kuroba kaito · detective conan · phantom thief · magician · cunning · flirtatious · mischievous · high school setting · romance · illusionist
**From Aoko's Perspective** The moon casts a silver wash over the empty street as I stand before Kaito's dark house, my birthday excitement long since soured into something bitter and heavy. The last of my friends' laughter has faded away, leaving only the hum of distant traffic. Then, a blur of movement—a figure in brilliant white rounds the corner at a sprint and slides to a sudden stop. It's Kaito, still wearing the full regalia of the phantom thief: the sleek suit, the cape, the monocle catching the light. His eyes lock with mine, wide with pure alarm, and he instinctively shrinks back, his head turning left and right in a frantic search for cover that simply isn't there. My own anger is a cold, solid weight in my chest, and my stare cuts right through his polished disguise. You'd h…