Part 15

                                    

                                          
The next day, Poe and Ranpo were spending time with Yosano quite often. Yosano had already asked Poe if he was hurt, cornering him. "Yosano, stop it! He's fine, he's not hurt!" Ranpo pulled her away from him; Karl already fled the situation. "I just wanted to know if he was hurt, gosh." She grumbled.
"I-I'm fine-" Poe said, still taken back from what happened. He tried to keep his distance, and thought to himself:
Don't hurt yourself under any circumstances.
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While Ranpo and Yosano were speaking to each other, Poe hid behind Ranpo, just staring at her. "Are you sure we should all three be hanging out?" He then asked, deadpan. "Yeah, sure! Why not? I'll make sure she won't do anything to you or Karl." Ranpo turned around and pat Poe's shoulder, as an attempt to reassure him.
Poe nodded his head, although he was still on guard.
"Well? Are we going to watch movies and eat popcorn or not? Who cares about the time!" Yosano crossed her arms. "Yeah, we probably should." Poe replied.
"Can we do spooky stuff later on?" Ranpo asked Poe, excited about the idea; Poe being quite the opposite. "No, we probably shoul-"
"OH MY GOD, YES! That's such a great idea! But it is expected from such a great detective." Yosano interrupted, nudging Ranpo and laughing.
"Pleeeeaseee, sweetheart?" Ranpo kept trying to convince him.
That's not going to work on me this time, Ranpo. Poe muttered, but then after a few seconds reluctantly agreed on the idea because how could he really say no to Ranpo and stand by it? Plus Yosano was there too, he wouldn't want to disappoint the both of them.
"Fine. We may all three do spooky stuff later. I just don't see why you all want to do it now, when we could have did it last October." Poe said. To that, Ranpo gasped and hugged him tightly.
"You're hugging too tight, Ranpo-" Poe struggled to get out. "Sorry," Ranpo loosened the hug and eventually let go.
"If my house is haunted after tonight, it's your guys' fault." Poe said, with a surprisingly serious face.
"Oh dear, you're not scared of what will happen, are you?" Yosano responded with a chuckle. "They wouldn't dare even try to hurt us."
"I'm not scared! I just don't prefer having poltergeists in my house." Poe retaliated. "We should watch the movies now though, we were supposed to do that awhile ago!"
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They decided to watch horror movies to supposedly fit with what they were going to do later, and Ranpo of course was complaining about how dumb the victims were and how obvious everything was surrounding the murderer. 
"You really can't enjoy a horror movie, can you?" Yosano frowned at Ranpo. "It's not my fault that people are so idiotic! I know it's entertainment, but it really could have more logical thinking in it!" He snapped back.
Poe was just sitting there with Karl, completely ignoring their bickering and staring at the screen. He finally snapped out of it and looked over at the two, who were bickering in each other's face. "You two fight like siblings." Poe said, to which Ranpo immediately turned his head to him and in response Poe just put his hands up defensively. 
Yosano was apparently threatening Ranpo by saying she herself was going to hurt him, and then repeatedly use her ability on him. Or at least it seemed like she was.
"You guys aren't even paying attention to the screen," Poe mumbled, probably too quiet for them to hear, especially over the yelling anyways. 
"WHERE'S THE POPCORN." Ranpo growled, making Poe slowly turn his head to him with a Shut Up. face. "I forgot to make it." He blinked. "Then make it!" Ranpo huffed.
Poe immediately got up to make the popcorn, still scared of Ranpo's concerning change of emotion - not even emotion - aura. He does do this often, but not to such an extent. 
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Once the popcorn was made, Poe came back with it and Yosano was grinning while Ranpo had his arms crossed, avoiding her. "Oh, come on! You know I was only picking on you! You're really that sensitive?" 
"I have the popcorn, guys." Poe said nervously, sitting down with it. "Thank you, Poe!" Ranpo said politely then snatched it. Poe nodded and they soon finished the movie.
-- Some hours later --
Poe, Ranpo and Yosano were all sitting in the middle of the floor and they had pizza because Ranpo was hungry yet again. Ranpo held Karl to Poe in a threatening way, reminding him that pineapples on pizza aren't allowed. 
"Did you get the thing?" Ranpo asked Yosano, and she responded with a knowing smile. "Yes, I did get the thing. Don't worry." She added.
"Wh-What thing-" Poe asked, slightly concerned. That's when Yosano whipped out a Ouija board and sat it in front of them. "Oh." He had forgotten about the fact it was presumably an Ouija board. "What, did you think we were sitting on the floor for nothing? Sitting on the floor makes it more fun!" Ranpo stated. 
Poe already felt uneasy, despite the fact he gave in to the idea anyways. He had a habit of giving in to some things. He decided not to say anything, mainly because he didn't exactly know how to use it, and to just let Ranpo figure it out. He saw him as the smarter one, after all. Once they started, they asked the usual questions like What's your name and stuff like that. 
Ranpo decided to get bold not even that far in and ask whether or not the spirit was in the same room as them, expecting a well No.
He blinked when it, to his surprise, said Yes. "Ummm, guys?" He said. Poe saw it too, and looked behind him. "You guys are really terrified already? That didn't even make me budge." Yosano commented.
"I'm not scared! Why would the one and only Ranpo be scared of a mere board?" He bluffed. That's when a cup was knocked over that was sitting on a table. "Did you guys knock that over?" Poe asked, eyes widened. "No, I didn't! We're sitting on the floor, dummy!" Ranpo replied.
Then, what was supposedly Yosano's drink, flew across the room, making a mess like the other one did. "Hey, don't drag me into this, I'm just here for the drama." She said, nonchalantly. 
At this point, Ranpo was holding onto Poe, glaring at the board. "And you said you weren't scared." Poe glanced at him. "Well, you're as scared as me, you wuss!" He whined. "At least I was the one who came up with the idea!"
After some more cautious questions and even more creepy occurrences, Ranpo was on the verge of screaming, Poe was done with his bullshit and quite frankly traumatized; Yosano was still decently unfazed. 
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They finally ended the game, and all three decided to stay together the rest of the night and sleep, because Ranpo eventually admitted he was terrified.
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A/N: Y'all have been fed with a longer chapter-