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I'm back with a new chapter! The first date is here, what's going to happen with our newly minted couple? Sit back and enjoy!
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CHAPTER 2: THAT SPRING, THE LOVE BLOOMS
Miyano Shiho
Let me get this straight.
Kudou Shinichi was my first boyfriend. The last time I'd been loved was when Akemi-neechan was still alive, and that was two years ago. For the past two years, I could only watch Shinichi from afar, constantly feeling small and jealous when he was with Ran-san. From the look of it, Shinichi really knew how to treat his girl as though she was the prettiest in the world.
Which, let me tell you, I wasn't not comfortable with it.
Imagine living half your life being scared, and then suddenly you were free, with a bonus of a handsome and lovely boyfriend who didn't hesitate in acting aggressively towards you. Weird, right? It's something that I was totally not used to, being in a lovey-dovey relationship. If Akemi-neechan was alive, I would have flooded her with questions on how she managed her relationship with Akai-san.
Though, lying about not purposely preparing breakfast for him while in fact I woke up at dawn to get it done may not be a good idea after all. I could sense a disappointment in him when I said it was an extra portion of breakfast because Agasa-hakase didn't eat.
Urgh, I thought getting together with him would be the best thing in the world! Who knew it made me restless and sleepless. Since that Saturday night, I hadn't been able to sleep well, thinking what I should do to show him that I loved him. More than he loved me.
Sigh…
Friday, the first date...
"Nope. This is not good, too. Nope, I look fat in this. Nope, black will only remind him of the Black Organisation…"
I've been ransacking my wardrobe for at least fifteen minutes now. More than ten clothes were thrown lifelessly on my bed. I searched online on first date outfit, and it seems like girls must appear with something that they look cute in.
The thing is, I didn't have such cute outfit. No scientists in their right mind would buy a tank-top and miniskirt, thinking that they would have a date at the end of the week. Never happened.
Eventually, I settled with a white cotton dress and bright orange jacket. It's the first day of spring, after all. I could appear brighter than I usually was, hoping that nobody would make a fuss out of it…
"You look very bright and pretty, Ai-kun! Date night with Shinichi?"
Ah, of course. When I said "nobody", that excluded this busybody old grandfather. I forced a smile and dry laughter.
"Ahaha…yes Hakase. I'll be late today, please don't wait up. I have the house key, too."
"Yes, of course, stay as late as you want. After all you are with Shinichi, not some other guys. It's easy to punish him if anything ever happens to you…"
It's scary how he said all those with a smile on his face…
Shinichi picked me up exactly at 3 pm, as promised. He looked handsome, as usual, in black T-Shirt and jeans, coupled with his favourite blue jacket. It seemed like he passed his driving test, as he was driving his dad's car that had been staying at the garage for the past few years.
"Where are we going by the way? Amusement park? Mall?" I asked when he began to drive off. He snorted, to my big surprise.
"Amusement park? Mall? That's boring, my dear. Just sit tight and you will know when we reach the place."
"Oh sure then, Mr Mysterious Detective. I hate it when you act all mysterious like this," I said, scowling at him. He let out a short laughter that I love, while ruffling my locks.
We basically talked about everything under the sun during the drive. During his Conan days, Shinichi was always playful and funny, but I've never heard him cracked so many jokes in less than an hour. When he finally parked his car, a smile formed on my face.
"Seems familiar?" Shinichi said, with a satisfied smile in his face. I remembered his question that Saturday night, when we walked back from Teitan Primary School home.
"So, when was the first time you realized that you were in love in me? Like, when you finally told yourself that you fell in love with me?"
"Tsk. How can you ask a girl that kind of question? That's rude!"
"Just tell me…Ah, you wanted me to guess? Hmm…let's see, when I saved you from that exploding bus?"
"Booo…wrong. You don't have to guess. I'll tell you. It was at Sumida Aquarium, when we had excursion together with the other 1-B kids…"
"Really? On such a normal day? That's surprising. I thought it would be on a day that I acted like your hero or something…"
"Well, yeah, keep wishing…"
And so, Mr Mysterious Detective brought me to the first place that I fell in love with him. On such a normal day. If only he knew that his "normal" self was the one that I loved most…
Seems like this first date would be more enjoyable than I expected it to be. All smile, I followed Shinichi in the ticket queue.
"Ah re? Shinichi?"
Both Shinichi and I turned to look at the source of the voice. It was a girl. The girl.
Oh dear...
So who's "the girl" that made Shiho all nervous? Thanks for all your reviews, and keep 'em coming for this chapter too!
