“Well, he certainly didn’t /fit in/ at first, but after a bit of work–” He shook his head and quickly got Poker Face back in place, turning to face Hakuba again, face flushed with oh-so-hard-to-suppress-laughter. “Are you /sure/ you don’t remember…? And here it was such a /memorable/ night…!”

The notebook tumbled from Hakuba’s fumbling hands and fell to the floor as his expression turned to something horrified.

“Good God. No. Oh god, no that- no I ju- I no… No no no no.” The foreign detective shook his head, grimacing. He’d only been /that/ drunk once (or twice) before, and that had not ended well. “Ah, no… I mean… god, not again… R-really? With… with /Hattori/?! Ah… no… this isn’t what I’d imagined at /all/, oh god no.”

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