Reflection
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Case over and done with, Kaito was wandering along the street with Shinichi while the Shounen Tantei swarmed around their legs. Three of the little monsters were chattering quite happily about the case. Kaito, frankly, didn't know what was so exciting about a dead body.
It made him faintly nauseous, really.
Only one of them remained as quiet as ever. With his hands clasped behind his head as he sauntered along, Kaito cast a sidelong look down at the little Haibara girl...only to find that the girl in question was already watching him. Usually he could tell when he was being watched, so either he was off his game, the girl hadn't been staring long, or...
Or, maybe, she was like the Princess used to be. Giving this thought some reflection, Kaito wasn't sure if he ought to be amused or scared. Then the weird little girl smirked at him, and looked away. Staring oddly at her, Kaito wondered what that was about.
"Thanks for letting us come... ah... Shinichi-niisan!" Ayumi chirped, looking like she wanted to hug the detective's legs.
"Yeah!" Mitsuhiko put in. "You should come play with us sometime." Then, he paused, "Well, if you want..."
Shinichi grinned, rubbing the back of his neck, apparently at a loss for how to respond. Kaito, bounced over and slung an arm around the detective's shoulders. Grinning, and winking cheerfully at the brats, he assured them, "It's a date. I'll make sure he comes!"
While the kids cheered, and ran off with a few final waves, Shinichi tried to shove him off without succeeding, at least, until an amused, quiet, voice piped up, "You two are making a scene."
Turning to give Haibara a petulant look, Kaito replied, "This isn't a scene."
And, reaching into his pockets for miscellaneous noisy, and eye catching, tricks he proceeded to show them what a scene really was.