In this chapter when the words are italicized that means those are Shinichi's thoughts. When it's underlined, those are Haibara's thoughts. That is, unless it's in between " " which means those words are just being stressed.

Haha, the title says it all.

OMG! I forgot the disclaimer! I don't own DC! Let's all pretend you saw this in the first one!

~~~~CHAPTER 2: REJECTED BEFORE HE COULD CONFESS~~~~

"So Ran, do you have any plans today?"

"Shinichi? Is that you Shinichi?"

"Yeah, it's me, Ran. Have you forgotten my voice already? Haha. Anyway, do you have plans today?"

"What for Shinichi? Gonna ask me out on a date?" Ran asked while laughing.

"Huh? That's not it, baka! …Well… maybe it is… Wanna go out with me today? Like a movie then dinner..?"

"…*silence*…"

"Ran? Oi, Ran? Still there?"

"Yeah, Shinichi, I'm still here. I'm free today."

"Great! Then meet me in front of the theater at say… 2:45? The movie starts at 3."

"Okay. See you then…"

Shinichi puts down the phone and yells out loud. "YEAHHH!!!"

"I didn't know it was shout-your-lungs-out day today."

Shinichi turns to the speaker and grins. "Oh, hey Haibara. You're not gonna ruin my good mood."

Haibara looks at him curiously and says, "Kudo-kun, you do realize what this date is for, don't you?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"For a famous high school detective, you sure are dim-witted. Kudo-kun, I allowed you to return to your original body for today to say goodbye to Ran," she said, stressing the last few syllables.

The high school detective suddenly slumped, like a deflated balloon. "Oh… yeah… That's right… I'm supposed to tell Ran that I'm never coming back…"

She raised her eyebrows at his slumped figure, smirked, and walked away, only pausing to say these words, "Good luck on your date, tantei-san."

Haibara left, leaving him alone to deal with his confused feelings. After a moment of pondering he shouted on in frustration, "AAARRGGHH! Damn that Haibara! *sigh* But she's right… Okay, okay, calm down, calm down. *deep breath* This is what I'll do. I'll have fun, that's right. I'll have fun and I'll just drop the bomb when we're about part. Right, that's right. That's what I'll do."

"Yosh! Now I have to get ready. Hmmm… I don't have any clothes here… I better go back to my house…"

~~~~2:45 PM IN FRONT OF THE MOVIE THEATER~~~~

Shinichi arrived at :45 on the dot and looked around. Seeing the ever-familiar face of his childhood friend, he ran over to her with a smile plastered on his face. "Yo! Ran!"

Ran heard and looked at the owner of the voice who called out to her. "Shinichi! Where have you been? You left 5 years ago and only call every now and then! Then you suddenly show yourself for a few hours and suddenly disappear again! And now, all of a sudden you give me a call and tell me to meet you at the movies! Mou, Shinichi!"

"Chill, Ran. Chill. Anyway, since this is a special let's just have fun for now, okay?"

"…Okay… but later on, you have to tell me, okay, Shinichi?"

"Hai hai, o-hime-sama! *laugh*"

"Mou, Shinichi!!"

"Anyway, come on. We don't want to run out of tickets."

A/N: I'll skip their date and just go to the confession part, okay? I'm not really a big supporter of ShinichiXRan. Heck, i dont support them at all...

~~~~8:00 PM ITALIAN RESTAURANT ~~~~

"So Shinichi, what's up?"

"What's up? Well, there's the ceiling… the lights… the roof…"

"Stop kidding around deduction freak! You know what I mean. It's not like you to just, out of nowhere, have a-a d-d-date with m-me." She said, blushing. Then she shook her head as if clearing her thoughts. "Something must be wrong."

He was about to crack another joke but seeing the serious look in her face he decided. Cut the crap. I better tell her now. He cleared his throat and said, "The thing is… Ran… I… I won't be coming back… This… This is the last time we'll be seeing each other… But Ran I want you to know that I lo-" He looked at her eyes and was startled that no surprise was registered there. "Ran…?"

"I knew it, Shinichi. Somehow, I felt it. That you weren't coming back… I mean, it's already been 5 years. To wait for you any longer, that would seem like I was in love with you, right?" she said, smiling while tears pooled at her eyes.

"Ran…"

"Shinichi! You're supposed to laugh. That was a joke."

"Ran… I…"

"Don't you have anything else to say other than 'Ran…' huh, High School Detective of the East? But I guess you're not a high school detective anymore…"

"But Ran, I..."

"I don't want to hear your excuses, Shinichi."

He shut up and they ate the rest of their meal in silence. When they finished, "I'll pay the bill," Shinichi said.

"You better, you are the guy after all…" Ran smiled bitterly.

"So… Ran, want me to walk you home..?"

"No, it's okay, Shinichi. I'm not the 17-year-old Ran Mouri you left behind 5 years ago… I've already moved on…" with that she turned around and walked away, leaving the detective behind.

~~~~10 PM AGASA-HAKASE'S HOUSE ~~~~

Shinichi walked inside the house, silently hoping that no one would see him.

"So, how did it work out?" her words pierced the silence and made Shinichi curse to himself.

She smirked and said, "If it makes you say that much then I suppose it didn't work out at all?"

"Dammit, Haibara, just shut up for once, will you?" as he sat down on the couch.

"Ara, just the other day you told it would be better if I spoke more often. I'm just listening to your advice, tantei-kun."

"Dammit, Haibara! You're not helping!"

"I'm not trying to, Kudo-kun. Here.

Shinichi then looked up at his verbal sparring partner and saw that she was holding 2 cups of tea. Surprised, he gave her a questioning look. "Haibara?"

"You don't have to take it if you don't want to."

"No, I will." He said, taking the cup from her hands.

"So? Care to tell me what happened?" sitting down beside him.

"Haibara…" he said then looked up. Seeing her sincere eyes, he decided that he will tell her after all. I might as well lift this load off my shoulders.

"Ran… she… she said that, she expected it… me not coming back… And that… she already moved on… Haibara… I know that this is probably a stupid question but… Was I wrong… to think that… she actually loved me in the first place? That she would have waited for me… no matter how long it would take?"

"…*silence*..."

"Haibara…?"

"Saa… I don't think it was wrong of you to think that she loved you. She confessed to you, remember? On the first night you met her as Conan. And also that time when she was piloting the airplane. She told you she loved you so it's not wrong to think that she does…"

"Oi, Haibara! How do you know this stuff!?" Shinichi was surprised at the scientist's words. I never told her… Why does she know? How does she know?

"I told you time and again, Kudo-kun. I was trained by the organization. I have my ways to get information," she said with a smirk.

"Well, if you can get this information, then why can't you make an antidote!?"

"This and that are two different things, Kudo-kun."

"Then why don't you make them the same thing!?" he shouted. He was about to say more when he realized that he was being too harsh with her. "Listen Haibara… I'm sorry… You were saying…?"

A smile tugged at her lips and she said, " Kudo-kun. If I were anybody else, I would throw this cup at you and leave you staring at my back."

"Then I'm glad you aren't anybody else."

"You sure have a way with words, tantei-kun. As I was saying, it wasn't wrong of you to think that she loved you. She did. Still does, if I'm not mistaken. However, 5 years is a long time. It's not unexpected for her to give up on waiting for you…" This is the first time she actually gave me a straight answer… The first time she actually took me seriously… "Anyway, isn't it a good thing that she moved on? Now you won't have to worry about breaking her heart. Chotto, Kudo-kun? Are you listening?"

Shinichi snapped out of his reverie and came to attention. "Huh? Oh, yeah I am."

She stared at him skeptically.

"Seriously, I am listening. You were saying stuff like-"

That's when it started. That bone-melting, burning-hot feeling they have when they change forms. "AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!"

~~~~A FEW MINUTES LATER~CONAN'S POV ~~~~

"Kudo-kun? Kudo-kun!"

I heard a distant voice, calling out to me. I tried opening my eyes and saw the ever-familiar reddish-brown hair, aquamarine eyes. "Haibara?" I managed to groggily say.

"You're finally awake Kudo-kun. You've been out for 10 minutes. Could you get up and change out of those clothes?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah right." I wasn't really sure what was happening. Just that the clothes I had on were very loose. I decided that the best course of action was to follow her orders. I got changed in another room. When I got back, I saw that she had finished her tea.

"Take a seat, Kudo-kun."

I did and took a sip from my cup. "Oi, Haibara what hap-" Then I remembered. The events that happened, turning back to Shinichi, the rejection… I dropped the cup I was holding and stared dumbly as the tea spread on the floor.

"Seems like you've remembered what happened."

I could only nod as I stared at her clean the mess. When she finished she turned to me and smirked. I was surprised, I didn't expect her to do that. Then she said in a voice that seemed to be meant to ridicule me, "Poor Kudo-kun. Rejected before he could confess."

Anger flared inside me. "Shut up, Haibara!"

"She walked away before you could even get a kiss."

"Dammit Haibara!"

"Maa, might as well make your night worth it."

Then she did something I never thought she would do.

She kissed me. It was a touch and go kiss, my lips barely even touched hers, and the only thing I could think of then was how soft her lips were before she pulled away. Then she flashed that always-there smirk of hers and walked away, only turning back to say, "Oyasuminasai, tantei-kun."

I could only stare at her retreating back, the bad memories of that night long forgotten. Then I touched my lips, the part where she kissed me, and I couldn't help but smile.

~~~~CHAPTER 2: REJECTED BEFORE HE COULD CONFESS end~~~~

What do you think? Not bad, right? I'm not very good at describing kisses but I think I did alright this time. I researched on kisses and I found this thread where people were talking about the kinds of kisses. I'll type the kinds of kisses here for your reference haha ^_^

Chaste kiss: you tease your partners lips with your tongue

Butterfly kiss: a light kiss on any part of the body

Hamster kiss (this is the wierdest one): you kiss your partner and blow into their mouth so that their cheeks will inflate

Hope that helped you!

P.S. I kinda liked that last line, you know, the part where it says "I couldn't help but smile" haha.

Read and review please!