daughterofthesleuth:

Her own smile spread and she knew she’d been right. Her fingers continued to ruffle his hair. It didn’t matter what he looked like, he was still Kaito. “The way you were playing with the cards when I approached gave you away.” She admitted. 

“Honestly, I was scared to approach you at first. I’ve met the man you’re disguised as twice. So, I wasn’t too sure it was you. I’m glad I was right.” Her fingers ran down to where she was resting her arms on his shoulders. 

“Just a question though, what’s with the disguise?”

Ah… should’ve guess it might be something like that. He let out an amused breath as his eyes turned down to said cards, straightening the out in his hands. A pause at the next part, though he felt comfortable enough to not mind as she leaned closer. More surprised over the knowledge that she had met Spider before, and more than once at that. …Not that she really knew who he was, but interesting to know.

…And oh. Right… …Should he just say it? Because, regardless of whether she’d check closely, it’d still be fairly obvious to realise it’s not just a disguise, one way or another…

“Umm… That’s… I guess that’s something I’d like to figure out myself,” he said with a small laugh just before reaching up to lightly pull at his cheek. “Ran into a bit of trouble, and… Well, it’s definitely quite the ‘disguise’ I’ve got now.”

Moved to tug at a blond lock of hair as well before lowering his arm and leaning back, tilting his head towards Ran again.

“But you said you’ve met the person I look like before?”

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His appearance was only familiar due to the fact that she’d run into him a few times, one time being when he actually helped her out while she was injured. But it wasn’t that fact that made her approach him. He’d been playing with a deck of cards in a very familiar fashion. Not to mention he was apt to disguise himself should the need arise for a heist. So, she was sure of the fact that it was him. The idea wasn’t too far-fetched, was it? 

Still, once she’d actually begun to run her fingers through his hair, she had a moment of doubt, scared she’d just done something wrong. A light blush crept into her cheeks and she smiled shyly. 

“You seem very familiar to me.” She continued to ruffle his locks.”But not in appearance. I just wanted to know if I could trust my instincts.”

The bashfulness just made him all the more questioning at first, still wondering if it was from knowing the person he looked like or simply embarrassed at realising he’d just come up to a random person to touch their hair.

A blink at the response, though, and a pause passed before his smile softened and he relaxed more. Instinct, huh? …Well, it’s not as though he was acting differently, so… maybe he should have thought of that before getting concerned.

“…I suppose, in this, you can, ojou-san.” His head tilted a touch under her fingers. “What did you catch that made you think I was familiar, though?”

A little startled at the touch in his hair, Kaito turned to look over his shoulder, almost dropping the cards he’d been working with when he recognised her. Might’ve been a bit too focused after getting something familiar (hopefully the assassin wouldn’t mind too much, and he kept the receipt to pay him pay for them later anyway) to help him keep his hands busy to have noticed Ran coming close to the bench.

…Why was she running her hands though his hair? One thing in his normal body, they were fairly comfortable with each other by now that it wasn’t strange, but right now? …Did she know Spider? Or was this for some other reason?

“Umm… Did you need something?” He asked, giving a small smile to, hopefully, hide most of the surprise just seeing her.