Prompt: deaging (the disadvantages thereof - Conan doesn't get to watch 'The Scarlet Agent' on opening night with Ran and the others)
Characters: Conan, Haibara, Subaru
He misses watching 'The Scarlet Agent' on opening night. Ran tells him he can't go because he's a kid and it's a school night, but she'll definitely take him on the weekend.
"Sometimes it's the little things like this, huh," Conan says, who is certainly not moping at Agasa's house.
(The professor can't take him, either; he's holed up in his lab working on something that a friend commissioned him to do. Urgent hang glider repair or something nonsensical like that.)
"It's your fault for not asking your parents to take you to an early screening or to send you a copy," Haibara points out. She's finishing up her homework - very easy addition problems - with a bored expression on her face. "Anyway, Kudou-kun, whenever you're out, there's a murder. I imagine Mouri-san would like to watch the movie in peace."
Conan scowls.
Still. If he was himself, he'd be watching the movie with Ran, Sonoko, and Sera right now.
He'd probably poke some fun at it, because his dad's writing can get dramatic, but it's his dad's first movie script debuting on the big screen...
"It's not like the plot is anything original," Haibara says. "I read the reviews. A FBI agent infiltrates an ancient evil secret society. He's 'cool', but his recklessness gets his comrades killed."
Conan, who very well knows who the main character is based on and guesses she has her suspicions, decides to keep his mouth shut. Instead he says, "Come on, Haibara, I'm sure you've felt the limitations of being shrunk. If you were your older self, what would you be doing now-?"
"I would be immediately killed if I ventured out in public."
He rolls his eyes. "I didn't mean like that. How about-meeting Higo as your actual self and getting his autograph?"
"Don't be stupid," she says flatly.
Conan is slightly smug when he sees a slight flush on her cheeks.
Glaring, Haibara says, "I miss wearing high heels sometimes. Designer fashion clothes for women..."
Their conversation is interrupted when Conan's phone rings.
It's his mom. "Shin-chan!" she exclaims. "Ran-chan messaged me about watching 'The Scarlet Agent' tonight. She says 'little Conan-kun' was disappointed he couldn't come along. You should have contacted me and your father for tickets to the Hollywood premiere-we assumed you were going to see it with Ran-chan."
I hardly would have been able to go to the Hollywood premiere, either, Conan thinks.
"I'll see it on Saturday, Kaa-san," he says. "Ran's taking me and the kids."
"Don't try to hide your disappointment to me," Yukiko says. "You should watch your dad's movie! There's already Oscar buzz about it! How about this - I'll email you a copy, since of course we get access to things like this. And make sure you share it with our house's current guest~"
"Oi, oi, that's your main motivation for sharing it with me-"
"He was Yu-chan's muse," Yukiko says importantly. "Gotta go, Shin-chan! Have fun watching 'The Scarlet Agent'!"
She hangs up. Two minutes later, Conan receives the file on his laptop.
Two minutes after that, Subaru Okiya comes in bearing popcorn and a flimsy excuse, and Conan thinks that man really should find a better use for the bugs planted in Agasa's house.
It is horrifically awkward - Conan, Haibara, and Subaru gathered around the laptop and watching a movie based on a certain someone.
Haibara critiques the overblown action scenes ("I don't think physics works that way") and the main character's personality ("Hmmph, he's no chivalrous hero at all"). Subaru is silently amused and intense at turns. The professor joins them later, smelling of grease and sweat and pleading with Haibara to let him have popcorn.
Conan munches on his popcorn and thinks that even if he's still shrunk, this is almost enough to make up for missing the movie in theaters tonight.
The next morning, as Shinichi, he calls Ran and they talk about his dad's movie together.
