Detective Conan and Magic Kaito characters, settings, and ideas do not belong to me but to Aoyama Gōshō.
Warnings: Language, minor violence
TMPD Antics
By Taliya
XV: Hattori and Kudou
"You look like a tanunki," Shinichi stated bluntly one morning as Heiji staggered to his desk and faceplanted as he sat, leaving his friend to wince at the thud of his forehead impacting the desk surface. "You okay?" he asked worriedly.
Heiji moaned. "Kazuha invaded," he mumbled, and his fellow detective snorted.
Shinichi turned the majority of his attention back to the cold case dossier in his hands. "So she finally packed up and left Osaka?" he queried, flipping through the glossy photographs to study one of the marked pieces of evidence.
"She not only barged into my apartment uninvited, but she stole my spare set of keys and kicked me out of my bed last night." The Osakan grumbled something particularly unflattering under his breath. "I ended up sleeping on the couch since she refused to let me sleep in my own bed, the damn woman."
"And the reason why she's here in Tokyo, aside from you?" Shinichi asked, scribbling his observations and conclusions on a notepad, which he would later type up.
"She found a job as a paralegal with Ran-san's help. She's planning on applying to law school too."
Shinichi hummed, his thoughts momentarily diverted by his wife, who was currently applying to law school and following in her mother's footsteps. "Well, pop the question soon so that she doesn't have to incapacitate Mayumi-san or Hiromu-san, amongst others, for carting you off."
Heiji straightened, a flushed circle on his forehead indicating where his cranium and the tabletop had met. Shinichi snickered at the sight. "What do you mean, Mayumi-san and Hiromu-san?" he asked, blinking in tired confusion.
Shinichi closed his eyes and exhaled slowly. "Hattori," he said with overt control of his enunciation, "As one of the few younger bachelors left around here, you cannot possibly be that thick to not realize you have a fan club here."
"Oi, who you calling stupid?!"
Author's Note: So Kazuha has finally followed Heiji to Tokyo. Maybe not quite so much humor in this one, but it helps to set up another idea I have for further down the road. I hope you enjoyed it.
Completed: 19.08.2015