His Feathers - Magic Kaito

4. Contemplations

1040 Words excluding (A/N)~ I don't own Magic Kaito~ If I did, none of the manga chapters would have been skipped in the anime (Kaitobot and those weird creatures that followed him)

'I need to get rid of my wings, I don't think I'd be able to do a heist with them bound'

The pain medication didn't seem to be working, that or he was in so much pain that he didn't notice that it has kicked in. Either way, he was still in a lot of pain. He hoped that his fatigue was caused by his change and would disappear soon.

'I'm pretty sure Hakuba thinks I was injured at last night's heist. Hopefully I'll recover from the blood loss enough by tomorrow that I'll just be skinny'

The magician was sorely tempted to let his wings free of their bindings, if only to relieve the pressure for a bit. Shaking his head, he ended that thought, it'd only hurt more when he had to rebind them.

'Maybe if I collect enough of my blood over time, I can just cut them off. I'd have the blood put into an IV so that I wouldn't bleed out as I patched myself up...'

Kaito frowned, he didn't like the idea of cutting off his own limbs, even if he wasn't even supposed to have them.

'But collecting blood safely takes a while... And I'm most likely already suffering from blood loss. It'd take too long, I don't want to steal blood from the blood bank, too risky'

If someone died from there not being enough of Kaito's blood type in the bank, he didn't think he'd ever be able to forgive himself.

The rumbling of his stomach snapped the brunette out of his thoughts, he glanced over towards the kitchen. He'd been too busy preparing for the heist that he'd skipped supper, and his fatigue had made him skip both breakfast and lunch, now it was a little past 4pm.

'I'll recover faster if I eat...'

With great reluctance Kaito slid off of the couch, legs shaking under his weight. Determined, he made his way slowly towards the kitchen and pulled out a box of cereal. He didn't have the energy to try cooking, and bravado wasn't worth accidentally falling face first into a frying pan.

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Saguru was deeply concerned for his classmate. Kaito want one to feel fear often, which meant that the teen was not okay. Either Kaito was actually seriously ill or injured, or he believed that he wouldn't be okay. Saguru didn't like either possibilities. Kaito was Kaitou Kid, he knew that he was, for the illustrious thief to doubt his condition or be seriously ill seemed wrong. He knew he was human, it's just that the other seemed so surreal sometimes.

'I pray that he'll be in class tomorrow and that I'm just reading into things too much'

Saguru let out a soft sigh, lowering his fork. "Is the meal not to your liking young master?" Baaya questioned, the blond blinked in surprise before giving his housekeeper a small smile.

"No, it's great, I'm just worried about a classmate" Saguru replied softly.

"By any chance, is this classmate that Kuroba boy that you visited today?" Baaya queried.

"Yes, he's really ill, but we're not close enough for him to trust me" Saguru sighed, he really either that the trickster wasn't so likeable, it'd be so much easier if he hated Kaito.

"I thought you two were close, you're always ranting about him" Baaya replied, taking Saguru's meal away since the blond seemed to be finished with it.

Golden eyes widened in shock as he gasped at his caretaker. "You can't be serious? Kuroba is always messing with me and changing my hair colour. In addition, he is my primary suspect for Kaitou Kid!" Saguru whined, not willing to raise his voice against her.

'I couldn't possibly be close to him!'

Baaya gave him a soft smile before patting him on the shoulder. "That boy is the only person you ever really talk about, and from what I've heard from you, he doesn't seem to let others close. The fact that he actually interacts with you personally should have clued you in." She paused to let her words sink in before continuing. "You say he's always teasing his friend Nakamori-san, isn't he teasing you in a similar fashion but in different ways? That Kuroba boy is the closest you have to a friend, you both just haven't acknowledged it" Baaya finished, smiling wryly at her young master's expression.

'Impossible... but it's true that he usually only interacts with others superficially... Except with me and Nakamori-san'

"I don't think a friendship would work out between us Baaya, he's Kaitou Kid" Saguru sighed, even if he wanted to be friends with the thief he probably wouldn't be accepted. He knew he wasn't very likeable and him accusing Kaito in public had probably earned him a lot of negative points. Anyone would be angry if they were being openly accused of a phantom thief that had snipers on his trail.

'If the wrong people heard and listened to my accusations... I could have gotten Kuroba killed'

"And Kaitou Kid is a good person, he saves people and does his best to make others smile. He never truly steals" Baaya countered, crossing her arms. She wanted Saguru to have a true friend, she didn't care if that friend was a harmless international jewel thief.

"He doesn't trust me Baaya, I used to openly accuse him of being Kid. That could have gotten him killed" The blond sighed, his heart always clenched whenever he thought about that.

"You used to, by those words it means that you don't anymore. From your stories I know that boy is smart which means he has realised why you've stopped" Saguru shook his head, a headache setting in.

"How could I possibly manage to earn his trust? He's ill and would think that I'm trying to take advantage of that fact to gain evidence against him" Saguru voice frustrates as he ran a hand through his hair.

'Why'd you have to say something Baaya... Now thinking about it, Kuroba would be a good friend to have... He's annoying, but he's not the type to grossly abuse relationships'

Baaya hid her smile by turning away, it seemed as if she had nurtured good thoughts in Saguru.

Me: that's the end of this chapter~ I really hoped you enjoyed Baaya's mind manipulation~ she wants poor Hakuba to make friends~ the next chapter will be within 7 days of this part being posted~