He knew he shouldn’t be there in his current condition, face seemingly permanently stained red and he hoped he could lie convincingly enough to the thief he asked. He couldn’t help that his hormones had been going a little more haywire then usual, a side effect from the Apotoxin Haibara had told him. This really was the worst time to come to a KID heist.
Maybe he should go, he could likely leave before KID showed up since he seemed to be having fun toying with the Task Force. Turning to go with that decision in mind, he hoped maybe he could actually leave before the thief showed up and he’d have to try and explain his fevered look and uh… physical evidence to what exactly was wrong with the detective.
“I should have never promised I’d try to make it to all of his heists,” he murmured to himself.
He really wasn’t sick, so the thief didn’t have to worry about that being a lie or anything. His weird behavior could easily be explained if the thief would simply look down and Shinichi was glad he hadn’t yet. He tried to give him his usual deadpanned look to show that yes, he did say so. He was completely sure.
It vanished at the sight of KID’s smile though, the detective about to return it when he was suddenly pulled into a hug. And when KID hugged him it was always a full body, close contact hug. He could feel panic rising, his problem would quickly be found out this way! But he couldn’t just pull away, he had to keep acting like everything was fine or the thief would worry more. Shit. Shit.
“Too offended,” he echoed with a roll of his eyes, trying to keep his voice from giving him away more so. “Arrogant thief. I know I know don’t have to come to every heist.”
The thief blinked as he felt something against his leg. He pulled back some as the detective spoke, the words barely registering, and finally looked down, staring for a few moments. Then he turned his face back towards Shinichi, raising an eyebrow and giving a slight smirk, arms still around the other.
That certainly answers everything.
“…Need help with something, tantei-kun?”
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