Title: Hot Date
Author/Artist: magictruth
Pairing: Takagi Wataru/Satou Miwako
Fandom: Detective Conan
Theme: #6 the space between dream and reality
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. If I did… I'd probably give Takagi a huge hug and tell him he was adorable.

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Takagi should have been suspicious when Shiratori gave him such a friendly hello that morning. The inspector had given him a huge grin, a friendly slap on the back and suggested that Takagi take it easy today, he was looking a little tired.

Yumi had looked upon this exchange and raised an eyebrow. "Does Shiratori-kun have a crush on you now?"

Takagi's red-faced, sputtered denials earned him a few laughs from both Yumi and Chiba. With friends like that…

The red flags and alarms should have been up and running when Shiratori showed him a photo of his twenty-three year old cousin (a petite and pretty green-eyed girl with wavy brown hair) and talked about how she was single and her professed fondness for police officers. Shiratori had mentioned that he was trying to find someone to set her up with and would Takagi give him a call if he found someone suitable? Takagi had assured him that he would.

The alarms should have been ringing loud and clear. But apparently they needed new batteries.

Takagi's naiveté was what often led to his being taken advantage of. For example, when the Shonen Tantei, namely Conan, needed to get to a case or better examine the evidence who better to rely on than the mild-mannered, easy-going Detective Takagi? That's right, they couldn't think of anyone else either.

Sometimes his lack of awareness was used by less innocent parties. In this case, it was Shiratori. But how could Takagi have known that?

The detective was now sitting at his desk, completing a police report from a recent robbery. His mind wandered off, predictably, to Satou. Where was she? She wasn't off on a case, he knew that much. She was probably at her desk, completing a report herself. She was probably twiddling her pen in her hand, looking for the right word. She was probably tucking a stray lock of hair over her ear…

"Takagi! I want you to meet my cousin!"

"AH!" Takagi jumped up startled out of his daydream. Damn. Gathering his bearings, he turned to the familiar voice of Shiratori. His eyes widened as he took in the image of the young woman standing next to him.

"You're the girl in the picture!" He cried out. The girl laughed as Shiratori raised an eyebrow. "Yes Takagi, this is my cousin, Nanakawa Rena. Rena-chan, this is the officer I mentioned Takagi Wataru."

Takagi bowed politely so he didn't notice Rena's eyes light up. "Takagi-keibu! Oh, yes, my cousin mentioned you."

Shiratori grinned widely and stepped forward to pat Takagi on the shoulder. "Takagi, I'm swamped with reports today and I was hoping you could give my cousin a bit of a tour. She's not from this part of Tokyo so I wouldn't want her to get lost."

"Oh, well, I—"

"Wonderful! I'll just tell Megure-keibu that you're doing me a favor and you're off. Have a good time!" He walked off, waving behind him, leaving Rena and Takagi alone.

Rena smiled nervously. "Sorry, I don't mean to be a burden. If you're too busy…"

Takagi shook his head. "No, its fine. Why don't we get going?"

I just hope Shiratori only tells Megure…if Yumi finds out it'll be around the department faster than we can leave the building.

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Takagi wasn't too far from the truth. It didn't take long for the news to rage like wildfire.

"Did you hear? Takagi has a hot date!"

"Does Satou-san know?"

"No, not yet…the girl is Shiratori's cousin!"

"I heard she was a tall blonde!"

"Nah, she's a brunette but you wouldn't believe the set of—"

"Ahem!" Satou entered the break room to find ten officers slacking off way past the fifteen-minute allowance. "Back to your posts!" The officers left the room snickering and gossiping. Shaking her head, she pulled a chair out and sat down. Where was Takagi? She had walked by his desk and he was nowhere to be found. Sighing, she resolved to ask Yumi. If he had gone off on a case, she would know. That's if she wasn't on duty.

But to her fortune, Yumi stepped in at that moment. Her eyes widened, however, when she saw Satou and she tried to back out.

"Yumi? What's wrong with you?" Satou looked at her expectantly.

"N-nothing. Nothing. Sorry, just my leg it…twitched. Anyway, want some tea? I'll make it." Trying to distract Satou from her odd behavior, she busied herself looking for tea bags.

"Sure, by the way, have you seen Takagi? I was looking for him. I wanted to know if he was up to some extra investigating on that suicide last week. Something doesn't seem right." Satou's brow furrowed in concentration. Shiratori-kun had been the one to close the books on that case but she couldn't shake the feeling that there was something more. She assumed that Takagi had felt the same since he had been staring doubtfully when Shiratori made his proclamation.

"Oh, well, funny you should mention him. You see, Shiratori-kun needed Takagi to do a favor." Yumi began.

"What sort of favor?"

"The-kind-of-favor-where-Takagi-has-to-show-Shiratori's-pretty-cousin-around-Tokyo." Yumi's words tumbled out.

"Huh?" Satou's face grew puzzled. "What about Shiratori's cousin?"

"Did you hear about the hot girl Takagi's out on a date with? I swear that guy gets all the luck! Only in my dreams would I get a girl like that! Damn!" One of the rookie officers came in at the worst possible moment. He quickly backed out as Satou's eyes went from wide to narrow, sparkling slits. A tight smile greeted Yumi. "What's this about a hot date Takagi is on?"

Yumi waived her hands frantically. "NO! No, it's not a date. Its not! Shiratori asked Takagi-kun to show his cousin around town because she was new to this part of Tokyo. That's all! There's no hot date. I promise."

"How old is she?"

"I believe I heard twenty-two."

"Is she pretty?"

"Well, um, that would depend on your definition of pretty…" Yumi began, nervously.

"Yumi. Is there any truth to that rookie officer's claim of a 'hot girl'?" Satou asked dangerously sweet.

"Well, um…yes?" Yumi squeaked. "But not as pretty as you! I swear! And besides Takagi wouldn't fall for her! He likes—" But she was cut off when Satou abruptly stood up and stalked out mumbling something about idiot men and long-legged tramps.

Yumi sighed and sat down. She didn't want to be on the receiving end of that potential explosion.

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Satou sat at her desk and typed furiously onto her computer. 'Suspect found brutally murdered.' 'Crime of passion.' Those were the phrases being typed across her computer screen. Every surrounding officer was smart enough to know that Satou knew about Takagi and Rena-san. They all had enough brains to know that to cross Satou right now would be worse than taking on a crazed bomber.

Coming to the end of her sentence. Satou leaned back and sighed. Why was she so upset anyway? It's not like they were dating…officially. Oh sure, there were signs of something but Takagi hadn't actually done anything and neither had she. Well, since they had nearly kissed (Satou turned a lovely shade of crimson) during that Tokyo bomber case a few months back. Somehow, the thought of Takagi off with some beautiful woman was driving her insane. What kind of girl was she anyway? Sure, she could be one of those shy, sweet types or she could be some sort of seductress. What of Takagi? He always seemed adorably clueless but what if that woman was enough to turn him into some sort of Romeo?

Satou found herself falling into a sort of daydream where Takagi was walking towards a tall blonde…

"Oh, you've been so kind! Thank you for showing me around town!" The beautiful blonde girl places her hands on Takagi's shoulders, clad in a tuxedo for some odd reason. "It was no trouble! Such a lovely woman shouldn't be left alone." Takagi edge closer to her. Their faces inches apart.

"I'm just so glad it was you who accompanied me. You're such a handsome officer…"

"How could I refuse such a beautiful woman?" Soon, they were enveloped in each other's arms.

The woman's eyes drifted shut as Takagi dipped his lips over hers, in a passionate kiss.

Suddenly, the woman and Takagi were waking up in a bed, tangled in each other…

That was enough to startle Satou out of her daydream…or nightmare. "Oh hell no!" She snatched her keys and purse and began to walk out at top speed. "I'm off to investigate a case!" She shouted and headed for the door.

Only to be stopped by someone coming through said door. Satou ran into a tall figure, who grabbed her shoulders. "Satou-san! Careful! Where are you off to in such a hurry?" Shaking her head, Satou looked up and saw Takagi and a petite brunette. The sudden realization of the girl's identity stopped Satou cold. The girl's face lit up in a smile. "You must be Satou-keibu! I'm Nanakawa Rena. I've heard so much about you!"

"Y-you must be Shiratori-kun's…cousin?" Satou stuttered. The girl nodded appreciatively. "Yes! Takagi-keibu was just giving me a quick tour of the town. Thank you so much!" She turned to him and he waived her off. "It was nothing!"

"TAKAGI!" Inspector Megure's voice could be heard ringing down the hall. A look that said oh crap passed Takagi's face as he made his apologies and sprinted towards the voice.

"He just went on and on about you today!" Rena smiled gleefully. "'Satou-san is the best on the force' 'Satou-san is the smartest person I've ever met.' He also mentioned how pretty you were and turned bright red too." The girl looked at Satou knowingly.

Satou stared at the brunette. "What!" But Rena just smiled as Shiratori walked up. "You're back? So soon?" Disappointment clearly coloring his tone.

Rena rolled her eyes. "Yes, we're back. I'm not an idiot, you know. I can find my way around here just fine. Besides, I wouldn't want to keep Takagi-keibu away from his work." She threw Satou a wink and dragged her despondent cousin off.

Satou stood there confused, her mind reeling from the information just given. A few moments passed before she was able to get her brain to reboot and walk back to her desk.

So much for tall, sexy, blondes. Shaking her head at her own idiocy, Satou took her seat. Envy…one of the seven deadly sins.

She was still mildly berating herself when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up, she locked gazes with the only guy who could succeed in making her knees go weak…without even knowing what he was doing.

Takagi smiled warmly. "Satou-san? I just ran a theory by the inspector. I was wondering if you wanted to come with me and do some investigating on that suicide case from last week."

It took a moment to tear her mind away from a whole other set of daydreams before she could respond. "Right! Yes, I remember. I though that whole thing seemed off. Let's go!" Clutching the purse and keys she had never quite let go of, she headed out the door, Takagi behind her.

Moments later, they were outside heading for Satou's car. She was swinging her arms absently and didn't notice Takagi's stolen glances. "So, what were you up to today, Satou-san? Police reports?" He grinned.

Satou thought out her words carefully. "Actually, I was looking for you. But then I found out about your date."

"WHAT?" Takagi yelled and stopped in his tracks. "That wasn't a date! I was just showing her around the area. Shiratori wanted me to!"

Satou looked at him suspiciously. "Well, I guess that's true…you could have asked her out you know. She's certainly pretty."

Takagi smiled nervously and looked away. "Well, uh, I could have but it just didn't really occur to me."

Satou looked at him disbelievingly. "Really?"

Takagi got into the car beside her. "Yeah, I mean she seemed nice but, uh, I guess I just wanted to get back to work. Wouldn't want Inspector Megure to fire me!" He finished rather quickly.

Satou grinned mischievously. "I know! Can you imagine what he'd say if he knew you'd skipped off on your work to go on a date?" She slid the key into the ignition and started the car.

"Satou-san! It wasn't a date!" Takagi began to blush furiously.

"I know, I know."

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The End

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A/N: I would have had this up on Friday but I went up to see the snow in the mountains so I had no time to post!

The daydream sequence was inspired by the manga, and a conversation with Candyland, where Ran is always imagining Shinichi with some hot blonde…in bed. There you have it! What do you all think?

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