A/N: I never thought this story would get so popular. Everytime I look its being added to people's favorites, so I say, thank you so much! ^^ There will be one more chapter after this, and then its complete. I'm not sure if there will be a sequel, but if there is, I have to finish my other DC and SR fics first. I know you were probably expecting a bigger reaction from Richard, and I tried but...I couldn't think of anything. T_T So this is what you get.
One Night
Chapter 10: Smile
"...What did you say?" Richard asked after a few moments of shocked silence on his part.
Conan bowed his head, feeling Rachel's hands on his shoulders calming him somewhat. "I'm Jimmy Kudo."
The 'sleeping sleuth' stared. Of course he suspected, but it was still surprising to hear the boy admit it. He looked up at Rachel. "You knew?"
"I only found out after I told him I was pregnant," Rachel shook her head. "He told me."
"Well then," Richard stood up straight. "There must be a good reason for you to keep it a secret from us, Kudo. I'm waiting."
Conan gulped. He hadn't planned on anyone, other than perhaps Rachel, to find out who he was. Now that she had, he knew it was dangerous for anyone else to find out.
"You'd be in danger if I didn't keep it a secret."
"Eh...?" Richard blinked. The boy sounded too serious, and Richard knew something was wrong. "In danger of what?"
"Not what, who. The Black Organization." Rachel's grip tightened on his shoulders at the mention of them. "The day I went to Tropical Land with Rachel, I..."
And so, he spilled everything. That day at Tropical Land, the Roller Coaster Murder, the suspicious men in black, and how he just had to follow them...
"So this all happened because of you're stupidity?" Richard asked right after he finished. Conan blinked. "If you hadn't gone after those men in black, none of this wouldn't have happened!"
'And you wouldn't be called the Sleeping Sleuth,' he added in his mind. 'I think I should leave that part out...for now.'
He did, and Rachel had a pretty good feeling why.
Richard was actually being surprisingly calm about the whole situation, even though the shock that Jimmy Kudo had been sleeping under their roof for months now was finally kicking in.
"You know you can't tell anyone, right?" Conan asked after a moment. "It was hard enough to keep this secret from you both, considering I've been living here for the past few months," he said, almost voicing Richard's current thought. "But I need your word that you won't tell any of this to anyone, and you have to act like I'm a kid even though you know I'm not. Word cannot get out that I'm Jimmy Kudo or we'll all be in danger."
Richard watched the boy. He was being dead serious. He looked tense, and he could see Rachel's hands on his shoulders moving slightly, trying to calm him down.
"Don't worry," Richard said. A few moments of silence had gone by leaving Conan and Rachel wondering if this was a bad decision. "You can trust your secret with the famous Richard Moore!"
He wanted to do a facepalm right there. 'I told him about my identity, he should be able to put two and two together, but nooo...oh well. His stupidity saves me I guess.'
Rachel smiled and took Conan's hand and guided him into her room. He noticed that Angel and Conan were starting to wake up. She gently handed him Angel while she took Conan, although he had to sit down in order to hold her, which he wouldn't have to do as Jimmy, but she was pretty heavy for someone his size. He gave Angel back to her only a few minutes after he had begun to hold her, when she got too heavy for him to handle.
Conan watched in amazement as Rachel did everything, taking care of them in the morning. Breast feeding, changing, dressing them, she knew how to do it all like she'd been doing it for years, even though she was a new mother.
He never thought he'd love someone so much as he did Rachel. His heart sped up everytime she smiled at him. When she said the simplest thing, he blushed. He loved just about everything about her. She was beautiful.
'Come on, doc...why can't you make a permanent antidote?'
The phone ringing took him from his thoughts as he reached over to grab it. "Hello?"
Rachel watched as Conan's blue eyes widened in surprise with whoever he was talking to on the phone. Then he grinned, saying "I'll be right there!" before hanging up the phone and racing out of the room after.
"Jimmy, where are you going?" Rachel asked as she took a step out of her room, watching him get his shoes on.
"No time to explain! I'll be back soon!" Conan smiled at her before taking off in a hurry.
Rachel blinked. That had to be the largest smile she ever saw on his face.
A/N: Not so long, but the next chapter will be twice as long since its the final one. Promise! Oh, and just a hint, the rating will definitely be bumped up because of the last chapter. ;)
