Salam, ! Finally Back And Ready To Start Updating Every Week Again [; The Last Chapter Was Kind Of The "Season Finally" ;D Sorry For The Major CliffHanger And Thanks For All The Reviews, Last Chapter Was A Hit, [; Sorry But this Chapter Isn't too Exciting, I Was Really Having Trouble With A Good Enough Reaction That Would Fit Ran's Character. Anyway, Try To Enjoy, !
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The atmosphere in the room was tense. Ran simply stared at Conan with her mouth half open and her eyes glistening from the lamp light. She stared at him blankly, with her throat dry, knees weak and new tears being formed in the bottom of her eyes.
"I'm Kudo Shinichi," Conan repeats himself, hoping for a different reaction the second time. He got scared that she practically had gone into complete shock. They stared at one another for what seemed like the longest time. Conan turned his head quickly towards the sound of wood creaking from the other side of the door. He knows Heiji had been eavesdropping on what has been happening. Ran remained unmoved. Conan began to breathe deeply, feeling uncomfortable with the moment. He didn't exactly plan on everything going the way it was.
Ran finally made her first move. She stood up right in front of Conan, and bent over to reach eye level. She was centimeters away from his face. Normally he would turn red at the gesture but this time it seemed different. She stared into him, looking into his eyes. "Say something," she said, barely audible, but loud enough for him to hear.
One more time, Conan decides to repeat himself, "Ran, I'm Kudo Shinichi." The fresh tears that she had atop her bottom eyelid were finally falling. She pushed his bangs back with her left hand and brushed his cheek with her right, almost as if she was examining him. "I'm not lying, Ran," he finally says, knowing what she was thinking.
Ran pats his left cheek, and then swings her arm, and with all her might, slaps him across the face. "Why didn't you tell me this before?" she snapped at him, "And how did this happen?"
Conan's mouth was open wide and he touched his cheek trying to sooth the new formed red spot across his face. He looked at her dumbfounded, shocked for what she has done. He expected some sort of karate move or maybe more tears, but that slap surely surprised him, "Before I can tell you why, I need to tell you how," he said calmly, closing his eyes hiding his painful expression.
She shook her head and began to pace back and forth. Ran's tears were gone, and now instead of a sad expression, she formed an infuriating one. This news was intoxicating, which made her stomach churn and her mouth dry. She had a few gulps of saliva, and then took a deep breathe, restraining herself from kicking him across the room, or through the wall. She turned her head to face him, but looked to the floor, due to the fact that his face disgusted her at the moment, "I'm waiting for answers."
"I need you to sit down, Ran. It's a fairly long story," he softly told her, covering his eyes with his bangs.
She tapped her foot impatiently, "I refuse to sit. Just explain yourself."
Conan took a deep breathe and looked into her eyes, trying to calm her down, "Ran, I- I just don't know what to say. It's hard to explain how sorry I am."
Ran just looked to the floor, "tell me how this happened."
Conan swallowed, and cleared his throat, "It all started when we went to Tropical land that one time. I solved a case there in the rollercoaster. You remember right?" He paused, but she didn't respond, so he continued, "Well there were two very suspicious men in black, riding the back of the rollercoaster we were on. Right before heading home, I told you to go on without me so I can follow them. I witnessed some sort of bribe they were having with this man. Right as I turned around, one of the men had hit me with a bat. I wasn't completely knocked out until after I took this small pill he forced me to swallow. It was horrible, because when I woke up again, I had become," he pointed to his small stature, "like this."
Still anger in her voice, "Who are these 'men in black'?"
"All I know about them is that they were named Gin and vodka. They come from this place called the Black Organization, and there's more than just the both of them."
Ran sighed, "Now an important question. Why didn't you tell me? You don't trust me? Am I not worthy of a secret this big?"
Conan waved his hands in front of him, "No no no no no. That's not it at all Ran. These men, they're not bribers, and people shrinkers. They're much more. They will kill millions of people without a drop of sweat or a hint of guilt. I- I got scared. What if they found out you knew about them and- and they tried to hurt you."
"You're saying I can't protect myself?"
"That's not what I meant. Ran, you're the strongest girl I know. You put up with me for all these years. I don't think it gets much tougher than that. It's just- they are highly dangerous and won't be hesitant to fire a gun right between your eyes. I know you can take care of yourself, but this is a big deal."
She lowered her eyebrows and rubbed her chin, "How exactly are you planning to get back to normal?"
"I don't exactly have a well thought out plan. All I know is I need to take them down, and try to get into some of their computer systems so I can look up the data for an antidote or at least the ingredients so Dr. Agasa can make an antidote."
She looked at him confused, "Wait, Dr. Agasa knows? Who else knows this secret?"
Conan gave a small grin, "The person behind the door knows," he said as they heard Heiji laugh awkwardly from the other side, and his footsteps trailed away, "Agasa knows, my parents know, Ai knows, and Hattori," he stopped to think, "I think that's all."
"Wait, so you would tell some little girl but not me?" she snapped.
Panicked, "She found out about it on her own," he defended himself, and rubbed the back of his neck.
"How?"
"She just followed Agasa one time when he gave me the pill, and she witnessed me changing," he lied.
"You have a pill to change back?" she slapped him on the arm, "Then why aren't you taking that?"
He began to rub his arm comfortingly, "If I take the same pill too many times, I will become immune to it, so it's only for emergencies."
"This is just too much," she sighed, "Is there anything else I should know?"
"Yeah," he laughed awkwardly, "Your dad hasn't been the one solving cases."
She rolled her eyes, "I already had an idea that Conan was giving him hints and helping him out."
"Not helping out," he corrected her, "I've been doing it for him."
She looked over to him with a confused expression, "What do you mean?"
Conan took a deep breathe, "I have more to tell you, and 1000 more apologies to give, but we kind of need to hold it off for later, due to our house guests in the other room."
Ran glared at him for a little bit, but smiled, "No matter what I'll forgive you, Shinichi. You don't need to apologize anymore, but you're right we should probably get out there to not cause too much suspicion."
Shocked, "You're not mad anymore?"
She shrugged, "I was at first, but I can't stay mad at you for too long. Besides, I'm just more hurt that you didn't tell me this sooner."
"I told you-"
"You were protecting me," she finished for him, "I know that, but if that's the case, then why'd you tell me now?"
"Cause I was selfish," he muttered under his breathe. She looked at him waiting for an answer, "I'll tell you more about all this later," he guaranteed, as they both headed off towards the living room.
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