Ch4

"speeches"

'Thoughts'

Picking on the Little Guy

A roar of laughter erupted from a tiny house which seemed to get exaggerated about it's size when there is a mansion few times its size next to it. The professor shrunk as he blushed slightly from his cheeks while the other wiped off their tears of laughter.

"I'm sorry professor (Snicker), it's just that I never thought you could be still interested in well…women at this day and age," Sonoko patted him on the back.

"What do you mean 'this day and age'. I'm a man and men are naturally attracted to women. And I'm only 52 you know," Agasa pouted.

'Only 52 huh' Sonoko thought to herself but kept it in.

"So professor, what's she like?" Ran asked with a soft smile.

"I'm not sure, I've only talked to her on the net and through the phone. Never exactly seen her in real life," he answered solemnly.

'Oioi, you sure it's even a girl?' Conan dropped his shoulders.

Conan walked to the kitchen to renew the tea pot of its contents. Ai sat at the table, still waiting for the whistle of the kettle to blow. "It'll be done in a few minutes," she said with a plain voice.

"The professor's never gonna talk to me again," he laughed, "I spilled the beans on the day he told me his secret."

"You're probably right. Anyways, how do you feel about this date?" Ai asked.

"Well, I suppose it's fine. The old timer needs some more excitement in his life than just H2O and NH3 and CH3COOH," he smiled.

"Yea, I suppose you're right. I won't have a problem as long as he don't go all the way," Ai glanced over with a toying smile.

"All the way?" Conan questioned.

"Hey, I gotta sleep in that bed you know," she said crossing her legs then lowered her head to rest upon her palm.

"Oh, that was wrong in SO many ways," Conan gagged.

"Do you know what happens when a person goes under sexual activities?" Ai chuckled.

"No, and I don't want to hear about it," Conan said plugging his ears.

"You should know that, that won't prevent you from hearing what I have to say," Ai smiled and narrowed her eyes. "Their pupils dialect (Conan:lalala), Their heart races (Conan: LaLaLa), and secretion pours from every gland in your body (Conan: LALALA). Sweat covers the over heated skin and the mind becomes a blur.(Conan: La la…crap…I heard it) and if god didn't make it unbelievably fun, the human race would have died out long ago." She said, watching in enjoyment as the young lad quivered and shivered under his tiny tux.

Whistle

"The water's ready," she pointed out then poured it into the tea pot and handed over to Conan. "Here you go, I spilled some on the handle by accident so it's kind of WET" she smirked.

Conan gave her a difficult laughter as a small vein popped at the side of his head and walked away with the pot. Ai sat back down to her original seat. With her alone, her talk came back into her mind as she gave a shudder at the stimulating thought. Even with all her studies about the human body and its response to sexual activities, she couldn't help but feel slightly disgusted by the image.

Conan brought back the teapot and filled everyone's cups. Setting it down, he quickly wiped the water onto his pants.

"So it's decided then, we're taking you shopping tomorrow," Sonoko gave a wink.

"Shopping?" Conan looked over in a questioning manner.

"Oh, you wanna come too brat? We're going to get the professor all dressed up and looking sharp. We can't have him show up to his date with that one lab cloth do you?" Sonoko sighed.

"It's getting late now, let's go home Conan-kun," Ran smiled then took Conan's hand.

"K" Conan replied.

The two walked in the darkened street, only lit by a few street lamp glows. Conan extended high to reach is teenage guardian's hand and shot occasional glances to her face with slight blemish to be holding her hands.

"pupils dialect,"

Glances over.

"Heart Races"

Glances over.

"Secretion spills from every gland"

Shakes head, wipes face, then glances over once more.

"Something wrong Conan-kun?" Ran asked watching the boy's actions.

"Huh..uh…No, nothing at all," he smiled difficultly.

"Are you sure? You look awful nervous tonight, and you're even blushing more than usual," she patted him on his head.

"It's nothing, just thinking about some stupid things," he answered.

"I get it, you like Ai-chan don't you?" Ran smirked and narrowed her eyes.

"Huh…" Conan dropped his shoulder and one side of his tuxedo plopped half way down.

"Even though it was just a fake date as you said, you went along with it cause you like Ai-chan, right?" Ran snickered.

"What are you talking about, I don't like her," Conan flipped his head to the other side.

"Oh, how cute, puppy love," she giggled, "Conan-kun and Ai-chan sitting in a tree. K.I.S.S.I.N.G"

"I can say the same about you and Shinichi-niichan," Conan smirked.

"So, I told you I liked him already so you can't tease me about it," Ran stuck out her tongue immaturely.

"Maybe I should tell Shinichi-niichan about it next time," Conan crescent his eyes.

"You wouldn't!" Ran jumped.

"If you keep going on about it then don't blame me if my tongue slips. After all, I am only in grade 1," Conan's smirk got bigger.

"Alright, alright. I'll stop. But in exchange, you can't tell anyone about my secrets either, got it?" Ran put her finger up against her lips and shushed.

"I won't," Conan smiled. 'Heh..heh..heh, sucker'

It was just before 11:00 when the two finally returned to their homes. The light was on when they arrived at their door, but things were unusually quiet. No sound of the TV, no sound of Kogorou's loud snoring, not even the sound of any footsteps came through. They looked at each other before sliding the door open slowly to see what was happening.

"Dad? We're home…" Ran whispered then her eyes opened wide with shock.

Kogorou laid on the floor with his butt sticking high into the air and head collapsed face first onto the floor. "Dad! What happened, are you okay?" Ran dashed to his aid.

"Ran?" Is that you?" he said weakly, tears forming in his eyes.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Ran shook her father almost panicing, "Conan-kun, go call an ambulance!" she screamed to the boy behind.

"Right!" Conan flipped back to reality ten zoomed for the phone.

"Dad, where are you hurt? Conan-kun's getting an ambulance right now so help would arrive shortly," she gave a difficult smile.

"Ran, come closer," the dying detective whispered and Ran leaned her ear to his lips, "Ran…Just…"

"What is it?" Ran whispered back. Conan just reached the phone and had picked it up against his ear.

"Ran…I'm…dying…" Kogorou said breathing quietly, Ran's eyes opened wider with shock, "of hunger…" Kogorou finished off.

"Eh…" A moment of silence hung in the air before the two worried kids face planted onto the floor.

Few minutes later

Kogorou ate heartily at the freshly cooked supper. "Oh man, I was starving, (munch munch, gulp) mis dis goof stuff, (munch munch)"

'Heh, heh, useless old man," Conan chuckled in his mind.

"Man dad, you really can't do anything yourself," ran sighed and shook her head.

"What did you want me to do? Eat the stuff I cooked myself?" Kogorou said, taking another big chunk of rice from his bowl to his mouth.

'Sadly, I think that would have ended your life if you did,' Conan mocked in his mind.

"Seriously dad, one of these days, I'm going to go off to university and you're going to have to live by yourself," Ran gave a sigh.

"So teach that brat over there how to cook sometime," Kogorou glanced over.

'What am I, your serveant?' Conan pouted.

"Daddy…" Ran glared.

"I'm just kidding, when the time comes, I'll think of something," Kogorou laughed and stuck some more food into his already full mouth.

Next Morning

It's a brand new day. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the fire hydrants are receiving a fresh new coat of rust resistant coating for protections against the neighborhood dogs. Ah yes, it is truly a magnificent day.

"All set to go?" Sonoko smiled, sticking her chest outward with her hands on her waist.

"I suppose so," the professor groaned.

"You came too, Kudou-kun?" Ai looked over.

"No, I was dragged over. What is it with you girl's and other people's business," Conan moaned.

"It gives us certain satisfaction to watch you men squirm," Ai chuckled.

"Heh…Heh…..Heh….." Conan faked a laughter.

End…

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