Earth Raiders progress report [comprehensive British and American]

When Peter went to Joshua's house again, he finally realized the problem.

Even if Mr. Detective himself is not there, the traces of the other party's existence are too obvious, except for his iconic trench coat and scarf, test tubes, eyeballs in teacups, fingers in the refrigerator, brains of unknown creatures, and extra dissections in the kitchen All the instruments indicated that the consulting detective from England had settled down at his boyfriend's house.

Although Joshua is a scientist, he is actually mainly in the field of physics. It can’t be said that he doesn’t know much about biochemistry. It’s just that such a scene does not appear in his home. Joshua has a job dedicated to scientific research Occasionally, some tools will be temporarily placed outside, but it has never been so exaggerated.

If some uninformed people break into the house, they may think that the owner of this house is some kind of murderer or Frankenstein.

Given that the identity of the person responsible for all this is so well established, the depression of the young hero in New York comes very smoothly.

He did say that Joshua might be very happy to see the detective's face, and he also said that he would not prevent them from meeting, but when his real boyfriend has not yet lived with his lover, another person because of himself No matter how you think about it, it is difficult to accept it smoothly.

That is to say, meeting him is of course impossible to stop, everyone has their own independent space, not to mention that Joshua still seems to care about his family, but meeting and living together are completely different meanings After all, Sherlock is not Joshua's real brother. Although he doesn't know the detective's sexuality, the fact that someone else is more advanced than him still makes people feel a sense of crisis.

In addition, if this period of co-living is polite, with an appropriate distance, harmony and mutual respect, it’s fine, but judging from the placement of these things, places such as the living room and kitchen, even if they are public areas, are in the refrigerator. Putting a head also caused some trouble to the use of the refrigerator at least in terms of the size of the space, not to mention the newspapers and books thrown around.

Dirty doesn’t mean it’s dirty, and it’s completely messy. It’s just that Joshua’s house has never seen such a level of chaos. With the same face as Joshua's family, he made an inch of it.

The short-haired boy sat down on the sofa he was used to, and thanked Mr. Holmes for leaving a considerable area for activities in the living room. He didn't need to clean up before sitting down. The cup placed in front of him also looked It looks perfectly normal, clean and without eyeballs or fingers or anything like that.

Probably seeing Peter's thoughts on the interior of the house, the brown-haired scientist who sat down in front of him still explained, "Sherlock is doing experiments, and he will clean them up when the results come out."

What Joshua said is the truth, he is not responsible for cleaning up the rubbish made by others, he doesn't care what kind of style Sherlock is in solving cases and researching, this is not solving his case, he does not need to consult The detective acts as a babysitter, and he cleans up the things he makes by himself. They made it clear, and Sherlock also agreed, so he only needs to take care of his own part.

The only problem is that it is inconvenient when guests come, but in fact, although Joshua seems to have a good temper on the surface and should have a lot of friends, but no one really comes to visit him, but will come to visit him Yes, and basically don't care about this kind of thing. Peter is one of the few people who makes him think about whether he should tidy up a little bit. After all, the other party doesn't seem to adapt to this kind of change.

To be honest, so far Sherlock has been very committed to this point. Joshua understands that some people have some quirks when solving problems, or just focus on their own work and don't care about other things. He's fine with that, as long as the mess the experiment has created is sorted out afterwards.

And for Sherlock, there is no need to collect and save the same creature after studying it. His memory palace can store all the information he needs, and continuing to store it is a waste of space for his next research. Cleaned up, so in terms of solving the mess he left behind, he agreed quite readily.

However, for Peter, what Joshua said was not just a literal understanding. These words matched the other party’s behavior, which seemed to be saying good things for the wayward children in the family, as if Joshua Shuya really treats Sherlock like a younger brother, so even if the house becomes such a mess, he is quite tolerant, and may even be worried that cleaning up will disturb the other party's research.

"Sherlock is not your brother, Joshua." Holding the cup, Peter thought about it and reminded his boyfriend.

"I didn't..." In the middle of speaking, Joshua felt that he had understood something, the incompatibility of contacting the other party, and the fact that most ordinary human beings seem to be not so easy to accept the situation where there is a head looking at you when you open the refrigerator. Peter's words may He didn't simply think that he regarded Sherlock as a brother, "You think I pampered him because I regarded him as my younger brother?"

He stood up from the opposite side of the young man, sat next to him, covered Peter's with his hand that was not holding a teacup, and adjusted his voice to a soft range, saying: "In this world, what is important to me now? The only ones who are family are you, Peter."

It sounded like a love story.The good neighbor in New York thought so, and his ears turned red uncontrollably.

In the palm of the scientist, there was still the temperature of the hot water reaching the wall of the cup not long ago, so that when the skin was so close to the skin, it seemed to be extraordinarily warm. Joshua's body temperature was no different from that of a normal person. The mutated Spider-Man Yes, but the freshly brewed tea is hotter than body temperature, and the touch is particularly vivid.

Frankly speaking, it's not that they haven't had physical contact between them. They've hugged, kissed, and had physical contact that is deeper than shaking hands. Kissing is different from hugging. If you don't count Joshua's words just now, the warmth in his ears seems to be coming from here.

However, before he could say anything, Joshua's next words had already sounded out, "So if you don't like Sherlock, or want him to move out..."

"No." Peter interrupted the other party, "No, I'm just worried that you treat him as a younger brother and pamper him too much. If it's just out of missing and compensation, it's quite unfair to be treated too much. But it would still be unfair to you if you thought he was an acceptable roommate because of my relationship."

Peter’s explanation allowed Joshua to get a tentative answer. He said that the other party is the only existence in this world that he currently regards as his family. Of course it is true. It's just that before today he thought Peter was happy to see Sherlock move in, but judging from the other party's performance after arriving here, the fact is obviously different.

"I don't have the mood to miss or make amends." He first explained the previous problem. Joshua is not sure if this is normal for normal human beings. It is true that he thinks Khan is the most perfect image of his family so far, but he It is also true that he will not feel nostalgia or compensation for anything. He can act it out, but when it comes to objective facts, there is really no such thing.

Fortunately, Peter didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with this, so he went on to explain: "I don't have any more thoughts about whether Sherlock lives here, it doesn't matter to me whether he lives here, It just depends on what you think, I said you are the only family I have now, so your wishes are the most important."

If the previous family members' remarks just sounded like love words, then what Joshua said now gives people a feeling that he is more important to Joshua than he imagined.

It cannot be said that Peter was not happy about how much his boyfriend valued him. Of course, he was indeed a little depressed about the fact that Sherlock had moved in with his boyfriend first, but Joshua wanted to be with him. Who lives together is his own business, to be precise, his personal right, based on his own wishes or...

"I..." The young brown-haired hero opened his mouth, realizing that even though he understands this matter rationally, emotionally he still has a kind of excessive...shouldn't have for his own importance pleasure.

"I'd like to say it's your right," Peter said finally, "but when it comes to living together, what do you think about us... living together?"

To be honest, he was Joshua's boyfriend. If Joshua wanted to live with someone, it should be him. He was just asking, and whether he agreed or not was up to Joshua's personal will.

If it is simply living together, Joshua actually has no idea. It is normal for families to live together. Even if Sherlock is not a family member, he can accept living together. Peter is what he thinks can be a family. Living together is not a difficult thing to accept, but considering that this is a partnership that has never been in any family relationship, the problem still exists.

If Peter is a partner who can ignore his feelings, then cohabitation is an issue that does not need to be considered too much, but Peter is that once the relationship progresses to a deeper level, hidden problems will start to emerge.

The sound of the door opening interrupted Joshua's thoughts.

Soon, another person who had the key to this house came in. Sherlock glanced at the two people sitting in the living room, and didn't express any opinion on Peter's presence. As the boyfriend of his co-tenant, Peter would be here It couldn't be more normal, so he just turned to the brown-haired youth on the sofa and said, "You need to go to the Miami police station with me today."