A/N : Hello, guys! VERY SORRY FOR THE EXTREMELY LATE UPDATE! My injury from the basketball camp is real hurt Y_Y and so it's really hard to concentrate but no excuse. I'm really sorry -
That's why I'm going to update the next chapter on Tuesday! Well, CONGRATULATION! We are now reaching the Climax Arc of the story! And this chapter is the first of it (it's just the appetizer.. Hahaha) So, please don't judge about it just yet. I'm trying my best to write the story to you ^^ Can't wait for the next chapter myself though! :D:D:D
Ps. Also, thank you for those who have reviewed, including some readers who recently added my story to favorite! The email alert just reminded me that I have a story to finish! ;)))
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Chapter 12 : The man
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A smile formed up on her lip again as she recalled the text message she had received.
'So sorry, Shiho-chan! We bumped into cool kid at the airport and we slipped it and he took my car T_T Yoshihara-kun just told me that he told him not to go. Hope you guys alright. Cool kid seemed to have a jet lag. Plz take care.'
And so he said that he had a perfect sleep. Loves to play hero, doesn't he?
Shiho cautiously brushed a strand of hair off his forehead.
Will he ever know that i met my first crush when I wasn't Shiho but Haibara?
And so she stood up, turned off the light, and walked into the bedroom.
Meanwhile, a text message was also sent to Shinichi's inbox.
'Hey, Kudo, are you back? Book your schedule next week. Kazuha and I are getting engaged!'
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Not again.
For the third time of the week, the girl seems to be slightly distracted again yet somehow this time she looks.. happy.
Kaito stares at the girl in front of him in examination.
"Is there something good this week, Shiho-chan?" finally asked the doubtful boy. They are sitting together in a quiet lovely yard in the heart of Tokyo's office area, which is cheekily called 'Garden in The City'. Even though it is popular for Shinjuku's workers to hang out (and skip the work), not so many people are here this afternoon, so the couple is really fortunate to have a good time.
Yet the strawberry blonde's heart doesn't seem to be here.
"What is it, Kuroba-kun? Isn't the weather so nice today?" Smiling, Shiho looks up from her laptop and twists her eyes around.
"Haha. I don't know.. You smile a lot often lately..." and strangely enjoy the weather.
"You think I'm all gloomy and moody?'
"NO! Of course, not! It's just..."
"Shiho-neechan! What are you doing here!"
Suddenly, a familiar cheerful voice barges in. The scientist turns to look at who is calling and found that it is one of her most closest BFF in the world, Ayumi.
"Ayumi-chan! I should be the one to ask.. What are you doing here in Shinjuku?" Abruptly, she gets up from the desk and walks toward her 13-year-old friend. Of course, she doesn't know that Shiho was Haibara yet they still manage to befriend with each other again.
"I'm on the school trip! We just left the National Museum and I'm here to meet my daddy!" cheerful as always, Ayumi broadens her smile.
"Eh? Your dad works here? I didn't know.."
"Yes! You work here, too, Shiho-neechan? Is that your boyfriend?" Ayumi pointed her finger out at Kaito's direction, who is now sitting at the same coffee table, observingly.
Shiho nearly chuckles at the question, "No. He is just a good friend of mine. He works around here, too, so we are just chitchatting sometimes." Cluelessly, the scientist just answers her friend like a breeze of sunny sky.
However, for another mentioned man, it's totally a thunderbolt.
BANG!
Suddenly, the man thuds the table and furiously jumps toward her.
"Wha.. K.. Kuroba-kun?"
He is getting closer.
(Imagine he has a scary black aura around him.. well, maybe red eyes, too.)
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"Kuroba-kun.. Whahhhh!"
Suddenly, the man lifts her up from the floor and forcefully carries her to one of the largest fountain in the area, which is the landmark of this place. (Oh my God. Again? Does she have a karma to be thrown in water? Poor Shiho.)
Seeing and expecting what's going to happen, Shiho's eyes widen and widen like mad. No. Not again. Not even in her Louis Vitton suit!
She pushes the man with all she might.
"Kuroba-kun, stop it! PUT ME DOWNNNNNN!"
Not like that he care, the man's determination is strangely strong as he continues to head toward the enormous fountain and that makes people start watching.
Even Ayumi's jaw gasps in surprise.
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Kaito steadily walks up to the fountain.
"STOP IT!"
The girl beats him harder and harder.
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They are by the edge of the fountain now.
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This is not funny. The water must be more than 1.5 meters deep.
Shiho unknowingly gulps.
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But then, it's Kaito who steps into the water.
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Huh? He isn't throwing me down?
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Seeing her little puzzled face, the man tries his best to hide his laugh. In the clear water, he difficultly continues to crawl closer to the heart of the fountain. His trouser is all wet yet he's still holding her firm.
His walk is getting heavier and heavier.
But then he finally reaches the heart of the fountain.
The huge beautiful engraved stone.
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And he puts her up there.
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What?
Thud. Thud. Thud. He walks back to the edge, stands up on the floor and leaves her just behind.
"Wha.. Hey! Kuroba-kun! What are you doing!" Panic. The strawberry blonde who seems to have found her voice just couldn't do anything but yell at the man who left her in such an embarrassing stage uncontrollably. What the hell is she doing up there? Lots and lots of people around look at her with curiousness in their eyes. No. I'm not nuts! And she swears that she saw some of them laughing.
Kaito, on the other hand, just stares at the girl emotionlessly. He simply folds his arms and slightly smirks at her.
If only Shiho could get out of this idoit island, she would just slap that smirking poker face real hard.
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Under the sunny clouds, beneath the glitter blue sky, amidst the heart of exquisite buildings, there sits a beautiful girl in the middle of the prominent fountain.
Is this a TV show or what?
"Say, Miyano Shiho. Do you wish to get out of the fountain?" yawningly speaks the man in distant.
Shiho glares at him in disbelief.
"WHAT?! Kuroba-kun! What kind of stupid game is this?! GET ME OUT!" so full of energy, the girl screams over and over, doesn't really know what she could had done wrong. She sends her death glare to the man in needed, so deadly that If only she were Meduza, he would definitely became Stonehenge.
Kaito feels his stomach hurt from suppressing laugher.
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"Alright, Miss Miyano...," started the man. "If you wish to get out of there, you only have to listen to me," somehow his face becomes much more intense.
A little mob has formed around the fountain, adding more spotlights to the awkward scene. A security guard crazily comes in and calls it 'Terrorism' but Kaito tells him it's 'Marriage Quarrel'.
Shiho feels like she should die just now. Dead. She only needs to be dead.
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"So, listen up, Miyano Shiho," Kaito speaks louder. "Listen carefully and remember..."
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"..that I'm not your friend nor do I try to form a friendship between us.."
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"..but I'm hooking up with you. I'm dating you. I'm flirting with you. I LOVE YOU! SO REMEMBER THAT! You understand?"
Blushing. As Kaito speaks louder and louder, his face also becomes redder and darker foolishly. His infamous poker face starts to shatter in pieces. And for the first time in his life, the almighty phantom thief can never act so cool. His heart is beating real fast like it wants to explode to the world.
He knows she didn't do something wrong. He knows that she has all the right to see him as a friend. He knows what he is doing is probably too extreme but if he didn't do anything, this relationship would be going nowhere.
"So, don't you think of me as a friend. DON'T YOU THINK OF OTHER MEN WHEN YOU ARE WITH ME! You got that?!"
After Kaito finishes his statement, the crowd around the area just clap their hands loudly for unknown reasons (and some even cheer for couple ridiculously like they are watching TITANIC or something) which certainly add more and more weirdnesses to the situation.
What the hell? A crimson blush is also spreading across Shiho's cheek. Her usual pale face is now painted with all rosy shades. It's all because of this stupid thing. She tells herself that.
However, what she gonna do?
Eyes meet eyes. The ceruleans meet with the browns. Shiho slowly gazes back to Kaito as if searching for the truth. What's he thinking? Is he kidding her?
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Closing her eyes, Shiho wishes that this was all a dream.
Shiho wishes that he didn't mean what he said.
Shiho wishes that their friendship could stay as before.
Shiho wishes that she hadn't love someone else.
Shiho wishes that she could ever love him.
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Yet whenever she opens her eyes, she can only see his serious face.
His handsome serious face that could make her heart melt so easily.
But..
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"Shiho," quietly waited for the answer, Kaito suddenly calls her name. The strawberry blonde unconsioucly flinches at the gentle voice. It's the first time he ever called her name directly. (A/N : In Japanese culture, calling a name without affix like '-chan' or '-kun' usually makes much more intimate feeling. Between girls and boys, the norm is normally used for lovers.)
", I didn't ask for anything. You don't have to be troubled. I only ask for the opportunity.."
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"Could you please see me as a man?"
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Between the love that had held her dark for so long and the light that is bringing her to happiness,
It's really an easy logical question but why is it so hard for her to answer?
Then, she sees Ayumi, the reminder of her painful past.
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Flashes. A sequence has replayed before her. The day he barged into the basement lab. The day he blamed her for his shrink. The day he begged her for the antidote. The day he cried to go back to his only love.
No matter how long the time will pass, she will never ever forget this.
Maybe it's really time to say good bye?
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"Alright. Kuroba-kun.."
"Call me 'Kaito' "
"Ok. Kaito-kun.."
"Cut the affix"
"KAITO!"
Back to reality, Shiho finally realizes that she still sits in the fountain and people are watching her like damn. Not really sure if that's the reason her scarlet face becomes darker though.
And so she hears a gentle whistled laugh.
It comes from the only man she can see just right.
Kuroba Kaito. Just by her calling his name, he looks so happy?
Unknowingly, a smile also creeps onto her lip. Seeing that warm smile of his makes she wants to smile more and more. So, Kaito jumps into the water and carries her back. The crowd applaud and the couple looks happy once again.
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Maybe, I can really love him.
Shiho thought to herself.
Maybe, I can really forget him.
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A/N : That's all for today, guys! Thank you so much for reading and enjoying! See you on Tuesday! :D:D:D:D