CHAPTER 4

STUCK TOGETHER

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It was bound to happen, there was no avoiding it, Kazuha and Heiji, knew this, but it was still a difficult task. Shizuka giggled when she found out their little dilemma, her husband, Hattori, felt nervous, he hoped Kazuha's father never found out about this, he'd kill him and his son. Heiji sat around nervously, not knowing how they were going to do this, they'd just have to take a shower not a bath, but it was still a hard thing to do, he looked at his cuffed friend, she was blushing, he couldn't blame her.

"I'll...go first." Heiji was surprised by Kazuha's statement, but didn't disagree with; he wasn't planning on going first anyway.

"How are you-?"

"I'll just wear a towel, you better not look." She warned, Heiji scoffed.

"Why would I look? I see no woman here." He replied, her face flushed with anger.

"You, you...AHOU!" Kazuha exclaimed, huffing, turning around, she stomped down the hallway, dragging a smug looking Heiji with her. Kazuha and Heiji were separated by a paper screen door Shizuka found in their attic a few days ago, though it was a temporary solution, it had its downfalls, the wrists that was bound had to be held at the top of the screen door, restricting Kazuha from moving around, imagine how hard it was for the poor girl to change with the help of one hand. Pure torture, that's what it was. You don't know the relief it was when the girl finally managed to slip into the towel. It was relief for Heiji too, he, not secretly, peeked at her shadowed from behind the paper screened door, his breath stopping when he saw her take off all her clothes before she slipped in the towel.

"I'm ready..." Kazuha said, her face red, so was Heiji's.

"Oh...Let's go." He said, doing his best not to look at Kazuha.

"Yeah..." She trailed off, Heiji wasn't looking at her, and does that mean he didn't find her attractive? Heiji really doesn't see her as a woman? Kazuha felt her self-esteem dying slowly.

If the girl wasn't busy berating herself, she would've notice the glances Heiji gave her on the way to the bathroom, he blushed, look away, then glance at her again. He felt like a pervert, but that didn't stop him from looking.

"Heiji..." Kazuha said, the boy was lost in her eyes.

"Yeah?" He unconsciously leaned closer to her, this went unnoticed by both of them.

"Were here." she stated bluntly, pointing to the door Heiji had his back to.

"Oh, sorry." He grinned nervously, he felt so embarrassed, she probably thought he was some freak now, or worse, a pervert. Heiji opened the door and they entered the bathroom, the boy had to turn the shower on for Kazuha, she didn't want to do any kind of leaning or bending when in only a towel, much to the spiked haired boy's disappointment. The girl quickly climbed in the shower, throwing her towel away, which slapped Heiji right the face. Muttering soft complaints, he peeled the towel off of him, a faint blush creeping onto his face. Did she really have to do that? She could've just handed it to him.

The girl started cleaning herself, she didn't want to be in this position forever. She flinched when she heard a soft chuckle come from behind the shower curtain. He was laughing at her? Fine, the girl would wait for his turn in the shower, then she'd get him.

"What's the hurry?" Heiji said as his laugh subsided, Kazuha blushed.

"Sh-shut up, ahou." she mumbled, still trying to wash herself with only one hand for help. Heiji grinned, he won this fight, seems like karma stopped being a bitch, well, to him at least.

Kazuha felt exhausted when she finished her shower, but sadly her problems didn't stop there, how in seven hells was she suppose to make it back behind that paper screen door? She was soaking wet! Kazuha stood in the shower, letting the water hit her. Heiji was getting impatient, he was growing tired of standing next the shower, he knew how long girl's take, but this was just torture!

"Kazuha, what's taking you so long? I thought you'd didn't want to stay in for long." Heiji complained, the soaking wet girl muttered curses.

"Fine! Hand me the towel." She ordered, the boy didn't like that.

"No." He replied simply.

"No?"

"No."

"Heiji-" Kazuha was about to start throwing all kinds of curses, until Heiji cut her off.

"I'll hand you your towel when you say please." Heiji said, Kazuha had to bite her tongue to keep herself from saying something she'd regret later.

"Please hand me my towel." Kazuha gritted her teeth, you could hear the growl in her voice. Heiji ignored the growl and gave her it to her, she snatched the towel from him. She was definitely going to get revenge now. The spiked haired boy whistled all the way back to the room, while Kazuha slowly planned what to she do to him. His whistling ceased when he got a really good look at her soaking body, little droplets of water fell from the girl's hair, the towel grabbing on parts of her that Heiji didn't think she had. He felt his face heat up, what in the world was he doing? This girl was his friend, child-hood friend, plus, if the girl knew what he was thinking she punch him across Osaka into Tokyo, then he'd have to tell Kudo why he was at his door step with a big lump on his head.

"Heiji!"

"What?"

"Hurry up and undress so you can take your shower!" She exclaimed, he blinked, the girl got dressed in her pajamas that fast, but she couldn't take a fast shower? Females are such a mystery.

"If you wanted to see me undress you could've just asked." Heiji smirked, doing a flirty wink at the girl who was redder than a tomato.

"What- I didn't- just get changed!" Kazuha screamed before lifting her cuffed wrist and going on the other side of the paper screen just smiled as he heard her mumbling things under her breath. The boy started to undress, realizing just like Kazuha how hard it was to this with one hand available for help. When he finally got his towel his waist, he told the girl on the other side of the screen, who was in a daze from watching his shadowed figure take his clothes then just put on a towel that barely covered anything.

"Kazuha."

"Yes?" she muttered enchanted, by his wonderful chocolate body.

"I'm done changing, or do you want to do something else?" He said, noticing her lustful eyes, but the look vanished when he brought it up.

"You wish," she scoffed."Let's get this over with, I don't want to see anything." she replied, ouch, Heiji felt his ego get bruised a little, but why should he about what she thinks? Plenty of girls and women tell him how handsome all the time, so why doesn't he feel so handsome after what Kazuha said? The boy dismissed all his crazy thoughts, Kazuha was about to start the shower up for him, but he wouldn't allow.

"Ahou, move I got it." He said as he moved aside the confused girl.

"Are you sure I mean...If you bend over-" Heiji stopped her from continuing, understanding what she meant.

"Okay, you can cut the shower on." The boy replied, blushing. Kazuha smirked as she bent down and cut the shower on, it was complete silence between the two as they waited for the shower to heat up. Complete silence when Heiji quietly slipped in the shower, throwing the towel, purposely, having it hit Kazuha, when she attempted to catch it with her unbound hand.

She gritted her teeth and threw the towel on the floor, that was the last straw, if he thinks she'd let him get away with all this, he was dead wrong. Smirking, Kazuha slowly reached and flushed the toilet, her smirk growing when the girl heard an ear piercing that belonged to the Osaka detective. Immediately, the curtain was ripped open, showing a very flushed boy.

"Kazuha!" He exclaimed, angered.

"Yes?" She said innocently, he narrowed his eyes.

"Ahou!" he yelled, Kazuha just rolled her eyes.

"I think you should get back behind the curtain and hide your friend there." The girl said, smiling smugly, but there was a hint of blush on her face. Heiji yelled curses the girl hasn't even heard before, while slamming the curtain back to hide himself, Kazuha laughed throughout the whole thing.

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Kid softly landed on a building, a shadowed figure walked next to Kid.

"So, how is the plan going?" the figure asked. The thief smiled slyly.

"According to plan, so do I get a kiss as a reward?" Kid asked, leaning in to steal one.

"Nope," the person said using her hand to stop his mouth."I don't think your girlfriend would be pleased to hear this." the person smiled, almost as slyly as the magic thief himself.

"How about this? If you keep the plan going I'll make sure Aoko won't find out about this and Shin-Kudo won't be in your hair, for awhile." The figure said, holding out their hand. Kid grinned.

"Deal Miss." He said, taking her hand, giving it a quick and gentle peck, before jumping off the building and flying to who knows where, the person smiling satisfied.

"Those two owe me big time after this." was the thing the figure said before entering the building.

CHAPTER 4 END

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