phantom-thief-kid:

The human kept talking, but the voice was calming. Not screaming or shouting like those other ones.

Speaking of which, he could hear people quickly turning and running as soon as they figured out there was a lion about. It was annoying background noise, all in all. If it kept up, though, he would have to do something about it… Eh, he was too lazy, though. He would like to go back to sleep, but not out here. And he was getting hungrier, so he’d have to hunt down something first.

That paw kept bothering him and he pulled away to lick the area again. This was getting tedious.

As much fun as it was to sit in the middle of the sidewalk and pet the lazy lion, Hakuba was becoming concerned. Lions weren’t permitted to wander, just like any other large animal; not in the city, not without license and tag. Certainly not an exotic animal like this. 

“All right, love, we’ve got to find out where you belong.” He finally risked reaching his hands for the paw, slow, careful. “Sooner or later you’re going to get hu-”  

Oh ho.. ho ho that wasn’t just any ring. That was the ring that he’d sent to KID earlier. Honestly, he hadn’t expected KID to wear it much less.. Wai… Wha…

The red eyes. The ring. The beast loose on the heist night when KID was missing. 

“Bloody hell… K-kaito-kun?"