I am soooo back! i am so so so so sorry if took a lot of time for me to update! anyway i have good news for you guys! well you probably wouldnt care but... i passed all the entrance exams i took! and the former school where in my dad studied said i was the SECOND highest that took their entrance exam! and the list they were saying was since their school opened! i asked who the first one was and was surprised that it was, none other than, my old man himself. =)) and because of that i have the longest (so far) gift for you guys! and that is this chapter! =))
anyway! here is chapter sixteen!
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(Shiho's POV)
Many people are staring at Shinichi while we walk to the mall. The mall is pretty close so we decided not to waste Shinichi's money on a taxi.
"Shinichi, why are the people staring at you?" I whispered in his ear.
"What do you mean staring at me? They are staring at you!" he said emphasizing the word 'you'.
"What? Why the hell would they stare at me?"
"Well let's see, aside from your clothes expose much of your skin, I don't know."
I just shrugged it off and pulled his arm and walked faster.
(Shinichi's POV)
We were walking fast to the mall but Shiho suddenly stopped. I took a peek at what made her stop and saw a young girl.
"Onii-chan!" the girl said while crying.
"Shinichi…" I heard Shiho whisper.
"What?" She let go of my hand and knelt down to be eyelevel with the girl.
"Hi kid, I am Shiho-neechan. Why are you crying?" she said in a very gentle voice.
"M-m-my onii-chan is lost! I can't find him!" the girl said in between tears.
"Shhh… calm down kid, what is your name by the way?"
"I-I… My name is Ai." I saw Shiho's eyes widened from shock because of the familiar name.
She just smiled and said, "Well Ai-chan, stop crying now we wi-"
"Ai-chan!" a new voice shouted.
"Ai-chan! Where have you been? I was looking all over for you!" He stopped running right in front of us and said "I am sorry if she held you up! I kinda lost her. I am so sorry! Thank you for guiding my sister!" he said and bowed.
Shiho stood up and said, "Its okay, we're not in a hurry anyway. Don't lose your sister anymore okay?"
"Hai!" the guys said and bowed again.
"There is no need to bow." Shiho said and held his shoulders to face him up.
Now that I have a good look at him, he is around our age, good looking, skin tone is like mine, a stylish messy hair, nice eyes, and has fashionable clothes like his sister. For short he is handsome.
When I stopped observing him I saw him blush because Shiho was still holding his shoulders and smiling at him. 'Shiho is smiling at him! What the heck? She barely even knows him! It took me years just to make Shiho smile! It is not even a smirk!' I found myself grabbing Shiho's arm and holding her wrist.
"Nice meeting you bro, just keep an eye on your sister." I said to unknown-niichan.
Now it was my turn to pull Shiho to the mall.
"Shinichi!" she said but I didn't respond.
"Shinichi!" she said in a louder voice but I still didn't say anything.
"KUDO-KUN!" she shouted. I stopped and looked at her not because she shouted but because she didn't call me by my name. I didn't know why but I felt something painful in my heart that she still considers to act formal around me even though we knew each other for what seemed like centuries.
"What?" I finally said.
"What is your problem?"
"Nothing!"
"Nothing? Really now Kudo-kun if you don't let go of my wrist you are going to cut my blood circulation." I let go of her wrist and stopped walking.
Shiho just held her wrist and said, "What's the matter Kudo-kun?"
There we go again with the formality. I hate it! I don't want her to act like we just met earlier! I don't want her to act formal around me! I just want her to be… her around me. I want her to be happy with me. I want her to be… Shiho Miyano with me.
"I'm sorry." I whispered.
"Sorry for what?"
"For your wrist and… well everything."
She raised her eyebrow, smirked, and said, "It's alright Kudo-kun. Now let's go."
"Wait."
She just raised her eyebrow indicating for me to continue, "Why did you call me Kudo-kun again?"
"It's because you don't respond when I call you Shinichi."
"Call me Shinichi." I simply stated.
"But yo-"
"I will. Next time I will always respond, react, or whatever to you whenever you call me by my name." I said cutting her sentence.
"Alright." She said and we both headed to the mall.
-Beika Mall, 11 am-
(Shiho's POV)
"Finally we're here!" Shinichi said, heaving a sigh.
"Now, what do we do?" he said continuing his sentence.
"What do you want? Shop first or eat now?" I asked him.
"Let's… eat first. I know it takes centuries for a girl to pick her clothes. I might starve to death and we won't want that!" he said flashing his oh-so-dazzling grin.
"Whatever. We only take our time in picking our clothes because appearance is what makes the first impression right?" I said smirking.
"Well… yeah… but hey, we guys still look good even if we don't take centuries in the bathroom just fixing our hair or something."
"We fix our hair for centuries because we re-do our hair until we are satisfied with how it looks."
"We don't spend so much time placing make-up!"
"We put on make-up because we want to show other people what we could do to just a single face."
"We do not and NEVER will take a very VERY long time choosing our clothes!"
"We choose our clothes carefully for many things suite us but we aren't satisfied, it only proves that us, women, have taste in clothes."
"Whatever. Let's just eat." Shinichi finally said and headed to a restaurant. I just smirked at that and followed.
(Shinichi's POV)
We both entered a so-so restaurant. It wasn't too fancy, but presentable. The waiter seated us beside the window. Outside we could see a beautiful garden with a small pond and a small fountain not so far. We both took our orders and waited patiently. We were both staring outside until one of us spoke, and it was none other than, of course what do you expect, me.
"Shiho…"
"Hmm?"
"What if… what if some handsome, awesome, totally smart guy showed up in school and asked you in the prom…"
"What about it?"
"Would you… I mean… who would you choose to go out with? Me or him?"
I looked at her only to find her smirking.
"Why ask? Could it be that the Famous Detective Shinichi Kudo be falling in love with me?"
I felt my cheeks burning up and couldn't find the right words to say but I stuttered the words, "W-Wha? It's not… ummm…"
I wasn't able to finish what I was about to say, not that I had anything clear to say, because she interrupted me, with her laugh. Yes, the Ice Queen, Sarcastic Person, Master of Death Glares, Shiho Miyano is laughing. I was just staring at her laughing figure. I can't help but smile.
"Haha, I can't believe that, hahaha, you, hahaha, the Saviour of the Metropolitan Police Department, hahahahahahhahahaha, would be all blushing, stuttering, confused, embarrassed, and everything just because of that! Hahahahaha! You're making my stomach hurt Shinichi." she said in between her laugh.
I still didn't reply and was enjoying the sound of her laugh. It just so happens that the damn waiter, yes the waiter, would come with our orders and had to interrupt Shiho's laughing session with me.
"Here is your order Sir, Ma'am." He said with a pleasant smile on his face that I found irritating. Honestly? Did he really have to just come in with our orders at the best time of our talk? I mean, I barely hear her laugh! Heck this is even the first time I ever heard her laugh! And this stupid waiter just had to ruin it.
"T-thank you." Shiho said still giggling.
"You're always welcome Ma'am. By the way you have the most beautiful laugh I have ever heard." Ha! Does he think his charms would work on Shiho? Ha! Shiho might even send him a death glare enough for a life time! But when I turned to Shiho, she just placed her poker face on for a while but then smiled and said, "Thank you."
WHAT. THE. HECK.
What the heck was happening! Here we go again with the smiling to a stranger! Like I said before it took me years to make her smile! I don't know why but I totally felt pissed at the moment.
"Shinichi."
I got back to the real world when Shiho called my name, "Yeah?"
"What are you doing?" she asked and looked at my hand. I looked at it and was surprised to see my hand holding a now bended fork.
"Ohhh… uhhh… this is nothing." I said and straightened the fork again. Shiho ordered a salad and me a soup for appetizer. We ate in silence and just after we finished our appetizer the main course was sent. The waiter? It was different. I couldn't help but smile at this.
"Why are you smiling like that Shinchi?" Shiho asked.
"Hmm? Ohh , nothing." And with that I ate my food and so did she.
I ordered beef that was grilled, so basically it's a steak. Shiho ordered a fish that was also grilled. For the side dish, it was plain corn and carrots with some buttered broccoli and some mashed potato.
We finished our meal and took our deserts, Shiho a strawberry cheesecake, and I took a blueberry cheesecake. We finished our cakes and headed out. I was surprised that none of us broke the silence.
When we were out the restaurant I decided to talk, "So Shiho, where are we going?"
"First the clothes, since formal attire is required you would buy a tux and a dress."
"So where do we get these stuff?"
"Let's go." She said and linked our arms together and dragged me to a shop.
"A tux for this guy please." Shiho said to the lady. The lady took a peek at me and went through some hangers. She came back with who-knows how many tuxes. She gave it all to me and Shiho sat down on a chair and signaled me to go in the dressing room.
I raised my eyebrow and said, "All of these?"
"Yes." She just said simply.
I just shrugged it off and went to the dressing room which was just in front of the chair where in Shiho was sitting.
"*sigh* let's just get this over with." And with that, I stripped off my clothes and changed into a tux. I went opened the curtain and showed myself to Shiho.
She just looked at me and said, "No."
"Hey is there even a difference in those tuxes?"
"A lot. Just go and change."
I changed again and received another no, change, no, change, no, change and no. This time I got something from the bottom of the pile it was a white tux. I was really getting tired; changing tux actually isn't the easiest thing to do.
I fixed myself and said to myself that if Shiho rejects this one I would make her wear those tuxes. I opened the curtain and went out, she looked at me from head to toe like the usual but this time thrice instead of once, she stood up and said, "Pay for it." and headed out the store.
"Our next stop is there." She announced pointing to a shop next door. I just followed her and this time I approached the guy first, "A dress for her please." the guy took a look at Shiho and nodded and went to get dresses, got back with who-knows how many dresses. Mimicking what Shiho did, I sat on a chair that was in front of the dressing room and signaled her to go in. she just smirked at me.
"Make sure you chose a good one okay?" she said and headed for the dressing room. I may not be able to distinguish the differences about the tuxes except for their color but I do know and am practically good at picking a dress for a girl. Well what's the use of having Yukiko Kudo, a retired actress, as your mother? She used to ask me almost everyday if she looked good in her dress and it made me know what dress would look good on what type of girl.
Shiho appeared and was wearing a nice dress but not enough.
"No." she went back inside and changed and received another no.
"To colorful." change.
"To childish." change.
"Haha! To old!" I laughed at what she was wearing and then she changed.
"To bright."
"To dark." I was starting to think that Shiho was trying out more clothes than I did. When she went out I thought to myself, 'Well it was worth it.' I just smiled to myself and paid for the dress.
The dress was baby blue in color. It stopped just a few inches above her knees. It was a beautiful strapless baby blue dress.
Next was, shoes. Shiho practically dragged me to almost every store in the mall. But it's okay since I think she is enjoying. At least that's what I see.
Shiho dragged me into a shop that sold thousands of shoes. The sales lady and man lead us into one of their couches. Shiho spoke up and said, "We would like to get some shoes for our prom." The 'sales-people' nodded and said, "Would you please describe to us what your dress and tuxedo would look like please?" in unison.
Shiho just handed them the paper bag that I was holding and the both of them took a peek inside and nodded their heads.
We waited for a few minutes before they returned, surprisingly they only returned with two pairs. I thought they would come back with thousands of them like the one where we bought our clothes.
The sales man walked to Shiho and the sales lady to me. They both opened the box. The box that the guy held contained a sky blue 2 inched high heel. It matched the dress she would wear. Mine was a white leather shoes. It also matched my suit. We paid for the shoes and went out the shop.
"So… it's now 5, what do want to do?" I asked her.
"Well… I don't know."
I thought for a second and said, "Let's go to the park."
This time it was my turn to drag her. The park was just a few blocks away so we arrived in no time. I placed myself on one of the swings and Shiho sat at the swing beside mine. We were just sitting, not swinging, not talking, just plainly sitting. After a few minutes I started to swing. Shiho did the same and said breaking the silence, "Thank you."
I looked at her and said, "For what?"
"Everything. Not just the dress and the shoes or for today. I just realized that I never got to thank you for the days when you protected me from… them."
I smiled at her and said, "That's fine. No need to thank me. Besides you also did something for me, you created the antidote."
"It was just to return your perfect life that I ruined."
I placed my serious face on and held her shoulder.
"Shiho listen to me, it's not you who took my so called perfect life, it was them, and it was not your fault that they forced you to make that stupid drug. It wasn't your fault. It was theirs. Nothing was yours, it was all theirs. Got that?"
Shiho's eyes contained nothing but pure shock but soon after a few seconds her eyes softened and she gave me one of her unbelievably, comforting smile.
"Thank you." she said and hugged me, I did what my brain told me to, and it was to hug her back.
But that was not all my brain told me! It also said to me while hugging her…
'Man she got you!'
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