Thanks to everyone that reviewed!! If anyone is writing a Conan/Ai story, tell me!! I'm moving along this story pretty quickly, since I'm pretty much stuck in the house all the time.

Disclaimer: Detective Conan is mine… if my name is Gosho Aoyama

Chapter 3

"Oww!" Conan rolled off the couch again, painfully. A bump is probably forming some where on his head now. Well, anything is better than the living in the detective agency. Kogoro is looking so thin on his last visit that even Conan felt sorry for him, and Ran has been sleeping over at Sonoko's; but neither of them dared to complain about the food, if you can call it that.

"You all right there, Shinichi?"Professor Agasa asked. "I'll be at this convention all next week, you could use my room then."

"Convention?"

"For inventors! I'm supposed to exhibit my newest inventions!"Agasa explained excitedly.

"I'm surprised they still let you go," came Haibara's voice. "I hope you won't burn down half the convention hall again."

"Ai-kun!!!!!" the Professor yelled.

"He saw that lady friend of his in the audience, freaked out, and pressed the wrong button." Haibara continued.

"Ahem, so, you guys want to help me with the riddle I have for the Detective Boys?" the Professor asked, trying desperately to change the subject.

Ignoring the professor, Conan turned towards Haibara."Umm…"

"Let me guess, you want the temporary antidote." Haibara asked, putting her fashion magazine down to give him an exasperated look."I've told you a dozen times before, those pills are dangerous. How much more do you think your cells can take?"

"I know that, it's just… Ran's birthday is tomorrow, and… well, I'll only need to turn back for a few hours. And I'll tell Ran that Conan's camping with Hakase, so you won't have to dress as Conan. Pleeese?" It's times like this when Conan actually seem like an eight year old instead of his real age. Haibara bit back a smile.

"Fine, but I only have one left." Haibara sighed. "…You know… she really is lucky." She whispered, regretted these words the moment they came out of her mouth, but he didn't hear.

"Umm… are you alright?" Conan asked. Somehow, she looked really… sad. And is she… it must be a trick of the lights… blushing? He had known her for two years, but she guarded her feelings so well that sometimes it seemed like he barely even knew her.

Haibara must have notice that she had let her emotions show through, because a second later, her face is back with that emotionless expression on."Idiot… why wouldn't I be?"she turned to walk to her room.

Opening the drawer, her hand brushed against the box that held the antidotes she'd been testing. It's been more than two weeks, and all the lab rats are still alive and well. But still she didn't want to tell Kudo about it. Tearing her gaze away from the box, she grabbed the container holding the temporary cure and turned to leave, startled to find herself face to face with Conan.

"Gee, what are you doing to yourself?" he asked, blinking at the total darkness of her room."He pulled the curtains open. And she had to turn to shield herself from the piercing sunlight.

"Do all detective freaks do that? Just barge into someone's … a girl's room, like that? " She demanded, trying hard to ignore the concern that was in his voice. "I happened to be used to the darkness, thank you very much." She crossed the room and pulled the curtains shut again.

"Right, sorry."

"Here," she said in a voice less harsh, handing him the pill.

"Thanks!!" he exclaimed, grinning.

"Yeah, whatever." She replied in a bored voice. "If you're not careful, you might actually end up with the mind of a eight year old."

What is this sudden feeling of… jealousy… towards Ran? Well, Ran has everything, a family… parents that loves her, tons of friends, a perfect childhood. Everything that she doesn't have. Plus, Shinichi and Ran are just the perfect couple.

And her?

The cruel chemist with her dark past, who ruined things between them, one undeserving of all the kindness they had both shown her. And she still isn't telling him about the antidote. All for her stupid, selfish reasons.

"Oi, Haibara!" Conan waved a hand in front of her face. "Is there something on my face?" Odd, she seemed so distracted lately.

"Huh? …No, you're fine." She had been really caught up with her thoughts and completely failed to notice she was staring. "Let's go help Hakase…"

…I wonder what nee-chan would say… then again, her relationship didn't exactly end with a happy ending either… but she'd probably know what to say to make all the sadness go away…

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All right, for those who hadn't seen the episode, Professor Agasa had a childhood friend/crush forty years ago; I just watched it and thought it's worth a mention. Also, I found out that Akemi had a relationship with Shuichi!!