"Now, have fun! And remember, no running near the pool!" shouted Daiki.
"Hai!" shouted the small crowd of about 30 kids, all of them about 5-14 years old with their weights ranging from chubby to worryingly obese. Then, completely ignoring Daiki's warning from just a few moments ago, they ran towards the pool in a very childish manner.
For a while, Conan played various pool games with the children. Ranging from games like Marco Polo, Chicken, even just some laps around the pool. Then, most of them started calming down and started talking about trivial things, most of them along the lines of:
"Oh my god! I haven't seen you in so long! We have got to catch up! Tell me about..."
"Dad's restaurant is doing fine so and sumo's been going great! You should really try out for it you know..."
"Yaiba's the best manga ever! I can't believe you would even say something like that! Why I otta..."
As they were talking, Conan opted to float around the pool and reflect on his life so far. How his life used to be before he shrunk, as a seventeen year old ace detective and high school soccer star. He had a nice home, all the freedom he could want, and a chance at seducing his childhood friend. Now, he was instead a seven year old grade schooler living in a small apartment with the same childhood friend, who was now completely untouchable, and her alcoholic father, who's ego had inflated tenfold since he became a famous detective himself, courtesy of Conan. And of course, living with Ran had completely taken away most of his teenage freedom, such as staying out past 8 o'clock for example. Plus, while he had used to retain most of his athletic ability...
Here, he paused to lay a hand on his stomach, and frowned a little as he felt his body jiggle with the waves the others were making.
...he was reminded about the lost of that too due to his recent weight gain.
With that thought, he shook his head a bit to clear off the few touches of drowsiness he had gotten from floating around for so long so he could think better.
'4 feet, 80 pounds...I can't believe I'd ever be this short again...or that I'd ever be fat period.' he thought, his frown increasing.
'I can't believe this I've let this happen for so long, I need to lose all this weight before Ran comes back! First thing I need to do is stop eating so much food...no matter how great it tastes...'
A couple minutes more of thinking, and Conan was filled with determination to lose all his excess weight as fast as possible. In fact, he was about to get out of the pool and see if there was a workout room somewhere...
...if it wasn't for the fact that a huge wave cause by the consecutive cannonballs of the 10 most heaviest kids there prevented him from moving for a few moments as his body once again quivered furiously with the wave along with the smaller aftershocks.
Wave after wave kept hitting his body, but instead of being swept away, he floated unharmed thanks to his new weight. Watching himself to make sure he didn't get hurt, he watched his body take on more gelatinous properties as it shook. While he felt himself wobble, he felt something that he hadn't noticed before. And realized something:
'It feels nice, like I'm big again.' he thought, 'It's not the same, but it's better then before I suppose. And it feels...funny, in an almost ticklish kind of way when those waves hit...it's not a reason I shouldn't try to lose weight though.'
Figuring that there probably wouldn't be a workout room since very few of the adults he saw looked to be in any shape at all, he decided he would try instead to swim laps with the other kids, since they were getting ready to have another race.
"I really am going to lose this weight, even it takes me the whole summer." he said to himself. Although, it seemed to lack a bit of the determination it had from before.
Seeing that they were about to start, he swam as fast as he could, hoping to get their in time before they started.
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"LUNCH TIME!!!" yelled Tokujiro and Tokujaro in unison.
All of them getting out the pool, they raced towards the adults, where a bunch of tables were there stacked high with all sorts of food.
A bit clumsily, Conan walked along with Genta, not used to walking on land after being in the water so long. Seeing the piles of food however, almost made him sprint towards the buffet and grab as much food as he could.
Almost. Saying his newly formed weight loss mantra with even less determination than before, he regained his self-control, and reluctantly walked as fast as he could where he proceeded to get as little as he possibly could. However, many of the female adults noticed and were in the firm belief that a child should eat as much as they want and that a children should be plump. So, Conan soon found his plate being stacked high with yummies as he made half-hearted attempts to resist the food. In fact, as soon as his plate was filled, they gave him four more plates, each filled with enough food as humanely possible.
Later, Conan walked towards where Genta and brothers were sitting with three of their cousins in a daze, followed by 2 women who were holding his food, both of them dotting on how cute he was. As he finally sat down, he was able to take his first bite...and started to ravenously devour it all as he threw away all his inhibitions about portion control and the like. So focused into his food, he was unaware of Genta stifling his laughs as he snuck up behind him until his shirt was lifting up and heard Souta's giggles as his belly was grabbed.
"Mphmm!" he said, startled out of eating his third plate.
"Wow! You're right Genta! Conan has been getting fat!" Souta said amongst more giggles.
"No I'm not!" Conan reacted almost automatically.
"Come on Conan, I'm not dumb. I'm part of the Detective Boys too, remember?" said Genta.
Which was true. Genta, while always thinking about food, was part of the Detective Boys, and as such, had picked up enough from watching Conan that he could logically deduce things that normal 7 year olds shouldn't. Not enough to solve a murder or anything, but enough to solve a logic puzzle, a theft, even the rapid weight gain of one of his best friends.
"It was all there. The bigger clothes, the increased appetite, all we needed was the final proof, your belly!" Genta said, concluding his deduction with a slap of Conan's belly.
"...I know, but you didn't have to be so dramatic you know!" Conan said, a hint of anger in his voice.
"Well, you don't have to be angry yourself you know! Being big is fun!" Genta said, trying to defuse the situation.
"But I don't want to be fat!" Conan said, not believing himself 100%. He the belief the one should be thin was still in his mind, even if he didn't fully believe it himself.
"You don't have to be fat forever! It's okay if you gain a little weight over the summer. Besides you can lose it all later!"
"I can lose it all later...?" he said aloud.
"Of course, you still have 2 and a half months left remember! Why not just laze off for a while! It's okay if you get fat!"
Realizing this, Conan knew that he could throw all his restrictions out the door and go with Genta's suggestion. However, he suddenly was worried what would happen if couldn't lose the weight.
In the end, Conan looked at his stomach, shook it a bit, and said...
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