𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚 '𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙{𝘈 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘍𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯}

𝕄𝕣. 𝔻𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕖

A/N: I wasn't planning on updating today but even my father was like: are ya done with that thing yet?
Y'all he doesn't give a shit about me so ya'know today's a pressure day
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No one's POV:

Kokichi soon leaves shuichi's house after planting the 'clue'
More like flat out telling him exactly where to go.
Later on, Shuichi and his friends return only for the emo detective to find the room a mess, like someone was looking through it. He also found two more things. One, was that his hat had appeared to be stolen. The other thing was the note, which he read while Rantaro, Kaito, and Maki proceed to look around to see if anything else has been stolen.
Upon reading the seemingly plain note, he notices a small signature barely visible to even his eye
*P.T*
'P,,,T?' The boy thought to himself. He doesn't really know anyone who's name starts with a P so who could...
O h.
Oh no. Did he really? Why would any thief be so cocky? Maybe he really did underestimate this one. On Kokichi's birthday no less.
...
"Hey guys, we're gonna have to cut today's celebration short." Shuichi says urgently has he grabs his coat. "Oh why's that?" Maki was the first to turn. Rantaro and kaito immediately after her.
"It appears I got payed a visit by that phantom thief I was telling you about. I think he's planning something as we speak." The three nodded their heads and all four of them left the house; Shuichi going off by himself and to the Togami building. When he arrives at the doors of the large structure, two people walk up to him. One beginning Byakuya Togami himself and the other is his unknown female bodyguard; like they were expecting for Shuichi to be there.

"I-I suppose you know why I'm here?"
"That I do. Investigation? I already have guards around the entire building incase your plebian eyes can't see that."

"O-oh,, I can! I can! It's just-how did you already know?"

"I have my sources. Though we don't know when that wrenched thief will infiltrate us." the rich blonde man fixes his glasses

As if on cue, a loud crash was heard, like vent covers had been thrown and glass breaking all at once. Togami, he bodyguard, and Shuichi all rush to the source of the noise.
They all find a group of people. All of them dressed in white clothes almost resembling straight jackets and each of them have masks covering their face to avoid identification. One of them differ from the rest though.

Shuichi's POV:

One of them differ,, Ah! I got it! The purple hair and short stature give it away! The phantom thief themself!
'Wow,, they're really is small it's not really that intimidating at all actually so why are people so scared of them?'
Their mask covers his entire face however I do notice their general features quite quickly.
Navy purple hair tied back into a small ponytail, a white suit, completely contrasting the straight jacket apparel of his partners; a cape with the inside having a checkered pattern to match their tie.
He definitely seems like a confident type just based on their stance and powerful yet playful aura..
Ah hell- I'm getting sidetracked.
And as soon as I come to my senses the masked group through what looks like colourful smoke bombs, bursts of colour start appearing left and right and though it's difficult to see, I do spot a few guards going for the group while the phantom thief sets off by themself at which point, I go after them.

. . !

"ACK-"

An explosion sets off right as I'm about to grab the thief, the surprise of the purple coloured smoke bursting in our faces causes us both to flinch quite a bit
The thief more so than me, like they were genuinely scared of it...? Well-that's besides the point. Where- what's happening again? My attention comes back and I see a masked purple haired person directly above me, I couldn't see his face but I could definitely tell how much he was grinning.
"..!!! H-hey!" I try escaping them but my struggling fails as I feel a tight grip on the collar of my jacket
"Neeheehee~ really thought you could get away that easily, huh Mr. Detective~? Aw~ that's cute!" they giggle.

"H-huh?!"

"Don't play dumb! Neeheehee~ obviously I'm not gonna let you keep me from doing what I do best!"

"hey! What are you-" I'm cut off by a small hand covering my mouth. I feel my wrists touch each other and is that,,,?
My own hand cuffs???? How did he take that without me noticing?
Wait-
He...?
Their voice is masculine yet feminine at the same time and his body body seemed feminine too? I haven't been sure but maybe I just figured out something important! I- oh right I'm still cuffed.. damn it. While he runs off after cuffing me, I notice the coloured smoke clearing up and apparently while I was both paying attention to that and uncuffing myself. I see the group running off, a large gem in hands of the leader.
The phantom thief.
I felt like I had failed thenm I wasn't able to catch him, instead, the criminal crawled on top of me and caught ME? I didn't even do anything worth being cuffed TwT. I noticed the thief hand the gem to one of his comrades before he struts up to me, grabbing my chin and pulling it up to make me look at him in the eyes. I couldn't help but blush as he places a hat atop my head, the hat he stole from me specifically

"If you really wanna catch me so badly, Mr. Detective; then chase me~ chase me until the end of our little game~" the thief giggles before running off, running out and through the broken window he had probably come from.
'Chase me till the end..? Where have I heard that before? Maybe that's a clue? Maybe-A-ah I'm rambling into my own brain again! Oops-'
I internally panic as I get up off the floor, hadn't really gotten the chance to get up since the phantom thief fell ontop of me.

....

Of course, I get scrolled by Byakuya but I was expecting it anyway so that wasn't the absolute top of my worries. Right now, I'm more worried about the flirtatious thief than anything
Even if it meant forgetting about the rest of Kokichi's birthday. It was more important than celebrating a birthday for someone who isn't even there for it anyways.

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R i g h t . . . ?

A/N: this took about an hour to write and it's one of the longer chapters AND it's almost 3:20AM gimme the benefit of the doubt ✋🙄✨🧚‍♂️
Word count: 1151 words