True Happiness (rewrite version)

Firm angel, firmer dove(Red and Black Clash 9)

AN: The next part. Hope you enjoy it!

To remind you:

"Hi!"= Talking in English

"Hi!"= Talking in Japanese

"Hi!"= Words on signs in English

"Hi!"= Words on signs in Japanese

Hi! = Narrator

Hi! = Flashback

'Hi!' = Thoughts

"Hi!" = Talking in flashback

"Hi!" = Talking on the phone

Hi! = Words on paper (unless it's at the beginning or end of the chapter /it had POV written beside it)

(Hi!) = Author-chan talking

Disclaimer: DCMK doesn't belong to me; it belongs to the great Aoyama Gosho. I only own the story and the OC~

Narrator pov. Continuing~

Irene stared in surprise and growing shock, processing that what she was seeing was real.

Kuroba was in the kitchen with her.

Standing in front of her.

Holding the knife back from actually touching her... With his hand on the blade.

She kept staring even as Kuroba used his free hand to turn the spare light switch behind him on.

Before she looked back down at the knife and remembered what she was doing, "Let go..."

She started to pull it, trying to take the knife out of his hold.

Kuroba didn't let her, keeping his hold on the blade tight.

She kept pulling, "Kuroba-kun, seriously, let... go...! This... This will be better for everyone!"

Kuroba shook his head, keeping the knife blade held tightly, even as more blood started flowing out of his hand.

Irene proved at this moment more than ever that she was as stubborn as a born Kuroba, not letting go.

She continued to pull.

And Kuroba just kept holding it in place as he could feel her hold actually start pulling it out, tightening his hold when that happened despite the pain.

He still didn't say anything; his expression, serious for once, not changing even as Irene grew more desperate.

"Please... Please just... let me do this..."

She continued to pull, and he continued to hold tightly.

This dangerous tug of war continued for a bit more, Irene growing more and more desperate.

"Please... Please, Kuroba-kun, I... I can't..."

Even when she began begging more instead of demanding, Kuroba didn't relent.

Irene's desperation only stopped once she actually looked at his hand while pulling instead of just the knife.

She froze.

The injury on his hand was getting worse, deeper, and more bloody because of this continuous pulling.

Her breath hitched as her hold loosened, which Kuroba took as his cue to loosen his as well.

The knife clattered to the floor, now completely bloodied.

Irene stared in horror, looking at his hand that was now dripping with blood.

She slowly turned her head down, looking at her own clean hands, which now had deep calluses from how tightly she'd been holding the knife handle.

She looked back up as she saw him crouching to her height, looking back at his hand that he seemed to be having a hard time closing.

Guilt started to eat up at her again, for a different reason.

She opened her mouth to say something, "I..." she couldn't say it as she kept staring.

Kuroba finally said something, "Glad you got back to your senses before I actually lost my hand." 

It was supposed to be joking, with a mix of relief.

But Irene just felt worse when she heard that, "I'm... I'm sorry..."

She dropped to her knees, hiding her face in her hands, as Kuroba wrapped his uninjured arm around her.

Both of them can be firm, but when it came to family, Kuroba was more so.

AN: Done! Hope you guys liked it!

Look at that, Irene got back to her senses before it got too far.

Though Kaito's hand is pretty bad now, it's not deep enough to leave that big of a scar, thankfully.

Even if it was, Kid usually wears gloves, and Kaito is an expert at using makeup at this point, so it won't really get in the way of his secret job.

On a less serious note, that was the longest time Kaito hasn't spoken in his years of existence, wow. I'm proud of him. UwU XD

So what did you guys think? Did you like it? Which part was your favorite? Hope to see your feedback soon!

That's all. See you next chapter!

Stay sweet, my fellow anime lovers!~

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