Konnichiwa! Well, I'm back. I hope this 1,131-word chapter will be good enough for awhile. The update rate for this story WILL be random, let me warn you first. I'm sorry, but I have other stories as well. Yurushitekudasai, ne.

Chapter 1

"Well well, what do we have here?" Haibara and Conan turned at a sudden voice. A 'nurse' was standing over them, a frown upon her face. "Don't you children know that visitors are not allowed after 10 pm? Especially not children. Why, your parents must be worried sick, little girl."

Haibara opened her mouth to object, as the nurse had picked her at her waist. Suddenly, Haibara froze and pretended to go limp. The nurse's frustrated look turned to one of concern. She turned to Conan who was cowering in fear, crocodile tears flowing freely down his face.

"Put her down! Put her down! Put her down!" Conan whined.

(A/N: I know Conan is OOC, but his mother is a world-class actress after all. And, it's an emergency.)

"Why child, what is the matter with this girl? Does she have a medical disorder?" The nurse asked Conan.

Conan shyly shook his head and very childishly said "She's my cousin and passes out in fear when a stranger picks her up, though she acts cool about it. Sometimes it's because she wants to rebel."

"I see, could you give me her parent's number so I may call them to pick her up?"

Conan shook his head again, whining "My grandpa told her to stay here to keep me company because she's leaving for America tomorrow. Also, she's my favourite cousin. Please let her stay, miss."

The nurse sighed. "Fine, but what about the girl sleeping outside your ward? Is she another cousin?"

Conan looked up in surprise, drying his crocodile tears. "What girl? Only Ai-chan was sent by grandpa."

"So this teenage girl isn't related to you?" As the nurse spoke, she half dragged Ran into the ward. Conan's eyes widened to their limit.

The nurse smirked, with a hint of evil which went unnoticed by Conan, who was staring at Ran. "I guess you do know her after all. I'll leave her here tonight, with your 'cousin'. Any more talking or anything of that sort will result in my calling these girls' parents," she threatened.

The nurse, under Conan's watchful eyes, left Ran carefully propped up on the guest chair and

The moment the nurse left, Conan let loose a breath he hadn't known he was holding. He sat up, wincing as he did, and leaned over to Haibara who was left lying at the end of the bed.

"Hey, you can stop pretending now, the nurse is gone. Ran's in the room."

The moment he mentioned Ran, Haibara's eyes snapped open. She blinked several times, shivering.

"That woman had the Black Organization's aura. I'm positive. Wait, what do you mean Mouri-san's here?" Haibara stated and asked in one breath. Conan pointed at the teenage girl and whispered "I think it's time we went to sleep, or at least pretended to, just in case she wakes up. You could sleep at the end of the bed." He thought for a moment, then added "Or you could sleep here, with me, it'd be much warmer but, I dunno what Ran will say if she sees us."

"No thank you, Kudo-kun. I'd rather keep my pride and freeze than be caught in the same bed with you." Conan shrugged and made himself comfortable under the sheets, completely unaware of the blush that had crept up Haibara's face when she heard Conan's suggestion.

(A/N: Yes, it's a one-sided AixCon. And don't you dirty-minded people get any ideas.)

She grabbed a coat she had hidden earlier and lay down on the end of the bed, facing away from Conan. As her genius mind slowly shut down for the night, her heart took over, wondering what it would be like to have Conan kiss her good night.

(A/N: She. Is. EIGHTEEN!)

The next morning, Agasa rushed to the hospital on instinct when he realized Ai-kun was not in the house. At the hospital ward, he saw Ran sleeping peacefully on the guest chair, and Ai-kun at the end of the bed, wrapped in his missing lab coat.

Conan, instead was watching the two girls sleep, especially Ran. When Agasa waved to get Conan's attention, he looked up and motioned for Agasa to hush and come closer. Agasa did as Conan said, tip-toeing to the bedside.

"Hakase, let Ran be, but take Haibara back to your house. She must be freezing by now." Conan whispered urgently. Agasa nodded, picked Haibara up gently and left the ward.

"Now, how much did Ran hear last night and why was she even here at all?" Conan pondered the question over and over, until Ran woke up.

"Conan-kun, should you be sitting up like that? Doesn't it hurt your back?" Ran asked worriedly. "No, Ran-neechan, it doesn't."

"Oh," Ran relaxed and leaned back, a curious expression appearing on her face. Conan looked at her apprehensively, concerned about what she may have heard.

"Ne, Conan-kun, what were you talking about yesterday? With Hattori-kun and Ai-chan, I mean." Ran ventured slowly.

"What do you mean, Ran-neechan? What did you think I was talking about?" Conan tried to put on an innocent face while hiding his worry, to no avail.

Ran saw right through Conan's façade and pushed some more, but was unable to get anything fruitful out of him besides the existence of an organization which she has never heard of before. In the end, her father came to pick her up when visiting hours ended.

Throughout the interrogation, Conan struggled to not let anything slip, especially when his friends came to visit in the evening. However, he mumbled something incomprehensible about the Black no Soshiki, hoping Ran would stop pushing him or ask Hakase about what he said.

Luckily, Ran didn't catch the 'Black' part. After she left, Conan sat on the bed, contemplating Haibara's plan, well what he'd heard anyway. He decided to follow up on the plan.

The morning before the festival, Conan was discharged and, as per his request, stayed in Hakase's house. There, he rested and discussed the 'plan' with Haibara. That night, Ran and Kogorou took Conan to the detective agency. Or at least they thought it was Conan.

Ran decided not to pursue the interrogation until after the festival so she wouldn't be disturbed by anything unexpected. Also because Conan had a cold.

Haibara smirked internally as she pretended to be Conan. Not that anyone knew that. She hoped the façade would hold and that Kudo-kun could control his need to solve mysteries.

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