Haha, I love you guys! I am really happy you enjoyed this so much! And here, finally, is the next, naughty naughty chapter! ;-) Enjoy this please! And it keeps getting better, too, I promise! XD Oh, how I LOOOOVE to tease Heiji! He sure screams for it!
Chapter eleven - Double-date
Their way to Ran's house was very…amusing for half of the participating people and incredibly nerve-wracking for the other half.
While Ran and Kazuha walked ahead, with Kazuha having to explain to her friend what exactly happened how, Shinichi was taking advance of this change of tables.
"So, you are the guy who made fun of me earlier, right?"
Heiji didn't say anything, only nodded. Shinichi was not sure if there was any regret or shame in his features, really. But he went happily on with the torture since Heiji more than deserved it.
"And you called ME hentai, didn't you?"
Heiji was looking as if he was in pain. Shinichi grinned wider. He liked this way too much.
"But could you please tell me again, who exactly IS the hentai here?"
Heiji murmured something that sounded suspiciously like curses. Shinichi laughed.
"Yes, my dear, dear friend, you got that right. Hattori is a big hentai, can you repeat that?"
This time Shinichi saw the glare in the eyes of his friend and swore he had heard the f-word somewhere in all the cursing that were rolling over his lips like a waterfall. But Shinichi went on, still happy and cheery as if Heiji was not saying anything.
"…and then in a PUBLIC bath none the less, what were you thinking? I never knew you couldn't hold your horses. Then again, self-control was never one of your best abilities. And you know, as we saw you there…" Shinichi went on with his lecturing, not caring that Heiji was by now making whining noises and gesturing in a way that made clear he wanted nothing more than to hit the eastern detective's head against the nearest wall.
After some time that this went on, Shinichi turned more serious, deciding he had done enough teasing.
"Why didn't you tell me last time?"
"W-well, it's not any of your business anyway!" Heiji blushed.
"Hattori, seriously!"
"…You see, everything has been so muddled with Conan…you losing your memory and we still hesitate to tell others about our…relationship, so…" It was more than clear to see for Shinichi, that this was really hard for his friend.
"I see." Shinichi looked ahead, obviously thinking.
"What, are you already done making fun of me?" Heiji raised an eye-brow in suspicion.
"I think that's about enough. After all, I saw this coming long ago. You see, that's the thing with being a detective. Which brings me to it: I can't believe you took so long to realize what you feel for her! And you consider yourself a decent detective!"
Heiji grumbled something that couldn't be understood, his hands in his pockets.
"Oh well, I better stop this. Mostly because of this common saying, I am sure you have heard of it. It's something like: people who already lie on the ground shouldn't be hit in the guts even more."
Heiji pouted at that openly, for the first time wishing Conan back. The squirt never talked back that much and was way easier to manipulate. Dammit.
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They got home and the girls quickly disappeared in Ran's room to change. After only one minute in her room, they could hear the guys arguing loudly in the kitchen.
"It's your fault!" Heiji accused.
"No, your fault! You ate like a bear right before its hibernation." Shinichi retorted.
"That's not true, you sad detective!"
"WHAT did you just say?"
"Sad AND deaf excuse for a detective!" Heiji repeated himself.
"You…you incompetent fool! Like we both don't know I am a way better detective than you could ever dream of being!"
"Well, at least I was officially active over the past months!" Heiji hissed back
"That was low!" Shinichi answered with lowered voice. Heiji took a moment to think this over before he had to agree.
"Ok, you are right. I blame the lack of food for our foul mood!"
"Oh, I agree!" There was a pause and Shinichi simply couldn't bite back the comment. "Although even in normal state we both know I am a better detective. Way out of your class."
"WHAT?"
"You heard me," Shinichi grinned with an air of superiority.
"Yeah right, maybe in your dreams! Or compared to your father-in-law!"
Heiji grinned as he saw Shinichi blush. 'Strike!'
"Hattori, I can't believe you! How can your mouth possibly be still that big after we caught you getting all naughty in a public swimming pool!?"
"We were only kissing!" the in turn blushing tantei defended himself weakly. 'If you only knew, wise-ass!'
"Right, at the point we cut in. Who knows what would have happened if we hadn't shown up?"
"A-as if you are Mister proper!" Heiji now desperately searched for a reply. "Who knows what you have done to Neechan since her father is gone and you back!"
"Hattori!" Shinichi half-screamed, shocked. Heiji only grinned.
"Still, I blame you! It's entirely YOUR fault I have to starve to death miserably!"
"So, are we fighting because of our stomachs or about who is the better detective? Or maybe about something entirely different…" Heiji was getting confused.
"Uhm…" Shinichi looked at Heiji, confused. They both fell silent for a moment. "Stomachs." Shinichi nodded.
"Definitely!" Heiji agreed, nodding as well, his hands crossed over his chest. "So, we come again back at declaring your guilt!"
"My guilt? Excuse me? That had been most definitely your own fault, Mister-big-black-hole-instead-of-a-stomach!"
"What did you just say, greedy insatiable moron!"
"What's this about?" Ran asked as she and Kazuha entered the room.
"Uhm…" both guys looked at the girls, then at each other, trying to remember the original reason for their little quarrel and to come up with a good answer for the girls.
"Heiji emptied the fridge in his stomach!" Shinichi accused.
"What?" Heiji's head shot up and he looked startled at Shinichi, the look of a betrayed person on his face. "Not true! Our wanna-be detective over here was about to eat even the hairs off my head after devouring the contents of the fridge!"
"What?" Shinichi almost screamed at him.
"You heard me you-"
"Enough!" Ran screamed over the top of their heads. Everybody immediately fell silent. It was undeniable that Ran had some serious authority. Especially when she was mad.
"Listen, you kids!" she pronounced the "kids" with a wild accusation that had the guys flinch. "Firstly, the fridge is empty because you two are insatiable. Secondly, we are going to the movies now and then are going out for dinner, so that problem is solved. Did I make myself clear?" To make herself even clearer, she hit her fist on the table, causing it to shiver mightily.
"Perfectly clear!" the intimidated young detectives said out of one voice, gulping.
"Great!" Ran smiled a honey and sugar-pie sweet smile at them, then turned to Kazuha.
"I would say boys' treat. What do you think, Kazuha-chan?"
"I agree completely, Ran-chan!" Kazuha grinned at her friend and took Ran's extended arm.
"Let's get going then!"
"Definitely!"
The girls turned and exited the kitchen. Heiji and Shinichi shared a meaningful look that said volumes more than any words could have at the moment.
"Are you coming?" Ran's voice was to be heard.
Both men immediately stood up, running out of the kitchen while struggling a little at the door as to find out who was to pass first.
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The walk to the movies was pleasant. While the girls were engaged in a light conversation, Ran secretly cheered at the simple fact that she was allowed to hold Shinichi's hand without anything happening. Okay, so her cheeks still painted a lovely shade of pink, and her heart picked up speed at the delicious contact that displayed their closeness, emotionally and physically but…that was a side-effect she was more than willing to accept.
Never had she thought that she'd be walking around Tokyo as a couple with Shinichi, holding hands just like two of their best friends were next to them. Like a double-date! Oh yes, she would never have thought something like this would ever happen to her. Or at least not in the next ten years; that's what she had been thinking sometimes when the pain of being separated from Shinichi had grown unbearable. But that didn't matter at the moment. He was here with her, he was being the most adorable guy a girl could think of in her wildest dreams, and he was holding her hand in a warm clasp.
She turned her head and gave Shinichi a sweet smile, making more than clear that she was thoroughly happy with the whole situation. He could do nothing but smile back at her, inwardly wondering how such a small miracle could happen to him, after so much time that he had been trapped in a shadow of his own self. He only hoped that this pill now lasted forever so that he could spend the rest of his days making Ran so happy that she'd always smile like this at him. Did there exist anything nicer? He did not think so.
She looked back at Kazuha, resuming their conversation as Shinichi looked up over Ran's head. Right into Heiji's knowing, grinning face, which aroused in Shinichi the strong, tempting urge to smash something hard and really heavy right into it.
"What?" he hissed at him, hoping that the girls would notice nothing.
"Oh nothing. I was just watching you drool over her. It looks funny. Adds a certain stupidity to the expression in your eyes that is seldom there to observe. Like one of nature's biggest wonders!" Heiji kept on teasing the blushing Shinichi mercilessly. But, we all know that he wouldn't simply put up with it.
"If I were you I would be very quiet! After what we caught you doing…!" Shinichi hissed back, his eyes narrowed.
It was freaking him out that Heiji kept on grinning at him just as evilly, as if Shinichi had said nothing at all.
"You have no idea!"
'Oh, if he only knew! I really should consider telling him, only to see his stupid expression. It would be worth it, really! Too bad I don't have my camera with me.'
Shinichi raised an eyebrow, wondering if he really wanted to get to know the whole story and what exactly Heiji was playing at. This thought occupied him for exactly six seconds, before everything in him agreed out of one voice that he not only did not want to hear anymore about that affair, but also did not even want the slightest clue about what had happened because his brain would start deducing things he really did not want to know!
"By the way, Hattori, is it true that you have that motorcycle that you borrowed from the Tokyo-police in the theater's parking lot?"
"What? OH, yes, that's right. It was the best place to park it and it's not even far from the agency, so I left it there."
"Still nice of the police to lend one to you, don't you think?"
Heiji's grin was almost morbid. "Well, you have to have the right connections!"
Shinichi couldn't have rolled his eyes in a bigger circle has he tried.
"So, which movie do you guys want to watch?" Ran smiled, turning to the little group.
"A detective film!" Heiji and Shinichi half-screamed in unison, then looked at each other stupidly. Probably it looked really funny, too, because Ran and Kazuha burst out laughing in unison as well at seeing the guys look at each other.
"Well, what are the options, Ran-chan?" Kazuha asked Ran but kept her eyes at the lightly embarrassed boy next to her.
Ran looked back down at the program in her hands, studying it carefully before answering.
"Well, we've got a… Hm... looks like action. An action movie, a funny one... no, two funny ones. An old, romantic movie and an anime. Oh, and one with horror. So, chose and take!" She looked back up.
"Hm… wouldn't a funny one be a good choice?" Kazuha asked the others compromisingly.
"Yes, probably!" Ran agreed, looking at Kazuha. The girls did not notice the meaningful looks that Shinichi and Heiji exchanged. Once again, the fact that their brains were functioning the same way helped the two young men communicating and they quickly had agreed to a decision.
"Naaaaahhh!" Heiji sounded bored.
"A funny movie is not at all fun to go to!" Shinichi said in support of Heiji.
Kazuha and Ran looked a little surprised at the guys.
"What do you want to watch then?"
"The horror one!" Heiji and Shinichi said like as if out of one mouth, trying very hard to not sound too eager. The girls raised their eyebrows.
"What? Why would we want to watch a horror movie?" Kazuha asked surprised.
"Well, we are guys!" Heiji countered.
"Wha-? Excuse me? We are GIRLS and we could have suggested that we watch the romantic film, but we tried to find a compromise!" Kazuha argued back.
"What makes you think we have to do what YOU decide anyway?"
"Heiji, I can't believe you! Here we are, all together and you-" the couple from Osaka kept arguing and Shinichi shared an amused look with Ran. It was obvious that both were happy that their friends haven't changed too much. They knew what they had to do, though. Lean back and don't mess with them at the moment and let them find a solution of their own.
Amused, the young couple watched their friends argue over the matter, holding hands all the while, inwardly happy at this little piece of normality. A few minutes later, Kazuha returned with a happy grin to Shinichi and Ran to tell about her achievements.
"Okay, we have come to a decision. We watch that horror movie but the guys have to get the popcorn and soda. What do you think about that?"
"Sure!" Shinichi agreed immediately, still suspiciously eager.
Ran looked at him, surprised, and seemed to think about it a little longer. She shared a long gaze with Kazuha. Suppressing the grin, she nodded.
"What about ice-cream?"
She and Kazuha looked at Shinichi who felt for a moment a little cornered, and then, as if he didn't dare say otherwise-what he didn't, he gulped and agreed.
"Whatever you want!" he assured Ran, slightly nervous at the intensity of the girl's gazes.
"I am in!"
"Great!" Kazuha beamed and turned left to watch Heiji approach again. Amused she noticed that he looked a little stressed out. Hey, just because they were together now didn't mean she'd let him do whatever he wanted!
Smiling inwardly, she took his hand and all four entered the big building.
"Wait here, I'll get the tickets!" Heiji said and quickly disappeared before anybody had the chance to stop him.
Wondering about his behaviour, but saying nothing, the remaining three went to get the snacks. They met up with a brightly grinning Heiji only a few minutes later.
"Did everything go well?" Ran asked him.
"Oh yeah, everything's just great!" Heiji grinned back.
Ran hadn't known Heiji for too long, at least not as long as Kazuha did, that's why she found nothing strange about his reply and his grin. But his friend from childhood raised an eyebrow suspiciously although she decided to say nothing.
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'It's a good thing to be always right, or isn't it?' Kazuha thought, debating with herself as she sighed.
She had known it and she'd have loved to have somebody at the moment whom she could scream at: "I told you so!!"
It was clear to her that when Heiji was that keen for something, of course he would have an afterthought. Predictable bastard. Men.
'Couldn't he, after what had happened while swimming, at least be a little more subtle? Did he have to go and buy tickets in the back of the cinema, those special double-seats for couples and seat Shinichi and Ran in front of us? Could he get any more obvious? Oh my god, what did I ever do to deserve that guy?'
"Kazuha? Are you ok? You look annoyed!" Heiji stated mater-of-factly from the spot on the double-seats next to her.
Kazuha groaned in almost corporally painful annoyance, hiding her face in her hand. 'Oh god…' How she wished that murder was legal. She might get away with it, though, if she explained her case. Perhaps it was worth a try, too!
Heiji looked confused at her.
Meanwhile, Ran was having other difficulties. This movie was really scary and she knew that she couldn't stand ghosts and monsters. Why did she agree to this again?
For the sixth time in the last three minutes she had covered her eyes with her hands and was gripping the seat with her other. At a particularly scary scene, she squeaked, surprised, and turned to Shinichi in order to hide.
The rigid boy could only pat her head and shoulder.
He wanted to hold her in return, partly to soothe her like he had planned, but also because he simply loved doing it. However, Shinichi was very nervous about it and though he thought of about a million ways he could do so, in the end decided on the old, yawning trick, which was simply the guy pretending to have to yawn and stretch his arms above his head, only to let them come down again around the shoulder of the girl next to him. A nice, small, casual gesture that was sure to lead him to success. Or so he hoped.
Feeling a little stupid but desperate at the same time, he decided to just get through with this. He took the popcorn in his left hand and faked a yawn, stretching his right arm high in the air. Slowly, completely nervous by now, he watched his arm descend, mouth still open.
'Since when have you become such a coward, Mr. Famous Tantei?' a bugging part in his brain laughed at him.
'Shut up! Only a few inches and I'll be touching her shoulder. Yeah, keep it up, don't fail now, moron.' he tried to encourage himself and stable his nerves.
The arm lowered more and more, almost there, almost there, only a few inches left, come on, come on. Yes, here we go. Three, two, on-
What the-?
It seemed as if Ran had, just at this moment, decided that she was thirsty and bend forward to get her drink. Shinichi's arm landed on her chair. He blinked, confused, trying to sort out what had just happened.
Was he the most unlucky guy on this planet or wasn't he? Why did those things always happen to him? What did he ever do to annoy and enrage the heavens?
Lost in his cursing himself, he didn't notice that Ran had already sat up again with her drink in her hands. Of course, since over all of the self-arguments he forgot to take his arm away, little oblivious Ran sat up to collide right with his arm.
Shinichi felt his heart stop beating for the time she took to turn her head and look at him. Everything depended on her reaction and to him it felt like time had slowed down only to torture him.
To his immense relief, Ran only smiled shyly and leaned against him. His body immediately un-tensed as she, with her simply gesture, reassured him that she wanted his touch this way. Stupid, cheap yawning trick, okay, fine, but he was still happy that he had done it.
With racing hearts, the two cuddled up against one another, snuggling contently and tried to concentrate on the movie in front of them. Very soon they had to admit to themselves that that was an impossible thing to do.
Ran glanced at Shinichi, blushed, and turned her head away again.
Shinichi glanced at Ran, blushed, and turned his head away, too.
Three heartbeats later, both turned to look at each other and their gazes met. No matter how much they wanted to, they couldn't pull away. It was something magical and enchanting that was surrounding them.
As if in slow-motion, Shinichi leaned down the tiniest bit, checking her eyes again for any hesitation or restrain but found none. A little more confident, he bent further down. Ran turned her head to him all the way and leaned in to meet his lips in a tender kiss that ended only two moments later.
Both felt like they were steaming and quickly checked the other before dove in again for another kiss that lasted a lot longer than the other. Then they met for another earth-shattering kiss and another and another…This is basically how they spend the rest of the movie.
Meanwhile, right behind them Heiji bend down to whisper in Kazuha's ear.
"Oi, Kazuha!"
She turned to look at him questioningly.
"You still owe me!"
"What?" she whispered back, thoroughly puzzled.
"You know, what you promised me earlier…" he kissed her neck and caught her totally off-guard so that her whole body twitched in surprise. "Don't tell me you have already forgotten about that!"
In a secluded corner of the swimming-pool, some time earlier.
Heiji abandoned himself to the feeling and the taste of her delicious lips, a macho-grin clearly visible.
"Say," he pulled back, panting but happily grinning. "Did I already mention how good you look in this new bikini?"
"Really?" she drew back a little to look at him pleasantly surprised. Maybe because she'd have never thought he'd notice that the bikini was new. But then again, her boyfriend was a detective. Probably the fact that this was about skimpy swimming-underwear helped as well. Guys!
"Of course! I have to take care that all that other lecherous men who drool over you…" he gestured with his hand and looked around as if to verify his theory, a threatening shimmer in his eyes before he turned his gaze back to her. "…keep their hands to themselves because otherwise I'd have to break one or two of them!" Having finished, he gazed to some examples who were pretty close, means too close, hoping they had heard him. And just in case that they hadn't, his one arm sneaked around her shoulder a little tighter.
Kazuha only giggled. She always found it adorable when Heiji was jealous; not that she had ever given him any reason to be jealous. It was just his nature and a little jealousy never hurt anybody, right?
"But why didn't you ever tell me about this bikini?" he almost pouted at her, making it look like she had deprived a little boy of his candy.
"It was meant to be a surprise!" she defended herself.
"I still think I should punish you for that one!" he simply stated after a little thinking about it, advancing her slowly.
"That's all you ever do lately! Punish me for… something…anything, just to…" Kazuha stopped herself and blushed badly.
Heiji's grin grew. "Just to what?"
His grip around her waist tightened.
Just to get in her pants? No, she couldn't say that or he would really get the idea and…ok, too late.
"Heiji!" Kazuha exclaimed as loudly as she could manage, which was in her current state really not that convincing and jumped startled at his actions. "Stop it, we are in public!"
"What?" He looked all innocently at her, one of his hands splayed on her belly and the other innocently cupping one of her breasts.
Although he somehow understood her objections and restraints, Heiji just couldn't help himself. There was something about her that he found incredibly cute, sexy and irresistible.
"Come on, you must be kidding me, Heiji, if you think that I will let you-" her last resistance was cut off just like her sentence, by a simple, thorough kiss from Heiji that took her breath away immediately. He soon released her lips again and looked almost proudly down at her.
"H-Heiji, you…we can't do that…"
Kazuha was panting desperately now, not being able to finish her sentence and he knew it was only a matter of seconds until she gave in. That's why he went on with his game.
"Are you saying that you have any complaints?" his hands sneaked over her stomach with sensual touches, slowly but steadily going south.
He rubbed around her tummy with his flat hand and tickling fingers, loving the way she was squirming back against him and enjoying her pants and gasps immensely. How on earth was she supposed to stop him, when her body and her soul wanted this just as badly as he did? It was really a very hard time for reason.
His grin grew, her cheeks darkened and her eyes suddenly became very heavy. Heiji held her close to his body with his left hand while the other snaked up to the slipknot in the front of her bikini-top, tugging at it.
Kazuha could only moan, her head rolling back on his shoulder. All she could do was lean back against her boyfriend and hold tightly to him. She had forgotten everything about her objection, surrounding, basically everything around her except Heiji and she knew that was the way he had wanted it to be.
'Loving bastard!' she cursed half-heartedly, moving a hand to cover his on her front, stopping him from entirely opening her bikini-top and instead turned around to face him.
The desire was clearly visible in both their faces and although she had meant to say something to stop him at this point, she drew forward and was kissing him passionately before she even knew it. Her arms wound around his torso while one of his was on her back, keeping her pressed firmly against him and the other sneaked to the back of her head, holding her tightly.
She drew back, their lips only inches apart while their breaths played across the faces of each other.
"Later, I promise!" she whispered against his lips and she dove in for another breath-taking kiss.
Before he could even get his brain moving to work out an answer, Shinichi and Ran, picking that exact moment to discover them, appeared behind their heads, looking shocked. Thinking about it now, they actually could have come at a worse timing. Let's say, a few minutes earlier. That would have become really interesting!
"Heiji, how can you suggest we do something like this, in here?" Kazuha tried, she really did, but she didn't manage to make her voice sound authentic enough.
"Why? I find the idea appealing!" he kept kissing her neck and chin as his hand cupped her knee.
"Ran-chan and Kudo-kun are right there!" she whispered fiercely.
"Well, it does not look like they care much to me. Or that they notice what happens around them." Heiji grinned. He had won this point; he knew it, as Kazuha turned her head to see the silhouettes of the two in front of them. They were doubtlessly engaged in kissing, not in watching the movie.
"B-but what about the other people?"
"Oh please, as if anybody is paying us any attention." She knew that he was right. She turned to glare at him.
"You can be a real pain in the ass, do you know that?"
Heiji didn't feel the need to respond to that. Instead, he grinned and raised a hand to stroke over her cheek. He could hear Kazuha sigh softly and smiled, bend down to kiss her. She sighed again, this time in his mouth but gave up trying to stop him. After all, she wanted this just as much as he did.
"But not…" she whispered against his lips and he nodded, kissing her again.
"I know. That's for later…"
Both grinned and wound their arms around each other, kissing with more devotion.
Actually he had only meant to tease her, loving her reaction when she was embarrassed and he knew that he wouldn't have gone all the way, although the idea was tempting.
But that still didn't stop him from stroking her chest with one hand, catching her completely off guard.
'That guy!' Kazuha sighed inwardly.
'Hey, I am only a man, too!'