A/N: 5 tests coming up. I should be studying but I'm not, of course because that's how a roll xD This chapter rather rushed.
Disclaimer: Not mine
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K.K.
Dear Christy,
Nice to meet you. I DO like my childhood friend, but that's between you and me. She absolutely holds no feelings for me. I've known her since I was six.
You absolutely aren't. I am KID's number one fan. Ask anyone, in fact, you might as well ask Aoko, although she might through in quite a bit of cursing between her sentences. You wanted flowers? Here you go.
You live in Japan? That's somewhat nice. I go to Tantei High, what about you? And how to go on with my childhood friend? Thanks, but no thanks. I think our relationship right now as friends is fine for me. But thanks for offering.
Sorry for the late reply,
-Kaito
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C.P.
Liana got a weird phone call today.
So we were walking home from school and the Sakura blossoms were beautiful, like always, at this time of the year. Liana had some blue blouse on and jeans which made her look rather pretty while I was still in my hoodie and shorts from sports. Liana didn't seem to notice that though; she was chatting away happily about how she aced her math test and how she was sooooo prepared for Monday's English quiz.
That's when her phone rang.
I've always liked Liana's sense of music. She always picks the most complicated thing on earth that takes hours to download and a LOT of hard work, but it's all worth it. She flips it out, stares in shock at the caller ID, mouths, sorry, to me and opens it and presses it against her ears.
"Hello?"
Some talking, rushed, from the other side. It sounded like a girl and it seemed like they knew each other well. Liana's eyes widened a bit and she nodded.
"Yeah, I understand. Have fun…"
More blabbering from the other side.
"Wait WHAT? I can't do that! That's absolutely impossible!" One second she was perfectly fine and another she was literally breaking down in tears. I know Liana's a drama queen, but I've never quite seen her put up a show like this. And I still didn't know who was on the other end.
"No please, A, don't do this to me…" Liana said worriedly, and then sighed. The person on the other side said something like, "Don't argue with me!" And Liana reluctantly nodded. "Okay, fine. But for two weeks ONLY, okay?"
"Who was it?" I asked curiously as Liana shut her phone and plopped it back in her bag. She looked worn out by a single call and I was starting to worry a bit about her health when she whipped around and old Liana was back. Her huge smile plastered on her fast and her eyes shining.
"Nobody!" She said cheerfully, and skipped away. "Come on, Christy, let's go home,"
Maybe she said that a little too cheerfully, I thought as I hurried after her. Maybe her eyes were completely distant and her smile was completely empty. But, I was glad, that even if it was for just a few seconds, I got to see Liana's real smiling face.
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A.N.
Dear Hiro,
You haven't responded to my previous letter, but maybe that's because you're busy? Anyways, I'm coming to New York, if you still care. My flight gets in at Newark International Airport at 10 PM on August 24 and I'm staying for two weeks so I'm also spending Christmas there. If you are too busy, it's FINE. I'm just telling you because I need to let this stuff out on someone and Kaito is definitely not an option since he became frozen the second I told him. Well, see you soon…maybe.
Love,
Aoko
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K.K.
Aoko's leaving. Aoko's leaving for America. Aoko's leaving for America during Christmas. A Christmas without Aoko or her cookies or her cheerfulness or ANYTHING.
I guess it was that thought that finally woke me up.
I asked her out. I told her to meet me at Miracle Land the day before her flight. Ten in the morning, I told her, so we can have lots of time to be together before…you leave.
Somewhat like that.
She had agreed, which surprised me a lot. Maybe she was trying to be super nice to me for leaving right before the holidays. Keiko had grinned at me and told me I finally grew a brain, whatever that means. I feel insulted.
Anyways, it's 2 right now and things are going off fine. We talked a bit, went on rides, but mostly just enjoyed each other's company. After a rather delicious lunch (Aoko's still beats it, of course,) She spotted a gift shop and told me to wait there. She said she was going to get something for Keiko.
Man, girls sure take a long time shopping.
Anyways, I found an ice cream stand right next to me and bought one, chocolate for me and vanilla for her. We were kind of like that, opposites attracting each other. At least that's my opinion.
You're cold like ice cream, Kaito!
But isn't ice cream also sweet?
Good old times.
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It was rather blizzard the next five minutes.
Aoko was seriously taking her time and I was beginning to worry that something might've happened to her when a VERY angry brunette came charging at me.
She was awesome at karate, but I was doing my best to protect my head and the ice cream so I couldn't have a good look at her face. She was also yelling angrily at me but I couldn't make out the words.
"Ran-chan!" Osaka detective's girlfriend exclaimed, popping out of nowhere. Behind her came the Osaka detective and Tantei-kun. Oh, so this was Ran Mouri, Tantei-kun's girlfriend and Aoko's look-alike. That explains the karate.
But why me?
"You smack stupid kick Shinichi! punch," She huffed. "Not coming back or calling me at all-"
"I'm not Shinichi," I muttered only to get whacked in the head. Seriously, both Aoko and her had problems with their temper. Did I look that much like Tantei-kun? I saw Tantei-kun flinch a bit, but he knew better than to stop her. I sighed and prayed that Aoko came out fast so that I can at least give her the ice cream.
"You-" She began again when something wet and spongy landed on her face, making her sputter. The owner of mop lowered it slightly and I got a good look at her face. Aoko. Thank god.
"Excuse me," Aoko said in a harsh tone, eyeing the Osaka detective and Tantei-kun, no doubt recognizing them from the rooftop incident. Tantei-kun narrowed his eyes too. "What do you think you're doing?"
Tantei-kun's girlfriend gaped at a mirror image of herself while Aoko seemed completely oblivious that the girl in front of her looked exactly like her except Aoko's hair was way messier. Aoko huffed a little and turned to me, her expression lighting up the instance her eyes found the ice cream cones that were in the process of melting and she snipped it out of my hand and licked it happily. "Thanks Kaito! It's vanilla! Wait…" she smile dropped quickly. "Was this for me?"
There was the Aoko I knew, always doing things before thinking. I couldn't but smirk.
"Well…I don't know…" I drawled out slowly, only to face the wrath of the mop. After I got my vision back, I could see Aoko grinning back at me, one hand on her hip. It was nice to know that at least she was cheerful once again. I was seriously worrying about her health seeing that she almost turned completely emo these past few weeks. Maybe it was because she was finally going to KID heists?
Speaking of which, I have a heist tonight. Such an awesome gift for her going away right? Right. But as much as I want to, I can't just cancel the heist. I'll let so many people down. Tantei-kun, the taskforce, the crowd, myself and most of all, my dad.
At least I get to spend some time with Aoko.
I'm worried though. I really am. Aoko has never been the one for travelling and with her breakdowns and everything, I really wasn't that confident that she was going to be okay riding on a plane by herself for 18 hours. As far as I know, Aoko has never been anywhere without me or her dad (And for those times, I was always following along but that's a secret she'll never know.)
"Wow," Oops. I forgot all of them were still there. Osaka Detective and Tantei-kun looked at me with a mix of jealousy and angriness. Huh. Maybe they thought Aoko and I were dating? In my dreams. "You look exactly like me."
"I do?" Aoko turned around, surprised. She seemed to notice that the girl in front of her was exactly the same as her for the first time and her eyes widened a bit. "Wow, you're right! This is so awesome!" Aoko stuck out her hand. "I'm Aoko Nakamori. And you are?"
R.M.
"Ran Mouri," The girl smiled at me. It was like we were twins or something. "It's nice to meet you Aoko-chan,"
"I'm Kazuha!" the other girl standing next to Ran-chan exclaimed cheerfully. "You two really are identical."
"Hattori Heiji," the dark skinned tall boy said, his cap pulled low and had a huge accent. He looked a bit like Kaito except darker.
"I'm Conan!" The little boy said last. "Nice to meet your acquaintance, Aoko-neechan!" I nearly snorted. He wasn't fooling anyone. Well, he wasn't fooling me.
"Hi," I said slowly, swinging my hand up for a wave. "Hey, why did you attack Kaito?"
"Kaito?" Ran-chan asked puzzled. "Who's Kaito?"
Now I'm really puzzled. If she didn't even know who Kaito was, why did she attack him?
"That's Kaito," I said, pointing to my childhood friend who suddenly became really quite and was avoiding eye contact with Conan-kun. "Kaito Kuroba, he's my childhood friend, magician and KID's number one supporter," I heard the two detectives snort and I glared at them. "Why'd you attack him if you don't know him?"
"I think you're mistaken," Ran-chan said shortly. "That's Shinichi. He's my childhood friend."
How was I supposed to respond to that?
"Um, sorry to interrupt you lovely ladies," Kaito said, earning him a smack from me and a slight blush from Kazuha-chan and Ran-chan. Conan-kun's and Hattori-kun's glare worsened. "I'm afraid what Aoko says is true. I am Kaito Kuroba and I don't know about the Shinichi person you were talking about. Are you close?" With a slight flick of the wrist, two pink roses popped out and he held one out to each girl. Both of them turned vermillion and if looks could kill, Kaito would already be dead by now. The detective's glares were absolutely terrifying.
I sighed. Things never turned out as simple as they look.