Time slipped by quietly as the three chatted.
"Hattori, it's almost time." Kōsuke took out his phone, glanced at the time, looked up, and interrupted Hattori Heiji and Conan's conversation.
"Hmm." Heiji Hattori nodded, and after briefly finishing his discussion with Conan, he stood up from his chair.
He had just stood up when he heard Kazuha's voice calling from not far away, "Heiji, we should go."
“We should go too.” Kōyū gently patted Ai’s shoulder, stood up and extended his hand to her.
He reached out his hand to Ai, and Ai placed her hand in his palm, then stood up from the chair in coordination with his movements.
The two were already very familiar with this set of moves.
In the past, Ai would naturally place her hand in his palm, but this time, she glanced at him before placing her hand in his palm.
"This girl is definitely hiding something from me."
Even though Ai only glanced at him first, and her gaze was no different from usual, it made Kousuke, who already suspected that something was wrong with Ai, even more certain.
This girl is definitely troubled!
However, it shouldn't be a big deal.
I guess she was just throwing a little tantrum like a couple.
But what puzzled Kōyū was why Ai was throwing a tantrum.
Because he spent most of the time chatting with Conan and the other guy.
impossible.
He knew this girl's personality; Ai would never throw a tantrum over something so trivial.
Why is that?
After thinking it over and over, Guangyou still couldn't figure out a reason.
Seeing Kōyū standing there with a furrowed brow and a blank expression, Ai knew that he was probably thinking about what had just happened.
She found it amusing, but showed no sign of it. She gently squeezed Guangyou's hand and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
"No... I wasn't thinking about anything."
Coming to his senses, Kōyū glanced at Ai, whose expression remained unchanged, and thought to himself that even if this girl had something on her mind, she still had to pretend to be nonchalant on the surface.
To be fair, this girl's act was quite convincing.
If he hadn't noticed this earlier, even he wouldn't have realized it.
Just because she hesitated for a moment, you assume she has something on her mind?
That's ridiculous. He would think that way because Ai had shown signs of having something on her mind before, plus she hesitated for a moment just now.
That's why Kōyū was convinced that Ai was hiding something from him.
And because Ai doesn't look sad, she's probably actually in a pretty good mood.
He deduced this from when he accidentally noticed Ai looking at those group photos.
He had noticed that Ai was preoccupied, so he would occasionally glance back at her.
Perhaps Ai didn't intend to avoid him, so she didn't try to hide anything.
Right in front of him, he was holding his phone, looking through photos.
That's why Mitsuyu came to the conclusion that "Ai is upset, but it's nothing serious; she's probably just throwing a tantrum at him."
What could have caused this girl to throw a tantrum?
He could tell that Ai was troubled, but he really had no clue what it was.
"A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea..." Guangyou sighed inwardly.
"Then let's go."
"Um."
Suppressing his doubts and confusion, Kōyū nodded, responded, and took Ai's hand, preparing to take Kazuha and the others to the security checkpoint.
...
"Ran, we're leaving." Kazuha waved goodbye to Ran as she stood in front of the security checkpoint. "You must come visit me in Osaka sometime!"
"Don't worry, Kazuha, I'll definitely go!" Ran smiled and waved to Kazuha. "See you then!"
"Yes, you must come!" Kazuha replied with a smile.
Hattori Heiji was also saying goodbye.
"Kudo, Kouyu, remember to come visit Osaka sometime!" Hattori Heiji raised an eyebrow at Kouyu. "Kouyu, you can bring him too..."
Before Hattori Heiji could finish speaking, Kōsuke interrupted him, saying, "I know this without you having to tell me."
"I'll bring my partner with me then."
As he spoke, Kōyū raised the hand that he was holding with Ai's and waved it in their line of sight.
“…” Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji, who was equally speechless.
Why bring up this topic when there are so many other things to say?
how?
Is it because they feel they haven't eaten enough these past few days, so they're planning to have one last bite before leaving?
Is it because you find the flight too boring, so you want to remember the feeling and relive it on the plane?
He'd gotten used to it; this level of damage couldn't harm him anymore. But Hattori Heiji couldn't...
"Don't worry, you still owe me a meal. I have to find time to go to Osaka no matter what," Kouyu said to Hattori Heiji with a smile.
"When you get to Osaka, I'll definitely treat you to a good meal," Hattori Heiji replied with a smile, but the smile looked forced no matter how you looked at it.
He suspected that Guangyou's smile was because he had just shown off in front of him.
However, he had no evidence.
"Serves him right..." Conan muttered gloatingly from the side.
The two were close enough that Hattori Heiji could hear clearly. He looked down at Conan and pursed his lips.
Heiji Hattori intended to ignore Conan, but then he suddenly remembered something, bent down, and whispered something in Conan's ear.
"I won't be able to see it after I go back to Osaka anyway."
It was just a short, ordinary sentence.
But just that one sentence made Conan put away the gloating smile on his face.
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