CHAPTER 1

Disclaimer: I don't own all the characters of Detective Conan and I have no Betas so all grammatical mistakes are mine.

Warnings: Most of the characters are quite OOC because I want to do something different than the anime and comic.

Shinichi Kudo stood in front of a huge mirror in his own room at the mansion. He recalled what happened two days ago at Haibara's apartment.

Flashback

Knock!, Knock!

"Come in." Conan Edogawa walked into the luxurious apartment and stunned when he saw a blonde young lady stood in front of him.

"Haibara…h-how d-did y-you…" He muttered with a confused tone. The young lady smiled at him and walked closer after she pulled out a small bottle from her pocket.

"I've made a permanent antidote," She replied and gave him a small bottle. He stared at the antidote.

"I don't know if it'll work on you as it worked on me because of gender difference but I think it's worth a try." She continued.

"What will happen if it failed on me?" Conan asked anxiously.

"I'm afraid that you won't be able to stay in both forms forever."

"Which means…."

"You'll die." She concluded. Conan bit his lip.

"Well, if you prefer to be trapped in that form forever then you shouldn't take it. Since all of the black organization members got arrested I don't think that you have to be afraid of getting killed for your true identity." Conan shook his head before immediately opened the bottle and drank all the contents.

"If you managed to stay in Shinichi Kudo form for two days that will proof that the antidote works." She explained.

"So, what are you going to do from now on?" Conan asked curiously as he tossed the empty bottle to the trash can.

"I'll go abroad and live my new life with a new identity," She showed him the reservation of a plastic surgery.

"So, I suppose this is the last time we can see each other." Haibara smiled and nodded.

"Thank you very much for everything you've done to me. I just want you to remember that I'll be willing to help you whenever you're in trouble because you are one of my precious friends." The detective boy bowed as low as he could to express his gratitude.

"My pleasure." She replied with a faint smile.

"I hope I can see you again in the future." Conan said before he closed the door.

"Sayonara, Shinichi Kudo the love of my life. May life treats you well." Haibara muttered as a large drop of tears slipped from her eyes.

End of Flashback

Two days have passed since he drank the antidote and he hasn't turned back into the eight years old detective boy. Shinichi looked at the calendar and smirked before he took his cell phone from the study desk and dialed. Meanwhile, Ran Mouri has just finished washing the dishes. His father, Kogoro was laughing out loud in front of the hi-vision TV.

"Dad, do you know where Conan is?" she asked.

"That brat said that he'll be staying at Doctor Agasa's place for a while."

"Did he tell you why?" Ran placed a cup of hot green tea on the desk.

"He said that I was laughing too loud every night that he can't concentrate studying for the midterm test. What an impudent and ungrateful brat." The sleeping sleuth took a gulp of the tea before digging the bag of potato chips with his right hand and put some of them inside his mouth. He continued laughing on the parody show. Ran let out a big sigh as she removed her flower pattern kitchen apron and tossed it into the washing machine. Suddenly her cell phone vibrated. She pulled it out from the pocket of her jeans and gasped when she saw the caller. She pushed the answer button and slowly brought the phone to her right ear.

"Hello, Mori detective office."

"It's been a while since the last time we talked, isn't it?"

"S-Shinichi?" Ran could feel her vision blurred by tears when she heard the voice she wanted to hear the most.

"I could tell from your twangy voice that you miss me so much."

"For your information, I'm not crying!" She denied wholeheartedly.

"I didn't say that you were crying tough." He laughed.

"What do you want, mister detective?" She placed a hand on her waist.

"Well, I just want to inform you that I'll pick you up at five pm sharp tomorrow and make sure you wear your best dress."

"Dress?. Where are you going to take me?" She asked confusedly.

"It's a surprise. So, see you tomorrow!"

"W-wait, Shinichi!" Ran held her breath when she heard the disconnected tone from her phone.

Ran stared at her own reflection on the mirror. She was wearing a wine red mermaid line long dress her mom used to wear when she was about her age. She put a pair of diamond earrings which was a gift from her father and a black stole around her neck. She turned around once to check her overall view at the mirror, a smile of satisfaction appeared at her face. Then, she took her purse from the study desk and walked downstairs.

"Where do you think you're going with that dress?" Kogoro folded his hands in front of his chest and glared at his daughter blocking her way to the front door.

"I'm going to meet Shinichi and I'll go no matter what." She declared.

"I didn't remember I gave you permission to meet that jerk!" Kogoro grunted. Ran was about to make another excuse when the chime rang.

"Stay there!" Kogoro claimed before he proceeded to the front door.

"Good afternoon!" A seventeen years old boy dressed in grey suits greeted him.

"What do you want, detective brat?" Kogoro asked coldly.

"I came to pick Ran up so that we can go have dinner at a fancy restaurant nearby." Shinichi explained cheerfully.

"Just go home before I sweep your ass off!" The elder detective was about to close the door when the teenage boy slipped his left arm between to keep the door open.

"Shinichi!" Ran screamed in panic. She rushed to the spot, pushed her father away and opened the door so that Shinichi could walk in.

"Stay away from him, Ran!" Kogoro snapped.

"No, I won't!" Ran answered anxiously.

"Listen to me, Ran." Kogoro commanded.

"Please, dad. I promise you I'll come home as soon as possible." She pleaded with a glassy eyes. Kogoro let out a heavy sigh, after all he couldn't bare to see the sad face of his daughter.

"Make sure you keep your promise." He stated coldly as he walked away from the couple.

"Thank you very much, ojisan!" Shinichi bowed politely.

"I'll keep my words, dad!" Ran added before she closed the front door and walked side by side with her childhood friend. She secretly gazed at the guy beside her and averted her gaze when he noticed her. She found it so hard to believe that she could walk side by side with her crush just like before.

"So, Shinichi did you…kyaa!" She tripped off her feet and was about to kiss the road when Shinichi caught her on the waist.

"Just in time." He smirked.

"S-sorry." She blushed when she found out that she accidentally circled her arms on his neck to keep her balance.

"You shouldn't wear stilettos. You know how much I hate them, don't you?" He complained.

"They're the only one that match this dress and they're now broken," She whined while raising one of her now heel-less stilettos as she skipped and sat on the nearest bench. Shinichi took the stiletto from her hand and the other one from her feet then immediately tossed them into the trash can nearby.

"S-Shinichi what do you think you're doing? kyaa!" Ran screamed for the third time that day when she felt her body lifted up in bridal style.

"Stay still or you'll fall." He warned.

"But, people are looking at us." She protested while blushing like crazy. Some people were giggling and whispering to each other when the couple walk passed by.

"Just ignore them." Shinichi rose up his walking speed and approached a two-seat black BMW parked at the hundred yen per hour parking lot. He pulled out the car key from his back pocket and pressed the unlock button. He opened the passenger seat door and gently placed her on the seat.

"You bought this?" She cogitated in amusement.

"I borrowed it from my dad." He pointed at a huge 'Yusaku. K' sticker on the dashboard.

"I thought he was a strict man when it comes to borrowing his property."

"Well, to be honest I kinda… stole it from him." Ran gave Shinichi a look of disbelief while he responded with an evil smile.

"Hey, it's his fault for leaving the car inside the garage with the key still stuck into the hole." He argued.

"Anyway, since I don't have anything to cover my barefoot now what should we do?" She scratched her head. Shinichi took a white box from the back seat and handed it to her.

"You can wear that." She stared at him confusedly before opening the box carefully. It was a low heel golden mule with an initial that says 'Y.K' at the back.

"No, I can't. They're new and they're your mom's." She claimed.

"I don't think she'll mind since she has hundreds of similar things inside her huge closet and you both have the same size." Shinichi fastened his seatbelt and turned the car engine on.

"I'll pay for them." Ran insisted.

"Really?. Can you afford them, Miss?" Shinichi grinned. Ran examined the price tag and nearly fainted when she saw the digits.

"Twenty thousand yen just for a pair of mule?. Unbelievable!" She wretched as she rubbed her temples.

After driving for half an hour, the couple finally arrived at a port.

"Oh my God, Shinichi!" Ran yelled out loud.

"Geez, now what?. You've been screaming all day." He emitted.

"You're bleeding!" She promptly pulled out a tiny first aid kit box from her bag.

"Wow, I didn't know that you carry first aid kit wherever you go." He stared at the white box she was holding in amazement.

"Just shut up and show me your right arm." She ordered. Shinichi undid the button of his jacket's right sleeves and slid it upward to reveal his bleeding arm. Ran quickly poured the disinfectant liquid on a piece of cotton and began to take care of his wounds carefully. She was so close that he could smell the nice fruity scent of her perfume. The red wine mermaid line dress held her curves so well that he was desperate to fight his male hormones every time his eyes caught them. Ran removed the seal of a medium size Band-Aid and placed it on his bruised arm as the final touch.

"Done!" She smiled happily. She looked up and found him gazing at her.

"Shinichi?" She called him.

"Let's go." He said as he averted his look from her and unlocked all the doors hastily. Ran could feel her cheeks on fire when she thought about the fact that he was staring at her. Shinichi opened the passenger door and extended his right hand. Ran shyly placed hers in it as she rose from her seat with her new mule.

"They look good on you." He spoke in a low voice.

"Thanks and please send my apology to your mom." She enounced.

"No problem." He replied. Ran looked at her surrounding and started to panic.

"Shinichi, we're at the harbor!"

"Yes, we are." He responded calmly.

"I thought you said that we'll be having dinner at a fancy restaurant." She asserted.

"I did and the fancy restaurant is just right there." Shinichi pointed at a huge cruise ship in front of them. A man in uniform approached them and gave a polite bow.

"Do you have a reservation, Sir?"

"Yes, I'm Shinichi Kudo." Shinichi replied.

"We've been waiting for you Mister Kudo. This way please." The man walked ahead and guided them to their seat.

"Are we going somewhere with this boat?" Ran asked curiously.

"I'm afraid not. This one is a retired cruise ship so the owner has decided to open the restaurants, shops and hotel inside the ship for public with reasonable prize." He sat down and placed the napkin on his lap. She followed his gesture and glanced at her glass when the waiter poured grape juice in it since they're still underage to consume alcohol beverages.

"Happy Valentine's day." Shinichi raised his glass.

"Happy Valentine's day." Ran brought her glass closer. A nice sound of two glasses touching each other filled the romantic atmosphere.

"I thought you forgot about today." Ran said after she took a sip of her one hundred percent grape juice.

"How could I forget the day when I could get tons of chocolate from my fans." He bragged.

"What?" both of her eyes widened in anger. She harshly placed her glass on the table.

"Hey, take it easy. I was just joking." He chuckled. Ran slowly pulled out a small box wrapped neatly in red.

"For you." She handed it to him shyly.

"Thanks!. May I open it?" He asked as a big fat grin appeared on his face. She nodded to his words and in a speed of light he tore off the wrapping paper. He found a home made heart shaped chocolate with his name written on it in white icing.

"Ran." He moved his gaze to her and noticed that she was blushing.

"Last time I didn't write your name on it because I didn't know when I could meet you but this time is different." She played with the edge of her table napkin. He couldn't find proper words to comfort her so he decided to remain in silent.

"Let's just stop this sappy talking." She said with a grimace on her face. He nodded at her words.

"So, what did you do in your free time recently?" Ran took her fork.

"Well, my dad asked me to reply the letters from his fans and there were tons of it." He complained while bringing a piece of his steak to his mouth.

"I bet it must be a hard work." Ran gave him a pity look. Shinichi nodded before he gulped his steak.

"As a matter of fact, I don't have problem in replying ordinary letters. However, there are some of the fans who asked for reviews of their detective stories."

"So, you're now a part time editor?" Ran giggled.

"Yeah, sort of. But what irritated me the most is some writers got mad when I criticized their work. They said that I shouldn't make any correction especially on the title." He answered confidently.

"That's confusing. They asked you to review their works and got mad when they didn't get a compliment. I'll welcome any critics if I were them because I believe that critics will improve me to be a better writer." Ran took a bite of her deep fried lotus root.

"I just don't want them to get sneered by the public because they can't use proper Japanese. I mean as a native Japanese speaker I found it uncomfortable to see the story title written in grammatically messed up Japanese. But, it looks like I've done too much than what they expected me to do." He took a sip of his grape juice and scowled because of the taste.

"You are too nice, Shinichi. You should not have wasted your time dealing with those grumpy writers." Ran chortled as she handed him a glass of water.

"Yeah, next time I'll ignore them completely." He concluded after he took a gulp of the mineral water. She gave an empty gaze toward the night scenery through the window as she recalled the memory she shared with him in the past.

"I remember the time we were having dinner at the Beika Building when the incident happened." She spoke in a low voice. Shinichi placed his knife and fork on the table looking uneasy.

"I was waiting for hours and you didn't come back." She said bitterly. He realized that she was crying when he saw some transparent drops fell to her cheeks.

"Ran, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feeling. I had serious case to be solved immediately at that time." He took a red check pattern handkerchief from his front pocket and handed it to her. She received it and shed her endlessly falling tears.

"It's not your fault, Shinichi. I'm just glad that you are still here sitting with me today because I thought we might not be able to meet each other again forever." She replied between her sobs. The couple was too busy with themselves that they didn't notice a middle aged man with mustache, a girl with medium length curly brown hair, a dark skin boy with a blonde wavy hair and a middle aged woman with long raven hair dressed in black seated just a few meters from their table.

"Is she crying?" Kogoro examined his daughter from a distance.

"I think so." Sonoko replied.

"I swear I'll kick the ass of that foolish teen detective to the moon and back." He gritted his teeth.

"Well, you have to be prepared because I'll be there to defend Kudo kun from you at the court." Eri claimed.

"You traitor!" Kogoro clenched his fists.

"Cut it off, two of you. They'll find out." Makoto warned.

"Sorry." The female lawyer and the famous sleeping sleuth replied in a chorus.

"Geez!, this wig is killing me. I want to get rid of this as soon as possible." Sonoko scratched her wig impatiently.

"Well, that's too bad. I think you look very sexy in that." Makoto said firmly.

"Makoto san…" Sonoko flushed.

"We can exchange wig if you want to." Eri winked.

"Err...I guess I'll stick with mine for a while." Sonoko gave the elder woman a faint smile.

"They're leaving the place. Let's follow them." Kogoro commanded. His comrades nodded as they follow the couple to the exit door.

"Wow, I didn't know that they have accessory shop here." Ran beamed cheerfully as she admired various necklaces under the transparent drawers.

"Feel free to put them on." The sales lady said politely.

"Thank you. May I try that one?" Ran pointed at a cherry blossom shape pendant.

"Sure." the lady unlocked the drawer and took the pendant.

"So, would you like your boyfriend to put it on you?" The sales lady smiled. Shinichi nearly jumped out of surprise at the words and he could feel his cheek burning.

"I-I can put it on myself." Ran said nervously with a blushing face.

"F-for your information. W-We're not lovers." Shinichi stuttered.

"You mean not yet lovers?" The sales lady giggled at the blushing teenagers. Ran put the pendant on her neck and stared at her reflection in the small mirror.

"It suits you well." Shinichi peeked at her face.

"R-Really?" Ran carefully removed the pendant from her neck. She could feel her heartbeat pace rose up because his face was just few inches from hers.

"Are you going to buy it?" He gave her a look of curiosity. Ran examined the price tag and gave a sad look.

"Well, I think I'll buy it later when I receive my part time job salary." She handed the pendant back to the sales lady and bowed as her token of gratitude.

"Ran, your mascara." Shinichi pointed at her face. She quickly turned back to check her face at the nearest mirror and found several black dots around her eyes. It seemed like tears have ruined her eye make-up.

"I'll be back in several minutes!" She rushed her way to the ladies room.

"I'll be waiting at the exit door." Shinichi replied. Ran quickly entered the nearest ladies room and stood in front of the huge mirror. She pulled out make up remover cotton and gently removed her eye make-up. She opened her purse and searched for her mascara but she couldn't find it. It seemed like she left it on the dresser at her room. She let out a heavy sigh and put a cherry flavored lip-gloss on her lips before walking out from the ladies room.

"What took you so long?" She nearly squeaked when she heard the voice.

"Shinichi, I thought you said that you'll be waiting at the main exit door." She complained as she placed a hand on her waist.

"Well, since I know that you have no sense of direction I decided to wait here and guide you to the main exit door." He smirked.

"I'm not a little girl, silly!" She slightly punched his left arm.

"Come on. Let's go to the deck and enjoy some fresh air," He pulled her arm.

Some minutes later at the deck

Ran gazed at the scenery of night sky. She was about to take a look at the sea below when a strong wind blew her stole away.

"No!" She stretched her hand trying to reach her stole but she lost her balance. She felt something caught her waist firmly and she was prevented from falling.

"Ran!, are you out of your mind?. You were just about to make a freefall into the sea!" Shinichi glared at her.

"I'm sorry but, it was my favorite stole" She apologized while looking shyly at the strong arms circling her waist. He let go of her, removed his jacket and covered her shoulder with it.

"I'll get you a new one for your birthday present next year." He said calmly. Once again he circled his arms on her waist and rested his chin on her right shoulder.

"S-Shinichi, w-what are you doing?" She panicked at his sudden action.

"Just shut up, okay?" Ran fell in silence.

"I heard from Conan that you kissed Kaito Kid." He said, she noticed angst in his tone.

"I didn't kiss him. Well, I was about to kiss him because I thought he was you but I stopped." She vindicated desperately.

"What made you stop then?" He gave a look of concern.

"It's because he did something…inappropriate to me." She muttered in a low voice.

"Be honest to me, Ran. I need to know the truth." Shinichi strengthened his grip on her waist.

"He squeezed my butt. "

"What?!" Shinichi accidentally loosened his grip.

"It was really awful, you know." She continued.

"I'm sure I'll chop his head off his body." He gritted his teeth.

"No, Shinichi. I don't want you to be put in jail just because you murdered that thief. I mean I've been waiting all these years for you to come back and I don't think I could wait some more years. I'm tired of hearing excuses." She turned around and hugged him. Tears wetted her cheeks as she sobbed hardly. Shinichi used his thumbs to shed her tears away and stared into her blue eyes.

"Of course I won't kill him, silly. You worry too much." He whispered.

"You sounded very serious back there." She replied between her sobs.

"Anyway, Ran. I have something for you." He whispered.

"What is it?" Ran asked as she shed the remaining of her tears and took a deep breath to calm herself. Shinichi glanced at her swollen eyes and frowned. He always feels his heart scattered whenever he saw her crying.

"You'll see. Now, close your eyes." He said.

"Excuse me?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I said close your eyes." He repeated. Ran had no other choice than to comply with his request. She closed her eyes and felt his hand equipping something on her neck.

"You can open your eyes now." She slowly opened her eyes and found the cherry blossom pendant equipped on her neck.

"Oh my God!. When did you…" She beamed happily.

"When you went to the ladies room." He winked.

"But, it was so expensive." She gave him a look of worry.

"Don't worry about that. I got paid for every case I solved." He winked.

"Thank you." She gave him her best smile of the day. Shinichi turned his back on her to hide his blushing face.

"Actually, celebrating Valentine was not my main reason to invite you here." He said as he inserted a hand into his trouser pocket. She tilted her head to the side looking confused. He smiled before taking her left hand and kneel down on one knee.

"S-Shinichi?" she uttered nervously. He pulled out a small blue velvet box and opened it to reveal a golden ring with a tiny white diamond on it.

"I'm sorry that I could only afford this size of diamond but I promise I'll work hard to get a better one for you." He continued. Ran lost her words as she stared at the nervous high school detective in front of her. Shinichi cleared her throat and took a deep breath.

"Ran Mouri, I love you from the bottom of my heart. So, would you marry me after we graduate from high school?" She could feel her heart leap at his words.

"Yes, Shinichi." She answered. He smiled before he placed a hand on her waist while his other hand brushed her side locks to take a better look of her face.

"You're such a cry baby." He chuckled as he shed her endlessly falling tears.

"I-I'm sorry. I-It's just I'm so…happy." She replied between her sobs.

"Well, I like that part of you though." He cupped her face with both hands before leaning forward to seal his lips on hers. It was beyond her expectation so both of her eyes were remained open. He broke the kiss and stared at her.

"You should've closed your eyes. It's against the good manner." He claimed.

"I'm ready whenever you are." She shed away her tears before giving him a naughty smile. Shinichi laughed then he leaned forward once again to lock their lips together. His heart leapt when he felt the warm of her lips and he must admit that he was happy when she moved her arms to his back and drew his body closer to deepen the kiss. It was a long and passionate kiss as if they were checking on each other's body temperature. They broke the kiss several minutes later and panted. Ran sneezed all of sudden.

"Did you catch a cold?" He asked anxiously.

"I don't think so. I think someone is talking about me." She replied.

"Let me check on you then." He placed his forehead on hers.

"I told you I'm okay." She protested.

"Well, I think I just felt a slight fever." He said.

"You shouldn't get closer if you don't want to get infected then."

"Too bad. I've decided to receive your virus with an open heart." He smirked as he moved closer to taste her lips again.

"Hold it right there, jerk!" A familiar voice along with flashlight lighted up the deck. Shinichi covered his eyes from the flashlights.

"Dad!" Ran gasped when she saw the infamous sleeping sleuth who stood just a few meters in front of her.

"I should've brought my tape recorder with me." Sonoko removed her wig.

"You did a great job, Kudo kun!" Eri smiled.

"I admire your courage!" Makoto added.

"Oh crap!" Shinichi covered his face with both hands in embarrassment.

"Why are you guys here?. Don't tell me that you were following us?" Ran gave the people in front of her an irritated look.

"I went to your house with Makoto san and we found your dad weeping like crazy on his table." Sonoko explained.

"I didn't weep!. Ouch!" Kogoro winced in pain when Eri caught his right ear.

"He told us that you were kidnapped by Kudo kun and that you may not be able to come back alive." Makoto added.

"I'll get this grumpy old man out of the way so you guys can enjoy your time together." Eri waved her hand as she dragged her ex-husband by his ear.

"Kudo!, I'll chop you into pieces if you dare to make my daughter cry!" Kogoro screamed out loud.

"You can use the room on the third floor." Sonoko smirked before slipping a room key to Shinichi's pocket.

"And make sure to take the responsibility as a man." Makoto followed by slipping a small package into the same pocket. Shinichi peeked the inside of his pocket where he found a card key and a 'rubber'.

"Good luck!" Sonoko giggled as she hugged Makoto's arm and left the place.

"So, what should we do?" Ran asked confusedly.

"Well, I guess we can play Poker at our room." Shinichi showed the card key.

"Okay then." She giggled.

"You're wrong if you think that we're playing an ordinary Poker." He grinned.

"What kind of Poker?" She raised an eyebrow. Shinichi gave his evil smile before hugging her waist and nibbled at her neck.

"S-Shinichi w-what the…"

"Strip Poker." He muttered as he smiled like a Cheshire cat.

To be Continued