This chapter would be REALLY, REALLY SHORT. Maybe about 300+ or even 200+ words.

Thank you for reading until the end!

The fight between Ran and Shinichi did not go away in the minds of the two teens.

Each day at school, they would hardly share a glance at each other. Ran always trys to say 'sorry' to Shinichi, with the teenage detective trying to do the same.

But it's just plain hard to do it.

One night, Heiji and Shinichi have been talking about the incident that happened in the rain. Heiji always had a serious expression on, knowing that his best friend was serious about the topic.

"So, you two have been trying to tell yourselves 'sorry about the fight', but just can't, just because you two are too shy to do so?" Heiji asked. Shinichi nodded sadly.

Heiji smiled and poked him on the shoulder. "You know what girls are. They're easy to heart-break. But some girls are just too tough to handle with." He told the other boy, who just nodded.

"Well, I think it was no use trying to tell her that I'm Conan, now that her suspicion is right," he said, a sad expression still on his face. "She was right, actually. Why didn't I have to tell her in the first place? I know I should've told her, right?"

"You did it to protect us, Shinichi, that's what you wanted to do." the detective of the west reminded. "Besides, you think the safety of the others is best. You did explain it to her when you fought in the cold rain, right?"

All Shinichi could do is nod silently.

"Ran, you're just too overreacting, y'know,"

Sonoko said as she fiddled with her ballpen, with the other girl walking along silently. The two of them had their classes finished already, so Ran decided to tell Sonoko about what happened to her and Shinichi yesterday.

Sonoko did not try to laugh right now. Instead, she helped Ran solve her problem. "You didn't even listen to him! You just kept shouting out the negativity at him! Seriously, get over the secret, Ran," the blondie-brown said to Ran.

"I know, Sonoko, I'm being overreacting. Besides, he did admit that he was Conan when we fought yesterday..." She said to her best friend, who glanced at her seriously. "But if he turned into Conan, then how?"

Sonoko sighed, knowing that she couldn't answer the question. "You should give him a call. Tell him to meet at whatever meeting place you want to go and discuss the incident. That's just friendly advice."

Ran smiled at Sonoko, knowing that her idea was just brilliant. She hugged Sonoko tightly, as if she doesn't want to let go. "Thank you so much for that awesome advice! You're the best friend a person could ever have!"

Sonoko tried to let go of Ran's grip. "Okay, Ran... I know you love me so much, but I think... I can't..." Sonoko cut off her sentence.

Ran let go of her later. "S-Sorry, Sonoko! I was just too excited about the plan you told me, so yeah..." She explained.

Sonoko laughed. "Okay, okay. Now let's just go home, shall we?" She said, making Ran giggle.

Well, I guess this is another chance...

Shinichi laid down on his bed, a deep thought stuck in his mind.

The fight still couldn't get out of his thoughts. It didn't get out of his mind just once.

While he was still in the deep thought, his phone ringed, breaking the silence of the night.

He decided to pick it up and answer the phone. The caller made him hesitate to answer. "Hello... Ran?" He began with a simple greeting.

"Oh hey, Shinichi..." Ran answered on the other line. "I want to invite you to Tekisha Restaurant tomorrow night... I'll pick you up at about 7:00 p.m., okay?" She told the detective.

"Oh, of course," Shinichi replied.

"Oh, and Shinichi?"

"Y-Yeah?"

"Sorry about the fight that we had yesterday. I don't know what I was thinking, y'know..."

"Ran, it's fine. Sorry about that, too."

"Thanks, Shinichi. Oh, better get to sleep now, Dad's getting up. Bye."

"Bye, Ran."

The phone beeped, signaling the end of the call.

Shinichi locked his phone before putting it on his pocket and laying his head on the pillow. He smiled, recalling Ran's voice on the phone.

Well, I guess tomorrow is another day...

I lied.

I passed the limit of 300+ words to 700+ words. Which is what I was planning on in the first place anyway.

I think you're just gonna straight up say to me: "You lied to me, Jail! Did you know that?"

Get it?

*silence*

Guess not.

Anyways, two more parts to go and we're done with this story! I think I'm going to do "Wait For Me" or one of my FNaF fanfictions next (maybe "Test Subjects". I have so much ideas on that one).

2 more parts to go!

R&R!

- Jail Rose