The next day came, around 4 pm, he got a call and Hakuba cursed his luck as he was right now at the phone with Kudo-kun. The other told him that they have a new victim and that he needed him. Both got the same case and should work together, and it was decided that he should come to the Kudo mansion.

(Author note: Shinichi got his body back, soon all will be finished with high school and Kudo managed to defeat the black organization. Yet there is still that sister branch, which Shinichi knows from Kaito. The other told him soon after and now they are trying to catch them red-handed so that this would be finished as well.)

Kaito wasn't minding being alone, he was used to it, but the brit wasn't willing to let him alone. And so he decided to drag the other with him. It was decided that Baaya would drive them and so here they were now in front of the Kudo mansion.

"Thanks for driving Baaya, you don't need to get us back home. We will take the bus and it isn't that far away from Kuroba-kun house."

He could tell that she wanted to argue, but she stopped herself and agreed. Kaito got out of the car and gave her a smile and thanks. Now they where in front of the front door and Kaito was beginning to fidgeting. The male was beginning to get anxious and he wasn't really sure what the caused. He knew the other detective so why was he anxious?

As Hakuba knocked at the door, he jumped up slightly. The other glanced at him worriedly and decided to put an arm around him. It seemed to work as his body was a bit more relaxed, that was until the door opened and he jumped up again. His heartbeat was thundering and he could hear it in his ears and Hakuba was feeling his body shake again. Kaito was sure that by now he was a few shades paler than before.

"Evening, Thanks for coming- Oh god, did I scare him? I am sorry when I did, wasn't planning to do that."

Hakuba looked at him a bit more worried as he let out a sigh. It seemed that Kaito was still not really alright and him getting jump scared that fast was worrisome.

"It's fine, we can talk about it inside. I don't want others to listen to our conversation."

The other was silent as he was dragged inside the house and then to a library. As soon being there he was placed on the couch. On the table where three mugs, one was tea, the other one coffee and then there was one which was warm chocolate with some marshmallows swimming in there.

"So Kid what made you like this? The last time we saw each other you weren't like this. I never saw you react like this, and from the look of it Hakuba knows that you're him."

That was making Kaito fidgeting a bit more as he took the chocolate mug, still not saying anything. Now he had the entire attention of the detective of the east.

"Let me explain it. I don't think right now he can talk well, and I don't want to make it worse."

Shinichi gave a small nod towards Hakuba as his attention was now on the British detective and his expression showed concern.

"Go ahead I am listening."

He let out a sigh as he put his arms around him, and on instinct, the other leaned into his touch not saying anything. The other in front of the two gave a questioned look towards the latter detective. Hakuba could tell how bad he was right now, just from the fact that he was again silent and leaning on him.

"Three days ago there was a heist. You probably heard it as Kid didn't appear that heist. There where two people, both buff and their heights are a bit more prominent than me and they have to do with human traffic."

Shinichi grimaced and from the look of it, the other could guess where this was going but was still silent waiting for the other to continue.

"They watched a particular police officer. That officer looked at me and his posture showed that he felt uncomfortable. Something felt off with these two and that police officer as well and not going to lie I would have probably felt like this as well. The police officer left and the other two soon followed him afterward. I followed them and soon saw them walk out of a room with a bigger bag. The bag was big enough to carry a person in it."

The other who leaned shivered now and was gripping his mug a bit more tightly, that tightly that his knuckles where white. Hakuba noticed and gave a reassuring squeeze to the other.

"You alright?"

The other shook his head and that was alarming now to him as he never would have shown that he wasn't alright. Usually, he would not show it open like that and would have a poker face. It seemed that it wasn't just alarming for Hakuba, but for the other as well.

"How about you go and rest in one of my rooms, Kid?"

The other hadn't said anything yet until he gave a small nod and saying.

"I hope you don't mind Tantei-kun."

The answers came instantly out of the other detective.

"Of course, you can choose any room you want."

The other gave a thankful smile to both of them, and put the mug back down, walking out of the room. Hakuba watched him like a hawk and frowns now, at least he seemed to trust both of them enough to accept the invitation of Kudo-san and answering the question truthfully.

"So let me guess, he was the unknown male on the news who got kidnapped? The male was found drugged, unconscious and wearing a dress. The news mentioned that a detective had rescued the male. I was pitting the person who got kidnapped and now knowing that it was kid...."

Hakuba let out a sigh as he went through his hair.

"Surprising isn't it? I was shocked to see him like this. And worst of all he got PTSD from this. Not something that I expected, but I should have. There is just so much a person can take."

The other gave a nod as he took a sip from the coffee. The room was silent as tense aura surrounded them.

"I am glad that you take care of Kid. Kaito isn't someone who just trusts someone. That he does, makes me feel better. He needs someone to talk to and not just me. I found out by accident when finding him half dead. He is lucky that I found him at that time."

That was making him frown and his stomach dropped as he almost felt like crying. He didn't know that he got that badly injured. At that time he had to go back to England, to the funeral of his mother. It took him two weeks to go back and he still was feeling sorrowful for her death. She was killed by snake and that was the reason why he was trying to arrest him. Now it made sense why Kuroba was a month out of school. He was worried sickly at that time as he wasn't at his home.

"Shit, I didn't know. I was two weeks away. You have my thanks for rescuing Kudo-san."

Shinichi gave a knowing smile that turned into a smirk.

"Call me Shinichi."

The other was a bit surprised by that but gave him a grin as he soon afterward said.

"Then you can call me Saguru."

The other gave an approving hum and soon the grin changed into a smirk.

"You like him don't you?"

That was making him splutter and choke on his spit as his whole face turned into a bright shade of red. The other snorted at seeing his expression.

"H-how?"

Was all he could manage to bring out of his mouth.

"I am like you a Sherlock fan, so you should guess yourself how I found out. And you are obvious, why else would you still help him, knowing that he is Kid. Not to mention how you put his arms around him and how the other instantly leaned on you. I am not blind."

The other snickered afterward saying this and it made him groan as burying his face into his hands hiding the blush he for sure had. It took him a moment to calm himself down.

"Oh...yeah. I did give him some signs for a few weeks and it seems that he hadn't caught wind of it."

The other snorted now as had an amused expression.

"Didn't expect the other being that dense. A tip from myself, the other seemed to like you enough to let his guard down. And showing you his real feeling, and not having his poker face around you, it means he trusts you. I am sure that he will like you back."

That was making him give him a bright smile, and he knew that Kuroba wouldn't just lean on him like this. Nor would he show weakness, the other was known for trying to put distance to people. Maybe he got finally through him.

"Now to a different topic, the killer has done it again. I knew that you couldn't get there so I got to the crime scene. He got more gruesome than the last one. He made a mistake this time, but let me show you my notes and what we found on the crime scene..."

With this, the investigation started...

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1541 wow, I got a bit overboard this time. Oh well, I hope you enjoyed it and I will try my best about the crime scene, but I never wrote anything like this. At first, I wrote something else, but now I decided to write this, and I liked this one better. Maybe I will use this as one-shots, but for now, I will stay on this story. XD See you all in the next chapter, have a fantastic day see you all ja ne.~