✘ 001.

[ahouko]

Who: Aoko and you!
Where: The plaza.
When: Backdated to midday on Sunday.
Style: I prefer action-spam, but I can do prose if wanted.
Status: Open~

[ If you happen to walk by the plaza on this fine day, you might happen to hear a...bit of a ruckus. Those who are brave enough to investigate will find one (1) soaked teenage girl standing in the middle of the plaza, and she is about as happy as you would expect by this sudden turn of events.

That is to say, not at all, if her yelling threats of pain to someone named "Kaito" if he doesn't put her back and dry her off this instant are anything to go by. Most of them seem to involve a mop, for some reason or another. She's also using some pretty inventive swears - looks like she picked up some of her father's habits after all.

Does anyone dare to approach this little ball of anger? ]

Comments

Done! \o/

[kid_in_disguise]

[ With only one option left he took a deep breath and after grabbing a towel confidently strode over to the raging hurricane. ]

Towel?

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[ahouko]

[ For all her yelling and screaming, there really aren't the right words to express the pure frustration that Aoko is feeling. As much as she loves Kaito's magic tricks, he does have a bad habit of getting out of hand - although this is certainly one of his worse pranks. She's soaked so thoroughly that she's pretty sure she'd make a squelching sound if she started walking, and more importantly, it's making her kind of cold.

So really, it's not her fault that she's in such a bad mood.

It's his, as usual. ]

[ahouko]

[ So when she catches sight of him (and it is him, she'd recognize that face anywhere), she's more than ready to let him have it.

Taking that towel from his hands roughly, Aoko starts hitting him with it with as much force as she can muster. ]

Bakaito! [ Smack smack smack. ] This is all your fault, isn't it?

[kid_in_disguise]

[ Not good! ]

Ow! Ow! Hey! Cut it out!

[ Stupid Aoko. Of COURSE she'd recognize him as Shinichi as Kaito. Who he was but pretending to be Shinichi-His life just liked to get more and more complicated, didn't it? ]

St-stop! I'm not-not-You have have me confused for someone else!

[ahouko]

[ ...Like that's going to get her to stop hitting him. If anything, it just urges her to hit him harder. ]

Aoko's not going to fall for that! Now put me back!

[kid_in_disguise]

[ ksdjfkljklsdjflkjsdf SHRINKING AWAY BECAUSE-DAMNIT AOKO! ]

Wh-what do you mean 'put you back'? I've been kidnapped, same as you!

[ahouko]

[ STOP BEING SUCH A WUSS AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN. ]

Yeah, right. I bet this is just one of your stupid magic tricks!

[kid_in_disguise]

[ ksjfdlksjdf WOULD SOMEONE GET THIS MADWOMAN OFF HIM?! ]

Magic- [ Wince. ] But I'm a- [ Wince. ] Detective!

[ahouko]

[ YOU DESERVE THIS AND MORE AND YOU KNOW IT. :|

But okay. She's easing up a bit, if only to give him a flat look. ]

You're really a detective? Prove it.

[ Don't ask her how. But it better be pretty convincing, "not-Kaito." ]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ No-no he doesn't deserve it D: WHY MUST LIFE BE SO CRUEL?! ]

It's a long shot-but there's a chance you've heard of me-Kudo Shinichi?

[ahouko]

[ YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID. Even if she doesn't.

...Think think think. The name kind of rings a bell - actually, she was pretty sure her dad had been muttering something about this Kudo Shinichi "interfering" during one of the heists - but that doesn't prove anything. ]

Aoko's heard of Kudo Shinichi. [ Eyes narrow. ] But how do I know you're him?

[kid_in_disguise]

[ What does she want, a birth certificate? ]

I'm registered as Kudo Shinichi? What kind of proof do you want?

[ahouko]

[ Something more than your word for it? YOU HAVE HER BEST FRIEND'S FACE, THAT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN AWAY.

...And sure, she could admit that the hair (if a little mussed) was a little too neat and the voice sounded slightly off, now that she was thinking a little more clearly. But what were the odds?

Time for a last-ditch effort. Something that would clear up any lingering doubts. ]

Just one more question. [ A beat. ] Do you like fish?

[kid_in_disguise]

[ Erk. Stupid Aoko. Of COURSE she'd bring those vile things into this conversation. ]

[ She will never know how difficult it was for him to not wince at the horrible word. ]

F-Fish, Miss?

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[ahouko]

[ Aoko had used the 'f' word, and all she'd gotten was a stutter. Kaito hated fish - she was pretty sure (thanks to some 'scientific' testing, of course) that he couldn't even talk about them without freaking out. But this person hadn't flipped out at all. He'd just stuttered, likely out of confusion than out of anything else.

So it was official: she'd just assaulted some random person who had the misfortune to resemble her idiot of a best friend.

She can't help but flush with shame. ]

[ahouko]

[ Well, too late to apologize now. ]

...Never mind. It's not important.

[ Waving it off with one hand. ]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ He watching her curiously. Oh please merciful heavens do not let this girl pull a fish out. ]

[ ...He really shouldn't be watching her. It's a known fact that Kaito absolutely loves to watch Aoko's face turn red. He can't help it she's just so damn cute. What defense does he have against that? ]

[ Since Shinichi probably wouldn't be a complete jerk to someone he'd just met he just offers a smile, glad to abandon the whole question of evil, scaly creatures. ]

If you say so. But, you should probably dry off before you catch a cold.

[ahouko]

[ Aoko's completely oblivious to any scrutiny; she's still kind of focused on her humiliation and is avoiding looking at him directly. If he were angry at her for it and yelled, then she could vent her embarrassment by yelling back. But no....Absentmindedly, she twists the towel in her hands until he speaks. ]

Y-yeah. [ Now that he mentions it and the anger isn't all-consuming...she can't help but shiver. Untwining the towel from her hands, she starts using it to dry off her hair instead. ]

...Um. Thanks. [ For the towel, she means. ]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ How can anyone be that cute? He just watches her fidget and blush and as he does a familiar urge starts tugging at the back of his mind. A highly dangerous urge that he really should get out of his head. ]

I-if you'd like- My house also works as my detective agency-there's sure to be some dry clothes there.

[ahouko]

A change of clothes would be great...

[ W-wincing a little as she moves on from her hair, somewhat futilely trying to wring water out of her skirt while still keeping it at a decent length. WHY SO WET, OCEAN? ]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ SEE AOKO?! SEE!? HE TOLD YOU THE OCEAN WAS EVIL. ]

If you want to follow me, I'll get you some dry clothes-Ran won't mind letting you borrow something.

[ahouko]

[ NOT EVILER THAN KAITOU KID. ]

...Okay. [ Dry girl clothes...that's not an offer she's willing to refuse. Still blushing, but. ] Lead the way!

[kid_in_disguise]

[ WHAT!? NO! KAITOU KID IS AWESOME AND NOT EVIL. ]

Has anyone taken the time to explain this place to you yet, or amI the first you've met?

[ He is only all to happy to lead the way back to his house. ]

[ The part where he wants kick himself for this, coming up next! ]

[ahouko]

[ HE IS EVIL AND DESERVES TO ROT IN A PRISON CELL FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. ]

I met a little boy earlier, but I still don't understand much about this place...

[ Following as she talks! ]

[kid_in_disguise]

[ HE'S REALLY A NICE GUY >: ...AND AN AWESOME MAGICIAN ]

[ Excuse him as he stops in his tracks. She said little boy, didn't she? No way she meant- ]

Little Boy? He didn't happen to be wearing oversized glasses and a red bowtie, did he?