' hey, detective, it's your birthday today. ' a mischievous grin crosses his lips, and he raises his heels above the ground only to set them back down again ( a certain tell of him wanting to bounce on his toes that he allows himself to show the detective ). ' your present is me ~ do you want to unwrap me ~ ? '
「 A blink of his eyes, and realization comes a moment after. “ Oh, – ” That’s right, today is the date of his birth, and it must have slipped his mind again. The surprise almost made him miss seeing the way the other’s about to bounce on their toes, along with the curved grin widening across their mouth. Both are clear signs of excitement, but… for what ?
He pauses then, after hearing their question, and Shinichi, upon fitting two pieces together, suddenly feels heat rising on his cheeks.
“ You, – ” so, that’s why they were smiling the way they did. “ – I can’t believe you sometimes, – ” a hand half-covers his face as he says that, but it doesn’t do much help to hide the rosy tint across his face, nor the tips of his ears. 」
