“Probably, yeah.” Another yawn as he rubs at his eyes. “It wouldn’t be The Black Cauldron, would it? I think that’s the name…”
“Well, that is the name, but not my top one, no. Might get a bit too much hate for what it is, though.”
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“I see. Oh, can you see better in the dark?” That would actually be handy. “That way you wouldn’t have to use night vision goggles, which can blind you if someone suddenly turns on a light.”
Pancake is now gone. “Thanks for… accomodating me, by the way. A certain asshole illusionist wasn’t so kind, though I didn’t expect him to be. I’m thinking of ambushing him with some catnip as retaliation. Thoughts?”
The question on the night vision, he had to think about. The other times he had cat parts, he’d been a bit more concerned about other things than if he could see in less light… And home he’s comfortable enough in that if he ever did notice it was easy to see even without the lights, he hadn’t noticed. Hmm…
“Well, most of the times I’ve been ‘in the dark’ were still in the city… Kinda hard to tell. …I might can, though? It’s never lasted so long that I’ve had to do a heist going into it like this.”
At the revenge plot though, he blinked. And again.
“Spider? …Ummm… I’m… not really sure what it might even do… Sure, funnier reactions cats get are when they look drugged… Or get hyper… But… ah…”
He chewed anxiously on the pancake, still directing his gaze away. Though he could see the other out of his peripheral vision, which had become highly sensitive since his escape.
“It’s been a week, I think. I can’t remember, haven’t been keeping track.” Not that there was much need to. Pancake was half-eaten now. “… What’s it like? Being sort of a cat?”
He wants to get over this stupid magic fear.
“Well, it’s happened more than once, so it’s not that bad. Bit lazier… most small things that move are very hard to ignore… emotions want to show a lot more, actually.” He smiles as he leaned back into the chair. “Better hearing can be nice at times, though.”
When the ears aren’t covered, anyway. And it could sometimes make him more affectionate, though it’s only really happened once so far…
Abruptly chokes on the pancake when he sees the cat ears. Kaito coughs violently and whacks his chest a few times as he directs his gaze away.
“C… cat…” he whines, shoving the pancake back in his mouth and looking away.
Kaito blinked before quickly raising a hand to put over the ears, a small look of guilt passing over his face as the other hand went to his pants for a hat.
“Ah… sorry.”
Really, he’s gotten used to them by now, and keeping a hat one when he wasn’t dressed as the thief got very uncomfortable, so he hadn’t thought about it. But he flattened the ears and carefully slipped the cap over them.
“Guess you’ve still got that curse…”
“Thanks…” Totally not awake. Just stares down at the pancakes. Puts down the toast and replaces it with a pancake. Pancake is now limply dangling out of his mouth.
…Well then. Pretty sure no good pancake will actually be able to last long like that…
“You’re welcome… though, I think someone might need some coffee as well…”
“I’m not cool. I’m hot. Lupin already claimed cool, but whatever.” A dismissive wave.
The knot relaxed and the fugitive grinned in appreciation. “I owe you. I owe you more than one, y’know. Cash in any time and I’ll see what I can do.” He turned to face the other and gave him an appreciative hug.
“A week was a lot worse than you’d think. Do YOU wanna be stuck in a 9-year-old’s body, constantly under supervision, going to a lower grade? You thought you were bored at school before…
Kid’s smile widened when the knot finally went away. And while he probably should have been expecting it, he still ended up blinking a few times in surprise at the hug, though it was only for a moment. After which, he gave a softer smile and returned the hug some. Not sure if he’d ever really need to call in the favour, but he’ll keep it in mind.
“I can’t even imagine school for that… though, it wouldn’t be too hard to get out of supervision normally. Tantei-kun seems to run off on his own often enough… But no. Being a smaller version of myself is bad enough, but being tantei-kun specifically I’d rather avoid more.”
“Hoooh… I needed that.” A happy sigh. “I like you. You‘re the cool Kaito. And you’re not a robot. That’s always a plus.”
At the mention of greyface magic not lasting too long, the fugitive snorted. “And that time I swapped bodies with Conan-kun, that wasn’t ‘too long’? A week, man. That was a week. And hey, thanks – we both know I’ll give ‘em back.” A wink.
Dimensional weirdness, whatever. Right now he was his own best company.
“I should hope so. And I’d also like to think all of us would be cool~”
The thief just smiled at the wink, making another short hum as he finished up the massaging. Funny that robots would be mentioned, though… Another of his selves kinda gave him the nickname of ‘robot-kun’, after mistaking him for one the first time they met…
“Besides that, a week’s not too bad… Could have always been longer. And doubt either of you two would have been happy if it had.”
“Stay inside? I can’t do that all the time though… Ed-san has a job that can keep her away from home, and I don’t have my lockpicking tools anymore. Any ‘inside’ places are going to be businesses.”
Ooh, right there… a knot riiiight there, it hurts but it’s a good hurt. Very good hurt. He does suck in a bit of air though.
“I just hope someone ends it soon.”
Kid hummed as he worked to loosen the knot, keeping the pressure firm, but not painfully so, as he works through it and up to the shoulders.
“It’ll probably be gone before you know it. That is one good thing about the grey face magic. It doesn’t normally last too long… But if you need tools, I don’t mind letting you use mine when you have to. You’re me, in a sense, so letting myself use them wouldn’t be much trouble.”
Just dimensional weirdness going on again, but that would happen when someone can already chat and give a parallel self company and back rubs.
“Ooh, man…” Yesssss. Back rubs are one of his weaknesses. Something his counterpart probably knows, since they’re still very similar.
He had to crane his neck to look at the other Kaito, another pop in his spine accompanying the movement. “Ye…ah. It’s been three days now. What a pain in the ass. Cats are almost impossible to avoid, there’s too many. At least fish are harder to passively find.”
“Ah… yeah. Doesn’t help when they’re on land with you and are popular to begin with…”
He’ll glance over and offer a sympathetic smile before focusing more on what he was doing, hands pausing in place to work on any knots he could find.
“Maybe stay inside as much as possible? At least then you only have to worry more about pictures… maybe the other magicked people if you’re unlucky?”
“I hope not. Ooh, that feels nice…” He rolls his shoulders, an audible pop making him wince. He’s not ticklish by the hips at least, so no squirming. “I appreciate this more than you might know.” So tense. Kaito’s been unable to relax for what feels like years.
“Wait, they can fix these hexes?”
The thief smiled and the scratching slowed as he started pressing his fingers in more, feeling and working his way along his counterpart’s back. He had a guess that the other might be a lot more tense than most, considering his current status…
“I’d assume so. Most probably don’t, but if one curse can cause the problem, there’s nothing to keep another from lifting or changing it. But they probably won’t be willing to do that anytime soon. So, like I said, it’d be more if it goes on too long type thing that I’d get help like that.“
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