Chapter 3

Note 1: It's been about a week since I've last updated this story, and that's what you can expect in the future. So look for the next chapter next Monday or so.

Note 2: Japanese names used, including last names. If you're not sure who's who then Wikipedia the names, that's what I used as a reference when writing this chapter.

Note 3: If you thought the way Conan acted before was OOC, this chapter will bring it to a whole new level.

Note 4: Not Mine! If it was I wouldn't be going to High School!

"I'll go see if he's okay, the pizza's ready by the way." Ran said as she walked towards the bathroom and noticed that it was empty, she also noticed that door to Conan's room was closed, and she heard the sounds of a small child crying from inside. She had never seen Conan cry before, sure he always looked a little sad, but actually beak down and cry, this was a first. Wait, didn't the kids say that Conan cried at school today? It sounded like he needed some comfort fast Ran thought as she hastily opened the door to Conan's room. At first he looked upset at being woken up as he quickly spun around with an angry expression on his face. Ran was about to attempt to calm him down when the expression on his face completely changed to one of insecurity. Ran started to walk towards him when he did something that completely shocked her; he ran towards her and jumped in her arms.

"RAN-NEECHAN" he cried into her chest.

"It's okay little one, I'm here." She said as she rocked him in her arms. She new that Conan wouldn't want his friends to see him like this and from the intensity of Conan's grip around her chest he didn't want to go anywhere.

"I feel so humiliated." The little boy said in-between cries that were intensifying.

"Oh, it's okay Conan-kun. I'll make sure everything's okay. You have nothing to be worried about."

"Yes I do, you don't understand."

"Oh." Ran said. Actually she did understand, but Conan didn't know that. He wouldn't be to happy if he knew his friends told all the adults about his bad day. Besides it might be good for him to get off his chest.

"You're right sweetie I don't. Do you want to tell me?" she asked gently. Something told her that if she pushed Conan too far he would completely break down. She had never seen him this upset before, he was clinging to her as any ordinary kid would to his mother, but then again Conan's mother was never around. She had always found that odd, exactly what was going on in that family anyway? Conan never talked about it, which was also odd. Didn't little kids brag about their families? She did when she was a little kid and so to Jimmy, well especially Jimmy. Making a mental note to ask Conan about the situation later she hugged him tighter. Whatever the case was Conan need a mother figure desperately, and he had chosen her. All she could do now was to do what was best for him, and currently that was to listen to his story.

"Well you see…" Conan started his explanation of how his day went. It was very difficult for him that was clear. At one point she had to hold him in her arms to comfort him because he was so embarrassed at a particular part of the memory.

"It's fine, you did nothing wrong." She told Conan soothingly as she encouraged Conan to continue with his story. So far it matched up with George, Mitch, and Amy's practically word for word. That changed however when Conan told her about the insecurities he had towards George and Mitch's reactions and how he felt betrayed. Ran assured him that the boys meant well and would help him out, and they were just caught off guard by the situation and were probably bullied into laughing. This made Conan feel better, which made Ran feel bad about telling a fib, because Mitch and George were laughing at Conan's little not to long ago. However, she also knew that they would never laugh at the story again from their parent's reactions. Finally when Conan was done telling his story his tears dried up.

"Ran, I knew you could make me feel better, I love you." Conan said very sleepily as he cuddled up to Ran's body in a more comfortable position. It took all of three seconds for him to fall asleep.

'Oh how cute.' Ran thought as Conan wrapped himself around her and fell asleep. Ran got out the boy's matching pajamas and put them on. She was very careful not to wake him up as she did so. When Ran was done she decided to let the boy sleep on the couch for a little bit. She knew she couldn't just leave him in his room alone when he was like this, but she still needed to do stuff before she could retire for the night. She opened the door and was alarmed to hear the sound of people laughing.

"Oh, the party," she muttered. With the whole situation with Conan she had completely forgotten about it. Now what should she do? If she brought Conan outside it was very likely that his friends would wake him up, and he needed to sleep.

"Hello Ran, this is a lovely party." Mrs. Yoshida told ran as she walked out of the bathroom before she noticed Conan sleeping in her arms. When she did she looked at Conan then at Ran and gave her an understanding smile.

"I'll take care of this for you," she whispered.

Ran was very relieved to hear those words. Mrs. Yoshida had probably gone through this type of situation before with Amy and knew what Conan needed and what Ran intended to do.

"AHHHHHHH, I don't want to go." Three children said at the same time. This caused Ran to smile and she made a mental note to thank Mrs. Yoshida later. About five minutes later everyone was gone and the house was empty. Ran walked into the den and put Conan down on the couch and propped him up. Making sure he was still asleep she went to the kitchen to make some soup and look for some other comfort food, only to discover that they were out.

"Dad, go get some soup and ice cream!" she demanded.

"Why me, can't you go?" he complained.

"IIDIOT, I'm trying to comfort Conan right now. If I leave while he's asleep he'll panic." She responded.

"All right, all right I'll go. Jeez, you owe me kid."

"You realize that you're talking to someone who is sound asleep right?" she asked somewhat amused.

"Just shut-up already," he responded as he slammed the door on the out, which amazingly enough did not wake Conan up.

"I guess when you cry you emotions out nothing will wake you up." She said with a smile. Ran decided to put on the baseball game between Osaka and Tokyo since she couldn't think of anything else to do.

Meanwhile

"So how was you're first day back to school sweetie?" a middle aged woman asked he daughter.

"Horrible, a boy tried to sneak his way into the girl's room but I kicked him out just like you told me to mommy." A small girl replied.

"WHAT?!? HONEY GET OUT HERE, WE NEED TO GO TO NAOMI'S SCHOOL TOMORROW TO SPEAK WITH THE PRINCIPLE!"

"What happened?"

"A boy went into the girl's room when she was using it.

"WHAT?!?"

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