Contest entries are due tonight at midnight. LOL I can’t believe so many have entered! You know you could all probably go on a date with Hakuba just by asking, right? Though I guess those wouldn’t necessarily be pre-planned with built-in premise and a drawing by moi, would it? Hmm. :3
Also, goodness, Kaitous, you are all ganging up on him. He’s going to have nightmares. Be prepared for a journal about it this evening.
“Actually, there are many prime locations for hiding bodies in most any given area. It’s really a matter of how you do it, not where. Many criminals make this mistake and are, subsequently, caught. Which is fortunate for us.”
KID remained silent as he worked on the lock, the door clicking open in a manner of seconds. One day he’d have to officially thank Chikage for letting him play with locks so much as a child; it was an extremely useful skill for someone such as himself. Still, he barely noticed Hakuba there until he was standing up and opening the door, allowing his guest to enter first. To say the least, he hadn’t noticed the stain on his suit, and the low lighting still made it difficult to discern any dark spots on Hakuba.
“Physically, yes. Right now. Are you?" The thief frowned in worry, waiting for Hakuba to enter first and closing the door behind them. He was careful to relock it, hoping to avoid suspicion. Carelessness always spoiled a getaway, and with an innocent in tow, he refused to take unnecessary risks.
Hakuba moved through the door, getting out of the way before looking back at Kaitou again. "I think…” he began to say, then really looked at himself. Tear in his suit in three places, two of which were wet with blood as he touched them. That was… troubling. He grimaced, touching and prodding at the wounds to feel how deep they were, though it was difficult to tell.
“I’ve been hit, I think. Ah, I hope that’s not my blood on your suit.” He gestured toward the dark splotches on white. He turned back to the rest of the room. “I’m going to see if there are any utilities running to this place, still…"
The shop, despite being closed, was full of clothing racks and shelves. Costumes, dresses, wigs, and props a-plenty. The detective thought it was a little eerie, honestly, and strayed past the row of really creepy manikins.
Tea- if it’s a good Earl Grey, I take it with milk and two sugars. Most other teas (even Asian) are usually with a combination of sugar and honey, depending on what is available. Honey is particularly good in green tea, I’ve found.
Coffee- I like with both milk, cream, and sugar… I suppose I have a little bit of a sweet tooth, if I were to be completely honest.
I’ll drink it black if I have to, however. Function over form, I suppose, when necessary…
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“Yeah!” Kaito grinned even wider. It’d been a while since he’d performed elaborate tricks when not KID, so he was ecstatic for this. (That lack of performing, though, was partially due to how often he was running around as KID lately.)
“I’ve got the tricks planned and I figured out how to incorporate the red lines during that night, if I can’t blot them out with makeup or disguising tricks. I’m not going to do anything too dangerous, such as fire breathing. I’d rather not give anyone a heart attack. And mistakes would hurt, even with the invulnerability.”
“F-fire… Fire breathing?"
Hakuba looked at his reflection in the window he was seated next to, noting his own, confused frown with some dismay.
"Ah, you… you mean the stage performance trick, surely… not that you, yourself, can breathe fire now?"
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“It’s fine,” he said airily. Keeping secrets was always a pain, but this was getting ridiculous. As soon as he had finally let someone in on it, the universe decided it was time to add on to the double life, just for shits and giggles. (Maybe he pissed off someone in a previous life?)
“Anyway, how have you been, disappointment and panic aside?”
“I’ve been… fine." Hakuba looked at his watch. "Thank you for asking."
He wasn’t fine, but Kaito didn’t need to know that. Time for a diversion of his own. "Are things still looking good for the charity benefit? Mum’s in town now. She’s… very excited."
“Of course I will, Hakuba.” He grinned. “After all, this has to be one of the few times, if not the first time, KID has not appeared when he said he would.“
Now he’d have to do some misdirection. He would rather avoid breaking one of his detectives’ brains again (especially since he wasn’t there in-person) and not being sure of what happened himself would be interesting. “Well, detective, were you disappointed?"
It was nice, hearing his name spoken by Kaito, especially in confidence with the rather secret information that they were discussing.The question drew Hakuba out of that train of thought and he blinked.
"Disappointed? Of course. I always like watching you work. Though, admittedly, I really was mostly just worried.”
He wanted to go on, all about how he didn’t know what he’d do if he lost him, if something happened to him, etc, etc, so on, but Hakuba was fairly certain that it would be returned only with a ‘I’m invincible now’ and a ‘you worry too much,’ so he refrained.
“Sorry for all of the, ah, voicemails. I panicked.”
