“Wait, when did this happen?.”

“Which time do you mean? Because I’ve disguised as tantei-kun a few times… Though, I suppose the one I did it for Mouri-chan specifically would be that first time…

…It was nerve-wracking, to say the least. For many reasons. I only had heard of Kudo Shinchi through the news, so I was having to use a disguise I didn’t know quite as well as I would have liked… and having to guess at how he’d act around her, though the responses I got from the Black Star heist actually told me a lot in that respect. Just mixing his public image with how he thought about her. Tantei-kun himself would know that I was aware of his identity after he saw me. And there was always the fact that, if Mouri-chan had figured out I wasn’t really Kudo, I’d probably have ended up in pain. A lot of pain.

…But it was exciting, too. Not knowing exactly what to expect from them and getting the chance to help out in a small way. Because, while I’m still not sure of the exact details on what happened to him, I knew tantei-kun didn’t need much more added trouble. I know how keeping identities from someone you care about is like, after all… And if he really hadn’t told her yet, there had to be a good enough reason behind it to warrant a bit of help hiding it…”