His Twinkling Eyes

A Magic Kaito Fanfic

Disclaimer: Ownership due to Aoyama Gosho and all proper licensers.

Author's Notes: Based off of the prompt saying "A twinkling eye can mean many things. The one that is twinkling at me right now…" However, the format for this fic will be each chapter ending with a different type of "twinkling eye." Also, since I write in third person, "me" will not be used. Enjoy!

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Chapter 1: Mirth

Aoko was worried. It was increasingly rare for her not to have the nagging feeling in the back of her mind. It was like having an incurable itch. On her best day she would be irritable and wouldn't focus on her work. On her worst she would pick something and obsess over it.

Once she had rearranged and cleaned every corner and crevice of her house. Another time, she had gone into Kaito's house and done the exact same thing, working around his mother, Chikage. Even though Chikage laughed it off later, she was rather embarrassed that the high school girl had cleaned everything in her house.

This was an average day. She had finished eating lunch with her girl friends and was pacing in the classroom. Keiko and the other girls knew they could only push Aoko so far when she was in a mood. As such, they let her prowl around the classroom and growl at the dozing Kaito.

"Kaito! How can you nap so calmly? I'm at my wit's end!" Aoko tugged at the spikes of Kaito's hair.

"Oi! Ahoko! You're putting me at my wit's end! Besides, weren't you convinced that you would die from worry last week?" Kaito batted at Aoko's frantic hands.

"You heartless monster. You don't care about me at all." Aoko wailed piteously. Her blue eyes started glistening. A cold wave of fear crashed into his body. Perhaps it was from the glares of their classmates, they all worried about Aoko and her sanity. But more likely it was because hearing her words cut into his heart.

"Of course I care, Aoko!" His mind yelled out. All he wanted to do was take her into his arm and make her worries go away, but he knew, doing that wouldn't help her. Instead, his mouth opened and stupid words came out.

"Hai, hai. I'm a monster. Look, Aoko, if I didn't care at all, why would I listen to you rant and rave? If I didn't care, do you really think I would go with you to visit your dad?" Kaito looked at her, his eyes firm, with none of his usual playfulness.

"You'll come with me?" Aoko clasped her hands together, a fresh breath of air rushed into her and she finally managed a smile. Her friends sighed in relief. It had been days since they last saw her smile. Aoko's expression flashed with skepticism. "You promise, Kaito?"

"Absolutely. Right after classes are over, I will stick with you. I won't leave your side, I promise." Kaito gave her an even look before breaking into his easy smile. He wrung his hands together, then pop, a rose appeared. Standing, Kaito gave a flourished bow and held it out to her. Aoko reached out and plucked it from his fingers.

His deep blue eyes were twinkling when she shyly looked into them.

"Kaito…sorry." Aoko sighed out. She felt awful. He was her childhood friend and she accused him of not caring. It wasn't the first time she said it to him. And that just made her feel worse.

"Apologizing is so not like you. Don't do stupid things like that to me." Kaito spoke roughly and grabbed up his newspaper to hide.

With a nod, Aoko sat at her desk and pulled her notes to her. The pages stared blankly up at her.

Beside her, Kaito's eyes twinkled with mirth.

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Author's Notes: What do you think? Chapters are short, I know, but that's not really a bad thing, is it?

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