DISCLAIMER: I do not own Detective Conan.
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With a strawberry on top
Shiho Miyano is currently focused on her research work down in her self-proclaimed laboratory in the basement of the Professor's house. When she hears thudding sounds from upstairs, the opening and closing of cupboard doors and the banging of utensils, she merely sighs as she already knew who the culprit is. When her door opens, the overly loud voice of a certain detective echoes within the room.
"Yo, Miyano! I brought some food," he said as he brought up the tray he was holding. "I have strawberry milk here. There's also strawberry cheesecake. Or would you rather have the strawberry shortcake? I also brought fresh strawberries if that's what you prefer?" He looks hopeful, comical even.
Shiho watches with a bored look as he grins sheepishly at her while holding out the tray with all the food he mentioned. "Are you bribing me, Kudo?" She looks unimpressed, and he looks appalled at the notion.
"I would never-" he starts protesting but the lady scientist in front of him cuts him off. "I'm still not going," she deadpans.
Shinichi's mouth opens in shock. "Oh come on, Miyano!" Shinichi places the tray on another table and walks to where she is sitting. "It's just for a night. What harm can it do?"
"Nothing," she simply says. He nods and starts to agree but she cuts him off once again. "But I would be wasting time frolicking in a celebrities' party wearing an uncomfortable long gown when I could have used the time to finish my research."
"I promise you it wouldn't be a waste of your time. You'll have fun, I'm sure," he tries to reason. "Besides, you've been cooped up here all this time. You need a breather or something."
Still looking unimpressed, Shiho says, "That's not really my idea of taking a breather, Kudo."
"But I need a date for that night!" He whines. Really childish in Shiho's opinion.
"Then go find someone else," she says. "Better yet, why don't you just bring your girlfriend with you?"
Shiho continues tapping on her laptop keyboard while occasionally glancing at the piece of paper on the side that has her messy handwriting. Meanwhile, Shinichi falls silent. And when he speaks again, his voice is so serious that Shiho has to stop with whatever she is doing to briefly glance at him. "You do know that Ran's not my girlfriend, Miyano."
The atmosphere somehow becomes heavy. Sensing the tension that she has inadvertently caused, Shiho changes topic. "You shouldn't have promised your mom like that in the first place."
"Well, I didn't like that she mocked me for always being date-less in all of her movie premieres," he mutters as he pouts. Really, can he get any more childish? This man-kid is so not cute at all.
And Shiho is a liar.
"She'll mock you even more if you come solo to the premiere."
"That's why I'm asking you, Miyano. Be my date please, with a strawberry on top," he pleads as he jokingly bats his eyes at her.
Shiho, looking bored, shoos him away. "Whatever. Just leave, Kudo. I'm busy." and she returns to her previous task - typing on her keyboard.
"I'll take that as a yes then?" he happily (and hopefully) says.
The young woman simply rolls her eyes as she gestures him to leave once again.
"Yes! Don't take it back 'cause whether you like it or not, I'm going to drag you to that party with me this Saturday, Miyano."
"Yeah, yeah whatever," she says boredly as she picks a piece of strawberry from the tray and pops it into her mouth.
"Great. I'll bring you more strawberries later." He turns to leave.
"You suck at bribing, Kudo," she says, to which Shinichi only laughs as he closes the door and leave her to her important research work.
OOC Shinichi and Shiho, but oh well ^u^'