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12:23 PM 

"Cassandra?"

No response.
"Cassandra?" Taehyung tried again. His whisper a bit louder this time. However, all he got was a sleepy "hm?" as the girl scrunched her nose. Long, mascara-covered eyelashes fluttering slightly in her sleep while her head was lying on his shoulder for the past hour. He sighed. He didn't want to wake her up. He knew how tired she must have been. They had stayed up late. Again. Both tending to stay up till the morning hours, not able to sleep. And both wanting to spend their sleepless nights together.
He tugged at one of the curls which were falling in front of her face then. Maybe that would wake her up, he thought. Noticing the curl bouncing back, he tugged at it one more time and again, it bounced back. His eyes widened. Sure, he always found her hair beautiful. However, he didn't know it could also do that.
Her head slightly slipped from his shoulder then. Interrupting his train of thoughts. His cheeks blushing. A small groan escaped her lips then and she buried her face into his chest. He swallowed, holding his breath.
In her half-sleeping state, Cassandra eventually rose her head. Frantically blinking to get adjusted to the light as she had just woken up from a deep nap. Her brain still not fully functioning.
"Huh, what? Wha-what happened? I fell asleep?" She straightened herself. Leaving a cold spot where her warm, chubby cheek had been pressed against the fabric of his shirt.
She noticed her headphones, which they had been sharing at the beginning of the train ride, stuck between their seats. The playlist on her phone having almost reached the end.
Taehyung coughed, looking aside so she wouldn't see his burning cheeks. "We're almost there."
She yawned and stretched her arms. Eyes widening then. "Was I sleeping on your shoulder?"
"Y-yeah but that's alr-"
"Oh god, I'm so embarrassing." She covered her face with both hands, sinking into her seat. Peeking through her fingers, she gave him an apologetic look. "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"It's okay. You were tired and looked cute while sleeping. I didn't want to disturb you." He missed to mention he had also shortly fallen asleep, leaning his head on hers. So there were kind of even now.
Cassandra pursed her lips and nodded. Directing her attention to the landscape outside. Her eyes quickly filling with excitement all over again when spotting a skyline in the distance. There it was, Osaka.

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"That's where one of the victims caught fire and fell from the castle's roof."
Taehyung's head snapped towards her, sending her a puzzled and also slightly terrified look. Cassandra, however, was seemingly beaming with joy while observing the big white, gold and mint-coloured castle up on the hill in front of them. Eventually, he understood that she was talking about a case from her manga again.
With a short laugh under his breath, he redirected his gaze back to the beautiful building.
"I don't remember this one. How did he get on fire?" he asked, thinking out loudly. The girl seemed to think for a moment, before grinning. "With a bomb in the flashlight. The victim switched it on and boom!" She made a hand-gesture depicting an explosion. He nodded, amused. She was indeed a real fan.
"I'm a bit scared, too," she admitted then, laughing. "I mean we're in Osaka after all."
"W-what do you mean?"
"I'm referring to Conan, duh."
Taehyung let out a sigh of relief, feeling embarrassed he hadn't caught that again. "I wonder how many murders happened here."
"Too many. But since not many cases play here, we don't know them all. There was also another one with a serial killer who turned out being a police detective. Also one of my favourite ones."
"I think my favourite episode was the one with.. eh.." He paused, looking for the word. Not remembering it. "With that house in the forrest?"
"There were only a few cases with houses in the woods.." she sarcastically retorted. However, he chose to ignore it, proceeding thinking about it as they continued walking closer to the castle through the park surrounding it. Cherry trees with their beautiful blossoms hiding it occasionally. "It was an old episode. And the killer had his face.. I don't know how it's called."
"An old one with a house in the woods and a killer with something on h- Oh my god, I know which one! Was the face bandaged? The one with the mummy?" she exclaimed excitedly. He chuckled, finding her reaction cute. "Is that what it's called? Yes, that one."
"I love that one. Even though I got really scared as a kid.."
"I couldn't sleep for a week."
"Literally one of the best cases ever!"
Crinkles forming in the corners of their eyes as they were laughing at their childhood memories. It seemed like a weird coincidences how two people growing up on different sides of the world were now sharing the exact same memory.