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Shinichi's POV
"Why didn't you tell me?" She asked brokenly.
"I was trying to protect you!" He said, annoyance clear in his tone.
"I don't need your protection!" She shouted, suddenly furious.
"Ran, they had so many weapons at their disposal. They could kill you before you even batted an eyelash. I didn't want to see you dragged into that." He said, trying to make her see sense.
"And yet you told the professor and Hattori? You even told Ai! She's a little girl Shinichi!" She exclaimed.
"The professor isn't completely defenseless and Hattori can take care of himself." He said defensively, deciding to leave Haibara out of the equation for now.
"I'm a karate champion; you think I can't take care of myself?" She said, practically screeching. He winced at the high pitch of her voice.
"It's just that you—" He started to say. She cut him off angrily.
"It's just that I'm a girl, right? Ai is a girl too!" She said.
'It's just that you are practically family.' He finished silently.
"Haibara can take care of herself." He said in a low voice. Images of Haibara, frightened and alone flashed through his mind.
He pushed the thoughts away and looked back at Ran. At this point she was seething.
"Ai is a 7 year old little girl, Shinichi." She said slowly. He slowly shook his head.
"She can take care of herself." He said firmly, not yet willing to explain 'why' to Ran.
"These are the kinds of thing that make you impossible to understand." Ran said coldly and walked away.
As soon as she was gone, he collapsed with a sigh. He heard the door slam distantly.
'What have I done?' He wondered briefly. Shinichi closed his eyes and leaned on his head on his knees.
He spent several minutes in silence before the ring of his cell phone split the air. He glared at it in annoyance before flipping it open.
"Hello?" He said, attempting to suppress his discontent and failing spectacularly.
"Kudo, how've ya been?" Hattori chirped from the other end.
"Not good. Me and Ran had a fight." He replied and leaned against a wall.
"Bout what?" Hattori asked, sounding worried.
"I told her." He said simply. He heard a low whistle from the other end.
"Guess Neechan didn't take it too well." Hattori said.
"Thank you Cpt. Obvious." He said dryly.
"Yer welcome Lt. Sarcastic." Hattori replied and he was certain that the bastard was grinning.
"Hattori, I've got a favor to ask." He said suddenly.
"Sure Kudo, whacha need?" Hattori asked curiously.
"Can stay at your house for a bit? I-I need to get away." He asked hesitantly.
"Sure, when?" Hattori said enthusiastically.
"Not sure but I'll probably be there tomorrow morning at the earliest." He said.
"Gimme a call before yer plane lands, I'll pick ya up." Hattori said cheerily.
"Sure. Bye." He said and clicked the END button. He pushed off from the wall and struggled to get up.
"The sooner I can leave, the better." He muttered and headed to his room to start the long process of packing his bag.
AN: In quite a few fics I've seen Heiji portrayed as Shin-chan's stalker. (Personally I think Kaito is more stalkerish but whatever.) I just thought of this and ran with it. Hope you like it!
Also this is my first attempt at a Heiji X Shinichi fic so be nice D:
Please don't misunderstand. I'm actually a complete KaiShin fan I just couldn't resist this idea and I couldn't use Kaito in it sadly.