WARNINGS: attempted suicide, depression, dissociation...this will not be a happy fic for a while

The Kaitou KID was flying home from a reconnaissance mission when he spotted his smallest critic sitting on a roof. A moment's consultation of his mental map confirmed that yes, that was the detective agency—and then he registered that the detective was sitting on top of the wall running around the edge of the roof, with his feet dangling over the edge and staring at the ground. Kaito was not oaky with this. He thought he might beless okay than when Tantei-kun had been thrown out of a blimp, which had been terrifying, if manageable because there was time to catch him. This…Kaito wasn't sure he was the right person to be doing this, but he wasn't about to leave. He maneuvered himself to land across the rooftop from Conan, and mentally prayed to Lady Luck that he wasn't about to startle Tantei-kun off the roof.

"Why are you up here, Tantei-kun?" Kid asked quietly. He was starting to worry about the lack of answer when Tantei-kun responded.

"I could ask you the same thing, Kid-san."

Good. Responding is good. Now if I can just get him to turn around. "Me, Tantei-kun? Why, I was gliding over Beika when I spotted my favorite critic all alone at the edge of a rooftop, in the middle of the night." He hoped the imitation of the usual banter would bring Tantei-kun's attention toward Kid instead of whatever he was staring at. Unfortunately, Tantei-kun just hummed at him and then leaned over and propped his chin on his hand. Kaito cautiously moved closer, hoping he could get in range to grab the detective before he fell, and tried again.

"Won't Mouri-san be worried when she sees you aren't in bed?" Tantei-kun should react to that, right? I've seen him making up excuses for her when he chases me at heists.

"Ran-neechan is staying with her Mom tonight, and Ot-chan is too busy watching TV to notice." Kaito winced at that. Great move, remind him that no one will notice he's missing tonight. He took another few steps forward, now in range for a lunge and grab if Tantei-kun started to fall.

"Did something happen, Tantei-kun?" C'mon Conan, talk to me. "I'll gladly listen if you need to vent." His mouth kept going when Conan tensed instead of responding verbally, but Kaito was more focused on closing the distance between him and his detective. Almost exactly when Kaito came to a stop directly behind him, Conan leaned forward.

His body reacted on instinct, grabbing the detective around the waist and yanking him up and over the wall to safety. Kaito's legs refused to cooperate properly as he turned and tried to head off the roof, so he sat with his back to the wall instead. With Conan held securely in his lap, (and apparently still unresponsive) he allowed himself to curl around the detective and shake as his mind provided gruesome images of what might have happened.

A few minutes later, (was it longer? Kaito couldn't tell) he recovered enough to realize that his mouth had gone on talking to Conan while he wasn't paying attention, and apparently decided it would be a good idea to recite some of the stranger plans the Taskforce had come up with in the past to catch him. Mentally shrugging, he kept going, deciding to detail some of KID's heists that Conan had missed. It was probably as good a topic as any. Halfway through his retelling of the Green Dream heist, he was stopped abruptly as Conan finally spoke up.

"Kid?" He asked in confusion, "Is something wrong?"

It took much more control than it should have for Kaito to keep himself from laughing hysterically. "My favorite critic decided to try and throw himself off a rooftop in the middle of the night. I think I'm the one who should be asking that, Tantei-kun."

"WHAT?"

"Tantei-kun, if I hadn't caught you, you would have leaned off the edge. Don't try to deny it." After what just happened, you better not try to lie to me.

Conan swallowed heavily, and responded quietly, "It wasn't intentional." Before Kid could interrupt, he added, "I haven't been able to focus properly all day, and came up here so I could be alone and think. When you asked what happened I got so lost in my thoughts I honestly didn't notice that I was leaning too far."

Kid's arms tightened in instinctive response to his worry even as he sighed with relief. "I'm glad I don't have to convince you to live, Tantei-kun, but losing that much awareness is dangerous. I want you to be honest with me; do you think it will happen again?"

Conan hesitated, "With what happened today, I'm not sure. Usually I'd say it wouldn't happen, but…" Kaito could feel Conan shifting uncertainly, and went with his instincts.

Kid pulled one of his arms away from Conan for a moment, before pressing a piece of paper into his small hands. "This is my number, Tantei-kun. I want you to contact me if you want to be alone. You can't be alone if this could happen again." When Conan hesitated to agree, Kid added, "I won't force you to talk about anything. Tantei-kun, please. I need to know you won't be walking in front of a car because you were alone and forgot you were outside."

"Alright, Kid."

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