"Wow," Kaito breathed, looking genuinely awed. "You're taking a day off. A real day off. A miracle has happened!" He swooned.
Shinichi rolled his eyes at him.
"Come on, I'm not that bad!" He insisted, double-checking everything in the picnic basket. "If I were, you'd start kidnapping me, and, I don't know, shove me off to some random resort, or something. On a deserted island."
Kaito grinned, amused.
"Yep!" He nodded, proudly. He would do that.
It was true that Shinichi was a workaholic. But what he did was very important; he put criminals and murderers behind bars so that they would never kill again, and he gave peace to the dead, giving the restless, angry, hurt, and confused souls the justice that they surely wanted, and he gave answers to grieving families (because it's always someone's brother, sister, daughter, son, father, mother, or lover that's been lost – snatched away from them), and all the while he's teaching law enforcement officers to see and to open their minds, and learn. The more that they learned, meant that more lives could be saved in the future, instead of being one step behind – too late to do anything except tie up loose ends.
Shinichi did important work, and Kaito's never begrudged him of that. In fact, Kaito was damn proud of him – his boyfriend was pretty impressive. A real, modern day Sherlock Holmes.
However, Kaito knew that Shinichi wasn't indestructible, or unaffected by the things he witnesses. Shinichi has returned home, broken and emotionally scarred, too many times to count. It doesn't happen often, but he will occasionally come home, lost, and seeking comfort from his Pillar of Strength; in Kaito's waiting arms, warm and compassionate, and in his voice, that sung Shinichi's precious lullaby (custom-made just for him), in order to soothe his troubled mind and ease his weary heart, which was always too big, too caring, and always caused him so much pain, because in the end, Shinichi cares too much...
Kaito knew better than anyone that Shinichi wasn't indestructible.
Which was why he always made sure to badger Shinichi for a small (or long) vacation when he recognizes his breaking point – slowly sneaking in and settling behind tense eyes, forever blue and constantly seeing everything in the world, the good and the bad. Sometimes, too much of the bad, and not enough of the good, and that could screw up anyone.
Kaito sighed, smiling faintly as he watched Shinichi close the picnic basket, finally satisfied that they had everything for their picnic.
This time, he didn't even need to badger his beloved detective for a break.
Shinichi decided all on his own.
"Ready?" Kaito grinned.
Shinichi nodded, pausing to lean over and kiss Kaito.
"Ready," He breathed, smiling gently at sparkling indigo eyes that practically beamed at him with happiness.
Glasses: I totally forgot that I had this in storage. Whoops. XD
