Oh ho? Well, presumably the detective is AWARE his affections are returned, so Kaito will leave that well enough alone.

"I bet, yeah." He nods and suppresses a twitch.

"Me neither!" Ahahahaha.... "I'm honestly surprised you could remember even that one incident, but I suppose as you say you were kinda missing your friend. Say, he's not that Shinichi, is he? The one in the news?"

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