For Candy-chan B-day!
Title: True Magic
Author: Fyliwion
Fandom: Detective Conan
Pairing: Aoko/Kaito
Theme: #10
Rating: Pg-13
Word Count: 1800
Disclaimer: I just play with them and manipulate them and have fun with them ^^;;.
For Candy-chan’s Birthday ^^
It was dark inside and she nearly tripped when she first entered. There were some dull work lights on the stage, but they cast nothing but dark shadows everywhere she looked.
At first she thought maybe she had been wrong, but then she saw a single outline of a man sitting in the front row and her breath caught in her throat.
She’d been right.
Her shoes sounded strangely noisy as they clicked walking down the row. She was still had on most of her uniform though she’d left her jacket at work. She had a nagging suspicion she wouldn’t be wearing it after today anyway.
He didn’t turn towards her, though she wasn’t surprised. She didn’t think he would. At that moment she doubted if she cared if she was just a janitor or perhaps even a police officer. She had a suspicion she could be coming to arrest him and he wouldn’t even protest.
She wondered if he noticed her at all.
She walked down the row behind him and sat on the chair slightly askew. Both sat in silence for a moment, and she fought to figure out what to say.
She was startled when he spoke first.
“I know…”
She jumped and was unable to speak from surprise. She nearly fell out of the chair she’d been in and looked to him. He was still staring at the stage.
“I didn’t-”
“But that’s why you’re here isn’t it? To tell me you were right? Though I’ll have to ask a favor. Would you mind if we sit here a bit before you take me into the station?” She realized she couldn’t see his face in the darkness and she wasn’t quite sure she wanted to.
“Kaito… that’s not why I’m-”
He didn’t say anything but she felt herself stop anyway. She wondered why she had come at all. It had been stupid, especially if someone found them there or if someone had decided to follow her, but she’d thought…
“I’m sorry…” she said softly standing. “I shouldn’t have come. I’ll leave you-” she turned to go as her hand brushed the back of his seat and he grabbed her hand.
“Don’t-”
Neither moved for a long moment. The shadows hung in the theatre like ghosts watching them both. The dim blue lights only enhanced the idea, as well as the deep amber that touched the edges of the curtain. He still hadn’t turned; however, his hand was tight on her arm.
“You probably want to be al-”
“Don’t let me lose you too…” he pleaded softly.
The begging in his voice was what caught her. She hadn’t expected that. It was rare to hear Kaito ask anything, especially beg. At that moment she remembered just how young they both were. That they’d both just barely started to make it. How young and how much they both had lost.
He let his hand slide down her arm to catch her fingers and he added, “Please?”
She nodded and moved. She squeezed his hand gently and stood behind him. They let the empty theatre fill them, and both just listened to the other’s breathing as they looked at the stage. She felt tears starting prick her eyes and brushed them away. She wasn’t even sure how long they stayed there before they moved again, for a while she wondered if they’d even kept breathing.
It was Kaito who finally moved. He stood letting her hand drop and walked up to the edge of the stage. He looked up and she heard laughter, “Ten shows.”
She blinked and moved towards the aisle to walk closer, “Huh?”
“Ten shows. Well I guess nine theoretically. This should have been my tenth as a professional magician…”
She bit her lip and stopped at the end of the row just standing there watching him not quite sure what to do. She wanted to say something, anything, but then the only other time she’d ever seen Kaito like this was when he’d been eight and had just lost his father.
He’d even taken on the task force with a grin on his face.
“I knew I guess. That some day this might happen, I guess I didn’t think it would be so soon. I guess I thought I’d get in a few years at least-”
She wondered dimly if she was crying for him. She could tell he wasn’t, even as awful as the whole thing was she knew he wouldn’t be crying even if she saw his face and she could feel them filling up her own eyes as he spoke.
“It was the one thing I’ve always really wanted you know? The one thing I was sure of… well one of the things. Now I’ve ruined it. I’ve lost it forever, and with no hopes of ever achieving it again. Is it better to have loved and lost a love then to never have loved at all?” He turned to look at her and she wondered if that was the worst of all.
Seeing how empty his face was. How calm he seemed, except for the pain she saw in his eyes. Except for the way the light illuminated the confusion and sense of loss that filled his eyes.
“Well? I’ve lost two now haven’t I? Shouldn’t I know? But then I never really had one to begin with-” he added looking straight at her. “Maybe that was for the better-” He gave her a mockery of a smile. Perhaps it was meant to look real, but that made it all the worse.
“After all, I knew you were going to leave the minute I took up the cloak. At least I had some time to prepare for that.” He let out a sigh. “I guess we all regret our choices in the end-”
She realized she was shaking her head vehemently and he let out another sigh, “Don’t pretend Aoko, leave that up to me. I’m not so pretentious as to actually have thought you might side with me on this, but I do thank you for coming. Maybe you’ll let me flip your skirt one last time before I leave for good?”
Funny how all she could manage was a sob.
He didn’t speak this time, rather he simply touched the step.
Neither really expected it when she found herself running up to the stage to fling her arms around him. She buried her face in his jacket and he leaned into the edge of it surprised.
“Ao-”
“Don’t you dare say that.” She sobbed into the jacket. “Don’t you dare talk like that. That doesn’t sound like you at all… Don’t….”
He moved to stroke her hair, looking up so she couldn’t see his face in the light. “It’s true isn’t it?”
“No! No it isn’t true! I won’t just leave you like this… what kind of friend? What kind of person do you think I am? Why else do you think I’m here?”
She felt his sigh rather than heard it. She felt him release as he shook his head, “I thought you were honest. Good. Law abiding. Perfection?” He added this time looking down with a smirk. She could tell he’d schooled his face well.
“I’ve always admired you for it. How you can have spirit and go whatever you’re after and still manage to be so good. You never had to break the law to achieve your goals… and if it had been your father I’m certain you wouldn’t have gone off and stole gems in some sort of act of revenge and lost all those you cared about in the likes of it. I hurt you Aoko, I know that… you don’t have to-”
“Someone does-” she said softly up to him.
Neither said a word and silence fell over the theatre again. Finally she risked it again.
“Can I see the show?”
He looked down as though he wasn’t quite sure what she was asking and she pushed the subject again, “Well?”
“What are you talking about? Aoko I’m not-”
“We’re in the theatre aren’t we? I know you! You always have tricks up your sleeves. Don’t they always say something like an audience starts with one? Well here I am and I’m here to see it…” She took a step back wiping her eyes and smiling at him this time.
Kaito simply shook his head though, “Aoko you’ve seen all my tricks and you can see them anytime. Don’t worry about it I won‘t bore you with….”
She scowled, “Don’t be an idiot. I love your magic tricks surely you know that by now… and I’m sure you had something planned special! It’s your tenth show isn’t it? The show must go on, and you have an audience waiting-” she plopped down in the first seat smiling at him. “Please?”
This time it was her pleading, and she could watch as he slowly gave in.
“Alright…”
She was a bit surprised as the theatre went all dark and when the light reappeared it was as a spot center stage. He began with his introduction and a puff of smoke changed his clothing. She was amused that he had his white suit, though no cloak or monocle or even hat she saw.
The tricks began normal, and then started getting more and more elaborate as they went on. Rather then feel alone, she felt as though the theatre was filled to the seams . She could almost hear laughter around her, as though all the ghosts and spirits of the building had come to watch him perform.
He pulled things from bunnies out of hats, doves turning into butterflies, disappearing acts, confetti from the air, levitation, illusions, roses growing from water lilies that grew from a glass of water.
There were explosions, stars, and by the time they’d been there over an hour both of them had nearly forgotten everything and simply enjoyed the show.
Things began slowing down as his eyes grew brighter and brighter. Finally he turned straight to her and held out a hand, “For my last trick I need a member of the audience. If the lady would be so kind-”
Aoko grinned and got up from her seat walking up onto the stage towards him. She realized from that perspective it was hard to tell that the audience was empty at all.
“So what will you have me do sir?” She asked smiling herself impishly. The man grinned and pulled up her to him.
“Well… first I shall have you stand as such…” he wrapped his arm around her waist snugly so she was resting in his hold, “And then I shall have you look up-” His hand glided to her cheek and then ran to her chin so as to tilt it up. “And then…”
He leaned down and pressed his lips against hers.
She found herself rising to her toes and letting a shiver run down her back as she felt his lips pull her up, as he came up for a breath and looked at her with all the fevor he had in doing a magic trick she felt giddier then she’d felt in ages.
And when he leaned down again and this time lifted her into the air, pulling her deeper into the kiss, she realized exactly what true magic was.
A/N Between working on a show, being a theatre major, and this awesome little fic Candy wrote a bit ago… I felt I needed to write a Kaito and his magician love and here it is for our dearest Candy-chan!
Author: Fyliwion
Fandom: Detective Conan
Pairing: Aoko/Kaito
Theme: #10
Rating: Pg-13
Word Count: 1800
Disclaimer: I just play with them and manipulate them and have fun with them ^^;;.
For Candy-chan’s Birthday ^^
It was dark inside and she nearly tripped when she first entered. There were some dull work lights on the stage, but they cast nothing but dark shadows everywhere she looked.
At first she thought maybe she had been wrong, but then she saw a single outline of a man sitting in the front row and her breath caught in her throat.
She’d been right.
Her shoes sounded strangely noisy as they clicked walking down the row. She was still had on most of her uniform though she’d left her jacket at work. She had a nagging suspicion she wouldn’t be wearing it after today anyway.
He didn’t turn towards her, though she wasn’t surprised. She didn’t think he would. At that moment she doubted if she cared if she was just a janitor or perhaps even a police officer. She had a suspicion she could be coming to arrest him and he wouldn’t even protest.
She wondered if he noticed her at all.
She walked down the row behind him and sat on the chair slightly askew. Both sat in silence for a moment, and she fought to figure out what to say.
She was startled when he spoke first.
“I know…”
She jumped and was unable to speak from surprise. She nearly fell out of the chair she’d been in and looked to him. He was still staring at the stage.
“I didn’t-”
“But that’s why you’re here isn’t it? To tell me you were right? Though I’ll have to ask a favor. Would you mind if we sit here a bit before you take me into the station?” She realized she couldn’t see his face in the darkness and she wasn’t quite sure she wanted to.
“Kaito… that’s not why I’m-”
He didn’t say anything but she felt herself stop anyway. She wondered why she had come at all. It had been stupid, especially if someone found them there or if someone had decided to follow her, but she’d thought…
“I’m sorry…” she said softly standing. “I shouldn’t have come. I’ll leave you-” she turned to go as her hand brushed the back of his seat and he grabbed her hand.
“Don’t-”
Neither moved for a long moment. The shadows hung in the theatre like ghosts watching them both. The dim blue lights only enhanced the idea, as well as the deep amber that touched the edges of the curtain. He still hadn’t turned; however, his hand was tight on her arm.
“You probably want to be al-”
“Don’t let me lose you too…” he pleaded softly.
The begging in his voice was what caught her. She hadn’t expected that. It was rare to hear Kaito ask anything, especially beg. At that moment she remembered just how young they both were. That they’d both just barely started to make it. How young and how much they both had lost.
He let his hand slide down her arm to catch her fingers and he added, “Please?”
She nodded and moved. She squeezed his hand gently and stood behind him. They let the empty theatre fill them, and both just listened to the other’s breathing as they looked at the stage. She felt tears starting prick her eyes and brushed them away. She wasn’t even sure how long they stayed there before they moved again, for a while she wondered if they’d even kept breathing.
It was Kaito who finally moved. He stood letting her hand drop and walked up to the edge of the stage. He looked up and she heard laughter, “Ten shows.”
She blinked and moved towards the aisle to walk closer, “Huh?”
“Ten shows. Well I guess nine theoretically. This should have been my tenth as a professional magician…”
She bit her lip and stopped at the end of the row just standing there watching him not quite sure what to do. She wanted to say something, anything, but then the only other time she’d ever seen Kaito like this was when he’d been eight and had just lost his father.
He’d even taken on the task force with a grin on his face.
“I knew I guess. That some day this might happen, I guess I didn’t think it would be so soon. I guess I thought I’d get in a few years at least-”
She wondered dimly if she was crying for him. She could tell he wasn’t, even as awful as the whole thing was she knew he wouldn’t be crying even if she saw his face and she could feel them filling up her own eyes as he spoke.
“It was the one thing I’ve always really wanted you know? The one thing I was sure of… well one of the things. Now I’ve ruined it. I’ve lost it forever, and with no hopes of ever achieving it again. Is it better to have loved and lost a love then to never have loved at all?” He turned to look at her and she wondered if that was the worst of all.
Seeing how empty his face was. How calm he seemed, except for the pain she saw in his eyes. Except for the way the light illuminated the confusion and sense of loss that filled his eyes.
“Well? I’ve lost two now haven’t I? Shouldn’t I know? But then I never really had one to begin with-” he added looking straight at her. “Maybe that was for the better-” He gave her a mockery of a smile. Perhaps it was meant to look real, but that made it all the worse.
“After all, I knew you were going to leave the minute I took up the cloak. At least I had some time to prepare for that.” He let out a sigh. “I guess we all regret our choices in the end-”
She realized she was shaking her head vehemently and he let out another sigh, “Don’t pretend Aoko, leave that up to me. I’m not so pretentious as to actually have thought you might side with me on this, but I do thank you for coming. Maybe you’ll let me flip your skirt one last time before I leave for good?”
Funny how all she could manage was a sob.
He didn’t speak this time, rather he simply touched the step.
Neither really expected it when she found herself running up to the stage to fling her arms around him. She buried her face in his jacket and he leaned into the edge of it surprised.
“Ao-”
“Don’t you dare say that.” She sobbed into the jacket. “Don’t you dare talk like that. That doesn’t sound like you at all… Don’t….”
He moved to stroke her hair, looking up so she couldn’t see his face in the light. “It’s true isn’t it?”
“No! No it isn’t true! I won’t just leave you like this… what kind of friend? What kind of person do you think I am? Why else do you think I’m here?”
She felt his sigh rather than heard it. She felt him release as he shook his head, “I thought you were honest. Good. Law abiding. Perfection?” He added this time looking down with a smirk. She could tell he’d schooled his face well.
“I’ve always admired you for it. How you can have spirit and go whatever you’re after and still manage to be so good. You never had to break the law to achieve your goals… and if it had been your father I’m certain you wouldn’t have gone off and stole gems in some sort of act of revenge and lost all those you cared about in the likes of it. I hurt you Aoko, I know that… you don’t have to-”
“Someone does-” she said softly up to him.
Neither said a word and silence fell over the theatre again. Finally she risked it again.
“Can I see the show?”
He looked down as though he wasn’t quite sure what she was asking and she pushed the subject again, “Well?”
“What are you talking about? Aoko I’m not-”
“We’re in the theatre aren’t we? I know you! You always have tricks up your sleeves. Don’t they always say something like an audience starts with one? Well here I am and I’m here to see it…” She took a step back wiping her eyes and smiling at him this time.
Kaito simply shook his head though, “Aoko you’ve seen all my tricks and you can see them anytime. Don’t worry about it I won‘t bore you with….”
She scowled, “Don’t be an idiot. I love your magic tricks surely you know that by now… and I’m sure you had something planned special! It’s your tenth show isn’t it? The show must go on, and you have an audience waiting-” she plopped down in the first seat smiling at him. “Please?”
This time it was her pleading, and she could watch as he slowly gave in.
“Alright…”
She was a bit surprised as the theatre went all dark and when the light reappeared it was as a spot center stage. He began with his introduction and a puff of smoke changed his clothing. She was amused that he had his white suit, though no cloak or monocle or even hat she saw.
The tricks began normal, and then started getting more and more elaborate as they went on. Rather then feel alone, she felt as though the theatre was filled to the seams . She could almost hear laughter around her, as though all the ghosts and spirits of the building had come to watch him perform.
He pulled things from bunnies out of hats, doves turning into butterflies, disappearing acts, confetti from the air, levitation, illusions, roses growing from water lilies that grew from a glass of water.
There were explosions, stars, and by the time they’d been there over an hour both of them had nearly forgotten everything and simply enjoyed the show.
Things began slowing down as his eyes grew brighter and brighter. Finally he turned straight to her and held out a hand, “For my last trick I need a member of the audience. If the lady would be so kind-”
Aoko grinned and got up from her seat walking up onto the stage towards him. She realized from that perspective it was hard to tell that the audience was empty at all.
“So what will you have me do sir?” She asked smiling herself impishly. The man grinned and pulled up her to him.
“Well… first I shall have you stand as such…” he wrapped his arm around her waist snugly so she was resting in his hold, “And then I shall have you look up-” His hand glided to her cheek and then ran to her chin so as to tilt it up. “And then…”
He leaned down and pressed his lips against hers.
She found herself rising to her toes and letting a shiver run down her back as she felt his lips pull her up, as he came up for a breath and looked at her with all the fevor he had in doing a magic trick she felt giddier then she’d felt in ages.
And when he leaned down again and this time lifted her into the air, pulling her deeper into the kiss, she realized exactly what true magic was.
A/N Between working on a show, being a theatre major, and this awesome little fic Candy wrote a bit ago… I felt I needed to write a Kaito and his magician love and here it is for our dearest Candy-chan!