A torn and tattered cape blew around weakly in the wind, and his suit was looking a bit worse for the wear itself, with much of the right half dyed scarlet. He twisted his body to look back the way he came from, wincing as his arm sent out a wave of pain. Glider, falling, hurt…. nothing much was coming to mind about the specifics or what had happened afterward, but he knew he was currently standing in front of Hakuba’s house with a bleeding and, very likely, broken arm.

Kid slowly faced the door again and almost considered just going off to find a pay phone to call Jii. But the feeling of something warm trailing down his arm told him that, the sooner he could get help, the better.

Sighing, he knocked firmly on the door with his left hand, hoping that the detective wouldn’t be too angry at getting a late night visitor….

ooc: My Hattori is snickering and my Hakuba is just walking off, becausehetotshashadsometoohejustrefusestoadmitit

(*joins Heiji in snickering* Hakuba, you get back here! Though I find he’s being adorable, Kai currently won’t talk to me and the other muses aren’t helping! (Mostly, they’re laughing at his reaction to having to say that.) He needs comfort.)

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

Hakuba winced as he touched the bump on his head and he could already feel his face flushing with embarrassment. The blush deepened, reaching his ears which turned pink with Kaito’s laughter and he had to bite the inside of his cheek from responding out of anger at the teens lack of consideration.

Hakuba ignored the hand offered to him and got himself up, dusting off his suit as he did. He then reached down and set his chair back on it’s legs. Dusting it off as well.

“I’m fine.” He responded after he took his seat again, though his head was starting to ache.  

Kaito watched him get up, arm still hanging uselessly in the air. If that and Hakuba’s reddened face was anything to go by, he had definitely gotten upset.

Oops…. Did I make him mad?

The magician straightened as the detective returned to his seat, the ignored hand going to his pocket. A smile remained on his face, but it was more apologetic than mocking, now.

“You sure? It sounded like it hurt…”

His eyes turned to the side and he scratched his cheek a bit.

“…Sorry for laughing. I just never expected to see you fall over like that.”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“A good detective does not need to use tricks or questionable way of capturing their suspects.” Hakuba stated in a matter of fact-like tone. “I would never stoop down to the level of causing harm to a theif who does not harm others. No, I’m sure once I catch Spider, catching KID will be much simpler.”

Hakuba relaxed back in his chair, possibly a bit to much. He reached out to grab the desk, but he was already falling backwards. He had pushed back just a bit too much, and he winced as his head connected with the desk behind him, and the chair slipped out, leaving him on the floor. He reached up a gloved hand towards the bump that was now forming on his head.

The magician turned away slightly, biting back a small laugh at the other’s response. That wasn’t exactly what he had meant, but he supposed it was nice to know Hakuba didn’t intend to do anything harmful to Kid.

Suddenly, he heard a loud thump followed by crash. Kaito blinked in surprise and looked back towards the detective, unable to hold back the laughter this time when he saw what had happened.

It wasn’t often the detective made mistakes like that, after all.

“You okay?” he asked once he managed to get ahold of himself, going over to Hakuba and reaching a hand down to help him up.

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

“Oh I wouldn’t be so sure of that.” Hakuba smirked at that. “I have a few plans for him once I’m finished with Spider.” Hakuba was back to his cocky self instantly.

“I’m sure you’ll enjoy trying to escape me though.”

Kaito rolled his eyes as Hakuba returned to his usual arrogance.

“I probably would…if I were Kid.” A mischievous smile broke out across his face.The words the detective chose, along with that smirk…

“And I would also be hoping your plans don’t include anything… questionable. Playing with you detectives is one thing, but I’m sure Kid has limits.”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

Hakuba felt a chill run down his spine at the thought. He swallowed and looked away, his face going serious. He had no intentions of letting Spider kill anyone, least of all Kaitou KID. He was doing everything in his power to stop Spider before he hurt anyone else, and no, he didn’t really see KID as bait.

“I wont let that happen.” He turns to look at Kaito, his eyes not wavering. “I will catch Spider before anyone else gets hurt, including Kaitou KID.”

Kaito held Hakuba’s gaze for a minute before closing them and smiling softly. So, the detective did care, much as he might try and pretend otherwise.

“I hope so. Though… I’m sure Kid won’t get caught by anyone. Assassin or detective.”

britishhsdetectivehakuba:

Hakuba sighs again and closes his eyes, relaxing into his chair a little before opening his eyes once more and staring at the ceiling. As much as he knew he had to play along with Kaito’s farce, it irritated him to no end. He, of course, wanted to be the first to catch KID. After he caught Spider he fully intended to cut KID’s career short, though that was also a chore and a half, but if he could catch Spider, he was sure he could catch KID.

“Kaitou KID.” Hakuba explained. “That is why I’ve decided to stay here in Japan. Of course, I plan to reveal KID’s identity myself, but until then he’ll make good bait.”

Not that he saw KID as bait anymore, but he did have appearances to keep.

Bait? A frown made its way through his mask at that. While this wasn’t much news to him, the way the detective had casually said that line didn’t sit well with him. Kaito looked up and met Hakuba in the eyes.

“…And what would you do if this Spider actually managed to kill Kid before you had the chance to do anything?”

In his mind, he saw Spider’s smirk as the man said that Kuroba Toichi was no longer in this world. His hand tightened slightly on his arm.

“If you haven’t caught him yet, how do you know you’ll be able to before he causes more damage?”