So here's the newest one shot!
Heiji prayed for patience as he took a deep breath and held it before slowly letting it out. Opening his eyes, he stared at his friend and kept his voice calm. "Let me get dis straight. Ya buy a failin' shop dat was on da verge a goin' under 'cause ya liked da croquettes. Ya buy a restaurant 'cause ya didn' like da chairs and wanted ta change 'em. Ya buy an amusement park 'cause of a joke Kuroba made 'bout wishin' he could go fer free all da time. But ya won't buy a new coffee maker when yers is broken."
Shinichi huffed as he coaxed the machine to brew his precious liquid. "It's not broken Hattori. It just needs a little extra help."
Heiji stared at the machine that was starting to smoke slightly. Kaito helpfully opened a nearby window. "I agree with Heiji on this one. It's smoking Shin-chan. You need a new one."
Shinichi ignored them all and continued attempting to get it to brew. Saguru sighed. "Is there some reason you can't get a new one?"
"An' don' tell us yer broke," Heiji grumbled.
"This one makes the best coffee," Shinichi muttered, focused on his task. "It's custom made, and the company that made it disbanded years ago."
Kaito rested an elbow on the counter. "Why didn't you buy the company?"
Shinichi finally looked away from the machine to give the magician a confused stare. "Why would I have?"
Heiji took another deep breath. If he got worked up over everything that came out of the rich kid's mouth he'd have had a stoke a long time ago. "Why wouldn't you have?" Saguru beat him to it. "You said this machine makes the best coffee and that it was custom made. What other reason would you need?"
Shinichi abandoned the machine and turned to fully face them all. "They were a small company that specialized in custom coffee makers. There was no demand for it and they never branched out, so even if I bought them, all I'd be doing is throwing away money for something I would buy maybe once every ten years. There's no profit in it."
"But you throw money at everything else," Kaito said.
Heiji saw the way his hand was inching closer to the smoking machine but firmly kept his gaze on Shinichi. He continued before Shinichi's gaze moved to the magician. "Like dat shop dat was close ta goin' under."
Crossing his arms across his chest, Shinichi explained. "The reason it was going under was because it was in an almost hidden location and there was no advertisement to let people know they were there. The food was good, the staff friendly, and the shop clean. After I bought it, the manager was able to renovate the interior and post advertisements in the paper. He also hired a web designer to make him a website so people could order to go. That allowed him to hire more staff to make deliveries. He recently opened two new shops in good locations and all are doing well. I've already made back all I spent on the shop and more."
"And the restaurant with the chairs?" Saguru turned the focus to himself so Shinichi's back was to Kaito.
"It was already an established restaurant that did well. Changing the seating has already driven sales up as people are staying longer and ordering more food."
"And the amusement park?"
Shinichi shrugged. "It was supposed to be a present for Ran, but she said she didn't want it." Heiji wasn't surprised. Who buys someone an amusement park for their birthday? "Kuroba making that joke gave me the-" Shinichi cut himself off when he turned towards Kaito and saw the innocent look and his now missing coffee maker. He looked from the now empty space to the magician and back again before glaring at Kaito. "Kuroba. Where's my coffee maker?"
Kaito shrugged. "I don't know."
Heiji grinned and wrapped an arm around the blue eyed detective. "At least now ya can get a new one."
"I didn't need a new one!" He shoved Heiji's arm off.
"Kudo, it was smoking. It would'a caught fire."
"Just buy a new one," Kaito chipped in. "It's not like you don't have more than enough money for it."
Shinichi pouted glared at them all. "I don't want a new one."
Saguru put a hand on their pouting friend's shoulder. "We'll go with you to find a new one that makes coffee just as good as the last one."
Shinichi's shoulders slumped and he nodded. "I guess we can go meet up with Kaa-san and Tou-san in Vienna tomorrow."
Heiji felt his mind blank for a moment. "Vienna," He parroted. Shinichi nodded. "Dat's not in Japan."
"No, but they have some of the best coffee, so hopefully we can find a replacement there."
"We have classes tomorrow," Kaito pointed out. Shinichi shrugged. "We haven't packed yet."
"Packed for what?" The blue eyed detective asked. "We'll only be there for a day."
"We don't even know if there will be a flight to Vienna tomorrow!" Heiji felt hysterical laughter bubbling up and forced it down. How much would it cost to buy four tickets at last minute to Vienna?
Shinichi got that now familiar confused frown that made Heiji want to smack sense into him. "We'll take Kaa-san's plane."
Saguru pinched the bridge of his nose and asked, "You're mother has a plane?"
"We all do." Heiji gave up and brought his hands to his face, letting out a loud sigh. "She thought it would be funny to take mine when she and Tou-san went to Belgium last year, so we can take hers to Vienna."
Heiji tuned out the rest of the conversation, resigning himself to taking a spur of the moment trip to Vienna. 'Crazy rich people.'
I really enjoy this story. It's fun to think about and write and idk but I have too much fun making it annoy Heiji. Don't forget to let me know what you thought!
