Seeing Green
Drabble 8: Apparently
She Hates Roses
Notes: Random plot bunny. This would probably be my own reaction if a guy got me roses, haha.
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Heiji was actually listening to Kudo for once. And this time, it didn't involve a case.
"To win her over," Kudo had said over the phone, "Get her a dozen red roses."
It sounded logical. It sounded like something a boyfriend should do. So being the logical detective that he was, Heiji went ahead and bought Kazuha a dozen red roses for her birthday.
He was sure she'd be thrilled. After all, she was a girl, and girls like flowers. That in itself was common sense.
He didn't expect her to toss the bouquet to the ground and shut the door in his face.
But after some thought, he just figured she'd most likely had a bad morning.
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When he showed up on her doorstep the next day with more red roses, she took the bouquet and hurled it elsewhere, sailing it over his head to land on her lawn.
And she shut the front door.
Which left Heiji angry. Very angry.
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The next morning, he showed up on her doorstep again with a dozen red roses, determined to make her accept the flowers this time.
When she opened the door, she shoved the bouquet back in his face.
"AHOU!" He yelled. "Can't you recognize a gift when it's given to you?"
"You're the ahou," she sniffed daintily. "The gesture is nice, but the flowers are completely wrong."
And again, the door was shut in his face.
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As Kazuha stepped into her shower, the phone began to ring in the Toyama household. Her father scrambled to answer it. "Hello?"
"…"
"Hello?"
"Occhan," came Heiji's voice from the other line.
"Ah, Heiji," Toyama sat back down in front of his newspaper. "Kazuha's in the bath right now."
"Actually," the high school detective spoke in a rather high voice, "I wanted to talk to you about something, Occhan."
Toyama raised an eyebrow. "Oh? What's that?" Upon hearing Heiji's question, the man began to chuckle. "Well, I'd have to say…"
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When Kazuha opened the door the next day, there was a white basket full of African violets shoved in her face.
…She positively lit up. "Ooh, they're so pretty! Where'd you get them, Heiji? How thoughtful!"
And while Heiji was indeed satisfied that she was finally happy, he couldn't help but laugh. Oh, how some men were so clueless about women. If Kudo thought that roses worked on all females, he was so very wrong.
End.