Love 6: Betrayal and Apology
"Ayumi..." Haibara stood there, staring at her best friend. A look of terror had perched itself upon the brunette's gentle features, her blue eyes watering. Conan Edogawa stood next to her, a blush covering his cheeks. Genta and Mitsuhiko were on either side of Ayumi. Genta wore an expression that said 'what the heck is going on here' while Mitsuhiko held a hurt and defenceless look. Ayumi swung her head back and forth before turning on her heel and running off. Ai held her hand out as if reaching for her, but couldn't. This was it. Her best friend had seen her kiss the love of her life. Sure, Conan started it, but she kissed back full force. "Haibara-san..." Mitsuhiko spoke timidly, as if speaking to a frightened young child. "You..." It was then that he swung his head towards Conan, pure anger gripping his features. "MITSUHIKO!" Ai screeched.
Conan was being held off the floor by the scientist boy, who had a strong grip on his collar. The detective gasped. Who knew Mitsuhiko could be this strong? "HOW DARE YOU! YOU NOT ONLY KISS THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS BUT YOU HURT BOTH ME AND AYUMI-CHAN!" The boy screamed, hatred filling his gut. "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" He began to shake Conan as much as he could, which wasn't much. "MITSUHIKO STOP!" Ai warned, angering herself. Mitsuhiko's face instantly softened. He let go of Conan's shirt and the boy dropped helplessly to the ground, staring up at the usually kind boy. "Ironic, isn't it? You have become the one thing you hate the most." The three remaining detective boys just stood there, watching his every move, waiting for his next few words. Conan was about to ask him what he ment when Mitsuhiko spoke.
"A murderer."
This hit Conan hard. His pupils shrank and he started to shake a little. "How is Conan-kun a murderer?" Genta asked ignorantly. Mitsuhiko shook his head back and forth. "You two hurt me...but you killed Ayumi-chan." Guilt reached up and grabbed Ai's heart like an iron fist. Not just because she was just as gulity in the 'murder' of her best friend as Conan was, but because she had hurt the only boy besides Conan who had ever really understood her. Well, minus the Black Organization. "Wha-what?" Conan asked, voice trembeling. Mitsuhiko laughed and turned away from the two of them. Shifting his head to face the both of them, he stated: "And you call yourself a detective..." With that, he took his leave and walked out.
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Huff...huff...huff...huff.
Rain dripped all around the form of a young teenage girl as she stood there in the street.
She had no umbrella.
She had no raincoat.
She had no boots.
She had no sweater.
All she had was the dark cold spot in her heart. Betrayal, jealousy, heartbreak, disbelief. These feelings ran through her veins and her heart did nothing but pump them quicker as she sat there, her beat increasing. After a few deep breaths, Ayumi noticed that she didn't recognize where she was in the storm. She narrowed her eyes and sighed, walking towards the park beside her. Better get out of the street.
So there Yoshida sat, looking up at the gray sky that cried on her, allowing her to cry with it. She smiled and looked towards her legs, refusing to watch the scrunched up black clouds any longer.
(Flashback)
"Today's the day, right?" Mitsuhiko asked, walking up to Ayumi's desk. Ai and Conan were in the corner chatting again, but Ayumi wasn't paranoid about that anymore. No, Ai had told her herself that she didn't hold any feelings for Conan-kun. And she probably still didn't after all of these years... She nodded and whispered. "Yep! I'm finally going to tell Conan-kun I love him today!" Of course, Conan knew this already. And everybody in the club knew that he knew, but Ayumi-chan didn't! Ai had been the first one Ayumi point-blank told, being her best friend and all. Ai had told her she should defenitly go for it, that Conan seemed interested nowadays as well.
(Flashback in the flashback...LOL XD!)
"So I should tell him?"
"Defenitly. Whenever I'm standing next to you, I see him staring right in our general direction. And now that you mention it, he HAS been overprotective of you lately."
(End of flashback in the flashback! XD)
It was true. Whenever one guy stepped within a five mile radiuce of her and Ai, he would make an annoyed face. That is, until the guy started asking her and Ai out (which means the offer was open to either one) then in which case, he'd start growling in dis-satisfaction and give the boy a bloody death glare. This would send the boy apologizing and backing away. "So what about Ai-chan?"
Mitsuhiko's face turned beat red. "Uhh..."
"How about his? We'll tell them together after school and even bring Genta for support!" Genta's crush had weakened on Ayumi, just as Mitsuhiko's had over the years. Now they no longer had any feelings for her outside of friendship or family at all. "Pinkie swear?" The scientist laughed at her cute little childish question. He nodded his head and gripped her pinkie finger with his.
(End Flashback)
Ayumi sat there, shaking her head as if disagreeing with herself, when instead she was merely disagreeing with her actions and thoughts. "How could I have been so stupid?" She mumbled, tears falling down her cheeks. They washed away to the now dark green grass below her soaking wet shoes. "It wasn't me he cared about. It never was! It was always Haibara-san." Ayumi whimpered at her depressing words and looked up at the gloomy tree above her, the wet drips from the rich green leaves falling over her head. "What kind of idiot am I?"
Silence.
"WHAT KIND OF IDIOT?" Her voice echoed throughout the empty sidewalks and deserted roads, nobody hearing a word. She couldn't take it anymore...
Ayumi broke down into hysterics, sobbing right then and there on the drenched bench she sat on. Curling her legs up to her chest, she let the rain soak her body to the point of no return. It would look like she had taken a bath or jumped in the pool with her clothes on. It was alright, though. She decided. It didn't matter anyways.
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"Mitsuhiko-kun!"
"Go away Haibara-san. I'm not talking to you."
"Please, wait." Her calm tone made him stop for a few seconds before sighing in annoyance. "Go ahead. Say what you want to say. I can't garauntee I'll believe you."
Ai smiled. "I don't care, as long as I get it out."
The two stayed there or a few seconds, the rain not stopping outside the window. Lightning crashed and banged outside, but the two teenagers inside didn't care.
"Mitsuhiko-kun...why are you so upset with me kissing Conan?"
"That should be obvious by now." He sneered, hardly paying attention. Ai was hurt, to put it bluntly. When Shiho became Ai Haibara, she never pictured herself getting so caught up, so mixed up in all of this...a love rectangle.
"Mitsuhiko-kun, I know you're hurt. I know you're upset by what I did even if I don't know why. I have feelings for Conan, yes, but I never ment to hurt you with them."
"It's killing me, Haibara. KILLING ME. I can only imagine how Ayumi-chan feels." That was what he said, not even putting any term of endearment after her last name.
She'd crossed the line...
...but there was always turning back, wasn't there?
"I'm sorry." That was all that was needed to be said before she walked towards him and wrapped her arms around his back, hugging him. He gave the only tiniest smile and hugged her back. "I still love you, Haibara-san."
Nodding, she answered: "Shouldn't you call your girlfriend by her first name instead?"
BOOOOM!
Ayumi Yoshida continued to sit on the park bench, lightning forming all around her. Whatever make-up she had on had washed away an hour ago, and the only company she had was the cold rain that hit her silky skin.
Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip!
It was dangerous to stay out here alone, she knew it. She just couldn't bring herself to go home just yet, though. The image of Conan came to her mind, knowing she would run into him the next day. It was inevitable seeing both of them tomorrow. Why couldn't she just skip? Well, she could but she'd get in trouble...
"Ayumi-chan?"
Said girl tensed, the hairs on the back of her neck standing up. Her voice didn't answer, but her throat's murmur of 'hmmm?' sure did. Conan walked around the bench to see her. She soon found less water pouring down over her. Looking up slowly, she came face-to-face with a pair of beautiful blue eyes. He was standing there in front of her, with an umbrella in his hand. "Ayumi, it is WAY too dangerous to be out here alone." He reached his hand out for her to grab. "Come on."
Ayumi didn't move, just stared up at him. His expression became annoyed. "Ayumi-chan, please." Instead of complying, she looked away, pouting. "Ayumi-"
"Leave me alone. Besides..." her tone darkned as she laid her head onto her arms, which were folded up on her knees. "...shouldn't you be sharing that with Haibara-san? Your girlfriend?" Conan rose an eyebrow and blushed, bubbles coming to his throat. Ayumi was the only one who was aloud to call Haibara by her first name and yet she was disrespecting that now? "Ayumi-"
"Don't call me that."
"What?"
Ayumi turned back to him, glaring. "You're not aloud to call me by my first name anymore." Turning away, she whispered "Traitor."
Conan was obviously hurt by this. His annoyed expression went to one of shock, to one of greif, to one of total sorrow. "Yoshida-san, I love Ai-chan. These things happen. You can't be upset with me. You don't have any right!" He growled. "And what's up with traitor? Ai-chan's the traitor! Not me! We weren't going out! It's not like I cheated on you!" Ayumi bit her lip, his words sinking down through her throat like a sloppy mess of a slurpy. "Yoshida-san that's pure selfishness!"
She smiled a little...
...he couldn't see her tears in the rain.
"I never thought you were that kind of person." His tone softened. "You were always such a sweet girl. But man is judged by how they fair when put in deep situations, hm?"
"Heh."
Conan's eyes widened as Ayumi smirked and laughed, getting up from her spot. "Goodbye, Edogawa-kun." The slender girl started to walk away. "A-Ayu-Yoshida-san! Wait! Don't walk out alone in this rain! It's lightning!" She didn't listen to him as she started to cross the pond, the grass she walked on getting mushy with mud. "YOSHIDA-SAN!" Conan called in a more urgent tone, realizing the girl wasn't going to stop. "PLEASE, WAIT!" Cursing under his breath, the detective boy went after her. "D^^ IT YOSHIDA! I SAID WAIT!" Ayumi stopped as he grabbed her wrist. "What part of STOP do you not understand?" He scolded.
Ayumi tensed, then shivered, whipping her head around. "The part where I actually listen to YOU!" Conan was obviously taken aback by this. His eyes were wide and his head was spinning. "You don't care about me! You never did and you never will so do me a favor and STOP ACTING LIKE YOU DO! I don't need you to tell me what's dangerous and what's not! I can't trust you anymore!" The girl hissed, venom overpowering her every word. He could notice it now, her tears. Her voice was cracking and she was trembling something fierce. He opened his mouth to deny it, but was quickly shut up. "Edogawa-kun just stop! STOP! I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT!" Now the tears were vivid, clear as day. He could see them trailing down her rosy cheeks and falling of her chin. "Don't tell me I'm wrong! Don't tell me you do care! Don't tell me I can still trust you! Don't lie to me, just don't!" That's when he noticed how obscenly beautiful she was. She was soaking wet and her hair was damp, and her eyes were bloodshot and her clothes were a mess, but she was truly a beauty. "Just leave me alone. I never want to see you or talk to you again." As she turned around to stomp off across the road, he pulled her back once more. Ready to turn around, Ayumi found herself being twisted towards him by a pair of hands on her shoulders.
When she got around, he was giving her this sweet smile, one she'd never seen him use before. Ayumi traced his face for a sign of slyness, or even humor, but found none. He was going to be seriouse about whatever he was about to say. A blush came across her cheeks and she looked away, only to have him turn back to face him. He could see her shyly narrow her eyes and calm down, waiting for him to speak. His eyes narrowed as well, innocently. "Yoshida-san, I'm not going to say any of those things, nor was I ever." Her heart dropped to the ground. In all truth, she was hoping he wouldn't listen and say those things anyways, disobeying her orders. "You're so stupid to think that!" A mocking voice came in her head. "There is only one thing I can say to you. One thing alone. A truth that stands alone by itself."
Her gasp caught in her throat.
"I'm sorry."
Alright, not what she was expecting.
Tears came to her eyes again and she tried to get out of his grasp, she tried to run away. But no, he held her there, restraining her sadness. "Let me go." She cried. She was whimpering now, begging, pleading. And yet...
...he couldn't let her go.
"Ayumi-chan."
"Edogawa-kun, please-"
BOOOOOOOM!
Her throat tightened and her tears stopped falling. Her body relaxed and she found herself sinking into a deep kiss. Conan held her there, gripping her in a sweet embrace. He grippied her shoulders tighter and she moaned a little, something she didn't mean to let slip. He smiled inwardly and set one hand to her cheek.
A kiss in the rain was all that was needed...
...huh.
The drops of wet water started to lighten and the lightning suddenly stopped. The clouds started to scatter and the sun came out, peeking it's little smiling face at the two teenagers in the park.
Pulling away, Ayumi faced her lip's attacker. He was staring down at her with an apologetic gaze, eyes full of regret and love. "C-Conan-kun..."
He gave her that sweet smile again and leaned his forehead to her's. "I love you, Ayumi."
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"Seems like such a long time ago, doesn't it?"
Twenty-three-year-old Ai Tsuburaya looked into a photo album, her husband Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya watching over her shoulder. Twenty-four-year-old Genta Kojima laid back beside them, arms behind his head. He looked rather tired. Ayumi Edogawa sat on her husband, Conan Edogawa's lap and watching the other happy couple across from them. Conan looked towards his wife, smiling as the sunshine reflected off the peach walls onto her face, illuminating her features. "Yeah, it sure does!" She answered, chuckling. Her big smile made her even more beautiful as she lifted the tips of her fingers over her mouth.
"It was about seven years ago." Genta murmered, smirking. Ai nodded and laughed as Mitsuhiko landed a kiss on her cheek. "The years go by fast when you've got such beautiful wives, eh Conan?" Ayumi looked down at Conan for reassurance that she was still attractive. Smiling, he glanced to Ayumi and winked.
"Defenitly, especially when you love eachother."