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lalalala and I cannot sleep so I'll just update. :)
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I'm caught up between school | work | painting | playing flute ..
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Angelwingsonline: Hiya! I do apologize for the confusion.
To clear things up, she turned into a girl on the first chapter.
She was the girl he saw when he was checking out the security system whilst preparing for his heist.
About the one year gap, he's gone into hiding while waiting for Haibara to create a permanent antidote to have his old body back - I'll explain it on the next chapters to come.
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Kaito: why am I always gloomy ! its soooo not me.
Shinichi: me too.*watery eyed*
me: as if you can do something about it *evil laugh*
disclaimer time !
Shinichi owns Kaito | Kaito owns Shinichi | Gosho Aoyama owns them both so that leaves me with nothing but this irrelevant story.
again - please read and review. T H A N K Y O U !
~ alex
NOTE:
text | TEXT - emphasis
"text " - conversations
text- thoughts
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"there are times when it is better to let things happen,
rather than insisting how you want them to be done"
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It was ten o'clock sharp when the classroom door of class 2-B revealed a blonde curly haired professor. Everyone went back to their respective seats as she cleared her throat.
"I have an anouncement .." she started.
'must be bad news ..' Aoko thought.
"a new student will join our class today.." the professor continued.
'yeah. definitely a BAD news ..' Aoko said to herself.
"I know it's already half of the school year but please be nice to the new student. I haven't met him/her yet." she confessed, more to herself than to her students. She tensed as her previous king of pranksters turned unheard student shot him a knowing look. She felt guilty as a wave of dejavu flashed over her. That same scenario happened over a year ago and she knew memoirs of that scene clicked some kind of a memory switch to Kaito's brain. Losing someone he love really changed him- and boy it was an extreme change.
He locked his gaze on her. She felt uneasy but the feeling melted when a certain someone knocked three times before unveiling someone very familiar to the latter. The new student entered the room and gait her way to the professors desk. She whispered something incoherable and the professor just nodded.
She flashed her megawatt smile then started to speak. "Fujimine Yumiko's my name. You can call me by my given name if you prefer to. I'm turning eighteen, came from America to pursue my studies here. I do apologize for interrupting your class but please bear with me."
Kaito was sharp, witty, adventurous and never dull. Even after losing 'him', he was still good-looking and women got roped in his charm, frustrated by his emotional unavailability, then heartbroken by his short attention span.
"I hope we can get along ..." she continued speaking and he looked at her straight in the eyes. He wasn't sure if he was just hallucinating or she really did wink at him. He checked the reactions of his classmates and boy he was rendered speechless. Half of the class were listening intently, full of attention while the other half was busy looking at her with dreamy eyes.
He stared at her thinking that 'this is up close and personal' and noted that she's clutching a Holmes book, a small
notebook and a pen on her right hand.
Hakuba stared at her with interest, Akako was glaring and Aoko looked like she was smitten. The girls are staring at her with envious eyes and that, Kaito thought, was funny. He wanted to laugh out loud but being discreet as he was at the moment, he settled on flashing her a heartfelt smile- the kind of smile he shared to nobody else but Shinichi.
The professor acknowledge the exchanged of looks the newcomer and Kuroba Kaito shared. She relaxed as she first thought that the latter would have an emotional breakdown about the recap of his past experiences. She then ushered Yumiko to take the unoccupied seat next to Kaito and scrutinize for any possible emotional breakdown. NONE. On the contrary, his smile widen whilst the young lady went towards her seat. The smile was flustered on his lips and his eyes followed every movement made by the latter.
'This is intriguing ..." she thought before smiling to herself and started her class.
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Aoko's POV
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It was precisely a minute past ten o'clock in the morning when the door of class 2-B uncovered our professor with a stern look her the face.
Everyone's attention shot her way as she cleared her throat.
"I have an announcement." I am shaken. Any form of announcement from the professor would pass as a bad news for me.
"A new student will join our class today. I haven't met him|her yet and I know it's already half of the school year but please be considerate to her." their professor piped in.
As I had predicted, yes its a definitely bad news. Something was off. I began thinking about it but then I noticed the gleam in Kaito's eyes. His gaze fall upon our professors concerned look and he smirked at her. I can feel our professor was alarmed by his reaction, but then again, he slipped his all known poker face.
Moments have past and they stayed that way for hours or maybe just minutes. True enough, Hakuba confirmed that it'd been 6 minutes and 49 seconds when they heard a hesitant knock on the door, followed by the clicking sound, revealing a lady with the same beckoning eyes as Shinichi Kudo. Why that certain thought crossed her mind, that she wasn't sure of. I noticed the whole class whooped some air as her whole profile came into view. True enough, she was even more beauteous than our very own witch - Akako. Guys whistled while the girls throw her one of those envious looks. Hakuba stared intently and Akako glared- as if she know some kind of a supernatural force lurking behind this girl's shadows.
"Fujimine Yumiko's my name. You can call me by my given name if you prefer to. I'm turning eighteen, came from America to pursue my studies here. I do apologize for interrupting your class but please bear with me." Her eyes scanned the whole class before she rested her gaze on Kaito. "I hope we can get along some time." The words were lowly spoken. As if she didn't want anybody to hear it. But I know better. What I saw made my heart sank. Kuroba Kaito - my childhood friend, Shinichi's grieving boyfriend, my supposedly soul mate IS smiling at her.
The professor then scanned the room for any vacant seats and I mentally cursed myself for being so stupid to abandon my previous seat next to Kaito - which was apparently the only seat left unoccupied now as the previous occupant namely Shinichi Kudo had long gone.
"You may take your seat beside Kuroba-kun. As you may notice, that would only be the available seat as of the moment. If you do have a word about it please let me know as soon as possible." the professor uttered.
"no no no. It's fine, really." that Yumiko girl said as she stride towards Kaito. Eerie as it may seem, but yes, Kaito's smile was flustered on his face. And it was the first time I saw him smile - a real heartwarming smile I may add, after the death of a certain detective.
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normal POV
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The new lady - not chatting with anyone- looked at him sharply. Assessing him from head to foot with pale disdainful eyes.
This will be interesting. His first impression had been wrong. The lady wasn't plain. Her large blue eyes were immediately arresting, and not just because they were so direct. They were fringed with long, dark lashes and high lighted by well defined cheekbones.
"It's nice to finally meet you." He started with a smirk. This girl sure is something. He was in a deep abyss of loneliness earlier today but she was able to make him crack a smile.
"It's nice to meet you too." She replied then parted her lips as if to say something but close it after a few seconds.
She shot him a look, and he could tell she wanted to say something she thought she shouldn't. She restrained herself though with some effort, he thought, suppressing a smile.
Somewhere. Somehow, he felt like he'd seen those orbs before.
"Focus on the class or else she'll get mad.." she then clicked her thumb towards Aoko's direction and the latter shot him a concerned look.
Their conversation ended there and Kaito can't help but stare at the lassie sitting beside him.
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A lot of things happen within the day but there's one thing that caught Yumiko's bored attention.
After their lunch break, their adviser went inside the room and notified everyone about an art gallery opening that will be held at the school grounds tomorrow eve.
The student contemplated for a while before an uproar of an approval was heard.
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just caught up with a lot of things.
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