Chapter 4: Experiment
"Ok, it wasn't just a bad idea, it was a horrible one.", Ran lectured herself in her mind, while half listening to Sonoko's rambling over what a hot guy should have and do. At first it didn't even seem that bad, Sonoko was immediately convinced by Ran's proposal to go to the pool in this hot summer and only an hour later they found themselves in front of the famous Showa Kinen Park's pool.
"Look at all those hotties, waiting for us in the sun Ran. Oh, how can you say no to those tanned bodies?" Sonoko started to praise a group of young men which were having fun by jumping of the diving board, right next to the children pool.
Even thought, Ran didn't like to play a part in any of Sonoko's dating schemes, she had to put up with them for lesser reasons, so the two girls made their way over to the poolside. Sonoko, like always, immediately started to flirt shamelessly with the whole group at once and Ran had to confess that the Suzuki heiress really knew how to leave a good impression, without seeming arrogant or narcistic. But she had much more important things to tend to and while Sonoko happily chatted with her new group of hotties, Ran approach the children pool.
She quickly scanned the whole pool and finally found the perfect target in form of a boy, around the age of 9, who looked very promising. He had black, short hair, a faint dark skin and a beaming grin plaster on his face, if he was 7 years older, Ran had no doubt that he would immediately catch Sonoko's attention, but as a matter of fact, Sonoko wasn't overly fond of children.
"Unlike someone else.", Ran thought bitterly to herself, but she quickly locked the self-pity and guilt away to concentrate on her task.
After a deep breath she closed her eyes and started to picture herself splashing around in the pool with the dark child, from there on they would engage in some sort of wrestling which would led to some sort of hug (it must have been a rather awkward hug, consider that Ran was a considerable amount taller).
Their face would slowly come closer. The sun reflecting in the eyes of the boy, before he closes them and leans in, his lips inviting her for a ki…
Ran nearly threw up right where she stood, but she managed to keep the fries, which they ate as a small snack before they came here, in her stomach.
"Ok, that was a rather clear answer!", she thought to herself, while trying to regain her posture before to many eyes focused her. In an attempt to play it up as ill, she brought her hand up and started to massage her forehead while walking wobblily, even though the wobbling was not part of the act. After she managed to calm her stomach, she was ready to try again, but this time she chose a completely different kind of child. The girl was younger than Conan, probably around 4 or 5,
had light brown hair and a smile, like only the happiest child in this world could ever have.
"Well, here we go again", Ran whispered faintly and started to bring up the images once more.
This time the scene broke before the girl even leaned in and Ran had to support herself on the nearby pipe of the water slide. Her stomach didn't react as bad, but her mind couldn't put up with the images. The look in the girl eyes changed, while Ran held her, to a mixture of fear and betrayal while tears seemed to form in the corner of her eyes. This immediately broke her concentration and the pictures vanished like sand in the wind. Of course, Ran felt absolutely miserable and even the fact that this was only a play in her head didn't help all that much. Nevertheless, and despite the fact that a part of her brain practically screamed at her to stop this madness, she knew that it would be worse to quit right now and after a minute or two her strength had gathered enough for her to let go of the pipe and look back at the pool. Scanning it again for a suitable kid, she readied her mind and stomach for another vision.
After a short while, she found another child, a boy again.
She closed her eyes and recalled the nightmarish scene.
As always all right go to Gosho Aoyama, the original creator of the Detective Conan Universe.
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