True Happiness (rewrite version)

(23) Setting up

AN: Hope you enjoy it!

Just to remind you:

"Hi!"= Talking in English

"Hi!"= Talking in Japanese

"Hi!"= Words on signs in English

"Hi!"= Words on signs in Japanese

Hi! = Narrator

Hi! = Flashback

'Hi!' = Thoughts

"Hi!" = Talking in flashback

"Hi!" = Talking on the phone

Hi! = Words on paper (unless it's at the beginning or end of the chapter /it had POV written beside it)

(Hi!) = Author-chan talking

Disclaimer: DCMK doesn't belong to me it belongs to the great Aoyama Gosho. I only own the story and the OC~

Narrator pov. At the Kuroba house after dinner~

Edogawa had just gone upstairs to get ready for bed so Irene took the chance and turned to Kuroba to tell him her plan.

"I've decided to make that scene in Tropical Land happen as a way to get his memories back." She said as she watched his reaction.

As expected, he was surprised, "Eh?! But according to what you said, it's really dangerous-"

Irene interrupted, "But it might work to get him to regain his memories faster, this is taking too long and it might be too late to catch the culprit by the time he remembers that incident alone."

She sighed, "Haibara-san made me realize that. So I have to try." she looked back at him, "Since I'll need the Mouris to know and they'll probably want to come, it's better if you don't so we don't risk more drama."

Kuroba sighed but nodded, "Alright fine. So how are you even going to get this to work?"

Irene explained how she was planning to lie by saying he remembered Tropical Land, but not as extremely as with Mouri, just saying it was a bit like his reaction to the handkerchief.

Kuroba seemed to ponder before nodding, "That might work. Though are you sure about this? They might find out you're lying."

Irene looked down. her face still not expressing much emotion, "Well if it works, it won't be a lie. If it doesn't, then I guess I'll lose some of their trust after this, but I'll at least know I tried."

Kuroba placed a hand on her shoulder which made her look up at him to see him giving a reassuring smile, "Hey, it's still just a possibility, we shouldn't linger on the negative possibility of failing in this. Your plan might work."

She nodded, "Arigato." she looked up at the stairs where Edogawa's room was.

'I have to try, no time to think about the possibility of this failing, focus on actually making it happen first.' she thought 

With that, she bid Kuroba good night as he let go of her shoulder and went upstairs as well to get ready for bed.

Time skip to the next day at school during lunch (Brought to you by Irene's determination to try this idea)~

Irene had just told Haibara her plan as they went to the bathroom together, explaining some things, but not everything that was supposed to happen.

"Could you tell Hakase? It would be better if he also knew." Irene asked bluntly.

Haibara nodded, "I'll tell him. So when are you going to tell the lie about Tropical Land?"

Irene responded, "Tomorrow, Friday, since the day after will be a weekend and they won't have much time to prepare that way."

Haibara seemed to agree, "That makes sense. Alright, I'll tell Hakase after school. We have two more days."

Irene nodded, "Un."

Haibara walked off coldly after that discussion back to the classroom and Irene followed, not minding her coldness as she was mostly used to it, plus she understood that she still was untrusting of her considering Akemi.

She decided to not think about that, now ignoring Haibara who also seemed to be doing the same coldly.

'You know, might as well check his actual reaction to Tropical Land while I'm at it tonight.' she thought to herself.

So after school, after finding the channel, she showed Tropical Land on TV in front of Edogawa in the Kuroba's.

He blinked, and stared, before holding his head and rubbing it then looked away.

Irene paused as she turned the TV back off.

Did he have some lingering memory of the shrinking? Or was that just his head hurting because of the injury?

She decided to ask, "Does it feel familiar?"

He shook his head and answered, "No, I didn't see it before. But... Looking at it makes me get a headache from a spot other than where I got hit to lose my memory for some reason."

Irene nodded in understanding, so technically he did remember somewhat, like with the handkerchief, or was it because the handkerchief really did help trigger it? They both did meet there...

Well, it didn't matter much anyway, considering what she was planning, but it was good to know she wouldn't technically be lying.

Tomorrow, she would set the plan in motion.

For now, setting up was complete.

AN: Done! Hope you guys liked it!

So Irene tells Kaito and explains why he can't come, which he understands, how sweet. This proves their trust to each other :3

She makes sure to tell Ai who would tell Agasa on her behalf too. It's too bad that Ai doesn't seem to trust her any more than before as a result, but hey it'll happen eventually.

And huh, looks like Conan does subconsciously remember something about Tropical Land in the same way he did about the handkerchief. Nothing much though, just the ghost of the head injury he got from Gin apparently.

But, it was better than nothing. Right? 

So what did you guys think? Did you like it? looking forward to the next part? Hope to see your feedback soon!

That's all. See you next chapter!

Stay sweet my fellow anime lovers!~

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