Written November 24 2019
Posted on Wattpad December 22 2019
Posted here July 3 2020

"You're so slow Ahoko!" Kaito taunted as he leapt and dodged around the classroom, he'd easily angered Aoko despite it being only the first period of the day. It wasn't his fault that it was just so fun to rile up his best friend. He hadn't even done anything that bad! Was praising his moonlight persona a crime or something? He flashed a mischievous grin, perching in a crouch on one of his classmate's desks. The teacher had long since given up on trying to stop their quarrels "It's not my fault that Kid-sama is so awesome!" He needed to be talented in order to do his heists.

Blue eyes narrowed dangerously as she pointed her mop at him, where she had gotten it, nobody knew "You shouldn't support that stupid thief!" She yelled, visibly furious "He's always wasting the police's time!"

The magician kept his outward emotions visibly smug, though inside he couldn't help but wince "Kid-sama brings excitement!" He praised. He didn't ask for his role as Kaitou Kid, it was a role that he needed to play. He crossed his arms, tilting his chin up to look even more smug "If the police can't catch him, it's their fault" He snickered, despite knowing that it wasn't the truth. Most people aren't trained to deal with someone like Kid, mainly because it was so absurd.

Saguru watched the argument, only half interested in it. He'd already learned that it was best not to get involved in these antics. They were common enough. At first he'd tried to intervene, but had swiftly learned his lesson the hard way via a prank or Aoko accidentally hitting him instead. Aoko was scarily strong.

Aoko's face went red with anger "That's it!" She threw the mop straight for the magician's head, and picked up a desk while Kaito was distracted "I've had enough of your games!" She growled, throwing the desk straight at him.

Instead of dodging like usual, the desk slammed right into his head. He'd been too busy with the mop until it was too late.

She froze, too shocked by how her friend had simply crumpled to the ground. The silence was tangible, only broken when blood began to pool around the magician's head "Kaito!" Tears filled her eyes as she ran towards him, she hadn't meant to hurt the idiot! Kaito always dodged, so why didn't he dodge the desk?

Saguru slipped his phone into his pocket, having called an ambulance as soon as contact had been made. He rushed over towards Kaito, concern overtaking him as he took the younger's vitals. He swallowed, the magician's pulse was weak, and he was losing a lot of blood. Head wounds always bled a lot though, yet Aoko was also strong enough to have done some real damage. He glanced over at Aoko who was crying and fretting over the magician "Go fetch the first aid kit" He stated, not needing the other to get in the way.

"Okay!" The girl quickly ran off, thankful to have something that she could do.

Gold softened as he cautiously applied pressure to the wound, grimacing when he felt the bone give a bit. He had to be careful, Kaito's skull was cracked. He suddenly felt anger bubble up within him, the magician was annoying, but he didn't deserve this. What had Aoko been thinking? He looked at the other's paling face, the blood was a stark contrast to it. He closed his eyes, hoping that the ambulance would arrive soon.

He didn't want this to be the way that Kaitou Kid left, nor did he want Aoko to become a murderer.

It felt odd to be sitting in the hospital's waiting room as he was, normally it was due to a crime. His gaze momentarily turned towards Aoko, she was still crying. Maybe this time won't be any different. The magician wouldn't charge his friend, but if he died? Murder was another story.

"What the hell happened?!" Both teens looked up to see Ginzo barging into the waiting room, looking quite dishevelled "Why is Kaito-kun going through surgery?" He growled, concern lacing his tone. All he'd manage to make out from his daughter was 'Hospital', 'Kaito','Surgery', and 'Blood'. It had been too hard to understand her through her tears so he'd rushed over as quickly as he could.

Since his words caused Aoko to burst into another fit of tears, Saguru let out a sigh "Kuroba bolstered your daughter into a rage" He paused, knowing that the inspector wouldn't like what he heard next "It escalated until she threw a desk at him" He closed his eyes "It hit him in the head, resulting in immediate loss of consciousness, gross blood loss, and at the very least a fractured skull"

Aoko sniffled "I didn't mean to actually hurt him" Her voice was watery, her whole body trembling from the shock.

The inspector was silent for a few moments, he hadn't expected that. He felt anger on Kaito's behalf, but one look into his daughter's watery eyes made him feel horrible. He adored Kaito, so Aoko who was much closer to him had to be suffering too. He sat down beside her, wrapping his arms around her "I know you didn't mean it" He ignored the blood coating the two teens.

"Nakamori-chan, why don't you wash up?" Saguru breathed "I'm sure that you'll feel a lot better once you're clean" He needed to talk to the inspector, without Aoko's presence.

She hesitated before nodding, she felt disgusted with how much she's cried. She didn't want to think about the dried blood.

"Nakamori-keibu" The blond stated once Aoko had left "The situation right now isn't looking that good for your daughter. He held up a hand when Ginzo seemed to bristle "Kuroba was seriously injured, and may not make it"

"But..." He paled at the thought of Kaito actually dying, Kaito was like a crazy son to him.

Gold softened "Your daughter could possibly end up in a lot of trouble..." He trailed off, Ginzo was a cop, he knew the laws. Even if he didn't like it.