{"id":6683,"date":"2013-08-14T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/08\/14\/themoonlightthief-i-whatever-hed-been\/"},"modified":"2013-08-14T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2013-08-14T00:26:11","slug":"themoonlightthief-i-whatever-hed-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/08\/14\/themoonlightthief-i-whatever-hed-been\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/themoonlightthief.tumblr.com\/post\/58191586374\/whiteknighthakuba\">themoonlightthief<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/5f4d71ba0e818cbf75a3cc0a465d67b7\/tumblr_inline_mrhsiu4qCD1qz4rgp.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I\u2014&rdquo; Whatever he\u2019d been about to say died in his throat as the detective\u2019s words rang through his mind and all he could do was stare, surprised and, honestly, shocked speechless by what he\u2019d just heard. Did Hakuba really think\u2014?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/d053c9c2c30b3e08f633ae0e3a2997e4\/tumblr_inline_mrhswuWP2W1qz4rgp.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A frown settled on the thief\u2019s face, whatever hint of that playful grin and teasing expression that had resided there earlier now completely gone. \u201cWhile I admit that I did think of this as a game, as just something\u2026<em>fun<\/em> to do, and something to tease\u00a0<em>the others<\/em> about later\u2026 Not everything is a game to me, detective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Far from it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And if I\u2014 if this hurt you, somehow, then I do apologize. That wasn\u2019t my intention. Not at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Frown deepening further, indigo eyes turned back to lock onto the blonde, serious. \u201cStop insulting yourself, Hakuba. You\u2019re a good person. You\u2019re kind,\u00a0<em>more<\/em> than clever, hard-working, sweet, cute, stubborn,\u00a0<em>attractive,<\/em> and I\u00a0<em>know<\/em> that\u00a0<em>so many people<\/em> would count themselves\u00a0<em>lucky<\/em> if you even so much as\u00a0<em>sneezed<\/em> their way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know I would.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/fc0c368a61c08020c424be2d26e34a9e\/tumblr_inline_mrhuagiQT71qz4rgp.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It hurt to hear those things from him. Every one of them kind and desperately needed; like kibble for a starving dog. Each one stabbing at a twisted gut but unwilling to stop lapping at what was offered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;re very clever with your words, Kaitou-san, and they serve you well. But silver tongued as I am, myself, I&rsquo;m having a difficult time believing it. Surely you know that you could have me if you wanted me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A sigh.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip;who am I kidding? I&rsquo;ve no right to be upset. My apologies, Kaitou-san. I didn&rsquo;t mean to ruin your activity.&rdquo; He forced a smile, but it was pathetic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>themoonlightthief: &ldquo;I\u2014&rdquo; Whatever he\u2019d been about to say died in his throat as the detective\u2019s words rang through his mind and all he could do was stare, surprised and, honestly, shocked speechless by what he\u2019d just heard. Did Hakuba really think\u2014? A frown settled on the thief\u2019s face, whatever hint of that playful grin and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5454,76,5453,90,2811,1337],"class_list":["post-6683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-i-guess-he-is","tag-ic","tag-sorry-this-is-so-angsty","tag-themoonlightthief","tag-uhh","tag-yeah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}