14 And Betrothed

Rain

Patter,Patter

'It's been two weeks already.'
Haibara looked outside the window that was near her desk. The rain splattered into the window.

She looked over at Conan's desk which was next to her's. Empty.
A whiff of something warm,familiar,and delicious passed through her nose.

'That smell...It's-

"Chocolate!For me?"

Haibara looked over to the sound of the noise.

A girl with short ponytails was standing over a boy's desk. A bag of of chocolate was on his desk.

The girl smiled in embarrassment, "Yes it's for you Hideyoshi-kun. I baked it myself this morning."

"Thanks, Akemi-chan.",the boy said as he bashfully scratched his head.

'Akemi.....'

That was the name of her late older sister. Her sister who was killed by those two evil bastards. They showed her no mercy at all.

Miyano Akemi....

'Nee-san.....'

She focused her attention on the Akemi who gave Hideyoshi chocolate.

明美 金子 (Akemi Kaneko)

'She has the same kanji character too.....'

She looked at the girl's face and studied her facial features,at the same time afraid that she would look...

'She does look like her. The same face,hair,and eyes. The only difference is the hair.....why does everyone look like her....'

"Aiーchan, are you ok?"

Haibara was so focused on Kaneko-san that she didn't notice that Ayumi was in front of her.

"I'm ok, it's no-"

She stopped immediately when she noticed that Ayumi was holding a bag that contained three chocolate hearts.

One of the chocolates was a little bigger than the other two and more neatly decorated.

"Yoshida-san,are those......"

"Yes. They're chocolates! It's Valentine's Day!"

"Sorry,"Haibara said as she diverted her gaze back to the rain,"I don't celebrate it."

'He doesn't even deserve chocolate. Not even store-brought ones'

"Well,I'm off.",Ayumi replied as she walked off.
She sprinted towards Kaneko-san's desk,who was sitting reading a book.

In the meantime,Hideyoshi was hungrily eating his sweet delicious chocolate gift.

"Oh? Ayumi-chan,who are those chocolates for?"Akemi asked.

"These two are for Mitsuhiko and Genta,"she said pointing to the two small chocolate hearts, "And this one is for......",she stopped and her cheeks became light pink.

"Is that big one for Edogawa-kun!!",Akemi exclaimed in a hushed
tone.

Ayumi nodded.

"Are you really gonna confess to him today??"

This caught Haibara's attention and she was now listening to their conversation.

"Yea......"

"Wow! After all this time and you're finally going to do it!"

"Uh hm. I'm going to do it around lunch near the shoe lockers."

"Well I wish you good luck,Ayumi-chan."