i_s_l_a_n_d_rp | (no subject)

...just give me the comic book, Kazuha-neechan. [Standing up and REACHING for it. He wants his Holmes, gosh darn it!]

[ holding it high over her head ] That all depends on whether you're going to keep avoiding me or not. Conan-kun. ♥

....

[He should just go away.

But...Homles.

But he couldn't tell her.

But...it was HOLMES.]

...fine. I'll play hard ball.

[And that's him tickling her sides. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. It was one of the things that made him childish and he would not be denied his detective obsession!]

[ letting out a yelp, which is altering into very stifled laughter, and trying to squirm away, since standing up is a little hard right now ]

H-hey!

Give it! [Still tickling until she drops that comic! Or she restrains him. Either or.]

[ this is a 2-dan in aikido we're talking about, enjoy being grabbed and held with your arms pinned to your sides ]

... You really love Holmes, don't you?

[wqijwqiojewijewq stupid aikido!]

...the second time I met Hattori-niichan was at a Holmes Love gathering. [Of course he did.]

...

That guy...

Can I have my comic now?

Did you hear me the first time?

Nope. [Lies.]

Oh, well. I guess I'll just finish reading this then.

You don't even know what's going on!

Story of my life. It's not the first time I've been in the dark about something.

[Urk.]

....what does not avoiding you entail?

... Look, as long as you're here, I'm going to look out for you. So if you don't run away from me, I won't ask about that day.

...and does that apply when we go back home?

[ not looking too happy about that, but ~~hell Heiji's more likely to crack anyway~~ nodding ]

Yeah, even then.

...and you won't talk about it? To anyone?

[ ... shit. ]

Is it really that important?

...it is.

Not even Hattori-niichan. Because Hattori-niichan is barely convinced as is not to tell certain people. If you confronted him in your stubborn way, he'd probably say too much, then you'd get involved and you don't even have the protection of not being taken seriously.

In my stubborn--?

You say that, but I don't even know what I'm being protected from right now...

And that's how you're protected.

I'm not supposed to know. I found out because people won't think about what they say in front of a kid, no matter how smart he is. The only good thing is just like people don't think what they say in front of a kid, they won't just take anything at a kid's word. Just say the words 'over active imagination' and I'm easy to blow off.

But if I'm taken seriously, if it's known there's someone who is taking it seriously, then everyone who knows is in danger, even me.

... So in other words, you know something, and the only good thing is that you're being underestimated as a kid. And Heiji knows too...?

[ sighing and rubbing her forehead ] And so this is your way of protecting me, isn't it? Because you knew I'd ask that time, and you really might have told me.

Exactly. And Hattori-niichan is a good detective. He figured it out a long time ago. [He had to say it. He said Hattori would kill him if he got her involved. Or at least he suspected the other world, especially since he hadn't even told RAN the truth.]

I really don't like lying, Kazuha-neechan. [Which was true. Even know he was feeling guilty for lying.] But I know enough to know there's danger. If you had kept asking, I would have told you the whole truth without being able to stop. As long as you don't know, you're safe. [As long as she didn't follow them into a dangerous situation, anyway.]