"And that's the story of how Mittens the kitten was rescued. In other news, the magician Kaito will hold a special performance two months from today to celebrate his one year anniversary since he began his career. The show is said to be bigger and better than previous shows and even though tickets have only gone on sale one week ago, already almost a third of the seats are gone! Seats are expected to sell out, so don't wait to buy our! Back to you, Dave."

xXx Two months later

Shinichi sat in the front, center row patiently waiting for Kaito's show to start. As the news reporter had guessed, the magic show had sold out, but Shinichi never had to worry about getting a ticket. As the ex-thief's boyfriend, he was guaranteed a front row seat to every show he could make, and Kaito had made sure Shinichi could come to this one.

Kaito had been extra hyper ever since he began planning his one year anniversary show. To Shinichi's surprise, the magician was also nervous. The last time Kaito was that nervous was when he told me he loved me for the first time, the detective mused with slightly pink cheeks. I wonder why this show is so special to him. It can't just be because It's his career's one year, could it?

"Oh! Shin-chan, I'm so excited! This will be our first time seeing your boyfriend's magic show live," Yukiko told her son while practically bouncing up and down in her seat to his right. Shinichi rolled his eyes, but the small smile on his face said he was teasing. Yusaku gave Shinichi an encouraging nod but otherwise stayed silent as he sat next to his wife.

To his left, Ran leaned forward in her seat to better see the Kudos, "I'm excited too! It was really nice of Kaito-kun to give all of us tickets."

Shinichi put his hand under his chin in thought, "Now that I think about it, this is the first time everyone has been at Kaito's show at the same time. My parent's, Ran and Eisuke, Heiji and Kazuha, Hakuba and Aoko, and the Shonen Tantei, practically everyone Kai and I know are here. It's a little strange, isn't it?"

Ran stiffened then began to chuckle, "Don't read into it so much, you detective dork! You know how your crazy boyfriend is about his shows, he's excited and wants to celebrate with everyone. Now be quiet, I think it's starting."

Shinichi huffed in annoyance, a habit that followed him from his time as Conan, and turned his attention to the stage. The sound of a piano playing softly had began and the red curtains parted to reveal a dark stage. A single spot light turned on to illuminate Kaito and the music increased in volume. Shinichi's brow wrinkled in confusion- the music sounded like the instrumental to Clocks by the English band, Coldplay. The piano was joined by the rest of the instruments and the spot lights turned on with a colorful explosion bathing the entire stage in a rainbow of lights.

Kaito raised his hands as if directing an invisible orchestra and bubbles seemed to appear out of midair. The bubbles were bright colored and some of them increased in size to a point that should be impossible for the unstable spheres. A blue bubble that was a little larger than the magician floated to Kaito and he jumped into it and began floating around the stage. The audience gasped in amazement and some cheers rang out.

Kaito was still waving his arms and on a particular drum beat, the bubbles popped and revealed hundreds of snow white doves in their place. Kaito jumped out of his bubble and flipped mid air, landing with all the grace of an acrobat in the middle of the stage floor. He raised his arms in a 'T' gesture and two doves flew into his shirt sleeves. The doves then emerged from opposite sleeves that they entered, both dragging a long, pink ribbon with them as they flew out. More doves flew out of other parts of his clothes clutching smaller ribbons of other colors with them. The doves flew in patterns in the air making colorful designs with their ribbons.

The show continued much like this with Kaito doing beautiful and amazing tricks until finally he ended the show with a bow. Instantly, the audience erupted into applause. Kaito flicked his wrist and a mic appeared in his hand, "Ladies and gentleman! *pause of audience applause* …whatever Hakuba is…"

"Kuroba!" Hakuba stood from his seat and shook his fists at the stage.

Kaito chuckled and then continued, "I hope you are enjoying the show. As you know, tonight's performance marks the one year since I began my career as a stage performer, and so I have an extra special show for all of you tonight. Make sure stay all the way through the end! You wouldn't want to miss any surprises." With the last word, a small plush dove appeared in the lap of every child in the audience. The children squealed and hugged their new toy before turning their attention back to the stage.

xXx

For the next hour, the show was just like the first five minutes. A song would play, and Kaito would amaze everyone with his magical displays. Normally, Shinichi would analyze the show and try to figure the tricks out, but tonight he allowed himself to simply watch. 'He really is amazing. We have been officially dating his I got by body back and took down the BO a year ago, but sometimes I still can't believe I can call him mine," His cheeks heated up a little at the last thought.

The music changed again and Shinichi raised his eyebrows at Kaito's choice. Shake It by Metro Station was playing on the speakers. Some of the younger children in the audience stood in their seats and began clapping and dancing. 'This is our song. It has been since our date when he took me dancing on a building's roof one night.'

As the music started, Kaito began to dance. He opened his mouth and began to sing the words. Behind him, backup dancers appeared and danced with him. 'Well this is new', Shinichi thought to himself. Kaito spun and was suddenly showing his backside to the audience. 'But not necessarily a bad thing,' he thought as he watched Kaito shake his ass.

As if he could feel where Shinichi's eyes were glued, Kaito turned his head and gave Shinichi a wink. The detective blushed once again but found he couldn't remove his eyes from the dancing magician, 'when did he move to dance like that? God he is sexy.'

During certain parts of the song, Kaito would gesture and make glitter or small but colorful fireworks explode. Then, at one point, two back up dancers ran to Kaito's side and helped him pull off his jacket to reveal his blue undershirt. Written across the shirt were the words "I *heart* Shinichi." The backup dancers stripped off their shirts to reveal undershirts that said "He *hearts* Shinichi."

Shinichi smiled and tried to ignore the heat that was spreading on his cheeks. The flash on a camera distracted him, "Mom!"

"Watch, Shin-chan! Kaito is doing something," she pointed his attention back to the stage.

Kaito with the help of a few of his dancers was holding a huge banner that stretched all the way across the stage. "So Shinichi…," the sign read. Kaito dropped the banner on the floor and exposed another that was behind it, "I have loved you since the moment we met." Shinichi's breath hitched and he continued reading the next sign, "And all I want is to make you happy." Ran gave an aw sound beside him. "Every day," the next sign said, "for the rest of our lives."

The backup dancers were either dancing by themselves or doing flips in the air, but Shinichi ignored all of them. He watched as Kaito put down the last sign and began dancing his way to the front of the stage towards his boyfriend. He stepped off the stage and seemed to walk on the air itself until he reached the ground and was kneeling on one knee beside the detective. A jumbotron television came out of the ceiling and showed the two on screen for the rest of the audience to see. Kaito gently took one of the detective's hands in his own. "Shinichi," Kaito began in a low voice but despite the music Shinichi could hear perfectly, "will you marry me?"

Shinichi chocked and in the back of his mind he wondered when he had started crying. He smiled down at Kaito and simply nodded his head. Part of his mind registered that the audience was cheering again, but he ignored them as his world seemed to narrow down to him and Kaito. Kaito smiled and leaned forward, his detective leaned to meet him half-way. Shinichi closed his eyes as their lips met, and when he pulled away he opened them again and saw he was being held in Kaito's arms on stage. The song had ended and Kaito, still holding his boyfriend, addressed the audience, "Thank you for coming tonight, that was the end of my show. The next time you see me on stage, I will be a happily married man. Thank you, and good night!" Smoke drifted from the floor and hid the two of them from view and by the time it drifted away, the two were gone.

xXx

"WaAH! I can't believe my baby is moving out!" Yukiko cried as she threw her arms around Shinichi's neck.

Shinichi groaned for what felt like the 40th time that day and his father decided to come to his rescue, "Now, now darling, we always knew it would happen someday."

"Mom, how will this be any different from when I'm at home while you and dad are in America?" Shinichi asked.

Yukiko sobbed, "This is different! My baby will be all alone in a strange house, married, living on a strange street, married, in a house I'm unfamiliar with, unsure if you are safe, while married…'

Shinichi rolled his eyes at his mother, 'So that's what this is about.' He smiled and locked eyes with his mother. The crying woman instantly quieted and waited for him to speak.

"Mom, I'll be fine. You know I can take care of myself, I have been since I was fourteen, and I have Kaito now. I know Kaito will take care of me." He snorted, "Actually, Kaito will probably take better care of me then I have been doing. After all, I sometimes get so wrapped up in cases that I forget to eat, but he never does."

Yukiko wiped the leftover tears with the back of her hand and gave Shinichi a smile, "I know, dear. That's just what he told us two months ago when he talked to us about his plans to marry you."

Shinichi stuttered and turned to look at his fiancé. Kaito gave a shrug, "You know how your parents are, and if I hadn't talk to them first, they would have gone crazy. Actually, I also had to talk to Ran. And Hattori. And Satan's sp- I mean Haibara. It was a little funny actually, it almost felt like I was asking everyone for your hand in marriage, not that I was asking for anyone's permission, just being polite and letting everyone know my love for you true and I will take care of you." He wrapped his arms around Shinichi and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Kaito and I will be moved into our new place at the end of the week. We chose a town between Beika and Ekoda so that it would be much easier for us to visit Kaito's mother and the two of you when you return to Japan. Before you ask, you are welcome to visit whenever you would like, mother, just so long as you call first," he stressed the last two words even though he knew it would be useless. His mother would conveniently forget he had told her that of course.

"Hmm, well I suppose you two could use the privacy. It turns out our little Shin-chan is quite the screamer, isn't he Yusaku?" Yukiko turned to her husband with a pleasant smile on her face as if she hadn't just been discussing the sounds her son makes during sex.

"M-MOM!" Shinichi screamed in mortification and stomped out of the room.

xXx

Kaito heard the door open and shut with a slam. "Kaito, I'm home," Shinichi called out to him.

"I'm in the kitchen, Shin-chan." Kaito stirred the contents of a cooking pot that was bubbling angrily.

He heard his newlywed husband toe off his shoes and make his way into the kitchen before arms snaked around his waist, pulling him against the detective's chest.

Shinichi rested his chin on Kaito's shoulder, "What are you doing?"

"Cooking," Kaito answered with a smile.

Shinichi hummed, "I can see that. What I meant was why. The last time you tried to cook, you wanted to alter the oven so that it would cook faster and you nearly burnt our new house down."

Kaito threw his head back and laughed, "I remember! That was the day after our wedding. I wanted to surprise you with breakfast in bed." He could just picture Shinichi rolling his eyes.

"I don't know why you bothered. It's been four weeks since the wedding and we still have leftover food. Leftover wedding cake too. I still can't believe the size of that cake my parents bought us for the wedding."

Kaito sniffed the contents of the pot and wrinkled his nose in disgust. He turned the burner off and pushed the pot to the back of the stove, "That's ok, the Shonen Tantei enjoy it when they come visit. Shinichi?" Kaito turned his head when he felt his husband gag against him. The detective's hand flew to his mouth and he ran in the direction of the bathroom.

Kaito sighed and filled a glass with water before following Shinichi at a slower pace. When he made it to the first floor restroom, his husband was bent over the toilet spitting the last of his lunch from earlier that day into the porcelain bowl. Kaito bent to Shinichi's level and offered him the glass, "I was hoping your food would stay down this time. This is the third time this week. Are you sure you don't want me to call the doctor?"

The other shook his head, "It must just be stress, there has been a noticeable increase in murder cases recently. Give me a couple more days, if it continues I'll ask inspector Megure for a break."

Kaito frowned but dropped the issue.

xXx

"Kaito, did you remember to pick up the milk on your way home?"

Kaito shuffled the bags in his hand around, "sorry, looks like I forgot. I'll pick up a carton tomorrow."

Shinichi slammed his fist on the table, "Dammit, Kaito, I told you I was craving a cold glass of milk. I reminded you to grab a carton before you left. How could you forget?"

Kaito started in shock at Shinichi's sudden anger, "I-I'm sorry, Shin-chan. I-"

He stopped when he noticed the tears welling up in his detective's eyes, "I-I'm sorry for getting mad, Kai. I'm such a bad husband," he covered his face with his hands and his shoulders began to shake, "you still love me, don't you?"

The magician dropped the grocery bags and made his way to Shinichi. He gathered the detective in his arms and started rubbing his back, "Hey, hey, don't be like that. Of course I still love you." He continued to rub Shinichi's back until Shinichi stopped crying, "Shin-chan, is everything ok?"

Shinichi gave a sad little sniffle, "I don't know," he admitted. "I'm still having trouble keeping food down. My stomach has been upset for the last week. I also don't seem to have much energy these past couple weeks, although that could have something to do with the stomach sickness. And I'm also experiencing these weird mood swings. My emotions are running wild."

"I noticed," Kaito remarked. He noticed Shinichi was starting to tear up again, "But I still love you! And I'm worried; I think we should talk to Haibara. I know she is a scientist rather than a doctor, but maybe she can help." Shinichi nodded and laid his head on Kaito's chest.

xXx

Kaito and Shinichi sat together on the couch in Haibara's lab. Shinichi's hand was held in Kaito's, the magician probably more worried than Shinichi. Haibara entered holding a manila folder in her hand much like the kind one would find a doctor carrying, "Well I have ran multiple tests, checked and double checked the results, ran more tests, and all of the answers point to one thing. Kudo is pregnant."

The two on the couch sat in stunned silence for a moment and Haibara waited patiently for them to recover. After a few minutes of the two stuttering incoherent sounds, she added, "You're about six weeks if my calculations are correct. That would fit in with the symptoms you described, the stomach sickness, the mood swings, and the fatigue, all of them are symptoms of being six weeks pregnant."

Shinichi finally found his voice, "I can't be pregnant for one major obvious reason; I'm male."

Haibara cleared her throat and fidgeted a bit, "Yeah, about that. When I developed a cure for the Apotoxin, the cure seems to have affected you in an odd, unpredictable way. It seems to have given you certain female abilities, such as getting pregnant even with the lack of certain female parts…many female parts actually."

She continued, "It's still very early, but so far everything appears to be going well. I was even able to detect the baby's heartbeat, which is quite rare considering you are only six weeks along-"

Shinichi interrupted her, "What did you say?"

Haibara paused and thought for a moment. Kaito helped her understand what Shinichi meant, "The b-baby…has a heartbeat?"

Realization dawned on the not child and she nodded before standing, "I think I'm going to give you two a minute." Shinichi barely noticed as she left.

Kaito put a hand on his husband's shoulder, "Are you all right, love?"

Shinichi pulled himself from his thoughts and turned to Kaito, "Kaito, I….I don't even know what to say! I'm pregnant, Kaito."

Kaito smiled and his eyes showed wonder and love, "I know. Isn't it amazing? It's a miracle."

His arm went around Shinichi's waist and pulled him closer, his other hand cupped the other's cheek. Shinichi smiled and his eyes began to glitter with unshed tears, "you're going to be a daddy, Kai."

The magician smiled back, "And you're going to be a mommy."

Shinichi playfully smacked Kaito's arm. He laid his head on his love's shoulder, "We're going to have a child, I can't believe it."

Kaito kissed the top of Shinichi's head, "I know Shin-chan, neither can I. But you know what? I'm happy. We're going to be a family." Shinichi smiled and the two sat in silence in each other's arms, both lost in thought and feelings of amazement and love.

xXx

It had been two weeks since the two had learned that Shinichi was pregnant. For obvious reasons, Haibara had become Shinichi's doctor ("I know she scares you, Kai, but we have no choice. So apologize for calling her a she-devil three months ago and get use to seeing her a lot in the future!") and the two had slowly started planning for a future that included one more small house member.

"It's still early so we do not need to buy any of these things yet, but it looks like shmal-mart sells those little outlet cover things. We'll defiantly need those once we start baby proofing the house. I know mom kept much of my baby stuff such as my crib, so we shouldn't have to buy everything we need. Are you listening to me, Shin-chan?" the messy haired male asked.

Shinichi was standing in front of a mirror with his shirt raised. He had been staring at his stomach the entire time Kaito was talking, "Kaito, do I look bigger to you?"

Kaito blinked in surprise at the question and looked at the detective's smooth stomach, "Not at all, although it's still early. It's normal to not show any physical signs of pregnancy at eight weeks."

Shinichi sniffled and turned watery eyes to Kaito, "Will you still love me when I'm fat?"

Kaito began to laugh and tried in vain to cover it with a coughing fit, "Shinichi, you won't be fat, you'll be pregnant! And besides, I'll love you no matter what you look like. I loved you when you were Conan, and I'll love you when your belly expands with our growing child."

Shinichi sniffled once more before throwing himself at his astonished husband, "I'm sorry, I know I'm acting weird. I just feel so strange and I'm tired all the time and-"

Kaito made soothing sounds and began to rub circles into Shinichi's back, "its ok, love. I know, I know. I understand." He continued rubbing Shinichi's back until the ringing of a cell phone distracted them both. Kaito stretched his arm and grabbed the phone that was sitting on the dresser near them. He checked the number before handing the phone to Shinichi, "It's the she-devil."

Shinichi hit the accept button and then put the phone on speaker, "Moshi moshi."

"I heard that Kuroba," Haibara spoke over the phone. Kaito's jaw dropped and he silently mouthed 'How.' Haibara continued, "I'm calling to tell you two morons that it has been eight weeks. If either of you have read any of those books I recommended or been on the internet, then you would know that eight weeks is when we can do an ultrasound."

The two nodded. They had both done a lot of internet research on babies and pregnancies and Shinichi had gone to the library a couple times, so they knew that Haibara was right. Kaito had been the class clown when he was in school, but Shinichi knew that that was partially a mask. Kaito could be responsible and serious when the situation called for it so as soon as the young male heard that Shinichi was pregnant, he began to search the internet for useful information, and there was a lot of research to do ("What the hell is a trimester?").

Shinichi answered, "Kaito and I are walking out the door right now, we'll be there soon."

xXx

"Well there it is, that's your baby," Haibara pointed to the screen.

Kaito gave the picture a blank look, "I don't see it."

Shinichi squinted, his head cocked to the side slightly, "I think that's it. See? That thing that looks a little like a jelly bean." Haibara nodded.

"That thing? Wow, it's so tiny, our baby," he unconsciously gripped Shinichi's hand tighter in his while studying the screen.

Haibara spoke, "it may be hard to see in the picture, but your baby now has arms, legs, and a face. The fingers and toes aren't formed yet, but they will by next week. Also, this would be the stage when a woman's breast begin hurt (Shinichi squeaked), but from what I can tell, it looks like you won't be forming breasts or producing milk." Shinichi sighed with relief. He was already smaller than most males, or as Kaito liked to put it, he had a "delicate figure." He didn't need to grow breasts on top of that.

"The tests are coming out great, but I will feel a lot better once you are past the three month mark. The chances of complications during pregnancy drop significantly after three months, although what with you being male, I guess none of us will feel completely at ease until the baby is actually born. I want you to call me immediately if anything knew pops up, but if everything goes okay, you shouldn't have a reason to see more for a couple of weeks."

xXx

Shinichi was now thirteen weeks pregnant, and he was officially in the second trimester. According to Kaito's research, that was the "comfortable trimester" because most of the difficult symptoms were either over or would be soon. Kaito was looking forward to that part particularly. He loved Shinichi, and he understood that the detective was going through something difficult, but if Kaito had to make one more 3 a.m. food craving fun, he was going to lose it.

"Kai? I want some ice cream. Would you please go out and get me some?" Speak of the devil.

Kaito turned and was about to try to argue his way out of it, but the look on his husband's face stopped him. Shinichi was giving him The Look. You know the one. He looked like a puppy that someone had just kicked and Kaito knew he was beat. He sighed and then asked, "What flavor would you like?"

If it were possible, Shinichi's eyes seemed to grow larger and bluer, "pineapple," he answered in a small voice.

"Pineapple? But none of the grocery stores around here sell pineapple ice cream. The only one that does is located an hour from here!" Kaito whined.

Shinichi gave Kaito a pleading look, "Please? For me and the baby?" Kaito grumbled and stood up. He grabbed his coat and stomped out the door. "I love you!" Shinichi called after him.

xXx

Shinichi sat nervously on the couch while Kaito was pacing the living room. "What time do my parents say they would be here?" the detective asked.

Kaito checked the wall clock again, "They should be here any minute, Shin-chan. Try not to worry."

Shinichi raised an eyebrow at Kaito's pacing form but chose not comment. Instead he asked, "They said they would pick up your mother before coming here, correct?" Kaito just nodded. He could understand why his detective was so nervous. They had invited their parents over today to tell them the news. The door bell rang and Kaito went to answer it.

Yukiko immediately grabbed Kaito in a bone crushing hug, "Kaito! It's been so long." As Kaito gasped for air, Yusaku and Chikage stepped into the house.

"Mom, dad, Kuroba-san, it's good to see you," Shinichi greeted his and Kaito's parent(s) but remained seated on the couch. He had an arrangement of pillows and blankets in his lap in an attempt to disguise his slightly larger waist line.

The three adults sat in the living room and Kaito took a seat next to Shinichi. Yusaku was watching the two younger men, and Kaito shivered under the look. He recognized that look from Shinichi. Yusaku knew something was up. It would be no use lying to him and Kaito knew putting off telling him wouldn't be any good either.

Suddenly, the past couple weeks of responsibility just seemed too much for the magician and he needed a release.

"Shinichi is pregnant."

Shinichi, having never mastered a poker face like Kaito, immediately turned and yelled, "Kaito!" His exclamation only confirmed Kaito's words.

Yusaku got Shinichi's attention, "Tell us what happened son."

Everyone listened quietly as Shinichi talked for the next twenty minutes. Occasionally Kaito would take over but he let Shinichi do most of the talking. Shinichi finished by standing and removing the pillows and blankets that hid his body. His hands cupped protectively around the small bulge that had formed. The three adults were quiet for a moment before Yukiko and Chikage both stood at once. Both women squealed and made an attempt to hug Shinichi, but in a puff of smoke the young man was gone.

The two women looked around in confusion. Yusaku chuckled and pointed behind them. They turned and saw Shinichi standing behind them, Kaito's arms wrapped protectively, the magician glaring slightly at the two of them. "No hugs of suffocation and doom. Shin-chan and the baby need oxygen." Shinichi put a hand to his brow and shook his head. So now Kaito's overly protective streak was showing, huh? Shinichi tried to distract Kaito.

"Actually, I'm about 15 weeks along. Haibara informed us that we can do an ultrasound and possibly find out the sex of the baby today. Would you like to…?"

Yukiko bounced, "of course we want to come! I want to know if I'm about to have a niece or nephew." Shinichi gave her a look and she huffed, "well I'm too young to be considered a grandma! Aunt sounds much better." Her son shook his head but stayed silent.

The small party made their way to the scientist house and Shinichi was laid on an examining table. The clear jelly had been spread on his stomach and Haibara was moving the ultrasound wand around looking intently at the screen. "Ah, there's the fetus," she pointed to the screen.

"Aw, so cute!" Yukiko and Chikage gushed. They both sat a good distance away from Shinichi and were handcuffed to the table in an attempt by Kaito to keep them from giving Shinichi any "hugs of doom and suffocation."

Kaito asked, "So can you tell what sex it is?" Haibara nodded. "Well?" everyone asked impatiently.

"It appears to be a boy."

"A boy," Shinichi whispered. He turned and locked eyes with Kaito, and then the two were lost in each other's gaze.

Yusaku stood and picked the locks on his wife's and Chikage's cuff (he was friends with Toichi, and is a mystery novel writer. Of course he would know how to pick a lock!), and ushered them out of the room so that the two could have a moment alone.

xXx

After Shinichi and Kaito told them the news, the Kudos had temporarily moved back into their old home in Beika. Their parents visited often to help out, which the young couple appreciated. Chikage had indeed kept much of Kaito's old baby stuff and Yukiko had much to contribute as well. The three adults joined in baby proofing the house and soon they became just as protective of Shinichi as Kaito.

"Shin-chan, why are you standing?" Yukiko asked as she saw her son moving to get off the couch.

Shinichi frowned in confusion, "I'm just getting a glass of water, Kaa-san." Kaito snapped his fingers and a glass of ice water materialized on the coffee table. Shinichi growled, "I'm pregnant, not broken!" Kaito bent to give Shinichi a kiss on the cheek. The detective grumbled as his cheeks turned pink. "Well I have to get up anyways because now I have to pee."

"Again?" Kaito asked.

"Kaito honey, the baby is pressing down on Shinichi's bladder. It's common during a pregnancy for a mother to have to use the restroom many many times," his mother chuckled, "I remember your father use to get so annoyed. He would often try to show me a new trick he learned and in the middle of it, I would have to use the restroom and it would often ruin the entire trick. One time he was doing a trick while underwater, and the idiot tried to hold his breath the entire time I was in the bathroom! I thought the idiot had finally drowned himself."

Kaito smiled at his mom's story. Shinichi had long since gone to the bathroom, his bladder unable to wait till the end of the story. A yelp of surprise caught Kaito's attention, "Shinichi!" Kaito took off running for the bathroom, Yusaku hot on his heels with the two women behind him.

Kaito about ripped the door off its hinges and he found Shinichi kneeling on his knees, both of his hands resting on his stomach as he stared straight ahead, his eyes slightly glazed. "Shinichi?" Kaito kneeled next to his husband and gently grabbed his arms.

"I felt him kick, Kai," Shinichi answered. "I never said anything before because I didn't want to worry you, but I had never felt our baby move. Not until now. I felt him kick," he winced, "he did it again!"

Kaito looked in wonder at Shinichi's bump and then he placed his hand on Shinichi's stomach. He gasped when he felt a tiny little movement under his hand. "Mom, you have to feel this!" Chikage and the Kudos bent around Shinichi and each took turns feelings his stomach. Shinichi had a look of pride on his face as he looked down at his bump. Kaito felt a rush of emotions and finally it hit: he was going to be a dad. Seeing results on a piece of paper and blurry pictures on a screen weren't quite the same as feeling the baby move underneath his hands.

He looked at Shinichi and Shinichi returned his gaze. The two seemed to have another one of their unspoken conversations and both put a hand on Shinichi's stomach feeling the small movements underneath them. Yukiko interrupted their nonverbal communications, "So have you thought about any names yet?"

xXx

The room was silent as all of its occupants were deep in thought. Occasionally someone would suggest a name, but someone would shoot it down. "How about Hoshi?" Chikage suggested.

Kaito groaned, "Hoshi as in star? No way. What kind of nickname would I give him? Ho-chan?"

Chikage started grumbling something about ungrateful sons never being too old for a spanking. Yukiko bravely took a turn, "Mitsu! It means light."

Shinichi shook his head, "It doesn't feel right," he commented vaguely.

Kaito put his head in his hands, "Why does this have to be so hard!" He crawled over to Shinichi and began speaking to his stomach, "What is your name little one? Rai as in trust? Mareo as in rare? Sigh, those names are both stupid!"

Shinichi perked up, "Hold on Kai, that last one…"

"What, Mareo? I don't like it," Kaito answered.

Shinichi shook his head, "I don't either, but I meant the meaning, rare. How about we name the baby Kisho?"

"Hm, Kisho," Kaito mulled it over, "Little Kisho…Ki-chan." A smile broke out on his face, "I like it."

The two females went to Shinichi's stomach and began cooing to it, calling it little Ki-chan. Shinichi blushed, "I guess I'm going to have to get use to people talking to my stomach."

His husband nodded, "Haibara said that now the baby should be able to recognize our voices, and now that I know what to call the little guy, I know I'm going to be talking to our little Ki-chan a lot."

Yukiko spoke, "you're about seven months pregnant, how do you feel Shin-chan?"

Shinichi groaned in annoyance, "I'm alright, I just have a couple little annoyances, nothing to worry about. My skin feels itchy and my legs cramp easy, although Kaito helps by messaging my calves for me. The baby is so big now that sometimes my lungs can't fully expand, but Haibara said that the baby is still receiving plenty of oxygen so that eased my worries. I can't eat anything without feeling heartburn, and I feel like I have been pregnant forever."

Kaito used his hand to message the base of Shinichi's scalp, "Just remember, Shin-chan, it's only temporary."

Yukiko turned to Chikage, "I'm so happy my little Shin-chan found your son, Chikage. Kaito is taking such good care of my boy."

Chikage smiled and began running her fingers through her son's hair, "My little Kaito was a bit of a hand-full when he was growing up, but I'm proud of the man he has become. Seeing him take care of Shinichi like this makes me confidant that he will make a great father." Kaito beamed up at her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Soon after that the parents left leaving Shinichi and Kaito alone together. Shinichi laid with his head rested on Kaito's shoulder. Kaito thought he was dozing until he heard Shinichi speak, "I think you make a great father too, but I'm worried, what about me? Will I be a good parent?"

Kaito looked in surprise at his husband, "What are you talking about, of course you'll make a great mommy. You're great with the Shonen Tantei and you are very responsible."

Shinichi countered, "I wasn't good with the Shonen Tantei, I was constantly getting them into trouble. As Conan they were exposed to so many murder cases because of me. Children shouldn't be around that kind of stuff. Not to mention all the times they were in danger just because they were friends with me."

"Shinichi, those kids were detective geeks just like you. I'm sure they were bound to find their way to a murder case one way or another. They were lucky because you were there to look after them. I know the great lengths you went to keep them as safe as you could, and nothing bad ever happened to them because you were there looking out for them. They were lucky to have you as a friend. I believe our child will be lucky to have us as his parents."

Shinichi was shocked at Kaito's words, "you really believe that?"

Kaito nodded, "I do." He kissed Shinichi's temple.

xXx

With two months left before the due date, Shinichi knew he couldn't put off telling Ran any longer. The girl was calling more often demanding to know why she hadn't seen him in so long. The truth was, Shinichi was terrified of the karate champ. Ran was known to punch through solid concrete when she was angry, but what few knew was that it wasn't just anger that made her lose control of her strength-it was any strong emotion.

Shinichi knew she would never intentionally hurt him, but honestly, it wasn't everyday your best male friend became pregnant. Who knew what the girl would do? So he decided to simply put off telling her. The problem was, the more he put it off, the madder she would be when he did tell her. She probably wouldn't appreciate that he waited so long to tell her. It was a never ending cycle-a catch-22.

With two months left and Shinichi defiantly showing, he knew he had to tell her. He just hoped that the size of his stomach would distract her long enough for her to regain control of her karate strength. Kaito suggested that they invite Aoko as well and Shinichi agreed. Better to kill two birds with one stone, right?

The door bell rang and Shinichi gathered his courage before going to answer the door, Kaito followed behind.

"Hey Shinichi, Kaito, long time…no...see," Ran noticed Shinichi's belly.

Aoko stared in shock and looked from Shinichi to Kaito. Kaito smiled at them and wrapped his arms around Shinichi from behind, "Aoko, Ran, I would like to introduce to you Kisho. He will be born in two months."

Ran stuttered and hesitantly reached out a hand to feel Shinichi's stomach. She gasped as she felt soft, warm skin underneath the shirt she was touching. Than her face broke into a smile. Aoko squealed and threw herself at Kaito for a hug. Shinichi smiled at the display, knowing that Kisho would have to aunt's that would love him.

xXx

Kaito raced through the front door not even stopping long enough to close it. The door slammed into the wall and bounced back. "Shinichi?" he called as he ran through the house.

"In here," Shinichi's voice responded. Kaito raced into the room and found Shinichi half kneeling on the floor, clutching his stomach. Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead and he was panting slightly. "The baby is ready, Kai. He wants to come out but there's nowhere to go," he winced in pain again.

"I called the one person I trust to get us to Haibara faster than I could, they should be here soon," Kaito answered.

"Who did you call?" Shinichi asked although he had a suspicion.

The abused door slammed open again and Yukiko raced in, "Everyone in the car NOW."

The two males didn't need to be told a second time. Kaito helped Shinichi into the backseat as quickly as he could and before the car door was full shut, the woman had thrown the car into gear and floored the gas. She didn't bother with the driveway and instead went through the grass, taking the shortest path to the road.

"Yusaku is picking up Chikage and the two will meet us at Haibara's. Ran is already there helping Haibara with whatever she needs," Yukiko told the two in the back as she swerved the car to pass someone.

After a few minutes of driving, she jerked the wheel hard and the car slid into park perfectly in front of the Professors house. The professor was waiting for them out front and ushered them into the door. Ran led them to Haibara's lab. The lab was completely unrecognizable. Most of the equipment was gone aside from anything that would be useful in delivering the baby. The place had been scrubbed clean till everything sparkled.

Shinichi made his way in, Kaito right behind him, but Ran stopped the three parents from following, "I'm sorry, but the room is already crowded and Haibara needs room to work. Wait upstairs, the professor will make you some tea. Aoko is already waiting upstairs."

She shut the door and Chikage and the Kudos had no choice but to make their way back up the steps.

xXx

Every second seemed to drag for everyone waiting upstairs. No one had any idea how much time passes although everyone frequently checked the wall clock, not really seeing it. Occasionally someone would flip through the channels on the television or thumb through a book, but the attempts at a distraction would be given up a few minutes later.

After what felt like days, a tired looking Ran dragged herself upstairs. Everyone immediately looked at her, waiting. She smiled tiredly at everyone, "You can go see them now. I bet Kisho would like to meet the rest of his family."

Everyone stood and made their way to the lab. Shinichi was laid on a small bed, Kaito sitting next to him. Both were obviously exhausted and were looking in wonder and amazement at the small bundle in Shinichi's arms.

Shinichi looked up, "shh, Ki-chan is sleeping."

Yukiko bent and took a look at the tiny baby in Shinichi's arms, "He looks just like you Shin-chan."

Chikage bent and studied the child, "I disagree Yukiko, I think Ki-chan looks like Kaito when he was a baby."

Yusaku shook his head at the two, "Kaito and Shinichi could already pass as twins, I think it's safe to say that their child looks like both of them."

Shinichi turned to Haibara, "Thank you for everything."

Haibara gave one of her rare smiles, "It was the least I could do. Just don't ask me to babysit until after the kid is using the toilet. I don't do diapers."

Kaito chuckled, "Consider it done."

xXx Four Years later

"See, nothing up my sleeve, and presto!" Kaito made a brightly wrapped present appear in his hand.

A tiny child stared in wonder at Kaito, "Wow, daddy! How did you do that?"

Kaito gave Kisho a wink, "Magic, my dear Ki-chan."

Kisho studied Kaito and the magician laughed. He recognized that look, he had seen it on his Shinichi's face often. "It wasn't magic, daddy. It was just an iwoosion. Can you teach me how to do that?"

Two arms swept the child up from behind. Kisho screamed and giggled as Shinichi pulled him into his arms, "Got ya!"

"Momma, put me down! Daddy was showing me one of his magic tricks," the child giggled.

Shinichi glared at Kaito, "How many times have I told you to stop telling Kisho to call me mom."

Kisho interrupted him, "Look momma, daddy showed me something knew today!" The boy threw something in the air and the two were covered in smoke in an instant. The two coughed and when the smoke cleared, the two were covered head to toe in pink paint. The paint was obviously meant as hair dye, but the child's aim was terrible and he covered both of them.

Shinichi blinked and glared at the small child in his arms. The child blinked innocently and gave Shinichi's his cutest smile. The detective sighed and hung his head, "You're lucky you're cute," he joked. "You know what, you both are lucky that you are cute. Kaito, you're grounded."

"What? Why am I grounded?" Kaito squawked.

xXx

A/N: All baby names and meaning found from baby names and stuff [.com] Kisho was found on google translate when I typed in rarity.

I tried to make my information as accurate as possible and I did some research on pregnancies for this fanfic, but obviously you shouldn't take anything here as fact.

Also, if the magic show at the beginning sounded familiar, I basically stole the idea from a youtube video and tweaked it a little. If you are curious about the video, just type "greatest proposal ever" into the search bar. If the location is a public park and "Shake it" by Metro Station plays, then you found the right video.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed. Please review.