Oh, he was definitely glad that Kaito was willing to listen. That was something that already meant a lot to him. Taking a deep breath, the adult began to explain.
“… I bet you found that room, right? You said that KID made international news which causes me to guess that you decided to take it over– am I guessing it right? That’s actually something I hoped that wouldn’t happen. I wanted you to be able to live a normal life. But I also wanted you to know the truth about who I was. Back then, I ended up getting in trouble with an organization. Apparently I was in their way. Such organizations can do dangerous things and sometimes– sometimes they can even get people’s family involved by hurting their family members. I couldn’t let that happen. I didn’t want them to go that far. I didn’t want them to find out about you. I wanted you to be safe. Back then the only plan I could come up with was faking my death and let nobody know about it.”
A sigh escaped from his lips. “I had to dissapear for a long time, until I was certain of it that they truly believed I was dead. I didn’t want them to start searching for those close to me and I most certainly didn’t want them to search for you.”
Kaito crossed his arms as he listened, not interrupting as his father spoke. The only change in expression came at the mention of the organisation, with a slight narrowing of the teen’s eyes. And when the man seemed to have stopped speaking, those eyes closed in thought.
…He did know those people were dangerous. And even the feeling of wanting to protect those around him himself. …And honestly, if his own identity wasn’t still unknown to people like Snake, faking a death to help didn’t seem like too bad of an idea…
…But understanding why his father pretended to die didn’t help. It didn’t answer everything. All the decisions… just… where to even begin?
A few moments of silence later, and the magician spoke, not yet looking back at Toichi.
“…I did decide to be Kid. But that was after the supposedly dead thief had already come back. Jii-chan took it over first, and I showed up to one of his heists after finding the room to see who Kid was.”
I thought he might be…
…
“He mistook me for you and mentioned what happened eight years ago wasn’t an accident. He thought you’d been killed because of being Kid.” Now the teen turned his head back up to meet Toichi’s eyes.
“Oyaji… I didn’t take over your job. I had no intention to just from finding the room. I wanted to be Kid because I wanted to find out what happened to you.” A pause, and Kaito lowered his head, falling silent.
…Should he even mention that he’s caught up with that organisation now? After just being told that his father had gone so far to keep them away from him? …Or even that his original goal had been revenge… And his current one directly involved getting in those people’s way.
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A rub of her chin and a hum – yes, she’s seriously considering what sort of flower would look good in his hair. “Maybe somethin’ small an’ blue t’ match yer eyes. Or somethin’ colorful, like confetti.”
Oops. Seemed like he’d gotten her caught on something. Not that he minded the idea of things like flowers in his hair, but the magician hadn’t quite thought she’d be serious in trying to figure out what’d suit him.
“Well, you can try and choose a colour. But nothing too small. It wouldn’t be too fun to try and pick things out if they get tangled.”
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