Disclaimer: I do not own the idea(s) that come with the story, they are rightfully owned by kitameguire and Lilly Edogawa. I do not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito in anyway or form.

-/ You know you're obsessed with Detective Conan…

When you speak through a bowtie and disguise your voice to solve a case./-

"…And, then, they kissed! The movie was epic! Wish you could have seen it with me~! It's too bad that you had to go to Missouri that weekend." Dannie grinned at me, finally ending her long babble about a movie she had gone to see over the weekend. She brushed a stray strand of her long, black hair behind her ear as we continued to our high school. We had finally entered summer vacation, but we had a tendency to wander the empty school. The teachers there didn't mind, either, and told us certain days when there would be no one inside; when the building would be locked. Even then, I'm pretty sure the principal knew we would pick the lock to get in when they weren't present. He didn't seem to mind, though, so…

"It sounds great! I'll have to rent it from Blackburster (A/N: Haha…) when it comes out. You can even come over, and we can have a movie night!" I enthused, throwing my arms behind my head and looking up at the sky, squinting slightly at the bright sunlight.

She gave me a brief nod of agreement, taking out her set of keys for the door as we reached it. The principal, despite being a cool dude, eventually got tired of us making markings on the locks, so he had given us both a key for convenience. It wasn't as fun, but was much faster and cop-proofed.

"Hm." Dannie blinked at the door, before reaching a hand out and pushing it opened. It creaked eerily as it revealed the unlit halls. There weren't any lights on, but you could see perfectly with the sun from the outside, thankfully.

We walked inside the hall, flinching slightly as the door closed behind us – like in a scary movie, where the person watching screams, "Don't go in! Don't go in!", but of course, they go in. Dannie and I wandered farther inside, and I swear I could hear the nonexistent watcher face palm and say, "Those idiots.". I let out a chuckle, earning a questioning glance from my friend before she shrugged it off.

"So, it was opened." I stated the obvious. "Do you think someone broke in and stupidly forgot to close the door?" The idea of the criminal being that dim made me grin. I mean, it was probably because I watch too much Detective Conan, but I'm pretty sure they would at least close the door, unless they were in a rush. My mind was stolen from my thoughts when Dannie began to talk.

She was looking into the front desks office thingy. Whatever those are called. "No one else is here…," She paused, biting her lip briefly. "Do you think the person is still somewhere in the school…?" Her voice lowered to a whisper, her words referring to my 'broke in' theory. I gave a smirk as she closed the door to the room and walked quietly over to me.

"Think we should call the police?" Haha, of course she would suggest the police. After all, her father was a cop.

My newly cut, short hair fell into my eyes as I shook my head, the smirk on my lips warning her of my plans to come. My hand rose to shift my Hattori hat, the front not in the back and my bangs now away from my face. "Nah, how about we look around ourselves? I mean, we'll probably be fine. You have your pepper spray, and I have my bag full of junk – what could go wrong?" I grabbed her wrist giddily, dragging her around a corner and into another hallway, ignoring her disbelieving, "Probably be fine? And how does your bag of junk help us, anyways?"

Hmph, she just doesn't know the wonders of Random Stuff. With CAPS.

We slowed a bit when it came to a room with the door cracked open a bit. Dannie grabbed my arm tightly, stopping me from rushing in mindlessly. A glare was exchanged between the two of us, a silent conversation passing through us.

'We should call the police! Don't do something reckless and stupid!' You can probably guess who that was, huh?

'But, reckless and stupid is what I do! Besides, it's not like I don't have a plan! I do think things through, thank you very much!'

'…Fine, but we get killed, I'll bring you back to life, haunt you, and then make sure your next death is slow and painful!' She threatened, sending a chill down my spine. Normally, I would shrug it off, but this was coming from Dannie. Just, no. I broke my brown eyes away from hers and looked over to the door once more.

My hand reached into my bag, grasping the small, red bowtie I had bought a couple days ago. I had seen it, immediately thought of Conan, and had gotten it. Yes, yes, I know. It was kind of a waste of money, but, ironically, I'm going to use it right now; therefore, it wasn't a waste of money. Huh…

"Okay, we'll go in in…3,… 2,…1." I whispered, raising my voice on the last number as we hastily charged in.

I blinked. Dannie blinked.

Our history teacher blinked.

The strange, unfamiliar man next to her blinked.

Oh, oops.

"Ms. Cardinal? What are you doing here, and who's the dude?" Dannie pointed a completely non-intruding and non-rude finger to the guy, making him shift uncomfortably. I snorted at her choice of words, but didn't say anything, because I call some people dude, too. Our female teacher stuttered out a few nonsense words, backing up a bit from her companion.

"Oh, allow me." I gave the teacher a smile, missing her flinch, as I put the bowtie over my mouth and turned my back towards the adult so I could explain my deduction to my friend. Dannie raised a brow at my 'Conan' bravado, but stayed silent to listen to me. Truthfully, I think she was only humoring me, but meh. Details.

"Well, you see, my dear Watson," She rolled her eyes at the nickname. "I have reason to believe these two are lovers, or, at least, dating." My teacher spluttered behind me, but I continued on much to Dannie's amusement, and my own self-satisfaction. "I vaguely noticed earlier that the man had moved in front of her slightly, as if to protect Ms. Cardinal from what had startled them. The second thing I noticed was that they were standing too close to each other, practically chest-to-chest, to only be friends or colleagues. We probably interrupted them from almost kissing." I let out a small chuckle as my teacher squawked behind me, most likely blushing a bright red.

I licked my lips behind my bowtie before continuing on. "Ms. Cardinal probably wanted to show her boyfriend where she worked during the school year. Not very uncommon, I think…," Dannie let out a snigger at the uncertain ending of my sentence. "Oh, and the dude's name is Phil." Her hand shoved in her jean pockets, my friend gave me a curious look, as if asking, "How the hell do you know his name?"

"Oh, his necklace has a 'P' on it. Phil is the only name I can think of at the moment that's male and starts with 'P'." A sheepish grin made its way to my face, though, it was slightly hidden by the bowtie that was still in front of my lips.

"Actually, my name is Patrick…," The guy behind us trailed off, as if wondering if he should have interrupted.

"Haha, see, I meant Patrick. Case closed." Dannie face palmed, chuckling wearily at my mistake. She moved to take a seat on one of the desks and looked over to our previous history teacher, "So, was everything she said correct, well, other than his name?" The teacher nodded, looking abashed. Pulling a strand of her long hair behind her ear once more, she leaned back in her seat, eying the ceiling. My hand lowered and I shoved the bowtie back in my bag.

"By the way, you two left the door opened when you came inside. That's not really safe; anyone can come in and steal…School supplies or something." Dannie reprimanded lightly, waving her hand in the adults' direction.

"Huh?" Ms. Cardinal raised a brow at the two of us, seemingly over her embarrassment. "What are you talking about? We made sure we locked the door, didn't we, Patrick?" Her boyfriend nodded.

"But, the door was opened…," I trailed. We all stared at each other in confusion.

Looks like the case wasn't closed just yet.

Review Replies:

To: Kudo Shinichi Tanteisan (Chapter Ten Review) – Haha, yup! XD And I'm sure you would be able to, if you tried. (Nods) Ah, I know what you mean. But, life is no fun without a little risk. I never get lost, but I'm sure if I did, my mom would shish-cabob me when I end up phoning her from the police station. (Laughs) (Grins as snowflakes fall, and eats cyber cookie) Thank you~! And that's quite alright! I love chilly weather. Besides, I'm prepared for it~! (Waves gloved hands and ropes scarf around my neck) XD

To: conan-kun143 (Chapter Eight Review) – Haha, that's so cool~! And don't let those stares get you down, they're part of the Awesome Package. XD My sister always tries to stop me from pulling weird stunts, cause she doesn't want to be embarrassed. She knows I'll drag her down with me. (Laughs Forever) And that's okay~! We're all DC fans here, so please, continue on~! 8D

To: conan-kun143 (Chapter Ten Review) – I'm a bit slow when it comes to things like that, so I would move on, and then look back, like, a day later only to realize. XDDD

To: kuroiyou63 (Chapter Ten Review) – Thank you~! And I will finish it~! 8D Haha, yup, I'm guilty as charged for doing most of these – at a smaller scale, albeit – in real life. XD

So, this one was really hard to do. XD I had absolutely no idea what to do for the 'case'. (Laughs) Hope you enjoyed this~! Also, did you know that 'facepalm' isn't one word? Geez, I've been spelling it wrong me whole life. (Face Palm) XD My thumb was fucked up when I was writing this, so it was a bitch to do spaces between words. Like, I dunno, it got cut somehow. (Sighs) This one was kinda long, huh? (Bemused)

And Rest in Peace to the killed victims of the Aurora, Colorado Theater shooting. I, also, wish the injured full recovery.