Please don't kill me, my dear readers and reviewers! I'm sorry I haven't been updating my chapters on my other story, but this one just won't rid itself off my mind so I just had to write it! But I PROMISE that I shall update this story weekly (I'll try)! And so with that done, I welcome you…
Heiji and Kazuha!
*crowd claps, leaves stage*
The rain was pounding hard on a pony-tailed girl's bag that she raised above her head in vain attempts of trying to stay dry. Sadly, it still didn't spare her as she entered a shop, dripping wet and waiting for it to stop. She sighed as she looked at the store she came into. It was dim and dusty, but it had a pleasant feeling and a smell she recognized well. It was the smell of books. And there were hundreds of them filling the shelves around the room.
"Wow…" she looked around, wondering why she hasn't been to this place yet. "I wonder what its name is."
Its sign hung quietly in front of its door.
"Midnight Bookshop?" the girl read what it said, a confused look on her face. "Does this mean it opens until the middle of the night?"
"That's right!"
She jumped as a young man's voice came from the receptionist's desk. She turned around and spotted a handsome teenage boy grinning at her, his blue eyes sparkling and his black hair shining dully by the light. Although he was oddly pale, what was the most eerie were his teeth that seemed to have fangs. Was he a…? No, impossible. They don't exist.
"My name is Kudo Shinichi and welcome to the Midnight Bookstore!" He greeted her in a friendly voice. "What can I help you with? I'm working here part-time by the way, although it's not my shift yet."
"Ah, I'm Toyama Kazuha." Kazuha said as she bowed down low, still dripping. "I'm sorry for making the store's floor wet!"
"It's okay," Shinichi said, waving her apology away. "We hardly have any people here and it is raining quite hard. Why don't you settle down in front of the fire while you wait for the rain to let up?"
"Fireplace?"
"Yup! We have one at the back of the room and it's warm there so it's okay." He turned around and called out to the opened staff room. "Oi Hattori! Bring some blankets, towels, and a mug of hot chocolate, will you!"
"Hai hai." A lazy voice replied back and Kazuha wondered who this Hattori was. When he got out of the room, his hands full, Kazuha caught her breath.
He was a handsome teenager around her age. His green eyes were as deep as her emerald ones, and his dark skin was a nice contrast to hers. As their eyes made contact, Heiji's mouth dropped.
Kazuha blushed and bowed low at them again. "Thank you for taking care of me and sorry for bringing you trouble."
Shinichi grinned at her and looked at Hattori. He turned back to Kazuha again. "Its fine, it's not much of a bother."
"Cause you're not the one who's actually doing the work." Hattori mumbled as he struggled with the load. He leaned in and whispered. "By the way, Shinichi, who is she? Why is she here?"
"I haven't introduced both of you! Hattori, this is Toyama Kazuha! Kazuha-chan, this is Hattori Heiji."
"Nice to meet you, Heiji-san."
"Same here. By the way, you can call me Heiji. I'm from Osaka, by the way." Heiji grinned as he walked to the back of the room and Kazuha followed.
"Really?! Me too!"
Both of them stared at each other and laughed. "That's why your accent sounded so familiar."
Shinichi smirked behind them as they chatted in Kansai-ben. By the way of how they were comfortable with each other, one would never think that they just met.
=.=
30 minutes later…
"Ahou! Ellery is still the best!"
"Who are you calling ahou, ahou?! Everybody knows Holmes is the better detective!"
Shinichi popped behind the two squabbling teens. "What's going on here?"
Kazuha turned to him and pointed her finger towards Heiji's direction. "Kudo-kun, tell him Holmes is better than Ellery Queen!"
Shinichi grinned. He was a great fan of Holmes. "She's right Hattori. Holmes is the better detective, no, the best detective!"
Kazuha smirked and Heiji face-palmed himself. "Not you too, Kudo!"
"Hey, I'm just stating my opinion here!" Shinichi put up his hands up in defense and smirked. Heiji glared at him. Shinichi turned to Kazuha.
"Kazuha-chan, why were you so late in going home anyway?"
"There's a festival coming up in our school and everybody's busy decorating their rooms."
"Really?" Heiji and Shinichi leaned in closer. "What's your class doing?"
Kazuha blushed deep red and shook her head. The two teenage boys looked at each other and grinned. "Tell us, Kazuha, what is your class doing for your festival?"
"I'm not t-telling you!" She stuttered. Heiji and Shinichi looked at her closely. They looked at each other and nodded.
"LOVE MAID CAFÉ!"
Her eyes grew wide as her mouth fell open. "How did you know?!"
Both the boys laughed. "Don't look down on us, Kazuha-chan. We might not look like it, but we're detectives!"
*A/N: Let's just pretend that both Heiji and Shinichi weren't that famous yet.*
Heiji cleared his throat and grinned at her. "One, you have pink glitter spilled on your shirt even though the rain must've cleaned it away."
Kazuha looked down on her shirt and sure enough, there were faint glitters there. Shinichi held up two fingers. "Two, you have a pink heart-shaped sticker on the edge of your shirt's collar."
Heiji leaned in and peeled it off before sticking it on her forehead. "And lastly, we saw the outline on the notebook that you were holding a while ago."
"Ahou! That's cheating!" Kazuha complained as she took out sticker before putting it on the forehead of Heiji and stuck out her tongue. She looked at the time.
"Ah! My parents will kill me! It's this late already?!" She looked out of the window and saw that the rain had let up.
She got up, the towels and the blanket falling off her shoulders. She grabbed her bag. She bowed down to them. "Thank you for everything! I won't forget your kindness!"
And with that, she ran out of the shop to catch the last bus to her house.
Shinichi and Heiji just stared at the door, speechless. The Osaka detective broke the silence with a whine. "I wanted to ask her what school she goes to so I could go to that festival."
"Baka, even if you do that, you're still going to her school one way or another."
Heiji looked at him, confused. "What are you saying?"
"You're going to go to school tomorrow, remember?"
"Yeah, so?"
"Look at her school uniform!" Heiji's eyes widened and a big smile broke on his face.
He peeled off the heart from his forehead and looked at it, grinning. "See you tomorrow, Kazuha."
=.=
Kazuha stared at herself in the mirror, her hair down as she brushed her teeth. She glanced at the omamori strapped on her phone.
-flashback-
A nine-year-old Kazuha was walking down the road alone going to school. There was an eclipse early in the morning and it was quite foggy too so everything was obscured. The light turned green and so she crossed the road. However, a pair of headlights came towards her direction. She looked at the oncoming lights, rooted on the spot with fear. She closed her eyes tight.
Suddenly, she felt herself thrown back on the sidewalk and a heavy, but warm and furry weight lay on top of her. She opened her green eyes and stared at the eyes of her rescuer.
It was a middle-sized dark brown wolf with startling green eyes, which was odd but seemed fascinating to her that time. The wolf pranced up and distanced itself from her. She got up and reached out her hand.
"It's okay." She said softly as she cooed the beast towards her. It slowly walked forward and when she was in its reach she slowly and gently stroked its fur. She smiled and hugged it. "Arigatou."
She kissed its forehead and then took out a omamori from her bag. She also took out a string and made a knot with the charm and tied it around its furry neck. She patted it once more as she stood up.
"If only I could bring you home. But daddy doesn't like dogs or wolves and you must have a family waiting for you." She stroked its fur one more time before picking up her bag. They gazed at each other for a long time and the young Kazuha swore that she could see a bunch of emotions behind its eyes.
Suddenly they heard the loud shut of a door and the wolf bolted away, but not before sending one last longing look at the girl. Kazuha raised her hand in farewell.
"Ja ne."
With that, the beast bounded into the foggy street as the man of the car went to her, asking her if she was alright. Before she replied, a lone wolf's cry broke out into the darkness. Kazuha looked at where the wolf had left and smiled. She looked back at the man.
"I'm okay. I was saved by someone but they ran away."
-flashback end-
The present Kazuha sighed as she finished brushing and went to her bed, switching her light out before climbing into the bed. It had been eight years and yet she hadn't forgotten it. She took one last look at the omamori before she closed her eyes.
I wonder if I'll ever see that wolf again…
=.=
Fate looked down on the girl and smiled. Destiny walked in and sat beside her. "What are you looking at, Fate?"
"It's nothing, Destiny. I'm just wondering…Should I start weaving the red string now?"
Destiny nodded as he looked at the sleeping Osaka girl. "I think you should because I'm already working on the boy here. It's the big day tomorrow after all."
"Yes, it is." Fate smiled and Destiny looked suspiciously at her.
"What are you planning, Fate?"
"It's nothing. I was just wondering if I should put a twist."
Destiny stared at her before shrugging. "Up to you, but I'll make sure that they'll be together 'til the end."
"Unless…"
Destiny nodded as they both look down at the Pond of Fate and Destiny. "Unless 'that person' interferes."
"Let's Hope he won't."
"Yeah, they definitely need Hope right now."
The two teenagers with their destiny and fate tied together had no idea of what was going to be in store for them.
XDD I hope you liked it! It just popped into my head two nights ago (blame Paranormal Activities for my lack of sleep -.-) and I wrote it today! Thank you for reading this and please review it! You see that big box down there that says 'review'? Yeah, click there and write anything you want! Ideas, suggestions, questions, etc.!
btw, this isn't going towards the Twilight direction, mind you! -.- considering Kazuha and Heiji's relationship with each other, a Twilight relationship is sooo not their type!
All in all, thanks again! Please wait patiently for the next chapter!
*crowd claps, leaves stage*