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None of them knew how long they had been standing there, but then again, they didn't mind. Her lips were warm and soft against his, no matter how many times he's imagined this moment, the feeling was nothing to what he was feeling now.

But to both of their dismay, the need of air increasingly grew.

He rested his forehead against hers, both of them breathing hard. Several things ran through her mind while she was trying to think of what to say, but she still couldn't believe what just happened. "H-Heiji..." his eyes stared right back, they were soft and caring. He kept staring at her, marveling at how beautiful she was; he ran his fingers through her hair, something he's wanted to do for a while now, it's so soft...

Kazuha held in her breath, she didn't know what to do.

"Kazuha..." she looked up and noticed he then had a smile as he was staring at her, those eyes...those dark green eyes...they were one of her best qualities he thought, and recalled all the times he'd find himself lost by just staring into them. It gave him courage for what he was about to do next...

"I love you..."

He watched her reaction, she stood still, but her eyes got a little big.

"...I don't want you to be with anyone else but me 'Zuha, no other girl will ever have your green eyes" he wrapped his hand around hers, "your smile" he pulled her in closer, wrapping his other hand around her waist, "your deep care for others" Then, looking straight into her eyes, "I've never felt like this about anyone"

He watched her, waiting for a response. But when he got nothing, he began worrying. Maybe I went a little overboard...?

"Umm...Kazuha? Can you please erm, say something?" he let out a quick shaky laugh

She blinked. This wasn't the Heiji she knew, then, a thought occurred to her, he's messing with me, that's gotta be it! Feeling the anger rising in her, she ripped herself from his arms, noticing the shock and hurt look that was on his face. "Ahou! Don't play with me!"

He stared at her, she looked close to tears, does she really think I'm just teasing her? "Kazuha, I'm not!" he hugged her again, "It's you 'Zuha...it's always been you" he whispered to her ear. Kazuha was still scared, but...she slowly wrapped her arms around him.

She could feel him let out a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but smile. They pulled back to look at each other.

" I love you too Heiji" she laughed as Heiji let out a boyish grin.

"Good" he said as he pulled her in for another kiss, this time, she wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in closer.

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(The next week)

"We're over here!" Ran and Shinichi smiled as they saw Kazuha waving back, and went to meet them half way.

"Ahou, you look pretty dumb waving like a maniac" Heiji teased, earning himself a nice punch to the stomach. "Oh, what? I couldn't hear you?" Kazuha innocently asked, "N-Nothing" Heiji gasped out, leaving Kazuha smirking.

"Hey guys! Long time no see? How you've been?" Kazuha eagerly asked, making the couple laugh. Ran was the first to speak up, "We're good, I'm helping my dad while Shinichi still goes running around solving cases...you know, the usual"

"And what about you guys?"

Kazuha was about to answer when she was cut off by him, "We're doing fine, 'cept this ahou isn't like you Ran, she follows me on every case!" Kazuha glared at him, "You always end up hurt, so I have to make sure you don't ahou"

He wrapped one arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer, "Suuuure" he winked at her, making Kazuha blush a light shade of pink.

Ran awwed at them, "I'm so glad you guys are together" she turned to her boyfriend, "aren't they just the cutest!"

The Osakan couple both turned scarlet red this time, "R-Ran!"

She turned to them, smiling, "What? It's true!"

Shinichi laughed, "Let's just get something to eat"

Everyone nodded and started walking.

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(At some cafe)

"Here you are everybody" The waiter said as he handed everyone their food. "Please enjoy!"

"Arigato!"

It was quiet, except for the sounds of them eating, but Kazuha was the first to speak up, "So, what's this new case I'm hearing about?" Shinichi raised his head up, "Apparently there's been a chain of murders linked together, actually Hattori, I was gonna ask you if you wanted to help?"

Here it goes...Heiji's eyes lit up, "Sure!" Kazuha laughed, I knew it

"Great, come over to Tokyo and I'll give you the details" Heiji grinned widely, excited at the sound of a new case. "Just make sure you be careful ahou" he turned around and nodded to Kazuha, "And here I thought you were gonna try to tag along" he teased

But she just shook her head, "Oh I'm going, but not with you" he gave her a confused look, "If it's alright with Ran, I'd like to spend the day with her while you two are off" she faced her, "Oh yeah sure! That would be great, we could go shopping and there's still some things we haven't shown you in Tokyo!"

"Then it's settled then! Can you guys come in maybe three days?"

"Sure!"

Kazuha stood up from her chair, "Well I'm gonna head off to the bathroom" Ran stood up as well, "I'll go with you!" The two smiled as they walked away, leaving their boyfriends behind. "So about the case-" Heiji started

"So how are you two doing?"

Heiji looked up and smiled at his question, "It's really been...great, I haven't been this happy since...well I don't know since" Shinichi grinned, "Like when we were just best friends, it was fun, but aggravating that I couldn't BE with her" an image of Kazuha appeared in his mind, "and now...I just can't get around the fact at how stupid I was for not telling her sooner about my feelings for her"

Shinichi nodded in agreement, earning himself a glare from Heiji

"...I want her to be safe, and we did talk about the fact that she may always be in danger because of enemies...it's still a big issue, but I.." he took a moment to find the right words, "I just can't imagine ever going back to just friends...know what I mean?"

He nodded, "Same here" he teasingly punched his arm, "Man, are you in love!" Heiji smirked, "I could say the same to you!" they both ended up laughing.

(In the bathroom)

"So? How has it REALLY been?"

As soon as the girls had entered the restroom, Kazuha was taken by surprise by Ran's questions. "It's amazing! I still think I'm gonna wake up one day and realize that this was all a dream" Ran giggled, "That's great! Oh I'm so happy for you two! You guys are the cutest couple!"

"If you ask me, it's Shinichi and you, my god he can't go more than two minutes without looking at you!" Ran blushed, "Well...it looks like the both of us finally got what we wanted" Kazuha nodded, "I can't imagine loosing him now"

Ran agreed, "The boys are probably wondering what's taking us so long, let's head back"

Kazuha followed her out.

After walking just 10 feet, two guys came up to them. They were sort of tall, light skinned and had on too much gel on their hair.

Annoyed, Kazuha asked, "Can we help you?"

One of them spoke, "I think I should be the one asking you that. How can we help YOU?"

The girls took a step back, "So what are two young beautiful ladies doing out here alone"

"That's none of your business, now if you'll excuse us" but the two grabbed each girl by the hand, "Hey wait, where do you think you're goin-HUH"

He wasn't able to finish because both girls had turned with an evil smirk. Kazuha flipped the man with her aikido while Ran kicked the other in the face with her martial arts skill. Everyone around them turned to look at the scene. The guys stood up, "Why you!" Kazuha and Ran got in their fighting stance. They came after them but were easily thrown against across the room by two other people.

Shinichi cracked his knuckles while Heiji grabbed one of them by the throat. "If you EVER come near my girl again or so much as look at her, you're gonna regret the day you even walked in the same room as her. GOT THAT?"

The man tried struggling out of his tight grip, but Heiji tightened his hold on him. Shinichi walked towards them, "Leave. Now!"

Heiji let go of the man and the two ran outside the cafe. "Let's get out of here!"

The guys still had on an angry face, but when they turned to their girlfriends, their look was replaced with worry. "You girls okay?" They both nodded, smiling as well. Ran gave Shinichi a hug, "We could of taken care of them you know" Kazuha ran up to Heiji, he caught her in his arms as she placed a peck on his cheek, "Yeah, but thanks anyways"

Heiji smiled to the girl in his arms, "You're gonna have to get used to it, I think I'm gonna be one of those protective boyfriends you know?" Kazuha grinned widely at the sound of 'boyfriend'

She laughed out, "Then I'll be the same to you"

"Oh really?" he said slyly as he came in closer. He was just inches from her lips when he heard, "Oi! Get a room would you?"
But smiled as he heard Ran punch him, "Shhh!"

"Now where were we?" he whispered, to which she whispered back, "I think...you were about to kiss me"

"Oh yeah" he placed his lips against hers, enjoying the softness of hers against his. When she pulled back, she heard him say, "I don't think I'll ever get tired of this" she let out a small laugh, but her smile soon faded when they heard a bone chilling scream.

"Somebody help! Someone's been killed!"

Shinichi and Heiji's head shot up. Heiji let go and started running towards the person, but stopped and turned back at Kazuha.

"Kazu-

"Go, they need you" she said while smiling

He smiled back, "Thanks 'Zuha! You're the best!"

"I better be!" she called out while laughing

Heiji began running, feeling the adrenaline kick in.

I love you Kazuha...

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Awww, well, this is the end! I'd like to thank EVERYONE who's followed this story and reviewed. Please also thank Hei/Kazu for this awesome fanfic idea! He/She is the best! =D

Author's note: New story coming up! I'm thinking of trying Heiji and Kazuha first meeting in highschool? Any thoughts? The title will be Falling for you
it'll be out in January...I think, maybe sooner =)

Anyways, please review oh and thank you to the following:

Missjennifer54: thank you for following this fanfic =) hopefully I updated soon enough this time! lol

HeiKazu: thank you for this awesome idea =) hopefully I was able to make your story like you wanted it to be. Your idea on how to end it was great! I was kinda stuck and had no clud, but thanks to you, it turned out nice! So thanks for asking me to write this for you!

Honey Honey Honey: yeah, a lot of people said that =) sorry, can't help but love drama! but I promise not to hurt her in the next fanfic, if anyone, it's probably Heiji, but just a little, like a fall or something. Same here, especially Heiji though, he's so dense!

Ayumi Kudo: Same here! I love Heiji and Kazuha though, favorite couple of all time! Thanks for reviewing!

Agony: lol someone else said the same thing =) but she wont get hurt in the next fic, promise! lol really? same here even though I was the one typing that part up =D

Unknown: thanks =) hope you enjoyed the fic!

Mystery Fan: hehe yeah sorry about that =) thank you for reviewing!

Green Eyes: how come he gets you mad? well, dumb question, he gets me mad because he's too dense to realize his feelings for Kazuha -_- oh and glad I'm off it =)

Random Person: I know! I love being able to read all the different possibilities of how Heiji can confess his love towards Kazuha, or vice versa =D thanks!

salimaran08: yeah I know, but that's because I love drama, but it felt right to end it like this =) thank you for reading this story, hope you liked it!

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So thank you all again! Hope you enjoyed it! Happy Holidays!

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