Disclaimer: the character's don't belong to me, and the story was inspired by Takara Phoenix's 'The Falcon, the dove and the Sparrow'

I have never written a story with a polygamy relationship so, I don't know how to write this well, but I hope you enjoy.

Conan groaned, wouldn't that drunkard ever stop snoring? He rolled out of bed and reached out for his glasses before pushing them on. Glancing around the room in a daze, he noticed something very odd. Several sparrows and ravens were sitting on the next building over, staring right back at him. Frowning, he clearly remembered the last time that had happened. It had been when he was a child, an actual child. Right before his eighth birthday, a birthday that Conan's body was approaching. He felt a mixture or relief and dread pool in his stomach. Raven or Sparrow? Which would Conan be?

Shinichi felt at odds with himself, when his shifter blood awoke for a second time, would it affect his body in more ways than one? If it did, then how? He felt a brief spark of hope that it might reset his body back to that of seventeen year old Shinichi, but he quickly squashed it and threw to the back of his mind. It wouldn't do to get his hopes up only for them to be crushed again. Letting out a huff of air, he made his way to the kitchen, surprisingly finding Ran not up and about yet.

That presented another problem. How would he explain everything Ran? When shifters birthed their wings it was bloody and painful, his body trembled just remembering his first shift. He'd have to get his mum to kidnap him for awhile, or give an excuse for Conan to completely disappear for an indefinite time. Ran didn't know about Shifters, didn't know about his blood line that made him live just that little bit longer, grow a little bit slower than humans, but it was a big enough difference that most of his kind created communities were the humans who did live there knew, or they didn't stay. He knew that Ran would notice his differences, stalked by death aside, eventually. He wouldn't be able to hide it forever, and with her fear of the supernatural, he was only just accepting that they could never be together, never be mates how his heart yearned to be. It would be better for him to find a mate among his own kind, one that was true and wasn't around just because of his special genes. Even though he just woke up, he could already feel how much a pain today was going to be.

Taking the chance that the world had presented to him, Shinichi made coffee for himself, praying that Ran would stay asleep long enough for him to actually drink it and hide the evidence. Settling himself on the couch he hugged the coffee protectively to his chest as he mulled over the potential future issues. He'd have to tell Haibara personally about his shifter genes, if she hadn't already figured it out. It would be better then having her interrogating him on his future disappearance or her accidentally seeing his wings. Truth be told, he should of told her when she first started making the antidote, just in case she had to account for something else in his genetics.

Hearing Ran starting to stir, he quickly downed the rest of his cup and made his way to the kitchen to give the cup a rinse before inconspicuously hiding it amongst the dishes of last night while grabbing others. If Ran walked in, it would just look like her adorable little brother was being helpful and putting the dishes away.

"Ohayou Conan-kun," Ran greeted as she walked into the kitchen, grabbing the other plates as they packed them away together.

"Ohayo, Ran-neechan," Conan replied, Shinichi easily slipping into his Conan persona effortlessly. It was becoming too easy to be Conan, and that fact made Shinichi feel mild dread, but the thought that he had to keep up his mask pushed it to the back of his mind quickly before Ran noticed that her little brother was glaring holes into the plates he was holding.

"Conan-kun?" Shinichi jumped at the name, whirling around to face Ran with what he hoped was a questioning smile. She gave him a smile in return before turning towards the bench and digging out the cutting board.

"What do you want for breakfast Conan-kun?" She inquired, grabbing out the utensils she was most likely to need.

"Anything is fine," Shinichi answered in false cheer, feeling his heart grow slightly heavier at the melancholic expression on Ran's face. Judging from that, she'd probably dreamt he'd come back. She had those dreams every now and then, and she'd always be in one of those moods where she'd turn to anything that needed care just to distract herself, and the first on her list was always Conan. The only thing he could do was to let her fuss.

To stay out of her way as she cooked, Shinichi went to get dressed, thankful that there was no school that day. He needed a low stress day, murders included. He poked Kogoro a few times to partially wake the man before heading over to the table to wait. When Ran laid the food down in front of him, he could feel the satisfied smirk stretch across his face as heard Ran storming to the sleeping Kogoro.

"Tou-san!"

"Ran!" A crash and possibly a bang before Ran emerged scowling at her father who apparently had a hangover from his mass drinking last night after successfully solving a case. Shinichi hid his snicker as he grabbed his chop sticks as the other two sat down.

"Itadakimasu!" All three choruses before digging into the meal. Shinichi found particular delight in the way Ran had cooked the rice and the inclusion of cashews, enough so that it prompted him to ask a question.

"Ne ne Ran-neechan, did you do something different with the rice this morning? It's really good!" He inquired truly curious, because if she hadn't, that was a sign, a big one. She seemed to frown for a second before shaking her head. Pushing that little bit of information to the back of his head, Conan just smiled and continued eating.

When I first started writing this, I wasn't too sure how to begin. Do I jump right into the relationship or what, but then I'm like, well the beginning would be a good place to start, so I began with the problem and tada. Stuff happened. So please, read and review! I'd love to know what you people think, I'm okay with what ever you feel like telling me.