Hakuba could deal with victims, suspects, witnesses and criminals just fine. He could deal with the police and teachers, basically any adult, just fine. He social skills with other teens was a bit blotchy, but that was mostly because of his intelligence. He even flirted openly with many girls, he had no problem with that. It was just the people who flirted with him, or wanted to get in his pants that he had trouble with. It made him uncomfortable and nervous.
Hakuba opened his mouth to state this when he startled as Kuroba put his hands on the wall on either side of his head. It was almost a mimic of what had happened earlier, but the other guy had only used one hand; Kaito was using both. This also left him less room then before, putting them close together. The look on Kuroba’s face was also different, for a moment it was serious, something he didn’t see very often, and then he was grinning like himself again.
He swallowed a bit thickly and pressed himself as far back against the wall as he could. He did not like the feeling in the air, and didn’t know what Kuroba was doing.
“That’s different.” Hakuba responded, his voice a bit tight. “Now can you please back up, Kuroba-san.”
“I could… But you haven’t exactly convinced me you could get out of something like this. Not everyone is always going to be nice enough to go along with what you want, and there won’t always be someone to help you get out.”
He leaned in just a bit more, closing his eyes for a moment and smiling disarmingly at the detective.
“So, please, tell me what you would do if I were like the guy from before. If I hadn’t come, how would you have gotten away yourself?”
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