Me: Well, the previous chapter had a lot of readers confused. I wonder why… Ah, who cares? This chapter is about Haibara and Conan having a nice little conversation in the hospital.

Haibara: You keep writing things like that and I'll feed you APTX 4869.

Me: Oh, that's real clever. You're feeding a 7-year-old a drug to make him a seven-year-old.

Haibara: Shut up. This guy does not own Detective Conan. Thank god…

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Conan was sitting next to the bed that Haibara was sitting on. He was waiting for her to say something.

They were in a hospital, and Ran was looking for Conan in the other rooms. Haibara was looking out the window, not bothering to look at Conan nor saying a word.

Conan was getting impatient. He crossed his arms and waited. Haibara must have noticed, because she smirked and lay down on the hospital bed, as though going to take a nap.

"Oi, Haibara!" Conan said loudly, very much annoyed. "Could you say something? I've been sitting here for 10 minutes!"

"Oh, were you waiting for me to say something?" Haibara asked, looking at Conan for the first time. "If you wanted to hear my voice that badly, you could have asked…"

"So I guess there's no need to tell you about what happened after you guys left," Conan said, smiling as he stood up and walked towards the door.

"What do you mean?" Haibara asked, getting up.

"Oh, nothing…" Conan replied, walking slowly towards the door. But before he reached the doorknob, the door opened and Ran walked in, looking annoyed.

"Mou, Conan-kun!" she said, closing the door and grabbing him by the collar of his shirt. "I've been looking for you everywhere! You told me you were going to the toilet, but that was one hour ago!"

"Ehehe… I got lost, Ran-neechan," Conan lied, laughing goofily.

Ran did not seem convinced, but she put Conan down and walked towards Haibara, and gave her a warm smile.

"How are you, Ai-chan?" she asked.

"I-I'm fine, thank you," Haibara replied, surprised at Ran's sudden gentle smile.

"Ne, Ai-chan," Ran said, dropping her smile, "Can I ask you something? Why did you call Conan "Kudo-kun"?"

Haibara only looked at Ran, who did not take her eyes off the younger girl. She wished Ran would look away, so that she could think of an excuse, but Ran did not.

"Actually, Ran-neechan-" Conan began.

"You shush, Conan-kun!" Ran said, momentarily turning away from Haibara and looking at Conan. "I want Ai-chan to answer this question!"

"Er…" Haibara was looking at Conan with a fierce look, asking him to help and also at the same time giving the I'm-going-to-kill-you-for-this expression. Luckily for her, Ran did not notice.

Conan attempted several wild goose movements behind Ran's back to Haibara, as though hoping that they could tell him something. But all it did was to get Haibara to stare at him, eyebrows raised, which made Ran extremely suspicious. She turned around and saw Conan kneeling on the floor, as though proposing to someone who was not there.

"What are you doing, Conan-kun?" she asked, catching him by surprise. Conan hastily got up.

"N-nothing, Ran-neechan!" he replied in a childish, sing-song voice. Haibara giggled.

"Now, answer my question, Ai-chan," Ran returned to Haibara, suddenly strict again. "Why did you call Conan Kudo-kun?"

"Well…" Haibara took a deep breath, hoping that what she was about to say was what Conan had in mind. "Well… Edogawa-kun woke me up rudely in the middle of the night to help him practice for the school play next week."

Conan looked like he was about to kiss her. Ran looked confused.

"He woke you up?" she repeated, "In the middle of the night just so he could rehearse some school play?"

"Yes, well," Haibara gave Conan a quick smirk before continuing, "Edogawa-kun was always one of the shy boys at school. He blushes every time he sees a pretty one or one that is older than him."

"Yes, I have noticed that," Ran managed a giggle, as Conan made a very rude hand gesture at Haibara. "But you guys are a doing a play about Shinichi in school?"

"Yes, Edogawa-kun suggested it," Haibara continued lying, hoping that there would be no loophole. "He always wanted to act cool in front of everyone, so Kudo Shinichi seemed to be the perfect person."

Conan would have said a very bad word if Ran was not in the room or he could think of a better excuse. Ran nodded and slowly left the room, closing the door behind her.

"I hate you," Conan muttered, sitting down on the side of Haibara's bed.

"I think you're nice too," Haibara said, smiling to herself. "Oh, in case I didn't mention it, you owe me something for lying for you and also I'm going to charge you for going against my wishes and bringing my memories back."

"What?!" Conan could not believe what she was saying. "I was helping you!"

"Did my letter say I needed help?" Haibara asked, smiling at him. "I don't remember ever writing, "Please bring my memories back.". Well, Kudo-kun?"

Conan could not think of a counter-argument. But she WAS the patient, and she nearly got killed, so he supposed he could humor her for now.

"Fine," he said, "What do you want?"

"First of all, a nice, big purse," Haibara said, "A nice, expensive one."

"Fine," Conan replied, rolling his eyes.

"Next," Haibara continued, "I want you to be my obedient lab rat for the next month."

"What?!" Conan asked, enraged.

"You heard me," Haibara smirked, clearly pleased with Conan's reaction. "I want you to test all the drugs I'll be making and trying out for the next month."

"Are you trying to kill me?" Conan asked.

"No," Haibara replied, "I'm just GOING to kill you, Kudo-kun."

"Fine, I agree," Conan knew it was going to pointless to continue arguing with her. "Yes, Haibara-sama…"

"Very good, Conan-chan," Haibara said, patting him on the head. He shook her hand off.

"Don't you want to know what happened later between Vermouth and I?" he asked, surprised at her lack of interest.

"I'm pretty sure I won't like it, so no," Haibara replied, "But if you're dying to say it, you can."

Conan rolled his eyes before telling her everything that happened after Haibara and the rest left the scene. When he finished, Haibara looked at him as though he was mad.

"Why on earth would Vermouth help you along with Kaito Kid?" she asked.

Conan shrugged. "Maybe they both think I'm an amusing opponent. The longer I'm not found out, the longer they can play around with me in this body. Probably… Well, I need to check on the rest. See you later then."

And he left, closing the door behind him, which was unfortunate, since he did not see it.

The tear sliding down Haibara's cheeks.

"Arigatou, Kudo Shinichi," she muttered, "Iie, Edogawa Conan…"

Fin.

Me: Hmm… that sucked…

Haibara: That was MY line.

Me: Bah, shut up… Anyway, I'm working on a new story right now, featuring Haibara as she kills someone! Can Conan solve the case but get her behind bars? 0.0

Haibara: I hate you. Please review, for some deranged reason…