kkrazy256:

Once, they met during a Kid heist and ended up strung to a flagpole in their underwear in the middle of night at a televised soccer game. After that, they began spending more time together to share their sorrows about a certain pain in the ass thief.

Hakuba knows that Conan is a bit strange (and hella smart) for a child but he DOES NOT CARE. A detective is a detective. Age did not matter.

This is something absolutely priceless to Conan and he is overjoyed to hear this from someone that doesn’t know his true identity.