shuchi had woken softly "mph.." he scrunched up his nose as he woke up.. this wasn't the smell of his dorm, and these weren't his blankets "where?.." an then he seen kaito, his mind relapsed over his memorys "d..did you not sleep?" he asked softly as he sat up.
Kaito looked at the other. "Oh, hey, you're up. You were kinda half-asleep when I brought you here, so I guess you are confused. Well, I just took you back to my place since you haven't been caring for yourself on your own.." He sighed. "And I found it more important to ensure you were asleep, so I did not, but I am perfectly fine!" He smiled a bit, trying to reassure him.
shuchi grunted " you yelled at me for not sleeping and then you did the same?" he asked sarcastically.
"I'd argue, but you've got a point.." He sighed. "But calm down… I was just trying to make sure you were sleeping peacefully… I can go a night without sleeping and be just fine. I just wanted to make sure you'd be okay…"
shuchi shook his head and gave the other a hug. " just dont worry to much. i got to get back to work.." he said an moved to get up.
"Bringing up the point I made last night, even if it is stupid, are you sure you're in any condition to be working? You were so exhausted that you didn't even make it home last night.." He sighed as his eyes met Shuichi's. "Be honest with me here. I'm not trying to worry; I'm just trying to make sure you're okay.."
" i- " he sighed " i not sure okay? im just trying my best. its all i can do," he said softy and leaned on kaito. he was tired but his station needed him.
"I never said you had to know for sure. I just wanted you to be honest with me.." He held the other close to him. "Given what's going on, I'll let you go to work, but I seriously have to remind you to take a break if it becomes too much for you. I don't need you collapsing because of exhaustion, you know.."
" yeah, " he chuckled softly, nuzzling into the crook of kaitos neck. " your always so warm, how?" he asked jokingly
Kaito chuckled at the question. "It's just natural, I guess." He replied in the same joking manner that Shuichi had asked in. "Good to see you're in a better mood."
shuchi sighed softly. " you can come to work with me if you want, just to sooth your stressing. but either way i still have to go. " he said and sat up all the way.
"I'll stick around if I can, but I'm not sure they're gonna allow some random person to just randomly stand there. I'm still gonna try just to make sure you'll be okay.." He stood up, and his tone was implying that he still had his doubts, but he was considerably less worried that the previous night.
shuchi nodded and stood up, stretching out his smaller body. " so did you ever find anyone after high school?" he asked
Kaito sighed and shook his head. "I wanted to date Maki, but it turns out that she's lesbian, so that didn't work out. I think she's dating Kaede now, and I'm happy for them." He smiled a bit. "What about you?"
"no, no one really knows me enough to get that close, or they just didn't try," he said and looked to the other for a moment before walking out to the street with the other.
"That's fair, really." He nodded in understanding.
After that conversation, they fell silent. Neither really knew what to say. Before they really knew it, they had found their way back to the crime scene that Shuichi was investigating the night before.
shuchi sighed and got back to work, picking out details he hadn't seen during the night. he immediately started to piece things together, his little stature running around and trying to get things. it was honestly kinda cute to see him thinking so hard.
Kaito did find that to be rather adorable. He smiled at it and would think about it throughout the day, though he remained silent, knowing that Shuichi needed to focus on everything if the case was going to get solved. Things were fairly calm for a while…
shuchi sat huffing as hed ran everywhere hed gone " i got it! the boss knows." he said and took a deep breath to slow his racing heart
So, he's reached a conclusion. I knew he would. Kaito continued to smile to himself as he thought that, watching as Shuichi figured things out.
shuchi looked up to kaito " wanna sit?"
He looked at Shuichi, snapping out of his random thoughts of how adorable his best friend was. "I wouldn't mind. I see you've figured things out. I knew you would!"
shuchi smiled brightly " thanks for believing in me!" he said and giggled a bit
Kaito smiled in response. "I'll always believe in you, Shuichi! I mean, you're my best friend, and you're generally amazing!"
" you to kaito!" He said and smiled " let's get going. Their going to leave it to forensic for now."