Ke Ai: Growing up with Xiao Ai

Chapter 1 - "The sequel after that"

I'm a high school student detective, Kudo Shin... No, it's schoolboy detective Conan Edogawa.

I am a fourth-grader boarding at a Maori Detective Agency.

Three years ago, as a well-known high school detective, I witnessed the scene of the transactions of those suspicious people dressed in black, and because they wanted to keep their mouths shut, I was forced to drink a poison with a special effect, which turned me back into a schoolboy.

Even though my close childhood friend Mori Ran and her father, Detective Kogoro Mori, asked me to live in a detective agency, two years ago, we managed to push the organization into a corner after working with the FBI, Osaka's high school detective Heiji Hattori, and Ai Ashbara, who was once a member of the organization and had been reduced by the effects of the same drug.

And yet....

The tissue's means resulted in the drug, Apotoxin 4869, and all data related to the tissue being wiped out of my body, and I and Ashwaganda were never able to fully recover from their original state.

In desperation, I stayed at the Maori Detective Agency, and Ashbara continued to live in the home of my Knowing Understanding, Dr. Asasa.

I used to want to be a high school student again, but my body had become resistant to the test drug made by Gray Yuan many times, and now I can't go back to my old self even if I use this drug again.

"Alas... I really want to go back to that time... "

At that time... We're still just juniors, aren't we? What are you talking about?"

I sighed, and then got this answer, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, who is now my "classmate". When he was in the first grade, he had a lot of freckles on his face and a childhood face, but in these three years, his face has grown so mature that he has a lot of popularity among his classmates and is also popular with girls.

"Yes, Conan. But it's your Christmas party today, right?Miss Lan, do you make sushi?"

"Really, Yuan Taijun, you're still the same. I don't think I will make sushi at Christmas. Isn't that right, Conan-kun?"

mentioned sushi, and his classmate Motota Kojima gave his opinion, and the answer to him was made by Ayumi Yoshida. Motota is still a tall guy, and among his classmates, he is the tallest and heaviest in his class. And Ayumi... Although I said this a little bit inappropriately, she is indeed a very cute girl, not only loved by her classmates, but also by her seniors and juniors, she is a very popular girl, and her personality is also very frank, she is simply the ideal girl.

"It's still the same. "

The four of us were walking together, and then a voice came from behind us, and it sounded tired. I couldn't help but be a little nervous, worried that I was already exposed, and looked sideways at Mitsuhiko, who seemed to have a similar reaction.

"Hey, mourning-chan. Good morning. In

the end, it was Ayumi who responded first. When I finally turned around, I saw Ash Hara, her eyes looking sleepy. She became more than just cute, but also beautiful, even attractive, so she was liked by many boys. She often acts cold, but this attitude seems more appealing, at least Mitsuhiko says.

"I'm sorry, Lan. I had been silent before... "

Conan-kun... The new one... It's okay, I've also thought that it might be like this... "

A year ago, the threat of the organization was no longer there, and I couldn't go back, so I told Lan that it was only her, and I told her everything. I told her I was Shinichi Kudo.

Lan listened to me and accepted everything. But....

Our relationship can never go back to square one.

Two years, three years is too long for our age.

Ran gradually began to think that I, "Shinichi Kudo", was just her childhood friend, and then at some point she had a new lover.

"That reasoning idiot, he doesn't deserve your wait. Ran's friend Suzuki Sonoko said.

"Eh~ I don't know, I think I've waited so long, and I'll suddenly change my mind.... Another friend, Toyama Kazuha, said so.

Like Ha, because they were childhood friends, and Ha liked Heiji Hattori to solve crimes, they had similar feelings. Although not very acceptable, they understand it.

And then it was me....

Under the influence of tissue medications, I became a schoolboy again. The only person I could talk to without restraint during these years was also because of the same drugs that made him smaller.

I don't know when it started, but I've come to see Ashbara as something special.

"What's wrong? Edogawa-kun. Your expression doesn't look good.

Gray Plains spoke to me with a slightly surprised expression.

"No... It's nothing.

I quickly put on a disguised expression. I'd never say I'm thinking about you or anything like that.

"Well, if it's okay. You're going to school in a hurry. "

How long the hell have I been in a daze? I see that Ayumi, Motota, and Mitsuhiko have come quite far. Oh, it's Gray Plains....

"How is it, Grayplain, are you waiting for me to go?" I

joked tentatively, a little uneasy in my heart.

"Stop. "

... She was still in the same tone as ever. His expression was still like he was annoyed with me. Well, I already knew. Let me understand for myself. So I walked in the direction of the school.

After school....

This year, the Doctor and his friends threw a Christmas party, so our little detective group gathered at the Maori Detective Agency for a party. The idea was proposed by Lan. Then Ayumi and Motota also got involved, and finally ignored Kogoro's opposition and decided to hold it.

"I just want to see Conan-kun play with his friends. "

Although I think she's seen it many times, Ran seems to find it interesting.

"Lan, what about you, have you gone out with your boyfriend? Don't be a child's bodyguard. "

I asked Lan about preparing the food and cake for the party, and she felt a little strange when she did it, because it would never feel anything about it again, and it was so strange to be human.

"I'm going to Osaka today to do a university research report. So we made an appointment to see you tomorrow.

Lan blushed slightly at the mention of her boyfriend. It seems that everything is going well.

Ding dong. The doorbell rang.

"Oh, someone's coming.

Drunken Kogoro yelled.

"Alright, here we are. ... Oh, Ayumi, you're so early?"

Ran opened the door and saw Ayumi coming alone.

"Well, Sister Lan, I'm going to come and help. Although Gray Plains was also invited. "

Haha, that guy wouldn't have gone so fast because of this...

"I'm sorry.

Ayumi sneered. After waiting for Ayumi for a while, Gray Plains also arrived.

"Ha, ha, ha, Ashbar?"

I was surprised. Basically, Ashbara is uncooperative, barely able to cook, or too lazy to do it, and I can't believe she's going to come here for such a troublesome thing.

"Who would come for such a thing?

"Stop complaining. "

I was teased by Ashbara, but she seemed worried, too.

"... Anyway, don't bother me.

With that, Lan hung up the phone.

It's horrible... Is someone following?, Ayumi whispered, a little worried.

"Conan-kun is really popular. However, in this case, it is not to be envied.

Gray Yuan said in a contemptuous tone, but he also seemed a little worried.

"... It doesn't matter. Either way, I'll give you some of what I've done. "

... I'm a little happy.

"Conan-kun, you are really a famous person. "

Kogoro was a little drunk and joked to me.

"But be careful of your childhood friends. If you don't have cuteness, you'll be treated like this. "

What is this?

Dingdong

seems to be coming again.

"Oh, here it is.

Lan came out of the kitchen and opened the door. It should be Motota and Mitsuhiko...

"Kogoro, are you home?" a

thin man in his 30s stood there.

"My name is Shin'ichi Tomone, but I'm looking for Kogoro Mori. "

Are you Tomone?"

Kogoro suddenly became serious. Tomone is the one who recently received Kogoro's commission to investigate his wife's extramarital affair. It seems that he found the husband himself who was involved.

"Is it okay in the café below? There are children here, and it's not appropriate.

With that, Kogoro and Tomone left together.

"I'm sorry, it's not a big deal. Don't worry.

Lan looked at Mi and Gray Plains and said.

"If you have any questions, come to me and discuss... No, actually, you can come to me at any time, and Sister Lan will help you. "

Thank you, Conan-kun. "

Hey, mourning-chan. What do you think of those

two people?" "What two people?"

"Sister Lan and Conan-kun. All that small talk... Although it is a conversation between elementary school students and college students, the... "

Yes, it's a conversation between elementary school students and college students, but...

"Sure enough, Conan-kun likes Sister Lan... "

Mimi is a little lost, a little confused. This is not difficult to understand. For Mimi, Edogawa Conan is the object of her first love, and Maoriran is the person she truly admires.

For me, Shiho Miyano... No, Gray Plains mourns, it's pretty much the same. First love? No, not that sweet thing. Although I don't want to admit it, I'm interested in Kudo Shinichi... Conan Edogawa is a teenager who has feelings that transcend friendship. Although I hate to admit it, it is true.

The mature conversation between the two people caused a ripple in the heart. But unlike Mimi, I know that the relationship between these two is that of an adult.

"Are you more angry because I know

?" "What did you say?"

"Nothing, just talking to yourself. "

Hey, Conan, here!" "Conan-kun,

excuse me. "

Motota and Mitsuhiko appeared. Finally free from boredom.

"Oh, here you are. Mimi and Gray Yuan are already in the kitchen to help Sister Lan cook.

"What! Gray Plains is also there?"

Motota was taken aback, and I reacted almost the same as his.

"Well, well, after all, Gray Yuan is also a girl... It's a bit rude to be surprised like this.

Mitsuhiko was also a little nervous.

Anyway, the three of us decided to decorate the living room together.

"Speaking of which, Conan-kun, you should have started earlier, right?"

That's right, I really should have started sooner.

"Okay, Mimi, Motota, and Mitsuhiko, you go to the shopping street to buy vegetables and meat, and follow the list. "

Okay!"

Some ingredients were missed, so we left Lan alone and went shopping. Lan gave us instructions, and the three of them ran out in high spirits. However, they are already in the fourth grade of elementary school, and they can complete this task even without me and Gray Yuan following.

"So, Shinichi and Mourning-chan, please go to the supermarket and buy drinks. "

When there were only three of us left, Ran didn't inhibitively call me Shinichi.

"I can go alone, but... "

Oh, aren't you happy dating me?"

!!!, I don't mind at all. On the contrary, I am happy. But I didn't expect Ashbara to make such a joke.

"Well, what a big-mouthed girl, if I'm dating you, the atmosphere is completely inappropriate. "

I tried to hide my joy.

"Ah, I'm sorry. ... Anyway, let's go. Gray

Plains replied lightly. ... Did she see through it?"

"

As we walked away, Lan secretly stopped me.

"What's wrong?"

"Since the two of us are together, we need to be a little more gentle with me. Despite the fact that you look like a child on the outside, you are already an adult. "

... Anyway

, Gray Yuan and I left the Maori Detective Agency...