Going Through the Motions - Children


The children were loud. Loud and annoying.

'Can you all just shut up for a second?' That was what he wanted to say. But of course, he wouldn't, they were children, after all. Brats, who were curious, about everything and everyone. Who cried after they scraped their knee. For who not getting the toy they wanted was one of the biggest problems in the world.

Shinichi shook his head. He was not being fair. His friends were actually surprisingly mature for a good amount of time, even if they brought him headaches from time to time. And they were still children, after all. He couldn't blame them.

You're one too, right.

Well yeah, to the outside world, he was as much as a kid as them.

However, right now, they were being very bothersome.

He'd just wanted to read some case files he'd snatched when no one had been looking. He'd just wanted some rest, some peace of mind, some time to get away from the worries that were constantly close to the surface.

Haibara was not helping at all. From the corner of his eye, he could see her silently grinning at him. Damn her. But it was probably his own fault for making fun of her the other day. Damn him and his big mouth.

"Conaannn..."

He sighed, putting down the papers he'd been trying to pay attention to, briefly closing his eyes.

He was tired.

"Okayyy, I'm coming!"

And there were just too many reasons he could list why.