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a bunch of legal stuff no one ever really reads and/or cares about... All rights reserved to Aoyama Gosho.

Shinichi's POV

A soft buzzing sound emanated from somewhere to his left. He grumbled a bit and reached for his cellphone, sparing a glance to caller ID. He frowned and checked his alarm clock, determining that it wasn't yet 10:00am.

"Hello?" He said, flipping open the phone open to answer the call.

"Where are you?" A voice shrieked. He winced and pulled the phone away from his ear to save himself from going deaf.

"Sonoko... what do you want so early on a Saturday morning?" He stopped and started to swear quietly. "It's the beach trip, how late am I?"

"Twenty minutes late!" She replied irritably.

"Hang on a few minutes? I'll be right over!" He said and snapped the phone closed. Swingng his legs out of bed, he hurried over to his closet, grabbing out clothes at random and pulling them on then seized his bag and ran out the door, looking it behind him and running to the garage.

A sleek midnight blue porsche sat in the middle of the room. He took a set of keys off their hook on the wall and slid inside. The engine hummed to life and he pulled out of the driveway, heading the the rendez-vous point. Due to his inherited driving skills he made it there in under ten minutes. Shinichi pulled up next to the bus and got out, shading his eyes from the sun.

Ran waved at him and he walked over to her. She ushered him into the bus.

"Come on, we're already late, thanks to you!" Ran said with a half-angry, half-amused scowl. He was pushed into the first empty seat, in front of Hattori. A few playful jeers were called from the back of the bus and yelled back a few choice insults.

"Yah overslept!" Hattori complained good naturedly.

"My alarm clock didn't go off. I must've turned the alarm off during the night." He said, defending himself.

Hattori of course teased him about it until Kazuha found reason to slap him upside the head then he went off to argue with her leaving Shinichi alone with his thoughts. Now free from his conversation duties, he looked around for Kaito. He spotted the magician sitting next to an unfamiliar blond teenager that he assumed was Kaito's friend Hakuba. He felt a surge of jealousy but he quickly controlled is by reminding himself that Kaito was in love with him, not Hakuba.

Kaito's POV

"Aoko misses you, you didn't give her your address." Hakuba commented casually.

"I didn't give it to her for a reason, Hakuba." Kaito said, glaring at his friend. Though he was really staring at his detective.

Shinichi had his eyes closed and it would almost look like he was sleeping to anyone that didn't know his sleeping habits. Kaito had learned them after several weeks of investigating. (AN: He was so stalking Shinichi. Though he refuses to admit it.)

"Come on, she can't be that bad!" Hakuba argued, pulling him back to the conversation.

"She's not that bad for you. I'm a different story." He retorted, quickly gaining ground in the arguement.

"Of course you're a different story, she likes you." Hakuba said logically.

"Too much." Kaito muttered. Before Hakuba had a chance to respond, the bus stopped. The students cheered and tripped over each other in an attempt to get off the bus.

"Let's hit the beach!" He yelled and started to climb over Hakuba, the Aoko debate already long forgotten. Hakuba sighed and followed him.

Shinichi's POV

"-A storm warning for the Beik-" Shinichi turned a dial on the radio, switching to some music instead of listening to his usual news. He was here to have fun, after all. A flash of green caught his eye and he looked up. Kaito was running towards the ocean holding a huge inflatable green mattress held out infront of him. He smiled and leaned back into his chair, closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

He awoke to the sound of thunder. Startled, he looked around.

The beach was nearly deserted and dark clouds were rolling in from the south, briniging imense winds and rain with them.

"Shinichi, we've got to leave, it's not safe with the storm coming in!" Ran said, shouting over the wind as she struggled towards him. He turned his gaze to the ocean, seeing that she was right. The waves were turning violent, tossing everything in their path.

Suddenly he saw something... something green... an inflatable raft.

He swore and sprinted to the edge of the water, diving into the turbulent and unwelcoming waves. Water filled his mouth and nose as he swan. After what seemed like hours, his hand hit the raft. He climbed on to it, being careful not to tip it over.

No one was there.

He dove of the side and checked the surrounding water again.

No Kaito, only some stray seaweed.

He kicked his way to the surface, only to be pushed down by a rogue wave. Shinichi gasped at the impact, letting water invade his mouth. He tried to choke it out but only succeeded in swallowing even more water. His eyesight blurred and finally went black. As he slipped into unconscienceness, his final thoughts were of relief. Relief that Kaito wasn't anywhere in sight. It meant that he was safe.

Question 1: Is Shinichi going to die?
Answer: No, then I would have nothing to write on except Kaito being depressed.

Question 2: Is Kaito currently depressed?
Answer: Sort of? I mean he's like semi-depressed at the moment.

Question 3: Why did Shinichi say "no" to Ran's question last chapter?
Answer: I'm not going to tell you yet.

Question 4: Are you getting annoyed yet?
Answer: I can't answer this, I don't know you.

Question 5: Should I let you get back to the story?
Answer: Probably... fine, I'll let you get back. Bye!

Something pushed on his chest, forcing him to release the water he'd swallowed. He coughed and opened his eyes with some difficulty. Deeply concerned violet eyes started back at him.

"Kaito... you're okay." He croaked, voice still thick with seawater. He tried to sit up.

"You idiot, what were you doing? You could have drowned!" Kaito asked, furious.

"I thought you were still out there." He said, stating what he felt was an obvious reason.

"Why would you care? I'm nothing but a game for you." The magician said bitterly, hurt flashing through his eyes.

"What gives you that idea?" Shinichi asked, genuinely dumbfounded.

"The other day when Ran found out... you said no without hesitation." Kaito whispered. "Do you know how much that hurt?"

"...Is that what this is all about?" He asked. "You ignoring me and not picking up your phone?"

The other teen nodded sadly.

"Kaito I... I don't love you. It's too soon for me." Shinichi said quietly. "The reason I said no wasn't to hurt you. It was because I don't want to lead you on. It would be wrong of me and... I don't think I'd be able to forgive myself if I did it."

"Oh Shin-chan, you're far too good for me." Kaito said with a smile. "I wasn't even looking at it rationally."

"It's understandable, no one thinks straight when they're hurting." He said. Shinichi wrapped his arms around Kaito's neck and pressed their lips together. Hesitantly at first then with a desperation that he hadn't dreamed that he had possesed. They stayed like the for a few minutes before pulling back for air.

"Um, we're still here." A voice said off to their right. A little scared of what they would see, they both turned and saw the whole class looking back at them with stunned expressions. At that moment, Hakuba decided that it had been a very bad idea to give Aoko Kaito's address.

AN: Did you like my little quiz? I had fun writing it. Anyways, what did you think? I'm not sure if it turned out well or not. I'm of two minds about it.

1.) Too much emotional crap... 2.) Too little suspense. 3.) It's good. 4.) It's terrible.

Okay so I'm of 4 minds about it... whatever. Also, for any of you reading my Word Of The Day story, it's been cancelled for now. I'm actually grounded so I don't have computer access everyday. As soon as I'm not grounded I'll start it up again.

Either way, thank you for reading and please review! ^^

P.S Yes, I changed my formatting, I got annoyed with the other one. I'm not sure which one looks better so I'm experimenting.