Changing Emotions
By MoonlightKagomeHimeko
The apartment was fairly large; the curtains were a very deep red giving the apartment a somewhat dark feeling. The furniture was also dark colors and the walls were painted black for some reason. Yet, the place looked like it was built for a rich man.
"Maro, I'm sorry. I really have to get going, I have someone waiting for me back home, I said I'd be there by six," repeated Ran as she looked at her watch for the fifth time.
7:00…
"Like I said, just call and tell them you'll be home late. Listen, I waited for a long time to get tickets for tonight's showing and it'll be a waste if we don't go." He said as he walked over to her and slipped a hand behind her to lock the door. "Or we can just stay here and you can be my pet?"
"W-what are you doing? Maro, I have to get home. Please." She tries to unlock the door, but he blocks her and pushes her toward the couch across the room. She stumbles on a small pillow that had fallen off the couch, tripping backwards onto the couch.
"Why do you want to go so badly? Could it be another guy? Oh! That's it! You really aren't over that guy are you?" he holds her down by her arms and puts some of his weight over her so she doesn't suddenly bust out a karate move on him. "You love him. Then why accept me? Just toying around with guys?"
Ran writhes furiously, "Yes! Yes I DO love him! Shinichi is the only one I'll ever love! Now, let me go, you creep!"
"'Creep'?" he questions, "I'm a 'creep' now?" he tightens his grips on her wrists and she winces in pain. "I'll show you how much of a creep I can be, then…"
7:15…
Shinichi paces around in front of the Detective Agency, waiting for Ran to come home. He had taken the first temporary antidote at six, when she said she'd be home. Fearing that is was going to wear out and that she was in danger of some sort, he panicked. "What's keeping her?! It's been over an hour!"
He walks over to the edge of the sidewalk and sits down in order to calm himself. 'She'll be here soon', he thought.
7:30…
"Grah! Where is she?! I don't have much time!" he yells out into the nothingness of the night sky.
Just then, a slender figure appears running towards him, lit only by the dim streetlights and the moon. He gets up only to be rammed into by Sonoko who was frantically running to find him.
She looks up to see him face and wraps her arms around his neck in happiness. "I knew it! I knew you would show up if she was in danger!"
He quickly pulls her off of him and shakes her back and forth frantically, "Ran is in danger?!"
"M-Maro has her in this apartment building! She was yelling and the door was locked! Please help her!" she cried out.
"Where?! What building?! Take me!" he grabs her hand and runs in the direction she cam from.
7:55…
Sonoko and Shinichi run swiftly through the double doors of the apartment building and up to the third floor where Sonoko had last seen her best friend.
"Where?!" Shinichi repeats for the tenth time.
Sonoko points to the room down the hall and Shinichi dashes for it. He turns the knob and fails. "Damn!"
7:56…
"Damn it! I don't have much time!" he curses under his breath and rams in the door with all the force in him. A dent. That's a good start. He rams into it once more and it breaks down the center.
"Ran!" he calls out as he sees her laying on the couch, her clothing halfway off and her skin bruised. Maro was still holding her down. "Get off of her, you bastard!" he yells as his foot comes in contact with Maro's abdomen with great force.
Maro stumbles to the side of the room and hits the wall, knocking him unconscious.
Ran opens her eyes slowly. "Shi-shinichi…?"
8:00…
"Ran!" he runs over to her, "Thank god you're okay!" He goes to embrace her, but stops when he feels a familiar pain in his chest. "I guess…t-times up…" he whispers to himself.
"Shinichi! What's wrong?!" she panics.
His body felt as if it were going to melt. That same feeling her had felt every other time he's tried a temporary antidote. He'll return to being little Conan again. 'I can't…not in front of her…'
Within seconds, his body returned to it's small form and the pain was slowly fading away. Yet, he was exhausted from all of the day's events.
"Shi..Conan?!" she yells out in surprise to see the small child in her arms instead of her childhood friend.
He stirs and looks up at her, "Nevermind that. We need to get out of here!" he says with little breath. She nods and runs out of the room carrying him in her arms. The oversized clothing slowly slipping from his grasp, yet he was still able to hold it together.
"Ran!" calls out Sonoko. Ran runs towards her and apologizes for the way she treated her. "Don't worry about it, Ran. At least you're safe." Conan turns his head to face Sonoko.
"Sonoko, call the police and have them take that bastard away…" he says
"But where's Shinichi?!"
"I'll explain later! Just call the police!" he demands. "Ran, let's go home."
Confused, Sonoko takes out her phone and does as she's told. Ran runs toward he stairs and heads in the direction of the Detective Agency.
"Sh…Con…t-thankyou for saving me…" she says softly as she runs.
Conan nods and rests his head on her shoulder, "Anything for your safety, Ran." He sighs.
He couldn't help but wonder what she'd say about his transformation once they got back home.
Yet, he feared the worst…