Post by Addy01 on Aug 6, 2016 23:28:33 GMT
Hormones on overdrive
by Addy01
Summary: Themed Contest #26, Prompt: Heat - Shinichi has just gotten his body back. Unfortunately, there’s one side effect that has led to some pretty embarrassing problems for Shinichi. Pre-ShinRan?
Note: Though not the most unique idea, this was totally inspired by the lipstick prompt…but it didn’t make the word count for that specific challenge, so I have changed it around to fit this prompt instead. Which is way it’s kinda similar to the last short.
Warning: Minor course language, T-rating. Inaccurate biology.
Word Count: 3009 words (According to LibreOffice)
Enjoy!
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This wasn’t a side effect they had considered when he got his body back.
After bringing down the Black Organisation, and when things were finally settled down, Haibara had given him the antidote - which she had actually finished formulating a couple of month back and hadn’t told him about it until she had deemed that the Black Organisation was finally done and dusted with…
That cruel, cruel woman. Why did she do this to him?
Anyway, he took the pill and got back his body. Let the evil-mad-little-scientist poked and prod for a couple of days before deeming him fit as a fiddle and send him on his way.
(Okay, she hadn’t exactly let him off that quickly or that easily – but that’s just details. Details.)
The first thing he did was to to find Ran – who was off on holiday with Sonoko at a beach side resort.
(He had arranged for a ‘lucky draw’ for Ran - a two-week all paid expense holiday, so that she will be away when the operation to bring down the Black Organisation was in effect. Similar arrangements, of course, had been made for Mouri Kogoro and the three kids...He was just glad that this had been unnecessary.)
In took him two hours to reach his destination, and with the sun hanging so high in the sky, he quickly concluded that Sonoko had most probably dragged Ran off to the beach for some – boy watching – something he had the unfortunate opportunity to learn of its existence when he was three feet tall.
Which was where he headed to after checking in and putting on his new swimming shorts.
The sun was so bright that he had to put his hand over his eyes – he should have brought sunglasses, but had forgotten in his mad rush to see Ran as soon as possible, adding to the challenge of searching through the throng of people lounging about or kids running into every other person on the already packed beach - it was summer. It was worse then searching for a needle in a haystack, since every other person was constantly on the move.
Just as he was about to give up and head back to the hotel, then he finally found her.
Which landed him into his little predicament right now.
The first thing that caught his eye was the bikini she was wearing – of all the things he stored in his memory, he remembered the little two piece number that Sonoko had bought for her, that she had reluctantly packed for this trip after the heiress relentless whining. (Ran had swore under her breath when she was packing that she’ll never ever wear it. Looks like Sonoko had been even more insistent this time round.)
She had her back towards him, but he could still see the distinct patterns and colours that complimented her skin tone and the pattern accentuated the curves of her hips.
The sun was right in front of her, and from his view from her back, he could see the ray of light highlighting her curvaceous, well-tone body and strong legs from karate. Water droplets clung onto her skin, and for a second, he had a sudden surge of unexpected jealousy at those tiny particles-
He shook his head and push away those -irrational!- feelings and refocused on the tasked at hand. That had been weird, he wasn’t usually so distracted.
He took a deep breath and called out for her.
“Ran!”
And he couldn’t stop the avalanche from there.
Her hair swung as she turned, with clumps of wet hair seemingly floating a second with the force of the sharp turned. The water droplets that had clung on her repelled off her and suspended for a second in the air, creating a halo effect as the light reflected from the water droplets and amplifying her summer glow.
Then, he was suddenly very much aware of the intense heat that was rapidly rising within him, quickly reaching to this cheeks at the ends of his hair.
And for whatever reason that he just couldn’t comprehend at that moment, somehow his swimming shorts, which was made of stretchable material, had gotten impossibly tight around his crouch as if he had been wearing two sizes too small.
Which was followed by a warm liquid-like substance that was trickling down his lips, he absentmindedly touched it with his fingers and-.
Is that...blood? A nose bleed?
All of a sudden, he could feel his eyes rolling upwards before the vibrant blue morphed into darkness.
-o-
He opened his eyes to a pair of brilliantly bright blue eyes that he’d recognised everywhere.
“Shinichi! Are you alright?”
“Ran...Where? Wha?”
He had just fainted, hadn’t he? Because of-
“Oh Shinichi! I heard you calling my name, and when I turned around, you were already lying flat on the sand. And you’ve a nose bleed. Are you still sick?”
“S-sick?”
You mean like how I’m sick in the mind?
“I mean, the last time I saw you, you had some kind of heart problem? You were clutching your chest an awful lot then.”
“Oh? Oh! I am all better now. I-It’s just the heat, didn’t expect it to get to me like this.”
Heh heh. If only that was the case...
Unfortunately, the uncomfortable tightness around his crouch around hadn’t resided in the slightest.
Not even a little.
“Shinichi? Shinichi!”
“Ah...Yes, Ran?”
“I think you better go back to the hotel where it’s cold. You’re staying here right?”
“Ya...You’re right...I better go... to the hotel…” Shinichi quickly got up, and tried to hold his balance as the sudden vertigo hit him, what with all the blood was all pumping away from his brain.
But somehow, he managed to soothe Ran’s worry – Oh no you dole! You making Ran worry again – and managed to navigate his way to his hotel room, all the while with the uncomfortable heat that’s engulfing his senses and trying his best not to draw attention to his...package.
Once he entered his room, he headed straight to the bathroom, not even waiting for the door to close completely behind him before turning on the shower, hoping against all hope that the cold, chilling water was all he needed to bring some relief to his little problem.
-o-
“What do you mean there’s nothing you could do about this?” No, keep calm Kudo. Keep calm. Don’t worry. That did not come out in a squeak.
“Your body’s just over-compensating, I mean, you were under excruciating pain, growing ten years in age in under one hour. You body’s bound to be in distress. You can’t expect there not to be any side effects.” She actually sounded a little too...unconcerned about this complication...
He could just imagine, her head tilting slightly to the side, her phone between her ears and shoulders as she flipped through the pages of one of her numerous fashion magazines, all the while yawning as he confided his problem to her.
Which he was able to confirm when he heard the sound of pages flippin through the phone.
Urgh! Would it kill her just to sound sympathetic about his plight? Just a little?!
“Haibara! I have been suffering this for the past three hours. Not even cold showers is helping!”
“Just be glad this seemed to be the only side effect that you’re experiencing, Kudo.”
“Haibara...” This is NOT a good thing. How can I ever face Ran ever again? How could I face anyone ever again?
“I’m sure you’ll be fine once your endocrine system has the chance to calibrate itself.” No! She did NOT just sound smug about this!
“Argh, how long?” He asked anyway, even though he really didn’t want to know the answer.
“A month. Give or take.” And it didn’t help that she sounded so nonchalant about it.
“Did you just say a month?”
He was doomed. Doomed! Doomed! Doomed!
And just to highlight how much trouble he was in, a knock on his door startled him out of his frenzied state. He could feel his goosebumps raising at the sound of impending doom.
“Shinichi? Are you alright?”
Doom.
Haibara had probably heard Ran’s frantic voice calling out for him, because she said,“Look. Just relax and relieve some of that tension the old fashion way, like all teenagers do. I’m sure you had done it before. There’s nothing we could do now other than letting your body adjust by itself. Anyway, you better not let her wait any longer. Have fun!”
The line was disconnected before he could get any word edgewise.
He let his face fell into his left hand, as his right hand tried its best to crush the metal communication device in a feat of anger and frustration.
She’s definitely enjoying this. Evil! She’s evil!
“Shinichi?” The knocking had turned into pounding, and quickly escalated into rapid thumping. “Shinichi? If you don’t come out in five seconds, I’m coming in!”
He managed to reach and open the door in four.
“What all that shouting for? Can’t a guy get some rest around here?”
Stay cool, stay calm. And whatever you do Kudo, you mustn’t let her know. Mustn’t! Deep breaths. You can do this.
That little mantra had been utterly useless, since he could immediately feel his jeans feeling a little too tight again all of the sudden at all the wrong places at the sight of the beautiful goddess in front of him.
She had her hair tied up in a pony tail today – to get some relief from the summer heat (which didn’t help with his...problem...at all), giving him a clear view of her sharp collarbone and shoulders. Her floral, short summer dress was slightly loose on her, a little movement and the fabric shifted, giving him a clear view of-
Okay. Hold you horses Kudo. You need to stop thinking. Right now.
Before Ran could speak – to apologise perhaps, with the way her cheeks were burning, probably in embarrassment - Sonoko cut in.
“Can’t be helped that she’s worried. She hadn’t seen you in a year and the first thing you did was to faint on her! Shish. Talk about heartless.” She tsked as she lean against the door frame, disapproval shown in every inch of her body.
“Hmmm...what can I do for you?” Ignoring Sonoko’s indignant rant - As if he ever cared for Sonoko’s opinion on the things that matter. He could hear her huffed at the side at his blatant rebuffed.
“We just want to know if you want to join us for dinner. And I-we’re worried when you didn’t reply to my text or pick up my calls.”
“Sorry. I was asleep.”
No, I was hyperventilating and panicking and was overall being a mess and couldn’t help put think how death would be like went it came in a form of a karate kick from the love of his life.
“So, do you?”
“What?” Get a grip, Kudo!
“Dinner? At the restaurant downstairs? They are having a buffet tonight.”
“Oh Yes… hmmm, let me just... eh, get ready. I’ll meet you there? I’ll like... to take a quick shower before dinner.”
And maybe if he's lucky, he ’ll be able to get through the night.
-o-
He should have said no to dinner. And pack his bag and head back to Beika street, straight to his bedroom and hide under the blanket for the rest of his life.
Oh why? Why was he putting himself through his torture.
The cold showers – he took another two before he could bring himself to even step out of the room – had nothing on the power of Mouri Ran.
His little problem returned in vengeance when he caught sight of her again at the restaurant.
And the worst thing about it all was that this wasn’t even remotely a turn on. It’s just uncomfortable, distracting and embarrassing. It’s actually rather off-putting and making him sick in his stomach to even think about Haibara’s suggestion on how to resolve his issues, let alone thinking about complying with his...bodily demands.
He always find Ran very attractive – but this?
No. Just no. Not now. It was all really very inappropriate-
He’s going to stop thinking now.
All through dinner, he had to make sure that Ran headed to the buffet tables before going himself, and returned to the table before Ran even finished making her selection.
(Sonoko had mysteriously disappeared from dinner. He hadn’t cared to ask why, not when he could hazard a guess – thank goodness for small miracles, how hard would it have been if he had to divert two people’s attention instead of one.)
He found that could distract himself with her beautiful smile as she chatted about the latest events in her life and updating him on school and their friends.
That’s until he fidgeted slightly that he was reminded of the uncomfortable tightness in his jeans again - he really, really should have packed some pants or shorts!
His...discomfort must have been shown on his face, because he could see the concern slipped right back into her eyes even as he tried to wave off her concern.
(And it didn’t help that his...distraction had caused him to topple a couple of glasses of water, flipped over a plate, knocked over a couple of utensils and dropped his food on the floor...just to name a few things that happened.)
At least she waited until they both gotten dessert before launching into the interrogation.
“Shinichi, what’s going on? You’re not alright, are you?”
He was about to launch into his well-rehearsed, excuse, when he caught sight of her expression…
A little part of exasperation, a little part of resignation from the rebuff she’s expecting, and just a whole lot of worry and anxiety about his well being.
He...he just can’t lie to that face anymore. It’s one thing to not tell her about the Black Organisation, but this? No. Especially since this wasn’t life threatening to begin with.
He owe it to her.
He owe it to himself.
Not even his problem was going to stop him.
“Actually,” - he must be screwed up big time if Ran hadn’t expect him to admit this, if her wide eyes and hanging jaw were anything to go by, “you remember how I had chest pains and stuff?”
Her encouraging nod gave him that little strength to plunge forward.
It’s only his dignity on the line after all.
“Well, we found a cure of it, and that’s all good now. But there were some, hmmm, delayed...side effect that’s only just showing itself.”
“Is that what’s caused you to faint earlier?” Understanding and worry flickered through her eyes as she thought of the episode this afternoon.
“Kind of? Basically, my endocrine system’s just been producing too much of this particular hormone, but it should tamper off in a month of so.”
“Hormones?”
“Yes.”
“Testosterone?” And she hit it right in the nail.
He nod, though that’s probably redundant, since the rapid reddening of his entire face was an answer in itself.
“Oh...so it’s happening now?”
“Yap” Oh no, she’s not going to ask-
“Is it because...”
“That bikini wasn’t helping.”
...and he just signed his death warrant.
“Is it?”
“No, just you.”
The silence was deafening
“Look, it’s really just…uncomfortable at this point. And I’m not going to become sex craze or something. I’m me, just feeling very uncomfortable at the moment.”
Where was his brain filter when he needed it!
“Oh okay...can I?”
“Oh...em...just, go ahead.” as the words came out of his lips, he could feel him dying a little more this time.
This is karma at work. Karma, for lying to her this past year.
This is the least he could do.
“Oh, Wow! That’s…hmmm...really protruding…I wonder how big you really are.”
“Ran!” His brain broke at this point.
She giggled – and that beautiful melody had caused his little problem to twitch – Oh! That’s getting painful!
“Come on Shinichi, relax. It’s quite flattering actually.”
Really? He thought he was going to die a painful death in her hands.
“And it make up for the couple of times you went to the baths with me, as little Conan. I mean, there’s also that time where you even saw my-”
“Ran! That wasn’t on purpose!”
Then, he registered what he had just said.
Oh screwed. Did he just? He did, didn’t he?
Doomed.
Doomed! Doomed! Doomed!
“Relax Shinichi! Ai-chan called me a few days ago, and told me the whole thing, and that they had had you sign a confidentiality agreement, but not her. And not to hold it against you.”
Haibara?! What? Little-miss-don’t-tell-her-about-you-being-shrunken-or-she-will-be-killed-Haibara?!
“I had a few days to think about it. So I’m cool now.”
“What? Really?” Was it going to simple?
“Well, not until you told me about your...flattering bulge!”
His brain just became a pile of mush at that point and He did the only thing he could do.
Which was to slam his face onto the table.
Ran giggled again.
That did not help. At all.
At least she’s amused by it, even if it’s at his expense.
“You know what Ran. I think I’m just going to head back to my room and go back home first thing in the morning. I’ll see you again when...this...wears off.”
She was laughing out loud at this point, using her hand to muffle it, even as he clutch on her waist, trying her best to contain her miff.
Yes, at least someone’s benefiting from this.
Then, she fell out of her seat, still laughing so hard that she couldn’t even bring help to get off the floor.
Yap
-o-
It took a month before he could function as a normal human being again. Before he could wear something other than loose, cotton pajamas pants.
And another month before he could look at Ran in the eye without flushing red in embarrassment.
And Ran had milked it for it’s worth.
He’s never going to live this down.
But it was totally worth it.
Right…Right?
-o-
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