*looks at the reviews* Wow... ya mean people are actually READING this?! O_O
Many thanks for the reviews and the comments on our sanity. And I assure you, the pixie stix only put us to sleep. No sugar nessacary.
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"Have you found them yet?" Agasa called frantically from the other room.
"Not yet." Ai called back, calmly sorting through the papers in the drawer in the table next to the computer.
He made a grumbling noise as he continued his frantic search for the car keys. Ai shook her head, quietly amused. Really, it was amazing the lengths he'd subconsciously go to avoid a routine doctor's check-up. And he couldn't blame it on the mess anymore, she made sure the house was kept clean, or at the very least, tidy.
"We're going to be late." She reminded him, just to hear his reaction. He let out a muffled groan, the noise of him tearing the sofa apart in hopes of finding the illusive keys increasing. She laughed silently to herself. He really was amusing sometimes she mused silently. But then most geniuses had their own eccentricities.
Herself included.
A piece of paper with her name on it caught her eye and she pulled it out from the rest of the papers to get a closer look at it.
She read it, her eyes going wide as the colour drained from her face in shock.
And then she read it again.
"I found them!" Kudo called cheerfully from upstairs, his small feet lightly tripping down the stairs. She was marginally aware of his footsteps slowing as he approached her. "Haibara?"
"Thank you, Shin'ichi-kun!" Agasa called cheerfully, walking towards them as well. She looked up at him as he paused in the doorway, his grin fading into concern as he noticed her. "Something wrong, Ai-kun?"
"I... You..." She trailed off, for once at a loss of words as she looked at him, paper in hand. The other scientist leaned over, looking at it from an upside-down vantage point.
"Oh." He nodded. "You found it."
"Found what?" Kudo walked beside her, peering over her shoulder as well. "It's a copy of a... will?"
"Hagasei's will." She corrected, brushing a finger by her name, the part that had gained her attention. "You're leaving the house and lab to me? ... Why?"
He shuffled his feet and coughed nervously. "Well, ah, heh, it's just in case something happens, I wanted you to have a place to come home to. And my lab will be in good hands this way. It's not like anyone else would know what to do with it. ... And you're family after all..."
The doctor looked embarrassed and slightly fearful at the last part. She smiled at him, reaching up to wrap her smaller hand around his and giving it a gentle squeeze, saying in a gesture what she couldn't say out loud. Family. It was a while since she'd been able to have a family. And if she could consider anyone family currently, it would be him. A kind, protective Brother-Uncle-Grandfather, who cared for her, not because of her mind or because they were both scientists, but because he wanted to.
And because even if she wouldn't admit it, she was fond of him too.
He smiled back in understanding, his hand curling around hers for a moment.
Then Kudo ruined the moment by smiling at them and putting his hands in his pockets, the looked for car keys jingling.
"Well then." She smiled at him as she straightened her shoulders in a business like manner. "We should do our best to make sure that you live a long time, shouldn't we, Hagasei?"
He smiled at her, a sweatdrop sliding down the side of his face.
It was amazing that someone could look so proud and yet so nervous at the same time...
-fin-
Because Ai really does act like his wife. ^__^;;
Many thanks for the reviews and the comments on our sanity. And I assure you, the pixie stix only put us to sleep. No sugar nessacary.
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"Have you found them yet?" Agasa called frantically from the other room.
"Not yet." Ai called back, calmly sorting through the papers in the drawer in the table next to the computer.
He made a grumbling noise as he continued his frantic search for the car keys. Ai shook her head, quietly amused. Really, it was amazing the lengths he'd subconsciously go to avoid a routine doctor's check-up. And he couldn't blame it on the mess anymore, she made sure the house was kept clean, or at the very least, tidy.
"We're going to be late." She reminded him, just to hear his reaction. He let out a muffled groan, the noise of him tearing the sofa apart in hopes of finding the illusive keys increasing. She laughed silently to herself. He really was amusing sometimes she mused silently. But then most geniuses had their own eccentricities.
Herself included.
A piece of paper with her name on it caught her eye and she pulled it out from the rest of the papers to get a closer look at it.
She read it, her eyes going wide as the colour drained from her face in shock.
And then she read it again.
"I found them!" Kudo called cheerfully from upstairs, his small feet lightly tripping down the stairs. She was marginally aware of his footsteps slowing as he approached her. "Haibara?"
"Thank you, Shin'ichi-kun!" Agasa called cheerfully, walking towards them as well. She looked up at him as he paused in the doorway, his grin fading into concern as he noticed her. "Something wrong, Ai-kun?"
"I... You..." She trailed off, for once at a loss of words as she looked at him, paper in hand. The other scientist leaned over, looking at it from an upside-down vantage point.
"Oh." He nodded. "You found it."
"Found what?" Kudo walked beside her, peering over her shoulder as well. "It's a copy of a... will?"
"Hagasei's will." She corrected, brushing a finger by her name, the part that had gained her attention. "You're leaving the house and lab to me? ... Why?"
He shuffled his feet and coughed nervously. "Well, ah, heh, it's just in case something happens, I wanted you to have a place to come home to. And my lab will be in good hands this way. It's not like anyone else would know what to do with it. ... And you're family after all..."
The doctor looked embarrassed and slightly fearful at the last part. She smiled at him, reaching up to wrap her smaller hand around his and giving it a gentle squeeze, saying in a gesture what she couldn't say out loud. Family. It was a while since she'd been able to have a family. And if she could consider anyone family currently, it would be him. A kind, protective Brother-Uncle-Grandfather, who cared for her, not because of her mind or because they were both scientists, but because he wanted to.
And because even if she wouldn't admit it, she was fond of him too.
He smiled back in understanding, his hand curling around hers for a moment.
Then Kudo ruined the moment by smiling at them and putting his hands in his pockets, the looked for car keys jingling.
"Well then." She smiled at him as she straightened her shoulders in a business like manner. "We should do our best to make sure that you live a long time, shouldn't we, Hagasei?"
He smiled at her, a sweatdrop sliding down the side of his face.
It was amazing that someone could look so proud and yet so nervous at the same time...
-fin-
Because Ai really does act like his wife. ^__^;;