Before dinner, and before Aidou had arrived back at their room, Kaito had repeated yesterday's change of clothes, with his Institute uniform once again covering Kid's suit after he'd dressed. It was a precaution, he told himself: sure, it was risky running around wearing Kid's trademark clothes with Kudou (and Hattori) around, but at this point? It was more risky not to. If he'd been wearing his suit the night they'd gone for the files, he might not have landed in the mess he was now in.

Then again, if he'd just kept his damn mouth shut, he definitely wouldn't be in this mess.

After dinner and after the lights-out intercom announcements, he gave a nod to Aidou as he left the room, syringes and flashlight at hand but otherwise unarmed.

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