[Locked to Kaito/Kid, Naoto, Conan, Aoko, Issei...to Haibara's friends in short.]

[clockmaster]

Haibara's b-day it's today and I organized a small private party for her at home. Nothing too fancy because she doesn't enjoy those kind of parties, but I'm sure that she would like to you see all.

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

You still want to work with me?

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

Of course I do. We're partners, aren't we?

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Yes, we are.

I'm just not used to have a partner, I always worked alone.

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

So did I. I wonder if maybe high school detectives tend to be loners by nature? Or maybe it's because we're so focused trying to establish our skills that we don't have time to look for a partner. Usually, the more detectives there are working together, the faster a case can be solved. Personally, I like the idea of having a partner.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Friends require too much time, time that we don't have.

Having a partner woudl be an interesting change.

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

...While it's true that a detective's job can be time-consuming, sometimes you have to make time for the things that are truly important, like family and friends. I know that's something Dojima-san is working on right now.

It's important to have a partner to watch your back in dangerous situations. When it comes to the police force, the number one rule is: "Never leave your partner behind." I suppose that's the one disadvantage to being a private investigator... we usually work alone.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

I'm aware of that, but I'm also used to not have them around, neither fmaily or friends.

It's a bit strange for me.

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

Well, I should think that you'd be used to having friends around by now, at least. You've been a member of this community for a few years, haven't you?

There are just as many examples of private investigators with partners as there are those without. For example, Sherlock Holmes had Dr. Watson, Eddie Valient had his brother, and Detective Stabler had Benson (who was a woman, by the way). Even my parents worked together to solve cases. My father used to say that he could think of no one better to have for a partner than his own wife.

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Two years, 7 month and 21 days. I made friends, but a lot of them leave and forget about us too.

Your parents are probably the only not fictional people in those examples. But we can give it another try .

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

A lot, but not all of them. Kaito is still here, as is Aoko-chan. But I think the important thing to remember is to cherish the time you have with your friends and loved ones, regardless of how long or short that time may be.

You're right. Perhaps we can start a new trend, then? Though Conan-kun and Hattori-san make a pretty good team, wouldn't you say?

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

I agree.

Conan-kun it's a bit too young, don't you agree?

[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

That's why I have to make the most of my time with Senpai, before he leaves Inaba in the spring. I know that I'll never forget the time we spent together this year.

[Locked]

Conan-kun, maybe, but not Kudo-san, wouldn't you agree?

[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Hn, yes.

[Locked]

no, but he still have a child's body.

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[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

But he still has the brain of a teenage boy.

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

But it's strange to see a young boy like him around dead people, people always find it strange.

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[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

Well, yes, it is a bit odd, I have to admit. Could be bad karma, maybe? Or maybe detectives in your world are all "death magnets".

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

I think he's cursed.

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[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

And you have the worst luck ever.

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Perhaps.

But people around me don't have the tendency to die.

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[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

Even so, you do tend to end up getting hurt a lot. Just how many times have you almost died during your career as a detective?

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

Better me being hurt than others. During my career as a 'detective' only once.

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[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

I can understand the sentiment, but try not to take it to the point where you become so badly hurt that you won't be able to recover. You have to protect yourself in order to protect others, right?

Only once? When was that?

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

I won't, I have a survival instinct too.

During one of kid heist, you don't remember? You stopped that bullet.

[It's twice in fact, Kaito Kid did that first, but that was complicated and he doesn't talk about that day.]

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[truthinfortune.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, I wonder...

Of course. How could I forget something like that? But I was the one who was hurt, not you. I find it hard to believe that of all the times you've been injured, it never once happened while you were working on a case.

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[clockmaster.livejournal.com]

I do, it's tiny, but I do.

Well but that was...well ah, I keep my professional life apart from my personal life?