[Dictated and dated tonight; Action for hospital]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[Filtered to Ran]
My apologies, Ran.  It looks like I won't be able to make that meeting after all.  I had to make a stop at the hospital.
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[Filtered to roommates, allies and acquaintances]
It appears I won't be making it back tonight.  Due to an incident I will be staying at Saint-Pierre Infirmerie for the night.  But there is no need to worry. 
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[A few minutes later, after getting his injury treated and resigning himself to spending the night at the hospital,  Shinichi returns to the journal and begins to dictate a few further thoughts.]

I don't suppose anyone at the hospital has any spare books I could borrow.

[ooc: For this event Conan has been aged up to his real seventeen-year-old self.  He is also pretending to be a new arrival and a distant relative of Conan.]

Comments

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

There's no need for that. Christmas is still a few days away and I should be well recovered by then. As I said, the doctor is merely being overly cautious.

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

What did you do to get yourself hospitalized in Paris?!

...you weren't chasing someone, were you?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

I saw a crime in progress. Of course I had to interfere.

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

[Shinichi hears a "greeeaaaggh!" over the journal.]

YOU STUPID DUMMY! The French have brutal police, you should have let them handle it!!!

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

Oi! How am I supposed to let a thing like that go?

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

A thing like what?!

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

A crime that occurs in front of me! How could I call myself a detective if I just allowed something like that to happen?

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

A 'detective' solves crimes. 'Police' and 'law enforcement' prevents them!

Stop putting yourself in danger! What if something worse happened to you!?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[That worse has already happened.]

Don't worry. I am more than capable of taking care of myself.

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

Says the boy stuck in the hospital. That's kind of a big deal, you know!

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

I only needed a few stitches. I'll be fine.

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

I should still come over, though! [Even if just to keep him company.]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

It isn't necessary. I'll be fine. [And he didn't want to make her worry over him.]

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

[Ran clenches her teeth. If he didn't want her to find him, she wouldn't be able to, she knew that much. Ugggh why are you so damn frustrating, Shinichi Kudo?!]

Hmph. [Turns up her nose.] Fine! I'll just go out by myself.

[Alone. In the streets of Paris. That's not asking for any trouble, is it?]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[Shinichi cringes at the thought of Ran wandering around alone and hastily blurts out his location.]

Saint-Pierre Infirmerie. That's where I am.

[Video]/[Action]

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[The video cuts off without anything more. First Ran had to decompress after getting so emotionally worked up over that little exchange. Why was Shinichi always only thinking about himself?! He promised they'd spend time together, so at the very least he could let her come to the hospital! Why so much resistance?

...unless his injury was worse than he was letting on. Ran felt a sinking feeling in her stomach. That's right. Aren't stitches usually an out-patient procedure?

He was lying to her. She just knew it. Why couldn't he trust her?]

Re: [Video]/[Action]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[Shinichi listens to the feed cut off with a sinking feeling. He'd upset her again. Why couldn't he ever do anything right when it came to Ran? This was the last thing he'd wanted.]

[Action] About 45 minutes later..?

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

[Ran walks straight past Shinichi's room, pacing quickly with a strong strike and a worried face. For all the anger she may have had over the feed, she was sincerely worried for Shinichi's well-being.

Had she been too harsh on him? She didn't mean to be, but he was just so dense sometimes! Couldn't he just once put himself in her position?]

Excuse me, I'm looking for the room this boy is in...[Her voice can be heard down the hallway, followed by rapid footsteps growing in volume until they ceased, and she stood in the doorway.]

Re: [Action] About 45 minutes later..?

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[Shinichi straightens up in his bed as he hears her voice.]

Ran? I'm in here.

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

[Ran walks into the room, her posture stiff and shoulders set-back as she stalked over to his bed. She planted her hands on her hips and leaned over to get a better look.]

So what happened? You don't look incapacitated.

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

I said I was fine, didn't I? I just needed a few stitches. And the Doctor is being overly cautious.

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

[Ran sighs.] Well, I guess I should be grateful that they're letting me visit you, at least...[Her eyes cast down to her feet and she shifts a bit.]

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

...What is it?

[coolguysangel.livejournal.com]

[Ran looks up and blushes a bit.] N-nothing! I just...[Ran fidgets, and holds up a box wrapped in furoshiki, although the cloth was clearly that of French design, rather than Japanese.]

I brought something from the bakery, since I don't know what they have you eating in here...

[modernholmes.livejournal.com]

[And he'll look away from her to hide his own faint blush. It's the sunset coming through the window, okay.]

You didn't need to do that.