Important things: Ran has secrets to tell Hakuba Kaito thinks Rocket Raccoon is rad Heiji is totally checking out Shinichi’s butt Kaneda is still crushing most of my little Conan kids (I think he was tired of Shinichi accusing him … or he died) Is Maxwell responsible???? Hiro won’t stop staring at the camera Haibara […]
Kaitou KID heists were notorious for things like skinned palms and bruised knees, but Hakuba was used to that. True, he’d developed quite the interesting case of climacophobia over time, but it usually wasn’t anything terribly crippling — at least, he refused to let it be in defense of his pride. But even with that, it had never really stopped him from chasing the thief before. Detective was a dangerous job; injury came with the territory.
They’d been running hard, up several flights of stairs, down hallways, over obstacles, and Hakuba had been impressed, as always, with the little detective’s tenacity and speed. One too many nasty tricks from the thief, though, and the debris was just too much to navigate.
At least, that’s what Hakuba imagined had happened, because one moment he was watching that flash of white cape, and the next, he had Conan crashing right into him just as he’d made it to the top of the staircase. Down they went until they were a collective Sherlockian heap at the bottom of the stairwell, groaning.
The first thing that came to Hakuba’s mind was to get up and keep after KID, but all of those thoughts ceased immediately when he heard the boy utter the tiniest little ‘itte’ under his breath. “C-Conan-kun?”
Suddenly, thief forgotten, Hakuba righted them both and searched the boy for injuries, frantic. The scrapes weren’t bad, but they still tore at him, and he coddled Conan against his will, taking him from the heist, kicking very loudly complaining, to the bathroom to clean him up.
“It’s all right, it’s all right! Let KID go, we’ll get him next time! God, don’t scare me like that, though, you could have been very seriously hurt!” Which he was very well aware of, given that he could feel the bruises forming over himself already.
As many times as Hakuba had attended these sort of gala events, he usually didn’t have to present anything, which made it especially important that he bring a date instead of going stag for once. Fortunately, as fate would have it, one Madison Grey had been willing to accompany him to the black tie affair.
There were a hundred excuses that the detective could have given in justification to having invited the florist, including but certainly not limited to the fact that he just didn’t know that many people in Los Angeles, but the fact of the matter was that he simply wanted to.
As he’d expected, she’d been every bit as charming company one could hope for. It wasn’t the beautiful gown or the the way she’d done her hair, though both were stunning; and it wasn’t that she’d been polite and friendly to everyone he’d introduced her to, though she had; it was that she was absolutely, positively authentic. A breath of fresh air, just as sweet and brilliant and amiable as the flowers that she loved so much.
And, honestly, he’d known that it was a lot of pressure to accompany him, but she’d been willing to support him, which meant more than he could really express without being far too forward about it. So as he returned to his seat as the applause settled into a lull, and she handed him a glass of water, he offered his most genuine smile sat as close as close as he could get without quite touching. Then, once he was comfortable, he ever so casually slipped an arm around the back of her chair and ran his hand over her bare shoulder, leaning in to kiss her cheek.
“Thank you, again, for coming with me, Miss Grey…"
(( friggin nukawinter showed me the most AMAZING figures ever tonight and I need them terribly and I keep looking at them and gazing with so much lust and love and need and I just omg I am going to die this is going to be the end of me I cannot stop looking at them and pawing at my screen KARO WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME I HAVE THINGS TO DO BESIDES LAMENTING THAT I DON’T HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL ACTION FIGURES *SOBS* ))
