Chapter 8. An Invitation.
Kazuha had collapsed down and Heiji quickly carried her to her room. He used a towel to wipe Kazuha's face and hair, he felt sorry for letting her to wait for him under the rain. "It's all my fault. Her dress was soaked wet, it's not good for her. She should change her clothes." Heiji found a yukata on her chair, "Kazuha, wake up, change your clothes first."
Kazuha was still unconscious; Heiji had no choice but to change her clothes by himself. Heiji started to unzip her dress, "please, don't wake up now." He knew that if Kazuha found out that he had changed her clothes, she would definitely kill him. His face was already blushing deeply as he never had such close contact with Kazuha before; it was not easy for him to change her clothes. He almost accidentally kissed her when her head fell onto his shoulder.
Heiji awkwardly dressed Kazuha in yukata, "her temperature is still high, there's some flu medicine at the cupboard."
Heiji tried to feed the medicine to Kazuha, though she did not swallow it. "Please take it, Kazuha." There was a strange idea come across Heiji's mind, his face flushed deeply, and he fed Kazuha mouth-to-mouth.
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Kazuha was sleeping soundly in her bed, she had a dream that someone was very gentle to her, taking care of her, and then kissed her. She woke up and found out that Heiji was sleeping by her bedside.
"You wake up already? Do you feel any better now?" Heiji also woke up.
"I feel better now, only a bit tired." Kazuha noticed there was a hint of red on Heiji's face and he was staring at her, not her face, but a bit lower. She suddenly realized that her yukata had loosened, and part of her bra and her thigh became visible.
"Awwww! Pervert! What're you looking at?" Kazuha immediately dressed herself up properly, "chotto, when did I change my dress?"
"You must be hungry now, I go and make something for you to eat." Heiji escaped from her room right away.
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"Kazuha, the congee is ready!" Heiji brought the congee to her room.
"That's delicious! I'd never eaten anything cook by you before."
"If you like, I can always cook for you." Kazuha blushed right away, "gomen ne, Heiji, you can't celebrate on your birthday."
"That's okay. Kazuha, I…" Heiji was staring at Kazuha's eyes, he realised that Kazuha was much more important than he originally had thought, he wanted to tell Kazuha his feeling. "I want to tell you that, um…"
"Nani? I can't hear you." Kazuha moved closer to Heiji, which made him more nervous. "Kazuha, I…"
"Tadaima! Heiji, Kazuha-chan, are you alright?" Shizuka was back home after the long vacation, "why are you both staying inside Kazuha's room?"
"I just feel a bit sick, and Heiji is taking care of me." After Shizuka left, Kazuha asked Heiji, "What do you want to tell me before?"
"I'm just a bit hungry, ha, ha, ha." Heiji was still not yet prepared to tell Kazuha his true feeling. "Aho! Who cares you're hungry or not."
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The next day Kazuha packed her stuff and went back her home. "I forget to tell you that Ikeda-sensee has invited us to his villa this weekend. He wants your help to investigate about the missing of his sister."
"What? But you're still sick." Heiji definitely did not want to see Ikeda-sensee.
"I'll be okay, so you'll go with me."
"Okay."
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Ikeda-sensee came and picked Heiji and Kazuha to his villa by his car. "You've got a pretty nice car, Ikeda-sensee." Kazuha was sitting at the back seat with Heiji.
"Kazuha, you don't want to sit at the front? It's more comfortable." Heiji's veins almost pop out from his head when he heard this.
"That's okay. I prefer sitting here."
They arrived at a western-style villa, "welcome to my villa. I used to come here often, with Tsubasa, my sister. She's gone missing for two years when she came here." There was a sign of sadness on Ikeda's face.
"Welcome, master Ikeda." A servant was welcoming her master.
"They're my guests, Toyama Kazuha and Hattori Heiji."
"Hattori, is it that high school detective in Kansai?"
"Yes. Hattori, you're quite famous." Heiji did not feel too happy for Ikeda's appreciation.
"We got a lot of detectives here today, there they come."
"Hattori-kun, Kazuha-chan. You're both here also." To their surprise, it was Ran and Sonoko. "It has been a while we last seen each other."
"Ran-chan, Sonoko-san, long time no see. What're you doing here?" Kazuha had already started meeting her friends.
To be continued……
Please R & R. Ran and Sonoko also showed up this chapter. Next Chapter --- who's the detective there?
