The package
It was pretty quiet considering they were back in the Kudo manor. The current only resident in the manor was temporarily dethroned by the previous king of the manor, Yuusaku Kudo. His parents were back for a week before jetting off to another exotic destination once again leaving their only son behind. Not that he had any intention on coming with them if they asked again.
He was expecting the package now. Any day in this week and he'd have it.
It was a Saturday. Meaning no classes. No homework. Nothing much to worry about. It was pretty hard to entertain one's self. But he never liked the feeling of boredom. So he picked up a copy of "A Study in Scarlet" and started reading it. Again.
Ah. The life of an ordinary teenage boy. But then again ordinary never did fit him quite right. For one, dead bodies seemed to follow him everywhere. He liked to believe that it was not his fault. But then again, he never did like lying to himself. And it was a proven thing.
He heard a few rustles reminding himself that his parents were back. Someone was approaching his room.
"Shin-chan! A package arrived for you," Yukiko Kudo said with her very sing-song voice. His mother did like to baby him. Well, what would one expect with being an only child?
He reached for it. His mother withheld it.
"We'll be going out. Okay?" she said.
Wow. Big surprise. They were here not more than half a day or so. They didn't really need his permission. Really.
"Where you off to?" he replied.
"Eri called. Isn't that great? We thought we'd do a bit of catching up".
"Okay. See you later then," he said as he reached for the package.
"We'll bring home dinner". Then she smiled and left.
After examining the box, to make sure that it was unopened, he immediately unwrapped the package.
Finally. It was here.
He sat on his bed and began to take immediate action to spend his time with it.
Imagine Yukiko and Yuusaku's surprise to find their son sitting on his bed in his room holding, most likely, the object he had received earlier in the mail.
There was a total concentration on his face suggesting that the challenge had taken up his time since they left late in the afternoon. It was now late in the evening. It seemed he had it for over four hours and he was still at it. Squealing joy through the walls of his room whenever he achieved some unknown goal. Shinichi suddenly stop up, fists in the air dropping the object of his utter elation on the bed with no idea he was being watched. His parents hastily went into the hall and pretended to just have come upstairs. He flashed a quick silver grin toward his parents direction while humming an unknown tune beneath his breath. Thank goodness he was not that happy that he'd start singing aloud. YET.
After hearing the front door open and close, they heaved a sigh of relief. His curious parents then went back into his room to check if they'd seen what they thought they'd seen.
Cautiously entering the teenager's lair as if expecting a trap of some kind. They stood beside his bed and looked at the floor wherein a new laptop sat askew. But it wasn't the object of his utter fascination. There lay on his bed a couple of popped bubble wraps.
Go figure.
BUBBLE WRAPS.
That was what Shinichi did on his precious time. Popping bubble wraps. And who would fault both parents if they can not contain themselves from laughing too hard they almost doubled over on the floor.
Shinichi and bubble wraps. Who knew?
It just popped into my head.
Popped. Get it? A have a whacked sense of humor. I know! I'm trying to deal with it.
Anyway, sorry it took long.
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Bubble wraps are very, very addictive.
You should try it some time, normal person!