"Are you sure about that, Haibara-chan?" Kazuma says with a mischievous grin.

Conan side-eyes her, waiting for her sarcastic retort. The others grin coyly and the others only turned to listen.

"That guy is a corpse magnet," Haibara says flatly. "Someday, he'll end up marrying a dead corpse."

Ayumi blinks, then bursts out laughing. So does Genta.

"That's true!" Mitsuhiko exclaimed with a laugh, "wherever we go, we stumble upon some body and then—wham! We have a new case!"

Genta laughs. "Conan's the complete opposite of a worm as bait! If Conan was a worm, I'll get a thousand of eels for eel rice!"

With that thought in mind, he laughs boisterously and Ayumi and Mitsuhiko join in, too.

"Tch," Conan mutters after, who was tempted to roll his eyes at Haibara, but he simply couldn't.

She had a triumphant look on her face. "Well? Are you not thinking of any comebacks?" She says jokingly.

"You took them all," Conan muttered.

Haibara's smile widened into a genuine one. She cheers victoriously. For the rest of the walk, she was grinning and smiling, as if she had accomplished some impossible mission she was assigned to.

Conan observed her and a smirk formed on his lips. "You look adorable," He said jokingly.

She scoffed, and a smirk pulled on her lips. "Conan, aren't you a little too young to be flirting with girls?"

He smiled. "But honestly if you smile more, the organization wouldn't think it's you, because Sherry doesn't smile like that."

Haibara remained silent, but her smile never wavered.

"Well, I guess I have to act more like my age, then?" She says nonchalantly.

She turned to him and smiled genuinely, a flustered one as she did, glad to be complimented.

Conan blinked with surprise. "H-Huh?"

"Hm." Haibara mused, "Aren't you a little too kind today?"

"It just happens I am."

"So, basically, this tantei-kun over here is your lucky charm, eh?" A female voice teasingly said.

They two looked ahead and spotted Kazuma and his friend, Hiyo-chan, talking to the rest of theDetective Boys, who were now crossing the street.

"Thanks to Conan, you all became popular and got something you can proudly show people of,"Kazuma said, "And that's being the coolest, youngest detectives in Tokyo, Japan!"

Ayumi gasped. "That's true! Without Conan, the Detective Boys wouldn't have existed!"

"We have to thank Conan for everything!" Mitsuhiko exclaimed.

Genta blinked. "Huh? Everything?"

"Yeah, come on!" Ayumi said, and they all ran back to Conan, who froze and yelped when the three kids suddenly stopped just inches away from his face.

"H-Hey," Conan said, forcing a smile, "What's thi—"

"Arigatogazaimasu!" They all cried, even bowing so profoundly that Conan shrieked in confusion.

"H-Hey, you guys!" Conan spread his hands and waved it at them, "you don't have to thank me! I'm your friend, not some master you follow orders to!"

Beside him, Haibara nodded in agreement. "That's true. This kid always takes the credit for himself. He's selfish and not some guy you have to pay respect to."

Just when Conan thought Haibara was siding with him, his face suddenly contorted to annoyance and he exasperatedly said, "Hey, what in the world, Haibara?!"

Haibara smirked. "But isn't that the truth?"

Conan's left eyebrow twitched. "And what do you mean by that?"

But the Detective Boys were getting Haibara's point.

"Hey, now that you think about it..." Ayumi whispered.

Genta gave Conan a look of annoyance. "Haibara-san's right! Conan's so self-centered!"

"Yeah!" Mitsuhiko agreed, giving Conan an angry look.

"H-Hey, wait; you got it all wrong!" Conan cried. "Haibara was only fooling you!"

"Yeah, right!" Ayumi suddenly chimed in, which even surprised Conan.

Oh no,Conan thought miserably, help me, God!

Haibara stared at Conan intensely. Then she turned on he heel and started walking down Beika Street. "Well, I'm off."

"E-EH?! WAIT, HAIBARA-KUN!"

"I'm older than you, Kudo."

"T-That's not the point!" Conan cried, "don't just le—"

"Say, Genta." Mitsuhiko was giving Cona a devilish smile. "Are you up for rough housing?"

Genta cracked his knuckls and his lips broadened into a mischievous grin. "I was born ready."

Conan's eyes widened. "W-WAIT, NO, STOP!"

"See you later, Edogawa-kun."

"NOOO!"

THE END.