Started: 3/04/2011

Surprising Complications

Explaining To Ran

Or

Not…

After going over everything with his parents, and finally having everything with Conan settled with Ran. He felt bad as he heard the girl trying not to cry on the phone for her 'little brother' as she didn't even get a proper good-bye, but it wasn't like he could have predicted returning back to normal through some really unusual means. Of course, his parents were slightly disappointed that he wasn't sure who the father of the baby was, but relived that it was wither Kaito's or Heiji's, after all they both knew the two other boys. How his parent's knew Kaito? Shinichi was sure that he'd probably never really know that, but had a feeling that it had something to do with Kaito's father. Either way, it looked like his parents checked in with Kaito's mother quite a lot.

He watched as Kaito rummaged through his room, it was now Sunday. It wasn't like he could take a lot of his things, not if he had to pretend to be a girl. He looked over to where Heiji was sitting on the desk chair, watching Kaito in awe as the magician packed away whatever he deemed suitable. "So, whatcha gonna tell Nee-chan?" Heiji looked over to him as he frowned.

"It's not like I can go up and say 'Oh, hey Ran, guess what, not only am I into guys, but I'm pregnant with this secret organization after me! So how are you?' " Shinichi looked over to Heiji pointy. "She'll just think I'm leaving on that case again, it's for the best."

"Ya not even gonna talk to her before leaven?" Heiji asked.

"No, I'm gonna tell her the truth about us, She's gonna come over latter, she always tries to get me to go somewhere on Sunday." Shinichi answered. "We should be relieved that she didn't decide to pop in on Saturday." Kaito paused as he finished stuffing a small bag with what little he could take with him of Shinichi things, then grinned over at Shinichi, "Well, I'm done here, So are we just gonna wait around for Mouri-kun?"

Shinichi shrugged, "Nah, I'll call her and go meet her somewhere, uh, would you guys be okay waiting here for me?"

Kaito and Heiji looked nervous at the idea of leaving their precious Shin-chan to the deathly fists of Ran, but agreed to stay as the detective went to call Ran.

"Shinichi!" He looked over at the long-haired girl that waved as she ran up to him, meeting him just outside of the café that was below her home.

"Hey Ran," He nodded to enter the café, and she grinned at him happily. After all it's been a long time since it was just him and her. They sat at a back table, sitting across from one another. Shinichi could feel his stomach twisting as he watched as Ran ordered a Mocha, and then ordered dork coffee for himself. They talked about school and any cases that Shinichi was working on, he was waiting for the order to be dropped off before talking about anything really important.

He really did admire her, but loved her as a sister. It took him a year of being Conan to realize that, that and running into Kaito, who completely understood him. He smiled softly as he watched her talk. He knew that this was going to kill her inside, but it was necessary, he couldn't keep dragging her along. It wasn't right for such a strong and beautiful girl to keep holding on to something that wasn't even there anymore. They thanked the waitress as she dropped off their drinks.

"Ran, I need to talk to you…" She looked up at him, a blush crossing her face, making Shinichi feel even worse about this. He wasn't even sure how to phrase what he wanted to say.

"You can tell me anything Shinichi! After all I am your best friend!" She smiled at him, so sure of what he was going to confess.

"I'm gay and dating Kaito." He winced as she dumped some of her mocha latte on herself in shock, then watched as her face changed with several different emotions. First anger, then sadness, then a fake smile.

"How long have you been dating, Kuroba-kun?" She asked her voice slightly broken.

"Almost a year, I really wanted to tell you before I left again…" Shinichi said, looking towards the table.

Ran felt betrayed, but knew that she never had any real claim, despite what Sonoko said, on him. "I see…" She blinked away the tears as she quickly finished her mocha latte, not really tasting it as it burned down her throat. "I'm happy for you, oh look, I really got to go!" She got up quickly and left.

Shinichi got the glimmer of the tears that were barely shedding as she ran for the door and up to their apartment. He swallowed hard as he looked at his full coffee. Sighing he paid for the drinks and left a nice tip for the waitress. Mostly for not eavesdropping like normally.

He silently walked back home.

He sighed as he opened the door to the mansion and closed it behind him as he took off his shoes. He blinked as Kaito slide out to the foyer to greet him. "Shin-chan! Are you okay! She didn't try to hurt you did she?" Kaito quickly did a pat down, checking all over his Shin-chan, before Shinichi could even reply to his questions.

"No, I think I hurt her more then she hurt me. She told me that she was happy for me…then ran out crying" Shinichi smiled sadly before hugging Kaito. "I'm tired." He leaned his head against Kaito's shoulder as the other wrapped his arms around him.

"There, there Shinichi. It'll be okay, we knew for a long time that she wasn't going to be really happy about it, at least she didn't beat you to a pulp" Kaito tried making Shinichi looking towards the Brightside, then sighed as the detective started crying.

"She hates me, Kaito! She wouldn't even look me in the eye after I told her." Shinichi cried into his shoulder. Kaito patted his head and continued holding on to the detective as Heiji peaked out into the foyer. It took a while for Shinichi to calm down and for Kaito and Heiji to finish their own 'hide away Shinichi' plans.

Heiji and Kaito waited in professor Agasa's living room, enjoying tea with the old man as Shinichi went to talk with his 'doctor'. Haibara checked Shinichi up and down, and twelve other ways. "So your going to stay with that boy." She said when she finished. "Well at least I can be relieved that someone can keep an eye on you. God knows you need a babysitter for the way you get into trouble. That and the plan he came up with is a pretty solid one." She said as she clicked away on the computer, before pulling out a set of vitamins. "Here, take one a day in the morning. Make sure to come back every other week or so for a check up." She dismissed him with a wave of her hand, making him glare at her, he barely got a snaky word or two in. He walked up the stairs from the make-shift lab. "are you sure your going to be okay, Shinichi-kun?" Professor Agasa asked as he looked at his old friend/ grandchild.

"I'll be fine, Professor, and I'll be with Kaito; with a perfect disquse." he smiled at the older man, trying to relieve the man of his worry.

"If you say so, Shinichi-kun, I'm sure going to miss you always being around." The old man said before sending the boys off.

-End-

Ended: 3/04/2011