♤:Taking a bath together
He’d known it was mixed bathing before they got there, but Kaito hadn’t actually expected her to join him a short time after he had said he’d be in baths. Luckily, the onsen wasn’t all that busy, and they were the only ones there, else he’d have been more embarrassed she’d come in with him than he was already. At least he could blame the red face on the heat from the water…
“Oi… I thought you said you were going to take a bath later…”
“Didn’t you just get one not too long ago?”
He shrugs and leans forward to kiss her on the cheek this time, grinning as he pulled away slightly, teasing by purposefully not taking her lips this time.
“My first love is…..Kaito….Kaito Kuroba….He..is my childhood…best friend..” was all she could say. She didn’t liked to talk about that to others. Aoko even kept that a secret from her closest friends and her father.
And it broke. To be fair, he already knew it would, as soon as she said that she would be making the decision. The closer Aoko had been getting to the thief, the more guilt had piled up, and the less reason he had to keep from telling her the truth in the first place. Hiding it any more wouldn’t do anything to keep her safe… Just hurt them both…
The magician lifted his head to kiss her forehead before moving to bury his face on top of her hair, pulling her close and holding her against his chest.
“…Then you should have said something, Ahouko,” he finally said, falling out of Kid’s smooth and slightly deeper voice and back into his normal one. She might still get angry, she might think it’s just a joke… But he couldn’t stop.
“I love you, too… I just didn’t want you to hate me…”
“Didn’t you just get one not too long ago?”
He shrugs and leans forward to kiss her on the cheek this time, grinning as he pulled away slightly, teasing by purposefully not taking her lips this time.
Tears were about to fall as he looked her in the eyes. She fought a lot against them. But in the end, she couldn’t stop them from falling.
“I…I wouldn’t care….about that…..I already know…for many years…that my first love will never feel the same….So there’s no reason to keep loving him…And I’m always…so happy when I’m with you….”
He could only watch as she spoke and tears began to run down her face. He knew he was the one who’d caused them, in more than one way… First by allowing her to get close to him as Kid, and by not telling her the truth when she did. Especially if he was right about…
The thief looked at the ground for a minute, shadows moving to cover his face. Then he spoke.
“….I feel obligated to ask who this first love is, before I take away your feelings towards him. Do you mind sharing that with me?”
“Didn’t you just get one not too long ago?”
He shrugs and leans forward to kiss her on the cheek this time, grinning as he pulled away slightly, teasing by purposefully not taking her lips this time.
“There’s nothing wrong with them. I just want to know how you feel towards me. I want you to show it to me, Kid. Because..today I want to decide…if I should give up my first love for you..” she said loosen her grip on his jacket, while looking down to the ground. Her bangs were covering her eyes, what made it really difficult to see how she was feeling right now.
That made him pause, and he turned to her with hope, longing, concern, guilt, and a bit of sadness quickly flashing across his face.
“…Are you really sure you’d be okay with that? No matter how much I may care about you, I’m still a criminal…”
Kid waited a moment more before reaching to run a hand through her hair as he leaned down to look her in the eye, other hand going to her shoulder.
“And I wouldn’t want to give you any more trouble because of it…”
“Didn’t you just get one not too long ago?”
He shrugs and leans forward to kiss her on the cheek this time, grinning as he pulled away slightly, teasing by purposefully not taking her lips this time.
“O-oi! Was that all? Don’t you dare to leave after only giving me a kiss on the cheek!” She ran after him and grabbed his jacket tightly, not even thinking of letting him go. “I want a real kiss! A kiss, that shows me how you really feel about me!”
“But you should already know what I think of you, Aoko-ojou. And a thief, especially a magician thief, doesn’t always do what you’d expect.~”
He made a slight pouting face, crossing his arms and deliberately not looking at her.
“Or is there something wrong with my cheek kisses?”
“Didn’t you just get one not too long ago?”
He shrugs and leans forward to kiss her on the cheek this time, grinning as he pulled away slightly, teasing by purposefully not taking her lips this time.
The thief blinked a couple of times before smiling at her.
“Wasn’t planning on it, Aoko-ojou.”
“Well, could we maybe go somewhere else, like the park?”
He was a bit surprised by the suggestion, and Kid tilted his head in consideration. A moment later, he shrugged.
“Hmm… Sure. I don’t see why we can’t.”
The thief blinked a couple of times before smiling at her.
“Wasn’t planning on it, Aoko-ojou.”
She slowly let go of him and started to play with her fingers in a very shy way. “I just wanted you to stay a bit longer. That’s all.”
“…You could have just asked. So long as it’s not too much longer, I don’t mind staying behind, if you really wanted.”
The thief blinked a couple of times before smiling at her.
“Wasn’t planning on it, Aoko-ojou.”
“Wait, you weren’t?” Now he did confuse her.
A shrug.
“Don’t see why I should right now. This is no worse than when you decided to hug me to keep me from getting away. Are you trying to do the same again, or is there another reason you wanted to trap me this time?”
“Aoko? Umm… sure…. Not like I haven’t already….”
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