Laughter, embarrassed and entertained at once. Ran hid her blushing face against his shoulder. "Yes, seriously."
"But in a purely aesthetic, 'I can appreciate the artistic value' way, right?"
" Shinichi... Celebrity crushes. Not Celebrities We'd Like To Hang Out With. You were the one saying she was cute a second ago!"
"Well yes, but I have to admit, I didn't expect you to say 'me too'."
She squirmed. "... Do you think it's weird?"
Shinichi flopped on his back on the couch, bringing her along, kissed her behind the ear. "Honest answer? That's the second sexiest thing you've ever said to me."
She giggled. "The first being?"
Shinichi took her left hand in his and kissed her ring finger, still bare -- for now. "Yes."
Ran hugged him and burrowed against his side, though her face was slow to lose its excessive warmth.
He didn't want her to be alone in her embarrassment. "To be honest, um."
"Um? The Great Detective of the East says um?"
"I... kind of... have a crush like that, too."
Ran pushed herself up on her hands to stare down at her boyfriend. He started to reconsider the wisdom of mentioning that little tidbit. Maybe it should have been, but it wasn't the same for a girl and for a boy to admit to same-sex, uh... curiosity.
He didn't like hiding things from Ran, though, he'd done enough of that for a lifetime, so in the end he gave a wry shrug and said it. "Though by celebrity I mean mostly a widely-known annoyance, so I'm not sure it fits the parame--"
Swingersverse, swingersverse, nananananana
Laughter, embarrassed and entertained at once. Ran hid her blushing face against his shoulder. "Yes, seriously."
"But in a purely aesthetic, 'I can appreciate the artistic value' way, right?"
" Shinichi... Celebrity crushes. Not Celebrities We'd Like To Hang Out With. You were the one saying she was cute a second ago!"
"Well yes, but I have to admit, I didn't expect you to say 'me too'."
She squirmed. "... Do you think it's weird?"
Shinichi flopped on his back on the couch, bringing her along, kissed her behind the ear. "Honest answer? That's the second sexiest thing you've ever said to me."
She giggled. "The first being?"
Shinichi took her left hand in his and kissed her ring finger, still bare -- for now. "Yes."
Ran hugged him and burrowed against his side, though her face was slow to lose its excessive warmth.
He didn't want her to be alone in her embarrassment. "To be honest, um."
"Um? The Great Detective of the East says um?"
"I... kind of... have a crush like that, too."
Ran pushed herself up on her hands to stare down at her boyfriend. He started to reconsider the wisdom of mentioning that little tidbit. Maybe it should have been, but it wasn't the same for a girl and for a boy to admit to same-sex, uh... curiosity.
He didn't like hiding things from Ran, though, he'd done enough of that for a lifetime, so in the end he gave a wry shrug and said it. "Though by celebrity I mean mostly a widely-known annoyance, so I'm not sure it fits the parame--"
"--Kid?!"