50 Bakas: Minna-san
By: EffisheiRan
-Please enjoy my new fic! Anyone with good ideas, please, tell me via review! And, um, please read my other fic EXPERIENCE UNFORGETTABLE… Thanks!-
Disclaimer: uh, too common I—so—do NOT own Meitantei Conan/ Detective Conan/ Case Closed… It's the horrid truth behind the blissful lie!
Chapter 1: Shinichi's stupidity – The Ring.
["It was a buy-one-get-one-free bargain, so might as well take advantage of it, right?"
He was nervous.
For one of the rare times in his life, the Great Detective of the East, Kudo Shinichi, is nervous. Why?
He was going to propose to his childhood friend and his girlfriend for about four years, Mouri Ran. But he was more nervous about one thing.
He had asked his best friend, Hattori Heiji, buy the engagement ring. He had just asked an ahou to buy one of the most vital elements in his proposal. Maybe he wasn't thinking.
-Flashback-
Shinichi sat at the couch, troubled. He had just finished solving a case, but unfortunately, he had forgotten his promise to Ran… He forgot to go to dinner with her. She was fuming mad at him when he arrived at the restaurant, and he doubted that the anger will fade that night.
'Oh, why me?' he asked himself, as he nursed a red mark in front of his bathroom mirror. Ran had slapped him when he tried to explain, and went home, crying and reddened due to anger. Heiji was staying with him for a little while, since summer had set in. Kazuha, meanwhile, insisted to stay with Ran, to make sure Heiji won't get 'any ideas'. He was snapped out of thinking by his best friend sitting in the couch next to him, a frown plastered on his face. 'Maybe it's about time…' he told himself.
"Ne, Heiji." He started. His best friend looked at him with half-lidded eyes. He had just noticed the slap mark on Heiji's left cheek, which was obscured from his view. "What happened to you?" he blurted out, his primary question slipping from his head. Heiji frowned deeper.
"Kazuha slapped me."
"I can see that."
"Because I defended you." He continued. Shinichi raised an eyebrow, and looked at him disbelievingly. "Defended me?"
"She kept asking me why I kept sticking out with a guy who made Neechan cry…and stuff like that…and some mushy friendship stuff… the usual sermon."
"Right."
"Man, you have to thank me… I would have taken her side of I knew your reaction's gonna be like that!"
"Ah, gomen." Shinichi said, sighing and staring up the ceiling. "Guess we're in the same boat then, huh?"
"Yup." He said, also looking up the ceiling.
"Ne, Heiji." Shinichi interrupted, after a few moments of silence. "Can you do me a favor?"
"Sure." He said. "What?"
"I need you to buy Ran's engagement ring…" a whistle, "and don't interrupt." He spat. Heiji shook him.
"Finally!"
"Don't 'finally!' me…"
"Well, okay," he replied, clearing his throat. He stood and moved to the couch in front of Shinichi. He sat in a bossy way, pretending to smoke. Shinichi smirked…
"What's the plan?"
-End flashback-
The doorbell rang. The entire plan was to take Ran to dinner, while Heiji bought the ring. He had entrusted his best friend his father's credit card, and he was getting dressed now. He has to apologize and propose at the same time. That shouldn't be hard. He ran down to the door, and opened it, only to see a smirking Heiji leaning on the door frame, holding a gold credit card, like a model. Shinichi frowned at him and opened the door wider. "Hurry and dress up if you wanna come with me."
"Sheesh, relax! I got your weapon here!" he said, fanning himself as he entered. "Sure is hot outside."
"Yeah…" he said, taking the air conditioner's remote and setting it to maximum. "I am gonna pay a lot for this."
"Well, come on Kudo!" Heiji said, grabbing Shinichi's coat that rested on the couch's armrest. "Your lady awaits." He told him, handing him the coat. Shinichi could only gulp.
'This is it.'
Shinichi sat there in front of his girlfriend, with an anxious look on his face. He was waiting for her to at least, bite the ring, which was set in the food. Heiji, meanwhile, strolled at the beach with Kazuha, explaining his side of the story. They both watched as Shinichi and Ran ate, and both smiled inwardly.
'Maybe now's my chance.' Heiji told himself, hesitating at first, but then stuck firm on his decision. He took a little box from his pocket as Kazuha watched the eating couple, and held her hand. He knelt in front of her.
"Toyama Kazuha…"
At the same time, Ran had bitten the ring. Shinichi noticed the frown that settled on her pretty face, and his eyes gleamed in excitement. "What is this?" she asked, eyeing the ring. He outstretched his hand and she handed him the ring, as she watched him reach for something in his pocket.
A red velvet box.
Her eyes widened at the sight, "Shi-Shinichi?" she asked, as he placed the ring in the box, and he kneeled in front of her. "What the—?"
"Shush." He said, silencing her. "Mouri Ran…"
"…I'd be the happiest man in the world, "Heiji told Kazuha, as she put her hand to cover her mouth;
"If I will be able to be with you…" Shinichi continued, trying to remember the sweet things he had recited a thousand times in front of the mirror earlier that afternoon.
"Through all the days in my life." Continued Heiji. The same words were running in his and Shinichi's mind, as they nervously knelt in front of the women they love. "For better or for worst…"
"…And I will be the luckiest man in the world if your face is the first and last thing I see when I wake up and before I sleep…" He recited, seeing the tears that sprang in her eyes.
"Will…"
"you…"
"Marry me?" both detectives asked at the same time, unknown to the other. Kazuha gave a nod and hoisted Heiji up, as she cried out of joy. Ran, meanwhile, looked at her beloved detective as she knelt in front of him. She cried and hugged him, muttering "yes, I will," all the while. Shinichi kissed her and started to say "thank you, Lord for this wonderful woman…" They heard slight screams and Heiji yelling, "Yes! Yes!" as they stood up, watching Heiji danced with Kazuha. Shinichi bowed in front of Ran.
"May I?"
They stayed at Shinichi's house that night. All of them slept in the living room, the air conditioner still at maximum. Shinichi woke up for a drink that night, only to find Heiji watching Kazuha.
"Hey, you up?"
"Can't sleep." He told him, moving a stray hair from Kazuha's face. Shinichi noticed her ring and smirked.
"So you proposed too huh?"
"Yep…" he said, standing up and getting his own cup of water. "I can't let you have all the fun."
"Wait a minute." Said Shinichi, as he continued to eye her ring. "Why does Ran's ring and Kazuha's ring look the same?" He asked, and he heard a gulp in response. "Heiji? I there something you have to tell me?"
"Well… you see…"
"Come on, spill."
"Well, you did say 'Get a ring with a nice bargain… nice price, looks expensive…' you know…"
"And?" he inquired, seeing where this conversation will lead. "What did you buy? Or, what kind of bargain did you get?" Heiji backed down and smiled nervously.
"It was a buy-one-get-one-free bargain, so… might as well take advantage of it, right?"
My story ends… here. You can guess the rest.
Here you go! First chapter out of fifty. I still have a long way to go, so wish me luck! I need tons of help for the next one, since I can't think straight at the moment. I am having a big trouble thinking of how many clothes I'll pack, so here you go. I got the idea from my aunt. She has two kids, and bought them a dress with the same design. So as not to insult them, she told them it was a buy one get one free bargain!
Review, please! I'm planning to make the next chapter about Ran… anyone who has ideas?
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Ja! See ya! T.C.C.I.C everyone…[Take Care 'coz I Care!