From a comment Ysabet made while I was working on some figure drawing.

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Shades of Grey: Signs of Trouble
by Icka! M. Chif

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The First Sign of trouble was the joyful giggling shouts of girls from the hallways.

Hakuba gave a circumspect glance around the classroom. No Kuroba.

Well, that certainly narrowed the field.

The Second Sign of trouble was Koizumi squealing with delight after having something hurriedly whispered to her and bouncing out of the classroom.

Waving a tape measure.

Which was really highly disturbing.

He caught Keiko as she was running by. "What is going on?"

"The girl's field hockey team caught Kuroba picking the lock on the girl's locker room again." She reported breathlessly. "They're holding him captive in there."

"I see." Girl's locker room. That meant he couldn't follow. "Thank you."

She nodded and hurried on her way, following the Third Sign of trouble. Aoko, who had apparently gotten word of her sibling's current mischievous shenanigans, was running out of the door, chasing after Koizumi.

Hakuba sat back in his chair and sighed. He'd have to ask Kuroba later what this one had been about exactly. And about this machoistic streak. Honestly, allowing himself to get caught like that. Much less -held-. It wasn't as if Kuroba couldn't get himself out of these situations, he was the damned Kaitou Kid after all.

Although, that would probably be a question Kuroba would be asking himself once his sister got there. Hakuba smirked to himself, distantly wishing he could be a fly on the wall for -that- confrontation.

The younger --and in his opinion, the more volatile-- Nakamori had looked like she had not quite yet decided if she was going to prevent Koizumi or help her USE the measuring tape.

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