Broken Heart
Title: Broken Heart
Author: Thiective
Note: I don't own Magic Kaito, nor Detective Conan cast, they are all owned by Gosha Ayama, and I don't not own the fanfic, 'Faded Roses', which is made by
saitaina .
Title: Broken Heart
Author: Thiective
Note: I don't own Magic Kaito, nor Detective Conan cast, they are all owned by Gosha Ayama, and I don't not own the fanfic, 'Faded Roses', which is made by
saitaina .
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Conan met Toichi Kuroba, not in a bar, but on a street on the way home. He was in Japan, okay maybe forced into coming back to Japan, after being forced by Ai since he doesn't want to and told him he needed to get over it. But he can't, not after Kaito married Hakuba, it still hurts when he kept seeing Kaito with Hakuba happily, he loves Kaito but doesn't have the heart to tell him because when they told each other about their secrets, Kaito was with Hakuba as boyfriend and boyfriend already. When he began walking down memory lane, he saw a teenage boy walking down the street, walking in a deep thought, well maybe this person can tell him which way is Hakuba and Kaito's house, not that he needed to or not that he wanted to, but he wanted to see them again even if it hurts, he really wanted to get over it.
"Hi there, my name is Conan Edogawa, what's yours?"
"Toichi Kuroba." That struck him like lightling, so Kaito have kids with Hakuba.
"Wait a sec, aren't you Conan Edogawa that chases Kid but not anymore?"
"Yes, I him." He said with a strained smile, after the wedding, Conan was doing all he can to avoid the heists made by Kaito Kuroba, into seeing Kaitou Kid as a friend and ally.
"It's hard to believe that a first grader, was chasing the famous thief who is older than you."
"Trust me, it's hard to believe. So what job are you doing?" Conan wanted to avoid the subject about his relationship with Kaito as friends, even if it means not wanting to come back to Japan anymore, being with his or Kudo's parents in America.
"Me? I'm a detective and a magician. Why don't you come with me, I'm sure my father and dad will love to see you again. They were wondering where you are." That's right, when he meant avoiding heists made by Kid or Kaito himself, he literally meant it, and when he observed Toichi from the answer, it finally clicked to the answer, Toichi was Kaito's son.
"Um..I'm not sure if tha's-" Not hearing the other teen protests, he was pulled to the direction of Kaito's and Hakuba's home.
When both Conan and Toichi arrived at Toichi's home, all they can hear is Hakuba reasurring words to a worried Kaito about where his son is. Toichi open the front door with his own house key, and was first confronted with Kaito tackling him with a worried hug, and Hakuba was scolding Toichi while Toichi is scrowling at Mika. Neither members of the family seen or notice Conan, which make Conan feel like he was a ghost or someone unimportant.
Sometimes, he feels like he wants to stabs himself with a knife, or to be more insane, ask the remaining members of the Black Orgs., to kill him at this spot whenever he sees Kaito and Hakuba happy. Until Conan cleared his throat to get attention, a look of confusion and suspicions came upon Kaito's and Hakuba's, sometimes Conan can swear they are more like brothers, not lovers, however he doesn't need to judge that. Kaito was the first one who got over the confusion and replaced it with a look recognitation when he saw those glasses.
"C-C-Conan-kun?" The sudden recognitation brought Conan a smile, sometimes he wish if Kaito doesn't have any kids, wasn't married, engaged or having a relationship with Hakuba as soul mates, he would've turned back into Shinichi and confessed to Kaito about his feelings, but that was just a dream. How could it ever be possible?
"Well at least someone that I know remembers me." He said dryly with a geniune smile.
"Edogawa-kun?" Now Hakuba realised that he is there and about time, Conan wondered if he should spray Hakuba with water to snap his stupdor from in trance, but that was more of Kaito's category, not him.
"Who else, does anyone else has a name that begins with Conan and ends with Edogawa?" He replied to Hakuba with a smirk that matches Conan's or Shinichi's mother, Yukiko Kudo, when thinking mischeivious thoughts. But he was not prepared when Kaito wrapped Conan in a hug and that Hakuba just stood there with a smile. Forget how they remind him of brothers, they both remind him of his or Shinichi's parents. He was bombered with a questions and introductions as he was pulled into the house.
"When did you just here?" Hakuba asked with an amusing smile while Kaito and Mika went to the kitchen to get some refreshments for their late night guests.
"Just few days ago, I'm here to just to recollect some memories and visiting some friends." He was still a bit amused on Heiji's, Kazuha's, Detective Boys, Agasa's and Ran's reaction at seeing him unexpectantly. He wished he has a camera to take a picture of it. However, all those thoughts went out of the window, as Kaito and Miko came back with tea and cookies. Hakuba must be lucky, Conan admitted grudgingly and wished he was in the place of Hakuba. Kissing him, hugging him, becoming happy with happy and children's of their own, however our once diminutive detective knew about starting from scratch because the antidote wasn't there, it was basically a dream as well, a dream of hope. Again his thoughts were stopped when he noticed a hand waving in front of him, and noticed the concerned family in front of him.
"Is something the matter Conan?" Hakuba asked raising a questioning eyebrow at him.
"Nah, I was reminiscing." Conan said as he put on his own pokerface that mirrored with a smile and his eyes are distant from his own feelings within his heart. Hakuba and Mika weren't able to catch the strain voice made by him that was hiding in his cool voice, but Kaito and Toichi did and both of them frowned, but pushed no further.
"About what?" Mika asked.
"How everything used to be quiet before my own brother died." Well tt is half true, Kudo Shinichi because Kudo Shinichi was named by the parent, Yuusaku Kudo. His name was named by himself, Kudo Shinichi, which makes him the brother of his own self. Anyway, Shinichi had died during the time of the poision administered within him, and his distance between Ran grew far apart, not as Conan Edogawa but as Kudo Shinichi and the relationship between him as Shinichi and Ran is vey strained. Well at least she is happy without him, that was good to know. Only Heiji, Ai, Agasa, and himself know who is his brother, well maybe Kaito as well but he never showed it.
"Your brother? What happen?" Mika asked with curious and sad gaze, and Hakuba wants to know it as well.
"Well, I wasn't biologically related to my brother. But I wasn't able to get the details since I was the one who mostly blacked out, when I was here in Japan, I ended up being kidnapped. Being the good brother, Shinichi-niichan came to my rescue, but in the process of getting out of the stituation, he was murdred and I was the one who got out alive. I was in the court for the justice of my brother's death being avenged and at the funeral for the sadness of Shinichi-niichan's ceramony." Conan said with a sad smile as he looked at Mika who camed over to him and hugged him.
"I'm really sorry."
"It's alright, it's just hard to let go, especially his girlfriend (somehow Conan mentally winced when he said that, it's hard to see Ran cry, but he got to end this and let Ran move on) who loved him truly from her heart, and she embraced it later and moved on, however the scars on both of us never leave." He smiled as he hugged Mika, after the embrace, Mika somehow sleep on Conan during the embrace. Conan looked at Toichi, who was listening to Conan's story with an intense gaze filled interest, then he looked at Hakuba and Kaito with an alarmed face. Hakuba laughed silently and took Mika from Conan's embrace and hold her.
"C'mon Toichi, go to bed." Hakuba said it to his son with a stern voice, somehow he knew Kaito wanted to talk to Conan privately, and when he meant privately, it meant him too.
"Aww, dad. I'm seventeen, I wanted to listen more of Conan's stories." Toichi whined and both Hakuba and Conan shooked their heads, definately took Kaito's or his father's personality.
"Toichi."
"Fine, fine, I'll go to sleep." Toichi said as he started to sulked all the way up to his room.
"And no sulking on the stairs nor coming back downstairs to watch a movie or listen to Conan's story." Hakuba said it with a smirk as he started to go up the stairs after hearing an indignant shout from up stairs, Conan raised an eyebrow in questioning Kaito about that, who laughed at this.
As soon the door closed upstairs, the silence between the two former rivals, who are friends became very awkward. Nobody moved, and both are looking at the other direction until Kaito spoke up, silently cursing the silence.
"Where were you? I was worried when you weren't there during the heists I made." Kaito asked with a serious voice, looking at Conan with a worried face. Conan wished he can tell everything, but does he really want to tell Kaito that he loved him and that he avoided him after he was with Hakuba. He looked away, not looking at Kaito, it was the truth that he went back to America with Ai to his family willingly, telling it to Ran, Heiji, Kazuha, Agasa, the Detective Boys, even Inspector Meguire about his departure of Japan to America and told them that whoever asked, reply to them that he isn't interested in it nor give the current address of his whereabouts along with Ai.
"I went back to America, I need to be with my parents and Ai since I didn't have quality time with my parents anymore, not when I used to before they started traveling. I missed that feeling for a long time."
"But that doesn't mean you have to move away, you could've stayed?"
"And what? I was no longer wanted here."
"No, that's not a good reason."
"Fine, it gives me unwanted memories."
"I don't think so."
"I can't believe you didn't take that!"
"I can't believe you thought I would, Shinichi!"
"No, Shinichi-niichan is dead."
"Cut the crap, you and I both know that you are Shinichi Kudo, the Great Detective of the East. You can regain that title."
"And what? Start doing what I'm used to do? No thanks, I prefer to have a peaceful life."
"Then answer this, why did you lie to my husband, Hakuba, my son, Toichi, and and my daughter, Mika about this."
"Have you ever considered the chance of breaking a gem that is connected to another, from the one you took and gained." Conan said as he stared back at Kaito with his own poker face.
"How would I answer that?" Kaito asked starting to get frustrated, sometimes Conan can become the perfect imitation of Kaitou Kid and that scared him.
"It's not a question, but a riddle. I'm sure you know who my brother is Kaito, but can you solved this your self that the gem can be given, can be given back, but cannot be repaired the damaged when shattered or pierced by a sword, but sometimes can." Conan replied with a serious voice, then added it with a soft voice but with a bit of sadness hovering with in it. "These riddles are my reasons, don't tell it to your kids. You can guess it with Hakuba, can you solve it Thief-san, before the time given to you. The time is just tomorrow at midnight, and the place is Ekoda Airport, I have to go back to America, I've got work there as well. Thank you, for the tea Kaito, tell both your friends that I say hi and your family that I say good bye." As Conan was about to leave, he felt a hand grasped his shoulder and looked back and saw Kaito with a serious face.
"Why not stay at our guest room?" Conan mentally smiled an amuse smile, Kaito really intends to find out the answer on why he left and cut off his connections with his friends and Hakuba, and especially himself.
"Sorry, I rented a hotel room already, but thanks for the offer though. We'll see each other again." He shrugged the grasp made by Kaito as he walked away to the front door berfore he outside outside. Once he was outside of that house, he closed it and slid down against the door with few tears coming out. It still hurts, to see his what would be his love of his life, is in the arms of another man. He quietly got up, and left without looking back.
Memories may be filled with emotions, and easy to create new ones, fake ones, and erase them as well. But it isn't easy to let go of the memory from within the heart that made you happy and yet so sad at the same time.True, the heart is a gem to everyone, but Conan's gem is broken beyond repair.
_____________(In Hakuba and Kaito's bedroom)_______________
Kaito and Hakuba both went back to sleep on the bed that both of them shared, but Kaito couldn't sleep. He still have thoughts about what Conan or Shinichi had said to him. Sure they may look like twins, but both Kaito and Shinichi has mysteries shrouded around them. Some are unable to be unlocked and some aren't. His thoughts woke up Hakuba, making the former rival, worried.
"Kaito, go back to bed."
"I can't."
"Why not? Is it what Conan said to you?" Hakuba asked Kaito who nodded. Hakuba sat up, and wrapped his arms around Kaito, trying to calm down Kaito.
"Wanna share it?" Hakuba asked while resting on Kaito's shoulder.
"Well...I...uh (Kaito stopped himself from saying no, because he remember that Conan said to him that he can share it with Hakuba.) actually, yeah I want to share it." Kaito said as he patted Hakuba's had affectionally.
"So what did he say?"
"His first riddle was "Have you ever considered the chance of breaking a gem that is connected to another, from the one you took and gained" and his second riddle was "that the gem can be given, can be given back, but cannot be repaired the damaged when shattered or pierced by a sword, but sometimes can", do you know what it means?"
"He gave you those riddles?" Hakuba asked with surprise.
"I know, I want the old Conan back. This new one reminded me too much about Kid." Kaito replied it with a shudder, he can almost be like him.
"Yeah me too, somehow what he said about his brother's death doesn't make sense. You said so yourself when you know that he doesn't really have a brother."
"Yeah, well he is probablly adopted by the Kudos right now, I heard their son died around the time when Conan was staying here."
"You don't say."
"Well that is what I heard, apparantly their son was trying to tracked down Conan after he ended up being kidnapped. He succeed and found Conan, but was murdered in the process of saving him. Anyway help me solve those riddles."
__________________(At the airport, before midnight)____________________
Conan was waiting in the airport with Ai, chatting happily with each other. He stopped talking to Ai, when he heard foot steps towards their directions and noticed a panting Kaito, and along came Hakuba carrying Mika, and Toichi. He looked at Ai who nodded about leading Hakuba, Toichi and Mika away from the conversation. As soon as Ai took the rest of the Hakuba and Kaito's family, Kaito was the only person left so he can talk to Conan about the riddles he solved.
"So I take it you solved them with the help from Hakuba?" He asked with curiosity as he looked behind Kaito where Ai, Hakuba, Toichi and Mika talked to each other, enjoying themselves with each other conversations.
"Yes, I did talk to him about the riddles and both of us solved them, he then started to talk how much I knew about you, well only the ones that were lies." Kaito replied with an intense stare at Conan, who seemed to avoid it, and let the glare of the light hit his glasses as to not showing his eyes or his emotions, as well letting out a bittersweet smile. The silence started to come back again, but Kaio knew if either of them don't do anything. Time would run out before he gets the chance to know what Conan is admitting.
"Why?" Kaito asked with a pokerface, but it betrayed his voice that sounded like he was going to breakdown.
"Why what?" Conan looked back at Kaito, with confusion but he knew the answer so he was well prepared for it.
"Why you havent told me you loved me? I would've stopped the relationship, the engagement, the wedding plans."
"What do you think? I was ten at that time. I couldn't do anything. What should I do? Say something like 'Oh hi mister thief, would you please stopped the wedding. Why? Because I was insanely in love with you?!' What do you think I could've done?!" Conan said with a sad smile as he looked at Kaito while few tears escaped. Kaito's eyes widened as he doesn't see the once little boy detective Eogawa Conan, but Kudou Shinichi, the missing and pressumed to be dead detective. Kaito then remember what Hakuba has said to him last night.
Last night flashback
"The answer is hearts." Hakuba said as he write down the riddles.
"Hearts?" Kaito asked with confusion on his face.
"Yes, hearts. Did he said anything else after the riddles?" Hakuba asked with a worried and the look where it said I-figured-it-all-out.
"Yes, he said those are one of those of the reasons that he left." Kaito said as a matter of fact, sometimes Kaito can be so dense at times, lossely put it.
"And you didn't do anything about it?" Hakuba said it with a realised expression and somehow pitied Conan.
"Do anything about what?" Kaito was now confused until Hakuba flopped back to bed.
"Kaito, you're an idiot." Hakuba murmured to him as he try to find a comfertable position.
"What?" Kaito was now really confused.
"What do you think he could've done? I leave that thought to you." Hakuba said as he found the comfertable position for him to sleep.
"C'mon tell me." Kaito asked him, but Hakuba stubbornly refused.
"Nope, now let me sleep." Hakuba before he drift off to sleep.
Kaito didn't sleep till he found out with the two added together. Conan Edogawa loved him. Shinichi Kudo loved him. That's why he left.
Now back to the present.
"So what was the answer?"
"Hearts."
"Glad you finally solved it."
"Don't smile like that, it doesn't suit you."
"Neither you when you are yourself."
"Point taken, do you admit it?"
"Admit what?"
"Admit that you loved me?"
"Yes, and I still do."
"Why haven't you told me anything?"
"Do you want to start off with the relationship with a kid.?"
"Yeah, I guess you alright."
"Would Mister Edogawa Conan and Miss Haibara Ai come to their destinations?"
"I guess it means for the time for me to go."
"But-"
"Kaito, even though if you may have the power to reverse time. Would either one of us be happy? I'm sorry that I haven't told it you sooner. Goodbye." Conan sprinted with his luggage and catched up with Ai to the departure zone. Conan stopped for a second and waved a goodbye to Hakuba and Kaito's family. He wanted to get out of here as quick as possible. He stopped when he heard the voice from Kaito. "I'm sorry." After those words, he kept going with Ai, who wore a concerned mask about him.
"Would everything be okay?" Ai asked, while putting a comferting hold on him.
"Yes, everything will be okay. It's hard to repair a broken gem, a broken gem called the broken heart." He said it with few tears as he and Ai went on to the plane.
_____________(Mini-Epiliogue)______________
20 years later, Kaito Kuroba and Shinichi Edogawa both were looking around the Kudo Mansion, which is now Edogawa Mansion. Shinichi was wondering why he was named after his father's dead brother, but his father, Conan Edogawa said that he named it because he reminded him as his brother.
Both Shinichi and Kaito found the library, and found files that conatins information about Kaitou Kid made by Shinichi's father, Yuusaku Kudo, his father's dead brother, Shinichi Kudo, and his father, Conan Edogawa. Kaito's father is Toichi Kuroba, the son of Kaito Kuroba. Probably was named after his grandfather. One of the files sliped and Shinichi saw a note came out from it. Kaito was now looking over his boyfriend and read it. They can tell there are few tear stains on it.
To my dearest Tantei-kun,
I'm sorry i couldn't stopped it. Please forgive me, with all my heart. If we met each other in any other circumstances, please for give me for what I had done.I only wished that if I realised it sooner, I would've done anything to make you feel happy once again.
Kaitou Kid
"What was this all about?" Shinichi ask Kaito who shrugged.
"How about we'll find out about it later later?" Kaito asked as Shinichi nodded.
"Now about the Asian Quartaz...." Both left the old library, leaving the note back in the files until it was been told the truth from their parents about the note, well if their parents ever told them about it.
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