Mission 4: Movie Night
"Here, Mouri-sensei." Amuro said while handing him a can of beer.
It was another day of performing as Amuro Tooru: "novice" detective and pupil of Mouri Kogoro.
"Amuro-kun, can you check when Yoko-chan's performance is supposed to air?" The middle-aged detective asked, opening the can.
Amuro skimmed through the TV Guide. "Let's see... at 3:00 p.m."
Kogoro suddenly choked up.
"It's 3:05 right now! What the, why won't the stupid TV turn on?!" He yelled frantically while banging on the television.
"Geez, Dad. That's the wrong button." Ran sighed while turning on the TV.
Amuro chuckled while continuing to skim through the TV guide.
'Hm? Tonight, they're airing…
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"Gomera marathon? Pass. I've already seen them all, anyway." Haibara refused.
"You have? I didn't think you liked those types of movies." Amuro said.
"They're all right. I watched them with the kids when we went to the movies."
"Oh yeah, those kids... they seem to like you a lot." He smiled, petting her head. "Should I start calling you 'Haibara-neechan?'"
She removed his hand. "Please don't."
"Ha ha, all right. But there's no harm in re-watching them, right? We can see them together with Subaru-san at his place, and-"
"So that's why you want to see them." She sighed. "As an excuse to get into his house?"
"Of course, because the LAST time we tried to search his place, a certain someone got sidetracked by some stupid soccer player." He said, slightly annoyed.
Normally, Haibara would defend Higo-kun, but she couldn't help but smirk by his apparent jealousy.
She was ready to tease him about it, but he beat her to it.
His face suddenly came very close to hers.
"Don't worry, Haibara-chan. If you get scared, You can hold onto me." He grinned, earning a light smack on the head.
"Whatever. Let's just hurry up and ask him, okay?" she said, annoyed.
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They were knocking on his door, but no answer. "I guess he's out, oh well..." Haibara said, heading back home.
"Wait, isn't that him over there?" Amuro pointed, grabbing Haibara's hand and running towards the man. "Subaru-san!" He called out.
Subaru turned around. "Ah, you two." He said, waiting for them to catch up. "It's a pleasant day today, so I decided to go to the grocery store on foot. You're welcome to join me. I'm making curry."
'Curry!' Amuro's mouth began to water. He shook his head. "We would love to!"
The three of them began walking together.
"Actually, we were wondering if we could watch the Gomera marathon at your place." Amuro asked. "We'd watch it at Agasa's place, but he has to get up really early in the morning, and we wouldn't want to keep him awake with the noise. Plus, Haibara-chan is too scared to watch it by herself."
Amuro glanced at Haibara, noticing she looked a little mad... and blushing? She forcefully took her hand from his grasp. He forgot he was still holding it.
Smiling, he was ready to mess with her, but Subaru interrupted him.
"Is that true? Are you scared, Haibara-san?" Subaru teased.
Haibara gulped as she internally sighed. "Yeah, I can't watch it by myself!" She whined in her fake kid voice. "But I wuv Gomera, will you watch it with us?"
"Pfft." Subaru failed to hold back laughter, much to the annoyance of Haibara.
"Sure." He agreed, stopping in front of the store.
"Well, we're here! This won't be too long." He said as they entered through the automatic doors.
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The trio began to collect ingredients. "Amuro-kun, can you bring me these spices?" Subaru asked as he showed him a list.
"Sure." Amuro nodded. He remembered exactly where it was from the time he followed Subaru.
"Don't you cook anything else?" Haibara asked. "A man should learn how to make a variety of things. You won't get any girls by stuffing them with curry every time."
He smiled. "No worries, princess." He pat her head. "I have you, don't I?"
She was about to smack his hand away, frustrated by the repetitive head-patting, but Amuro suddenly came in between them.
"Here." He said, lightly shoving the bottles on Subaru's chest.
Subaru was amused by Amuro's possessive side. Behind him, he could hear Haibara mumbling.
"I'm not a child."
He smiled to himself.
'I know...'
After checking out, the three of them headed back to Subaru's place.
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Subaru was in the kitchen, and the marathon was starting in 15 minutes. Amuro and Haibara were searching the house, but to no avail. Haibara was upstairs while Amuro was sneaking around the library.
'Books, albums, papers... nothing helpful.' Amuro thought.
"Looking for something?" Subaru said from behind, making Amuro jump a little.
"Oh, I uh... was looking for the bathroom." Amuro said nervously.
"Down the hall, on your right" Subaru pointed.
"Thanks..."
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Haibara was searching the bedrooms. She smiled as she came across an old picture of the Kudo family.
"You better hurry..." An eerie voice crept up behind her.
She gasped, turning around.
"The movie's about to start!" Subaru said as he guided her out of the room.
Haibara and Amuro were both on the couch, eating some curry and enjoying the movie. They waited until Subaru was far away enough to speak.
"Find anything?" Haibara whispered as she put down her finished plate.
"No, you?"
She shook her head, yawning.
"Tired already? There's still 8 more movies to go!" He said, waiting for a response.
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"Haibara-chan?" He looked over at her, smiling at the sleeping figure next to him.
"She's asleep?" Subaru whispered as he walked over to him.
"Yeah." Amuro said as he shut off the TV.
"How about we let her stay here for the night?" Subaru offered.
Amuro hesitated for a second. "...That's fine."
He smiled. "You care a lot about her, don't you? That's sweet."
"Yeah, I do." Amuro said in a serious tone. He was about to head out, but he suddenly turned towards Subaru. "Can I talk to you for a second?"
Subaru seemed a little surprised by this. "Sure." He motioned him to come into the kitchen, not wanting to disturb Haibara.
He started quietly putting the dishes away. "What's on your mind?"
"I don't completely trust you, but I don't think you're a bad person, Subaru-san." Amuro began speaking. "I know exactly who you are, and what kind of person you are, but I don't think you're the type to hurt Haibara-chan.
He looked up at Subaru with a threatening glare.
That's the only reason I'm okay with leaving her alone with you."
Subaru smirked. "Of course. I'll always protect her, with my life even. After all..." Subaru looked at Haibara from a distance.
'After all...?' Amuro gulped with anticipation.
"That's what neighbors are for, right?" Subaru smiled innocently.
"Um, not really...anyway, I better head back home." Amuro said as walked to the porch.
"Have a good night, Amuro-san." Subaru said as he closed the door.
He sighed, removing his voice-changing choker.
After all... I promised Akemi.' Akai thought as he covered Haibara with a blanket.
'I'm sorry, Furuya-san. I can't tell her, not yet. I know she'd hate me if she knew...' He looked down at Haibara as she peacefully slept.
"I'm sorry..." Subaru whispered a name nobody had called Haibara in a long time.
"Shiho."
The door suddenly swung open, surprising Subaru. 'Did he hear me?' He worryingly thought.
"And by the way, I'm the only one that gets to pat her head like that." Amuro said before closing the door.
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