Author's Note: Sorry for the late update. A lot of things came up and it almost made me lose track of updating my stories. Anyways, I appreciate your patience as always, so story time!
"Well ugh, see you guys later." Conan and Ai were prepared to walk out of Agasa's house, ready to go on their very first date. Conan still had his jacket on while Ai was already putting on her small black jacket.
"Well don't come back late." Although, Agasa never had kids, this was probably as close as he could get as a parent to Ai.
"We won't." Both exclaimed at the professor.
"They will though." Sera was about to leave as well, taking her purse from her the couch she had left it on.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Conan asked the tomboy, somewhat finding her sentence a bit naughty.
"You're a death magnet," she explained, walking towards the door where everyone was standing. "Almost everywhere you go, someone dies." She added. "And then you go all detective on it."
"She's kind of right, Shinichi," Agasa somewhat agreed with Sera. Though, the rather scorn look Conan gave the professor quickly changed his mind. "…to some extent."
"Mm…" His scorn looks ceased, but Conan still raised an eyebrow at Agasa.
"We'll be fine," Ai affirmed them. "I mean didn't you already solve a murder already earlier today?"
"Did he now?" Sera was slightly at ease now.
"Yeah but…" The teenage boy scratched his head, a bit nervous to tell them a little more about that case earlier.
"But what, Shinichi?" Agasa, along with the 2 other women in the room were eager to hear his next sentence.
"He was already dead before we got there…" His feign laugh was rather weak.
"Of course…" Sera heavily sighed at the news given to her.
"Why does that even matter to you anyways?" Conan asked her concern for his and Ai's date.
"BECAUSE I'M THE ONE THAT MADE AI VERY GODDAMN BEAUTIFUL!" She retorted back at him. "Jesus Christ, when a murder happens," she then pointed at Ai. "You're seriously going to leave her behind to solve it? And during your date?"
"Of course not," Conan rebutted. "I'll take her with me."
"…" Both Agasa and Sera had a dark cloud over their heads.
"It's okay," Ai started to speak on the matter. "I wouldn't mind it. It also wouldn't be the first time he's dragged me to a case."
"You see?" Conan was slightly at ease when Ai had sided with him on the topic of his urges to solve a murder case.
"Uh, fine I guess," Sera no longer protested on the matter, and proceeded to leave the house before the lovely pair did. "See you around guys. Bye." She waved goodbye and walked away from the house, leaving the door open for the pair to leave towards their date.
"Oh well, I guess we're about to leave as well, Agasa." Conan said, taking Ai's hand and walking out of his house.
"Well goodbye you too," he waved his goodbyes. "Enjoy your evening."
"Thanks." Both of them said in unison, looking back at him from their shoulders.
…
A mere 5-minute silence loomed over their heads as they walked the streets of Tokyo. "Did you really mean what you said back there?" Conan broke the silence, putting both of his arms behind his head, using them as pillows.
"Hmm, you mean the whole thing about going on a case with you on our date if it happened?" Both of them began the topic once again.
"Y-Yeah," Conan scratched his head. "That."
"Half-Half." She answered his question.
"Half-Half?" He raised an eyebrow at that certain question. "What does that even mean?"
"Although, I do usually help you with some of the murder cases you unintentionally drag me into," both of them stopped at a corner of a street, waiting for the WALK sign to light. "I actually don't want no Shinigami ruining our date, if that's okay with you."
"I actually didn't know that our first date meant that much to you…" He looked down at the pavement, avoiding eye contact with the woman.
"How is it not?" She tried not raising her voice at him.
"Okay, that came out wrong," he tried to rephrase his earlier statement. "What I meant to say was… you're mysterious Haibara." Now he faced her, hoping she'd hear him out.
"Mysterious?" Her tone turned to that of confusion now. "Okay, what are you trying to say, Kudo-kun?"
"What I'm saying is…" He clenched his right hand, thinking of how to rephrase his earlier statement. "What I'm trying to say is… you're different." His hand was back to its normal palmed self. "When I had my first date with Ran, I knew exactly what to do. I knew all the things she liked, how she would feel…" He held his tongue for a bit before proceeding to end his point. "Maybe it was because I grew up with her… but with you…"
He reached over to hold her hand. His genuine gesture made her slightly blush. "But with you, it's all guesses." His eyes stared into hers once more. "I don't know what you're thinking and it makes my stomach be filled with slight anxiety. I wouldn't know what would make you happy or what would make you feel sad…" He finally finished.
All of a sudden, she locked her lips with his. Unlike his, Conan could taste the remnants of sweet orange juice she must've have had before they left Agasa's house. "You're right," she ended their kiss, but not their embrace. "You don't know how I feel but the same goes for me."
"You also want to know how I feel?" He looked at her. Her eyes glowed when the moon reflected upon them.
"Yes," she stepped back, ending their embrace like hug. "Besides just feeling the gratitude of helping you solve a case; I want to feel more than that." She continued. "I want to know what goes on inside your brain whenever we do something, whenever we interact, you know?"
"I hear you," Conan gave her a rather heartwarming smile. Not just the drug that they both have in common but they're feelings toward each other were almost the same. "Phew, glad to know that I wasn't alone on that."
"We should head out to the restaurant now." Ai suggested, looking back at the signs the ignored to have their little conversation.
"Yeah, we probably should." The WALK sign finally lighted up, holding hands once more as they did back at Agasa's house and walked.
"One more thing Kudo." She said as they crossed the street.
"And what's that?" He asked her.
"Never compare a woman to another woman," she clarified to him. "Unless you want a death sentence."
"Hmm, can't tell if you're being the usual Tsundere or not." He chuckled about, but he understood what she meant by that.
"Don't push my buttons." She warned him, although she couldn't help but chuckle a bit at his remark.
"Maybe we should cut through the park to get to the restaurant," Conan nodded towards the park, suggesting it as a shortcut to venture through. "We would get there in no time."
"I guess."
Author's Note: Sorry for making this a bit short, I promise the next chapter would be slightly longer than this one. One more thing, I hope you enjoyed your holidays. Hopefully the next chapter doesn't take me as long as this one to write and publish, so 'til then, bye.
