Wind

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"But, Ran-neechan!"

Conan couldn't believe he'd been brought to this point. Here he was, whining like the stupid brat he was masquerading as. At least he wasn't being forced to whine over something trivial, like a toy, or something equally inane. But, still, damn it! He was whining because he wanted to go to the Kid heist! The sad part about this was that he really wasn't having to fake it too much, the petulance and annoyance was real enough.

Stupid dignity, what did it matter anyway?

Ran gave him a puzzled look, and stopped chopping the vegetables she was preparing for whatever was for dinner. Conan was pretty sure she'd mentioned it earlier, but he hadn't heard her over his own constant nagging.

The Shinichi part of him felt extremely foolish, the Conan side felt justified. Hey, he looked like a kid so he could get away with it right?

Right.

"I don't know why you want to go so badly, Conan-kun. I know you like solving cases, but you really shouldn't get in the way of the police."

Get in their way?! It wasn't his fault they couldn't catch a cat stuck in a wet paper sack!

"You're starting to sound like Sonoko with all this Kid stuff..." Ran mused absently.

Oi, oi... I do not sound like that loud mouth!

"But, Ran-neechan... It's–" Conan paused trying to think of the proper way to say this that would be appropriate for a child. "It's fun!"

Yeah, good old 'fun' excuse. Everything was fun and games to a little kid! Conan mentally patted himself on the back.

"I don't think so Conan-kun. I have things to do, and so does dad," Ran shot him a stern look when Conan opened his mouth to comment. "and you're certainly not going by yourself! It's just a Kid heist. I thought you weren't interested in thieves?"

Conan huffed mentally. She had him there, and by his own words no less! Argh. Turning on his heel he walked (sulked) off, brooding over how to get his way on this. Obviously running his mouth was doing nothing but letting him feel the wind on his teeth. He needed another way, a sneaky way... Kind of like Kid himself....

And, that's when it hit him. Conan gave a slow smirk-like grin that would have probably made the thief proud.