Glasses and monocles (A DC MK1412 fanfic)[yaoi, shinkai pairing]

18: Back to normal... well at least as normal as it gets... hopefully.

Ran's POV:
I'm sat here, waiting impatiently for conan kun to come home. After disappearing twice, without a word to me, the second time resulting in him in the hospital, I'm not happy to let him out of my sight. I've rung him, and he tells me he's on his way home, but I don't believe him. He's bringing a new friend home. Seriously? It's late, what does he think he's doing? He's eight! I'm glaring at the door, feeling like punching something, preferably a wall, but the one I usually punch is being re plastered after I punched it too hard...

..."tadaimas! Ran neechan, meet Kaito Niisan! He's friends with shinichi niichan!" Conan kun calls as he walks in. Kaito Niisan? Wait.... two people walk in. One is conan kun, smiling in his adorable little brother way. The other person is someone I've met only a few times before. He's got similar hair to shinichi, the same build, same eyes, but it's not shinichi, the differences are as great as the similarities. This was Kaitou KID, or as he's known, Kuroba kaito San, shinichi's boyfriend. I glare at him. The other teen takes a step back. Is he afraid of me?

"Ran San, shin~Chan told me to bring conan home, he thinks you're worried about the brat!" Conan kun glares at Kuroba San and kicks him in the shin. Kuroba kun jumps back, doing a backflip to avoid Conan kun's second kick.

"Ran neechan? Kaito Niisan....."

"Conan kun stop!" Kuroba SAN interrupts conan kun. "Ran San, the people after shin~chan did this to conan, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't say anything. Conan kun has agreed, he wants to protect shin~chan too. Also, if he starts breathing funny again, call Subaru San, not an ambulance. Ok?" I narrow my eyes. What is he on about? Kuroba kun leaves, leaving me and conan kun alone. Otousan is asleep upstairs, drunk as usual. Conan smiles at me and hugs me, telling me what happened to him, not explaining why he'd ended up in a hospital. He even showed me the marks on his neck. I've seen those marks before, in the cases otousan and Shinichi dragged me into.

     Now I understand. I'm crying now, hugging Conan kun closely, thankful that irritating thief got to conan in time. Those marks. I can't believe someone tried to.... to..... I can't even think about it. My childhood friend vanishes, now I know he's on the run from a group of criminals, and somehow conan gets dragged into it, nearly getting him killed. Conan kun is struggling against me, complaint that I'm hurting him. I apologise, I didn't realise. Conan kun looks fine, apart from those marks, I'm glad he's safe. He starts talking about school, and Doyle kun falling asleep in the middle of class and falling off his chair again. If he'd been anyone else, I'd have thought they were hiding something, but conan was so open, though he didn't speak of his family often. It's like he's trying to forget them, and the times he sees his mother he acts nervous and shy around her. Could it be he wanted to stay here because it was safer?

Wolf's POV:
I can feel a soft touch, petting, smoothing my fur. It's nice, soothing, comforting. I can't hear properly, my eyes won't open, but the constant petting is nice. Did master Kaito get to conan kun in time? Did I do enough? I hoped so. I'm so tired, but I want to wake up, I want to find master Kaito, I need to make sure everyone is ok. The hand is petting my ears now, rubbing them in the way I like best, making me want to wag my tail. I hear faint voices, it's getting clearer. I try, I listen hard.

"Wolf chan, onegai? Arigato, he's safe, we're both safe, please, Arthur kun misses you..." I know that voice, it's soft, quiet, like it's far away, but it's definitely master Kaito. I want to move, to wake up and greet him like a puppy, but I can't. My body won't move the way I want it to. I whine, as I try wagging my tail. A rhythmic thumping tells me my tail is wagging, and a sharp gasp from someone I can't smell who isn't master kaito means they can see it.

"Wolf chan! That's it! Good girl." Master Kaito is beside me, he's safe, they're both safe. Thank the moon. I try and open my eyes, to look at the human who rescued me years ago. I can't, and I'm drifting off to sleep again. I'm scared, what if I can't wake up? What if I die here? I can't fail master Kaito, and Arthur is still a puppy, he needs to learn what to do on heists, I still need to teach my adopted puppy. It's no good, despite my efforts, I feel myself drifting off to sleep. I'm not giving up yet, master Kaito. You still need me............