
((Thank you…! Not sure what I did, but thank you for letting me know. <3))

((Thank you…! Not sure what I did, but thank you for letting me know. <3))

“Chocolate!”

“No, Mun-san, I shan’t share. Not one bit.”

“HEEEYYYYY!”

“…Why, Hattori. I never expected to hear such high words of praise from you… Do we need to set time aside for a little personal chat later? One-on-one? Perhaps with the aforementioned sake…"

“Now that’s just cruel. Not only are crumpets vastly superior, but we likewise have English Muffins in England and they’re fairly similar to your processed American ones…"

“Heh…”

“…It seems that someone’s been reading my journal again.”

“Not that it’s any of your business… but… yes, I’d considered that, too. He always return what he steal, doesn’t he? Including hearts, I suppose. It’s… it’s not his fault that I… so willingly and foolishly fell into that trap. He has his own duties, his own responsibilities. I’m a liability. And while he has me, that’s one less detective on his trail… who, hell, may be useful for a good time now and again…
"It’s not as though I could expect him to really love me…"

“That… that is a risk that I have considered, but even if it were true, I’m taking my own precautions to avoid that very issue. The amount of information that he’s trusted me with is questionable, but this is not actually uncommon with other clients. As long as I maintain professional boundaries, I’ll be fine… I’ll be fine. I trust my sensei. I do.”

“Understood. Let me know if there’s anything that I can do to be of assistance and, please, do take care."

“Oh, you want to come with me, sweetheart?” Hakuba glanced at his wrist watch, then over toward the door to the lab. Hmm. “Well, I suppose you could, but I’m fairly certain that you don’t have your police badge yet. How about you help me make some tea for your dear darling mum, and we’ll use it to coax her from her work, hmmm~?”

“Oh, I suspect that he’ll be along in the next hour or so. We should really get dinner ready for him though, hm~? Security is very serious business, you know. He’ll likely be very hungry. But!” He closed his current case file and pushed back from his desk to stand, walking around to take the eager boy’s hand. “Once that’s all sorted, we’ll watch whatever you’d like. Have you picked something out yet?"