Little Conan's eyes were peeking out in front of the desk, filled with a mature worry that should be unknown to him.

Ran opened her eyes. "Conan-kun! Do you know how late it is? You should be in bed!"

"But I heard you yelling down here and got scared…" Conan said innocently, now a habit from his prolonged time as a child. "What happened?" Conan tilted his head.

Ran fought back tears. She wanted to tell him everything, just to get it off her chest. But I can't worry Conan-kun. "Oh, nothing." She forced a smile. "Let's go get ready for bed."

"Okay!" Conan grabbed Ran's hand and they walked toward the door. "Ah!" Conan stopped.

"What, Conan-kun?"

"I just remembered! I lost my Detective Badge in here earlier today! I have to find it!" Conan ran to the sink, checking the cabinets. "Nope, no…"

"Why don't you look for it tomorrow?"

Conan got quiet. "Because Ayumi-chan and I were going to talk tonight…" This is so embarrassing! Shinichi thought.

"OK, you can look for ten minutes. If you don't find it, go to bed and apologize to Ayumi-chan tomorrow."

"Yay! Thank you, Ran-neechan!"

Ran left the room, and closed the door. Conan listened for footsteps and then a door shut. He waited one minute after he heard the sounds, then went over to the phone. He clicked the call history button for the most recent call. He knew she'd been on the phone because he only heard one half of the conversation. A number showed up. He looked at it for a moment, then he remembered back to when Ran was putting someone's number into her phone. Who was it, again?

Sato-keiji! This is her number! What could she have said to make Ran so distraught?

No… what if…? No, I didn't tell Takagi-keiji enough information for him to even begin explaining it to other people! And why would he tell Sato-keiji if he knows it's dangerous? Also, even if he did, there's no way they would tell Ran. That means that Takagi-keiji didn't tell Sato-keiji anything! Then why would Sato-keiji call Ran?

Because she only figured out the first half.

AHHHHH sorry it's so short! I just realllllllllllly wanted to end it there XD

Thank you so much for reading! Next chapter will be out soon!