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Chapter 5: A much needed talk.

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Silence.

'I'm sooo going to kill Kudô", was Heiji's first thought. When Ran came into the room, he thought she would only say something to Shinichi and then leave.

Well, she did leave. But with his boyfriend. And of course, they didn't tell Heiji anything, because it's not nice to interrupt someone's bath... And for some dark reason, which he didn't feel like guessing right then, the Tôkyô couple had managed to convince Kazuha to pack her things and change rooms. Speaking of her... She was on the bed closer to the window, sheets covering her legs. Already in her sleeveless pajamas, her hair was down, and was likely going to sleep. He deduced she'd got tired of watching TV and decided to go to sleep just as he got out of the bathroom. She had apparently been observing him since the moment he turned the TV off, much before he noticed her, for she didn't seem to be overly surprised now.

Kazuha had greeted him with a smile, and that smile was still on. Only that... she was blushing too? He then looked at himself to find a good reason for her red cheeks, and, well, a reason was found. Being covered only by a hotel towel was not the best way to come out to a room with a girl in it. I'm gonna put my pajamas on, ok?. With that, he hurried to the bathroom.

At the bedroom, Kazuha couldn't stand calm anymore. Perfect. I can imagine what he'll say when he comes. How come you're here? Whatever. Good night. Then he'll lay on the sofa, fall asleep, and end of the story... No way!! Something needs to be done tonight!' At that she blushed, eyes wide open. Something? Just what are you thinking about, Kazuha?'

Well, we all know what she was thinking. After all, you don't get to sleep with Heiji every day, you know. And, to make it worse, he came out of the room with a mere towel!! What was he thinking?? Oh well, he probably asumed it was Kudô-kun the one in the room, not me. But that'

She stopped her thinking when she heard the soft thud of the bathroom door closing. Ok, here he comes'.

Heiji took a look at Kazuha's face and saw a hint of red coming from her cheeks as she watched him come out of the bathroom and into the bedroom. What, hasn't she ever seen me shirtless or what? It's way too hot to sleep full dressed, even with the air conditioned!! If it wasn't for her, I'd be sleeping in boxers, but no, I'll have to wear
pants!' he thought, finally getting to the bed.

Kazuha watched him as he switched off the bathroom's light and came to the bedroom. And blushed. Heiji only wore the pajamas' trousers, which made her remember his dislike of hot weather, and that left quite a good sight of his body. He was drying his hair with a small towel and, when he was finished, passed his hand through his hair to comb it a little, and left the towel on the bedroom's chair near the desk. Then he took a look at the spare bed, and at the living room.Well, the bed was much more comfortable, but...

How come you're here?, he suddenly asked. Not even he was sure how did that come out so suddenly, but it felt right to ask it.

Ok', Kazuha thought. He asked. Now comes the part, then he says goodnight and falls asleep'.

Huh? There's not supposed to be silence now! Come on, continue!!' She kept on looking at him, and stayed like that for a few more seconds, not realising her absent state of mind until he talked again.

Are you going to answer me or may I go to sleep?

Oh, answer... well. if you feel hot, you should turn the air conditioned on, you know.

It's already on he told her, absently looking at the window. Also, I prefer sleeping like this

Still not an answer? he asked again.

Oh, why couldn't she come out of Dreamworld, or wherever she was? She was sure she looked like an idiot now. O-oh, that. Well I don't really know, we were talking and Ran-chan suddenly said we'd be changing rooms, Kudô-kun and I, I mean.

Hm, those two might want to have some fun,but they wouldn't do that to us unless it was for something important.

But I understand it if they want some time for themselves... You know, after all they had to go through, I think they really deserve it..." She stopped when she saw Heiji had turned his face to his right, and was now facing her. Not her eyes though, but somewhere higher Is something wrong with my hair?

At that, he suddenly turned to face the wall again, as if feeling bad for looking at her. your hair is ok like always. It's only that I don't get to see it loose that much often... Somehow, he didn't sound convincing with that. At least to Kazuha.

She finally realised he had been looking at her forehead, more precisely at the old bruise she still had there. So that is why Ran-chan..., she said in a clear and relieved voice. Now she understood.

Heiji showed some interested at that. , he asked.

With her right arm around her now uncovered legs, she rested her cheek on her knees. Smiling, Kazuha looked at him, and with her left hand she patted the space next to her on her bed.

Come here.

The what?' he asked now was nowhere near the last one. Now it was time for his dark face to turn beet red, and nothing like the calm and confident Heiji he always was.

I said come here, she repeated, although she knew he had heard her perfectly. Heiji finally decided to move and slowly got to the bed, where she was urging him to come. Well, more or less. Kazuha supposed him being a meter away from her was all she would get. And it didn't seem he would be coming nearer, as he crossed his legs and let out a loud sigh. So she decided to move herself.

Heiji said as she moved next to him, closing the gap he had willingly left. Now she was at his right, his right knee under her legs and her back covering his right arm and shoulder, their bodies touching. Both were silently blushing, until Kazuha broke the silence.

Better now. She wondered if she had rushed a bit doing that... anyways, she was very comfortable, so she decided she wasn't so wrong with her decisions. Just being so near him... 'Heiji must think I'm crazy, leaning onto him like this', she thought. Maybe she was. But even then... she didn't want to break the moment, and she wouldn't unless he seemed to dislike it. The arm she was leaning her back on didn't make a single move, and the movements of his chest as he breathed were calm. His face was now looking down, and no words came out of his mouth. "Is it right with you to talk now?", she asked. She didn't need to tell him what were they supposed to talk about, both knew perfectly.

"I guess..."

But he didn't say any more.

Many minutes passed, silence building over them while none of them dared to break it. Finally, Kazuha made a move. Heiji couldn't help but look at her as she leaned her head back and her forehead touched his neck. "It's comfotable...", she said, closing her eyes. Now Heiji didn't know what to say. But he noticed something on her forehead... the bump she still had, now covered by his neck... He raised his left hand and pushed aside the girl's forehead, silently urging her to show the bruise. He wouldn't have done something like that before, but now... a special situation had grown in that room. He touched the bruise carefully while Kazuha looked at him, feeling the skin that covered it.

"Does it hurt?"

She didn't answer; instead, she pushed her forehead to his hand so that he had all his hand on her and smiled while she closed his eyes. "It doesn't hurt". The she reopened her eyes. "You feel bad about it?"

"Of course I do! I let you fall off the bike", he said, letting go of her forehead and putting his hand on his knee. It was my fault.

Now that was something silly. Her temper raised hearing that. It was me who didn't hold you strongly enough on the bike. And it isn't like I haven't fallen other times. When we fell off the cliff it was much worse, and you weren't so... ahô after that! But last week... just what did you think then? That I would die if you told me something?"

Uh-oh. She was getting angry. Well, the truth was he felt more comforable having a normal discussion with her than talking seriously about his feelings and fears, so he did the only thing that he found reasonable... get angry too and talk nonsense. But he wasn't responsible of the consequences of his act. "Of course not!! Even I know that you couldn't die of something like that!! But at the room you just had to act as if you were actually dying, of course! And I had to keep watch on you and couldn't even sleep peacefully!!" Wait... he didn't mean it... Kazuha didn't take that well.

"Oh, so now you weren't worried!! How silly of me to think you would be, ne!? Of course, Hattori Heiji is too much a man to worry about a friend!! Not to mention a girl he knows since he was a child!!

The volume of Heiji's voice dropped suddenly. He was now speaking coldly, and visibly hurt. "You don't know anything... anything at all. So shut up if you don't know what you're talking about." He moved away from her, making it obvious that he was leaving. "I'll sleep on the sofa. Good night."

Kazuha watched him in silence as he left her side. Time seemed to pass very slowly as she thought about his most recent words and his face as he said them, and, suddenly, all together was too much to bear. Tears began to form in her eyes and fell on her knees as Heiji hadn't even got to the side of the bed to stand up. And, as suddenly as her thoughts, she moved. Kazuha nearly jumped onto him and hugged his waist tightly. "Wait..." Her tears were now falling on his stomach as the strenght of the impact made Heiji fall backwards and lay his back on the bed, Kazuha on top of him and not letting go. "Wait... don't leave... don't leave..." She was crying helplessly now. Heiji just watched the roof, his face showing no expression.

He just was... sorry. Slowly, he moved his hands to Kazuha's waist, which was now exposed, caressing her soft hair. "Shhhh... I'm not leaving. Calm down, please... don't cry."

"I'm-I'm sorry..."

"It's ok... I shouldn't have yelled like that. Forgive me..."

"Hai..."

She slowly stopped crying. But it felt so good hugging him and being hugged back...

He felt the same in that moment. And pushing away all the feelings that wouldn't let him, he hugged her tighter and moved so that her face went up all the way to his shoulder. His hands moved up her back, forgetting that they were under her pajamas. When Heiji noticed that, a blush tinted his cheeks, but didn't let go of her yet. Kazuha also blushed when she felt the touch of his hands on her back, but remainded quiet too. Then Heiji began to speak.

"I was afraid... afraid of me... of you... and of my feelings. That's why I tried to ignore those past days... I had a dream the night we spent at the hospital, you know?"

Kazuha was surprised to hear that kind of confession from him. He was... "A dream?"

"I dreamed of you... ", he went on. "Of you in danger, of you near death, of you falling off that damn cliff... I was afraid. That you would leave me...". He felt something fall on his neck, something wet... "Are you crying again?"

"Ahô...".

She was.

"I won't ignore you again, I promise. It hurts too much... both you and me, doesn't it?"

"..." She didn't answer, lost in her own tears, and in his question.

"You know what Kudô told me one day?"

"No..."

"He told me that as much as he hated being imprisoned in a kid's body, he had to thank the black organisation for it. That because of it, he realised how deep his feelings were for the girl he loved, that he really loved her when he thought he only 'liked' her. So now... I can understand why in only a week they've done so much; they just had to think of all the time they couldn't be together." Kazuha loosened her grip on him and held up her face to look at him. Heiji, seeing her teary face, took his hand out of her pajamas and moved the tears away with it. Slowly, he put some of her loose hair behind her ear, and moved the hand to her nape. Motioning her head to rest against his neck once more, he moved his mouth to her ear.

"I love you".

Kazuha's eyes fluttered open when she heard him whisper those three words. She again held up her face and looked at him. His face was just... she'd never seen it like that before. He was serious, but at the same time so happy, and so... so full of love, but being the same Heiji she knew... and loved, too. She could do nothing but give him a wide smile, and then hug him again. "I love you too... a lot..."

They stayed like that, simply hugging each other, for a long time. But suddenly, Heiji rolled over himself and leaned on his side, and looked at Kazuha, now on her side too.

"So, are you going to kiss me or not? We haven't got all the night!!"

Kazuha freezed when she heard that. "Heiji, you-"

Of course, he didn't let her continue. Heiji kissed her softly, tasting her lips, and his hand run through her back to hold her waist. She joined the kiss as soon as she recovered from the initial shock, and moving a hand to hold his neck, deepened the kiss, tongues dancing and intertwining shyly at first, but more appasionate as time passed. They'd lost count of time when they finally let go of each other, but didn't mind that as much as all the time they still had left.

"So," Heiji said, grinning, "Do I sleep on the sofa tonight?"

"Mmmm... no, only the omamori and the trousers... you stay here".

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"Ran..."

"Hmm?"

"Are you tired?"

Ran rolled to face Shinichi, who hugged her from behind. "Not that much. Why?"

"How do you think those two are doing in the other room?"

"I'm sure they're fine... don't worry that much."

"Ok..." Shinichi hugged her tighter. "Ran..."

"What..."

"You said you weren't tired?"

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Fin

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Ok, that's all!! Now I can say I like the fic more than before... a little at least ^__^

Well, tell me what you think of it!! Liked it, hated it, both things?

Oh, one thing I had to tell all of you: don't think Ran told Kazuha all her story with Shinichi!! That will take a whole fanfic!! I'll work on it as soon as I find time ^__^

And I think that's all. Dômo arigatô gozaimasu to all the people who read the fic, specially to those who took their time to review!!

Aichan