"speech"

'Thought'

"You sure he's going to call tonight?" Sonoko asked, laying out a new bed in her room.

"Well…"

(Ring!)

"See, speak of the devil," Ran giggled and walked to the phone.

"Hello?" she spoke.

"Ran? Is that you?" it was Shinichi's voice.

"Shinichi! How did you know I was here?" she narrowed her eyes sheepishly.

"Oh, um..uh..the brat told me," he laughed weakly.

"Conan-kun?" she confirmed.

"Yea, him," he replied.

"What do you want?" she asked with a knowing expression.

"Uh…well..um…"

"Hmm?"

"I just wanted to wish you a good time tomorrow at your date," he laughed, hoping it will block out his nervousness.

"Why thank you, Sonoko says SHE's a very nice person,"

The small boy on the other end's eyes widened and did not know what to say. 'She did say "She" back at home.'

"H..hey Ran…since when did you…uh.." Conan spoke hesitantly through his bowtie. Sweat condense upon his forehead as he tried to mutter the next few words out.

"Since when did I what?" Ran gave a mocking smirk on the other end and waited for a reply.

"Since when um…" Conan blushed, he didn't know why but he did, "Are you really..."

"Why don't you just ask me straight,"

"Huh?"

"You want to ask me if I'm really gay right?" she laughed.

"Y..yeah…"

"Geeze Shinichi, being my childhood friend, I thought you knew about it since…forever," she sighed, "Or what is it, do you have a problem with it?"

She could see Sonoko doing her very best to keep herself from bursting into tears of laughter.

"Huh…n..n.n.no, of course not," Conan jumped. Ai made her way up the stairs and gave a small grin at the stuttering detective.

"I'm guessing from that face, she didn't hear wrong?" she asked. Conan gave a disappointing nod.

"By the way," Ran continued.

"yea?"

"What do you think of Sonoko," she asked casually. Sonoko's head flipped up questioningly.

"Huh, isn't she beside you?"

"Well, she's not in the room right now. But tell me what you think of Sonoko. I mean, she does talk a lot sometimes," Ran gave a wink to her friend, "but you got to admit, she's got a nice bod."

"H..hey Ran!" Sonoko whispered to her friend blushing as she hushed.

Ran placed one hand to the receiver and turned to her. "Don't worry. Like I said, you won't miss a thing," she giggled and stuck out her tongue.

Sonoko cocked her head to the side with face that seems like she was about to lose all strength in her muscles and fall to the ground. 'That's…not what I was hoping for…' she thought.

"Well Shinichi?" Ran asked after taking her hand off.

Conan straightened his back like someone had just shocked him from the inside. "Um…So..So…So…uh…sorry, I gotta, I'll call you again some time, bye!" he finished off quickly and hung up the phone.

"You know, I don't care what sexuality she likes, but that expression on your face is priceless," Ai laughed.

"You're not exactly helping you know," Conan hmfed.

"This isn't a problem of mine…" she replied mockingly.

"You're not the adorable type are you," Conan sighed with an emotionless smile.

"Never was, never will," Ai replied calmly.

No words were exchanged for some time. Ai took small sips from her mug as she sat by the table cross-legged and watching the small detective.

'There's was something strange about that call. The way she answered, the way she talked to me…Ran can't be gay…she just can't…can she?' he wondered. 'This is stupid, why am I so into this? Ran's date is tomorrow and she's sleeping over at Sonoko's tonight. Why should I care what kind of person Ran like…sleeping…over…at… Sonoko's house…' his face began to blush in a new shade of red.

"Kudou-kun? What are you thinking about?" Haibara raised an eyebrow.

"Huh uhh, NOTHING! Nothing at all, what would I be thinking about!" he jumped.

Ai rolled her eyes, seeing right through him. "Men…" she hissed.

(At Sonoko's house)

"But Ran, what are you planning to do about the date?" Sonoko asked.

"With a little help from Kazuha-chan and my mom, I'll pull it off," she replied.

"Ka..Kazuha-chan? She's in on this too?" Sonoko gasped.

"Sure is,"

"But what about Hattori-kun?"

"April fools is coming up. That's the day I'm planning on revealing the truth to the both of them,"

"I thought you said only your mom knew about this,"

"I lied,"

"Wait…both of them? Shinichi-kun will be back on April first?"

"Uhh..um…no..what I mean is uh…I'll reveal it to Conan-kun and have him tell that mystery freak."

"Again with Conan-kun huh. Why don't you ask him What Shinichi-kun's phone number is then tell him yourself," Sonoko shook her head.

"I've got my reasons," she replied and watched Sonoko give her a questioning look.

"You know what, I don't wanna know," Sonoko waved it away.

Ran gave a sigh of relief at another close call. 'I think I understand what Shinichi was going through all this time' she thought.

(In Osaka)

"Hey Kazuha," Hattori asked as he walked her to his door, "You seemed rather restless during supper, Something happening tomorrow?"

"Oh, yea. You know that friend of Ran-chan, Sonoko-chan?" she said putting on her shoes to go home.

"The blond one? Yea, what about her?" Hattori asked.

"Well, I asked her and she agreed and finally found one," she replied.

"Found one what?"

"A date!" Kazuha answered cheerfully.

"Oh…" Hattori replied with a bored expression.

"What do you mean oh…"

"uh..OH have a good time!" Hattori smiled, 'her last date ended up on an ambulance with a broken arm, I wonder what injuries will occur this time,' he thought as he laughed to himself.

"I sure I well, Sonoko-chan said that SHE's a very nice person," she replied and walked out the door.

It took the Western Detective a moment to click in on what the girl had said but by the time he did, she was already gone, leavning him half stunned, half speechless.

His first instinct was to run to his phone to call his friend and rival but as his hand reached for the buttons it slowed to a stop. 'What the heck am I doing? What am I going to tell him when he pick up the phone? "Hey Kudou, I just realized that Kazuha is gay!"? His going to be laughing at me for days' he placed the phone back into the receiver and stood there for a few moments.

Frustration settled in as he fussed his hair furiously and gave his head a shake. "WHAT THE HELL!" he brusted out.

End…

Short lil-chapter.

Crystal Snowflake: I almost forgot about this fic LOL! I stopped there cause if I went on, it would take another 6 or so pages and I didn't want to type that much ; Oh, and happy birthday to your bf!

Iris: Haha, thanks. I still got one BIG twist I'm planning to reveal in the later chapters, Enjoy

Detective Girl 2005: I prefer to think that I was born a "unique" "Special" child LOL!

Xeno: Haha, is it the gay jokes? Meh, it's a strange world we live in.

Starfire: I will as long as the reviews continues to come in

Poison Ivy: Haha thanks, sorry that it took me this long to update. The exams made me forget about this one haha!

GoodthingI'mimortal: I'm glad and thank YOU for the review

To all, I am not trying to criticize anyone out there who is a homosexual or who likes things of that sort. When I make a joke in this story about homosexuality in a negative way, it is purely me trying to create humor. I apologize if anyone is offended by this story.