* Ai's Pov *

"Conan!" I heard the loud voice of the girl Kudo desperately wants to go back to call ..... I sighed. "I'm sorry, Ran, but Conan left 5 minutes ago. He was in a great hurry." I said the first thing that came to mind. It wouldn't be so good if she found out that he had crawled into the next room to swallow the temporary antidote ... to the poison, apotoxin 4869. The poison I had developed. The poison that made me and Kudo trapped in the bodies of 7 year old children. My name? I am Shiho Miyano. Or sherry. At least I used to be. Now I call myself Ai Haibara. The reason for this is mainly because I have to hide from 'them'. But enough about me. "Oh, then I came here for free?" a trace of disappointment in her voice? Well. Don't get me wrong, even if I'm not showing a lot of feelings, I'm by no means heartless. Or even numb. But this girl ... I just can't stand her. Why?Figure it out. "I wouldn't say in vain ..." A look at my watch tells me that Kudo has been in there for 15 minutes ... enough time to be ready. “There is such a big boy in the next room, he really wanted to see you!” I immediately looked elsewhere ... I just didn't want to see this hopeful face ... She immediately ran to the door. When she opened it I almost heard her scream "Shinichi! That's typical again. First you don't hear anything from you for ages, and then you just appear again as if nothing had happened!" I crept closer. Hey, don't look so reproachful! I can also be curious. Especially when it comes to him..I heard his voice, as cool and calm as he always spoke when he was Shinichi. "Hey Ran. Keep calm. Now I'm here, right? So, no need to yell at me." I peeked through the slit in the door. He kissed her ...

* + Flashback + *
"Why kudo? Why couldn't you save her?" Ai. Weeping in Conan's poor ..."I am sorry..."

Different scene, different time. Conan. He looked at Ai seriously. "I promise you Haibara. I won't let them get you. I won't let anything happen to you."

* + Flashback end + *

Those words meant a lot to me back then. Maybe too much. He just said that so I could keep working on an antidote. Yes, that was the only reason why he still carried me here with him at all. Why was I still working at all ... "Ai?" I startled. Ran ... that girl again ... "Ai, you don't have to look through the slit in the door. Shinichi and I have nothing to hide, do we, Shinichi?" I felt blood rush into my head ... I ran red on. Then I saw Shinichi who had obviously taken one of Ran's famous kicks ... she was powerful, you had to admit that. "Uh ... no Ran, of course not." Shinichi looked me straight in the face. I turned away immediately. I wouldn't do him that favor. Then he walked past me "Come on, Ran.You certainly have a lot to say to me, and I to you first. "And so the two of them left ... I just wanted to cry ..." Kudo ... Shinichi ... Conan ... "I sat down Window ... and tried to hold back the tears. I didn't want to cry. It was pointless. Kudo would never want to leave Ran. Of course, I could stop researching the antidote ... but I didn't want to either. Just because he didn't me loved ... I love him anyway, it's just like that. He was the first after my sister to care so much about me ...

I worked on the antidote until evening. The success was limited. Kudo should come back soon, the temporary antidote would soon lose its effect .....
“Ai?” Who was that? Kudo almost never called me Ai ... I turned around. And sure enough, there he was ... he was Conan again ... pretty out of breath and still in my big clothes ... I immediately put my cold face on again. "Hello Kudo ... back so early?" I grinned at him ... he just nodded."Yes ... Ai..I wanted to say ... thank you. I talked to Ran for a long time and ...." I pressed my index finger to his lips "Who said I wanted to hear the Kudo? And now go get changed and let me work in peace, okay? "I must have said that quite aggressively .... he said nothing more and just disappeared into the next room. I sighed. I just didn't want to hear anything more about him and this stupid girl ... I didn't even notice how he then left Professor Agasa's house with his head bowed ...

* Neutral Pov *

It was late at night when Professor Agasa got home. He found Ai sleeping. She fell asleep at the computer. "Something like that ... she should really rest more often ... if she's already falling asleep on the PC." He took her and put her in her bed ... then he covered her up and switched off the PC. Then his gaze fell on the clothes, much too big for Ai "Has Shinichi tried the antidote today? I advised you against it ..." Then his gaze fell on the sleeping Ai "Something like that ... she's smiling ... "But Agasa thought nothing more of it.Maybe she was just dreaming something nice or something. He went out of the room and went to sleep himself.

* Shinichi / Conan's Pov *

“Why doesn't she hear me too damn it!” I kicked an empty can across the street with all my might. "I hope at least that I can tell her someday ..." I was so busy with my thoughts that I didn't notice the car that slowly drove by. One shot tore through the silence of the evening ... and then everything went black.

* Neutral Pov *

Conan was in the hospital. The doctors were able to save him for now. Ran was there the whole time. "Doctor! How is Conan? He's going to get through?" The doctor took off his mouthguard and looked at Ran calmly. "To be honest ... I don't know. We were able to remove the bullet, but the lungs became light injured. We don't know if he will survive this night. "Ran now looked at him with a concerned look. At that moment Ai, Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko came around the corner. "Where's Conan? How is he?Is he alive? Will he survive? "It was a mess. Only one was quiet ..." Ai? Why are you so quiet? "It was Ran. Again she leaned down to Ai and looked directly into her face." Did you ...? "Ai shook her head quickly." No. I only got water in my eyes beforehand. It's raining outside. "She saw at Ran's expression that she didn't believe her. But she didn't care. She would never admit that she had cried. Never, in front of anyone. It didn't matter if they knew, but she wouldn't admit it. Ran nodded just "Good ... if you say that ..." then she leaned next to Ai's head and whispered in her ear "You don't have to hide what you feel ..." Ai was about to say something when the doctor looked at the children. "If you want to visit little Conan Edogawa, you can come in now. But I think he'll still sleep. "The children stormed into the room immediately. To their surprise, Conan was awake ... everyone immediately besieged him and bombed him with questions.Only one stood alone against the wall.
Ai. Her and Conan's eyes met. When everyone was gone, she was the only one left in this room. And only then did she go up to Conan ... "Kudo ..." She stopped next to his bed.
He looked directly at her "Haibara ... it was the ... men in black. You are in great danger!"
Ai took his hand and gave it a squeeze. That obviously surprised him. "Kudo ... Conan ... how can you worry about me now? The doctors say they don't know if you can get through the night ..." She looked him straight in the eye. There was genuine concern in it. "Conan ... what did you want to say beforehand?" Now he looked at her ... it was quiet for a while ... then "I wanted to tell you ... I wanted to tell you that ..."