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[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

[Toichi was not one to often seem like he was taken off guard. Even when he was, it was amazing how he kept most people from realizing it. This situation he's found himself in, however?

Well, even the great Kuroba Toichi has to have a bit of a 'bwuh' look at finding himself suddenly in a dining hall when he had been just walking into the kitchen. And quite the expansive dining hall at that with all the food prepared.

Sure, he could pull off a disappearing act, but he usually knew where he was going to end up.]

How...strange.

[Oh, and something to note? This Toichi looks...older then some people might know him as. At least eight years older than most Kaito's would remember him, in fact.]

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[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

[Looks over.]

...Kaito?

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

[No hiding it from the original Kaitou Kid.]

It's me.

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

....are you the actual Kaitou Kid?

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

Yes, I am. I took up the mantle years after you died.

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

...I've heard about that. [And...that's his own poker face, with some sadness slipping through.]

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

[Approaching Toichi now, and gently reaching out to grasp him by the hand.] ...you're really alive.

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

[Squeezes his hand, giving him a small, sad smile.] I am.

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

[With that, Kid launches himself at Toichi, aiming for a hug.]

He doesn't have an icon for this.

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

[Stumbles back, but manages to get it again, wrapping his arms around Kaito.]

... [And gives him a proper hug because there's really nothing he can say.]

Neither does Kid.

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

[Kid is barely trembling, poker face shattered into pieces. Nobody's looking anyway.]

Oyaji... I missed you so much. I think about you every day...

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

I know...I'm sorry. I wouldn't have left if I had a choice...

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

...you're here now. Don't leave me again.

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

Kaito...

[It wasn't a question of him leaving. It was a question of when the mansion sent them home.]

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

I know, but I don't want to think about it any more.

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

[Sighs and hugs him tight.]

Then it's fine not to, for a while.

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Oyaji.

...so what's your world like?

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

You figured it all out some months ago finally. Your mother won the bet on that one.

Though the challenge now is to keep you from helping out. It's quite the challenge. We've only managed to make you a few minutes late to a heist.

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

Definitely sounds like me. No luck on finding it?

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

[Sighs and shakes his head.] None. Not even Chikage can find any leads lately.

[featheredkid.livejournal.com]

Same here. Oi...

[riddlemeths.livejournal.com]

They have been looking for a number of decades. I should have expected the same.