CHAPTER 4

It was raining.

" Oi, Shiho. Come on. We're going to be late." Shinichi said hurriedly, looking at his watch anxiously. She nodded and walked along beside him, the umbrella in his left hand, sheltering the both of them. She smiled softly as they stopped at a red light. The word ' Shiho' sounded the best. It was two days since she forgave him and it was not one second when she regretted that.

Sure he was an ass for the two days she hated him, but he did have his own nice side too. " Whoops," she said, tripping slightly. " I got you." He said, grinning, yanking her up by her jacket, and pulled her towards him. Her hand fell onto his chest, her hair just below his chin.

She could feel his heartbeat pump faster by the second and she breathed hard, looking up at him. He smiled down. " C'mon." he said. " It's a green light now." She blushed and pulled away. Her heart was beating so hard that it scared her, and she placed a hand on her chest, biting her lip.

" Th---Thanks." She said, blushing.

" Come on," he said, grabbing her wrist. " It's turning red again."

" K---Kudo!" she gasped, but was dragged along by him.

Someone on the other side of the road saw them.

The person grinned.

They reached the other side just in time as the light turned red again and the crossed just as they saw the cars roar past. " That was close." Shinichi said, grinning at Shiho. She forced a smile at him and looked around. Someone was watching them. But she just didn't know who.

" Shiho?" Shinichi asked, puzzled, looking at her.

Under his piercing gaze, she found her face growing unsteadily hot and turned away.

" C---Come on." She said, looking away. " We don't want to be late."

" Oi! Shiho!" Shinichi yelled, running after her.

The person stepped behind.

" Shiho---," he whispered.

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" Good morning." Shinichi called out, sliding the door open. He raised his eyebrows. There was barely anybody in the classroom to start with. Shiho frowned. Was everybody else stalled by the rain too?

" This is weird." Shinichi said, looking at his watch.

" Nope, you're just in time." Hakuba said, smiling.

They turned.

" It's just that they're all downstairs, watching the game."

" Game?" Shiho asked.

He smiled.

" Yeah." He said. " There was a science fair downstairs at the auditorium. You just missed it. I THINK that they're coming up any minute now."

He winked at Shiho before taking his seat.

Shinichi frowned.

" Let's go downstairs," Shiho said to him rather excitedly. " I want to see what it's about."

Watching them run out of sight, Hakuba flicked open his pocket wristwatch carefully. " Exactly 3 minutes to go---," he said, flapping it shut soon afterwards. " I think they might be able to make it."

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" Huh? A basketball match?"

" Yeah, it rocked my socks off." Yoro said happily, as Shinichi and Shiho walked alongside him, Mizakan and Hideki talking at the back. " Did you see the way the upper secs played? They sure were rough weren't they?"

Shinichi frowned.

" Yo! The five of you!" came someone from behind them. They turned, and a teacher ran towards them. " I need your help. The basketball team needs you to help them in the setting of the basketball court. There's a problem with hoop in the middle court and they need the rearranging of the basketballs. I'll tell your form teacher about your current condition."

" Okay." Mizahan said, glad to have an excuse out of class.

They looked at the courts before them.

" Daaamn," Yoro called out, looking at the mess before them. Basketballs were everywhere in the area. " Okay, you and Shiho take care of the hoop." He said matter-of-factly. " Me and the others will clean up the---er---balls."

The other two laughed at his stupidity and walked off, while Shinichi smirked at Shiho. " Well, Shiho, you think you can carry me up?"

" Don't try to be cute." She said, dusting her skirt. " Lift me up and I'll try to fix it. I think there's something wrong with the left screw of the hoop, but you can never be sure."

He did some sort of upside-down praying look and she stepped on his hands before landing on his shoulders. He winced. " Damn, you're pretty heavy." He whimpered. She glared down at him. " Sorry," he said sheepishly, looking down at the ground. " Don't look up." She said simply.

" Why?" he asked, puzzled.

" Just---don't." she muttered, and there was a sound of embarrassment in her voice. But she knew as an average curious teenage boy, he just HAD to look when she said that, and he looked up and almost gasped in shock at what he saw. Her skirt was blocking him from looking up them, but the white pale skin of her legs was shown until above her thighs, creamy and almost begging him to touch.

He shook himself and looked down.

" There it is." She said, pushing it with all her might. " It's not much of a chore, actually----,"

She pushed it hardly this time and it fit back with a soft click.

" Let me down." She said firmly, and he let go of her feet on his shoulders, and she dropped to the ground. " I guess that fits it." She said, clapping her hands. She noticed him blushing, looking away.

" Y---You didn't LOOK did you?" she asked, face flushed, her hands immediately dropping down to her behind.

" N---No!" he said, flustered. " Of---of course not---,"

There was an uncomfortable silence for a moment when the door suddenly flung shut. The two of them gasped and ran for the door. " Why?" Mizakan asked, three basketballs in his hands. " What's wrong?"

Yoro ran to the door as fast as he could and wrenched at the door but it didn't budge.

" Sorry!" came a girl's voice. " I'll call the teacher!!!"

" Okay, please hurry!" Yoro said, dropping the balls in his hands and ran for the door too. There was about a 10-minute wait before she gave back, and she was panting. " Sorry---they say they can't get it open. You'll have to get out after the period is over and the janitor can help you out."

" What?" Hideki roared, furious. " That's about an hour from now!!!"

There was no answer.

" Damn." Shinichi muttered, kicking the door.

Mizakan scratched his head, looking at the almost-clean room now, for the exception of several basketballs on the floor. " You guys want to play something while we wait?" he asked nervously.

" Like---basketball?" Shiho asked nervously. She was never really good at sports. Just yesterday she recovered from her wound of the soccer hit from the girl the size of---well, you know the rest.

" No." Shinichi said, and the faces of the others fell. " She's too weak AT THE MOMENT," he added meekly, watching the death glare from her. " To play and me and Yoro and Hideki suck at basketball. Think of something else to play, and we'll consider it."

Hideki seemed to be using all his brain cells at the moment as he thought carefully.

" Hopefully Hakuba and the rest can get us out as soon as possible." Shiho said, looking sideways.

Shinichi felt a pang of jealously but ignored it.

" You might want to stay away from him." he said.

" Why?" she smirked. " Jealous?"

He blushed a looked sideways but regained his cool.

" He said there was a science fair. Even though it was ending, he knew you would want to go. If it was something I wanted then you might refuse. If it was something that you wanted----,"

He ended at mid-point and Shiho felt a slight blush come across her cheeks.

She held herself.

" It doesn't mean anything." She said, shrugging.

" Maybe." He muttered. " Maybe---,"

" Maybe," Hideki said, gasping. " Truth or Dare Special!"

Shiho felt a twinge of annoyance, remembering her past.

" Yeah!" the rest gasped, except for Shinichi.

" What the Special for?" he asked.

" That's simple." Hideki said, while the two nodded, approvingly. " This is played as two teams, and they battle from one end to another end. Example is that me and Yoro are in the same team and you and Mizakan in the next. It won't be spinning of the bottle anymore as we don't have one, but it would be your turn then mine, and continuously and on. There are two people in each team, so as the turn goes on, the two players from each team take their turn in answering the truth or dare with whomever you want going first. The game ends when somebody doesn't dare to do something. One rule follows that. You can't choose truth twice in a row, or else it will be too simple. The team with no player left in their group loses and has to do something the others tell them to. Simple?"

" And the something is ANYTHING." Yoro chipped in.

The others smirked at him.

Shiho shivered slightly.

" Yeah." Shinichi said.

" I'm not playing." Shiho said flatly, folding her arms across her chest.

They looked at her.

" Why ever not?" Hideki asked painfully.

" Yeah," Shinichi asked. " Why not?"

" I---," she said. " I have a bad past."

Shinichi clearly thought that she was talking about her problems with the Black Organization. " Don't worry Shiho," he said confidently. " They wouldn't touch areas too private."

She groaned inside. He didn't know what she meant. But of course he didn't. She just remembered when she was in college when she played this game and was forced to give someone she hated a lapdance.

It was horrifying.

" Come on," Shinichi said. " How gay would we be to play this only among guys?"

Taking a shuddering breath and looking at his rather pleading look, she sighed and nodded firmly. " Okay. Fine."

They cheered as she sat down.

" Whose team am I with?" she asked.

They smirked.

" Of course with you future husband. Go sit on that side of the middle of the court."

Blushing, she sat next to him.

They sat in the circle of the middle of the middle court, Shinichi and Shiho on one half of the circle, the other three on the other. Hideki took out a random coin from his pocket. " Luck." He muttered as he flicked it into the air and it landed straight down on his wrist.

Silence.

" Oh," he said sheepishly. " I forgot to ask anyone to call it."

Shinichi and Shiho rolled their eyes.

He flipped it again.

" Tails." Hideki called.

He looked at it on his palm. " Tails." He said, winking.

" We start."

You see, this trick had been prepared beforehand. Shame Shiho and Shinichi were looking away when he did that, but he feigned the first time. The first time he flicked it in the air he used a real coin, and they concentration were tense. When he failed and did it second, he pulled a double-sided one with two tails sides.

They had been frustrated with Shinichi and Shiho's relationship, and although they were glad that they were not fighting anymore, it was obvious that the relationship of them was not going to get anywhere further.

Without some help, of course.

" Shinichi, you go first." Shiho said.

" Okay." He said. " Truth."

' Go slow,' Yoro had told Hideki. ' Go slow.'

" Who was your first kiss with?" he asked.

Shinichi, to everyone's surprise, didn't go red. " It was this creep who wanted to kiss Ran." He said. " He wanted to kiss her, but ended up kissing me instead."

Everyone laughed except for Shiho, who turned red for no reason.

" Truth." Yoro said.

" Who was your first crush?" Shinichi asked Yoro.

" An air stewardess." He said stoutly. " Shiho. Truth or Dare?"

" Truth." She said simply.

" Who was your first crush?"

Shinichi looked at her from the corner of his eyes. Would she saw Gin? Would she actually dare to say Gin?

" It was Kudo." She said and his eyes widened.

' Yes.' Yoro thought, a small smile forming on his lips.

Shinichi raised his eyebrows at him but blushed inwardly at Shiho's answer, remembering her diary entry.

" Shinichi," Hideki said, knowing that he had to choose dare due to the rules. " Call the girl you love."

He blushed and looked down.

" I can't." he said, a blush on his cheeks. " She's in the school."

Shiho blinked.

" Hideki." She said when he announced dare. " Run six laps around the court." She didn't like the way the game was going, and she had to think of a way to get them out of the game before anything happened.

Fast.

Hideki groaned and got to his feet.

" Shiho," Mizakan said as they watched Hideki huff and puff like a worded animal. He had been told by Yoro to start slow, but he couldn't stand it. The main point was to end it so he could ask the two do something that Yoro wanted, and he knew that it was going to be a sight.

" Kiss Kudo."

She blushed to all shades of red and glared fiercely at him. This reminded her so much of college that it scared her. Either way she would have to lose. If she were kicked out, Kudo would have to face them alone and if he lost too they would have to do SOMETHING for them. It didn't sound like something like going shopping with them or something like that.

Turning around to face a blushing Shinichi, she pressed her lips against his cheek.

" Hey---," Hideki said tensely, getting back.

" You said 'kiss'," she said dangerously. " You didn't say WHERE."

He raised his eyebrows and sat down.

" Mizakan." She said. " Go and kiss Hideki. On. The. Lips." She pronounced every syllable, a smirk playing on her lips.

He blushed all shades of red than that, and his mouth opened and shut, sputtering. " M---Miyano!!! You---You can't---,"

" Yes I can." She said curtly. " Do it."

He looked sideways pleadingly, wringing his hands helplessly.

" I give up." He said.

One down, Shinichi smirked.

" Truth." Shinichi said automatically.

" Who are you in love with now?" Yoro asked.

He had to end this game fast. Although it started as a relaxing pleasure, now it was more like war. It was war between the two of them and he bloody well knew it. Shinichi blushed and looked away. He had confessed to Shiho days ago, but he didn't want to recreate the past once more.

He didn't.

" Nobody." He said.

Unknowingly, Shiho felt an empty chill in her body.

Nobody?

Yoro frowned.

Nobody?

" Hideki," Shinichi said, not noticing the rather pained expression from Shiho. " Run ten laps around the court."

Shiho would have laughed with the others at the downtrodden expression on his face as he sighed and got to his feet and ran again.

" Shiho?" Yoro asked kindly.

She was brought back to the court.

" Ah? Ohh---truth."

She didn't know why she was so sad and disappointed all of a sudden. She was the one who had rejected him in the first place. She bit her lip and avoided eye contact with him and tried to focus herself enough to hear Yoro's question. There was an extremely different look on his face than before.

It showed sorrow and sympathy. She forced a smile back to him.

He smiled softly.

" Who do you love?"

She stared at him.

He stared back.

A wordless communication was passed through them.

" Nobody." She choked out.

Yoro bit his lip.

This wasn't supposed to happen.

What was going on?

The tension was broken by the wheezing of Hideki coming to a stop, and even Shiho burst into laughter as he collapsed.

Shinichi smiled at Shiho.

She smiled back.

' I still have his friendship,' she whispered to herself. ' I'll just have to live with that for the meantime.'

Yoro chose dare.

Mizakan watched, biting his lip.

" I dare you to kiss Hideki." She said, and Shinichi laughed.

Face flushing, he pressed his lips on Hideki's hand before spitting at the floor with his lips. " Ah, true love." Shinichi said, grinning and Shiho burst into laughter. Yoro flushed and smirked softly. He was going to get back at her, and plus was going to get them together too.

Hit two birds with one stone, as he thought.

" Shiho," he grinned. " Give Shinichi a lapdance."

Her face flushed the colour of red and started sputtering, something that was very unusual to see. " That's---," she gasped. " That's---,"

" Love." He grinned and Mizakan and Hideki burst into laughter at the two embarrassed couple. " Do it. Or quit."

She looked at him.

He looked back.

" Sorry, Kudo." She said.

His eyes widened.

" I quit." She said.

Applause.

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Hakuba looked at his watch. It was almost twenty minutes since they last went in there. He had a bad feeling ever since they got stuck in there and was---Suddenly his eyes flicked open and got to his feet. " Sir," he said. " Can I go to the toilet?" The teacher, obviously thinking his so-called 'business' was extremely urgent, let him go and he ran straight out.

How was he so stupid?

He was alerted by one of Shinichi's friends that there was a science fair downstairs. He was late due to construction right out of his house. Was it coincidence? No, it couldn't be. There was some strange resemblance of Shinichi and someone he knew. Who was it?

Who-----

Suddenly he gasped.

" KAITO!!!" he yelled.

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Shinichi sighed at the two smirking opponents as they grinned at him, arms folded. " Okay," he said to himself. There were two people. Which meant he had to kick someone out in this round, and finish a dare, then kick the final one out. But he had to make it hard. Really hard.

He frowned. There was something tough about questions, and he had to make it end with---his eyes flicked open.

" Name Shiho's underwear." He grinned. " Correct, I step out. Wrong, you have to step out."

" That's not a game rule." Yoro said, raising his eyebrows.

" No---," Hideki said, grinning. " I accept."

" K---Kudo!" Shiho yelled, blushing furiously.

Shinichi smirked.

" Either be right or a pervert." He said.

Shiho's eyes widened. Then she smirked.

' Nice---,' she thought.

" Er---," Hideki said. " Black?"

The three looked at Shiho.

She raised her eyebrows, then an unknown blush spread out on her cheeks.

" W---What? I'm not going to tell you the colour of my underwear!!!" she said, biting her lower lip.

" Okay then," Shinichi said desperately. He was just seconds away from getting Hideki out of the round, why couldn't she just quit acting like a girl for just a second. " Say yes or no."

Shiho blushed and looked away.

" No."

" Aha!!!" Shinichi said.

" But she might be lying." Hideki said.

They looked at her again.

For once Shiho had lost her cool, a total blush spread on her face and she turned crimson. " NO!" she yelled.

" Aw, come on Shiho---," Shinichi said desperately. " Just the waistband or something---I dunno---,"

" Pervert!" Shiho yelled.

" Er---," Shinichi said, scratching his head.

Hideki grinned.

" You know the rules, Shinichi. You're out."

" Shiho---," he said desperately to Shiho.

She bit her lip and dug her hand into her skirt.

" Fine." she snapped. She dropped her skirt downwards to show the slight colour of her underwear. Red. Shinichi felt a blush come across his cheeks. The others blushed too and she hurriedly drew her shirt over her dress, patting it down furiously. " Right---," Shinichi said, unfocused.

Hideki slumped out.

There were only two in the ring now.

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Hakuba ran out of the fifth classroom he was in, breathing heavily. Damn. At this rate he was going to run away. But what was his motive? There certainly were no jewels here. There was nobody on the third floor, and he was not going to have enough time to look in every classroom.

He bit his lip.

They might be in the biggest places.

But then they might also be in all the smallest.

He sighed.

Looks like he just might have to go slowly. He cursed under his breath as he ran to another classroom.

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" Ready for the finale?" Yoro asked, grinning.

" Yeah." Shinichi smirked.

Shiho rolled her eyes.

" Oh come on, this isn't an afternoon soap opera."

They ignored her.

" Okay. I choose Truth."

" When was your first kiss?"

" With another girl from another school." He asked, smirking.

" Truth." Shinichi said, knowing he had failed.

" Who do you love?" Yoro asked.

" I---," Shinichi said.

" REALLY." Yoro interrupted.

His eyes widened.

Yoro glared at him.

" I---," Shinichi stuttered.

Yoro saw Shiho behind him. Her bemused expression was gone and she was pawing her skirt. ' Come on, you idiot.' Yoro thought furiously. ' Say it. Say it. Say it. Say it. Say it. Say it SAY IT!'

" Nobody."

Disappointment filled Yoro.

He smirked softly.

" Oh." He said. " Okay."

Shinichi frowned at him.

" Truth." Yoro said.

Shinichi grinned.

" Sorry." He said. " You said truth last time. I dare you to name fifteen of the elements."

Yoro's smile flickered.

Then without a pause, he said it, and Shinichi's face fell.

Then he smiled.

" Okay fine." He said. " Bring it."

Yoro smiled in Shiho's direction.

Her expression changed.

" Fujita!" she yelled at him.

" Kiss Shiho." He said. " French Kiss."

He froze as he looked in her direction.

She looked rigid.

He looked at Yoro.

' Come on,' Yoro thought.

" You'll have to do it anyway." Hideki said, winking.

She blushed and glared at him, but that only lasted for a moment as she felt Shinichi's breath on her face. She gasped as she found their faces barely noses apart. He would have kissed her anyway. She looked so beautiful being shocked, with that minty breath blowing on his face.

" Sorry," he whispered.

" Kud---,"

His lips pressed against hers gently, feeling her freeze against him. His mouth opened slightly and she felt his tongue prodding against hers. Shivering, she opened her trembling lips and felt his tongue slither into her mouth, tasting her, devouring her. Bolder now, her tongue met his and she felt him move back a bit. But as time continued, he fought back at her, cupping her head and pressing her into the kiss. Toro smirked.

Finale.

They pulled apart and Shinichi found Shiho unnaturally biting her lip, shivering from head to toe. She had been extremely out of character for the entire game. Was she feeling all right? She had shouted more times that she ever did in a lifetime, and had never----

He gasped.

Then he smirked at her.

" W---What?" she asked, uncomfortable.

He grinned.

" Humph."

Yoro raised his eyebrows.

" Kaito Kid," he said, " You almost had me fooled."

Yoro's eyes widened as Shinichi grinned at him.

" What?" he asked.

" Kaito Kid." He repeated. " Yoro has been acting strangely all day. Shiho had reasons, but you apparently had none. Yoro hates Science, and can't even remember the most basic things about Photosynthesis."

Yoro smirked.

" Gor meh toh. (Correct)."

He pulled off his mask and the others gasped. " KAITO!" Hideki gasped. " Yoro is in the closet at the back of the classroom." He said pleasantly. " See you some other time, Cona---Shinichi. But before I go, figure this riddle out. What was my motive of coming here? Can you figure that out?"

With a sheepish grin, he disappeared in smoke.

Shiho smiled.

" Cool." She said.

Shinichi smirked and looked sideways at Shiho.

She blushed and looked away.

' Baka.' He thought. ' Of course to get Shiho and me together. Who couldn't figure that out? Dumbass.'

He looked at Shiho once more before walking to the door.

" He most likely pretended to wrench the door open but was locking it instead." He said. He sighed and looked at the door.

" How much longer do we have to wait?"

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Hakuba was looking.

The teacher looked at his watch.

" Wow, Hakuba must have SERIOUS diarrhea problems." He said.

END OF CHAPTER 4

Thank you for reading this chapter!!! Please read and review!!!!!! Hey, I'm thinking of posting another Shiho/Shinichi story, but it's R-rated. Not sure whether to start writing it or not. All those who support this idea, please pop down a review!!! Those who don't, please pop one too and tell me why!! Thanks!!!