DISCLAIMER: I do not own Detective Conan. The entire series, including its characters, belong to Gosho Aoyama. This is a non-profit fan work.


2nd disclaimer: This fic was written for Poirot Cafe's Five Sentence Stories prompt.


Singer

Gin could still hear his own fast-paced pulse when he reached the table he had been sitting at for the last thirty minutes.

'Time to leave,' he announced.

Vodka turned as he heard Gin's voice. He nodded and stood up, and the two left the club at the very moment that the singer walked onto the stage in her low-necked dress.

The corpse of a high-ranked executive would be found laying on the ground of the men's bathroom ten minutes later.


Author's notes:

Hello! ¡Hola! Salut! Hallo! Konnichiwa! Here comes Sherry Furude once more, ready for attack!

Once more, this fic was born thanks to the forum Poirot Cafe. I found it very interesting, and I liked how I could be (and was at points) a challenge to me, so I gave it a try and... here it is the result. I wrote it all before I had lunch, in about one hour or so. I had to think a lot! Having such lenght restriction can make writing very hard, at least to me.

The title of each drabble is a word I got from an online random word generator and forced myself to add, as a way to make the challenge 'harder' and also give myself something to start with. On the other hand, the title of the fic itself is some kind of 'word game'. The 'gin' of the title obviously refers to Gin, the protagonist of these drabbles (by the way, they were initially going to revolve around GinSherry, but I later decided to focus on Gin alone instead - although the second one contains some GinSherry, and yes, there is a reason Gin thinks of her as 'Shiho' and not 'Sherry'). And then there's 'handful'. A hand (usually) has five fingers, doesn't it? And these drabbles consist of exactly five sentences... and they are exactly five drabbles (yes, this last part is something you can blame me for). So that's it.

I hope you like this fic, even if it's short. I will be very glad to read your opinions. And if you want more like this, do not be afraid to ask for it! Besides, as I always say (and mean), I encourage you to tell me of any spelling, grammar or punctuation mistake you may find. I want to improve my writing as much as I can.

Lots of love and see you next time,

Sherry F.