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CHAPTER 4
Shinichi looked at his watch tiredly, groaning at the fact that it had already passed three hours. Shiho clicked her tongue, using her left hand to flap at herself aimlessly, in desperate hope from melting out in a pool of sweat from where she was sitting. He pulled out his hand phone once more and switched it on, praying that it would at least hold out for two to three minutes, but as soon as the light appeared on the screen, it faded out just as quickly.
" Brilliant." He muttered, stuffing it back into his pocket.
Shiho let out a whistle and folded her knees, staring up straight at the ceiling. " What time is it now, Kudo?" she asked.
He looked at his watch again.
" It's two in the morning." He grunted.
" Really?" she asked, cocking her brow.
" No," he said sheepishly. " It's just nine."
" The following day?"
" The following day."
He sighed and dug into his bag, fingering around in the contents when he cringed. " What's wrong?" she asked.
" Sonoko left saltwater in my bag." He said, pulling out a small-lidded cup from inside. " I guess she thought she was funny."
He half expected her to groan or raise her eyebrows like a normal teacher would have done, but she cocked her brow before rubbing her chin, thinking for a minute. Then she sprang to life, snapping her fingers so forcefully that Shinichi jumped.
" What?" he half-gasped, half-shouted.
" Give it to me." She said, and Shinichi handed it over. She took out a pair of spectacles from her bag, and unscrewed the lid off the cup of saltwater. Shinichi raised his eyebrows at her, finding out that it was best not to comment about the situation. She fingered around in her purse before sighing. She looked up at Shinichi so suddenly that he jumped again.
" Do you have a retainer?" she asked.
" Huh?" he asked, puzzled.
" A retainer." She repeated. " Now."
" Oh." He said. " Okay."
He pulled it out of his mouth, handing it over to her when she raised her eyebrows, disgusted. " No." she said. " Put it into the saltwater."
He opened his mouth to argue, but did what he was told.
" Now." She said pleasantly, sounding almost like she always did when she taught in class. Her hand phone was held in her other hand. " First we suspend your retainer in the saltwater solution like so." She said clearly. " Then we touch one of the earpieces of my wirerim glasses on the contacts on the bottom of the phone and dangle the other earpiece in the saltwater solution like so. Still with me?"
" I'm stuck in a lift with you." He said airlessly.
She chose to ignore that.
" Then we drop a coin inside, which results in a chemical reaction which will be strong enough for you to make a three-minute phone call."
His eyes widened, a grin appearing on his face.
" Brilliant!" he gasped.
" I know." She said. " Now call the lift operator to get us out."
He did, and he put the phone down soon after.
" Well?" Shiho asked testingly, continuously fanning herself. " What happened?"
" He'll be here in an hour." Shinichi said shortly.
They didn't talk much after that.
The two of them just sat there in the dark lift, no light appearing expect for the small beam of light shining from the light bulb above. Shinichi cleared his throat and his eyes traced over to Shiho restlessly before his eyes widened, noticing her unbutton the shirt she was wearing to shrug off the blouse off her shoulders to reveal a skimpy tank top underneath.
He gulped.
God she was gorgeous.
All of the boys in the school would kill him if they found out about this.
She raised her eyebrows at his leer.
" Don't get any ideas." She said warningly.
He blushed and looked away and she chuckled.
She looked up at the ceiling for a while.
" Do you have any siblings?" she asked and Shinichi stopped picking at the mat below their feet to look at her.
" No." he said. " It's just me."
She nodded.
" You?" he asked.
" I have a sister." She said simply.
" Younger?"
" Older."
Shinichi smirked. " Is she as hot as you?" he asked.
He almost slapped himself for saying that at the surprised expression on Shiho's face. " I'm hot?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
He sighed, knowing he was at the point of no return.
" Like you wouldn't believe."
Her eyes widened.
He cocked his brow.
" You didn't know?" he asked.
" No." she replied. " I. . ."
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" Nice room." The boy said.
She didn't answer.
He smiled at her and sat down next to her, in which she flinched. " Why don't you talk?" he asked.
She licked her dry lips.
" It's unreasonable to make unnecessary conversation." She said.
He scratched his head.
" What's unnesasareey?"
" Never mind."
He brought his small hand to stroke her cheek and surprisingly she didn't move away. A small grin broke out on his face. " You're really pretty." He stated.
She bit her lip and blushed, looking away.
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She stoned out.
" Miss Miyano?" Shinichi asked, and she jumped.
" Nothing." She muttered. " Nothing. It's just that. . .I never expected myself to be attractive in any sort."
His eyes immediately skimmed over to that skimpy tanktop she had on.
" I find that hard to believe." He said.
" What?" she asked.
" Nothing."
Silence.
" You're really good at soccer." She said.
" Thanks."
" My mother tried to teach me soccer once."
" Oh? Did it work?"
" No. I kicked the soccer ball and I fell backwards."
He looked at her.
She looked back.
And they started to laugh.
He smiled as he heard her. It was the sweetest sound he had ever heard. Like being able to hear a bird sing on the first of May. She wiped an eye and grinned. " I haven't laughed in a long time." She said silently.
He raised his eyebrows.
" What were you, a problem child?"
" Sort of, yeah." She said. " But it was mostly because of my dad."
Shinichi remained quiet.
" He used to lock me up in dark room and keep me there for days and nights. Some sort of stimulation thing, I don't know."
" He's weird."
" Amen to that."
Silence.
" I hated the light." She said.
" I'll bet you did."
" There was one time when a boy got sent into my room." She said.
Shinichi smiled.
" How old were you?"
" I. . ."
" HEY, ANYONE THERE?"
They stopped talking abruptly.
" Yeah!" Shinichi yelled back.
Shiho just sat there with her arms folded, shutting her eyes.
Shinichi turned around and frowned.
It was just then when he noticed that there were a Hell lot of things he didn't know about her. And it wasn't like he didn't want to.
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The next day of school could have been call the fantasy of all fans.
It could also be called the worst day in the world for Shiho and Shinichi.
How should I start?
Okay.
One bright sunny morning, Shinichi and Shiho walked into the school gate to find a huge crowd around the gate doors. Shiho raised her eyebrows and walked over, closely followed by Shinichi, who had a meat bun in his hands. There was a bulletin on the wall, which was laced with well, lace, huge block letters all over the huge sheet of paper.
IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR ONCE AGAIN! THE CHOOSING OF THE CROWN KING AND CROWN QUEEN O THE SCHOOL! YOU ALL HAVE CHOSEN THREE WEEKS AGO AND HERE ARE OUR TOP SIX FINALISTS FROM KING AND QUEEN STANDINGS
KING
Kudo Shinichi (Soccer team, High School detective.)
Yoro Maki (Tennis hottie)
Sanshriyuki Mati (Water polo. No words needed.)
QUEEN
Ran Mouri (Sweet angel, plus kicks ass. Great body included.)
Yikida Sakura (Chess team. Quiet and loveable.)
Shiho Miyano (Hot ass teacher. Smart and beautiful.)
COME ON DOWN ON THE THIRD AT TWO. THAT'S TWO. COME ON DOWN TO VOTE!
Shiho gaped.
" What the Hell?" she gasped, and Shinichi laughed.
" Told you you were hot."
" That's just plain stupid!" she yelled. " Plus embarrassing!"
He raised his eyebrows at the three schoolmates whop were taking pictures of her from behind. Then he shifted his attention back to Shiho. " Come on, it's fun! Plus, you don't have to do anything. You just have to sit down at your seat and wave. It's that simple. I do it every year."
" Do you win?" she asked.
He smirked.
" But what if nobody chooses me?" she almost whined in a tone so not like her. " It's embarrassing."
He grinned as a boy tripped and fell from behind her to try to get a look up her skirt.
" Trust me." He said. " You wouldn't lose. At least not by much."
She opened her mouth to argue but at that moment Ran and Sonoko ran over, Ran blushing like the sun. " See, I told you you would get chosen!" Sonoko laughed, patting her on the back. Ran blushed, but smiled brightly at Shinichi. " Hey Shinichi!" she said. " I was thinking of going over to Metro later to get some stuff. Would you mind to come with me?"
Shinichi would have agreed if it wasn't for Shiho who nudged him in the ribs.
Then he remembered.
Okay then.
" Sorry." He said. " I'm going out with the guys."
Ran looked crestfallen.
Then she smiled.
" Never mind then." She said. " See you later!"
He smiled and waved goodbye.
Sonoko raised her eyebrows at him, before staring at Shiho.
Shiho just stared back.
" Hey, remember to vote for Ran, Shinichi." She said, her eyes leaving Shiho's.
" Okay." Shinichi said.
Glaring at Shiho, she walked off.
Shiho smirked.
" That hurt so bad." Shinichi said sadly. " Why can't I just help her?"
" Because," Shiho started.
" I know." He said glumly. " I need to be distant."
" Glad to see you catching on." Shiho said.
Just then three boys came over, waving at Shiho jollily. " We're voting for you, Miss Miyano." They said gleefully and she smiled.
" Thanks." She said, deeply grateful.
" We don't want Ran to win again." One of them said. " Although she IS rather hot, but I hate listening to Sonoko brag about it."
" I see." Shiho said. " What's the prize for the top two winners."
The three of them grinned, and walked off.
" THAT, Miss Miyano, is our little secret. The prizes have changed, Shinichi. The prizes have changed."
And they walked off.
Shiho raised her eyebrows for the umpteenth time.
" What was THAT?" she asked.
Shinichi just shrugged.
" I don't know."
And by the way that guy had said the prizes had changed. . .
He didn't like it.
He didn't like it one bit.
END OF CHAPTER 4
Wow, long time no update. Please read and review this, this took some MAJOR hard work. Don't worry about Haibara's Confessions, it's coming along fine. Just have three more scenes to do and I'm good to go. Marrying Haibara is doing good too. I'm on the flashback at the moment, but for the meantime I'm stuck in the sand of tiredness. God help me, I'm tired.
But here's the next chapter, and hopefully I can have the next chapter up quickly too. There we will have some MASSIVE competition between Shiho and Ran. Not literally, but in votes. Who will emerge victorious? Remember, I don't always side Shiho all the time. But I don't really like Ran much either.
Please look forward to reading chapter 5!