"No," Ai replied quickly. "I just wanted to tell you something."

Hearing that Ai had something to say, Kōyū put aside his own questions and asked Ai:

"Then Ai, you go first, what's up?"

"My sister said to go to her apartment to see her when I have time." Ai didn't keep him in suspense and told Kōyū directly.

She had mentioned this to Mingmei when they talked on the phone before.

"Okay, I'll check the time later." Guangyou readily agreed.

After agreeing, he asked Ai:

"Ai, did you tell Akemi about us?"

"Yes," Ai admitted, "after you left."

“Alright,” Guangyou said. “This time I’ll go in a different capacity.”

"Mm." Ai Haibara tacitly acknowledged Kousuke's other identity.

"Ai, guess what I'm doing right now?" Kōyū said, then shifted to a more comfortable position in the bathtub.

The sound of water splashing as she changed positions instantly gave Ai the answer.

Although she felt that it was meaningless for Kwang-woo to ask her to guess, she still cooperated with him and "guessed" something:

"Take a bath."

“Wrong.” Guangyou rejected this answer.

"What is the answer?" Ai didn't think she had misheard; she heard the sound of water very clearly.

"I'm thinking of you," Guangyou said with a smile. "Thinking of you even through the phone."

"Tsk..."

Ai answered the phone with a tone of disdain, but a hint of sweetness appeared on her face.

So arrogant.

"Didn't you miss me?" Guangyou asked with a smile.

“...”

It would be a lie to say there isn't one.

Although she didn't think too much about it, after all, Guangyou had only been back for a short time, and the two of them were usually like this, let alone after such a big thing happened.

She still had a little bit of that feeling deep down.

But it was just a tiny bit.

"Did you miss me?" Kōyū asked Ai with a smile.

"No," Ai denied again.

"Really not?" Guangyou said, feigning sadness. "I thought you missed me too."

Even though she knew that Kousuke was a fake, Ai couldn't help but soften when she heard that tone and thought of what Kousuke had said before.

She said softly:

"Just a little bit."

"So you still want to?" Guangyou laughed a few times from the bottom of his heart after getting the answer.

At this moment, Ai was leaning against the headboard, holding the diamond ring in her hand.

She responded softly with a gentle expression:

"Um."

...