File 5: losin'
Kazuha's mind was blank; she had never thought of her first real kiss with Heiji would happen in this way, the sequence was just wrong. She had imagined many times already, how Heiji finally confessed to her, how they kiss each other. Now, they were still not a couple yet, but he was kissing her right now. She was trying to push Heiji away at the beginning, but all her resistance had gone soon after he deepened his kiss on her. Her hands had betrayed her by hanging around Heiji's neck and pushing him towards her. She felt that her back started burning; a pair of heated hands was caressing her bare back gently. 'No, wait, hands caressing her back!' Kazuha's consciousness was brought back by the intimate contact that she had never experienced before. She tried to move back, but realized that she was already on her back lying on the sofa. Heiji was right on top of her, and their legs were crossing over each other.
Kazuha at last managed to push Heiji a few centimeters away, and stopped him from continued kissing her, "Heiji," said Kazuha in a low voice, her face was blushing deeply that Heiji found out that she could be attractive some times. "Huh?" He was about to continue kissing but stopped once again by Kazuha. There was an unsatisfactory look on his face about the desire that was not fulfilled. "Where're your hands touching?" Heiji looked at the red-faced girl underneath; her sleeveless top was being pulled upward, showing the bare skin of her belly. He then realized that one of his hands was completely under her back, while the other was still at the back of her neck. He was still wondering when did they start to be in such an intimate position, and his eyes were staring hard the eye-catching body underneath.
"Aho! Where're your eyes looking at?" Kazuha was trying to pull her top down to cover herself completely, "and take off your hands too!"
"Sorry, I don't know why it's there, it moves on it own." He was about to take his hand away but then he stopped suddenly and said, "Kazuha, do you remember to take the time? How long had we kissed?"
"Aho, you're the one who start first, how could I remember the time?"
"Oh well, I think we need to kiss again so that I could take the time," said Heiji and he started approaching Kazuha once again. Kazuha was quick enough to cover his mouth before he could do anything, "aho, get off away from me at once!" Looking at Kazuha leaving the sofa, Heiji was looking at his hand confusedly. He must admit that Kazuha had soft and smooth skin, and that he just wanted to touch more of it. He then shook his head a bit; he tried to turn himself into detective mode, distracting himself from any lustful thoughts. 'Her back is sure smooth as silk, and I couldn't feel anything else, could that be…'
Heiji then asked probably the stupidest question in his life, "Kazuha, you didn't wear bra, did you?" Kazuha's face was red as tomato now, "HENTAI!" She then slapped hard on his face, and returned to her bedroom right away. Heiji left shocked, seated on the sofa alone, and at least he had made a correct guess, given Kazuha's reaction.
XoXo
On the day of Teitan Couple Competition, Sonoko and Shinji was waiting eagerly for the result of the preliminary round in the cafeteria. They finally saw Kazuha and Ran entering. "How is it?" Both Sonoko and Shinji could not wait for the result. Ran was smiling cheerfully, "of course, Shinichi and I could pass the preliminary round easily."
"How about you and Hattori?"
Kazuha nodded her head slightly and said, "We passed also."
"So you two finally kiss," said Sonoko. "Is that your first kiss? I'm quite worried that you two can't kiss that long."
"We've practiced it at home," whispered Kazuha.
"What? So you two are kissing….are there anymore? Did you two finally do something that real couples are doing?"
"Of course not," said Kazuha, blushing deeply for what Sonoko was referring, "just kissing, that's it."
"But at least this is a large step forward for you and Hattori," said Ran.
"Right, maybe he's addicted to your lips now, and want to kiss you all the time," said Sonoko teasingly.
"Hey, what're you guys talking about?" Shinichi and Heiji had joined them finally after preparations for the first round of the competition. "It's time for us to go now, Ran," said Shinichi.
"Let's go," said Heiji, and he grabbed Kazuha's arm at once. His face flushed slightly after overhearing their conversations, especially the last words from Sonoko. He thanked his dark-coloured skin from the bottom of his heart for the first time as it was difficult for others to notice him blushing. "Kazuha, the first round is just a Q & A format to ask questions about us to see how we understand each other, like favourite food, hobbies, etc"
"That's easy, we know each other so well," said Kazuha, giving him a confidence smile. "We've met each other since we're four."
"Let's hope we do well," said Heiji, "and remember we must beat the Kudos, they could win this round easily. We need to do our best to go to the final!"
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"Congratulations! You're great!" said Sonoko, "Ran and Shinichi get the only perfect score in the second round!"
"But Hattori-kun and Kazuha are great too," said Shinji, "they just get one question wrong."
"By the way, what kind of question that our great detective from Osaka and his girlfriend could make it wrong?" Shinichi asked.
"Just some measurement problem," mumbled Heiji.
"Huh? I can't hear you."
"The question asked us about each other body measurement," said Heiji, "how could we know the answer of such a stupid question? Don't tell me that you two know the answer too."
"Baka! Of course we know," said Shinichi, he then whispered into Heiji's ears, "You two are couples already; you can take the measurement yourself! The most accurate way is using your hands as the measuring tape. You need to know it, it maybe useful in the latter round."
"Aho! How could I do that? Kazuha would kill me," said Heiji.
"Shinichi, it's time for us to change," said Ran, grabbing Shinichi's arm, "we need to be ready for the obstacle race. Kazuha-chan, we need to go now."
In front of the changing rooms
Hattori Heiji was thinking seriously how he could get Kazuha's body measurement in the Kudo's way. He knew his arm length, the size of his hands, but the problem was how he could possibly touch Kazuha without her getting angry or even noticing. While Heiji was still moving his hands up and down, the door of the changing room was opened suddenly. Kazuha was right in front of him, and his hands were just a centimeter away of her bust.
Kazuha was shocked to see Heiji waiting for her, and his hands were right in front of her surprised her more. "Heiji, what're you doing here?" asked Kazuha, her face blushed slightly.
"Eh, nothing," said Heiji, smiled embarrassingly, "just thinking about the question that I just got it wrong, but you know my measurement, so I was thinking if I could ask…this maybe useful later on."
"Whaa…" Kazuha's face was red as tomato now, but she still managed to whisper the answer into Heiji's ears. "Is that okay?"
XoXo
"What's this?" Heiji was looking at the red string that tied around the wrist of his and Kazuha's.
"This can't be break, or you'll lose for the obstacle race," said Shinichi, "you need to make sure that it's still tying on each other when you past the three checkpoints, and at the end of the race."
On your mark, can set, BOOM! The race start, and suddenly an aggressive-looking couple were running towards them, and Shinichi quickly moved Ran towards him to prevent them knocking her. Heiji also held tight Kazuha's hand, and taking good care of the red string, did not want it to break right at the beginning.
Finally, Heiji and Kazuha were at the last checkpoints, and all they need to do was Kazuha feeding Heiji the bowl of grapes there. The only problem was that they needed to do this mouth-to-mouth.
"Kazuha," said Heiji, "what're you waiting for? It's just a simple task. Kudo had left already, and there're more people coming on the way."
"A simple task? Saying is much easier than doing," complained Kazuha.
"There're only about ten grapes, so do it quickly now," said Heiji, "don't be shy."
"I'm not shy," said Kazuha, "you're right, it's just a small task, and I could finish it in no time."
Kazuha had almost finished feeding Heiji the bowl of grapes, and this was the last one. She started to be regret to be in this competition, no, actually she was regretted at the beginning. While her mind was wondering elsewhere, the grape was about to fall off. Her tongue moved quickly, trying to prevent the grape from falling. Simultaneously, Heiji was doing the same thing, and their tongues were in contact by accident. Impulses were sent through both of their spines. Their hearts were thumping so loudly that they thought that everyone around could hear it.
Fortunately, Heiji managed to finish the last grape, and they past the last check point. At the end, Shinichi and Ran, Heiji and Kazuha become two of the last three couples that were able to be in the final of Teitan Couple Competition.
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"Who're the other couple?" Shinji asked.
"They're the legendary couples that had won all three champions of the Teitan Couple Competition," explained Sonoko, "Tsukasa and Tsukushi senpai, they aim to win their last competition this year before graduation."
"So it's still too soon to predict whole will win in the end," said Shinji. "What'll be in the final?"
"Each couple will be assigned a different task, and everyone in Teitan here could vote for them after their performances," said Sonoko, "at the end who got the highest vote will be the champion!"
"They're going to announce each of the tasks now, let's wait and see!"
"Tsukasa, Tsukushi --- Latin dance, Heiji, Kazuha --- Cooking, Shinichi, Ran --- piano and singing."
"What, singing?" Everyone knew that Kudo Shinichi could not sing well, this would be a difficult task for them. "Ran will be playing the piano, while Shinichi need to sing a song."
All three couples would have an hour of preparation. Shinichi and Ran, Tsukasa and Tsukushi would perform their task respectively, and then Heiji and Kazuha needed to have their food ready at the end. "Heiji, if you want to win, you need to listen to my orders," said Kazuha, "you know that you're a disaster in kitchen."
"Alright, madam," said Heiji obediently.
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Tsukasa and Tsukushi had just finished their almost-perfect dance, and they received strong applause from almost everyone in Teitan. Then Shinichi and Ran were ready to perform their song while Heiji and Kazuha were still busily cooking the food. It was a big surprise as Shinichi could finish singing the song without one single mistake.
"This must be a love miracle!"
"The power of love!"
Shinichi was so glad that Ran was such a great pianist that she could play the notes that Shinichi could sing well, and made it into nice melody too.
Heiji and Kazuha then presented their delicious food to everyone. And now it was time for all the students to vote. At the end, Shinichi/Ran, Heiji/Kazuha got the same vote, and they were the highest votes too. The judges then decided to use the results from the first two rounds to choose the winning couples.
"This year the winner for the Teitan Couple is…"
Everyone was waiting eagerly for the result, "Kudo Shinichi and Mouri Ran! They'll receive the entire grand prize in this competition!"
"Congratulations, Kudo!" said Heiji, "you two are great, especially the song that you sing! We'll win it the next year!"
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To be continued……
Sorry for the late update, too busy recently, but I won't give up for this story! I know that the ending of this chapter is a bit rush...but maybe I'll change it a bit when I've more time in the future! Next chapter --- more love love scene between Heiji and Kazuha, Shinichi and Ran!
