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Chapter 4: About hearing and understanding
There are at least two sides one should know…
It was this one song she couldn't get out of her head. Stirring the soup she was preparing for dinner she hummed it softly, while at the same time making sure the freshly baked bread wouldn't burn. Adding some last salt to the soup, Ran turned around and shrieked. Her spoon hit the ground with a clattering sound.
"Dear God, Conan-kun! You scared me!" she breathed, taking a deep breath.
Conan had been standing directly behind her, staring at her. He looked possibly gloomy.
"What's the matter? Is something wrong?" The little boy shook his head, his face starting to lighten a bit.
"You came home late today, Ran-neechan," he said. "What have you been up to?"
Ran bend down to get the spoon. Her long hair fell into her face, obscuring it from Conan's view.
"I wasn't late," he heard her say. "I had practice, as always." She straightened up again and laid the spoon on the sideboard.
"You know that, Conan-kun." Ran smiled at him and he frowned.
"On Tuesdays?" he asked suspiciously.
The young woman thought about it for a moment, tugging a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Oh, you're right. Yes, it's a new, additional date for practice. But with the competitions coming up…" she continued and again, that innocent smile appeared. Conan had heard enough. So it had indeed been a date!
Conan was sure; the next competitions were months away and she was cheating on him, or better, on Shinichi.
Ran's mobile rang. When she answered it, she went farther into the living room to get some privacy.
Has she always done that when receiving a call? he asked himself.
He could hear Ran laughing before she told the person on the phone something. Then she hung up and came back to Conan. Just when he was about to ask another question, Ran shrieked again.
"Oh, no! Now the bread's all burned. I'll have to go to the store and buy some." She hurried to turn off the cooker and oven and put on her jacket.
"I'll be right back!" she shouted from the door.
Conan was left dumbfounded. Why would she be in such a hurry to buy bread? This could only mean one thing: She was meeting someone! Losing no time he ran to the door, following her onto the street.
Heiji had no idea why he was standing in front of Kazuha's home right now. He had been standing there for about ten minutes, somehow unable to ring the doorbell and slowly but surely she would certainly find him lingering in front of her house if he didn't move. Taking a deep breath, he finally put his finger on the bell and waited. A minute went by, nothing happened.
Where could she be? Heiji ruffled his hair and turned to leave, an annoyed look on his face, when suddenly he nearly cashed into someone. Kazuha's huge green orbs were staring back at him.
"Heiji? What are you doing here?" she asked, her voice emotionless and quiet. He stared at her.
"I- I w-was…" he stammered when he recognized a figure standing behind the girl in front of him. It was a young man, the same height as Kazuha, with brown hair and grey eyes. He looked foreign and Heiji knew the second he saw him it had to be Kay. The boyfriend. The young man realized Heiji's gaze and moved forward, his hand outstretched.
"Nice to finally meet you, Hattori. My name's Kay. Kay Tokind." Heiji did not take his hand. He only stared at the guy, before looking at Kazuha.
"Heiji," she whispered and he knew she was urging him to shake Kay's hand and be friends with him. He only closed his eyes and shortly shook his head.
Glancing one last time at Kazuha he told her "Later.", before pushing his way through them to leave.
He could hear her shouting his name. He could hear the guy saying something to her. But he didn't stop until he arrived home, again did not stop to greet his mother. Not until he reached the refuge of his room he dared to think. This had been him. The one person who was impending to replace him. And he, Heiji, had somehow declared war. No one would take his Kazuha away from him!
It wasn't until that moment he realized she had been his. And someone had taken her away.
Ran rushed towards the store. If she wanted to get the food ready in time for her dad to come home she had to hurry. Not to mention the Sherlock Holmes movie that aired in one hour, which she really wanted to watch so she would have something special to talk to Shinichi about next time he called. He loved talking about detective novels and movies, especially Sherlock Holmes and he'd also for sure watch the movie. Thinking about her mystery mad friend and the way his voice animated while talking about it made her blush. She really loved it when he got all excited about something as trivial as that. A smile crept onto her lips. Moving forward deep in thought she bumped into someone.
"Oh, I'm really sorry, I didn't see you," she started, but the tall figure only laughed.
"No problem, Ran-chan, who wouldn't want to catch a cute woman from a fall?" Ran looked up and saw herself mere inches away from a young man's face that was just too familiar.
"Kojiro-kun." She took a step out of his grasp and straightened her skirt that had crept up when she ran into him.
"What are you doing here? I haven't seen you since you got into a separate class in school."
He grinned.
"Obviously, I'm waiting for an angel to crash into me."
Ran rolled her eyes and slapped him lightly on the shoulder. This had always been Kojiro's character: Making jokes and trying to flatter girls, even though she knew he would never really hit on her. He and Shinichi had been really good friends throughout school and Kojiro always commented on how she and Shinichi were meant for each other. Kojiro's grin only grew wider.
"Alright, alright," he sighed, raising his hands defensively. "So, where's Shinichi? I haven't seen him in ages."
Ran shook her head sadly. Kojiro frowned.
"Away on some case, huh?" he asked and Ran only nodded. Kojiro planted his arm around her shoulders.
"Oh, come on, future Mrs. Kudo. Let's go shopping together." With that he lead Ran, who blushed crimson at the name he called her, on through the store, while she started telling her old friend about the last time she saw Shinichi.
In the shadow of a cupboard Conan watched the whole scene. How Ran had blushed and smiled when she saw Kojiro. How she had dashed into his arms and stared into his eyes. How they had exchanged some lovey dovey comments. (Alright, so he didn't know how `lovey dovey´ they really were, since he could not stand near enough to understand a word, but still…) Then she had playfully slapped his shoulder. And he had put his arm around her before they continued walking.
On the inside of the little boy, Shinichi Kudo was furious. He had considered Kojiro one of his best friends and now he had taken Ran away from him. Even after Shinichi had once told him how he felt about that special girl. Conan fumed. He would take that guy down!
"Heiji!" Kazuha called after him, but he did not react. "Heiji, wait!" Again, no reaction.
Kay put his hand on her shoulder. "Leave him alone, 'zuha." he murmured. Kazuha flinched.
"Don't call me that!" she heard herself exclaim before she even realized it. Her hands flew to her mouth touching her lips. She realized they were shaking.
"I'm sorry, Kay," she whispered apologetically. "It's just that…" …only he's allowed to call me that! she finished in her thoughts.
"I don't like it." she added quickly, realizing he was watching her questioningly.
"Alright," he answered hesitantly, still watching her with those caring eyes.
At this moment she hated herself. Why couldn't she just be with Kay and forget about all those conflicting feelings she still had for that certain pigheaded detective? She sighed.
"Let's go in, Kazuha." Kay gently put his hand on the small of her back and steered her towards the entrance of her home. Kazuha recognized the way he stressed her name this time. He smiled at her and normally it was infectious, but while she was putting the key into the lock she could only think about one thing: The way Heiji had ignored Kay's outstretched hand and pushed past him without even deigning to look at them.
Even though Kay might not have realized it, she knew for sure: Heiji had declared war with that action. And she was afraid of what could happen next.
Author's Notes:
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