Chapter 3. Obsessed to his smile

A girl with a pony-tail headed to the deserted classroom, and finally caught a glimpse of the dark-skinned boys that she had been searching since the school ended today. The boy was sleeping in his chair, and this made the girl angrier. She yelled at him immediately, "Heiji, what takes you so long? Don't you remember we need to meet Haruda-senpai today? And now, you're sleeping, I've been searching for you all over the school."

The boy scratched his hair with one of his hand, looking at the girl with sleepiest eyes, "oh Kazuha, what makes you so angry? And please lower your voice a bit, it makes my head ache."

"Aho! You're the one that make me angry, pack your things now and we need to go at once." Heiji's mind was awoken at once, and he immediately packed all his stuffs. After he had finished, Kazuha grabbed his hand and headed to the entrance right away, and Heiji did not dare to ask her any questions.

"If it wasn't Haruda-senpai asked me to bring you with me, I don't even bother to find you," said Kazuha after they had boarded the train, "she said that it's been a while since she last met you."

"Haruda-senpai? Who's she?" Heiji looked at Kazuha confusingly.

"You're really an aho, that's what I've told her that you've changed to after you enter high school," said Kazuha.

"An aho?" Heiji was about to protest himself, but Kazuha just ignored him and continued her conversation, "Haruda-senpai, is the one that brought me to the aikido club when we're at middle school, and don't you remember that? She's working a part-time job as an assistant to a photographer or something, and she invited us to the studio where they're taking some photos with a really popular model for a fashion magazine."

"Oh, now I remember, she's the one that let our violent little girl to learn some more combat skills like aikido," said Heiji.

"What? Violent? Heiji!" Kazuha was about to hit Heiji's head hardly, but Heiji had managed to escape it, "Kazuha, what're you doing here? We're there already."

"Kazuha-chan, long time no see, you're much prettier now!" Haruda was giving Kazuha a welcoming hug, and then she turned to Heiji, "Hattori, you definitely had turned into a detective freak just as Kazuha-chan had told me." Haruda Mika (18) was a short-haired girl, with a sunny smile on her face, and she liked Kazuha a lot when they were playing aikido together since middle school.

"A detective freak? I don't remember I've done anything that make you think like that," said Heiji.

"Reading detective novels, bugging Officer Otaki for the details of different cases, and watching detective shows all day long," said Kazuha, "if these don't make me think like that, I can't think of anything that would make you a detective freak. Or maybe you prefer detective jerk much more?"

"Haruda, who are those kids?" A handsome young man at his twenties entered the studio, "and did you finish the set-up?"

"Matsuda-san, I've finished everything already," said Haruda, "They're just schoolmates from my high school; they just want to know what a professional cameraman's job look like."

"Take a look is okay, but don't interrupt our job," said Matsuda, not even looking at Heiji and Kazuha once.

"Such an arrogant guy," whispered Heiji slightly to Kazuha.

"When will be Mika be here? Everyone's been waiting for her," said Matsuda angrily, "can't she ever come on time?"

"She's here already, in the changing room, but she told us that she wanted to spend some time alone, take some rest or so," said one of his assistant.

"Told her to change the clothes and come out immediately!" The assistant went to the changing room at once, and found out that the door was locked. He knocked the door, but no one answered.

"Get the key and open the door," said Haruda, "we can't wait any longer; we must finish all the photo-taking by tonight."

"Why do you find such an annoying model?" said Hattori. "she isn't cooperating with the others."

"Aho, don't you know that Mika is one of the most promising models, and she'll even be on the Monday 9pm drama on Fuji TV coming out this month," explained Kazuha.

"The key is here," said the assistant, running towards them. Haruda opened the door with the key, but they found out that Mika was lying on the floor.

"Hey, Mika-san, don't sleep on the floor," said the assistant, and he was about to wake her up.

"Wait, don't touch her," said Heiji, and he moved to Mika slowly, and he put his finger under her nose to check her breath, "she's dead. She's murdered. Don't move anything here! Kazuha, called the police!"

"Heiji, I've called the police, and Officer Otaki told me that he'll be here as soon as possible," said Kazuha in a worried voice. This was her first time ever to see a corpse in front of her, and maybe the murderer was still there around them.

"Kazuha, it'll be okay, I'll solve the case before Officer Otaki come," said Heiji in a confidence voice.

"But…but Heiji, you've never solved a case alone by yourself," said Kazuha.

"What? You don't trust my detective skill? Don't you remember the case that I've solved during the skiing trip last time?"

"But you don't solve the case all alone, obaasan helped you a lot last time," said Kazuha.

"Eh……you're too noisy," said Heiji impatiently, "I've almost solved the case but you keep on talking too much, you're distracting me." Kazuha did not dare to say anymore, but watching silently at Heiji walking around the changing room to find the hints on the case. She was just too busy looking at him, and did not notice anything around herself. At last, she saw a confidence smile on his face.

She never knew that he could be that attractive, and now she found her heart beating much faster than normal. She put her hands on her chest, not knowing whether she wanted to slow her heart beat or to prevent her heart jumping out of her chest. She never had this kind of feelings before, she was so confusing. Her mind was too busy right now that she did not notice that Heiji had solved the case already, and Officer Otaki had left already.

"Kazuha, what're you looking? Are you too busy looking at your guy?" said Haruda.

"Of course not, I'm…I'm just a bit shock," said Kazuha. "Eh…Mika had dead already, so how about the photos that you need to be taken by today?"

"Yes, that's the problem now," said Haruda, "but we've found a solution to it already. Kazuha-chan, would you help us?" Not waiting for Kazuha's response, she already pushed her towards another changing room.

"I've told you that she had a camera face, this is my sixth sense as a photographer," Matsuda told his working crew. Kazuha was wearing a lovely dress, her hair was loosened and she had put some make-up on her face too. Her face was blushing deeply; she can't stand so many pairs of eyes staring at her at the same time, especially the pair of green eyes that she had known for years.

Heiji could not believe what he had seen in his eyes now, the girl in front of her was so pretty, cute and feminine. Was that the girl he had known for so many years?

Kazuha had started to do a few pose for photo-taking, but she was too nervous, and what made things worse, they had a young male model taking photos with her.

"You're too nervous, try to relax a bit," said Matsuda, "just be yourself."

'How can she relax with everyone looking at her, and with that stranger right beside her,' thought Kazuha.

"Haruda, what kind of picture are you taking? Why do you need that guy there?" Heiji asked, and he definitely had a great dislike to that guy, although he did not know him at all.

"These're pictures for a teen magazine, about the latest fashion this summer," said Haruda, "and we want a young couple to show the different latest fashion, so they may have some more intimate pose." She especially emphasized the last sentence, and she got her desire result immediately.

"What? Young couple? No way!" Heiji was against the idea at once, "I definitely won't allow Kazuha to do this! Kazuha, let's go!"

"Calm down," said Haruda, "we have another solution. Will you help us, Hattori-kun?"

Soon Haruda returned to the studio, with a well-dressed Heiji. He had never been so thankful for his dark-colored skin, as he was pretty sure that his face was quite red now. "Kazuha-chan, Hattori-kun thinks that it's interesting to be a model, he wants to join you now!"

With Heiji staying by her side, Kazuha felt more relax now, and they had almost finished all the photos. Although they were still not used to be that close together, and Heiji was holding Kazuha by her waist.

"Kazuha-chan moves closer a bit, and Hattori-kun, moved your head a bit down too," said Haruda, moving her hand to show the direction she wanted. Kazuha's heart was beating faster than ever, and louder than ever, 'wait, it's not only mine is beating, something behind her is pounding fast too.' She turned around a bit, trying to have a peep on Heiji's face, but then the next moment she found her lips were in contact with something warm……her eyes wide opened, and she saw Heiji's face in front of him. She pushed him away and covered her mouth immediately.

Both Heiji and Kazuha were looking each other with shocked eyes, "Kazuha…"

"Okay, we're done!" Everyone was packing stuff in the studio, and they pushed Kazuha and Heiji back into changing room.

Heiji had finished changing and he could still feel the warmth of her lips on his. "Hey, Hattori, what're you thinking?" Haruda gave a small punch on Heiji's back that shocked him a bit, "still enjoying the lovely moment you've seconds before?"

"Aho, what lovely moment? I'm working the whole evening to help you," complained Heiji, "and you didn't give us back anything for reward."

"You want a reward?" Haruda get something out from her pocket, "okay, here it is." Haruda was waving a card in front of Heiji.

"What? Just a card?"

"No, it's an instant photo," explained Haruda, "this maybe your most precious reward." It was a photo on the moment when Heiji and Kazuha were kissing, and Heiji immediately put it inside his pocket.

As time passed, Heiji still treasured the photo, the moment of their first kiss…

To be continued……

It's been a long time since last update, but this chapter is quite long, hope you enjoy reading it! Please Read & Review. Heiji would be in Detective Conan Movie 10 too can't wait to see it! I've thought for the title of next few chapters already, hope that I can update soon! (If there're more reviews, I might update sooner!)

Next Chapter --- Red Hot Summer, Heiji and Kazuha enjoying summer together!