DCMK; Story Collection

Growing Fame of the Detective; 1

Summary:

A random encounter at the park suddenly has Conan become a child model.

It was supposed to be a one time thing, but things somehow didn't go as planned, and now Conan finds everything going down hill for him.

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Laughter filled the park as the sun shone brightly from above on the hot summer day. Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko had dragged Conan and Haibara out to play in the park, but the three ended up doing the playing alone, as neither Conan nor Haibara had any interest in their role-playing game. Haibara had left the boy to stand by himself with his skateboard as she went to get herself something to drink, handing him the responsibility of monitoring the kids. 

A groan left the boy, and he leaned onto the end of his skateboard. All the seats in the park was taken as it was the weekend, meaning families and couples were all walking around in the fine day. His arms were folded on the top of the skateboard as he leaned into it, his chin placed on them as he stared forward with a bored look. 

Sweat had started to build on his forehead because of the heat, and he grumbled to himself as to why he didn't take the chance on leaving before Haibara took it. He grabbed the collar of his t-shirt to wipe his forehead with another sigh, but glanced up when hearing the kids call his name. "Conan-kun! How was that?" beamed Ayumi over at him with a wave. "Did you see our trick?"

"Yeah, looked great, you guys!" called Conan back with a smile, then gave them a thumbs up. He didn't really see what they did, but the kids didn't seem to know that, as the three beamed brightly and ran back to their game. A gentle wind then blew past, and Conan sighed in relief at the coolness it gave to him, swaying his bangs to help cool his forehead.

The shutter of a camera suddenly came, and he blinked and glanced to the side. A man and a woman beamed brightly as they stood up from where they were crouched with a camera. "Perfect shot!" beamed the man, looking down at his camera to look at the picture he took. 

The woman smiled brightly as she excitedly nodded her head in agreement when leaning over his shoulder to look at it. "One of the best we could take!" she beamed.

"Eh?" was all Conan said, tilting his head in confusion as he watched them.

"Ah, wari," sheepishly grinned the man as he took notice of the confused boy. The duo stepped over to him, and Conan stood up properly as they crouched down by him. "We're professional photographers, who work with models and celebrities," he informed him, giving a nod as he smiled brightly at the woman next to him. "We were taking a break by going through the park, but we couldn't resist taking a picture when seeing you!"

Conan blinked at the two in slight bewilderment, but gave out a slight scoff. "It's not nice to take pictures of others without their consent, Onii-san."

"Gomenasai, boya," sheepishly smiled the woman, but smiled brightly again. "But we saw a perfect picture, and we just had to take it!" 

The woman had grabbed the man's camera, and she turned it to shove it into his face. Conan blinked owlishly, but looked at the picture. By a single look, he could see they were professional from the quality and position, but he still raised his eyebrow and turned back to them. "Um, arigatou, I guess?" he said, not really knowing what to say. 

"Say," the man said, then took out a small business card. He smiled as he held it down to the boy, and to be polite, Conan accepted it and looked down at it. "You would be a perfect child model if you want to give it a try!" he grinned down at him, and Conan glanced up with a raised eyebrow again. "Just give us a call whenever, and we can throw up a photo shoot!"