A Month of Fic Day 15
15. Imaginary - Magic Kaito
Kaito would give just about anything to believe that magic wasn’t real. Most of his life he hadn’t thought it was. He was one of the people that made others believe it was possible, but it was all smoke and mirrors, sleight of hand, and sheer hard work to build those illusions. But when you’d been mind controlled, shot at by someone under a spell, witnessed your classmate literally enchant every male student in your grade and then some, and were chasing after a mythic gem that promised to grant immortality, magic was one of those things that you came to accept as reality.
Sure, he’d witnessed Akako talking to Lucifer (he really hoped it wasn’t that Lucifer). Sure, he’d once had a robot try to replace his existence. Sure, he regularly performed tricks that ran just along the edge of improbable if not impossible. But even he had his limits on what he could find believable.
“So you’re telling me that wasn’t a hallucination.”
Akako smirked, though he liked to think there was at least some sympathy in it. “No Kuroba, that wasn’t your imagination.”
“But Santa?” He scrubbed his eyes as if it would erase the image of the sleigh. Yes, he believed in the impossible, but really… “What’s next? Unicorns? King Enma opening the pits of hell?”
“Well actually…”
He looked at her in horror.
She laughed. “I don’t know about Enma, but I could probably find a unicorn. They’re quite vicious.”
“Lovely.” He really hated magic.
Kaito would give just about anything to believe that magic wasn’t real. Most of his life he hadn’t thought it was. He was one of the people that made others believe it was possible, but it was all smoke and mirrors, sleight of hand, and sheer hard work to build those illusions. But when you’d been mind controlled, shot at by someone under a spell, witnessed your classmate literally enchant every male student in your grade and then some, and were chasing after a mythic gem that promised to grant immortality, magic was one of those things that you came to accept as reality.
Sure, he’d witnessed Akako talking to Lucifer (he really hoped it wasn’t that Lucifer). Sure, he’d once had a robot try to replace his existence. Sure, he regularly performed tricks that ran just along the edge of improbable if not impossible. But even he had his limits on what he could find believable.
“So you’re telling me that wasn’t a hallucination.”
Akako smirked, though he liked to think there was at least some sympathy in it. “No Kuroba, that wasn’t your imagination.”
“But Santa?” He scrubbed his eyes as if it would erase the image of the sleigh. Yes, he believed in the impossible, but really… “What’s next? Unicorns? King Enma opening the pits of hell?”
“Well actually…”
He looked at her in horror.
She laughed. “I don’t know about Enma, but I could probably find a unicorn. They’re quite vicious.”
“Lovely.” He really hated magic.