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A girl woke up to the sound of her alarm going off. She turned to click it off and she yawned. The girl looked around to see a white and river blue room. There was a window in front of her bed with light blue curtains to let light in with a bookshelf beside it. On the side was a room closet filled with casual clothes, and a plastic closet with clothes for her sports and school uniforms; with a mirror between the two closets.
In the front was a wooden desk with a rolling chair. It also had pictures of family and friends. Then look down at her bed, it has a light blue bedsheet with a teal cover and soft plush cream colored pillows over it.
The girl got out of bed and walked out the room and walked to a room that was across from her and opened it. It had a sink two feet from the door with a toilet across from it but a few away to make it not horizontally from it. At the end would be the tub and shower area.
She washed her face and dried it. She then looks in the mirror then pats her face to get focus and ready for the day. She smiles then and gets pumped up, "Yosh". Then walks to her room and goes to make up her bed.
After that, she went and got dressed. She was wearing a white sailor long sleeve shirt with a red ribbon and black skirt. She looks at that and twirls to get a full look, then stops and smiles. Then the girl hears a shout from the hallway.
"Ayumi I hope you're up for the day!" says a female voice. She then shouts, "Yes I'm up and I'm coming!" She then looks at her hair and smiles. She just got it done. The hairstyle was her hair down and her bangs separately on both sides down letting go of the headband. She then leaves the room.
Yes, this girl is Ayumi Yoshida, the cute little happy go girl from the detective boys, but she is not that little girl anymore. She's now fourteen, which makes her a teenager now.
Ayumi walks down the stairs to her dining room. To see her mother putting finishing touches on their meal. "Good morning" Ayumi's mother turned to her and said, "Good morning Ayumi". She then goes to the kitchen to get Ayumi's father his coffee.
Ayumi hears footsteps behind her and looks to see her father putting on his jacket. "Good morning otou-san." she said as she smiled at him. "Good morning, had a good night?". Ayumi then nods "Yeah" with a smile.
Ayumi's mother comes to give her husband a kiss on the cheek and says "Good morning." To which he replies with a smile and a good morning. Ayumi's mother asks, "Did it all go well?" To which her father nodded, saying, "Yeah, one of our products will be in the movie."
"That's great!" Ayumi's mother said and hugged her husband. Her father looked down at his wife with a big smile and hugged her back. Ayumi smiled at their love and encouragement. Ayumi's mother came out of the hug and grabbed ayumi. She pulled the confused ayumi in between them. Then ayumi's mother hugged them both while ayumi's father also hugged them both back. Ayumi smiled happy, feeling their warmth.
After that they sat down and started eating. Then they had finished eating and started cleaning up. Ayumi went to get her school stuff to go to school and see her friends. She then heard a doorbell.
Ayumi came out of the room to the foyer. She saw her mother and father in front of the door with two other people. The man had black hair with dark green eyes and a woman with blond hair and light blue eyes. Every one had on a worry face.
Ayumi came to the group asking "Is something wrong?." Ayumi's mother looks to her and says "Their daughter is missing and have been looking around the place for her."
Ayumi became worried hearing about that. She then calmed herself. She went to the parents and started asking questions. "Excuse me but may I know your names and also your daughter's?" The father answered, "My name is yamaguchi tatsuki and this is my wife yamaguchi aika. Our daughter is yamaguchi natsumi."
Ayumi smiled as acknowledgment to getting to know them, then put on her shoes. Next she asked them another question. "May I also ask how old is your daughter?" The mother spoke this time saying, "She is only six, today was her first day of elementary school. We just moved to this area as well.".
Ayumi by that, "If she's six she can move around a lot but if in unknown place she probably find someplace to hide. Did you know what she likes? It'll help us out on finding her.". Her mother spoke again, "She likes flowers saying she wants to be a florist when she was older because she like to give flowers to people." Ayumi couldn't help but smile hearing that one.
The yoshida family tried to think of all the places with flowers. "There's that couple down the hall, a florist on the second floor, another couple on the twelfth flower with a teen that like flowers as well." Ayumi's mother. "Didn't they move because she was going to college so she needed a bigger garden area to grow they said because the apartment wouldn't let her grow more." Her husband replied. "Oh yeah." Her mother said, remembering. "Well what about the elderly man who gets flowers from the teen for his late wife." Ayumi's father replied. "Yeah he would tell stories to anyone wanted to hear." Ayumi said. "I thought he moved to his son's house awhile ago." Ayumi's mother said. "That's right he did!" Ayumi's father said hitting a fist onto the palm of his hand.
The mood went down after that. Everyone was now worried about natsumi and where could be in this huge place. Natsumi's mother started tearing up again as her husband went to console her again.
Ayumi thinking was frantic worried about the little girl. "What do I do?... What do I do?" Ayumi thought losing hope. A loud notification then ranged and ayumi looked to her bag. Ayumi's mind started clearing up as she recognized the ringtone.
A boy sat beside her as they were with their group talking about what to do in a case. "When a person's mind is frantic they forget stuff or don't notice it. Sometimes you have to calm down and look again. Doesn't matter how times you do it, just do it. Because once you eliminate the impossible, and whatever remains, no matter how implorable, must be the truth."
Ayumi smiled then close her eyes taking in a deep breath and then exhaling. She then thought of the places everyone was talking about. All these had to do with flowers but where did come from. Ayumi's eyebrows furrowed thinking, "Wait, where did they come from?"
Her mind went back to the neighbors that left and what her family said about them. "The elderly man would get from the teen but he left and the teen's family left because she needed a bigger garden. Wait bigger garden? *gasped* Garden!" Ayumi turned to her mother saying, "Okaa-san when did the family that had the teen leave?!" Ayumi's mother looked at her before thinking. "I think they just left a week ago."
She turned to couple saying "Excuse me but when did you move in?" "About two weeks ago why?" Ayumi smiled then spoke, "I think I might know where she's at. But just in case okaa-san can you check out the couple down the hall? Otousan can you come with me to ask the receptionist about the elderly man, cause he might come here again for flowers. Yamaguchi-san can you check the florist's place she has a niece that comes to visit and she is natsumi's age so that'll help you out.
She then grabbed her father's arm and pulled him to run off to the elevators. She pushed a button and one opened up. She got in with her dad who was confused. "Ayumi what going on?" Ayumi looked to her father saying "The garden otousan, the garden." Her father looked confused so she explained. "When the teenager lived here she and the florist made a garden on the side of the apartments. The elderly man would get flowers from there. Those two might have left but the florist didn't so that means she still gardening."
Ayumi's father looked at her unsure saying, "But nobody's here anymore for the flowers." Ayumi shocked her head saying, "That doesn't mean a florist stops especially if they really likes flowers plus if the elderly man needed flowers where would he go?"
Ayumi's father thought then said, "To the garden." Ayumi nodded saying, "The florist continues growing because he keeps coming and like I said she has a niece who likes flowers as well. Add natsumi and she definitely has a reason to keep growing them to help those who want flowers or want to learn to grow them."
Ayumi's father nodded listening to her observation solving mysteries. "Hm I guess it's good that you are with that detective boy." Ayumi rolls her eyes at him he was nice to the boys but drew a line when it came to boundaries aka crushes and relationships, especially when it came to conan. It got longer as they grew up, still he appreciates when they protect his daughter especially Conan.
The elevator ranged and ayumi went out the the place while her father went to the receptionist. When she got out she went to the right side of the building cause that where the sun hits the flowers. Ayumi walked to seeing different types of flowers that sparkle in their own way making it pretty. Also saw different types of trees with their leaves blowing from the wind.
It was peaceful as ayumi walked in it. Then she heard small sniffles. She followed the sound, with every step she took the sniffles grew louder. Once she stopped she was in front of a group of flowers with distinctive six-petaled structure, that have three upright petals called "standards" and three drooping petals called "falls". These were called iris and were the color of blue. But in front of them was a little girl curled up into a ball. Ayumi's heart hurt hearing those sniffles.
"Natsumi" Ayumi called out to her. The girl jumped before moving her head to look at ayumi. Natsumi had father's hair but had her mother's eyes. Ayumi smiled gently bending down to sit as she gave her handkerchief to the little girl, saying, "Hi I'm ayumi nice to meet you." The little girl looked her at before coming closer to ayumi as she took the handkerchief. She then begin to wipe her eyes and blow her nose. Ayumi patted the girl's hair softly to console her.
"Natsumi" said Ayumi said to call her again. Natsumi whimper before saying a sad yes. "May I ask why you are crying?" Natsumi sniffle then said "I don't want to go to school." Ayumi looked at her asking "Why not?" "I won't know nobody." Natsumi said back.
"How do you know that?" Ayumi asked again. "Because I moved!" Natsumi shouted, tears ready to burst out again. Ayumi's eyebrows furrowed again when hearing that. She's not wrong moving to a new place can mean new people and sometimes that's scary especially for children. But it also meant some people from your past can come to the same place too.
"Natsumi what was the school you went to?" Ayumi asked. "I went to beika preschool." Natsumi replied. "Really! that's the school I went to as well." Ayumi says back to her. "Really?!" Natsumi said shocked. Ayumi nodded and said "And you know what, when I went to teitan elementary school I saw a lot of people from beika preschool." Ayumi said smiling.
"*Gasped* I'm going to to teitan elementary school too." said natsumi to ayumi. To which ayumi raised her eyebrow at that, but shook her head smiling saying, "Then you're going to have a great time."
Natsumi looks at her then looks down at the ground. "But what if they don't want to be my friend because I moved." Ayumi biting her lip at that, then remembered what happened when she was six. "Natsumi" she called out to her again. Natsumi looked at her sad.
Ayumi sighed seeing that. "There are going to times like that." She said to her which made natsumi bow her head back down. Ayumi brought her head back up smiling saying, "But you know what I can help you out if you want to make more friends."
Natsumi's eyes saying "You can?!" Ayumi smiled nodding as she brought some paper. She started drawing while talking. "Number one is in your classroom maybe you will see some old classmates who would still be your friend. But if not then here' something else you can do." "You can make one by saying something that you like and maybe somebody else will like that too. Number three is even though the person that you ask to be your friend won't be, maybe someone they know will be. Number four is observe what everyone else likes and see if you can like it. Ayumi smiled at the last one she's about to say, laughing a little. She then said it, "Number five is just wait a little bit and maybe someone will come up and say hi to you."
Natsumi looked at her saying, "That can happen?" Ayumi was smiling and was about to say something when a voice beat her to it. "Absolutely" said the voice making ayumi froze, then shiver as a blush came on her face. They turned their head to the right to see a boy around Ayumi's age.
There stood a boy with dark brown hair which mostly hangs downwards with also a few strands that stick up at the front and back of his head with glasses covering his sapphire eyes. He was wearing black gakuran as his school uniform since he went to the same school as Ayumi. His name was kudo conan alias edogawa conan.
Ayumi did a dry swallow before saying "Conan.". Conan smiled at her walking up to crouch beside them. "Yes it can happen and who knows, maybe they will become the best of friends you could ask for, even though they will make you worry when you don't answer your phone." Looking straight at ayumi with a stern look when saying this. Ayumi nervously laughed before bowing her head saying, "Ah I forgot I'm so sorry.". Conan rolled his eyes, poking her head, saying, "Don't do it again."
Ayumi nodding along saying, "Hai hai gomen'nasai.". Natsumi went back and forth looking at them then laughed saying "You guys are funny." Ayumi and Conan looked at her, then at each other and smiled. Ayumi then looked at her asking, "How are you feeling about school now?"
Natsumi looks at her then to the flowers. She then looks back to her saying, "I want to go." Ayumi and Conan looked at her smiling and Conan said "Good." He then got up and gave a hand to natsumi. She looked at it then looked at ayumi who looked her. Ayumi then smiled and nodded.
Natsumi smile then looked at Conan and reached for his hand. Conan smiled and lifted her up to his arms. Natsumi had a blush on her face when he did this and ayumi snickered. "Strike out he got her." Ayumi said. Conan heard her and shot a glare at her to which ayumi smiles at him.
Conan reaches out a hand to her, grumbling, "You been hanging out with her too much." Ayumi laughed grabbing his hand saying, "Can't help it when she's my best friend Conan."
Conan just rolled his eyes as he pulls her up. Their face were close to each other when she was pulled up. Ayumi did a small gasp at the closeness. She was surprised by the closeness. Her eyes were just staring into his eyes, looking at the color of the gem of sapphire. But for her it was like he was looking into her soul and she didn't want to move away from it. Natsumi was just staring at them with a starry gaze and small blush as her hands was on her mouth.
They stared until a honk from the streets startled them. Ayumi jumped a few inches back but Conan squeezed her hand in his to keep her close. "We should head out." He said looking to the entrance of the garden. A blush came on ayumi's face as she nodded and it was still on her face as they walked. They came out the garden to the front of residential tower. They saw both natsumi's and ayumi's parents.
Ayumi's mother saw them and pointed to them. When Natsumi's mother saw natsumi, tears came back in her eyes. "Natsumi!" her mother cried out fast walking to them. "Mommy!" Natsumi yelled back and Conan put her down so she could go to her.
Her mother picked her up hugged her hard. Her father circled his arms around them hugging both of them just as hard. Natsumi pulled saying "Mommy, Daddy, I want to go to school!" They looked at her surprised, then smiled saying "Okay".
Ayumi, Conan, and Ayumi's parents looked at them with smiles. Ayumi came to them handing natsumi the papers saying "If you got these you should have a great time making friends." Natsumi smiled at her saying thanks as she grabbed them. Conan came up smiling as he says, "School isn't just about friends, don't forget your work and become smarter." "Hai" natsumi says putting the papers to her face for a blush came on it. Natsumi's father saw that and threw a glare to conan. Conan did a nervous laugh as he step back with a cough. Ayumi giggled at that.
The yamaguchi family then walked to take natsumi to school. They waved bye and conan and ayumi were about to go school when a cough stop them. They looked back to see Ayumi's father look at them well more specifically Conan. They raised an eyebrow as ayumi's father's eye went to their held hands. Conan froze then releases her hand. Ayumi pouted when he did that and gave her father a glare just as her mother was giving him a disappointed look.
Ayumi's father just smiled, ignoring their looks saying "Have a good day." Ayumi's glare was still on her face when he said that. She huffed and walked away with conan. They walked their way to school watching as others go on their way. Ayumi really didn't see many students as they walked.
"We must be really late." Ayumi said. Conan looks at her saying "You just realized that?" She shrugged saying "My mind was focus on natsumi." Conan looks at her then says, "She needed help, hopefully that'll be a good excuse to the teachers."
Ayumi nodded saying "Hopefully." She was about to continue walking when conan pulled her somewhere else. "Conan?" Ayumi said confused. He looks at her saying, "Don't you remember we're supposed to go another way." He then pulls her to an area filled with trees of sakura flowers. Ayumi was in awed as they walked through this then looked at Conan alarmed, saying, "Won't this make us more late?"
Conan looks her saying "We already late might as well enjoy it." Ayumi gasped saying "Conan you rule breaker." When she said that, conan just rolled his eyes at her and ayumi giggles both knowing full well that he tends to break the rules quite often, especially laws of Tokyo. "When push come to shove." is a saying that their best friend haibara ai says about shinichi, heiji, conan, and a few others when they save people although she says in a mocking tone making them annoyed. They then continued enjoying their time under the Sakura flowers blowing on them.
"You think natsumi gonna be okay?" Conan asked, already knowing how hard it is to make friends. Ayumi looks at him then smiles "Yep, because I know she's going to have a friend already." Conan looks at her raising his eyebrow saying "Really?". Ayumi continues smiling saying, "The florist has a niece who's starting her first year at teitan elementary school too. I can see the florist telling her about natsumi."
Conan then smiles hearing that. "Well that's good to know." Then smirks finishing with "And who knows maybe she'll some other friends who are very persistent in making her their friends."
Ayumi hums hearing that then froze when his words repeated in her mind. She turned her head to him saying "Wait a minute Conan you jerk! What do you mean by that?!" Conan just laughs as he tugs her along as they run to school. It wasn't till they got to school that ayumi realized that Conan had never let go of her hand.