A Liar With A Heart (Oumasai)

Interrogation Time

-Ouma's POV-

I leaned against the doorway and pulled down at my right hand's glove, then I looked at the perfect individual as he turned around. His charcoal suit and white tie suited him well. I planted a smirk on my face,

"So, what are you doing out here? Don't you know that it's dangerous to be alone at parties?~"

"U-uh....well I-"

He stutters on his words before going silent, and leaving his piercing eyes on me.

He's observing me. Cute.

"Wait a minute....what are you doing here? I don't remember giving you an invitation..."I lifted my top hat a little to get a better look at him.

"Y-yeah....I apologize for coming without one...." then he forces a confident tone, "But I have some questions to ask you."

"Oh~? And what if I refuse to answer them?~"

He sighs, clearly losing his patience, "M-my name is Shuichi Sai-"

"Shuichi Saihara, the popular teenage detective who solved the disappearance of an 8 year old girl who was taken from her family," He snickers, "you stutter a lot for a detective.~"

He stays quiet for a few seconds, a faint blush on his face,

"Y-yeah......."

After a few more seconds of silence, he speaks in a serious tone, "What are your connections to the recent robbery?"

......

I snicker at him, "Oooo, is this what Saihara looks like in 'Detective Mode'?"

"......"

He continues to stare at me, waiting for an answer.

".........."

".......hmp! You're no fun!" I fake a disappointed expression. He sighed again,

"I'm not here to play game, Ouma. Just tell me your connections with it and I'll leave you alone."

I felt butterflies in my stomach when he spoke my name. I stood myself up straight and took a few steps towards him, "How do you even know if I'm even a part of it in the first place?"

"Because I found an invitation to a party at the bank....an invitation to your party."

"So?" I put my hands on my hips, "why does that prove that I'm the one who did it?"

He shakes his head, "I'm not saying you did it, I'm saying you know who did it."

I looked at him expression, he looked like he had a million different thoughts swirling in his head right now. I chuckled and walked up to him until we were less of an arm's length close. I pinched his left cheek.

"Nishishi!~ Your emotions are fun to play with~ Admit it, Shuichi~ You're just dying to get some answers, aren't you?"

"Gah!" He was taken aback from the sudden action and nearly fell over me, his face blushing again and I let go of him.

"Wellllll, you'll have to catch me first!~"

"W-what?"

-Saihara's POV-

And just like that, he dashed inside as I tried to process things. I ended up running after him down the spiral balcony. Kokichi saw me and places his right hand on the balcony railing, and swiftly swung his legs over it before landing perfectly on the floor and racing out of the room.

"!!!"

I try to run faster after him, there was no way I was going to jump off the balcony like that!

Eventually, I heard him giggling at me and running through another door that lead outside. He was sprinting towards the hedge maze and I lagged behind, completely out of breath. Once I reached the hedge maze entrance, I noticed Ouma standing there without breaking a sweat. I hunched over in a pant to take a moment to regain my strength.

"Geez Shuichi, don't you exercise at all?~"

"y-y ou can...j-just c-call me.....S-Saihara..."

He snickers, "Naw, I like 'Shuichi'..."

Less than 2 seconds after that, he ran into the maze with a swift of his cape.

I never would've imagined him to be so childish.....

"!!!..." I ran into the hedge maze and turned left, then right...then straight...then....right again......then...

I shake my head, clearly lost.

"Shuichiiiii~ Over hereeee!~"

I growled at his taunts, and tried desperately to find where his voice was coming from, but none of the paths I chose were correct. Then finally, I took the last right, and was greeted with a beautiful open area at the center of the hedge maze. There was a small pond with a bench with a few vines on it with a bunch of flowers. The moon and stars were up, giving it an enchanting flow to the place.

I my eyes flickered from every object and plant there, it was so breathtaking.

Just then, I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned around, then I was tackled onto the soft grass.

"Gah!!"

"Nishishi~ Looks like I'm the one who cornered you, Shuichi~..." His top hat fell a few inches away off his head, revealing his messy, purple hair.

I blush as his face was inches from mine, and his arms planted on the ground next to my head.

"C-c-ould y-you.....g-g-get o-off, pl-ease?"

"Nishishi! But I'm comfortable riiiight here~"

My face started blushing more and more, and he noticed. He laughed a few more times at me before finally getting off.

"Hey, Shuichi?"

"Y-yeah?" I stand myself up and brush the grass off of me.

"Have you figured out who that invitation was for?~ Ya know, the one at the bank?"

"Oh, um, not yet..."

All of a sudden, he starts cackling,

"W-what? W-what's so-"

"Geez Shuichi, you're pretty slow for a detective!~" He picks up his top hat and places it on his head again, "It was for YOU silly!~"

"H-huh??"

He continues to snicker with a huge grin on his face, "I knew you'd never show up if I invited you normally, so I tried a different approach....and I hired a few guys to rob the bank, and leave the invitation there!"

"???" I stand there, both shocked and confused.

"And little did you know that it was for YOU the whole time!!~~" He bursts out laughing.

I face my head towards the ground and blushed, this is so embarrassing!

".....w-wait....why did you want me to come-"

Just then, a large bell rung throughout the area.

"Awweee, the party's over already?" Then, he suddenly grabbed my wrist and sprinted in the hedge maze again. I nearly tripped a few times as I was practically being dragged by him. Once we got out, he released his grip and said,

"I had a lot of fun, Shuichi! Promise me you'll come to my next party?~"

"H-huh? I...uh....sure?"

His face lights up before he swings his cape and dashes towards his house again, and I head to my car.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Just a heads up! Wattpad is acting weird for me so I apologize if there are repeating chapters or anything like that :/// Please comment anything that's off and I'll try to fix it.

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