Toy: She watched him reenact A Study in Scarlet with his Sherlock Holmes doll with an indulgent smile on her face. She was glad Shinichi was the easiest person to buy a gift for because otherwise she wasn't sure how she'd manage it, having only the night before Christmas to do her present shopping because of a very busy week.
Shiho being Shiho of course, couldn't resist getting a dig in.
"Having fun playing with your dolls?"
"They're called action figures" Shinichi shoots back, his attention not straying from his toy. Honestly she thought, he could be such a kid sometimes.
Riddle: Sometimes, Shinichi wonders if his feelings are really that much of a riddle. How isn't it written all over his face, especially to her, his most trusted partner, his other half? And yet, somehow, Miyano Shiho hasn't noticed that he, Shinichi Kudo, is in love with her.
He should be glad - he and Ran just split up, he shouldn't rush from heartbreak to heartbreak. But he can't help himself, the heart wants what the heart wants. No one says it has to have good sense.
Really though how can she not know when his heart sings everytime she is near.
Open: The only time Shiho allows herself to be open with her feelings is when she's talking about Ryusuke Higo. Then she is open with her admiration - for him as a soccer player, for his kindness, for keeping his chin up when he was betrayed by his former team. Most other times Shiho is guarded, her words shrouded in double meanings.
Even with him, Shinichi notices. It makes him jealous, because he hears her prasing Ryusuke so openly and he knows it is genuine but Higo, that bastard will never understand just how much of a compliment he has been paid.
World: Their relationship isn't all that different from before becoming girlfriend and boyfriend. That quiet steady sense of partnership hasn't changed, except now, she notices that sometimes he has an extremely tender look in his eyes when he looks at her. It comes up on those lazy Sunday mornings when he wakes up before her and then decides to give her a foot massage because she's been complaining about aching feet the whole week, and he'll just look at her like she is his whole world, and she won't be able to stop her face from contorting into a goofy smile.
Yearn: Shiho hasn't exactly ever yearned for a normal life. In the organization she learned not to expect such things. Her sister had been enough for her, and when she died, well, there was no room in the Organization for foolish sentimentality.
Shiho Miyano was too practical to waste time on what ifs, because in her circumstances, if she took her mind off the here and now, something could kill her.
Still, she thinks, as the wind blows through her hair in Disney world, and shinichi takes another stupid photo, she may have not yearned for it, but normal was nice.
Year: Spending a year without Shinichi has been harder than she imagined. On the outside, one wouldn't realize Miyano Shiho was so affected, but on the inside she was lonely. There was so many snide remarks she had wanted to turn around and make to him, so many moments they would have shared together. She knows she can call him, and she has every chance she gets, but it isn't the same. Nothing is the same. She is so used to having her partner in crime for so long, it feels like a phantom limb is missing now that he's gone.
New: They're relationship is still new, still coffee dates and sunlit strolls in the park (although this isn't really a date as much as it was a stakeout) and laughing at bad movies, but he knows. He wants this to work, but there are adjustments to be made. Now that they're lovers, their insecurities and hurts, things that can't be brushed off with some witty banter, are harder to hide. He can't look away from Shiho's eyes and pretend nothing is wrong after a bitter run in with Ran. It doesn't work like that anymore. They don't work like that anymore.
Hunger: There's a hunger to her eyes when she closes the door, a sashay to her steps that promises trouble. He audibly gulp. Shinichi Kudo is weak to his girlfriend most of the time, but he can never resist her when she's like this, not that he'd want to.
"What's brought this on" he stammers, suddenly feeling too clothed.
"You" she says forcefully, "have been gone too long. I will have to punish you"
"Oh and what might my punishment be" he gasps as her fingers work their way down.
"Oh you'll find out" she says as she licks her lips.
Formula: He's staring down a baby. Shinichi Kudo, greatest detective in the world, is staring down a baby. Of all the places his life could go, he didn't expect this to be one of them, but Shiho had to fill in for a coworker, and Kudo had promised her he could handle one 7 month old so here he was. Drawing on extensive experience with the justice system, Shinichi attempts a plea bargain.
"Look, just one bite, I promise you. Your mother would make you do more"
It's then that Shiho walks in.
"You're bargaining with a baby" she wryly observes.
Willpower: Ultimately, magic is a question of willpower, and Shinichi had always been able to hold his own against anybody on those grounds. That is until he meets the strawberry blonde magician who ambushed his caravan. He's managed to establish a barrier to block her beam of radiant light, but he can feel himself being pushed back. This woman is good, yet he's never heard of her.
The barrier breaks and he falls on his feet. She approaches him wand drawn.
"Give me your valuables"
"Can I atleast know your name first?"
She appraises him for a moment, then says, "Sherry"
A/N: I'm back, this time with my entries for the 100 word drabble challenge on the CoAi server. This fic will serve as where I dump the results of these challenges