File 3: Perhaps…Love

Kazuha was looking at the mirror over and over again; she had untied her usual ponytail on her head, and changing it into some new hairstyle. It was her first day to university; she wanted to be different with her high school-look. She wanted to look more mature, she wanted to impress him. She was still unsatisfied with her new hair, so she decided maybe it was better to let all her hair down, just putting two hairclips on each side.

"Kazuha, you've been in the bathroom for almost an hour," said Heiji, and he was already impatiently knocking the door, "if you don't come out at once, I'll open the door now!"

"Aho, wait," said Kazuha, "don't you know that the lock for the bathroom was broken. Okay, I'm coming."

"I thought that you get drowned in the toilet," said Heiji, "what took you so long?"

"What stupid thing are you talking about? Just go to your toilet!"

Heiji noticed something different about Kazuha, but he just could not tell what it was until he saw the ribbon that was left on the countertop. "Kazuha, you've forgotten your ribbon!"

"Oh, I don't want to make my hair in a ponytail again, just want to change a different hairstyle for the upcoming college life!" Kazuha turned her head around, so that Heiji could see more clearly. "What do you think? Is it good?" She was giving him a bright smile that he always found that was irresistible (although he would never admit it).

She looked different or maybe nice too, but he just could not explain the mixed feelings inside his heart. He did not like it, and he had a really bad feeling for it too. The only word that could come out from his mouth was "weird!"

"What? Weird is the only word that you can say?"

Heiji just ignored her words, and continued, "by the way, let's go to school separately. I won't drive you to school on my motorcycle; I don't want to cause any unnecessary rumors about us in school. So I'm leaving now, and you would leave five minutes later."

"What? Rumors?"

"Like we're couples, or we're living together! Aho!"

"But we're living together," said Kazuha, "who cares about rumors!"

"Aho! That can be really annoying! And I really don't want to be teased about our relationship; I'd enough in Osaka already."

"Eh, I see," said Kazuha, "but I still don't remember the way to school yet!"

"You could call nee-chan, she just lived right across," said Heiji, "she would be too happy to help you. Okay, see you in school!" He had already left to the elevator, leaving a puzzled Kazuha waiting for five whole minutes.

XoXo

Heiji went to the Kudo's house to try to see if Shinichi could go to school together with him. However, when he was there, Shinichi had left already. He was finally at the entrance of Teitan University, a place that he would spent for at least four years. Four years of life with Kudo, solving different cases together, just the thought of it was enough to make Heiji excited. At last, he caught a glimpse of a young man with the usual angle on his hair --- that was Kudo Shinichi. He was surrounded by a group of fan girls already. "Hey, Kudo!"

"Hattori! You're finally here," said Shinichi, "we've been waiting for you!" It was until now that Heiji could see that Ran and Kazuha were there also. Heiji noticed that Shinichi and Ran were holding hands together. "You two don't need to stick together all the time," said Heiji, "not everyone could stand it!"

"Baka, who cares about them?" Both Shinichi and Ran were blushing slightly.

"Hattori-kun, how could you left Kazuha-chan to go to school alone," said Ran, "she can't remember the way yet!"

"I just want to make her more independent," explained Heiji, "but it seems no use."

"Aho! You didn't say that this morning," said Kazuha, "you…"

"Oh, Kazuha isn't it time for you and nee-chan to go to class," said Heiji immediately, "don't be late on your first day! See you soon!" He grabbed Shinichi's arms and left at once.

"Kazuha-chan, Hattori-kun is acting weird today," said Ran suspiciously.

After Kazuha told Ran everything Heiji had said in the morning, Ran had finally agreed with Kazuha that he was a big AHO. "He's so mean, Kazuha-chan," said Ran, "I think that you're the only person in the world that could stand him!"

"I've my own way to deal with him," said Kazuha, "also; I don't like too many rumors and teased around by everyone. So I don't argue with him this time."

"But, Kazuha-chan," said Ran, "don't you really want to turn rumors into real? I mean, don't you want to really start a relationship with Hattori-kun? Like me and Shinichi."

"Of course, I would love to make it real," said Kazuha, "but if I'm the only person, I can't do anything about it." Kazuha was almost crying at the last few words.

"Don't worry," said Ran, "Sonoko would be here soon, she's good at dealing relationship. Let's ask if she had any great ideas to deal with your Hattori-kun!"

"He isn't mine," said Kazuha.

XoXo

"Hattori, what'd happened between you and Toyama?" Shinichi asked. "She called Ran early this morning, and that make us can't go to school together!"

Heiji then told him what he had said in the morning, "rumors could be annoying!"

"I see," said Shinichi, "but this is Tokyo, not Osaka. People here won't know that you and Toyama are best friends, or maybe actually you two are couples. You may not want to admit it, but you know that she's a nice girl, and she looks pretty too. Aren't you afraid that there're other guys that want to date with Toyama? Don't you mind seeing Toyama going out with other guys? Isn't it better to have some rumors instead?"

"I've said millions of time already that Kazuha and I are just childhood friends, nothing more," said Heiji, "but since both our mothers had told me to look after her, I won't let her to go out with any guys without my approval."

"So you allow her to go out once she gets your approval? What kind of guys would you let her to go out?" Shinichi was quite interested on Heiji's answer.

"Of course he must be at least the same level with me," said Heiji, then he started to imagine Kazuha going out with a certain guy, but he could not stand it. He shook his head a bit, so that the imaginary scene disappeared in his head, "but I still think that it's better for Kazuha not to going out with anyone during her four-years here. I don't want anyone to distract her from school. You know, she's not smart as us, it's better for her to spend more time studying."

"You just talked like her guardian," said Shinichi, "if that's what you think, I can't say anymore, but you need to be careful though." He already turning his head around and showed Heiji to look at the direction where the girls were coming. One…two…three…four, Ran, Sonoko, Kazuha, and someone he did not know --- a guy that was talking cheerfully with Kazuha.

XoXo

Nakata Shinji, 19, Teitan University student, had just come from Sapporo to study here. He was taking some courses with the girls, and they were his first friends here. "Hi, I'm Nakata Shinji, I'm coming from Sapporo," said Shinji.

"This is Ran's boyfriend," said Sonoko, "Kudo Shinichi, the famous detective here."

"Nice to meet you," said Shinichi.

"Oh, I know you already, you're really famous, and I saw you on TV!"

"And this is Hattori Heiji."

"You look familiar too," said Shinji, "wondering where I saw you before."

"Of course he's familiar," said Kazuha.

"I remember! I saw you on TV when interviewing Kudo Shinichi about the case on how he destroyed the Black Organization. You're his assistant!"

"Assistant?" Nerves were already popping out of Heiji's forehead.

"No, he isn't just an assistant," explained Kazuha, "Heiji is also a famous detective in Osaka; he had helped the Osaka police to solve lots of cases already."

"Oh, sorry about that," said Shinji. "I'll do more research next time."

"Let's introduce once more," said Heiji, "Hattori Heiji, detective from Osaka."

"Nice to meet you," said Shinji, he held his hand out to shake hands with Heiji. But Heiji instead of holding his hand out, he had his arm around Kazuha's shoulders. "One more thing to add, this is my girl," said Heiji, "I'm his boyfriend." His last words just shocked everyone there including Kazuha.

XoXo

To be continued……

File Three is finally updated. What's actually thinking in Heiji's mind? Please Read and Review! All the reviews received are appreciated. Did anyone notice the name of this fanfic "ENDLESS STORY" is a song, a really nice song from Nana the movie, sings by Reira starring Ito Yuna. The title of this file is another song from a Korean Drama --- Princess Hours. Next File --- Heiji & Kazuha, Shinichi & Ran, the hottest couples in Teitan University?!