The moon is beautiful, isn't it?

by Miss SunnySunshine

He looks outside through the massive glass walls where the orange and purple hues of the sky are darker than when they arrived. The moon isn't out yet. Defeated, he slumps down and covers his face with both hands. "Yeah, the moon is beautiful." A collection of unrelated and plotless (very short) one-shots. Pairing: CoAi/ShinShi

5. Thought you needed it

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Detective Conan.

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Thought you needed it

The sweltering summer afternoon heat is too much for Haibara Ai. Sweat keeps on forming on her forehead and she hates the stuffy feeling she is getting. Regardless, she remains in her place at the bleachers in the soccer field of Teitan High. Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta have gone to buy some cold drinks, their poor attempt to counter the heat.

While fanning her face with her hand, Haibara looks over the field where two sets of players are doing their warm-ups. There, amongst the blue and white striped players, is none other than the cause of her current predicament.

Well, not really.

But the rest of the Detective Boys are there to watch him play at an unofficial game. The summer season has just started and in a few days the opening of the Summer Soccer Tournament for high school will commence. And it will be his first official game as a high school student. Edogawa Conan's, that is.

Haibara watches him deftly move around while keeping the ball to himself. He truly is skillful and he looks to be enjoying the moment more than anything.

One moment he is on the field and then the next he is at their dugout. Before she knows it, he is already jogging towards her direction holding something round, though from afar, she can't make out what it is.

"Yo," first-year high schooler Edogawa Conan casually greets as he sits beside her on the bleacher.

"Hey," she greets back while not really looking at him, and instead focuses her eyes on the field.

"Where are the others?" Conan asks conversationally.

"Went to buy drinks," she simply says. Then she turns her head to face him. "And? Why are you here?"

"You looked lonely."

"I do not."

"And irritated."

"I am not."

Conan merely laughs humorlessly. Right, maybe not lonely but definitely irritated, he thought. Probably due to the heat, he added. Everybody knows she hates the heat.

On the field, each team starts to gather around for one last pep talk before the start of the game. Conan stands up, ready to leave.

"Here," he places a baseball cap on Haibara's head. "Thought you needed it." He gives her a boyish grin and a mock salute. "Wish me luck, hey?" then he dashes back to their team's dugout.

Haibara smiles, adjusts the cap on her head and silently wishes him luck.

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta arrive with assorted cold drinks and the game starts.