AN: Its 3 in the morning so I am sorry if something doesnt make sense. I will go over it again when I have time tomorrow to fix any errors I made.

This was supposed to be a one shot people...but then again I guess if I really wanted it to just be a oneshot I wouldn't have left off where I did...
This was going to be a longer chapter but i decided to split it into two because it was so long.

I can write drama? Wow I didn't think I could do it.

Disclaimer: No own Detective Conan *Falls asleep*

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Shinichi had had mixed feelings that day a month ago when Jodie unexpectedly appeared in the apartment he shared with Heiji and Kaito and told them to go back to Japan. He was happy to be able to go back because even though India was really nice it just wasn't home. On the other hand though Jodie had told them they didn't really need to hide from their family and friends when they arrived in Japan but spending too much time with them would put them in unnecessary danger. He was both excited and terrified at the same time at the thought of seeing Ran, and of course his family and other friends but mostly Ran. What if she finally got tired of waiting for him? It had been 5 years since he had seen her as Conan and almost a year before all that since he had really been Shinichi for her. It wouldn't be to surprising if she had moved on and in fact part of him wished she had moved on while he was gone so that she could finally be happy. Then again that was a very very tiny part that wished for that. The rest of him became enraged thinking about another man making her happy.

Even though it was never mentioned Shinichi knew that the others had these very same thoughts as well. But ever since they had gotten to Japan and settled into an apartment that the FBI had gotten for them a month ago, they had been very busy so there hadn't been much time to just sit and talk.
Jodie had given them that tiny explanation before hauling them to the nearest airport armed with one-way tickets to Japan but other than that, nothing had been mentioned about just what the B.O. was doing that was so horrible. The last time he had asked Jodie about it she had told him rather coldly that they didn't need to know yet and that they would find out when it was time.

It was a sunny Friday morning but Shinichi was still laying in bed listening to his favorite song once again on his Mp3 player. Seeing as there wasn't much for them to do since they didn't have jobs, he would have been content to stay in bed all day or at least until his stomach demanded food. Unfortunately for Shinichi, Kaito and Heiji had other plans for him. Light burst into the room temporarily blinding Shinichi as Kaito thrust open the heavy red curtains covering the windows.

"Up, up, up! We're bored!"

Shinichi sat up in his bed glaring at his two roommates who were acting like sugar high two year olds instead of the 23 year olds they actually were. He was about to grab his covers and lay back down but the covers disappeared in a puff of smoke. So he settled for glaring at the reason for his disappearing covers instead but Kaito was used to Shinichi's glare of death by now and just continued grinning happily.

"We want to play Rockband. Don't ya want to play it to, Kudou? We need ya to play drums!"

"Hattori, why the hell can't you two play it by yourselves and leave me alone?"
There was no way they were going to make him play Rockband again. Although it was fun to be able to pretend to play an instrument even though he was tone deaf it quickly lost its appeal for him when for the two straight weeks after Jodie had given it to them, Kaito and Heiji played it practically nonstop making him play most of the time as well.

"Fine let me get dressed first and only if I get to pick the songs we play." Shinichi said as he got out of bed and forcefully pushed the other two out the bedroom door before going to his closet and getting dressed. If he wanted to get through the day with out having Eye of the Tiger or Livin' on a Prayer stuck in his head he would have to make a run for it as soon as they were busy. Shinichi had learned the hard way a long time ago that complicated and well laid out plans never worked against the detective and thief. Simplicity was his best bet. Quickly he got dressed in a red button up shirt and jeans that were a little long on him so that they would hide the spare pair of shoes he kept in his room for emergencies like this.

In the living room Kaito and Heiji had already gotten everything set up and were taking their places. Heiji took up lead guitar while Kaito got situated behind the microphone stand and adjusting his guitar so it fit right on him. Shinichi took his seat behind the drum controller and took up the drum sticks picked the first song he saw on the list that he knew started out fast on the guitar and bass but didn't have many notes on the drums until later in the song. As the song started up he carefully slid out of his seat and slowly headed towards the front door keeping out of the other's line of sight. It was rather easy considering the fact once the song came on and the notes started scrolling down the screen both Heiji and Kaito wouldn't pay attention to anything else. He could have set fireworks off behind them but they wouldn't have noticed a thing. Shinichi was almost out the front door when Kaito started singing and a shudder ran through him. It wasn't that Kaito was a bad singer, Oh no in fact he was a amazing singer always singing in the right pitch and everything. It was just the tiny little fact that he was singing in a perfect imitation of the original singer that had Shinichi shuddering. It was just very unnatural to hear a young female voice come out of a man's mouth.

As soon as the front door to their apartment closed behind him softly, Shinichi took off running as fast as he could. He knew that as soon as the drum notes started scrolling they would notice that he wasn't hitting any of the notes and realize what he had done.

The manager of the apartment building, who spent most of his time at the front desk reading or watching tv, looked up as Shinichi ran past but apparently he was used to it as he just went back to watching the game that was on tv.

It wasn't until Shinichi was a block or two away from the apartment building when he realized he forgot to bring his wallet with him which severely limited the things he could do to occupy himself until they had gotten enough of Rockband for the day. After he finished searching his pockets for any spare change he might have left in there he looked up and realized he was in front of the park. Deciding it was better than randomly walking around and risk being caught should they decide it was worth it to drag him back and glue him to the drum set, he walked through the gateway leading into the park. It wasn't overly crowded in the park but there was enough to keep him busy doing one of his favorite pastimes, people watching.

An hour later Shinichi had had enough people watching and decided to walk around the park instead. During the hour he had set on the bench watching the people around him he had seen so many couples fighting over the simplest things. He even got a front row seat to see a man proposing to his girl-friend and it reminded him strongly about what could have happened to him and Ran had he not gotten caught up in the Black Organization. That is until another woman came up to the man after he had stood up and hugged his fiancé and gave him back his tie that she said he left at her house last night. Needless to say his fiancé didn't take to that very well.

After seeing that proposal it seemed like everything and everyone reminded him of Ran in some way, He just could not get her off his mind. So when he came insight of the sandbox that was in the playground part of the park and saw someone that looked like Ran he wasn't surprised and turned around to go back the way he came knowing that it was just his mind playing tricks on him. That is until he heard her voice.

His head twisted around so fast he was sure that he was going to get whiplash. Flashbacks of her flashed through his mind quickly and he found his feet moving forward without him knowing. His mind wasn't playing tricks on him. It was really her.

Nearing her he could finally see who she was talking to. His heart constricted painfully at the sight but nothing could have prepared him for the word he heard next or the feeling of his heart shattering into a million pieces that one single word caused.

"Momma!"

She was holding a baby. Her baby.

He turned around and ran out of the park not looking back at what he could have had if he hadn't been so caught up in solving mysteries. His mind whirled at the 'What Ifs' as he ran through the town not really seeing or caring where he was going. What if none of this happened? Would that be his child she was playing with? Would they had gotten a chance to be happy? What if they hadn't disappeared all those years ago? What if everything would have been ok? What if. What if. What if…

When he finally stopped running due to the fact he was too tired to keep going he looked around and started laughing uncontrollably upon realizing his feet had taken him to the Mouri Detective Agency. It seemed funny to him that his feet would take him back to the place he had spent so much time with Ran in. Part of him was tempted to go up those steps he walked everyday for a year and walk right up to Kogoro and tell him just who he was and had been while he was staying with them just to watch Kogoro get mad. Maybe he would even take a swing at him; god knows he deserved it for actually thinking that Ran would still be waiting for him after all this time. But in the back of his mind he knew that would cause more trouble than it was worth and was about to turn around and walk away.

As he continued to walk through the town, unwanted thoughts of who the father was ran through his mind. His first thought was that his nightmare had come true and she really had married Araide. As much as that thought bothered him he knew that at least she would be taken care of. That doesn't mean he has to approve of it though. A slight grin spread across his face as detective skills kicked in and reminded him that the baby had darker hair than Ran. Seeing as Araide has lighter colored hair it would be highly improbable but not impossible that their, dare he say it?, child would turn out to have darker hair.

So it wasn't Araide who else did she know that had dark hair? He refused to believe it was someone she met during the time he was in India. That didn't leave too many prospects. Shinichi stumbled as the image of a clumsy dark haired guy with glasses came into his mind. Anyone actually paying attention to Shinichi on the busy streets of Beika would have had a good laugh at all the expressions that crossed his face at the thought of Eisuke and Ran being together. The fact that Eisuke is involved with the B.O. was what bothered him about the two of them being together. It definitely wasn't the fact that he already had a deep rooted jealousy of Eisuke from when he was Conan. It wasn't. Really.

What about that karate guy that was with Sonoko? Makoto whatever his name was he had dark hair. Nah.
The list went on in and on in Shinichi's head as he listed off all the males that Ran knew with dark hair. It ranged from classmates they went to school with to random males that had been involved with past cases and people that worked at the stores she visited often. But as the list went on it only served to make Shinichi feel even more depressed as he continued walking through town slowly back towards the apartment building, kind of hoping his roommates still wanted to play Rockband so that he could take out his anger on the drums.

AN: Needs sleep.