Shinichi hesitated at the entrance to their apartment. He'd run into three different crimes on the way to the restaurant, and by the time everything was cleared up, the restaurant was closed. He winced. Kaito was going to be so disappointed…

He hadn't even been able to let him know because his phone died by the time they were going to meet came around…

"Shinichi? What are you doing out here?"

Shinichi spun around, startled by Kaito and his sheepish smile. "I could ask you the same! I thought you'd be home since the restaurant was closed already."

"You didn't get my message?"

"My phone died a few hours ago."

"That explains the lack of response." Kaito grimaced. "I thought you were really mad. I actually got you these to apologize," he said, offering Shinichi a small bouquet of daisies, no doubt taken from work.

Shinichi accepted the flowers and handed Kaito a box of chocolates, smiling. "I ran into three cases on my way to the restaurant."

Kaito whistled, impressed. "I got called in to the flower shop. A bunch of orders got destroyed, and they needed me to remake them as quickly as I could. But then the truck got lost…" Kaito sighed. "I ended up delivering most of them myself. I figured I was already in hot water, so…"

Shinichi laughed with startled relief, taking his hand. "Why don't we do something special tomorrow instead? We can just stay in for tonight."

"Everything's always crazy busy today anyway," Kaito agreed. He kissed Shinichi's cheek and unlocked the front door, leading the way up to their apartment.

Together, they heated up leftovers and ate on the sofa, watching bad TV and chatting about how horrible their days were, how glad they were to finally be home.

Shinichi fell asleep on Kaito's shoulder sometime after midnight, only waking briefly when Kaito helped him into bed. He fell asleep as soon as Kaito crawled into bed, spooning up behind him. Kaito kissed the back of Shinichi's head.

"Happy Valentine's Day, Shinichi."

Shinichi mumbled a reply, no doubt garbled beyond understanding. Kaito didn't seem to mind.