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Aoko blinked. "U-uh, hey!" Aoko called, pushing herself up and hurries after him. "You shouldn't just run off like that!"

No way was he staying here. He's small, but fast, and the closest thing Aoko's going to get to catching him is the sight of a door slamming closed after he darts off down a side hall.

Aoko stopped at the door, frowning. "Maurice-kun, it's true! If you don't believe it, you'll get in trouble," she said, before opening the door. She didn't want him to go and do something dangerous if he thought it was a dream or something.

Hey look! The study is apparently empty! Nobody here! (I would suggest checking on top of the bookshelves).

Aoko walked into the room, frowning as she looked around. "Maurice-kun!" She called.

And by proxy of being around Kaito so long, of course one of the first places she looks for someone is up near the ceiling.

It's not that he doesn't believe it as much as the sight of Aoko acting like she should unnerved him.

The lenses of his Conan-glasses catch the light from where he's hiding in the furthest dark corner of the space atop the shelves.

Aoko focused on that spot when she saw the glint. She moved up her arm, a...rather nice watch there. Looked like it had a lot of buttons too.

She pressed up and a rather bright flash light came from the face of the watch, pointed at Maurice. "Ah, there you are!"

He blinks strongly aganist the bright light, forgetting for a sudden dangerous second who he has just introduced himself as. An angry mutter.

"Ahouko."

He covers it quickly with an actual cough.

Aoko blinked.

"..."

Then a flat look. "You're the second Kaito to lie to me about his identity. And I smacked him. Do you want to play that game?"

"... You would hit a little kid?"

"I know about Edogawa and Haibara," Aoko said flatly. "If you're Kaito who calls Aoko Ahoko, then you're old enough to be in their situation. In which case, no, you don't get little kid protection from hits."

"Ran-neechan says I should have little kid protection from things."

I mean look at this face how is he suspicious at all isn't he so innocent and cute?

"Whose Ran?" Aoko asked, looking confused at the name.

"Ran-neechan. She's taking care of me and my niisan."

Not dropping the little-kid mask at all.

Aoko thought about that a moment. "...Edogawa-kun did live with a teenage girl at the beginning...I think. Pretty sure it was something like that."

"That's Ran-neechan!"

"Oh. Well, does she know you're really seventeen?"

"I'm seven, neechan."

Aoko gave him another flat look.

Then...an evil smirk. "Really?" She asked, pulling a small black disk from her pocket.

Innocent. Totally innocent.

"So, if you're not Kaito, then you should mind," Aoko walked over, reaching up to put the small black disc on the shelf in front of him, "this," she said and pressed down on the top.

And a solid looking holographic fish popped up from it.

Yeah, there goes any attempt at dignity or cuteness or anything else really. He's trapped between a fish and a wall. Not cool Aoko. Not cool.

That's why you don't lie to the childhood friend and then slip up.

"So...still not Kaito?"

"Aoko, don't do that!"

"And why not~?"

She was clearly enjoying herself.