Hi. This is also something that popped into my head. I know I should be finishing "SHEnichi!", but I was having some writer's block, so I wrote this. Please review!

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It really breaks my heart when Ran cries. I mean, she waits day and night for some kid detective that's not even have as good as I am. It's stupid, but sad. The pain eats her away, just like it did me. Why do you think I started drinking? I missed Eri, and the beer helped.

Anyway, she cries, and in a way I guess that helps. But that bastard keeps her waiting. He doesn't deserve her. She should just get over him. But she can't get over him, just like I couldn't get over Eri. She loves him, and I can't fight that fact.

And whenever that kid calls, she cries even more. Oh sure, everyone thinks I'm to drunk to notice, but I do. In fact, I may even be more observant than when I'm sober. I see the way she cries when she's on the phone with him. I see that he's hurting her.

I see how she pretends everything's fine. The mask she puts up, the smile that tells you she's dying inside, the way she cries, and when she cries. I see it all. Why wouldn't the great Mouri Kogoro see it?

But I see how that little twerp tries to help her. When she cries and I'm drunk, Conan tries to help her. He hugs her, talks to her, reassures her, anything he can do to help. He seems to care about her in that big-sister-little-brother way.

And Ran seems to like him to. Heck, he even saved her life a couple times. Hmm, got to repay him for saving my little girl. I owe him. Well, anyway, they get along well. And sometimes, just for a second, I see Kudo when he was a kid in the Edogawa kid. But then he does something stupid and he's just a kid again.

But they help each other. And I'm glad that someone is there to help her through the pain. I guess, in a way, he is her alcohol. She drinks his presence the way I drink beer. Simple as that.

Hmm, beer. I think I'll have Ran get me some.

Hi. That was short. I may redo it later. Review!