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He had made sure that Sherlock was going to be out of the house for a couple of hours before he went through with his plan to see if Sherlock had written anything since he had found Sherlock’s diary weeks ago.
He started by checking the bookshelf again but was unsurprised to find that Sherlock hadn’t made the same mistake twice. He checked all the clever spots that occurred to him but was starting to wonder If Sherlock had thrown away the book.
He was about to leave when the most obvious thought occurred to him. Sherlock knew if he were to come looking again he would check places even more hidden than before which meant he would hide it in spots that were so obvious he wouldn’t even bother checking.
His theory was proven right when he opened the bottom drawer f his younger brother’s dresser and saw the lazily hidden book.
“You can’t outsmart me, little brother.” He said aloud.
He opened the book half expecting to not find anything more than what he had read last time.
Despite what he had expected Sherlock had continued writing in his diary even after he had read it. Actually, he had written quite a lot since the last time he had seen the book.
He had added more “Don’t read this if your name’s Mycroft”’s and a few threats that he ignored.
He turned to the page that was dated the same day as the day he had gone through Sherlock’s diary.
Sherlock wrote about how much of a “Nosy arse hat.” he was and how he was going to hide the diary somewhere smarter.
He scoffed, he was just being a good brother, just keeping up with his younger brother’s life, really.
He flipped through the pages until he found one that looked interesting.
Something happened at school.
‘How suspenseful’ He thought, rolling his eyes at his brother's theatrics.
John asked if I wanted to get ice cream with him sometime! I have to admit I am quite excited about this undetermined date (not like a date, date of course). It’s too bad John is straight. He says how not gay he is so often it should be tattooed onto his forehead. Still, I can’t wait.
He had done a background check on John and his family the minute after Sherlock had kicked him out of his room the last time. He found out that John’s family had the tradition of the males of the family serving which meant Sherlock was interested in a future military man which he approved of. John’s record was clean and his grades were good. John Watson seemed to be a good fit for his younger brother but if he really was straight Sherlock was setting himself up for heartbreak.
He moved on to the next page which was dated a bit over a week after the entry he had just read.
John and I went for ice cream today. I didn’t get any ice cream and John got chocolate ice cream with brownies and extra fudge (he really likes chocolate everything). John said it was odd that I went to get ice cream with him but didn’t actually get any so I just told him I ate a lot earlier which was a pitiful excuse but I swear my brain doesn’t work right when I’m around him. We talked for a while and it was amazing. John’s so funny and not like his idiot peers. I asked him why he hangs around people like them and he said they aren’t all bad. He did however admit they were arseholes to people so they could look “cool” (as if I didn’t already know). After that, I don’t even remember what we talked about I was just enjoying our proximity.
Oh good god. His brother was smitten, genuinely smitten, with this boy. He turned to the next page, this time dated only two days later.
HUGE NEWS!!! John asked me if I wanted to come over to his house. After school, we walked there together and we hung out in his room. We watched a movie together but then he paused it and he said he had to tell me something important. Obviously, I said okay and he told me he was bi! He told me not to tell anyone because it would destroy his reputation (which of course I would never dream of doing) so I told him I was gay and we both just laughed a bit. After we just kind of went back to watching the movie. I can’t believe I didn’t see it though. I thought I was smarter than that but I guess even I make mistakes.
His brother had such an ego.
The next few entries were basically Sherlock babbling about how great John was which he wasn’t very interested in.
Then a page caught his eye and not in a good way.
I invited John over because I knew Mummy and Mycroft were going to be out of the house. We started by just hanging out then we turned on a movie and then long story short John and I kissed! It was amazing. Then one thing led to another and we did it on Myc’s bed. That should teach him a lesson for putting his nose where it shouldn’t be.
“Ew!” He yelled and dropped the book cringing down at it.
Just then he heard laughing from the doorway. When he turned he saw it was Sherlock and presumably John Watson standing there laughing.
“Did you- Did you both-” He made a frustrated motion with his hands. This just made them both laugh harder.
When Sherlock had mostly contained himself he said, “No we didn’t, but you should have seen your face!” and then he burst out into laughter once again.
He pushed past the two laughing fools and stormed off to his room. He was never going through Sherlock’s stuff again.