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Changing Emotions

By MoonlightKagomeHimeko

Ran opened the door to the Detective Agency slowly; it's worn out hinges creaking loud enough for the both of them to hear. The room was dark and empty. Her father had left to some bar somewhere, she guessed, because she didn't leave dinner.

She walked over to the counter where she left the food for Conan. It sat there, untouched. She turns to look at the small boy in oversized clothes walking to her room without a word. Her eyes never leaving him. Once he was out of sight, she turns back to the food and put it in the microwave to reheat. 'Conan must be hungry…' she thought to herself.

Her cheeks flush slightly. "C…Conan…" she mumbles under her breath. "Conan is…"

The loud beeping of the microwave catches her attention and she goes to open the small door. She takes the food out with caution and sets it on a tray along with a glass of water.

Stumbling through the living room with the tray in her hands, she makes it to the hallway in front of her room.

"C-Shi-…I brought you some food…you haven't eaten all day, right?" she asks from behind the door.

There was a short pause before Conan opened the door and nodded. He stepped aside for her to come into the room and she set the tray of food in front of him on the floor and watched as he ate in silence.

So many things were running through Ran's mind. The silence was bothering her so much that she swung her hands up to either side of her head and ruffled her hair crazily. Conan looked up from his food, nervous as well.

"Um…Ran? Are you okay?"

She slung her arms to either side of her quickly and was blushing like mad. "I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, OKAY?! YOU NEVER HEARD THAT COME OUT OF MY MOUTH! IT WAS YOUR IMAGINATION!!!"

The young boy stared in confusion. "W-what are you talking about?"

"YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, OKAY?!" she yells again, slamming her fists into the floor.

He looked away from her, scared that she'd slam her fists into his face next. 'What is she talking about?' he thought as he stared at the desk across the room. 'What! I know!'

He turned back to her and took another bite of food before saying, "You mean, that thing you told me about when I first got here?" he blushed a little as he recalled her exact words. "'I love Shinichi!' Right?"

Silence, once again filled the room and ran sat there, turning a bright red color.

"I…I guess since it's kind of out there now…" he started, his eyes returning to their normal seriousness.

She looks up a little bit in order to see his face. He takes off his glasses and sets them down on the floor next to the tray. "I never needed these."

Her hand reaches to pull a hair from her face. Conan sighs, "I don't know if I want to tell you why, but…" he paused to think a bit. "…I really am Shinichi."

Her blush was returning fast and she put one hand to her face to cover up the heat flowing to her cheeks once more.

"I wasn't suppose to tell you until I got my body back. I was shrunk and you may recognize this body from back when we were kids."

She nodded furiously. "Y-yes…I do…I convinced myself that it was true, but I couldn't explain how it happened…You know I've tried to get it out of you for a very long time, but—"

"But I always proved you otherwise?"

She nodded once more and returned to remaining silent.

"I couldn't tell you…I thought you'd get into danger for it."

"B-but why?"

"Because…I can't tell you…Listen Ran. No one else saw me change back except for you. So you mustn't tell anyone about what you saw, okay?" his voice became stern and demanding.

Again, she nodded and looked to the floor.

The room filled with silence yet again. Nothing could be heard, but the sound of the passing wind coming from the crack in the window and the slow ticking of the clock on the dresser.

Conan pushed aside the tray and slowly crawled on all fours over to her. Her body was trembling from the tears of joy she had been shedding without his notice. He went to move her hands from her face and brushed away the hair that had fallen over again to cover her eyes.

His eyes were fixed on her teary ones and he cupped her cheek with his small hands.

"Ran…" he whispered, "don't cry."

Slowly, he found his tiny lips on hers. Her trembling began to cease and she wrapped her arms around him. 'This may seem wrong…but…I know have evidence that he really is Shinichi…I don't have to worry anymore…'

Footsteps could be heard from the hallway, "Ran, Conan, I'm home." called Kogorou as he made his way towards her room and went to open the door.

Conan moved to rest his head on her shoulder as Kogorou stepped into the room.

"Is he alright?" he asked.

She nods, "We just had a long day is all. We should get to bed."

"Alright. I'm gonna' watch TV. Yoko's on!" he says and leaves the room happily.

Conan leaves to crawl into the bed and reaches into hi pocket to show her the temporary antidote he still had left.

"You can seem my true form again one more time, okay? How about a date tomorrow?" he says, winking.

She giggles and nods. "I'm just glad to know you're here. I'll never love anyone but you, Shinichi…"

Moonlight: It's done. =] Hope you enjoyed it. Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up! (Senior paper consumes your life!!!)