001 Names

100 Theme Challenge 001 Names. When Shinichi found a secret hiding spot he never expected this!

Song to listen while reading advice: I See You - Leona Lewis

I don't own DC, point clear? Good, then this will be the last disclaimer I'll write for this thing...

It had been there as long as he could remember; the statue of the nameless girl that had stood in the centre of the university's large backyard.

There, hidden by bushes of different types of rare blue roses, sheltered by blue and white wisterias that had grown against the fence and surrounded by the sound of the river that ran through the garden the nameless beauty stood, staring up at the sun as an invisible gust of wind toyed around with her long hair and dress.

Shinichi had always loved to go there, whatever the occasion was. Somehow sitting on the bench, standing in the statue's shadow made him able to concentrate and think more clearly, but even more importantly it made him able to calm down from his university life, and that was one of the reasons he spend most of his free time there, reading a book or doing a bit of his homework. To him that spot was a place in paradise, a place only he had discovered and where nobody would ever bother him.

When Shinichi had first discovered the place with the girl's statue, in one of the many times he tried to escape from his fan girls, he had asked a teacher of his if he knew more about it, thus starting his search for the girl's identity.

He would never find it, only the fact that the maker had remained anonymous, leaving the girl's statue behind on the university's porch, which meant that both their names would remain a mystery forever.

"It's uncanny how much time you spend with that piece of stone while you could pick every girl you want right now." Shinichi's cousin Kaito, who bore a great resemblance to him and thus was often mistaken to be Shinichi's twin, once said to him while they had taken a stroll through the university's gardens, Kaito painting the hair of everybody who got near in a bright colour as he usually did.

"Is it wrong to be curious?" Shinichi replied, raising an eyebrow as his cousin gave two girls a different shade of bright pink hair, "And spending my time there isn't wrong either, I just like sitting there."

Kaito chuckled at him, a wide grin covering his face, "Then show me what makes this girl so special to you, I'd love to meet my new family member."

Shinichi send him a glare, trying to punch Kaito but to no avail as he dodged all his punches then stuck out his tongue to Shinichi and grinned widely. With a huff Shinichi gave up, making his way to the statue of the girl, "Fine, if you want to see her, follow me..."

And thus Shinichi had showed his cousin the route towards the statue and eventually the statue itself. It was that time he had first really seen her face; Eyes that looked up sadly, a smile that didn't seem happy. That moment, when he looked up at her face, Shinichi had realized the girl looked like she was grieving, a fact he hadn't noticed before.

Of course, as he had realized this Kaito decided to chicken out. "We should leave..."

Shinichi had looked around and seen the fear in his cousin's eyes, something he hadn't understood back then and still didn't, though according to Kaito the statue had given him a feeling of darkness and hatred.

He had never taken Kaito to the place after that time, but had continued to go there himself, much to Kaito's disapproval.

Today had been no exception. As soon as Shinichi's classes had ended he had made his way to his secret hiding place, only to find that it was gone; the statue had been removed.

But, strangely, that was not what surprised him the most. What did was that where the statue had stood a girl was sitting, a girl with long brown hair and a beautiful blue and purple dress that seemed to be made from silk.

What was even odder was the fact that Shinichi had the strange feeling he had met the girl before, though he had no clue why.

"Err... Hi." Shinichi muttered awkwardly. He'd never really talked with a girl nor been with one on his own, and the fact he was made him a bit nervous.

The girl didn't reply, her eyes closed as a soft gust lifted her hair.

Shinichi couldn't help but stare at her. The girl had an almost doll like face and seemed more delicate then most girls he had seen, which somehow made his ask himself if she would break if he touched her, something he'd rather not try. He stood there a few minutes, completely captivated by the strange girl, before he slowly walked over to her.

"Err, I err... I haven't seen you around before."

The girl's eyes snapped open, staring at him with her big violet eyes before she smiled, "I have always been here."

Shinichi blinked in surprise when she said that, trying to remember if he had seen her in one of the university's buildings.

His surprised look seemed to amuse the girl, "Though not inside the school." she continued with a chuckle.

"Oh." Shinichi rubbed the back of his neck, slowly sitting down next to the girl who stared at him with interest, but also with something that looked like sadness.

"Ano... Is something wrong?" At this the girl simply shook her head, leaving the two of them in an uncomfortable silence.

After what seemed like an hour Shinichi finally dared to ask a question again, "Do you come here often?"

The girl nodded, "Every day."

"Would you mind... being here tomorrow? Around the same time?" Shinichi had no clue why he asked it, but to his surprise the girl shook her head, smiling at him in a way that made his heart skip a beat.

"Then I'll be back. Tomorrow, I mean."

He did as promised and talked to the girl until it got dark, again promising to visit her the next day. The days he saw her became weeks, weeks became a month and soon she was all he could think about. Never had he wanted to be somewhere as badly as he wanted to be where the girl was, unable to get her out of his mind for more the a second.

In the meantime when he wasn't with the girl he tried to find out her identity, because even though he spent most of his time with her he had realized he didn't know anything about her, something he found out when he had talked about her to Kaito, who had grinned at his new obsession.

"First it's that demonic piece of stone and now it's a girl that leads you to the same creepy place." Ignoring his cousin's glare he turned his attention back at his doves who were staring at the hand that held their food, "Well, it's a lot better. What's her name?"

"It's..." Shinichi had already been annoyed, but his annoyance grew when he realized he couldn't answer the question, which made him glare at Kaito, "You know, I don't see why I have to tell you that..."

"Ah~" Kaito's grin widened as he threw feed towards the doves, "You don't know do you? Tell me, what exactly do you know about her, Shin-chan?"

When Shinichi looked away he sighed, throwing his bread crumbs on the ground as something extra for his group of white feathered friends, "That's no good is it?" he scooped up his bag and winked at Shinichi, "You will be meeting her again today right? I guess you'll have to take me to that place again. And this time I'll do the questioning."

Against Shinichi's protests, Kaito had followed him towards his hide out, but when they reached it the girl wasn't there. Instead they found that the statue had been returned, much to Shinichi's surprise and Kaito's dislike. But, as Kaito had promised, they would wait for the girl until she came so Kaito could ask her some questions, and thus they did, even though the girl would never come, something for which Shinichi blamed Kaito.

"I bet you scared her away." He had said when Kaito finally decided to give up and go home, this due to the sun starting to set and him not wanting to stay at the 'creepy place' any longer.

"Or she either ditched you or doesn't exist." Kaito replied to that, immediately getting a fist smashed on his head.

When Shinichi had come back to his spot the next day the girl was back, sitting on the once again, empty platform.

"You took a friend..." Her voice had been cold as she said this, her eyes hidden underneath her hair.

"I didn't want to... He just kind of followed me."

"Please don't take somebody here again..." She said it quickly, in an almost begging way.

"I promise I won't." It was a promise he kept.

So after that he forced Kaito not to follow him around to try and question the girl again, which he did, luckily.

In return, Shinichi had started to ask questions, but he rarely got answers and if he did it wasn't quite the answer he had been looking for.

Knowing he wouldn't get the answers he seemed from the strange girl he started his own research, only to conclude that the girl wasn't a student of the university which meant that unless she told him about herself he would never find out her true identity.

It wasn't something he really minded, they had enough to show each other; the girl would make him appreciate life, while in return he told her the things he had learned in his classes. It was enough to keep them busy and happy, or at least that was what Shinichi thought.

Several months had passed in which the girl got more and more silent, until that damned day.

"I'm going away tonight." Shinichi stared at her in surprise, stunned by the fact that she finally spoke again, something she hadn't done for a whole week, but it was only after a while that he realized what she had said.

"What? Why?"

"Because I have to go Shinichi... I can't stay here..." her voice was shaky and she looked away.

Shinichi felt his stomach twist. Would she really leave him? Now that he couldn't live without her anymore?

"Okay…" He closed his eyes, talking softly. No, he definitely wasn't okay with it, "But, before you go. Please answer my question."

Their eyes met when he said that, and suddenly all the pieces in his head seemed to fit.

"I will."

"Tell me your name, before you become stone again." Her eyes widened and she shook her head, tears rolling over her cheeks.

"No, no I can't tell you… You'll be…" But before she could finish her sentence Shinichi stood up and pressed a single finger against her soft lips.

"I know, but I'm willing to take the risk." He smiled softly at her as he took his finger away and watched her lips moving.

The next day Shinichi didn't appear in class, much to Kaito's alarm. Along with Shinichi's best friend Heiji he started to search the campus, finding his room empty and his school bag gone along with his books from yesterday. That place was the last he went to, half hoping he wouldn't find his cousin there, but when he reached it all he could do was stare. Shinichi's books were spread across the ground, his empty bag lying near the stone bench, but those weren't what had caught his attention. It was the statue that did.

The statue had changed... Dramatically. The girl would never be alone again, for Shinichi's now stone arms were wrapped around her waist, their lips touching in an eternal kiss.

Whoop, that was the first chap of my 100 theme challenge. Did you like?
I know I should work on DLS or other things I would do... But I'm busy and stuck and keep having these WB's that stop me from writing and then I forget I still have something... Yada...
I'll update DLS as soon as possible oki?

P.S. Who can guess who the girl is gets a cybercookie! (yup, that's all)

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