A/N: Thanks to Shana-Fujioka, again JMore of it will be in the end-A/N!
This chapter takes place at the 24th! Here in Germany, we celebrate in the evening! ;)
Christmas Eve
It was loud in the Kodou Manor.
Very loud. And Shinichi was fairly sure that he'll get a monstrous headache later. Today is Christmas Eve! How the hell did he deserve that!?
The cause of this? Take a guess.
A certain magician, of course! But this time, it wasn't completely the magicians fault.
"Hattori!" Shinichi yelled (very demanding), "peel the potatoes before putting them onto the plate!"
His gaze flicked immediately towards the next nearest person, Kazuha. "And you turn the temperature down for the sauce pan! Are you nuts!? At this rate, there will be nothing left when we need it! And Nakamori-chan, would you look after the meat in the oven?" The girl nodded and hastily vanished to check on it. "Sonoko, quit looking in the mirror. Instead help me with the tree over here, will ya?", the blonde muttered several insulting things under her brath but helped the detective. Shinichi looked around his eyes stuck at the brown haired girl. "Haibara? Are you finished with setting the table?" "Yes, mother hen, I am.", she replied in that dead serious voice of hers, accompanied with her cold expression. Her eyes through glinted with mischief. Shinichi blushed at her comment but refused to give her the satisfaction of replying. Instead he turned his attention towards the blond detective who knelt in front of the fire place putting in some wood piles. "Hakuba, when will the meat be ready?" The blond sighed. He didn't really appreciate it that everyone here treated him like their personal alarm clock. "Exactly seventeen minutes, fifty-six seconds and fourty-two milliseconds and it should be ready if the time in the cookbook was correct.", he replied nevertheless. The Heisei Holmes nodded and turned towards a crimson haired girl. " Akako-sama, mind to give Hattori and Kazuha a hand?"
"Not at all.", the witch (according to Kaito, at least) replied with a smirk and went away. While he's at it... Where the heck is Kaito? Even if he's not the source of stress at the moment, it kind of is his fault. He invited all of them to a Christmas party that was held at the Kudou manor (what he told Shinichi after inviting everyone over, naturally)! His boyfriend was the reason why he was under high pressure because he had to finish the meal and everything else till six in the evening where they planned to eat. And because he didn't even had enough time to do all by himself and the others agreed to help him out, he was currently bossing around all of them, controlling their work and managing all of it. He saw a motion out of the corner of his eyes. "No, Eisuke-kun! Please, let that handle me... And... Just sit down on the couch? Please? Thanks." He stopped the other and took the bowl full of potatoes out of the others clumsy hands. 'Huh, saved that last minute... With his two left feet and hands, the potatoes would fly across the whole room...'
He sighed and put the bowl securely down on the huge wooden table. "Hey, are you alright, Shinichi?", Ran asked while passing by. She was the only other person here with an eye on everything. She was a real help... "No thanks, I'm fine... Just a little stressed. By the way, did you see Kai?"
She shook her head. "But didn't he want to hold a small show this evening? Perhaps he's fixing some last tricks...?"
If so, he'll most likely be in his 'Magic room'... "Right, thanks Ran!", he said and hurried of towards said room.
He knocked at the door. "Kai? Are you in there?"
The door was pulled open with much force and the detective nearly fell into the room. "Shin-chan! See, what I've got here!" The magician held up a small capsule. It linked suspiciously like one of his smoke bombs. "Smoke bomb?" He asked, but the maniac grin at the magicians face proved his suspicion wrong. "Not quite..."
"Kai, instead of working on your gadgets, could you please help us? We're kind of in stress... And you didn't even decorate the room like you said you would!"
"Oh, no worries, Tantei-kun!", he chirped and pulled Shinichi along towards the dining room. "It will be fixed in seconds!"
Oh dear...
The magician dropped the capsule in the middle of the room, to Shinichis horror. Thick red and green smoke erupted all around them and got him, Eisuke (who still sat on the couch like he demanded) and Hakuba (who just entered the room, to his own horror) coughing. Shinichi blindly stumbled towards one of the huge windows, on the way nearly felling over the couch, hitting his arm on a corner of the wooden table (damn, that hurt!) and running into a wall, and finally opened the window to let the smoke out. The room got clearer and clearer every second. He immediately searched for the messy haired frame of his boyfriend who wouldn't get away easily. (And it was a smoke bomb, he thought annoyed)
"Kaito, why the hell did you-" He stopped mid-sentence. The room was fully decorated. Small dolls looking like elves sat on the windows hill, mistletoes hung from the ceiling and in the doorframe, candles stood in various places, small golden bells hung everywhere and the air reeked like oranges, fir and cinnamon. The scent immediately calmed him down, his shoulder muscles seemed to loosen up a bit. And, the best of it: the food stood ready and perfectly arranged on the desk. Shinichi felt strong arms circle around his waist and leaned back into the warmth of his boyfriend's chest.
"As much as I love it to see you commanding them around," he whispered right next to Shinichis ear, "We'll need you nerves for something else tonight…" The suggestive sound of the voice made Shinichi blush. "P-Pervert!", he hissed back. The magician just laughed at that and lend Shinichi towards the table. He only let the other out of his arms as all the others entered the dining room and the detective had to sit down.
As everyone was seated, Kaito held up his glass. "Now, I wish you all a Merry Christmas!", he announced and the others followed his lead.
They ate and talked the whole evening and presents were exchanged.
Hakuba got a singed limited edition of Sherlock Holmes that even had a typos original made by Doyle in it from Shinichi. Kaito gave Aoko a new mop (what made her strangely happy). Akako received crimson earrings, Ran got cooking lessons for very high leveled chefs.
As Shinichi opened one of his presents, he blushed violently and closed the box again. Then he glared towards Haibara who gave it to him. "What the hell!?" But the scientist just smirked. "Hey, not my fault you're very vocal, Kudou. I just thought it would might… improve it a little bit."
They got the attention of the others and Ran asked: "Shinichi are you singing under the shower again? You shouldn't do that, it tortures even the neighbors, as you can see!"
Oh, sweet and innocent Ran…, Shinichi thought and blushed even more. That got Kaito curious. "Hey, Haibara-chan, what did you give him?"
"Oh, don't worry. You'll like it too, I'm sure of it…" Kaito seemed confused at first but as he saw the shrunken scientists smirk, the pieces clicked together. "Wow, thanks Haibara-chan~! I'm sure we'll love it. But I'm curious, how you got your hands on this with your age…?"
"Internet."
"Right."
They all sat together the whole evening, chatting, laughing and singing (excluding Shinichi, of course). At eleven pm, they all left, wishing a good Christmas again and bidding good night.
Later, Kaito and Shinichi sat on the couch cuddling.
"I… I've got another present for you…", Shinichi began.
"Oh, really? What is it?", Kaito asked excited and turned towards his detective to look in his eyes. He crooked an eyebrow at the others blushing face.
Shinichi just threw a package towards Kaito and turned away. "Just open it."
And Kaito did.
He felt his heart going faster as his fingers brushed over the red cloth. "Is that-"
"Yes. It is."
Kaito felt a huge smile lightening up his face. It was the… Santa costume out of that shop. Well, It was definitely not for the eyes of children…
The magician stood up with the costume in hand and went over towards the detective who still stood with his back towards him and jumped ever so slightly as Kaito pulled him against his chest.
"So, Shin-chan… wanna try your present on? And should we inaugurate Haibaras present, too?"
Shinichi blushed even more at the thought of the leather handcuffs in the small box.
He turned around and pressed a shy kiss on his magicians lips. "Merry Christmas, Kaito."
That's a yes, Kaito thought and replied the kiss.
"Merry Christmas to you, too, Shinichi. I love you."
*The End*
A/N: Puh, done! Even if it got a little… kinky in the end, I hope you liked it.
I just thought the present really fit Haibaras character…
And Shana-Fujioka brought in the idea of giving Kaito the outfit as a present. Thanks to you, Shana, and for all your reviews!
Well. Please leave a review! I love to get your thoughts on it!
And I am sorry I updated so late…
I wish you guys a Merry Christmas!
If you're interested, the next chapter of 'Runs in the Family' is nearly completed. But even in our Christmas break I have mountains of work to do… *sighs* oh well.
See you guys!
-AngelsBeast