Filler - Monsters
"Ne, Marie-chan?", Ayumi was sitting right in front of the smaller girl's desk.
Said girl lifted her head and tilted it questioningly.
"Are you okay? You've been spacing out"
A blink, then thoughtful expression.
"Well, I had a nightmare…", she trailed off.
Conan was eyeing his sister with pity. He seemed to know more. Ayumi only looked worried.
"That's bad! Were they the monsters?", she said the last word shuddering with fear.
Luckily that's when Mitsuhiko butted in, "Monsters? Phh, Those aren't real! They're only mythical creatures that never existed"
"B- But Ayumi has one in her closet!", the girl with a headband insisted.
"That's not possible. There are no monsters"
"Hey! Are you saying Ayumi is lying?", Genta, who had been eating his lunch, came to stand right behind Mitsuhiko.
Marie thought she'd seen the scene somewhere before but before she could dwell on it Ayumi was talking again.
"But it always comes to my dreams! It's big and dark… And it has horns"
Genta and Mitsuhiko exchanged glances.
"You know, Ayumi. It helps if you imagine it wearing something ridiculous. Like a ballerina-dress", Mitsuhiko told her.
Genta looked like he was thinking too, "Yeah. My mom told me to think the monster lives in a pink room hugging teddy bears or dressing up dolls"
Marie blinked, imagined Gin in a pink room hugging teddy bears and singing as dressing up dolls, talking to them in a silly voice you use for little children…
She couldn't help it. She burst out laughing.
"Pffff… HAHAHAHAHA!"
Everyone turned to her watching the scene oddly.
"Why is she laughing?", Genta asked frowning.
"HIHAHAHA!"
"Maybe she imagined her monster in a dress?", mused Mitsuhiko.
"I thought she might be imagining it playing nicely with babies", Ayumi said to the boy.
That earned a new burst of laughter as Marie doubled over holding her stomach, "No! Stop! I- It's too much! HAHAHA!"
Conan looked at the four with a bemused expression. He met Marie's eyes and the girl signed 'black' and 'pink' giving him a full understanding of the situation… which made him snort and put a hand on his mouth to hide his laughter.
The three real kids looked between the two clearly confused.
Conan got over his laughing fit faster, "T- Thanks guys! It- It helps a lot"
This only confused the trio more. They glanced at each other and shrugged, leaving the two in their fun.
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Yeah, so this wasn't a real chapter. Just a filler. I'll work on the real chapter next week or after it. Probably after, because tests and a vacation.