Stolen Heart
Disclaimer: I do not own Detective Conan or its characters, nor is there any profits made off of this. SLASH
Araide/Shinichi fic (Shinichi will somehow become Shinichi sized for this...) This is not an April Fools joke.
blame it on the 'A New Method of Persuasion' story that this even exsists. While typing up the 18th chapter, the image that came to mind is that at the beginning of that chapter was that Shinichi leaned up and kissed a surprised Araide. Seeing as that is the Shinichi/Gin fic I didn't think it belonged there. So it has its own place...
When Araide came on scene everyone thought it would be Ran's heart the handsome doctor stole. No one thought that it would be Shinichi's that would actually end up hostage.
When Shinichi went to Ran's karate practice it was a complete surprise to see Dr. Araide standing by in case anything happened. He knew the doctor helped at Teitan, and it made him nervous. Especially after everything had occurred at the Araide clinic, he couldn't tell if Araide was after Ran as a wife or not. As Conan he had done everything he could to keep her suitors at bay, but this doctor really was kind. At this point he wasn't sure he was going to be Shinichi ever again, maybe letting her go with the doctor was better for her…
Currently he was Conan sized, and was working his way towards the doctor. The doctor noticed him fairly early on his quest. He helped him over the barrier, he probably knew that Conan was there to watch 'his Ran neechan'. Araide surprisingly enough didn't really seem interested in the karate practice going on around him, Shinichi doubted anyone else would notice the faint signs of boredom.
"Something wrong Araide sensei?" Shinichi asked with Conan's most inquisitive voice. The doctor for his part smiled, returning to his seat which allowed him to see all the practices going on easily.
"While it is nice to know that they can defend themselves," Araide made a face for a moment, "it's still violence none the less, but it's better than guns I guess…" Shinichi nodded for the doctor's sake. Personally he'd rather be shot than face Ran on a bad day. He'd seen enough of them to know this for sure.
"So why do you attend the karate practices then?" Conan's voice somehow remained suspicion free. The doctor didn't have to be present at all, a simple coach would have been fine for adult supervision over the class.
"Just because I don't care for the sport doesn't mean I won't support Mouri San and the others by being here," he commented. At that moment Ran had managed to hip throw an opponent half way across the gym to their feet. Shinichi wondered how many of Ran's demonstrations it would take to change Araide's opinion of guns to karate.
"It's safe to say that you are needed though," Conan watched as the doctor after a quick frown looked over the poor student. The kid however was long since used to being thrown around by Ran seeing as he got right back up before Araide could do much more than check for a concussion. He sat down next to Conan again with a sigh.
"I'm not so sure about that…" Araide glanced around the room, "by the way Edogawa kun, how did you know Jodie sensei?" Shinichi wasn't entirely sure what the man meant by that… He knew Jodie sensei fairly well, and was often times amused by her stereotypical butchery of the Japanese language.
"Jodie sensei was present at several of the cases I was involved in, she even had pictures of me and Ran neechan!" Shinichi wasn't sure if the doctor knew that it was an English custom to keep pictures of your friends on display or not, if one didn't know it was sort of creepy. That was why Ran had found the pictures behind the bathroom mirror.
"Is that so?" the doctor apparently did know. As the practice winded down Shinichi decided to ask the doctor the question that was giving him nightmares. Shinichi did a childish tug on his sleeve, gaining the man's full attention.
"So, you aren't really going to marry Ran neechan are you?" he threw out his best protective younger sibling glare he could muster. The doctor laughed softly putting a hand on his head to ruffle his hair playfully.
"No, I don't like Mouri san that way anyways Edogawa kun," the doctor bent down at his eye level, "do you want to know a secret?" Shinichi of course nodded eagerly, he was so relieved that he didn't have to worry about the man courting his not-girlfriend. "I'd rather meet this Kudou kun that Mouri san keeps telling me about, he sounds more interesting." Shinichi almost felt his mouth drop, Araide was… No, it wasn't possible!
"You like boys?" Shinichi blurted quietly at the kind doctor before him. He was dumbfounded when the doctor placed a finger on his lips.
"Remember, it's a secret. You can't tell anyone," Araide smiled softly, "especially not Mouri san." Shinichi could definitely trust the doctor with Ran, now that he wouldn't steal her heart from him. Still he wouldn't have suspected that of Araide, perhaps it had something to do with all the influences in his life? Shinichi realized that it could also be his way of being against his father's womanizing, the same womanizing that drove his mother to suicide almost five years ago.
"I promise sensei," he said in his most polite Conan voice, "Ran neechan, over here." She smiled and made her way towards the two of them quickly.
"Conan kun, I didn't expect to see you here," Ran smiled wiping the sweat from her brow, "you haven't been making trouble for Araide sensei have you?" She looked at him suspiciously, he shook his head quickly hoping the good doctor would confirm it.
"He's been fine company Mouri san," the doctor smiled standing, "if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to the clinic. Without father there I've had a lot more work to do…" He was gone before Ran could say anything else on the matter. Shinichi wondered how embarrassed the young man was going to be when he realized what he had just told a supposed seven year old. He had a shark-tooth grin as he Ran made for home.
Hittocere: No Shinichi/Araide-ness yet. I'm a firm believer that there has to be some character bonding before that sort of thing.
