So here we are with the fourth chapter, set A FEW DAYS LATER than the first one. I hope you'll like it, have fun reading!


7:00 pm

Kudo Mansion

Ai was upstairs in the bathroom in front of the mirror placed above the sink. She was in her bathrobe drying her hair after taking a hot and relaxing shower. The room was warmed by the throw of air coming from the hair dryer and still humid because of the hot water which had evaporated a few minutes earlier. As soon as she put the hair dryer back to its place, she could feel fresh air hitting her half-exposed legs, the door was being opened by none other than Conan. She ignored him and proceeded to brush her teeth.

"Hey, here was where you were," Conan said as he closed the door behind him and stepped towards her with his trademark grin printed on his face.

She nodded in response, her gaze concentrated on her reflection in the mirror.

"I searched for you in the whole house, you could have told me that you were gonna take a shower," he remarked with a bit of disapproval.

"I did..." she affirmed as she spit out some water mixed with toothpaste, "but you were too much into your phone call to pay attention to me, apparently" she pointed out while putting more toothpaste on her toothbrush before inserting it into her mouth again.

"Oh well... sorry about that..." he apologized scratching his nape, "... Megure-keibu was updating me on the case we solved today, the culprit confessed during the interrogation".

"Plus... you could've used these... to hear the sound of the water" she mumbled pointing at one of her ears with her free hand, ignoring his last phrases.

"Okay okay, you're right, sorry again," he said nonchalantly as he walked behind her with a mischievous smile on the face.

Ai rolled her eyes as she felt Conan's arms wrapping around her from the back and his face burying into her strawberry blond hair. He closed his eyes, then inhaled her scent and made some soft noises of contentment.

"I'm getting hungry, sweetie" he muttered into her hair.

"In fact, I was planning to go downstairs to make dinner for the two of us, since Hakase is out for a week for a convention..." she put her toothbrush back in its place, "... If you could be so gentle to free me..."

"It's not that kind of hunger..." he flirted as he took a deep sigh to fill himself with her fragrance and started to nuzzle her neck.

"I see..." she replied annoyed.

"You smell good... what is it? Strawberry?"

"It's lavender, idiot" she corrected him sharply.

"Even better... now let's check here" Conan turned her to him and kissed her, who allowed his tongue to enter her mouth, tasting the fresh savor of mint left by the toothpaste. His left hand held her by the cheek while the other one ruffled her hair, disarranging it.

"I've just combed it" she mumbled between the kiss.

"I like it when it's is messed up too" he mumbled back.

"How selfish from you" she encircled her arms around his neck.

"I know" he chuckled into her mouth.

They both let out of some small moans of pleasure and after a few seconds, he pulled back a few inches from her.

"So how was the taste?" she asked sensually.

"Excellent," he answered, "I bet this was mint"

"Of course you know, you use the same dentifrice" she noted sarcastically.

"Hey, I am totally capable of recognizing a flavor," he said to defend himself.

"However, has your 'hunger' been satisfied?" she put a strong accent on the word 'hunger.

"Let's say that this was only an appetizer, the main dish implies going to my bedroom and locking the door" he smirked, putting some of her hair behind her ear.

"I hope you're not thinking of going THAT far" she raised an eyebrow.

"Why? What's wrong with that? We're adults and we're married," he asked caressing her face.

"May I remind you that we're in the bodies of two kids?" she pointed out, now back to her cold facade.

"Oh come on, we've been married for almost one year and we haven't done it yet, also because on our wedding night the antidote didn't last long enough" Conan noted and leaned for a kiss, but she prevented him by pulling away.

"I said no, and I don't want to worsen the situation by stimulating your hormones, so now take a cold shower and then come downstairs for the dinner" she ordered and was going to head out of the bathroom, but was stopped by him who caught her by her wrist.

"Hey! At least keep me company!" he begged.

"Which part of 'I don't want to worsen the situation by stimulating your hormones' didn't you understand? Besides, I've just come out from the shower" she retorted and tried to free herself from his hand, but his grip on her wrist tightened.

"Pleeeease, sweetie" he pleaded again.

"I said NO. And don't call me 'sweetie'" she stated with her threatening voice, glaring at him.

Conan put on a vexed look and gave up, "Geez, as you wish" he released her from his hand and she went out from the room, closing the door behind her.


While walking downstairs towards the kitchen after wearing some clothes, Ai heard the sound of the water flowing, which was coming from the bathroom, sign that Conan was following her 'advice'. A thin smile adorned her face and a slight hint of red appeared on her cheeks. She couldn't help but think about her husband's 'desires', she realized that they were becoming more persistent lately, it was likely due to the fact that they were approaching adolescence. Although she also had the same kind of desire and wanted to satisfy it, she knew they couldn't do those things yet, since they were stuck in those bodies, and they should've waited still a few years.

Her thoughts got stopped as she heard the sound of the doorbell who was rung by someone. She looked at the wall clock, it showed 7:30 pm. She wondered who could it be since Agasa was out for a convention and it was almost dinner time, so it was unlikely that it were the kids.

Ai opened the door and her eyes went wide as she found none other than Shinichi's parents, Yukiko and Yusaku, waiting in front of the main entrance and some luggage with them.

"Ai-chan!" Yukiko exclaimed and leaned down to put Ai in a tight and affectionate hug, "How is my gorgeous daughter-in-law?"

"I-I can't breathe," Ai said in a suppressed whisper since she didn't manage to use her normal voice volume as she was literally suffocating.

Yukiko pulled back and gave her the chance to inhale, "Oh I'm sorry Ai-chan, but it's been months since I last saw you" she let out of a cheerful giggle.

Ai gave her a warm smile, "Please come in" she welcomed them into the house and moved aside from the door to give them enough space to carry the luggage.

"I hope it won't bother you if we stay here a few days," Yusaku said as he stepped in with his wife, holding the suitcases.

"Don't be silly, I'm happy to see you, and this is your house" Ai assured them nicely.

"Good, so I'll carry the luggage to a guest room" Yusaku announced while closing the main door and started doing what he said.

"Where's Shin-chan?" Yukiko asked looking around to find her son.

"He's upstairs taking a shower," Ai told her, "I was just gonna make dinner-" she then remembered that she was only wearing a dark blue tank top and a pair of knee-length pants over her underwear, "but before I'm gonna put some clothes on" her cheeks reddened a bit.

"No problem, Ai-chan, meanwhile I'm gonna settle my things in the guest room" Yukiko winked at her and followed her towards the stairs, since all the bedrooms, including Shinichi and Ai's one, were upstairs.


Conan exited the bathroom in his bathrobe and went straight to his bedroom to wear something. He didn't notice his parents' presence since they were in a guest room to unpack their suitcases.

He stepped in and saw Ai who was searching for something in the upper drawer of her bedside table.

"Hey, why are you still here?" he asked. If he remembered well, she had told him that she would go to the kitchen to make dinner.

"I'm searching for something to wear" she answered as her eyes landed on the perfect t-shirt to match with the rest of her actual clothing.

"If you're overdressing yourself only for that problem we talked about before, know that there's no need for you to do it since your 'advice' has worked perfectly," he told her while grabbing some clothes from the closet.

"First of all, I'm quite sure that putting a t-shirt over a tank top doesn't really match the word 'overdressing', and no, I'm not doing this for that problem" she clarified and wore the t-shirt.

"So? Are you cold?" he sat on the edge of the bed.

"No, but I didn't feel comfortable with my shoulders and collarbones exposed when other people are around" she explained, confusing him even more.

"O-other people!? Don't tell me that the kids-" he was already troubling himself in his mind thinking about the right excuse to find to explain to their friends the reason of him and Ai staying at the same place without anyone else.

"Calm down, it's your parents" she reassured him, chuckling at his panicking reaction.

"M-my parents?" he stuttered in bewilderment.

"Yeah, you know, the man and the woman who generated the living cataclysm named Kudo Shinichi" she teased with her usual smirk, sarcastic and pungent as always.

"How witty..." he commented showing his annoyance at her sardonic remark, "...anyway, where are they now?"

"They're in a guest room to unpack their large amount of luggage I guess" she informed with a light smile. Actually, she was glad to spend some time with Yukiko and Yusaku, although they acted weirdly sometimes, they had always been two very nice and lovely people. Moreover, in her life, she had never had people who acted in a parental way towards her, excepting for Agasa, since she had never known her parents, and Shinichi's parents treated her like an adopted daughter since she started dating him.

"L-luggage?" he asked, thinking about the implication of what she had just told him. The fact that they had brought a 'large amount of luggage' with them inevitably meant that they were gonna live with them for some days. He intentionally let himself fall backward on the bed and made a soft noise of annoyance, a bit frustrated. Since he started dating Ai, having his parents around became a bit embarrassing because of a certain reason.

"What is it? Aren't you happy about that?" she asked rhetorically, maintaining a teasing tone, being perfectly aware of the reason for his irritation.

"Don't mock me, I bet you perfectly know it" he affirmed, starting at the roof of the room with half-closed eyes.

"And what makes you think that?" she went on with another rhetoric question.

"You have that infamous smirk of yours plastered on your face" he deduced despite the fact that he wasn't looking at her, but knowing her well, he was sure about what he said.

"That's my Sherlock" she mocked and laid down on the bed on a side, right next to him, resting her head on a hand and shifting its weight on the elbow. She led the index finger of her other hand on his face, jokingly tracing its elements.

"Geez, I'm gonna face death" he murmured, putting his arms under his head and resting it on them.

"Just to diminish your pain, I'm gonna let you choose what to eat for dinner," she said softly.

"What a lovely act from you" his mood didn't seem to change.

"Hurry up to decide before I'll rethink it" she warned.

He contemplated her offer for some seconds, then decided, "What about curry rice?".

She stopped her finger on his upper lip and made a light pressure on it, "I should have all the ingredients in the fridge", she got up from the bed, "Get dressed and come downstairs", she left the room.

Conan took a deep sigh of resignation. 'This is gonna be a long week'


Ai was in the kitchen preparing dinner when Yukiko came in and walked towards her.

"Do you need any help, Ai-chan?"

"Don't worry, Yukiko-san, there's no need" she turned her head in her voice's direction.

Yukiko ignored her statement and reached her side to the stove, "Don't be shy, Ai-chan, and how many times have I told you not to call me like that? Call me Okaa-san or simply Yukiko" she exhorted her.

Ai was about to retort when she determined that if there was one person she couldn't win against, it was Yukiko Kudo, so she simply nodded in agreement forming a smile, causing Yukiko to emit a cheerful giggle.

"Hey, Ai-chan..." she whispered intriguingly.

"What?" Ai asked, curious.

"Would you like to... play a trick on Shin-chan?" Yukiko proposed with a playful smirk.

Ai reacted with a chuckle to show her consensus, she liked very much this side of Yukiko's personality. After all, she also had always enjoyed teasing and mocking people, especially her husband.


Conan came out from his room and faced his father, also coming out from his room, which was a few meters distant from Shinichi's one but on the opposite side of the corridor. Both of them smiled.

"Hi Otou-san, is nice to see you" Conan greeted sincerely. Actually, his problem consisted of his mother, not his father.

"I'm glad to see you too, Shinichi" Yusaku greeted back and started walking downstairs with his son, "so, how are things?".

"Things are... fine, I guess, our little secret is still safe from everyone" Conan answered carelessly and put his arms behind his head as usual, "but anyway, what are you and Okaa-san doing here?" he asked, already having some suspicions about the possible answer to his question.

"You know your mother, she insisted that we should check on you more often and spend more time with you" Yusaku explained grinning, confirming his son's hypothesis.

Ever since Conan and Ai got married, his parents would visit them once a few months and spend some days living in their house, but they never warned them before arriving because Yukiko liked to have a surprise effect on her son.


Conan and Yusaku reached the kitchen, Ai and Yukiko were cooking together.

"Shin-chan!" Yukiko called as soon as she spotted her son coming into the room. She left the stove and quickly went to put Conan into a very tight embrace, which he didn't reciprocate because he was breathless and his mother grip was too strong. He blushed as he saw Ai smirking teasingly at him and letting out of a slight giggle. He squirmed against her mother in the attempt of escaping from her clasp. Sensing his wiggle, Yukiko intentionally released him.

"Is this your way to show some affection towards your mother, Shin-chan?" Yukiko acted as she was about to cry, rubbing her fingers on an eyelid.

"I've already told you a thousand times not to call me like that, and stop acting like a victim," Conan said with annoyance and crossed his arms at his chest, "what are you doing here?" he then asked her keeping the same tone.

"So now a mother isn't even free to spend some time with her beloved son, who sees only a few times a year" Yukiko continued with her drama, earning an eyes' roll from Conan.

"Come here, you insensible man" Ai sharply ordered to Conan, who obliged and went closer to her. She handed him a spoon filled with curry sauce, "taste here".

Conan took the spoon from her hand and put its content into his mouth. He rapidly chewed the sauce a bit and swallowed it. A few seconds later, he felt fire coming up from his throat up to his mouth, the sauce was incredibly spicy and hot. His face went all red and he could feel his tongue burning. He gasped for fresh air while quickly reaching for the tap with a hand, with the intention of drinking some fresh water.

"Too spicy?" Yukiko said while handing a glass filled with water to him, who immediately took it from her without even thinking about it. He brought it to his lips, but as soon as he took the first sip, he spilled the water into the sink. It was hot water, very hot water. He turned on the tap, making its water flow down at the maximum speed and leaned his face under it to drink. After that, he finally found some relief. He pulled back from the sink and turned off the tap.

Ai and Yukiko burst out laughing from both sides of him since their plan worked perfectly. Conan narrowed his eyes and glared at them, then looked at the spoon Ai gave him and noticed some chili powder on the lower part of the handle.

"Chili powder, how funny" he commented with annoyance.

"A great detective like you should've noticed it," Ai remarked sarcastically, still letting out a few laughs, "and it's not the first time you get mocked with chili powder" she was referring to the time when she put chili powder into his underwear after the case at the thermal springs.

"Don't make me remind of that" Conan mumbled while his cheeks heated up.

"Did I miss something?" Yukiko asked curiously since she didn't know what happened back then.

"Nothing" Conan stated in a hurry, Yukiko giggled.

"Dinner is almost ready, make yourself useful and set the table" Ai ordered to her husband, focusing back on her cooking.

"Geez, as you wish" Conan answered with a lack of enthusiasm.

This was the reason why he felt uncomfortable every time his parents visited him and Ai. His mother and his wife always teamed up to tease him and make fun of him with mischievous mocks like this one. After succeeding in their plans, they would laugh at him, causing him to become annoyed and irritated to death.


"Dinner was delicious, Ai-chan, you're an excellent cook" Yukiko praised while washing the dishes together with her daughter-in-law.

"Thank you" Ai responded a bit shyly, then wore her cool look again, "I'm used to cooking since I have to feed two children here" she was talking about professor Agasa and Shinichi. Agasa was able to cook, but if she let him do it, he wouldn't pay attention to his diet; Shinichi on the other hand, had no problems with eating healthy but wasn't even capable of frying an egg. As a result, she was the only one able to fill both their lacks in this matter, the only times when she didn't have to cook was when they would order some food from a restaurant.

Yukiko giggled at her statement, "Shin-chan is very lucky to have you".

Ai let out of a short chuckle and turned her gaze to the next room. Since the door was wide open, she could spot Conan chatting with Yusaku. She stared at her husband curving up a corner of her lips and blushed unknowingly.

Yukiko glanced down at her from the corner of her eyes and smiled, "You're really into him, aren't you?", she asked despite taking the answer for granted.

Ai gasped, then immediately diverted her gaze from Conan and took a rapid glance at Yukiko, who had her usual grin printed on her face. She instantly focused again on the dishes, trying to mask her intensifying blush and her embarrassment. Yukiko simply snickered and resumed her work.

After they finished, Ai greeted Yukiko and Yusaku and went to bed with Conan.


Conan went inside his bedroom right after Ai and then locked the door. She noticed the sound of the key turning into the lock and looked at him with a risen eyebrow.

"You know, with my mom around, you never know" he clarified even before she had the time to ask the reason for his action, "and speaking about her... you should stop supporting her with her evil tricks" he reproached.

"I can't help, mocking you is too easy..." Ai smirked in the most mischievous way before pronouncing the last word of her phrase, "... Shin-chan".

"Don't call me like that!" he blushed and glared at her.

"As you wish..." she paused for some seconds, "... Shin-chan" she emphasized and chuckled.

He got closer to her with his hands on his hips, "I said stop with that nickname, I liked 'corpse-magnet' better" he intimated, muttering the last part in a low voice.

"Shin-chan" she teased again.

"I. Said. Stop" he paused for a pair of seconds between every word, getting even closer to her, their faces were only inches apart.

"Or else?"

"I will make you shut up" he looked straight into her eyes, the tension was accumulating between them because of their eye-to-eye contact and the closeness between their faces.

"Shin-chan" she repeated again with her sarcastic attitude.

At that point, he couldn't hold himself anymore, he firmly held both her shoulders and pushed them both on the bed. He was on top of her, shifting his weight on his elbows and cupping her face with both his hands, he stared at her greenish-blue orbs. She stared back at his eyes, which were just irresistible for her, she could perceive the love and the lust they were communicating. She didn't speak a word, she just remained motionless. He was breathing on her face, sending shivers through her body. The tension reached its peak as he slowly started to move his face down. She closed her eyes by instinct and stopped herself from inhaling, waiting for that familiar warm feeling on her lips, those few seconds were like hours for her.

When their lips barely touched, she mentally slapped herself, she knew that if she let him kiss her, they could lose control of their actions. She instantly placed her hands on his chest and made some resistance to his movement, signaling him to interrupt what he was going to do.

"We need to stop" she whispered, he didn't react, waiting for her to speak again, "I don't want to open the Pandora's box".

He sighed and laid beside her.

"We have to talk about this situation" she turned on one side to look at him, he did the same and nodded.

"Listen, it's not that I don't want to... but not until we're in the bodies of two children, at least I want us to become teens, I don't want to ruin everything because of impatience" she exposed her point of view with tact.

"I know but... it's becoming even more difficult... a few months ago I could still manage to stop myself at a certain point, but we're growing up and that's not helping... you know... hormones..." he confided and blushed because of the awkwardness of the circumstances, it was quite a delicate topic.

She caressed his cheek with a hand, "It's hard for me too... we've been married for ten months and we haven't done it yet... it's frustrating, so it's perfectly understandable that the desire is growing".

"So what do you suggest to do?" he asked calmly and held her hand which was on his cheek.

She started to ponder the dilemma, a few minutes passed in silence. She took a long sigh as an idea came up in her mind.

She rubbed her thumb on his face, "Be patient, I promise I'll do something about this, you just have to wait".

"But-" she moved a finger on his lips and cut him off.

"Do you trust me?" she asked. He sighed and nodded.

"Good, I promise it won't take too long" she assured him. Conan smiled at her, he felt free from the problem now, sure that she would solve it.

"I'm so lucky to have you," he told her, driving a strand of her hair behind her ear. She chuckled.

"I am aware of that, your mother told me the same thing before," she remarked with sarcasm.

"Wow, she said a true thing for once, I'm amazed" he joked.

"Just like her son" Ai teased and laughed when Conan narrowed his eyes at her as a sign of disapproval, "but since I'm a good person I still love you".

"How gentle" he mumbled.


A few minutes later...

As usual, Conan and Ai were checking the messages on their cellphone before sleeping when he received one.

It was from his mother.

'Hey Shin-chan, let me know when you solve your... problem, you know what I mean.'

Conan's face went colored in the deepest shade of red as soon as he read the message. 'How the hell did she know that we have a problem?' he mentally asked himself. Knowing his mother, the answer popped out in his brain a few seconds later, 'That woman... I bet she listened to our conversation from outside the door'. Then his mind automatically began to think about a way to kill Yukiko.

He simply replied with an 'I hate you'.

"Shinichi, I can see smoke coming out from your ears" Ai suddenly broke the silence, "and why is your face burning?"

He turned off his phone and hurriedly answered, "N-nothing, let's sleep" he hugged her and pulled her head to his chest, the movement was just a bit violent since he was both mad and sheepish in that moment. He didn't want her to know that his mother listened to what they were talking about or else the next day she couldn't face her.

"What happened? Your heartbeat is racing as if it's running a marathon" she noted since her ear was positioned right onto his heart.

"I-it's really nothing" he tried to avoid more questions.

"Since it's nothing you can tell me"

"I-it just beats for you" he quickly used the first excuse that came up in his mind.

"You're not telling me something" she took it for granted because of his stupid and ridiculous statement.

"I-I love you, let's sleep now" he ended the conversation and buried his face into her strawberry blond hair.

"Idiot"

THE END


AN: Thank you for reading my story, reviews and comments are extremely appreciated, next chapter coming out soon, stay tuned.