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What Now?
Ran stood up, leaving her bag where it was. This explained so much—why she always suspected who he was, why Conan and Shinichi had the same birthday, had the same favorite color, and liked the same books and the same food. She understood now why Conan worried so much, why he could almost always make her feel better, and the reason behind the looks he gave her and the adult expressions and mature behavior.
Ran turned and took off, running as fast as she could in the direction she had just come. She thought of how lucky she was that Hiroki-kun didn't live that far on foot. Ten minutes later, she was in front of his house, trying to catch her breath. Thirty minutes later, she was back at the door where she had heard everything she'd needed to hear.
Ran entered the room and smiled the most genuine smile she had since the last time she had seen Shinichi nearly a year ago. The two in the room turned to look at her. Both couldn't help but smile when they saw her face. Conan walked up to her with a curious gaze.
"Ran-neechan, did something good happen?" Conan was sincerely happy for her no matter what had happened and Ran could see that.
"Yep! I just broke up with Hiroki-kun," Ran suppressed giggled at the confused looks on the faces of the two detectives and bent down to Conan's height to look him in the eyes.
"That's a good thing? I thought you really liked Hiroki-san; it's been about four months," Conan said this at the same time Kogoro loudly mumbled, "It's 'bout time."
Shooting a withering glance at her father, Ran answered Conan, "He's nice and everything, but I'd never be able to see him as anything more than a friend. I didn't see the point in continuing the relationship," Ran poked Conan lightly on the nose as she said this. She glimpsed the clock out of the corner of her eye: 6 PM.
"Conan-kun. What would you like for dinner?" Ran asked. She watched as his face turned to disappointment, it had been over a week since Ran had had dinner with them.
"Sorry, Ran-neechan. I promised Professor Agasa, Genta, Ayumi-chan, and Mitsuhiko-kun that I'd meet them for dinner."
Ran only smiled, "Oh, okay. What about Ai-chan? You should get going soon, right?"
"Uhm, yeah! Haibara said she wasn't feeling well and told us to go without her. Well, bye Oji-san, bye Ran-neechan!" Conan said this while running out the door.
Decisions and Discussions
Ran turned to look at her father and met his eyes. Kogoro saw that his daughter's eyes had a strange spark in them.
"Dad? I'm gonna invite Mom over for dinner tonight, 'kay?" Kogoro just nodded as his daughter went to go call her mom who arrived twenty minutes later.
As the three ate the dinner Ran had made, Eri noticed that her daughter was preoccupied with something and was fidgeting.
"Ran, is something bothering you?" Eri asked.
"Um, yeah. It has to do with why I asked you to come over," Ran stopped eating and looked down at her hands, "Dad, I overheard what you and Conan-kun were talking about earlier. You know, the one that you just had and he explained why he's so intelligent and mature. I've been thinking about it." Kogoro's eyes were as big as they could go as he practically choked on his food.
"Mom, Dad can explain the details to you later," Ran then told her mother Conan's true identity as Shinichi and other basic information Eri needed to understand what Ran had decided.
"The reason is because I want to take the apotoxin so I can be with Shinichi! Tonight, that is! If Ai-chan finds the antidote, we can go back to normal to be together. But like this I can't really be with Shinichi, the one I love!" Ran continued to look down as her cheeks burned.
"Ran! There's a chance you can die if you take the apotoxin."
"I know, but...I don't think I'd be able to truly live if I don't do this. I'm willing to take the chance. It's worth it. Don't worry. I've thought it over, I understand. You can say that I went overseas to study or something. I've cut ties to Hiroki-kun and I can think of what to tell Sonoko later," a few tears escaped down Ran's cheeks as she said this.
Letting out a laugh, Ran told her mom, "Dad even gave his blessing and permission to Shinichi if we could ever marry," Kogoro blushed and stared at the ceiling.
"Really. Well, in that case I agree with both having a small daughter again and then letting her marry the one she loves as her father will. Dear, what do you say?"
"I guess. It's not as if you wouldn't have done it anyway, right?" Kogoro said as he finished his dinner.
"Ha, yeah. You're right, Dad. Thanks!" Ran and Eri also finished eating and started to clean up.
Ran and Eri washed the dishes while Kogoro sat down with a newspaper. The three talked about details for a time before Ran gave her parents hugs before going to Agasa's house with a backpack filled with things she'd need.
Silence reigned between Kogoro and Eri before Kogoro told Eri all the details of what Shinichi had told him. The two then spoke of other things. Ran was overjoyed when she later found out that her parents were getting back together.
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