𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚, 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐮𝐲𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

[ Valentines' Special - Love You ]

"Hey, wanna try baking something at home?" Sumire absent-mindedly asked the blonde, who is behind the counter preparing some sandwiches while Azusa is serving the customers as she flipped a page of the book she's reading before looking up. The brunette leaned her chin on her hand as she stared at the man with a small geniune smile on her lovely face.

Rei turned around to face his girlfriend, serving her iced coffee before tucking some of her short hair behind her ear.

"Sure... What do you have in mind?" The male questioned with a smile, standing right infront of her with the counter as their only barrier. Sumire only winked at him playfully, chuckling in reply before taking a sip from her drink.

"Let's go to the supermarket after your shift." She said, finalizing their conversation to let her boyfriend do his job first. Rei watched her for a bit in curiousness before deciding to let the brunette have her way, especially since she's actually beginning to show her feelings.

After waiting for a bit, Rei made his way towards the back to put away his apron. Sumire continued her reading until she felt the familiar feel of her lover wrapping his arms around her as he nuzzles his head in her neck. The brunette chuckled, stuffing her pocket book back to her sling back before standing up to hug Rei back. The blonde male continued to tiredly nuzzle his face into her neck, having her suddenly felt goosebumps when he spoke.

"Let's go." He whispered into her neck before pulling away, seeing the light redness that spreads across the brunette's face making him smile despite his weariness. He poked her cheeks, earning her attention which only caused her blush to redden before she nodded.

Grinning, he suddenly ruffled her styled hair before bolting out of the cafe while openly laughing with an irritated brunette hot on his trail yelling at him towards his car. Sumire managed to catch up with him just before they reached his car, she made her way towards the passenger seat after she sighed before ruffling his hair back.

With a smile, Rei stared at Sumire who was busy putting on her seatbelt once he made his way towards the driver seat.

"Let's go." Sumire stated with a sigh following after, only then noticing the stare the NPA officer is giving her when she turned to face him. With a raised brow, she questioned him.

"What?"

"Nothing." He stated but it's not really just nothing to him. The blonde officer is glad to be finally able to address the FBI agent as his girlfriend despite knowing her earlier intentions to prove Arthur's words to him at first due to his trip with Akai Shuichi and Sumire to America back then. Shuichi revealed the truth to Rei because he somehow knew that what Sumire is feeling is real and that he wanted to help her overcome her fear of what Arthur was brewing to destroy as well as the pain of her past.

"Let's go then. We should get there before rush hour, Rei." The brunette sighed, looking out the window to relax herself - only for her plan to shatter into pieces when she heard Rei spoke.

"If that's what my princess wants, it is my priority to please her then." He playfully teased as he inserted the key into the ignition, ignoring the glare his woman threw at his direction.

"Rei!" Sumire yelled in annoyance at the sudden pet name Rei chose to use.

"Don't act like you don't want to be treated like that, Sumire-ojosama!" Rei playfully yelled back as he drove, leaving Sumire to just exclaim back in reply as she couldn't exactly hit him while he's driving.

"Oh, shut up!" She retorted.

"Of course, ojo-sama!"

"Rei! The rush hour!"

"What will we be making?" Rei questioned when he placed the ingredients on the counter top on Sumire's house, watching as the brunette prepare all the things she needed.

"A biscuit a friend of mine back in England used to buy to bring to the hospital for me. Kinda missing it nowadays." Sumire explained as she sifts flour, custard powder and cocoa into a large bowl while Rei eyed the rest of the ingredients as if trying to find out what they'll be making. Noticing his focused gaze on the ingredients on the counter, she gestured for him to cream the butter and sugar.

Once she finished her sifting, she added an egg on Rei's work before grabbing another bowl to mix it in together with her sifted ingredients.

"Mind putting this in the stand mixer?" Sumire asked, passing him the bowl before she hurried to tend to all the other things she needed to do. Rei could only nod in agreement before doing what Sumire asked him to, watching as his girlfriend throw in flour on the counter top for the dough to go into later.

"I thought Conan-kun is only joking when he said that you're also taking everything outside of work seriously." Rei chuckled as he once again wrapped his arms around the brunette's waist, breathing in the vanilla scent lingering on her hair. Sumire sighed before detangling her boyfriend's arms from her body.

"We still have a lot to do. You seeking cuddles can wait." Sumire stated before pressing a peck on the male's lips, hurrying off to tend to the now formed dough on the stand mixer. She rolled out the dough on the counter and used a rectangular cutter to cut it into fingers. After a batch was made, she motioned for Rei to lined them on the baking sheet on the baking tray. Sumire then put them on the pre-heated oven, sighing before turning around only to collide into Rei's chest.

"Let's rest for now." He stated as he embraced her once again, slowly making his way towards the couch with Sumire still encased on his arms. The brunette smiled before pulling away once again, causing the NPA's Zero to groan in displeasure.

"You can do that while I stay here to do the filling. I know you're tired from work." Sumire sighed, walking towards the kitchen once again without even sparing a moment to wait for the blonde's reply. The brunette eyed the remaining ingrediants on the counter top before combining them all on a bowl to form a stiff buttercream until she heard the oven's alarm go off in about twelve minutes later.

Carefully she pulled the tray out of the hot surface of the oven with a mitten, placing them on the cooling rack she prepared earlier while waiting for the biscuits to bake. After waiting for another few minutes for the biscuits to cool down, she matched up two at a time to sandwich the filling together. Sighing in satisfaction, she put the biscuits on a plate after she made some classic English tea.

"Finally finished?" Rei asked as he poked his head towards the kitchen, catching Sumire just about to bring the biscuits out on a tray - which almost resulted into the food crashing into his chest and for the tea to burn his skin. Almost out of reflex, he caught Sumire's forearms and supported her back in place before he took the tray away from her and carry it himself towards the dining table where Haro and Dame are patiently waiting for their own food near their bowls. Sumire smiled at the sight before putting dog food into their bowls, positioning herself after on the seat beside Rei on the dining table.

"So, what do you call this biscuits?" Rei asked before taking a bite out of one of the biscuits, stuffing the whole thing right after he understood why Sumire suddenly craved the classic biscuits.

"Bourbon biscuits."

"Don't worry as there's no actual alcohol involved." She mentioned when she took note of the look on Rei's face, using her thumb to pat away the fall out crumps on the corner of his mouth before sipping on her tea.

"Love you." She smiled as Rei's eyes widened in surprise.

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Happy Valentines!!