The cedar trees shifted outside.
Something moved underneath them.
Kaito ignored it and folded another shirt into the suitcase.
He only had one more night in the estate.
"Kai~~~."
Soft voice. Right outside the shoji screen.
He did not look up.
"No."
"Kai~~~."
"Still no. You can't come with me."
A pause outside.
Then.
"I have something that will change your mind."
Kaito snorted quietly and kept folding.
"It won't."
Silence.
Then scratching.
Then tapping.
Then scratching again.
Pestering.
Kaito closed his eyes briefly.
Annoying.
He crossed the room and slid the shoji screen open.
"WHAT!?"
Shizuka stood outside waiting for him.
Pale pink yukata. Loose around the collar.
Silver hair hanging down around her shoulders. Red eyes catching the lamp light from his room.
Bright.
Settled.
Smiling already.
She stepped through the opening immediately without waiting for permission.
Kaito stepped back automatically.
Shizuka came straight toward him.
Fast.
