How Did I Fall in Love with You?
(HeijixKazuha)
Disclaimer: Detective Conan belongs to the great Gosho Aoyama-sensei –I am not worthy!- but Makoto Yumi and Kishimoto Seiji belong to moi! )
Engineer MOTZ1412: Good day to my lovely passengers!
Conan: Oi,oi..let's not get too cheerful..
Engineer MOTZ1412: -eyes Conan- Ooooookay. Welcome aboard to Love Express! Today, we'll be having Edogawa Conan-kun as my assistant for the trip! –whispers-Don't worry, the train won't blow up!
Conan: hey, I'm right beside you. I can hear everything you say..
MOTZ1412: Whatever. Anyway—
Conan: -grabs microphone- Today's trip, we will be featuring a HeijixKazuha story called, "How did I fall in Love with You" and it is based on the song by the Backstreet Boys!
MOTZ1412: Yeah! Don't forget to give us a review and have a nice trip in Love Express, where every story has its own fantasy!!
It was an early Friday morning. Hattori Heiji was, as usual, walking towards school, sighing. Suddenly, a hand grabbed his shoulder. Startled, he turned around to see his childhood friend. Hands on her knees, supporting her body up, Kazuha finally caught her breath, "Why didn't you wait for me?" she broke the silence between them, "I had to run to catch up!"
"I didn't want to be late, thank you very much," he looked at her with half-moon eyes. "Mou, Heiji. Can't you be more considerate for a while?" she asked with one eyebrow up, "I am a girl remember?" they continued to walk towards the entrance. "So?" Heiji folded his arms behind his head. Kazuha sighed, "man, Heiji. You're good at deducing murders but you're never good at deducing girls' feelings," she mumbled. "Did you say something?" he asked, looking at his childhood friend. "Nothing!" she walked ahead.
As she walked, every boy that was around looked at her and Heiji shot them a "don't-you-dare" look which was effective since the boys returned to their usual selves. Her hair swayed as Heiji's eyes followed her.
As Kazuha walked pass by the school gate, a girl with Amethyst-colored hair, who was leaning against the wall beside the school gate, stood up properly and approached Kazuha. "Kazuha-senpai?" she called out in her squeaky voice. Kazuha turned around with her cheerful smile, "ah, Yumi-chan! Ohayo!"
Makoto Yumi 16 years old
Yumi is a year younger than Kazuha and Heiji and is obviously a junior. She is a student of Heiji in Kendo class. She seems to be close to Kazuha because she is close to her Heiji-senpai.
"Senpai, can we have a little talk later?" Yumi asked, trying to hide her transparent blush that was appearing. Kazuha stared at her with her emerald-green, "alright," she simply answered, "why don't we have that little talk later at the school rooftop," she invited. Yumi smiled and nodded, "lunch?" Kazuha started walking, "yup. Lunch it is!" she waved her hand as a signal of approval, without looking at Yumi.
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IN BETWEEN CLASSES..
"Toyama-san, please bring these documents to the Principal's Office," the teacher called out as Kazuha was about to sleep. She immediately sat up and nodded her head. "is there anyone who wants to help our class' secretary? This is a lot of docu--"
"I'll go with her!"
"No, I'll go with her!"
"—cuments," the teacher looked at the boys, who raising their hands, with half-moon eyes. Suddenly, a boy stood up and walked towards the door as he grabbed the documents from the teacher's table. He turned towards to Kazuha before he closed the door, "you coming or not?" Heiji asked, staying calm. The boys sat down and fell silent as Kazuha followed him.
"You're so rude, you know that?" Kazuha said. "I know you'd rather be with me than with those hentai," Heiji smiled, feeling good about himself. "Boastful," she mumbled before they could start walking.
They argued and argued all the way. As they passed by the Juniors' classrooms, Kazuha stopped and peeked at a certain class where Yumi was. Heiji continued to walk, talking to himself.
There, she saw Yumi listening to the discussion. But then, she noticed Yumi looking at the guy located two seats away from her right. Kazuha smiled and finally understood something about the "little talk" they will be having.
"Oi, Zuha. Coming or not?" Heiji finally called out. "Alright!" Kazuha responded, taking a last look at Yumi with a smile.
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LUNCH
As Yumi sat on the ground, leaning against the rooftop railings, the gentle breeze of summer blew causing her hair to cover half of her face. It was, indeed a lovely afternoon in Kaihou High. Birds chirping, she took another quick glance at the wooden door located way far from her left. She sighed, "I wonder if she's really coming," she thought aloud, eating her lunch, "Kazuha-senpai is really popular. Maybe she's stuck between mobs of boys again," she thought as she imagined Kazuha's face being squashed by the mob.
Suddenly, the door burst open as Kazuha stumbled out on the rooftop ground. Though, Yumi was greeted by the cheerful smiled of Kazuha, she remained as depressed as ever. "Truly sorry, Yumi-chan! Did you wait long?" Kazuha asked, breathing hard. "It's okay. I was just eating my lunch," Yumi replied, trying to smile. Kazuha smiled and sat right beside her, "geez, that Heiji! Can you believe that I'm the one who's preparing his lunch for him because he has a 'case' to solve?! He's such a pain-in-the-butt, you know that?!" Kazuha complained. Suddenly, Yumi giggled, "I didn't know senpai was THAT irresponsible," she smiled. "Welcome to my world," Kazuha rolled her eyes.
"So," Kazuha finally said, calming down, "you're not sure whether you like him or not, huh?" she asked, her bangs covering her eyes. Yumi's eyes widened, "how did you--" "Please don't look surprise," Kazuha smiled, "when I was in my Junior years, I didn't understand my feelings too. Did I guess right?" she winked. Yumi, then, dropped her chopsticks into her lunchbox, "yes. You did. You're so good in this kind of situation," Yumi smiled. "Of course! I'm no childhood friend of a detective for nothing!" Kazuha grinned, feeling proud of herself.
Kazuha spent the next 15 minutes giving advices to Yumi when at last, Yumi asked, "hey, Kazuha-senpai. How did you fall in love with Heiji-senpai?" she blushed. "WHAT?! I'm not in love..with..," Kazuha's voice trailed of as she felt her face getting red. Yumi looked at her with half-moon eyes. "Okay! You caught me!" Kazuha giggled with a blush, "it started when…."
(FLASHBACK)
It was a rainy day when the first graders of Kaihou elementary were finally dismissed. Little Kazuha stood by the school gate where there was shelter. "What am I going to do? I forgot my umbrella and my mom and dad are busy with work," she thought. 30 minutes had passed but still, no one came to fetch her. "I guess I'll just walk under the rain then," she thought sadly, as she took her first step out on the rain.
As she walked a few meter away from the shelter, it seemed a hundred miles for her since she was drenched and the raindrops were falling off her bangs. She stopped, closing her eyes and took a breath suddenly, she heard the rains hitting something but she did not felt the raindrop against her skin. But she was certain it was still raining. She looked up and saw Heiji, holding a transparent umbrella. He was breathing hard, obviously, he had run. When he finally caught his breath, "why didn't you call me?" he asked in a worried look.
"B-because y-you w-w-were in a-a-a h-hurry," she said with a sad face, shivering. Heiji took off his jacket and wrapped it around her, "c'mon. You might catch a cold," he wrapped his arms around her. Kazuha blushed as Heiji started walking, leading the way. "I thought it was weird," he finally broke the silence between them. Kazuha look up in confusion, "I was really worried, thinking that maybe you were abducted. I was knocking at your door a long time," he smiled. Kazuha smiled a little and leaned her head on his shoulder.
(END OF FLASHBACK)
"Weren't you too young to be leaning on his shoulder?" Yumi asked. "Not really. I thought at first that I treated him as a brother. But as time goes by, remembering that incident, I knew for sure that I loved him," Kazuha smiled as a small blush appeared again. "Wow, that was really nice of senpai to do," Yumi smiled. "Uh-huh!" Kazuha cheerfully replied as she looked up in the sky.
"Really nice…"
"But I still can't believe you like my student," Kazuha said with a huge grin. "Well, he's really nice," Yumi smiled with a blush, "Seiji, I mean.."
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As Heiji ate his lunch (and enjoying every taste in his mouth since Kazuha made it), a boy, with olive-green hair, slouched on the chair in front of the eating guy. Heiji stopped munching in startle but then again, he went back to chewing his food. "What's up, Seiji?"
Kishimoto Seiji 16 years old
A classmate of Makoto Yumi and seemed to like her. He is a student of Kazuha in Aikido class and seemed to be close to his Heiji-senpai since Heiji always fetch Kazuha after class.
Seiji leaned against the armchair, "hey," he waved lazily. "Problem?" Heiji asked, munching his sushi. "It's about Yumi," Seiji blushed, trying to avoid Heiji stare. "Oh, is that so?" Heiji smiled, "you don't know whether you like her or not?" he continued eating. "I know I like her, a lot," Seiji said, his blush getting red, "just not sure whether to tell her or not," he looked at Heiji.
After a few minutes of silence (since Heiji's not good in giving advices ), "Senpai," Seiji said. Heiji looked at him, finally. "How did you know you love Kazuha-senpai?" he asked. Suddenly, Heiji choked, "WHAT?!?!?! I'm so not in love with her!" Heiji's huge, angry head appeared, blushing. "Aw, c'mon, Heiji-senpai! I'm not going to tell," Seiji pleaded. "Alright. But I swear I'm not in love with her. But if this make you feel any better..," Heiji blushed, looking out the window, "there's no particular story about it. But whenever I'm in trouble, she seems to know," Seiji could see Heiji's mouth curve up.
"But how do you know you like her?" Seiji looked at him seriously. "Well, aside from being my first love, I've known Kazuha for a very long time and I've never felt this way before," Heiji said, trying to avoid Seiji's grin, "but I'm not, and I repeat, NOT in love with her," he added.
There was an awkward silence.
"But when I see you and Yumi-chan, you guys kinda remind me of us," Heiji smiled. "WHAT?! No way!" Seiji exclaimed but suddenly turned sad, "we always end up fighting about small things and then sometimes, we have this awkward silence," he added. "But, then again, you two seem to be having fun after your fight, ne?" Heiji asked. Seiji nodded. "Exactly!" Heiji clapped his hands as he leaned back. Seiji looked at him as if not knowing what his senpai is talking about. "Just like us. You've seen us fight, right? Well, for all you know, sometimes we end up not talking to each other for a very long time but that's what makes our--" Heiji paused, "err.. FRIENDSHIP, stronger," Heiji smiled nervously. "Eh?!" Seiji couldn't believe what he's hearing but before he could say something, the bell rang.
Suddenly, Kazuha entered the classroom with Yumi. When Yumi's eyes met Seiji's eyes, they both blush. "Oh, Seiji! Good timing," Kazuha smiled, "we have Aikido practice so don't be late," she continued. Seiji nodded. Yumi walked out, excusing herself to her two senpai. Seiji followed, grabbing his bag before leaving in a hurry. Heiji and Kazuha smiled and went back to fixing their stuff.
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DISMISSAL.. IN SCHOOL GYM
Kazuha and Heiji entered the gym and found Yumi and Seiji sitting side-by-side as they did their homework together. "Yup, I've done it again!" Kazuha cheered. "What?" Heiji asked. "Well, your student asked advice from me," Kazuha smiled, feeling proud of herself. "So did your student," Heiji sneered. They looked at each other, "we did pretty good, didn't we?" Heiji asked, nodding a little. Kazuha nodded, "yeah, we did!"
Suddenly, as they looked at the two students, Yumi kissed Seiji on the cheeks causing Seiji to blush. Heiji's and Kazuha's eyes widened, "did I just--" Heiji's voice trailed off. "Lucky!" Kazuha pouted. The two of them were standing by the entrance of the gym for a long time now, observing their students.
"They sure move on fast!" Heiji said.
"How lucky," Kazuha mumbled as she looked at them with half-moon eyes.
"Are you jealous?"
Kazuha looked at Heiji with a slight blush, "what?"
"Are you jealous?" Heiji repeated, without looking at her. He leaned by the wall beside him, looking at his student.
There was an awkward silence. Kazuha wasn't ready to answer this one.
"Nah!" Kazuha smiled. Heiji looked at her, wide-eyed. Kazuha cheerfully walked into the gym, greeting her student, who immediately sat up with a blush. Heiji smiled and followed in.
"Maybe not now. It's better if we stay like this for a while…"
Engineer Motz: Yeah.. I like that.
Conan: -half-moon eyes- booooo!
Motz: -eyes Conan- Whatever. Anyway! I hope you enjoyed out trip today 'cause I sure did! Though, I'm sorry for the HeijixKazuha fans out there who were expecting Kazuha-chan to answer the question!
Conan: I feel bad for Heiji-niichan.
Motz: Don't worry, Shin-chan! The next trip would be about you and Ran and I have the puuurfect plot. –evil smile-
Conan: oi,oi!
Motz: Well, I can't wait for reviews!! Thanks for boarding the Love Express, where every story has its own fantasy!