Tenth Deduction [Accidental Voice/Action for Housemates]

[modernholmes]

[Conan tosses and turns restlessly in his sleep, obviously struggling against a bad dream. All of a sudden he bolts straight up with a half-strangled scream and falls out of bed.  He doesn't even notice his hand knocking his communicator onto the floor.]

RAN!

[He looks around frantically for a moment, then slumps back to the ground.]

Just a dream, is it?  How embarrassing.

[He knew what had brought it on, of course. So many people had been attacked recently.  Some of them close friends.  And... he had been completely useless when Hattori had been attacked.  With this child's body he had been helpless to do anything more than watch over Kazuha and Ran.

He knew better.  Everyone was fine.  But all the same he found that he couldn't resist the urge to check on everyone.  He hastily stands up and begins to silently make his way toward Ran's room.]

[ooc:If you're interested, this was what he just dreamed.]

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[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ AKSLDFLGF SUDDENLY AWAKE.

Ran hears that scream loud and clear through the communicator and from down the hall, and aside from hearing her own name, she also recognizes who is screaming it. She's sitting up in bed now, breathing heavily as she grabs her communicator from the nightstand thing beside her.

...well she hadn't been sleeping particularly well, anyway. She didn't mind. ]

C-conan? Was that you?

[ .....she already knows the answer, but, well. Leave her alone, she's like half awake. ]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

R-Ran-neechan?

[She heard that? This was not good. If there was one thing he did not want her worrying over it was his dreams.]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ ....it would have been pretty hard for her not to hear it, really. She lets out a sigh, though she's not sure if she's relieved at hearing his voice, or more worried, hearing it startled like that. ]

Y-yes, it's me. I'm here--is everything okay?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[She never heard him at home. Though that might be thanks to Uncle's snoring.]

I'm okay. I just had a bad dream.

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ She also slept more deeply at home, comfortable in her own bed, but yes, her dad's snoring certainly wouldn't have helped with that. ]

Oh, a bad dream...

[ She repeats the words, trying to process them as she shakes her head to wake herself up a bit more. She can't really blame him for that, can she? This place is enough to give anyone nightmares.

Especially with what's been happening lately, particularly with Heiji. ]

Do you to come stay with me for a while until you can get back to sleep?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[kjhfkahfk! This was not helping him calm down.]

That's okay! I'm sure I will go back to sleep soon.

[He'd heard her voice. She was okay. That was enough for now.]

[1/2]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ .....you can't see her, Conan, but she is making this suspicious face at you right now. ]

[2/2]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ Nevertheless, though, she's worried about you. Especially now that she's slightly more awake. ]

...are you sure, kiddo? You sound pretty shaken up.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

It was really scary,but I'm okay now.

[What really scared him was the very real possibility of something like that happening in fact.]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ ...not quite sure she believes that. ]

Well...do you wanna talk about it?

Sometimes that can make them seem less scary, y'know--the more you think about it and let it out... though, you should probably get back to sleep soon.

[ Sometimes the dreams can even turn out funny, from how implausible it all seems, as you tell someone else about it!

...she won't say that, though. ]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[He inwardly cringes at the thought of telling her anything about the kinds of things he dreamed about.]

That's okay! I know it wasn't real.

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[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

...

[ Well. Conan is a smart boy, for sure, so she definitely believes that. So very down-to-Earth. She sighs, though; it frustrates her when he clams up like this.

But ah well. ]

...okay. But...you know where to find me, if you change your mind, Conan.

Try to get some sleep...all right?

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[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ ... ]

...Heiji-kun, too.

Take...

Take good care of each other.

[ She'd told the same thing to Adam... ]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

I will! [A lie. There was no way he was getting back to sleep after that.]

And don't worry. I'll look after Heiji-niichan.

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

[ Another sigh as she shakes her head. She's not sure if she'll get back to sleep either, really...but if Conan's going to try, then so will she. ]

...m'counting on you then. I'll--I'll check up on you two first thing tomorrow.

[ Her hand hovers over her communicator, hesitating to end the call. ]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Okay, Ran-neechan. Good night.

[He tries to put as much reassurance into his voice as he can, all the while mentally kicking himself for making Ran worry. That had been the last thing he'd wanted.]

[waytoopatient.livejournal.com]

...

Sleep well, then. G'night...

[ She lets out a sigh, hesitating for a moment longer before ending the call. He needs his rest, after all and so does she, though she knows it'll take her a while to get back to sleep, now.

She rolls back over anyway, though, to try, and vows to keep her promise to check in on the both of them the next day. ]