(Okay, here's chapter 4 of "25 Moments: Shinichi and Ran". I hope you like this. I got this idea from what happened on Friday July 13 in my hometown. Thanks to luna nuova, Umi Sagara, The Time Traveler, motz1412, Mime, Animefangirl2007, and fobbalicious for reviewing. Now that's more like it. I want more reviews for this chapter. I hope you all appreciate my attempts at this.)
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Part 4: Power Failure
(Ran's P.O.V.)
Shinichi and I had planned another sleepover at his house. Of course, the sleepover wouldn't be complete without Mathew, whom we invited as well. It was already past noon and we were deciding on what to do.
"The hot springs?" Mathew asked us.
"Sounds good," I said, agreeing with Mathew's idea.
I took the boys with me and we went to hang out at the nearest inn. Mathew even called Sonoko and asked if she wanted to come with us -- she graciously accepted.
"What made you decide for the hot springs, Mathew?" I asked my best friend after we came out dressed in our robes.
"I don't know, I just thought it might be a good idea," Mathew responded.
I looked over at Shinichi and he was having cold feet again.
"Could you two excuse us for a minute?" I asked Mathew and Sonoko.
"Go right ahead," Sonoko said to us.
I took Shinichi out of Sonoko's and Mathew's sights and tried to talk some sense into him.
"Come on, Shinichi," I said to my detective boyfriend.
"Don't try to think about that... Just be glad I forgave you."
When we met up with the others again, we went to the hot springs. Sonoko and I removed our robes first and stepped in. We wore nothing underneath them. The boys joined us after we let them know we were done. We began to have a relaxing soak in the warm water and have a fun time.
"Mmmm, water's nice," I said.
"No kidding, Rach," Sonoko said, agreeing with me.
We began to play with each other, but not too much to a point where Shinichi got a little cold feet.
After we left back for home and said our good-byes to Sonoko, the three of us had finished our dinner that I made, and were just putting the dishes in the sink. Just then, the lights flickered and Shinichi's house went pitch black -- the lights went out. It was a power failure. Shinichi's house was pitch black -- we couldn't see anything inside; all we could see was outside the windows. It was so dark inside of Shinichi's house, neither myself, Mathew, or Shinichi for that matter, could see his pool outside.
"What just happened?" Mathew asked, startled by the sudden power surge.
"Relax, Mathew," Shinichi said.
"The power just went out."
"I'm gonna go check if it's just your house or everywhere else," Mathew said and left.
(Shinichi's P.O.V.)
Just as Mathew left, I suddenly felt a firm grip from Ran on my waist.
"Shinichi, I'm scared," Ran said, feeling cold in her body.
She felt colder than a 4-day old popsicle, even colder than a person in a very cold country. I held her close to my body and tried my hardest to calm her down if she ever went nuts, which she rarely ever did.
"You shouldn't be," I said to my Karate expert girlfriend.
"Shinichi, I can't even see you!!" Ran screamed to me.
"Why should I not be scared?"
"The lights should come back on within the next few minutes or so," I responded.
I comforted Ran as much as I could. That's when I heard the door open; I knew it was Mathew who had came back.
"Well, bad news, you two," Mathew said to us.
"It's got your whole area around your street and even Kogoro's agency."
"I guess all we can do is sit and wait," Ran said, sadly.
The three of us sat on the floor together and decided on what to do now. We were sitting inside of my bedroom.
"Oh, come on, lights, turn on already!!" Ran said, feeling impatient.
"Geez, I feel so hot."
None of us could go find a flashlight, or even a candle -- my house was pitch black, and there was a pretty good chance that one of us would trip over something.
"Ran, just keep your cool," I said to her.
"Yeah, I went through almost 12 hours without power once," Mathew added.
"What?!!" Ran said, shocked.
"Besides, I'll bet you have been through a lot of power outages with Sonoko in her villas before," Mathew assumed.
"How'd you know?" Ran asked him.
"Lucky guess," Mathew responded.
(Ran's P.O.V.)
I fished my hands in the dark for Shinichi's body. I had never been in a house where it was pitch black before. After about 5 minutes, I finally could feel Shinichi's hips.
"Shinichi, I'm scared," I said, clutching him tightly.
"Don't worry," Shinichi said.
"I'll keep you company until the lights come back on."
Just as he said that, the lights came back on.
"Wow, that didn't take long," I said.
"Did you speak too soon, Shinichi?" Mathew asked him.
"I knew that it would come back on soon," Shinichi said.
The power outage had lasted about 25 minutes -- thank goodness; that was probably the first and longest time I ever went through a power outage in a pitch black house.
End of part 4.
(Okay, that's gonna wrap up another. The power outage in my house for about 30 minutes or so, which gave me the idea for this as a moment. I hope you liked this. I tried to put in some good fluff, this time, not involving water. So, I hope that you will give me props for this, and if you have some ideas of your own, just let me know and I'll use that idea. I'm open to suggestions, so lay them on me. See you later, and I hope I'll get at least 22 to 25 reviews or more.)