Proposal Ahou

(HeijixKazuha)

Disclaimer: Meitantei Conan/Detective Conan/Case Closed is not mine. It belongs to Gosho Aoyama-sensei. Oh yeah, Hattori Keiko (chapter 3; chapter 17) and Kudo Shin (chapter 25) belong to me! Shigeaki belongs to me too, by the way.

Engineer MOTZ1412: A pleasant day to all my passengers. This is your locomotive engineer, motzKID, reporting that our train has finally left its current location. Our trip for today will be entitled, "Proposal Ahou". So please seat back and relax as you read another HeijixKazuha story.

Ding!!! Dong…

"How many times do I have to tell him to fix that stupid doorbell! Its 'DINGs' are louder than the 'DONGs'…," Ran mumbled as she wiped her hands and proceeded to the door. She went out the front door of the Kudo Mansion and saw, "oh, Kazuha-chan!" she smiled. "Hi!!" Kazuha grinned, waving.

"Come on in," Ran opened the gate and let her best friend in. By 'best friend', I mean, the friend who stood beside her when she was giving birth to her first born.

"Where's Hattori-kun?" Ran asked, letting Kazuha into the house. Kazuha took off her shoes (Japanese tradition), "ah, he's parking the car, he'll be here," Kazuha beamed, "where's the kids and Kudo-kun?" she asked as Ran gestured her to sit.

"Ah, Ruri-chan had to go to Karate class. Shinichi's in the study," Ran winked, "apparently, he said that it's something about a case in Osaka. I bet Hattori-kun knows it too," she smiled.

Kazuha looked at her, "oh? What case is it? I might know," Kazuha smiled. Ran smiled and sat beside Kazuha, "ah, it's like…," suddenly, she stopped and stared at Kazuha, "look at us, Kazuha-chan. Ever since we married two deduction-freaks, we've been hooked up with their cases too!" she giggled.

Kazuha pouted, "yeah. Heiji always tells me about his cases EVERY NIGHT!" she whined. Ran nodded, "Shinichi too! You know-"

Ran's sentence was cut by a loud creak from the front door as it opened. It was Heiji. He sat beside his, err, wife, "hey, neechan," he greeted.

"It's good to see you, Hattori-kun," Ran smiled. Suddenly, a soccer ball bounced down the stairs and ended up hitting the couch where Kazuha and Heiji sat.

"Whoops!" a boy exclaimed as he ran down the stairs, "sorry, sorry," he smiled as he picked up the ball.

"Oh?" Kazuha stood up and bent down, "you must be Shin-kun," she smiled.

The boy nodded, "I'm Kudo Shin, nice to meet you," he smiled.

"Whoa, he sounds AND looks like Kudo-kun," Kazuha grinned. Ran smiled, "yeah, I thought so too." Ran turned to Shin, "where's your father?" she asked. Shin sat beside his mom, "he's still in the study. He mumbled something about Osaka Dome or something like that," he bounced the ball on his head.

"Eh…," Heiji kneeled in front of him and pulled his cheeks, "this face makes me want to torment you, little Kudo," he grinned.

"Let go, please, Uncle Heiji," Shin said with half-moon eyes.

"Oi, Hattori. Don't mess with my kid, will you?"

Everyone turned to the man standing in front of the stairs. "Oh! Kudo!!" Heiji gave him a high-five. "Long time no see, Hattori," he grinned.

"You two, even though you're both 26…," Kazuha said with half-moon eyes.

"..you still act like 18-year-olds," Ran finished her sentence. Shinichi and Heiji looked at them with half-moon eyes, "whatever," they chuckled and proceeded upstairs, as Shinichi informed Heiji with the case he was to solve.

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The two ladies, with Shin, just looked at them, "detectives…," Kazuha mumbled. Suddenly, there was a snicker. "Oh?" Ran looked at the little girl, standing beside Kazuha's legs, "i-is that…?"

Kazuha smiled down to the little girl, "go ahead, Keiko-chan," she smiled. The little girl hid behind her mother's legs, "I-I'm Hattori Keiko, nice to meet you…," she said, almost inaudible. "She's adorable!!!" Ran exclaimed, "come and sit here, Keiko-chan," she patted the seat where Heiji sat.

Keiko did but then, she stared at Shin, who was staring at her as well, blushing. the two mothers stared at them, "you two want to play?" Kazuha smiled at Shin.

Keiko suddenly smiled, "n-no! Dad told me about the huge library here!" she exclaimed, suddenly, she hid behind her mother again.

Ran looked at her with a smiled, "you mean the Study?" she asked. Keiko nodded shyly. Shin stood up, "I'll take you there," he grinned, "since you're Uncle Heiji's daughter, you must know a lot about detectives!" Shin smirked. Keiko nodded and followed Shin, "Agatha Christie! She's the best!" she smiled.

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The mothers stared at them as they left. "First, they look at each other as if they don't know each other…," Ran mumbled.

"..and the next thing you know, they behave, as if, they're long-time best friends," Kazuha added.

"By the way, Kazuha-chan," Ran stood up, "want to prepare some cookies?" she asked. Kazuha nodded, "sure!"

-o-o-o-

"So," Ran broke the silence after 5 minutes of word-less baking, "Kazuha –chan, you never told me how Hattori-kun proposed to you," she smiled, putting the batch of cookies into the oven.

"You have no idea, Ran!" Kazuha blushed, "it was really, REALLY weird," she smiled. Ran looked at her, "how so..?" she asked. Kazuha giggled, "it started when…,"

(FLASHBACK)

"GOING OUT ON A DATE?!?!" Heiji exclaimed, sitting up and dropping his book on the floor, "since when? How? WHY?!?!" he asked, his eyes, and head, getting bigger as he exclaimed.

Kazuha smiled and sat beside him, "Heiji, trust me. Shigeaki-kun is really nice," she smiled.

"What? What do you mean 'nice'? Ahou, you can't just go out with some guy!" he shot her a 'don't-even-try-me' look. Kazuha sighed and stood up, "of course I can! Geez, Heiji, I'm 20 and still boyfriend-less!" she shot back.

"Kazuha," He stood up too, "the word 'boyfriend-less' does not even exist!" he reasoned, "how can you come here just to get on my nerves?!" he pouted.

"Awww, I'm getting on your nerves, huh?" she smiled, her eyebrow twitched. Suddenly,

"OWWW!! –insert curse here-!!!" Heiji held his foot, hopping in pain with his foot up. Kazuha angrily opened his door to leave, "fine! I don't need to be here! I'd rather get ready for my D-A-T-E!!!" she exclaimed but before she could slam the door close, "Hattori Heiji, you AHOU!!!" she slammed the door behind her.

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That night…

"Wow! Such great view!" Kazuha smiled, staring out the window. Shigeaki smiled, "of course, compared to you, the view is nothing," he stared at her. Kazuha blushed, "i-is that s-so..?" she smiled with a sweat-drop.

Suddenly, someone coughed, standing beside their table. Kazuha and Shigeaki looked up and saw a man, wearing a green shirt, jeans, SAX Jacket and a SAX cap, stood there with his big-and-scary-you-ought-to-run head, his eyes were half-moon as he stared at Kazuha.

"H-Heiji?" she mumbled.

Heiji looked at Shigeaki with a smile but his eyebrow was twitching, "kindly excuse us for a while," he said, grinding his teeth. Without waiting for her date's reply, he pulled Kazuha up and towards the door.

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"Heiji"

He quickly walked, still holding her wrist.

"HEIJI!!!" Kazuha pulled her hand from him, "what do you think you're doing, ahou?" she asked, massaging her wrist.

"Saving you…?" he reasoned.

"FROM WHAT?" she asked angrily.

"The devil who will have his dirty hands all over you in a couple of hours!" Heiji exclaimed. Kazuha looked at him, "Heiji, please. We're dating.. NOT engaged!" Kazuha shot back. Heiji, who was reason-less, pulled her towards the park.

Kazuha pulled her hand again, "no, Heiji! What are you doing?" she asked again.

"I-I wanted to tell you something," he reasoned.

"Tell me now! I have a date, ahou!" Kazuha exclaimed.

"Don't call me ahou, ahou!" Heiji shot back.

"Hattori Heiji, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME NOW, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME?!" Kazuha's veins popped out of her head.

"I'll tell you, on the way home," he grabbed her wrist again.

"No," she pulled her wrist back, "tell me now," Kazuha looked at him angrily.

Heiji stood there, scratching his cheeks, "w-well…," he mumbled as he looked away. Kazuha cupped his cheeks and turned his face to her, "Heiji, now," she repeated.

"W-Well, I-I don't t-think y-y-you want to hear i-it," Heiji said nervously. Kazuha's eyebrow twitched.

Suddenly, Kazuha's big-head appeared, "TELL ME NOW!!" she screamed, "Heiji, if you came here just to ruin my night, then I say, you did pretty well… but I have one thing to tell you, Hattori Heiji! I hate y--"

"Geez, Ahou! Will you just marry me?!"

"—you…," Kazuha stared at him, a slight blush on her cheeks, "w-what..?"

Heiji pulled her, wrapping his arms around her tiny waist, "I love you, ahou." He leaned and kissed her. He knew that in a few minutes, Kazuha would be hitting him but suddenly, she kissed back. This surprised Heiji but then, he saw her close her eyes.

They stayed like that for a minute then, he pulled back and smiled, blushing a little, "w-will you…?" he asked. Kazuha blushed as she leaned her forehead against his, "of course. You're the only ahou I loved," she smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck and giving him another kiss.

(END OF FLASHBACK)

-o-o-

"Wow," Ran smiled, bringing out the fresh batch of cookies from the oven, "that IS a queer proposal," she smiled. Kazuha, sitting on a stool, smiled, "..but it was worth it," she blushed.

Suddenly, the kitchen door opened, "wow, Sherlock Holmes is awesome!" Keiko smiled and climbed up a stool, beside her mother.

"Yep, he's one of a kind!" Shin replied with a smile.

Ran smiled, "I see you two are getting along," she brushed her son's hair back. Both of them blushed and looked away, causing Kazuha and Ran to giggle, "looks like I'm going to have a good son-in-law," Kazuha smiled at Shin.

"A-ah, that's not…," Shin reasoned but then, the kitchen door opened again. "Hooo-oh! You're as bright as always, Kudo," Hattori grinned, sitting beside his daughter. Shinichi just laughed and sat beside Shin, who was still blushing.

"Dad and Uncle Heiji solved the case already!" Shin clapped. "Eh?" Heiji and Shinichi looked at him, "how did you know?" Heiji asked. Suddenly, his daughter winked at Shin, "because…," she said.

"You two were…," Shin said.

"Doing this face," the children pointed at their own faces, imitating their fathers expression when they solved a case. Kazuha and Ran secretly giggled while Heiji and Shinichi were astonished.

"Kids these days…," Heiji and Shinichi mumbled.

"What? They got that from you, you know," Ran and Kazuha smiled.

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