Detective's trouble| R. Edogawa

Chapter. 6 : birthday

"Alright! Let's see what do we have here" the spiky haired detective chimed as he happily attacked the stuffed bag with multiple snacks and candies "honestly, this is the first time we have this much of snacks, and to buy one of every kind and brand on the store..." The albino smiled sheepishly as he trailed off the last part of his sentience.

The spiky haired male placed every single sweets on his table. There could be found any kind of sweets, such as snacks, candies, cookies, biscuits and cakes. Atsushi was surprised at the way they all were placed on the desk without one of them falling over the tip.

It was the first time they bought ten of every kind of sweets of all brands available in store. Atsushi couldn't help but wonder why and how much money it costed.

Before he could ask his superior, he was interrupted by the ginger head boy "Ranpo-San, your orders have arrived" Tanizaki peeked behind the door of main office "Yay! Come in come in!" He chimed joyfully as the ginger boy opened the door, making way for employees to move the large boxes inside the office.

Aaa the employees carried two large boxes, Atsushi's curiosity was getting the best of him, he thought it wasn't that weird of his superior, Ranpo. But he couldn't convince his curiosity.

'....just how many snacks are they already...?' Atsushi sweated

"Alright, put them down here please" Ranpo added smiling as he pointed the place next to his desk. The men nodded and did as they were told.

"Alright anything else?" Ranpo asked the employees formally "just sign up here" the employee pulled out a folder and showed a paper to spiky haired man, Ranpo glanced at it with his closed eyes, then looked at the albino

"Atsushi, pen" Atsushi flinched "uh y-yes!" As if he was snapped out of deep thoughts, he searched his pockets, a bit overreacting but his stress faded to relief when he found the pen "here" he handed it to his superior.

"How much is the price?" Ranpo asked closed eyes, his tone was somewhat as if he was asking if he had to pay "the price is paid before, sir" the employee replied right away "excellent!" Ranpo almost jumped as he finished signing the paper and handed it to the employee, he bowed, before he and his colleagues leave agency.

Atsushi wondered who was this rich to pay for all these snacks.

"Uh...Ranpo-San, inside these two boxes are snacks too right?" Atsushi finally have in against his curiosity "bingo! Atsushi, you're improving" the spiky haired man smirked "i-i see.... there's really so much candies, i guess we won't need any snacks for a while" Atsushi sweated, smiling sheepishly.

Ranpo giggled, then turned his gaze back to his beloved snacks on his desk, smiling at them like a hunter looking and his prey. He raised his hand and reached for a candy in a well shaped pink cover, he was looking at it for a moment, but then his smile disappeared.

And much to Albino's surprise, he didn't attempt to uncover his snacks.

"Uh...Ranpo-San is there something wrong?" Atsushi just realized he said his thought out loud "hmm? What?" His tone less energetic than earlier but curious "uhh...well because you don't uncover your snacks, you usually just eat them right away saying it'll be a waste if they become cold, now that you don't uncover them is just so unlike you Ranpo-San" Atsushi explained on rush while sweating cold out of stress, his eyes were shut closed.

'damn i shouldn't have asked....' he muttered to himself

While Atsushi was blaming himself for his curiosity, the spiky haired detective couldn't help but to be surprised at the Albino's smartness, despite being stressed most of time and what he shows, he was actually smarter than that, thanks to his curiosity. Ranpo smirked as he admired his subordinate's skill.