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It's night time, Conan is standing by the crowds and meanwhile, Kid is getting ready for his heist. They're wearing earbuds to communicate because they definitely cannot use the texting method. Kid cannot carry his phone. It was going smoothly. Dodging the traps, unlocking the vault, fleed as soon as the gem was held in the magician's hand.

He proceeded to run to the rooftop, where he always does his gem-checking. He raised his hand into the air. The atmosphere was cold. The gem didn't glow red as it was supposed to. Seems like every other ordinary jewel. Kid sighed in disappointment.

"Any luck?" The voice said, echoing in his ears for a few seconds.

Kid chuckled, "Nope, it's still a normal gem. Nothing special." Yeah, he would be happy if he found it already.

"The old man Jirokichi is hosting another jewel exhibition soon. Do you want to try and check it out?" The detective asked. Maybe it wasn't so bad if a thief had to be an assistant for the other. Not really because he's the one doing the jobs while the small seven-year-old kid is just coordinating the movements that he should take.

A small hum escaped the magician's lips, "That old man never gives up does he? Though I don't know who I should disguise next to go to the exhibition and figure out the traps."

"You can go with me." Conan suggested and Kid choked. What the hell is the detective suggesting!?

Kid sputtered, "Y-You are seriously that cool with it?"

"If you're going alone then why don't you use your real identity?" Him? Why would he? If Kaito did, Conan could easily find a Shinichi look-alike and call it his civilian persona. Then, attempt to do whatever, who knows?

"Yeah right, I'd rather go with you in a disguise better than using my commoner persona. It sucks." He disconnected the earbuds, placed them in his pocket. At that moment, he felt his throat aching.

Oh no no no!

He once again threw up. Right on the rooftop. Flower petals kept on falling, some landed in his hands that were being used to patch his mouth. Some overflowed, falling onto the hard concrete floor. This time, there were two types of flower mixed with each other. Aloes and Columbines.

Aloe-Affection, also Grief.

Columbine-Foolishness, folly.

Stupid disease getting in his way. That didn't matter right now. In fact, he was quite pleased because he can now get to know who he truly loves. The one and only . Kaito soon left, obviously he had to clean up the mess that he made. It wasn't that bad.

-

Next morning, Kaito and Conan decided to go to the exhibition. The magician decided to dress up as a lady. And heck, why did he choose to wear a corset? It's tightening and makes it uncomfortable a lot.

"What's the name that you'll go by for today?" The small detective interrupted the silence between them two.

Kid looked down, indigos stared for a moment. "That's an interesting question." Kid stopped to think. He bent his body down to look closer at Conan. "Let's go by Saito Kazumi!" He exclaimed with a cheerful voice and went back to his old position, continuing to walk down the hallways. Conan couldn't help it, he felt a smile appear on his face.

His back is hurting so bad. Conan noticed how the disguised thief was acting. "You sure chose the worst option. Corsets aren't the best for your type of torso."

The magician pouted, again. This was the third time he pouted since they had entered the museum. "I kind of forgot to turn on the washing machine last time so the things that help make me look more feminine are corsets. If I had to choose between those or undergarments I'd definitely wear the other one. My mother made me think that I'd fit in a corset but it only turns out it was such a pathetic idea!"

"Your mother? Does she live with you?"

"I think using the word 'did' instead of 'does' is better Tantei-kun." He continued forward, not caring about the dagger eyes that the small detective is using. "She left to travel to Las Vegas. It's been over a year since I last saw her. Oh look! That gem looks magnificent!"

Conan looked over to where the thief started walking towards to. He took a small glance at the gem description. "Hindering Heart? Why are you interested in this?" He asked.

Well, that was an odd question. "It's a special mythical gem! I'm interested in its history." He giggled. Though, his throat kept on aching. He can't just run all of the sudden.

"The gem was found by a mysterious lady who claimed to be the owner of the gem. She was kind, but still held her kindness a secret. That's what you're interested in?" Conan frowned. That was a simple history, nothing more.

"Oh Tantei-kun, you're missing the second part of the story." Kid paused, smiling and ruffled the boy's hair earning a complaint from him. "The lady once fell in love with a man in the village. She was the type of person who would tell anyone about everything that she's worried about or knew about. Though, she never revealed her heart to the other. In the end, she decided that the gem is the thing that made her confidence go away. So the name was called 'Hindering Heart'."

"Put that aside. I'm just curious anyway." He heard the thief chuckle. Hindering Heart huh? The sleuth thought for a second.

"If you don't mind, wait for Saito-neechan to come back. I need to fix this corset in the bathroom." Oh he didn't need to fix that corset. The thing that was bothering him was the flower petals threatening him to let them out.

"Yeah, sure. Do your sneaky little thief things... Wait..! You're going to use the female bathroom?" The realization hit him. Kid can't help himself but laugh at that reaction. As soon as his own laughing ended, he rushed to the bathroom.

Kid entered one of the stalls, releasing the flower petals that were in his mouth. Spilling piles of petals, his throat hurts. The bitterness lingers around his mouth. Still the same as most of the time, Gardenias. Nevertheless, he would want it to happen so that he could get more ideas about how he's feeling about the other. But who's this 'other'?

"You're back. Took you long enough." The sleuth said. He was still standing by the gem, crossing his arms and furrowing his brows.

Kaito snickered, how adorable can this small instructor be? "Problems I cannot tell."

"You're lying. The bathroom isn't even crowded and you took too long." To be honest, the detective was right.

Indigos darkened, looking straight into the azure. "You can solve me once we're finished with ojou-san's business." He walked away, furiously.

Short tempered all of the sudden? That's weird. Conan thought. The magician used to be full of himself. Why is he acting weird lately then? It's not the type of thing that the thief would do.

-

Kid sent the notice that he will be arriving and stealing the mythical gem 'Hindering Heart'. The coloring of the gem is quite simple. Pastel blue like the colour of a drop of tear, falling from the corner of the maiden's eye. It was heart shaped, just to resemble the woman's heart. It just had a special history. Yet, why was it called 'mythical'?

First of all, Kid slipped through the security very easily dressed as an officer. Next step, he just needs to bypass the vault code. Then afterwards, make sure he does not trigger any alarms. Lastly, steal the gem and flee.

It wasn't as easy as he expected. Reaching to the rooftop, he raised the gem towards the moon. At first nothing happened. He sighed in defeat. The magician turned on the communicator earbuds. "No hope. I almost thought we had it! They described it as 'mythical'. How come there's no magical things happening."

"First of all, stop sulking-"

"I am not sulking." The thief interrupted.

"-over there. Second of all, escape before the officers arrive unless you want to get caught. Third, it said 'myth' as the pre-script. Did you not see it?-" Coughing stopped him from continuing. "Oi! Your cold from last week hasn't gone away yet?"

Kaito tried to make it sound like it was just normal. It wasn't in his control. It kept flowing out.

Conan was standing right below the museum until somebody murmured something that he might have accidentally heard. It was them saying "Flower petals? These are Gardenias type. Why are they falling down?"

The sleuth looked up. Indeed, there were flower petals falling down. Eventually, it came to a stop. Wait... wasn't that the spot that Kid was standing at? He quickly turned the earbuds on. "Kid! Why are you dropping flowers down? Aren't you afraid you'll get spotted?"

"I uh... I am not–" A cough butted in his sentence. "-doing anything!"

"Doesn't seem so! Just go! We can talk again at the professor's house." Conan told the other, hoping that nothing bad will happen. He went back straight off.

-

Kid arrived back first, using his pretty normal disguise. He waved 'hi' to the professor as the old one went to bed early. Then he met the little miss sitting at the sofa, sipping her tea peacefully. Until she saw him, she made a sign for him to sit on the opposite side of hers.

"How did it go?" Ai asked, though she already knew the answer.

"Worst. It wasn't Pandora." He crossed his arms and placed his leg on another.

She chuckled, it was a rare sight of Ai actually smiling so it made Kaito's eyes widen a bit. "Yeah, and how about your sickness? Found that person yet?"

"I... haven't." Kaito was disappointed. He'll die one day if he can't figure out who these flowers were for. It was sad to admit but it was the truth.

"Well then Kuroba-kun, I wish you the best of luck." She grinned and stood up to take her leave. "I'll be back in a few minutes. If Edogawa-kun ever comes back, just unlock the door for him. I also suggest you staying here for the night. It's going to rain soon." The scientist added.

"You'll let me stay for real?" Kid questioned, trying to keep his calm. "I mean I have an umbrella. I could just go home."

"You helped us. The only thing I can do for you right now is give you a temporary shelter." When she finished her sentence, the doorbell rang. "That might be Edogawa-kun. Get the door for him."

The magician nodded, heading towards the door. His throat started to ache again. He murmured to himself 'not to vomit' at this spot. He doesn't want to attract any trouble. As the detective walked in, he noticed a glare. That was pretty normal for the tiny sleuth to do.

"Have you talked to Haibara?" Conan asked as he walked by Kaito.

"Yes, I have." He mumbled. If he tries speaking loudly, first, he'll get scolded; secondly, those bitter petals will come down from his mouth. Conan found it unnatural for the thief to speak that low.

"'Kay. Go home already." The sleuth turned back, crossing his arms.

"I asked him to stay for the night. Besides, that isn't how you treat the person who's being your theft assistant here, Edogawa-kun." Ai came back with a freshly new cup of tea. She probably went away to make a new one earlier. "He'll be staying for the night. Do you realise that rain is going to start pouring down soon? Do you want him to be drenched in cold water and cannot continue doing his job?"

"You're making it sound like I'm a tool." Kaito said, he winced. That description was hella annoying to him.

Conan sighed, inserting his hands into his pockets. "Fine. As long as you leave-"

"Early in the morning. I know. Now where do I rest then, ojou-san?" Kid interrupted the detective, not bothered about the other scowling at him.

"I don't care. Make yourself comfortable as a thank you for helping us." She yawned then left the scenery.

"Haibara is being so generous to you all of the sudden. She never does that to me or the Shounen Tantei." Conan questioned. He was curious about the sudden change of behaviour of the thief and scientist.

"Nothing. Just a promise we made. By the way, where's the bathroom?"

"Are you seriously being like me when I used to try and solve cases or take phone calls?"

"It's nothing like yours. Now where is it?" He demanded. This time, Kid raised his voice a little.

"Go straight down the hallway, turn left and the bathroom should be on the right." He gave the location for the thief. Just a minute later, Kid had already left to go there.

Kaito carefully locked the washroom. Quietly vomiting into the toilet. The mix of Jonquils, Marigolds and Cloves came out of his throat. It went sore and took him approximately ten minutes to calm his breath down.

Jonquil-Return my affection.

Marigold-Pain and grief.

Clove-Undying love.

It made sense, a lot. Wait, who is the one he's in love with? There's two possibilities. One is his ojou-san, now known as Haibara Ai and used to be Miyano Shiho. Second is his... favourite critic. Wait, no. He's not a paedophile. He can't be in love with a goddamn seven-year-old detective! Maybe it's just a coincidence. He hoped. In the meantime, he doesn't want to die because of this stupid disease. Why is this so... Weird?

A knock on the door made him snap out of his mind, focusing on who knocked. It didn't take awhile until a voice answered. "We have a spare bedroom so you can sleep there I guess. For clothes, you can borrow Shinichi-niichan's clothes. I've placed them on the bed." How generous of him!

"Ah, that would be great. Thanks." The thief flushed the toilet to dispose of the flower petals and walked out like nothing happened. He then followed the sleuth to the guest bedroom.

-

"Your cousin's clothing is bigger than I thought it would be." Kid complained.

Conan turned back and examined the magician. "I thought you had the same body build as him?" He's supposed to. How else would he disguise as me? The small one wondered.

"Well because I'm borrowing it, I guess I should be grateful." The thief smiled, Conan couldn't help but smile back. The smile this time looked like a real one. Not a fake one that Kid would use during his conversations that they've had at heists.

A yawn interrupted the silence, it was from the high schooler. "Go to bed if you're that tired. You did a great job, Kid."

"Thank you for the compliment. Out please." Kaito hurriedly pushed the boy out. Now that's how the thief would act, mysteriously hiding something. "Good night, Tantei-kun." Conan's eyes widened at that. Did he just... say good night to him?