John stared at Sherlock's form outlined in the light for a moment. For some reason it seemed to be taking a second to process the fact that, yes, Sherlock was standing there, and yes, Sherlock had caught John snooping about in his room.
"I was just- uh-" John stumbled for words as he stood up.
Sherlock walked towards him and saw the note book in John's hand. He snatched it from him and read the label.
The surprise on his face melted to hurt, then anger.
"Why are you in my room, John?" Sherlock said. "Why are you snooping around?"
"I was uh- uh-" John said. "I was looking for a smell."
"A smell?" Sherlock repeated. It was obvious that he didn't believe John.
"Yeah, don't you smell that?" John asked. "Smells like... paint." John realized this for the first time.
"You don't think that could possibly be because Mrs. Hudson is repainting her kitchen?" Sherlock said sharply.
"I didn't think of that... I forgot her kitchen is beneath your bedroom. The smell probably came up through the vents..."
"You don't say?" Sherlock said sarcastically.
Sherlock looked around.
"You apparently found it necessary to search my entire room, even though you could have followed the smell directly to its source."
"I..." John didn't have an answer to this one.
There was a tense silence, and Sherlock walked towards the door after taking a deep breath.
He was about to leave the room when John spoke.
"You're always so private..." he said. "Can you really blame me for wondering about you? Wondering what's going on in that big head of yours every time we go on a case? What you do when you're alone? You knew almost everything about me from just one glance, and you filled in the rest so quickly..."
John paused, then finished.
"But I can't read people like you do." John said. "You keep every single important thought, opinion, and feeling all crunched up inside you."
Sherlock didn't answer.
"I don't know you, Sherlock." John said. "Not really."
A/N: So I know this is short, but this just seemed to be a good place to cut it off at. Since it's short, I'll probably have the next one up very, very soon. I can't wait to write more! So, anyway, Reviews please!