“Thank you,” he whines, still keeping his head down. “This is bullshit. I wasn’t even given a time when this hex would wear off. What if it’s like this forever? I hate those grey magic casters. They’ve never done anything good to me.”
Kaito just sorta arches his back. Mm. That feels nice.
“It can’t last forever. And if it starts going on too long, then I might have to see about having one cast another to set it right. Even if they can be bad, you can’t say they aren’t convenient in accessibility~”
Going to keep the back scratching going, moving up from around the shoulders to just above the hips. After a thought, he might shift a bit so he can use both hands.
Just lying there. Not even gonna look up. This world is horrible.
At least it’s easier to hide his parts in the costume. The top hat is certainly nicer on ears than a baseball cap or something, anyway. It does have to suck to have the usual phobia changed to cats, though… A lot harder to avoid that one, even without the run of magic going around.
But he’s just going to run his fingers up and down his other self’s back in a light scratching to help comfort.
The magician did have to be careful coming to his other self, considering people more than likely wouldn’t buy the idea that he wasn’t the Kaitou Kid they were looking for… Not to mention just finding himself took far longer than he would have liked.
When he did find him, though, a grin spread across his face and he quietly stepped forward. And when he got close enough, Kaito put his arms around his doppelganger’s shoulders, humming as he gave a quick peck on the cheek.
“Yo~ Doing okay?”
“Thank you.” He could hardly lie to himself. The mask came down when other Kaitos were around. He idly chuckled at the rhyme as he jammed his hands into pockets.
“Decided I can’t just run around all the time. I’m going to be staying at an assistant’s apartment now. Planning my return. I was the only thing between those goons and Pandora and I’m not going to run away from them.” A grin of purpose. A Kid grin.
No, this isn’t Kaito. It’s Kaitou.
Not a bad thing, but a little concerning if one knew why.
Kaito listened to his counterpart, flashing a small smile before it fell in contemplation. Really, he couldn’t say much on returning to heisting himself. Because he might have done it before now, if it were him, so he’s not in the least surprised. It didn’t matter which world, Pandora needed to be found, so the mantle of Kid couldn’t be dropped easily… However…
The magician paused before turning his head up to the sky, letting his own hands clasp behind his back.
“Hmmm… Will you be going straight back into how things normally went? Or will you be trying something new?”
The magician did have to be careful coming to his other self, considering people more than likely wouldn’t buy the idea that he wasn’t the Kaitou Kid they were looking for… Not to mention just finding himself took far longer than he would have liked.
When he did find him, though, a grin spread across his face and he quietly stepped forward. And when he got close enough, Kaito put his arms around his doppelganger’s shoulders, humming as he gave a quick peck on the cheek.
“Yo~ Doing okay?”
He was distracted, but really, Kaito was rarely focused on one thing for too long these days. Slipping behind alleyways and trudging back to Ed’s put him in a contemplative mood, so when he saw someone coming in the opposite direction, Kaito didn’t give it much thought.
But that grin. Oh, that smile was unmistakeable. The fugitive felt one bloom on his own face as he was hugged and kissed on the cheek. It had been so long since hugs… Ed was doing her best to make up for it too.
“Things are starting to look up,” was his somewhat-tired reply.
“Well, that’s good, at least…”
The magician gave a small hum and stayed there a short while longer before letting his arms slide off his other self. He might not have the same problems in his own universe, but it wasn’t too hard to imagine what his double might be going through… Frighteningly easy to think of, actually, much as he’s wondered what might happen if he got caught…
And, well, imagination alone was enough to let him worry.
“Did something happen recently?” Kaito asked, turning to fall in beside the other as he gently bumped shoulders.
The magician did have to be careful coming to his other self, considering people more than likely wouldn’t buy the idea that he wasn’t the Kaitou Kid they were looking for… Not to mention just finding himself took far longer than he would have liked.
When he did find him, though, a grin spread across his face and he quietly stepped forward. And when he got close enough, Kaito put his arms around his doppelganger’s shoulders, humming as he gave a quick peck on the cheek.
“Yo~ Doing okay?”
’:)’
Okay, blinking at first. Then at about the five second mark, he burst out laughing. Which died off at the actual singing part, but the thief smiles the remainder of the time, and silently laughed more a few more times during the song.
Though that last one nearly deafened him. Didn’t kill the smile, though.
“Thanks for sharing this~” Yep. He definitely needed that, and it helped.
…Well, that was short, at least. Even for as patient as he could be, any longer than that ten seconds of trying to speak might have gotten grating…
“Not really sure what to say, really…” Though, as short as it is, might as well watch it again to try and get more of an impression. “Cute, I guess? ….Wait…”
Replays a part.
“…… Did he just say ‘you want him to do you so much you could do anything’?”
…Dammit, he thought videos might help, but nope. Even this random thing doesn’t work to distract much, does it…
“Shouldn’t you know? You were talking to Shinichi nii-san, but that’s not really him. That’s Kuroba-kun as Shinichi nii-san.”
Little goddamn shit, this one.
“Hmm? I suppose you would know Kudo-kun better, since he seems to be connected to Ran-san… But what reason could Kuroba have for disguising as him at the moment?”
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