"Mother, um.you see, I had friend of mine in Japan.. May I please go and
see him?" I asked mother, nervously, she was sitting on a table, reading
newspapers.
"Friend? How come you have a friend in Japan? And why didn't you tell me about him?" Mother asked curiously, she seemed to be worried.
"Oh, we meet in America; he's one of those top students who won an award in a competition to America. So we knew each other and we had been in contact since then, he is my best friend. His name is...um. Heichi kaze." I answered mother's question, feeling very uneasy. I had never lied to mother; this was my first and last time.
"I am not sure you can go, dear. You are not familiar around with places in Japan and where does he live anyway?" Mother asked again.
"Um. he just lived in Beka, you know mother, the place you use to live in. And it's ok if I am not familiar with the places here, he can show me around." I said, feeling really nervous.
"Please mother, we really wanted to go and play with him, he is our first friend here." The help has arrived; Akiran walked into our living room and begged with me, I believe mother will agree with us if she also begged with me.
"I am not sure..."
"Ok, mother, we will meet Heichi in the park so you can have a close look at him that he is not any robber or children kidnappers." I said, very straight forward because my patience is running out, Akiran and I have to do anything to get to meet Heichi.
"Ok then, I will see this boy and you will go with him, I believe he is not any bad boys according to you, Shinji. I believe in you and Akiran. So where are we going to meet him?" Mother finally gives us a simile through the whole conversation.
"We are meeting each other at the Beka Park. And he's taking me around Beka, showing me around, his parent will be with us too." I add up the parent bit just to make mother feel safe. We are actually going to this party of one of his uncle's. His uncle is his dad's best friend, another famous detective in Japan, I heard he said that his uncle is having a party tomorrow to celebrate his 26th birthday in his house, and there would be a lot of people there, detectives, detective novelist or policemen. I get excited and excited when I think of this part, I will get to meet with all those famous detectives or polices! I also heard Heichi said that his uncle had lots of detective novels in his private library.
"So, when are you meeting with your friend?" Mother seemed to be very happy that I finally had a friend since I never have one friend in America, she was very happy.
"Tomorrow." Akiran said
"Tomorrow?" Mother's smile suddenly vanished and what is left was her sad expression. Her expression made me and Akiran feel so guilty at the moment, we had never do such thing before, and lying to mother, if she knew, she would be very sad and we will be sad is well.
"What's wrong mother? If you don't like us to meet with each other tomorrow, we can change a date." It's ok if Heichi won't meet with us tomorrow, we can always meet in another time.
"Don't, don't cancel the meeting you had been looking forward to just because me, it's nothing, really." I don't believe her when she said that, she looked so sad and painful, how come it's nothing?
"It's just that tomorrow remind me of someone's birthday, 4th of May." Mother rolled her eyes and looked outside the windows, silence filled the room and none of us spoken a word after wards.
The next day
Heichi was there very early, even earlier then us. When we had arrived, he ran like a tiger towards us and gives me and Akiran a hug.
"Shinji! Long time no see, what took you so long?" he asked me, giving me a small punch on my back. "Akiran, you turned out to be even more beautiful." He then held Akiran's hand and bends down and give a gentle kiss. Akiran's face was suddenly looking like a tomato.
"DO NOT GO NEAR MY SISTER!" I said, punching him very hard.
"Clam down, geez, you are still as protective as Akiran as before." Heichi punched me back, not as hard as the punch I give him, a very gentle punch.
"So is this beautiful woman your mother?" Heichi asked Akiran, he looked at mother. "Hello, Ms Kudou, I am Shinji and Akiran's friend. My name is um. Kaze Heichi."
Mother looked surprised and afraid at that moment, she was drift away into her dreams or something, and she was not back until Akiran pulled her hand and pulled her back from her dreams.
"Glad to meet you, I heard a lot from you. I am really happy that Shinji had a friend like you." Mother said, giving one of those pretend smiles again. I don't why she is so unhappy about Heichi, he is my best friend! Or is it..Heichi's looks remind her of someone she knew?
"Heichi, I am sorry if I am rude but may I ask you a question?" Mother's pretend simile now turned to be a worried expression.
"Yes, anytime."
"Who is your father and what's his name?" Mother asked, having a nervous expression on her face.
"Oh. um. my father is.a doctor! His name is um... Kaze Kaichi!" Now Heichi was the one who is nervous, no wonder, he had to make up a lie we had never told him before.
"Huh, sorry about that, is just that you remind me of one of my old friends." Mother took out one of her mobile phones with a lace on it and put it on my neck. "I really need to go now, dear, use this phone if you want to call me and I will come and pick you up." Mother gives me and Akiran a kiss on the forehead and run away from us.
"Wait..."Heichi seems like he wanted to go and ask mother a question, but then he stopped his movements because mother had vanished in front of us, she is now out of our sight. "Um... there's something weird about her, just like what you said."
"Heichi, you know mother said you remind her of someone she knew, do you think your parents know my parents?" Akiran asked Heichi, there's a possibility that Heichi's parents are friends or relative with mother.
"Maybe, because I looked a lot alike my father. I think she knew father but she want to hide away from father or prevent any of her kids having any contacts with my father's kid. So that's why she wanted you to stay away from kids with surname "Hattori". " Heichi said, giving us his point of view.
"Heichi, do you know anyone with the surname "Kuroba" and "Kudou"? They are the people we have to stay away from is well." There is a 90% chance that Heichi or Heichi's father know these people and they are very close friends or relatives with my father.
"Yes! Indeed I knew! My dad's friend have surname like that. Kudou Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito!" Heichi said, giving me a big grin. "Indeed, today's party was opened at Uncle Kudou's house, this is where we are going now, the Kudou Mansion, and everyone with the surname "Kuroba" or "Hattori" or "Kudou" will appear to be there, you can ask my dad or my other two uncles about your mother!"
"I knew it! I knew we haven't waste our time into coming in this party." Akiran is very happy that she holds tight on Heichi's hands and jumped up and down. "Yes! We finally had one of our most important evidence to continue with our investigation!"
"Kudou Shinichi?" I had heard of him, he is a worldwide known detective; somehow, I feel familiar with him and can't wait to see him.
To be continue
"Friend? How come you have a friend in Japan? And why didn't you tell me about him?" Mother asked curiously, she seemed to be worried.
"Oh, we meet in America; he's one of those top students who won an award in a competition to America. So we knew each other and we had been in contact since then, he is my best friend. His name is...um. Heichi kaze." I answered mother's question, feeling very uneasy. I had never lied to mother; this was my first and last time.
"I am not sure you can go, dear. You are not familiar around with places in Japan and where does he live anyway?" Mother asked again.
"Um. he just lived in Beka, you know mother, the place you use to live in. And it's ok if I am not familiar with the places here, he can show me around." I said, feeling really nervous.
"Please mother, we really wanted to go and play with him, he is our first friend here." The help has arrived; Akiran walked into our living room and begged with me, I believe mother will agree with us if she also begged with me.
"I am not sure..."
"Ok, mother, we will meet Heichi in the park so you can have a close look at him that he is not any robber or children kidnappers." I said, very straight forward because my patience is running out, Akiran and I have to do anything to get to meet Heichi.
"Ok then, I will see this boy and you will go with him, I believe he is not any bad boys according to you, Shinji. I believe in you and Akiran. So where are we going to meet him?" Mother finally gives us a simile through the whole conversation.
"We are meeting each other at the Beka Park. And he's taking me around Beka, showing me around, his parent will be with us too." I add up the parent bit just to make mother feel safe. We are actually going to this party of one of his uncle's. His uncle is his dad's best friend, another famous detective in Japan, I heard he said that his uncle is having a party tomorrow to celebrate his 26th birthday in his house, and there would be a lot of people there, detectives, detective novelist or policemen. I get excited and excited when I think of this part, I will get to meet with all those famous detectives or polices! I also heard Heichi said that his uncle had lots of detective novels in his private library.
"So, when are you meeting with your friend?" Mother seemed to be very happy that I finally had a friend since I never have one friend in America, she was very happy.
"Tomorrow." Akiran said
"Tomorrow?" Mother's smile suddenly vanished and what is left was her sad expression. Her expression made me and Akiran feel so guilty at the moment, we had never do such thing before, and lying to mother, if she knew, she would be very sad and we will be sad is well.
"What's wrong mother? If you don't like us to meet with each other tomorrow, we can change a date." It's ok if Heichi won't meet with us tomorrow, we can always meet in another time.
"Don't, don't cancel the meeting you had been looking forward to just because me, it's nothing, really." I don't believe her when she said that, she looked so sad and painful, how come it's nothing?
"It's just that tomorrow remind me of someone's birthday, 4th of May." Mother rolled her eyes and looked outside the windows, silence filled the room and none of us spoken a word after wards.
The next day
Heichi was there very early, even earlier then us. When we had arrived, he ran like a tiger towards us and gives me and Akiran a hug.
"Shinji! Long time no see, what took you so long?" he asked me, giving me a small punch on my back. "Akiran, you turned out to be even more beautiful." He then held Akiran's hand and bends down and give a gentle kiss. Akiran's face was suddenly looking like a tomato.
"DO NOT GO NEAR MY SISTER!" I said, punching him very hard.
"Clam down, geez, you are still as protective as Akiran as before." Heichi punched me back, not as hard as the punch I give him, a very gentle punch.
"So is this beautiful woman your mother?" Heichi asked Akiran, he looked at mother. "Hello, Ms Kudou, I am Shinji and Akiran's friend. My name is um. Kaze Heichi."
Mother looked surprised and afraid at that moment, she was drift away into her dreams or something, and she was not back until Akiran pulled her hand and pulled her back from her dreams.
"Glad to meet you, I heard a lot from you. I am really happy that Shinji had a friend like you." Mother said, giving one of those pretend smiles again. I don't why she is so unhappy about Heichi, he is my best friend! Or is it..Heichi's looks remind her of someone she knew?
"Heichi, I am sorry if I am rude but may I ask you a question?" Mother's pretend simile now turned to be a worried expression.
"Yes, anytime."
"Who is your father and what's his name?" Mother asked, having a nervous expression on her face.
"Oh. um. my father is.a doctor! His name is um... Kaze Kaichi!" Now Heichi was the one who is nervous, no wonder, he had to make up a lie we had never told him before.
"Huh, sorry about that, is just that you remind me of one of my old friends." Mother took out one of her mobile phones with a lace on it and put it on my neck. "I really need to go now, dear, use this phone if you want to call me and I will come and pick you up." Mother gives me and Akiran a kiss on the forehead and run away from us.
"Wait..."Heichi seems like he wanted to go and ask mother a question, but then he stopped his movements because mother had vanished in front of us, she is now out of our sight. "Um... there's something weird about her, just like what you said."
"Heichi, you know mother said you remind her of someone she knew, do you think your parents know my parents?" Akiran asked Heichi, there's a possibility that Heichi's parents are friends or relative with mother.
"Maybe, because I looked a lot alike my father. I think she knew father but she want to hide away from father or prevent any of her kids having any contacts with my father's kid. So that's why she wanted you to stay away from kids with surname "Hattori". " Heichi said, giving us his point of view.
"Heichi, do you know anyone with the surname "Kuroba" and "Kudou"? They are the people we have to stay away from is well." There is a 90% chance that Heichi or Heichi's father know these people and they are very close friends or relatives with my father.
"Yes! Indeed I knew! My dad's friend have surname like that. Kudou Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito!" Heichi said, giving me a big grin. "Indeed, today's party was opened at Uncle Kudou's house, this is where we are going now, the Kudou Mansion, and everyone with the surname "Kuroba" or "Hattori" or "Kudou" will appear to be there, you can ask my dad or my other two uncles about your mother!"
"I knew it! I knew we haven't waste our time into coming in this party." Akiran is very happy that she holds tight on Heichi's hands and jumped up and down. "Yes! We finally had one of our most important evidence to continue with our investigation!"
"Kudou Shinichi?" I had heard of him, he is a worldwide known detective; somehow, I feel familiar with him and can't wait to see him.
To be continue