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It had been a long day.
Basil was stuck under a bus stop, scowling, a late afternoon shower having started and him without an umbrella. He tapped his foot in irritation, chin resting in his palm as he watched the rain.
The evidence they’d been counting on had been too damaged to ascertain anything from it, and their only lead was lost.
But if he’d been a bit more careful in preserving it—!
He was expecting anything but the slightly rough brush of his hair. The scientist initially glanced up in confusion, though he wasn’t going to stop the other— it was the distraction he wanted. And it felt good.
“…Why’d you do that?”
“I’ll tell the mayor to change the name to Bring-an-umbrella-or-you’re-going-to-get-soaked-it-rains-nine-days-out-of-ten Valley.”
Basil snickered, raising his hand to stifle the laughs unconsciously before dropping it— nobody was around— the rain would drown out everything. Hell they could sing and nobody would hear.
“…Work. I’m a forensic tech but the evidence was too damaged to get anything from and—!”
He sighed.
“Sorry, I’m just frustrated…”
“Ah, it’s fine…”
Forensics? Kaito had definitely underestimated the guy’s age, if he was already working at that kind of job. Not that it really mattered, he supposed. And he hadn’t really noticed the other was irritated, else he wouldn’t have just come up and started messing with his hair. The small beetle must’ve caught more of his focus than he thought… At least the guy hadn’t gotten more annoyed by it.
“I’m sure it gets stressful when something like that happens…” The magician paused and brought his arms back down before continuing.
“…What kind of evidence was it?”
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