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The thief didn’t look up. Though he had been the one to come over to the other’s house, he didn’t want the detective to see him like this…

As he recalled the events from earlier that night, the tears wouldn’t stop. He could still feel the hand of the man he had tried to save, just before his grip had…

A choke escaped him and he lowered his head even more.

“There was nothing I could do…”

He listened in silence, even when he paused. It wouldn’t do to interrupt him, especially not when he had showed him the same kindness. But he didn’t let go of him the entire time, hold tightening some even.

“That… some how doesn’t surprise me,” he replied when he was sure the other was done for the moment, resting his cheek on the thief’s head again. “My dad used to tell me stories of KID, now that I think about it. I believe he chased him for a time. I suppose I should have noticed that you looked younger then what KID should have." 

It hurt to hear him sound so pained and angry, it made him wonder who the original had been to the thief he held now for such pain. Of course he had an idea but now seemed like a bad idea to ask. 

"Was it the crows?” he asked instead, fingers threading through the thief’s hair once more. “Is that why you’re so adamant about being the only one to deal with them? Because you’ve lost someone to them already?”

Even if Shinichi wasn’t surprised, the thief he held was a bit startled to know that the other had heard things about his father as Kid. He hadn’t heard that Kudo senior ever went after the first thief, and Jii never mentioned it either. Not that it really made too much of a difference, but it was something he’d need to keep in mind. When he was in a better state, Kid would likely ask about some of those stories.

“If it’d been them, I’d have pro’bly told you…”

Yeah, the petting was not helping him want to stay awake. Any focus he might have was being lost to the haze that was slowly growing again, now that he had gotten past the thing he’d fought himself to say.

“…But y’s… Don’t want t’ lose anyone ‘lse…” he said, curling into the detective more.