meitantei-cowlick:

moonlightmajutsushi:

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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 had one in particular he wanted to share should he ever ask. It seemed like one the thief might get a kick out, if he knew the thief as well as he thought he did. Maybe one day. 

He had been surprised, however, that his guess on the crows had been wrong. So it meant that whoever had killed the original KID and was chasing after KID the current was a separate person. Maybe he could have Hakuba help him look into it.

Right now what he really wanted was to keep him awake but he was definitely losing the battle against sleep now. “If… you’re still here in the morning we’ll talk then,” he murmured, hand moving to rub a hand against his back. 

“But… I promise you won’t lose me, not to the crows, not to anyone.”

In the morning? He did have to wonder for a moment if he would still hang around after this. Usually, leaving someone else alone without them knowing he’s leaving was something he tried to avoid, but… well, he wasn’t exactly going to be as willing to continue when he woke up.

The thief hesitated a moment before nodding and closing his eyes. Not quite promising that he would be here in the morning -though he most likely would-, but at least agreeing to talk some if he was.

“…W’ldn’t… le’ th’m t’ke y’… ‘nyway…”

And with that last, sleep-slurred sentence, he finally let sleep overtake him, arms relaxing their tight hold as he drifted off.