A/N: some of the more tolerable stuff i've written on the coai discord for a writing event
one.
She dreams of slow days at home, tucked in the corner of her couch, warm, content, a well-loved song on her lips.
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two.
It's somewhat of an odd thing, how Shiho looks at him the way she looks at Agasa or the kids.
Shinichi isn't used to this, the kind of warmth she shows him, no longer marred by suspicion and curious dejection. Her kindness comes easily now, in the way she spoils him when she remembers to buy him a slice of lemon pie, his favourite, or in the simplicity of showing him a genuine smile.
Odd, really. How it makes his heart thump inside his chest, affection blooming there.
One day, when he looks back at her—and Shinichi knows what he must look like—Shiho stops, stunned.
He smiles. "Can I kiss you?"