Precious Shin-chan

Chapter 2:

Life was not good.

Shinichi brought his forehead to the table, and regretted it immediately as pain burst through his head. He couldn't believe he was stuck doing homework of all things. He brought down an evil organization that had roots all over the world for God's sake! Why wasn't that an appropriate prerequisite to his graduation from high school?!

"Ah! Shinichi-nii-san isn't doing his homework anymore!"

Shinichi yelped as he was promptly smacked with a newspaper by Haibara at Ayumi's shout. He rubbed his arm, grateful that the devil-child couldn't reach his head.

"Shinichi-nii-san, that isn't good you know!" Mitsuhiko reprimanded the teen. Genta grumbled, "If we gotta suffer, you gotta suffer with us too!"

Haibara chuckled at his side, and Shinichi shot her a petulant glare. It was a weekend, and right after Haibara had determined that his fever wouldn't come back, she dragged him to the Professor's house, where the Detective Boys were doing their homework.

Shinichi sighed as he resumed tackling the pile of homework he had to finish. He had been out of school for two years after all, and he had one year of high school homework to do for the school to announce him as officially graduated.

Not that the school didn't know that he could have breezed through the last year of high school if he hadn't been turned into Conan; it was all simply formalities, and as soon as Shinichi could finish them, he could take his exams and finally look into which college he would attend.

Professor Agasa came in the living room where they were all working, carrying a tray of refreshments with him. "Now now, Shinichi would be able to finish his homework when he wants to. Why don't you guys eat some snacks first? A full stomach would allow you to think more clearly, wouldn't it?"

The children cheered, and Shinichi smiled wanly as he took the only cup of coffee on the tray. Haibara shot a pointed look at the coffee, but Shinichi deliberately turned his head. A few more sips of the invigorating liquid had him ready to tackle his papers again. He was nearly halfway done anyway, as the material was easy enough for him.

Shinichi was so engrossed in finishing his homework that he didn't realize the passage of time. He was down to the last few papers when lunch was already being handed out to the hungry children. Haibara sighed at the sight of the detective hunched over the table. The idiot was starting to overwork himself again, and though Haibara was thankful that he was only focusing on homework instead of criminals, she'd rather he wasn't overworked at all.

Hopping down from her chair, Haibara started to drag the detective away from his papers. "Wha—Haibara!"

"It's lunch time, Kudo-kun. You can finish that after, can't you?" Shinichi opened his mouth, about to protest, "Or would you rather be force-fed instead?" He reluctantly shut his mouth, aware that the mini-scientist would make good on her word.

"Shinichi-nii-san! Sit next to me!" Ayumi said, patting the chair next to her. The two boys on the other side of the table grimaced slightly, but with the obvious age difference between Shinichi and the girl, they let it go.

Shinichi obediently sat down, thanking Agasa who had put down his plate and utensils in front of him. He was just about to reach out for the rice when it was given to him by Haibara, and he took it sheepishly.

"What do you want to eat Shinichi-nii-san?" Ayumi asked, and Shinichi shrugged slightly. "I'm not really a picky eater, so anything's fine Ayumi-chan."

"Ah! Then you can have my vegetables!" Genta exclaimed, leaning over the table to transfer them to his plate.

"Genta-kun." Haibara admonished, and the chubby boy shrinked back into his seat. "While Shinichi-nii-san can use some vegetables, you should eat yours too."

"That's right!" Mitsuhiko added, "Besides, what Shinichi-nii-san should be doing now is build up his strength, so we should add meat as well." The boy plucked some meat from the dishes, depositing them onto Shinichi's plate neatly.

"Eh? Wouldn't some fish be better?" Ayumi argued, already picking some and placing them on his plate. Genta didn't add to the growing argument, taking the time to put all his hated vegetables on Shinichi's plate and making a shushing motion.

Shinichi could only watch helplessly as the food on his plate started to multiply. He tried stopping them, but they only shot him a 'just-sit-there-and-I'll-take-care-of-you' stare, clearly copied from Ran. He shot pleading eyes to Haibara, who he just noticed was holding her phone again. And judging from her smug look. . .

"Are you filming this?" Shinichi demanded. He really didn't want his mother to know that he was weak against sneak attacks right now. Goodness knows what she'll unleash on him.

Haibara merely waved him off, thankfully closing her phone (Shinichi made a mental note to steal her phone and delete the video later), and finally bringing the three children to order. "Okay, that's enough. Shinichi-nii-san won't be able to finish too much, and we don't want to waste any food."

Before Shinichi could breathe out a relieved sigh, Haibara added, "You guys can make him eat some more fish and rice later for dinner."

The children cheered, and Shinichi inwardly groaned at the excited eyes of the children, who were now discussing what vitamins and proteins he needs. Agasa wasn't helping, taking this time to teach the children the different types of proteins and where they could be found in food.

"You'd better start eating, then." Haibara nudged him, smirk still in place. "You do want to finish your homework today, right?"

Shinichi pouted at his food, plotting heavily when he could steal Haibara's phone, noting the flash that indicated another picture of him taken.

She'd better just be keeping those to herself!