Ran, Kogorou and Conan are having a delicious dinner made by Ran. It would have been a pleasant dinner if Kogorou is not drunk and shouting constantly. Conan gobbled up his food. He doesn't have the time to appreciate Ran's cooking. He just want to do what he have wanted to do since early that morning.
"Slow down Conan-kun. Chew your food. You don't want to choke, do you?" Ran asked. She is really worried about Conan's weird behaviour.
" yes. Im done now. Excuse me, im going to bed." Conan said, excusing himself from the table.
" wow. that's a first. You usually go to bed late." ran said amused.
" I will have a long day tomorrow. Goodnight Ran-neechan" Conan hurried up stairs.
Conan pulled out the bag where he hid the clothes he took from his old house earlier that day. He brought out a pair of pants and a shirt with him to the washroom.
"If my deduction is right im positive she just gave me the antidote." he thought while placing his Kudo clothes and the package beside the sink.
" Darn it. I forgot to ask how long will the effect last." He removed his clothes and put on the bigger ones. It now looks like he is wearing a "manly" dress.
He changed before taking the antidote just because he was too excited. After he change back he will probably just stay here for the night since Ran is going to Sonoko's house for a sleepover and Kogorou will probably just pass out on his office.
" Never mind that. I better just follow her bizarre instructions." He told himself as he pulled it out of the plastic bag.
He tried to remember what Haibara told him earlier. She gave him a 5 word instruction. She is always so vague. Maybe she also believes in the same motto as Vermouth. " A secret makes a woman a woman." Conan quickly dismissed the thought about Vermouth. It might jinx him. And his soon to be really great holidays. What he remembers was:
"This detective thinks he is right. Thank you! Thank you!"
" Not now.. Before you sleep." was all Haibara told him. She probably thinks he will just leave and take the antidote. Well, that is what Conan was about to do. He just changed his mind because of what she said.
"Your weird,but I am so lucky to have you ."
Conan suspected something weird about her gift but he did not suspect she will give him this.
It was in a rectangular box. About 12cm by 6 cm in measurement.
When he saw the box earlier he thought Haibara must have put a single pill inside the box that is way too big for it, fill the spaces with newspapers and then leave a taunting note that says " were you expecting a lifetime supply of antidotes?". That is possible because it was quite obvious she was annoyed by Conan's constant asking about the antidote.
" weird…. It is always the thought that counts! And I guess she just have the Christmas spirit on her." he thought as he stare at it.
.
.
It was a fruit cake.
.
.
There was a note with it. It says
" eat all of it at once. don't even think about just taking a piece and then save the left overs so you can change back some other time. It will not work again. I made it in a rush so I don't know how long it will work. change back at your own risk. And enjoy your couple of days as Kudo Shinichi again."
" she really knows me." he thought because he was actually planning to just eat half of it.
The fruit cake have a really strong smell of alcohol. But it does not smell like paiku.
The fruit cake is small. But it is big especially through the eyes of a little boy who just ate his dinner.
He successfully ate ¾ of the cake. He looked at the remaining ¼ with distaste. He muster up all courage to just ate all of it in just a single bite. He choked and his eyes water because of the pain and lack of oxygen.
"haaa!" He screamed as he finally swallowed the really big piece of cake.
He is starting to get dizzy and his body is heating up.
" better brush my teeth before changing back. If anyone bother to smell Kudo Shinichi's breath they will think I'm an alcoholic jerk." Conan thought as he brush his baby teeth.
Conan started cleaning up his mess. He pocketed Haibara's note. He threw away the box and the plastic bag. He threw his Conan clothes to the hamper. He also tried to pick up all the pieces of crumbs on the floor.
"Ran will be furious if she saw the washroom messy like this." He said.
He looked at the pieces of crumbs on his hands that he picked up the floor. Closing his eyes, he ate all of it and licked the remaining form his hand.
"Gross" He said. He was not quite sure all he picked up were crumbs of the fruit cake. Some felt like he was chewing pebbles. "Better not think about it. Each crumb might add another minute on how long I stay as Shinichi." He told himself. Trying to comfort himself.
He was about to pick up a crumb he missed but he fell. The reason was the combination of how dizzy and sick he feels and tripping on his really long pants. He fell into the tub. Good thing he did not hit his head hard.
The impact to his head knocked him out. So now, the Great Kudo Shinichi is fast asleep on a bathtub.
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it would have been really awesome if Haibara actually said ILYVM- i love you very much. i hope she does but i dont want to go against Gosho's story's actual conan picking up the crumbs then eating it. which is actually something else. it happened to me. i thought it was chocolate =(... GROSS! and i just wanted Shinichi to sleep in the bathtub. he reminds me of Kyle XY (its that guy with amnesia that sleeps in a tub. He is also a genius like Shinichi. and he is very goodlooking.) And special thanks to Enji86 and 3aboOorah for being awesome and always reviewing this story. I need to stop using the word awesome. Any one knows another word that has the same meaning? Read and review you awesome people!