HeijixKazuha:

Hearing Problems

Heiji's fingers flew over the keypad of the phone. He dialled the number most well-known to him, and soon, the phone of the Toyama household started ringing.

The cheery voice of 18 year old Kazuha picked up.

"Moshimoshi! Toyama Kazuha speaking…"

"Hi Kazu! Watcha up to this weekend?"

"Um…I don't have any plans yet. What about you?"

"Uh, well I've gotta go to Tokyo. Kudo said something about having 'women problems'"

Heiji heard Kazuha muttering something in the background, and he put his ear closer to the phone, trying to listen to her conversation. Not that he was eavesdropping or anything. Hattori Heiji never eavesdropped on his best friend's conversations.

OK, maybe just this once.

Curiosity had gotten the better of him, and he promised himself that this would definitely be the last time that he did that. He promised himself that two weeks ago too, but hey, it's not good to dwell on the past, right?

Kazuha's voice seemed to have dropped down considerately. Quite considerately. It was like she was saying something that was obviously not supposed to get to the ears of Heiji.

He ignored that sign of course, being the ahou that he was. After all, this could count as hearing practice. He heard her speak once again, but something was wrong. Something was highly, highly wrong.

"Honey, you wanna go to the park? It's a lovely and fine day today. And I would just luuurve to spend the day with you. Let's call it a day, ok Tama-chan?"

Heiji froze. It was highly obvious that she wasn't talking to him. Obviously. Her voice had gone up at least a couple of voices, and the way that she was talking was so sweet that it was sick.

Kazuha, out of everyone, KAZUHA had a man. No way no way no way, this was not happening. Not that he was jealous or anything.

No-way, nuh-uh, not him.

Dammit, then why the hell did he want to get that…that Tama-chan, and bash him into the nearest wall? Or dunk him into that drain he found when he was little, or feed him the poison that shrunk Kudo…

OK, so maybe he was getting a bit sidetracked.

Kazuha's voice broke the eerie silence.

"Um, Heiji? I've gotta go now, I'm kinda busy. I'll phone you tomorrow, k?

So. So…Kazuha was officially taken by that freak of a Tama-chan. (He also noted that the name sounded very out of place for a normal guy, but pushed that to the back of his head.)

His head was spinning around in circles. It couldn't by happening, no way! Kazuha…Kazuha…

Heiji grabbed his infamous SAX cap, and headed off towards Kazuha's place. He had to, just had to find out what was going on. After all, the guy could be a yakuza or something…he would never know if he didn't go find out.

So he did.

He positioned himself behind a hedge right outside Kazuha's garden. It was well-hidden, he thought, and there was also a large clear view into Kazuha's house.

The young pony-tailed girl walked out of the Toyama household. With her was a dog.

And on his tag said Tama-chan.