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Ran's wandering through the mansion, looking behind and under furniture, curtains and doors as she goes. "Conan! Conan, come out already! Geez ... you know I don't like hide-and-seek ..." She looks up at every slight sound, stepping back to look at the chandelier consideringly. "He wouldn't ... Would he?"

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"And if I am?"

"Let him," Ran said. "He's clean, he can hide if he wants. But after all of that fuss, I think the two of us deserve something nice. Want to see what the kitchen has to offer?"

Aoko gave Conan a suspicious look, but since he seemed to have Ran's permission on hiding, she didn't question him any further.

"Ran-chan said it was okay, so if you want to hide, go ahead." Then, she turned to the girl in question and smiled at her, linking her hands behind her back as she did so. "Okay! I don't think I've eaten dinner yet, anyway!"

"Really? Then how about a hand-made meal as a thank you?" Ran suggested, turning towards the door. "Conan'll tell you I'm a pretty good cook."

Conan was looking distinctly put out. "Don't I get dinner?"

"Thought you were hiding?" Ran shared a secret smile with Aoko. "What sort of food do you like, Aoko-chan?"

Oh so this was the plan. Aoko fell into step easily, her smile unwavering.

"I haven't had yakisoba in a while," she said cheerfully, "I can help you make some, too!"

"Yakisoba, huh? That shouldn't be hard at all. Through in a little cabbage, some bacon, onion -- and if we find some sauce to go with it ..." Ran grinned back at Aoko. They'd have to see if they could convince her to stick around.

Aoko nodded eagerly. "That sounds delicious! Even better than what's served in the dining hall sometimes!"

"Oh, the dining room yakisoba has nothing on mine," Ran said happily. "Right, Conan?"

Surprise, suprise. He'd opted to stay with them after all. "It's not bad," he said. "I suppose I could help you make dinner."

"Are you sure?" Aoko asked with an innocent smile as she bent down to face Conan, "You did want to hide earlier, after all."

"I like to keep my options open," Conan said loftily. "I'm allowed."

That caused Aoko to giggle, but only briefly before she turned back to Ran. "Should we make something else, or do you think that will be enough?"

"For the two of us -- and I suppose Conan-kun too -- that should be enough. Shall we make dessert?"

"Pudding!" Aoko suggested cheerfully, "I haven't had pudding in a while!"

"I like ice-cream!"

"Pudding and ice cream?" She offered helpfully.

"Sounds good to me!"

"I might put you two in charge of dessert then, while I make dinner," Ran decided. "Think you can handle it?"

Aoko nodded.

"Of course we can! Right, Conan-kun?"

"Right!" Conan doesn't notice that he's been effectively supervised, running ahead to check that the fridge has everything they'll need. "Aoko-neechan! What kind of pudding do you like best?"

"Chocolate!" Aoko answered cheerfully as she followed him to help.

Ran smiled as she set a pot of water onto boil for the soba, joining Conan at the fridge, as she gathered onion, cabbage and bacon. "Let Aoko-chan do the measuring. There is such a thing as too much chocolate, believe it or not."

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