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Valentine's Day is a holiday where couples in love celebrate their love for each other, as well as new couples in love appear. This holiday is no exception even at the Peak of Hope Academy, they are already preparing for the holiday with might and main. Some students are already preparing chocolate for their lovers in the Academy's kitchen, under the guidance of TeruTeru Hanamura, an Absolute chef, he knows a lot about cooking. In addition to him, Kaede Akamatsu and Shuichi Saihara were in the kitchen. They were preparing chocolate for their love interests, TeruTeru left earlier than usual under the pretext of a "date with a hot chicken"
— Oh, so you want to confess to Kirumi by treating her to chocolate?" How romantic. I didn't think that the detective would be so romantic) — Kaede herself laughed at her joke. Shuichi couldn't hide his embarrassment under the brim of the cap, on Kirumi's advice, he decided to give it up. Now he just grabs the ghost's hat out of habit, hoping that he can hide in it. At the moment, they have already finished cooking chocolate, it remains only to give it the right shape. Kaede opened the kitchen cabinet and started taking out some baking pans.
— Kaede, stop it, better tell me how best to confess? You have experience with Amami-kun — Saihara recalled the scene where Kaede confessed her feelings by giving him chocolate for the eyes of almost the entire academy. — I just remembered, you specifically confessed to him in front of everyone in order to have a better chance that he would respond to your feelings. — Shuichi turned on the "Detective" mode. Kaede looked at him in surprise at first, then grinned.
— Stop it, it was only once — the girl spoke holding back a grin. The girl placed several baking pans on the table in front of them. There were several shapes, some shapes were hearts, some were just small balls. Simply put, for every taste and color. Kaede thought about it and answered the questions in this way — It's better to do as I do or you can arrange a cliche recognition, like in those cartoons or movies. Usually in anime they confess under the sakura tree or on the roof of the school, you can try it," Kaede said without taking her eyes off her case. She chose a form in the form of a larger heart and began to pour on the mold.
— I don't think I want her to see that my feelings for her are sincere. Yes, and I want it to be different from what you suggest — Saihara remembered the moments where he and Kirumi chatted about everything that day.
* That day*
It was that day when Saihara and Kirumi were sitting together on a bench in the garden of the Academy. The garden was beautiful, amazing beauty that even words can not unsubscribe.
— Kirumi, since you don't have a master, then I can be your master — Saihara embarrassedly offered his help to Kirumi, who looked at him with a serious look. Saihara was about to apologize, but Kirumi spoke first.
— In that case, my services should be paid in full. 10,000 dollars a day and takes an additional payment depending on the complexity of the Master's task — Shuichi's eyes widened in shock. Such money is paid to him only once every two months, and on condition that he solves the murder or if the missing person is successfully found. "I don't want to hurt Kirumi's feelings." —
— Kirumi, when we graduate from the Academy, I will return your well-deserved money in full. Saihara spoke with a trembling voice, but what he got was undisguised laughter.
— Ha-ha-ha — Saihara looked in confusion at the laughing Kirumi who was about to burst with laughter.
— Shuichi, I was joking — from Kirumi's answer, the already surprised Shuichi was now in a complete daze.
— Kirumi was joking.. .—thought Saihara. He was surprised not by the joke itself, but by the fact that a girl like Kirumi was cold and collected.
— In the end, 10,000 dollars a day is even too much even for an Absolute Maid — Kirumi tried to say, moving away from laughter. — I will serve you regardless of money, as soon as we graduate from the Peak of Hope. Kirumi smiled so brightly and so sincerely for the first time in her life that Shuichi couldn't help but fall in love with her. After all, we knew each other before the academy and even then he sympathized with Kirumi. "she's a beautiful girl," Saihara said, smiling at Kirumi's sincere smile, which he had never seen before.
The end of the memory
Remembering those times, the noise became warm in his chest from Kirumi's smile, which was deeply and forever in his memory. "I want her to smile the same way she did that day," Shuichi mumbled, while Kaede laughed maliciously from Shuichi's soaring in the clouds.
— Reception. Earth calls Shuichi. Reception. Kaede waved her hand in front of Shuichi's face that he had finally come to his senses.
— Oh, I'm sorry I was thinking — Shuichi took a form with small hearts. — "This is perfect for chocolate," Saihara thought, pouring chocolate prepared by his hands and Kaede's advice into it.
Well, the chocolate turned out to be very decent, Shuichi thought it would take a lot of time, but fortunately Kaede helped him.
— And now we need to pack the chocolate in a good wrapper — this is important, — said Kaede, taking gift packaging materials from the bottom shelf. — Packaging also needs to be done with your own hands. Look — Kaede took the materials for the packaging and made a simple pink gift box. — And don't forget to write something romantic - Kaede wrote on the package "I love you, your favorite Pianist" and smiled with satisfaction from her work. — Well, okay, I went to give Rantaro chocolate — Kaede took her chocolate and left the kitchen.
Saihara said goodbye to her with a wave of his hand and began to do the packaging exactly according to Kaede's instructions. — At first, the packaging with his own hands — Shuichi took the remaining packaging materials and began folding them like origami. It turned out to be a good blue package — and the inscription — Saihara took a pen and wrote "I love you" on the top side of the package. As soon as he imagined that he would give it to Kirumi, he immediately blushed and turned away. — Lord, give me the strength to give her chocolate — Shuichi prayed to all the gods he knew and did not know. Saihara put the chocolates in the package that he made with his own hands, admiring his work a little, he took the chocolate and left the kitchen. — Where is Kirumi? Shuichi took his phone out of his pocket and called her.
Previously in the women's dormitory. Kitchen
Sonya asked Kirumi to help her with chocolate for his friend. Kirumi agreed at the same time she wanted to make chocolate for one person.
— Kirumi didn't think that you would also make chocolate for someone else. — Kirumi looked at Sonya — Oh, no, no, don't think about the bad, I just didn't think that you would cook chocolate for someone of your own free will. Who is this man? Shuichi — Kirumi only nodded in agreement, which caused Sonya to smile a little — I'm not surprised, he was with you from the first day of your admission — Kirumi smiled remembering those days when they were still in the 1st year of the academy. The chocolate has been cooked, it remains to give it the necessary shape.
— "Then he was still a scared, shy and blind kitten" — the very thought of comparing Shuichi with a kitten made Kirumi involuntarily smile. - "Although, he is still the same kitten, but only already having vision and at least some experience. He's just a shy kitten now," Kirumi laughed at his thoughts. — "After all, we've known each other since before the Academy," — Kirumi said, remembering the moment when Uncle Shuichi hired her to help with detective work.
* That Day*
On this day, Kirumi was standing in front of the door leading inside the office of the detective agency. The girl was horrified when she entered there, there were a lot of papers everywhere in the office. The paper was somewhere up to the girl's knee, from which she turned a little blue with fear — this is the first time when she has to clean up so many papers on the first day. A human hand came out of a pile of papers, then the whole body, it looked like a revived dead man rose from the dead and is getting out of his grave.
— Oh, damn, how my head hurts — a middle-aged man with stubble appeared from the pile. Looking at the girl, the man quickly realized that she had forgotten here — Hello, Kirumi. It's a pity that we met in such a strange situation, but you can start cleaning everything here — The man looked around the room in search of something or something. "Where is he?" Damn, he is also buried under a pile of these papers — the man got to his feet and began to dig up something or someone. — Kirumi can you help me? Find my nephew, he is also buried under these papers —
Kirumi was left with nothing but to help her new client, she started looking for his nephew from under the thickness of paper - What happened here, what office to stuff papers? Kirumi asked her new client out of curiosity.
— The printers couldn't stand the load and went crazy, simply put — the man said, still trying to dig up Detective Junior, simultaneously shouting his name so that he would wake up.
After a while, Kirumi stumbled upon something and began to actively open the young man from the papers. "like a sleeping beauty," Kirumi said to herself, looking at the young man, she shook him a little.
He slowly opened his eyes and saw Kirumi — Am I dead? Are you my angel? — because of such questions, Kirumi only looked at the young man questioningly, trying to form an accurate and understandable explanation in the chapter.
— No, you're alive and I'm not your angel — said the girl. "Then whose angel are you?" I don't believe I'm alive, because in front of me is an angel girl — Saihara looked at Kirumi with fascination, but then put his hand on her cheek as proof that he wasn't dead.
Uncle Shuichi came up to the couple — Why is he talking such nonsense? This is not like him — Uncle Shuichi sat down on the papers and began to examine his nephew's head with his hands, why he resisted.
— Demon, go away! Angel save me! Shuichi shouted as his uncle and his future maid tried to calm him down. He kicked and screamed until his uncle got really tired of it. Uncle Shuichi hit his nephew in the face, fortunately not with all his might. But surprisingly, he lost consciousness from the blow.
— Kirumi call the hospital, we need to take him there — The man ordered Kirumi, she took out her phone and called 911. An ambulance arrived 5 minutes later, they took Shuichi to the hospital for examination.
Later it turned out that Saihara hit his head on the floor when he was scared by the rampage of printers. After this incident, he could not look towards Kirumi for a long time without being embarrassed by what had happened. She couldn't help but look at it without a smile, the embarrassed and shy kitten tried not to control her and avoid her in every possible way, but they always bumped into each other. Kirumi embarrassed Shuichi by his mere presence because of the previous incident, but one day the situation was different and this situation made Kirumi sympathize with Shuichi. One day Kirumi was cleaning the office trembling like an autumn leaf. She could barely hold a broom, even she used it as a walking stick to walk. Suddenly, because of her shift, the voice of the client's nephew was heard, she turned around trying to hide the fact that she was ill.
— Kirumi, can you leave early? You're sick, right? Saihara asked, looking away from Kirumi, he hasn't forgotten that incident yet.
— No, I can't. I have to live up to your expectations and my honor," Kirumi said, trying to ignore the kitten trying to play the caring cat.
— in that case, I will help you and it is not discussed — at Shuichi's phrase, Kirumi looked at him in surprise. "How did such a shy kitten find the resolve to say that? Shuichi is one of those people who would rather die than say such a thing… Kirumi asked questions without understanding, but her metal was taken away and she almost fell, but fortunately she was grabbed by the waist. In a moment, Shuichi's gaze was directed into her eyes, now it's time for Kirumi to be in Shuichi's place, you can say it's revenge in a good way. Kirumi noticed in Shuichi's eyes the potential and something else besides that, but she couldn't figure out what exactly. Probably the shy strictness of his still screams from embarrassment. —Well, you can help me," Kirumi said, still confused.
The end of the memory
— Yes, what strange situations happened between us — Kirumi said pouring chocolate into the mold with a big heart.
— Now, Miss Sonya, we have to make a package with our own hands — Kirumi took out a couple of materials for chocolate packaging from the upper shelves.
— How exciting! This is my first time making chocolate in Japan! Sonya shouted joyfully, taking the purple material for the hope. — How to do it correctly... for the Japanese? Sonya asked.
— Please watch my hands and you will understand everything — Kirumi said, taking the packaging material with one hand. She began to slowly make a good package out of the material. Sonya carefully watched Kirumi's actions, memorizing her every hand movement.
— That's it,. — Kirumi said, looking at her package of chocolate for Shuichi. Suddenly, in the kitchen, she listened to the ringtone of the phone, Kirumi put her hand in her pocket, taking out the phone from the inside of her skirt. Shuichi calls her, she immediately answers his call. —Shuichi, is something wrong?" Do you need my help? OK, I'll come immediately — Kirumi took her chocolate and went to the exit from the women's kitchen with the words — I need to help Shuichi, I think I've explained enough to you —
Kirumi went to the Academy, to one of the empty classrooms, where Shuichi was waiting for her in parallel, reading something. — Shuichi, how can I help you? Kirumi asked, Shuichi shuddered nervously and turned to Kirumi, trying to cover himself with his ghost hat..
— Kirumi the thing is — Shuichi handed her chocolate — I love you — Shuichi said, later added — I'm sorry I couldn't make some romantic verse for you — Kirumi was a little surprised by Shuichi's direct recognition, well, he can sometimes become decisive and straightforward. Kirumi handed her chocolate to Saihara smiling, "I love you too, you are an amazing person with great potential. I once promised to become your personal Maid this time, my communication is still in force," Kirumi said, smiling as brightly and sincerely as on that day. Kirumi came close to Shuichi and kissed him on the lips, he in turn hugged her waist, like that day. The kiss didn't last long, but for them it was an eternity. Perhaps it stopped after both of them ran out of air in their lungs, only one mention of a kiss left - it was from saliva connected into one node. A new couple for Valentine's Day has appeared.
— I'll be a good master — said the boy, taking a deep breath and suggested — Let's go to the academy garden, I want to spend a lot more time with you than usual — Shuichi grabbed her by the hand and led her into the garden. — I want to be with you forever —
— Me too," Kirumi said, smiling at Shuichi, who in turn looked at Kirumi with fascination. Her smile was many times more sincere and joyful than that time — then let's go to the garden —
They became a family.