Again, I am at a loss of words. Firstly because I am sad this story is already over and secondly because hardly anybody responded to this one and I simply don't know why... That's why...just enjoy this epilogue. Ps: I LOVE Heiji!

Chapter fifteen (Epilogue)

Never lean in too much

Almost a week later…

Honestly, why did he do this? Why was he forced to do this? To attend to this useless ceremony that, after his opinion, was more than useless. It was to be forbidden by law! 'I mean, who has the time to go to school anyway?' he thought annoyed and immediately a whole bunch of things appeared in his mind that he could do instead and that were SO much more useful.

As he stole a glance at Kazuha beside him who was listening to the teacher, Mister Hidoshi, he became aware of the small fact that more than half of these things he was thinking about included Kazuha and a bed. He flushed and quickly looked back at his history- book.

'Dammit, cool down man! Can't afford to have these kind of thoughts in school. Only fourty minutes till recess. And then only one more hour. You can do that, Hattori! Yes, look at history. What can there be less arousing or less sexy? Yuck, nothing!' he stared at the bunch of boring dates in front of him.

Kazuha gave Heiji a side-glance, chuckling softly to herself as she saw how he was concentrating hard on those dates but with the look that said: "Please, can't somebody get me out of here?" She knew him good enough to know he was bored to tears. An evil idea snuck in her mind. 'Indeed, more than evil!' she admitted, the evil smirk never leaving her face.

She took a piece of blank paper, then started writing something down on it. She looked again at the teacher, waiting patiently for an opening. The moment he turned his back to them, she passed Heiji the note. These were the moments where she was more than glad that they were sitting at the back of the class, last row. He looked at her puzzled. It had been a long while since she had last done that.

He carefuly opened the note and read. 'Don't fall asleep, ahou!' Heiji looked at Kazuha with half closed eyes, his GAZE saying everything. Kazuha looked purposely at the teacher, pretending to have no idea but her little smile betrayed her. He sighed and read on. 'Do you remember our shopping tour on Monday?' he looked at the note but that's all there stood.

One eyebrow raised as he tried hard to recall their little shopping trip. It had been his fatal mistake to tell her she had a wish free, for him to make up for his disappearance. He counted the shops and after having revised the trip looked at Kazuha confused. He wrote back.

'Yes, but what about it?' he passed her the paper. He secretly hoped that she would not ask for another round of: "Oh look Heiji, do you think these will fit me?". He really did not think he could handle that today. After all, he was already having school for nine hours in a row. How he hated these long Fridays. But that's just the price you had to accept as high-schooler.

He saw Kazuha's smirk as she noted something down in turn. However, as her gaze met his curious one, her face was a pure picture of an innocent angel. That confused the hell out of Heiji as he accepted the note and started reading.

'Do you also remember the red lingerie you liked so much?'

Kazuha was playing at one of the last shops they had visited. Just to tease him she had dragged him in the lingerie shop because 'she needed new underwear soooo desperately!'. Of course, after the first shock of embarrassment had vanished, the benefits of such a visit seemed to start to dawn to Heiji. Because it was his turn to always tell her to better try the things she chose on, since he could not really imagine if they really did fit her.

And, oh yes, he had indeed enjoyed this little visit to the limits.

His favorite piece had been a satin, deep blood-red bra with black slipknots and frills along the contours, of course with matching thongs that were only held together left and right with another two slipknots. In short, it had looked so amazing Heiji seriously thought about running away for he didn't really want to read on the newspapers from the next day: 'Detective of the West's dirty sexcapades in a lingerie shop.' Unfortunately, Kazuha had decided against them, without no real reason, as he thought.

Well, yes, he most definitely could remember them most vividly! He tried to ignore the slight tingling in his nose.

Kazuha saw as he quickly brushed some drool away that had found its way out of his mouth, giggling behind her hand. 'This is so priceless!'

He turned his head right to look at her, his cheeks a tad darker than normally, and slowly nodded. Then he drew an eyebrow up, asking for the 'why'?

As if nothing at all was happening, Kazuha looked back at Mr Hidoshi who was now explaining about the second World War and what's been the participation of Germany in the whole mess. As she was certain that nobody was paying her any attention, she slowly drew her chair a little backwards and crossed her left leg over the right, totally casual.

Heiji was looking back at the teacher who paid them no attention since he was still talking about the Germans; he was obviously no big fan of the two of them. Then he averted his gaze from him and back to observe Kazuha curiously. As she was certain of his attention once again, she very slowly lay a hand on her thigh. A few moments later, this exact hand glided to the hem of her skirt and pulled it down, towards her.

Heiji's jaw dropped open as he stared at her. After pulling some of his senses back together he quickly looked around to make sure that nobody was paying them any attention. Then he looked back at her, never realizing the upcoming drool.

"This one?" he heard her whisper in her most seductive tone. Not that it was necessary to make him go crazy as he observed totally absorbed and absentmindedly Kazuha's hand that was slowly revealing more and more of her thighs.

He could not believe that she was doing this, right here in class. What if somebody looked at them? He was deeply shocked at what was happening, his heart started beating twice as fast. But it was not that this stopped Heiji from rocking his chair backward to lower his eyelevel enough to get a better view.

As Kazuha's skirt swooped over her behind, and the moment he made out the red string with the black slipknot, Heiji's heart skipped a beat. He let go of the table for he needed his hands to cover his nose as he felt the blood rise to his head. He tried to stop the bloodflow but the sudden move only lead to him losing his balance. He fell backwards on the floor with a loud THUD.

The teacher looked at the direction of the sound and only saw a pair of legs dangling in the air. Kazuha quickly pulled her skirt down again, looking innocently at the teacher and at Heiji although she was laughing her ass off inwardly.

Everybody was on their feet to look better at Heiji. The latter only groaned.

"Is everything all right, Hattori- kun?" Mister Hidoshi asked loudly as the laughter of the other students had worn off.

"I am fine, I am fine!" Heiji groaned and tried to stand up.

"But you are bleeding!" a guy in front of Heiji exclaimed.

"What happened?" another ask.

"Your nose is bleeding!"

"Did you hit your head somewhere?" suddenly the whole class was talking.

Heiji was now kneeling on the floor. "Yeah, I guess so…" he shoot Kazuha a side-gaze, seeing exactly that she could hardly contain herself. She was vibrating very slightly from the suppressed laughter, covering her mouth with a hand. He was sure that if it would have been appropriate she would even stick her fist into her mouth to stop the laughing.

Secretly she was glad that the others had no idea about their relationship just yet because otherwise they would look twice at what they are doing and think their parts what meant they wouldn't had the opportunity for this kind of 'games'.

"He needs to go to the hospital wing." The teacher announced.

"I can bring him!" Kazuha stood up. 'Plus, they wouldn't let me do this, too!'

"Very well. Go quickly. I need to finish this War!" The sad thing was not, that the joke was absolutely not funny at all but that he really meant it, totally seriously. Mister Hidoshi turned back to the board and eagerly picked up his writing where he had stopped it.

Kazuha walked quickly to Heiji and stood now tall next to him, looking down in amusement. "You need a Kleenex first!" she told him and turned. She bend down to her back, slowly searching for a tissue, making sure to bend in the right angle for Heiji to gain another glimpse of her new underwear that were actually responsible for this whole mess.

His eyes only widened as he pressed his hand tighter to his face. Slowly, taking her time, Kazuha turned around again and handled Heiji the tissue, smiling sweetly. He could only glare at her which had a smile-widening effect on Kazuha in turn. "Come, we better get going!" she kneeled down and leaned forward to pick his things up, voluntarily bending a little more than necessary. The reaction of the great detective? Let's just say, his hand on his nose tightened again and he was sure that she was definitely wearing the matching bra.

Heiji groaned inwardly. This woman was trying to kill him.

'She really is!!'

"Come on!" she gently took his hand and helped him up. They quietly left the room. As they closed the door, her supporting him under his arms, one of his around her shoulders, she pressed her upper body slowly against his and leaned her head against his shoulder. Then she almost purred. "I take it you liked what you see?"

Heiji only made a face at her. A face that told something like: "Are you kidding me?" He found it alarming that no matter how bad she had just been, he was not really angry with her. On the contrary, he would get his revenge soon enough, and he knew it.

She smiled up at him. "I am sorry for that. Does it still hurt?" she stroked over the back of his head. He could not suppress the grin. "I sure think I need to take care of your wounds, since it was my fault. And I know a nice, empty classroom as well…" she grinned at him in invitation, waiting for his reply.

If possible, Heiji's grin turned only MORE stupid.

"I think I really should check out if this underwear keeps what it promises, what do you think? You know, in the practical examinations."

"Absolutely!" she held him closer and he tightened his grip around her as well.

'Oh heck, so she may kill me. Who cares? There ARE worse ways to go!' he thought and looked down at her beaming face who was looking at him so very adoringly.

As he bend down to steal a sweet but passionate kiss from her to which she responded all too willingly and as his longing for her grew from the one kiss, he could not help but think.

'Yes. There're definitely worse ways to go!'

the end