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✯ – with a sudden urge to cuddle

He wasn’t entirely sure what he was doing, but he was walking and it was dark and he was just feeling really lonely.

Conan was — well, spending the night with one of his little friends. Safe, hopefully. And that was Shinichi’s fault, because he had sent him there after coming home from that case earlier in the day —

— because…

His throat hurt, and he finally stopped walking to rest his hand on the closest wall he could find, the front door of some poor person who most likely wouldn’t be very happy at seeing a stranger loitering in their yard. But he couldn’t bring himself to move again, so he sat down on their front porch and wrapped his arms around his legs, bringing them up and curling in on himself.

That was too close for comfort.

Cases with child victims always hit the hardest, but this was —

This time he was exactly Conan’s age and even went to the same school. They didn’t look anything alike or share anything in common, but Conan himself was only one park away from the incident, and the murderer — that delighted look was…

Shinichi choked.

Definitely one of his least favorite cases.

Kaito had been tinkering with one of his gadgets when he caught a glance of a figure passing by below, outside of the window. Curious, he stood and leaned over to get a better look.

Wait… isn’t that tantei-kun’s brother?

The magician watched as the detective suddenly stopped in front of his house. He was just beginning to wonder if he should call out and ask what the other was doing when the teen got down on the ground.

Something was definitely not right.

Kaito quickly got up and went downstairs, pausing a moment before he opened the front door. It might not be the best idea to go out like he knew Shinichi was going to be there…

He swung the door open casually and put on a surprised face when he looked over at the detective.

“O-oi… Are you okay?”