I'd re-read this chapter and found enormous mistakes, so I decided to revised it. Anyway this story supposed to be a one-shot but somehow I changed my mind.
Disclaimer : I don't own kazuha or heiji or any other character in Conan.
Just A Kiss
Chapter 1
"Heiji, where the hell are you?"
"At the station. Why?"
"WHY? Baka, you'd promised to pick me up"
"Oh yeah. I remember. I promised to pick you up at your office at 6 pm right?"
"You aho. It's already 6.30 pm" Kazuha just couldn't believed him. Couldn't he read a watch? She had bought him a watch on his last birthday. Hoped that an event like this would never happen again. She even wrote a special note on his birthday card, 'so you'll never forget when to pick me up'. But she guessed he never took that into an account.
"What? 6.30?" Heiji worriedly look at his watch. 6.30 it is. Sweat dropped on his forehead but he tried to remain cool.
"Well guess I'll be late to picking you up then," said Heiji lightly as if nothing was happen.
"Fine. Just get your butt right here as soon as possible. Got that! ASAP!" Kazuha screamed at her phone. Giving an extra warning to her last statement. Heiji had to put away his phone for a while in order to keep him from the deafness that just might had happen to him.
Kazuha was about to turned off her cell when she heard Heiji tried to say something more, "but Kazuha..."
"WHAT?"
"I might have been a little late"
Kazuha frowned, "But you already late?"
"Well I have to drop Yuki first"
It's Yuki again. Why it always had to be her? Ever since she -Yuki- became his partner, Kazuha feel it was always about Yuki. She felt jealousy tickled in her heart.
"Kazuha... are you still there?"
Kazuha shook her head. Tried to eliminate the jealousy that tickle her heart. "Of course I'm still here you baka"
"So?"
"So what?"
"So I'll pick you up an hour from now?"
Kazuha shrugged hearing his remark. "Forget it Heiji. I'll just walk home. It's not like I can't go home without you" her voice dropped and sounded hopeless. She had been in this situation a lot. She knew Heiji always put his cases first before everything. And Yuki was as equal as a case.
Heiji didn't miss the desperation in her voice. Guilt suddenly filled his heart. "Look, Yuki just get a little accident in our last case and I've promised to take her ..."
"Yeah... Yeah... I got it Heiji. Just take her home. I'll be okay" Kazuha cut his explanation. Really, she didn't feels like going through another of his excuses. She already knew his line. Though sometimes it goes on different kind of lines but still it had the same point. Case -that includes Yuki- came first. At first it hurt her so much that sometimes it made her cried. But she already got used to it.
"But what about the gift?"
"Gift?"
"My mother's gift, remember? I promised to pick up at 6 so we can go to the mall to find a gift for my mother. Remember?"
oOo
Yup, today is his mom's birthday and he totally forgot about it. So when Kazuha showed up in his house early in the morning, he looked puzzled. "My birthday is four months ago just in case you forgot" said Heiji. Kazuha stare him sharp. "It's not for you. It's for your mom. Today is her birthday".
And Heiji turned pale in an instant. From the look of his face, Kazuha knew that he was totally forgot about it. But being Heiji and aware of his mom present at his back, he tried to look cool and said, "Oh shit Kazuha. Why do you have to break my surprises? I'm planning to give her something in the afternoon after I got home from the station".
Shizuka (A/N : it's the name of Heiji's mom right?) knowing her son very well, knew that he was lying. "Oh it's really sweet of you Heiji," Shizuka said with face full of poker smile, "Just see what you will get when you get home and bring me no gifts" and she finished her line with a stern voice before she walked to Kazuha to proclaimed her gift.
oOo
"Hei it's not my fault that you forgetting her birthday! I already give her my present"
"Yeah...Yeah... I know that. But help me will you? I don't have any fucking clue what to give her"
"Just give her flower or cake like you always did"
And suddenly an idea came into Heiji's mind when he heard her suggestion. "Could you bought it for me while I drop Yuki?"
Kazuha stared blankly at her now empty office. "I should've known you will said that." Kazuha shrugged when she said it. "Fine, I'll go and buy a cake near my office"
Heiji smiled to himself, he knew Kazuha would never reject his request. Well at least almost never. He knew that he can always counted on her. "And a flower too" said Heiji teasingly.
"Are you ordering me?"
"Sorry" he chuckled. Don't push your luck too much, Heiji warned him self. "So I'll pick you up at the cake shop near your office then"
"Fine. Just try to be there as soon as you can, alright?"
"Okay. Just wait for me there okay" said Heiji assuring but somehow Kazuha knew that it was just another reminder for her to not expecting him to be there on time.
oOo
She's been in this bakery for almost half an hour. And as far as she remembered, Yuki's house was not far from here so it wouldn't take much time for him to get there.
"What time did he said, he will pick you up?" asked the shopkeeper.
"Well he didn't say the time. He just promised to pick me up here just as soon as he finished his business"
"Man.. Always late" Kazuha smiled and nod.
"Look it's not like I don't want you here. But we're going to closed" continued the lady. Kazuha looked at her watch, it's only 7.30 pm. Maybe she just doesn't like my presence here, thought Kazuha.
"I know it maybe too early to close the shop but I was planning to close it soon since my child was not feeling very well today" explained the lady as if she was reading her mind.
"Oh I'm so sorry"
"That's okay. I'm the one who should be apologizing. Look what if I gave you another extra cake to make up for it?"
Kazuha shook her head. "That will be unnecessary"
But the lady ignored her and started to put couple of her remaining cakes into the box and gave it to Kazuha. "Nonsense. Here, take this! I feel bad for throwing you out of my shop"
Kazuha reluctantly accepted the gift. "Thank you so much ma'am. Anyway you're not throwing me out. I'm the one who is being bothering you by standing here all along"
"You're very welcome" the lady smiled, "You know there's a little cafe around the corner. Maybe you could wait for your boyfriend there". Kazuha blushed as she heard the word 'boyfriend'. If it was somebody else who said it, she might have scream to that person, 'he is not my boyfriend'. But she just smiled now. Refused to make another unnecessary talk with the shopkeeper since she looked anxious to get rid of her as soon as possible from her shop.
Kazuha looked at the directions of the cafe. Yeah, she would just going to text him about the cafe then. "You are right. I'll just wait him there then. Thank you so much for everything and sorry for the troubled I cause"
The lady waved her hands. "Never mind about it."
And so she walked off the shop and on to the cafe around the corner. She stopped a while at the traffic light before crossing the busy street. She was only have to pass 2-3 shops before finally got into the cafe when her eyes caught Heiji's bike. There in the cafe where she destined her self to be, she saw Heiji stood with Yuki at the exit. They stood near his bike. Yuki's hand was being bandage and there was a string tied to her neck to give more support. There were also some wounds on her face. New wounds. She then remembered his word, "Look, Yuki just get a little accident in our last case and I've promised to take her ..."
Well, his not lying then. She was about to make a step toward them when he saw Heiji touching her face. Kazuha knew that he might just smoothing her wound since he saw worried and guilt appeared on his face but she couldn't help for being jealous. Yuki raised a hand and closed Heiji's hand. Tried to keep his hand in place. Yuki looked at now embarrassed face of Heiji. She smiled and whispered something, Heiji just nodded a little. Yuki then let her hand go and Heiji quickly pull his hand back. Yuki smiled. She had a sweet smile, thought Kazuha. And somehow it worries her.
And then Kazuha saw Yuki slowly drew her face toward Heiji and their lips met. Kazuha stared in disbelieve. And to make it even worst, she saw Heiji kissed her back. Her vision became fuzzy. Tears had prevented her eyes to have a better look. Jeez, she didn't even realize when she was started to cry.
They broke the kisses not long after it. And Kazuha felt very weak. She turned away and tried to find a chair or a wall or something that could support her at the moment. She didn't find a chair, so she just held herself to a nearby wall and closed her eyes tight. Tried so hard to erase the scene that she just saw, but somehow that scene was kept playing in her mind. How could he do that to me?
But then another scene was playing in her mind. "Maybe you could wait for your boyfriend there" said the lady at the cake shop. Kazuha shook her head as she remembered the shopkeeper's word. "No, he is not my boyfriend!"
Kazuha took a deep breath as she finished stating that word. She closed her eyes. He was not your boyfriend Kazuha so why couldn't he kiss another girl? She told her self so. But she can't deny that it hurt her to saw he kissed another girl. Slowly Kazuha opened her eyes and looked at the cafe again. She then saw Yuki walking to her apartment building. And he seemed to observe every move she'd made. When she had finally entered the building, Heiji looked back to his bike. Feeling content that Yuki has finally returned home safely. And Kazuha wondered did he care for her as much as he cared for Yuki?
Heiji pulled out his cellular out of his jacket. He seemed to be reading Kazuha's text in his cellular that explained the address and directions into the cake shop, for he then looked into the directions of the cake shop.
And suddenly, out of nowhere, an anger crept in her hearts. Replaced her sadness. Obviously, he didn't care about her as much as he cared for Yuki. If he did care, why would he drink coffee with Yuki while she was just a couple of feet away, standing and waiting for him with a gift he asked her to bought. You are such baka, thought Kazuha. She was then walked fast to his directions.
oOo
Heiji tried to eyed on the shop. Oh shit, it closed. Kazuha will be mad at him. He put his cell back to his jacket and was about to hop-on onto his bike when he felt a hand grabbing his jacket. And there, he saw Kazuha with her angry face. But despite her angry and furious face, he swore he saw a tears slipped at the end of her red eyes.
"I guess accompanied Yuki to drink a coffee was far more important than picking me and your mother's cakes up, right?"
Oh shit. She saw it. She saw I was with Yuki. And a scary thought came to him, did she saw the kissing? He is now sweat dropping. Didn't really know what to say but still refused to be beaten verbally by Kazuha. "Well it's her treat. How can I refuse a free meal?"
"Free? Oh I thought you just had to pay it with the kiss" Kazuha said sharply. Her answers convinced his suspicious. She did saw it then.
They stood silence for what it seemed for Heiji like an ages. He really didn't like Kazuha's face. He knew he let her down again. But being silenced like this while she stared sharp through his eyes was something that he hated so much. He just had to say something on his behalf.
"Look, it's just a kiss for heaven sake"
Slap
Yes, that was the sound of Kazuha slapping Heiji's face. She didn't know what to say. All she knew is that she was so pissed off by his remark. "Just a kiss right? But how come you never kissed me before?" Kazuha's voice became to tremble. "I hate you Hatori Heiji!"
Heiji stood there in silence. It's not that he was hurt by her slaps. He deserved it alright. But her word was the one thing that kept him silent. Doesn't she know how he longed to kiss her? To hold her so she wouldn't shiver or trembled liked she did now? To wiped off her tears and put the happy shines back into her eyes? To shed away her angers and sadness when he knew he was the one who caused it all? How he would turn back the time and prevented all of this to happened. How he would travel to hell and back just to paid for everything he has done. And how he hated to be hated by her. He knew she had say 'she hated him' so much but somehow he knew that this time, it was for real. She really hated him.
Kazuha looked at Heiji. He stood stiffed in his place. He bowed his head but Kazuha still can see his face for he was obviously feeling guilty. Well, he should be feeling guilty, thought Kazuha angry. How could he do that to me? How could he? And to say that it was just a kiss? Don't tell me that you really don't know how I felt this all along.
She gave him the bag consisted of the cakes she had just bought. "Here. Give this to your mom!"
Heiji didn't take the bag though. He shook his head. Raised his head, look straight into Kazuha's eyes. He tried to smile at her. "No you keep it. I can't hold it while I'm driving"
"You still think I would have you to ride me home? Forget it! Here, just take it!" with that Kazuha shoved the cake right into his chest. It was pretty hard, even Kazuha scared that her actions may ruin the cake. But what the hell. He took it anyway.
While Heiji busied with the cake, Kazuha found a time to just ran away from him. She didn't look where was she ran to. All she knew was that she needed to get away from him before he stopped her. Like he would! Screamed Kazuha to herself.
Kazuha bumped into a man on her way to running away from Heiji. She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her right stomach. Just then he realized that the man has just stabbed her with a knife. She tried to look at her attacker but there were some other people who blocked her view. She held a hand onto her stomach. She gasped when she raised her hand to show that it was covered with the blood. Her vision blurred as she felt the pain has went through every nerve of her body. Her breath became very irregular. It was very hard for her to breath. And the pain in her stomach was killing her. She pressed the wound with her hands again. Trying so hard to stopped the bleeding. Oh my god, am I going to die? , Asked Kazuha to herself. Kazuha closed her eyes. She writhed in pain. No longer able to hold back the pain, she collapsed in the middle of the pavement with blood covering her stomach.
To be continued…
A/N : Confession time, at first I want to kill Kazuha in the end but somehow I didn't have the heart to do it. I haven't decided about the ending yet. Happy ending or sad ending? So suggestions are welcome. RR pls!