A/N: If you've watched Pushing Daisies you know what's about to come and hopefully you're as excited as I am. If you've not watched it then you've no idea and it's going to be so amazing and I'm so excited for you to find out. I'd highly recommend the show though.

The street was crowded. This part of it always was because a lot of people preferred going by this route than the alternate. It was all because of the tiny bakery that was located there and the aroma of the pies filled the atmosphere.

Inside the bakery, the piemaker worked hard all day making the perfect pies, a little too perfect even so that often the customers who were more used to cheap, artificial flavours could not settle with his authentic ones. And so, even after all these years, the bakery remained small.

The welcome bell rang and he looked up curiously but it was just his friend and employee.

"Did you deliver all the orders on time, Endou?" He asked.

"Yes, yes, Gouenji, you worry too much." He responded casually.

"I have to! And I hope you didn't try to sneak in a taste." Gouenji exclaimed.

"What can I say! Your pies are irresistible." Endou answered sheepishly.

Gouenji wanted to protest but just then the welcome bell rang again and in walked a haphazard looking Kidou.

"Why are you always looking so stressed?" Endou teased him, "Have a slice of pie."

"I don't have time! I took an early lunch break." He exclaimed, "Gouenji you have to come with me right now."

"New case?" He asked with curiosity.

"Yes, with big rewards." Kidou answered excitedly, "Not that you care." Gouenji couldn't see it but he could tell Kidou was rolling his eyes behind his sunglasses. Gouenji always ended up giving away his share of the reward to charity.

They stood in front of the funeral home where the victim was supposed to be.

"This is our last chance. Everyone's stumped by this case and if I solve this then no one can stop that promotion on top of that reward. " Kidou swung his fist in the air.

"Weren't you supposed to get a promotion after last time?" Gouenji questioned.

"Well, I was snubbed!" It seemed to have struck a nerve with Kidou. He began ranting. Gouenji sighed in exasperation, regretting bringing it up.

...

They stood before the corpse of the victim lying in his coffin. Gouenji grimaced wondering how in such a short time he went from being surrounded by aromatic pies to this unsavory sight.

"Do the thing. " Kidou nudged him impatiently.

Gouenji took a deep breath and touched the corpse once.

The next moment, the man came alive and sat up. He looked around in confusion.

"We don't have time so just tell me, who murdered you?" Kidou asked straightforwardly.

"Huh?"

"C'mon man I only have 45 seconds left. If you won't tell, you will not get justice." Kidou rushed him.

The man focused and remembered and told them the name of the culprit just before the minute mark.

"Okay, RIP." Kidou concluded and the next moment Gouenji touched him again. The man became a corpse again and fell back in the coffin with a 'thud'.

"Wow! I would not have guessed that person as the murderer in a million years. " Kidou remarked nonchalantly.

"And yet you expect a promotion. " Gouenji retorted inadvertently earning a glare from Kidou.

...

As long as he could remember Gouenji had had this power. He didn't know if he was born with it or acquired it for some reason. He just remembered how he discovered it.

One day he and Yuuka were playing in the yard when a cat jumped in with a squirrel between its teeth. It got scared upon seeing them and left the dead squirrel there before sprinting off.

Yuuka was very sad to see the squirrel dead and Gouenji suggested they hold a funeral for it so she can have some closure. But as soon as he touched it, the squirrel came alive. As he grappled with shock and Yuuka with happiness, the squirrel suddenly ran towards him and as he caught it in his hands again, it immediately fell limp like it never was alive. He tried to revive it again but it didn't happen. 

It took a great deal of convincing Yuuka that there was nothing to be afraid of before she stopped being scared of him and started to behave normally with him. However, Gouenji knew his life had changed forever with this discovery.

He had kept it a secret his whole life until one day in college, he got drunk with Kidou and blurted it out in front of him. He even went as far as to demonstrate it on a bug as Kidou took off his glasses one of the very few times in life due to sheer shock.

...

"Where were you two off to?" Endou asked when they returned.

"Uhh... I had to ask Gouenji something. I needed his opinion on this case related topic. " Kidou made an excuse.

"Why don't you ever ask my opinion?" Endou huffed.

"Maybe cuz you have jam on your face. " Gouenji spoke in a plain voice as he went to the kitchen to see how much damage Endou had done to the pies while he was away.

"Here is your share of the reward. " Kidou handed Gouenji an envelope the next week. He took it and kept it aside.

"At least look at it and count it. It's your money. " Kidou was astonished at his disinterest.

"I don't do it for the money, I just do it to help you. "

"And run the pie-shop so Endou can have infinite access. " Kidou retorted, "Seriously, what do you do for yourself?"

Gouenji chuckled but he didn't care to find the answer. He was happy with his life as is.

"So, what's next?" He asked.

"Tomorrow I'll tell you. " Kidou responded.

...

The next day they were on their next mission. It was supposed to be an uneventful trip as they had done many like this and it had become formulaic at this point.

They approached the casket, Gouenji ready to make the magic touch happen. Except he was left in shock when he saw the person laying peacefully in it.

"Kira?" His eyes widened, he gasped.

"Eh? Do you know her?" Kidou interjected.

Gouenji looked towards him with ridicule. How could he forget? How could anyone forget Kira?

She sat in the front row in class when they were in middle school. She always raised her hand to answer and often when Gouenji was lost in his thoughts, looking outside the window, her voice brought him back to reality and he realised what was going on in class.

He got used to it so much that even at home whenever he went into a thought spiral sometimes he thought he heard her voice, bringing him back to reality.

He began to take note of her more whenever they were in class. She seemed to get along with everyone and loved to joke around and laugh too much.

One day after school, he decided to approach her and talk to her. He pretended to have trouble with understanding a chapter and asked if she could tutor him for it.

She had gasped when she turned around and found him of all people standing there, trying to talk to her.

Yet she agreed to tutor him and soon they became friends. However, what Kira didn't know was that he would have liked to be more than friends but before he could find the courage to confess, her family moved and they were separated.

"You say she was in our class?" Kidou exclaimed as he scratched his head to remember.

But Gouenji wasn't listening to him anymore. He was struggling with a wave of conflicting emotions. On one hand there was the joy of seeing his childhood sweetheart again and on the other hand the sadness of the state she was in. What could have happened!

"Uhhm... I know you're having a moment but can you please hurry up? We don't have much time. " Kidou nudged him cautiously. He had never seen Gouenji like that before.

For the first time, Gouenji's hands trembled as he reached towards her. It felt like forever when his fingers delicately rested upon her cheek that still hadn't lost its charm.

*gasp*

Kira sat up.

"Oh my God! Why am I in a casket?!" She screamed and jumped out. She dusted off her dress like there could be spiders on it. Gouenji sprang back instinctively, afraid they'd make contact again.

"Well, I'm sorry but you...died. " Kidou spoke sheepishly.

She turned towards him and looked at him with confusion,

"I think I know you. Aren't you Kidou Yuuto?"

"Detective Kidou Yuuto now. " He announced proudly, "And I regret to inform you that you have been murdered. "

"You're weird as ever. " She chuckled.

"We don't have time. Please tell us who murdered you so we can arrest them. " Kidou spoke swiftly as he looked at his watch.

"I don't know. "

"Please, don't hesitate. "

"I don't know!"

"20 seconds. Here's your last chance. " Kidou said.

"I don't know! I don't know!" Kira pressed.

"Oh well, we tried. Gouenji now do it. " He turned towards him.

"Do what?" Kira panicked and looked towards Gouenji with a vulnerable look.

"It is nice to see you again." She added quietly.

Gouenji was frozen in his place. All he wanted to do was talk to her and catch up on everything that had happened in their lives.

"10 seconds! Gouenji, what are you waiting for?" Kidou panicked.

Gouenji tried to reason with himself that he had to do it. But his hands wouldn't listen, wouldn't move.

"5 seconds."

"What do you do for yourself?"

4...3...

"Gouenji, do it!"

"No!"

2...1...