Just imagine a determined Conan in Professor Agasa's house, furiously wrapping gifts he bought just hours earlier that both Proff Agasa and Ai are concerned lol
Other ships are: Makoto x Sonoko, Ran x Sonoko, Saguru x Kaito (HakuKai), Saguru x Heiji (HakuHei), and Heiji x Kazuha (HeiKazu)... yes, I am a multishipper (of legal ships)—but idk what Makoto x Sonoko and Sonoko x Ran ship names are D:
This is my first time drawing Makoto actually! Really struggled with how his hair would look...
Shinichi: What are you in the mood for?
Kaito: World domination.
Shinichi: That's a bit ambitious.
Kaito: You are my world.
Shinichi: Aww…
Kaito:
Shinichi:
Kaito:
Shinichi: OH.
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Ran: You have to apologize to them Sonoko.
Sonoko: Fine! But I must warn you that this might make me a better, nicer person and that is NOT the person you fell in love with!
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Akako: I don't know how to tell you this, but… I love you.
Aoko: That's great, Akako. Especially considering the fact we've been married for 6 fucking years.
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Hakuba: Look, last night was a mistake.
Heiji: A sexy mistake.
Hakuba: No, just a regular mistake.
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Sonoko: Relationships should be 50/50. Ran cooks us dinner while I sit on the kitchen counter looking pretty.
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Heiji: Shinichi isn’t answering his phone
Kaito: I’ll call
Heiji: Ran and I have both tried six times each, what makes you thi-
Shinichi: Hello?
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Sonoko, bursting into the room: You two are having sex!
Ran, not looking up from their book: Really? Kazuha, why didn’t you tell me? I would have put my book down.
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Heiji: I want to wake up with you every day for the rest of our lives.
Hakuba: I wake up at 4:30 AM every day.
Heiji: I want to see you at some point every day for the rest of our lives.
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*a group of reporters are following Yusaku around to try and get a report about a fake scandel about him*
News reporter: How does it feel to be the most hated man in japan?
Yusaku: Listen in a country full of neanderthals i wear it as a fucking badge of honor
Shinichi behind him: what about the rumors that you kissed Kuroba Toichi?
Yusaku blushing: WHO THE FUCK SAID THAT!????
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Shinichi: I don't need to go to bed. I'm not tired, I'll be fine.
Kaito: But, darling, I'll be so lonely without you. Come curl up in my arms so I can feel whole again.
Shinichi: O-oh. Well. Are you trying to seduce me into healthy sleeping patterns??
Kaito: Is it working?
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Kaito: There are 20 letters in the alphabet, right?
Shinichi: Nope, there's 26.
Kaito: Ah, I must have forgotten U, R, A, Q, T.
Shinichi: Aww, that's cute, but you're still missing one.
Kaito: You'll get the D later ;).
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Hakuba: Did it hurt?
Heiji: When I fell from heaven?
Hakuba: No, when you fell down the stairs mere seconds ago. I literally saw you curl up into a ball and start crying.
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Kaito: When I said you should try being friendlier this isn't what I meant.
Shinichi, stirring a cup of tea aggressively: Oh, so now I'm TOO friendly? There's no pleasing you.
Toichi, who broke into their house an hour ago: Two sugars please.
Shinichi: Coming right up.
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Ran: It’s Pride Month, you know what that means!
Shinichi: I get to eat as many Skittles as I want?
Ran: What? No! What has Sonoko been telling you?
Sonoko, walking in, pouring Skittles into her mouth: Taste the rainbow, bitch.
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Kaito: I promised Shinichi that I wouldn't do anything illegal.
Haibara: why would you lie to your husband like that?
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Akako: She is my love, my light, the woman that I want to be with for the rest of my life.
Aoko: Hey Akako, wanna bet on how many warheads I can eat before I die inside?
Aoko: I truly am in love with this woman.
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Kaito, admiring a sleeping Shinichi: You’re so cute
Shinichi, sleepily: I could beat your ass.
Kaito, lovingly: I know
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Kazhua: What was that noise?
Ran: My shirt fell.
Kazhua: It sounded louder than that.
Ran: …I was in it.
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Hakuba: Is something burning?
Heiji: Just my love for you.
Hakuba: Heiji , the toaster is on fire
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Kaito (to Shinichi): Sorry I told you about my trauma do you still think I’m hot
Alright, Akako has had enough. She’d been patient. Incredibly patient for an all powerful witch. (Really, she should be commended for holding out this long.) But enough was enough and if Kaito wouldn’t do anything than she was going to take things into her own hands, dammit. It’s not like it’d be the first time she cast a spell on him anyhow.
And what exactly was the last straw? This.
“I can’t believe Bakaito is sick!” Aoko said and Akako had to hold in a sigh, because she knew it was a lie. Kaito was perfectly fine. But Aoko had wanted to attend the heist to cheer on her dad and Hakuba had invited Kaito because he knew he was a ‘fan’ of KID, so this was what Kaito chose to get out of it. Honestly not a bad choice. It would be easy for Kaito to recover from a singular day of missed classes. Especially with Aoko taking notes for him. What got her was the thinly veiled worry Aoko had. Akako knew Aoko had an idea something was up; she wasn’t as dumb as Kaito seemed to think she was. (Or pretended she was.)
The real problem was that Akako knew if Kaito just got over whatever it was holding him back and just told Aoko everything, he’d be easily forgiven. The weight pressing on him from the lies would disappear and Aoko, while no doubt still worrying, would at least have the comfort of not being lied to.
Despite being ‘sick’, Kaito met them and Hakuba at the gate to get the notes from Aoko and no doubt to give Aoko the chance to get her scolding out so he wouldn't have to deal with it later. Hakuba looked Kaito up and down and Akako knew he also knew that the sickness was a fabrication.
“I’m fine Ahoko!” Kaito complained, moving to hide behind Hakuba. Well, his nose certainly sounded stuffy at least. “I’m just going to spend the weekend with a friend.”
“You don’t have any other friends, Bakaito!” Aoko said and Kaito made an affronted noise, before he lifted a hand to his forehead in a faint and held onto Hakuba in an effort to not fall to the ground, practically pulling Hakuba and himself to the ground anyway in the process.
“You wound me. And I have Jii-chan!” Kaito sniffed.
Akako tuned the rest of the sibling bickering out in favour of the spell. Throughout the day she’d written a few drafts until she felt happy with it. A spell to force out hidden truths. She moved to touch Kaito’s shoulder as she said the final few words under her breath, but his eyes snapped to her and he slipped out of her reach at the final second. Her hand landed on Hakuba’s shoulder instead. For a moment, she was angry. Spells going wrong was not something she appreciated. Not normally. Right now, well. At the very least it will be interesting. And it may not be the way she’d planned, but Hakuba did know as well as she that Kaito was indeed KID so he may serve her purpose nonetheless.
Either way, she will have to keep an eye on him during tonight’s heist.
“I’ll go to the heist with you, Aoko-chan,” Akako said. Kaito narrowed his eyes at her, immediately suspicious. She smiled serenely back.
“Thank you, Akako-chan!” Aoko lit up immediately, all annoyances by the name of ‘Kuroba Kaito’ momentarily forgotten. “Aoko will make signs for us!”
Akako gave her a small smile. It was something more fond than anything she thought she’d show for… anyone for a long time. This group helped her grow a lot. Both as a person and a witch– though she’d never tell them about the second part. And she loved them all for it. (She’d love them even if they hadn’t made her a better witch.) “That sounds good, Aoko-chan.”
“Hakuba-kun, what do you think?” Nakamori-keibu asked Saguru later that night. There were still twenty minutes before the heist started and they were firmly in planning mode. If they wanted to implement anything more, they would have to do it soon. Nakamori-keibu waved absently to where Hattori-kun was.
“We'll use his suggestion. He's smart, I'm sure it'll work,” Saguru said as he stared down at the museum's blueprint. Yes, he was sure Hattori-kun would prove to be right in this instance. Though he was loath to admit his rival was right about anything in Saguru's field of expertise. It was bad enough Kudou-kun was right more often than him here.
“If you're sure,” Nakamori-keibu said.
“I am,” Saguru answered with conviction.
The taskforce members scrambled as Nakamori-keibu directed them to move where Hattori-kun suggested. Only Saguru and Hattori-kun stayed where they were. Saguru to keep an eye on the proceedings and Hattori-kun to simply stare at him, apparently. Frozen like a very attractive statue.
“Yes?” Saguru asked. That shook Hattori-kun out of whatever that was, and he blinked once before he frowned heavily at Saguru.
“Ya think I'm smart?” Hattori-kun asked.
Saguru shrugged. “I think you're very intelligent. It's incredibly attractive, if a bit frustrating.”
"A…ttractive," Hattori-kun repeated slowly, like he was sounding it out, and Saguru hummed in confirmation.
If a human could be a computer error screen, Kaito (who was hiding in the vents, awaiting his entrance and definitely not spying on Hakuba because he knew Akako had done something kooky and while he trusted her with their friend group, no sure signs of what it was had popped up yet and he didn't trust that and was thus keeping an eye on Hakuba. Which he was definitely not doing. Yep.) would be one right then. It took a moment for his brain to reboot and when it did, he had to try really hard not to laugh and give away his position. He knew Hakuba had a crush on Hattori! Oh, if only he'd brought popcorn to this heist. He'd have to thank Akako later for whatever magic she'd worked.
“... ya know, Kudou is really smart, too,” Hattori-kun said, the words like a challenge. One he had to concede for once. Though not fully.
“Mm,” Saguru hummed. “He is, but you're still more attractive than he is.”
“I am?” Hattori-kun’s eyebrows rose.
Saguru absently grabbed his pocket watch to see how much longer they had. Fifteen minutes. It was unlikely that KID was pretending to be anyone on the floor, even if he arrived disguised as such. Kaito was rarely late and it seemed he endeavored to be extra aware of the time when he knew Saguru was attending. He glanced over at Hattori-kun to see his confused look. He frowned, “Your honesty, your drive, your passion, your intuition, how much you clearly care for your friends. They’re all rather attractive traits. Which I suppose you could say Kudou-kun has as well, but I guess I just like you better. Plus unlike Kudou-kun you could very likely benchpress me and you keep me more on my toes.”
“Ya like me?” His voice was breathy, almost wondrous, and it had Saguru looking over at him again. Hattori-kun’s cheeks were flushed. Was it really so surprising?
“Yes?” Saguru said. “I thought I said that.”
“But like, romantically?”
Saguru rolled his eyes. “Yes.” Hattori-kun’s eyes widened. For a moment it didn’t register why. Really, none of this registered, Saguru had merely been truthful. Then his own words finally registered and the red face and wide eyes clicked. Saguru felt his own face become very very warm. Oh no. That was one truth he'd never wanted to reveal, ill-advised as his crush was. No, the ideal outcome was that he'd get a crush on someone that might actually like him one day and the fact he ever held feelings for Hattori-kun would go with him to his grave. He looked up at the vents above them. If Kaito heard any of that he'll never let him live it down. Like a shark smelling weakness. What had even loosened his lips? KID’s magic couldn't. It was all smoke and mirrors. But… Saguru closed his eyes.
Akako. It must’ve happened when she touched him— when she’d clearly been going for Kaito. Would it be uncouth to yell at Kaito for dodging the spell? Maybe but he kind of wanted to. The real question was which friend he should kill. The answer was neither of them because Kaito wasn't truly at fault and he didn't actually think Akako could die. Not by normal means, at least. Also because he didn't want to kill his friends. He inwardly sighed. Really, the least Akako could've done was warn him so he'd be spared this trouble. Because this was trouble, given that he'd just simultaneously given Hattori-kun (and very likely Kaito) ammunition to mock him as well as quite possibly disgusted him since, while they weren't as mean to each other as they had been a year ago, he most certainly didn't return his feelings. Murder was out of the question but he would definitely give Akako a rare piece of his mind. He pinched the bridge of his nose. “I'm sorry, but I need to go,” he told Hattori-kun as politely as he could with as even a voice he could manage after what would no doubt later be labeled as a ‘traumatic experience’ for him. Then he about-faced and sped walked away.
“Hakuba!” Hattori-kun called behind him but he steadfastly ignored him, even as he heard footsteps following before a member of the taskforce waylaid Hattori-kun. Saguru would have to thank whoever it was later.
What even was Akako’s plan with this to begin with? Get Kaito to spill embarrassing things? Or was it– Was she trying to get Kaito to finally admit he was KID? She'd never particularly seemed like she cared about that, though. Unless it was for someone else. …Like Aoko, who'd been more stressed lately about the secrets Kaito has been keeping. Well. It was noble of her as well as understandable, though he wished she would've reversed it when she realized she'd hexed the wrong person because there was no way Akako wouldn't have noticed. Or she could have told him about it. Warned him so he didn’t make a fool out of himself. As he just did. If he had less restraint, he’d probably mash his head into the wall.
“Lady Akako!”
“Saguru-san, it is rare of you to refer to me so formally anymore. What is it you need?” Akako looked up at him with an interested and knowing smile. He took a breath. It didn't calm him as much as he'd like.
“My apologies, Aoko, but I'd like to borrow Akako from you to speak to her alone.” Saguru looked at Aoko with a smile he hoped didn't appear too strained.
“Sure?” Aoko said, head tilted to the side, dashing his hopes just a bit.
“Thank you,” Saguru said. Akako held a hand out to him and he took it, pulling her up. Immediately she looped her arm into his.
“I'll be right back,” Akako said airily, waving her hand in a farewell fit for a fairytale princess. Then she let Saguru lead her away, far enough from Aoko so she wouldn't hear them. It pained him to keep more group secrets from her. But they weren't his and the Hattori-kun thing was embarrassing enough without Aoko’s good natured– and loud, mostly loud; she was certainly Nakamori-keibu’s daughter– support.
“You used magic on me,” Saguru bluntly accused. There was no reason to beat around the bush, afterall. No one else would've done it. No one else he knew could have done it.
Akako hummed. “Did I?”
“Yes!” Saguru’s voice cracked from his effort to yell quietly. He cleared his throat. At least Akako looked amused. “Reverse it. Please.”
“Should I?” Akako asked. He suddenly felt some understanding for Kaito. Truly, this night was a tragic night.
“Yes,” Saguru said emphatically. He really did not want to spend the rest of the night like this. Or the rest of forever. He’d have to lock himself in a closet. Which he felt was rather apt, given the things he already admitted to. He doesn’t want to know what else her spell might pull from him. Akako frowned; not quite a pout but as close as she ever got to it.
“But you’re finally admitting some useful things, are you not?” Akako asked.
“I am not,” Saguru said. “I’m sure your initial intention was to pull a confession from Kaito for Aoko, which is a very noble pursuit, but as you see it did not work. Please remove the spell.” Before I embarrass myself further, he did not add. He tried to smile. It felt a bit too strained to count as a smile.
Akako hummed. “I don’t think I will,” she said. Saguru mentally screamed. He wanted to ask her if she truly meant she wouldn’t, or if she simply couldn’t, but he held his tongue because the question would likely get something worse put on him. You only anger someone like Akako once. He took a deep breath.
“Alright. I will simply wait out the heist with you and Aoko, then,” Saguru said.
“Oh no you won’t,” Akako said. “It may not have been the one my goal was set to, but a hidden truth was revealed tonight and you will be happier for it.”
Saguru stared at her, feeling a little dumb. She patted his shoulder, seeming pleased with herself, before returning to Aoko. He stood there for several long seconds simply staring at nothing. What could she possibly mean? It certainly didn't make him feel happier, to say such things to Hattori. With a frown, he tucked his hands into his pockets and turned back to where the inspector still waited for the heist to begin. He was so in his thoughts he nearly jumped when Hattori tapped his shoulder. Worse, he nearly swore. Aoko and Kaito were officially a terrible influence.
"Yes?" Saguru said, attempting not to sound too stiff. It was easier to be loose lipped when he wasn't aware it was happening.
"Ya left before I could say anythin'," Hattori-kun said with a smile, hands also placed into his pockets. Saguru raised a wary eyebrow. At least he managed to keep the thought that it was the plan to avoid Hattori so he couldn't say anything. So neither of them could, until Akako's spell ran its course and they could return to normal. But Hattori-kun seemed content to not do that. "I like ya, too."
Saguru blinked at him, then frowned. "You do?"
“‘Course I do!” Hattori-kun said, sounding offended. “Wouldn’t of said it if I didn’t.”
"But I'm-" Saguru paused, unable to truly finish that sentence with just what he is. How did one untangle their entire existence into a few dozen words? How had he done just that to Hattori-kun only a few minutes prior.
"Kinda perfect," Hattori-kun finished for him, skirting the problem entirely. But Hattor-kun always did have a way of simply dodging problems.
"I said kinda," Hattori-kun said. "But yeah, I do."
"I… didn't think this would happen," Saguru admitted slowly, unsure if it was the spell or the simple confusion that spurred the admission. Hattori-kun cocked an eyebrow, that infuriating smirk on his mouth.
"I can tell," Hattori-kun said and Saguru glowered at him, though it didn't deter Hattori-kun in the slightest. "Tell ya what. We finish this heist, compete to catch KID as we both knew we were gonna do, then we figure things out as we go?"
"Like day by day?" Saguru asked.
"Day by day," Hattori-kun.
"That-" Saguru paused, mouth quirked, and nodded. "Yes, that would be acceptable."
When Hattori-kun smiled, it was like the sun rose.
“Tantei-san, you're late,” KID whined.
“Nonsense. I was on time, you just didn't see me,” Saguru said.
KID flashed him a grin that, on Kaito, was usually followed by copious amounts of glitter or a new hair colour that Saguru may or may not leave in. “Maybe not, but I heard you.” Kaito made kissy noises at him and Saguru sent a quiet thank you to his morals for keeping him from pushing his friend off the roof. Though he'd never tell Kaito, he would miss him if he killed him. Plus Aoko would be disappointed and he'd have to hide a body. Both things he'd rather avoid. Even if Kaito would most likely catch himself with his glider if he did push him. “Congratulations, Tantei-san.” The seriousness of Kaito’s tone made Saguru blush even when the mocking kissing noises didn’t.
“Thank you,” Saguru said. “Now the jewel, KID?”
“Yes, well, at least one of us could get what we wanted tonight,” KID said with a sigh and tossed the jewel to him.
“And you know why Akako did this?” Saguru asked. KID looked away.
“... one day,” he said quietly, before he fell off the roof and into the wind. Saguru sighed. He really hoped one day would come soon. For the sake of Aoko and Kaito’s relationship as well as avoiding any future attempts of Akako’s to reveal the illusion.
