“Why does everyone think I’m cute?” He may be sulking, oops. He really doesn’t get why people think he’s cute. He’s definitely not, wasn’t even before he’d turned into Conan. Especially now that he’s shorter then before and underweight. He has to look far too terrible to be cut-
“W-wait, what was that last part?” Had he heard that right? There was no way the master thief could love him. Surely he misheard.

“The last part? Oh… the one about the fact that I care greatly about the adorable detective in front of me who’s slightly stuttering at being too distracted by the word ‘cute’ to pay as much attention to the word ‘love’? Is that the one you meant?~”
Yep, he’s definitely in a mood tonight, that he was just going around and saying thing like this so casually -if slightly teasingly as well- and reaching out to lightly wrap his arms around Shinichi while smiling softly.