A/N: Hello! I'm new to this fanfic site, so I'm glad that I'm starting with one of my favorite anime show 'Detective Conan'. For this amateurishness, maybe you guys will find lots and lots of flaws all around. Keep up with me. Hope you'll like it..

Oh I've to give the Disclaimer..Already Gosho Ayoma and his team did their greatness and I don't want to claim such a cute and well storyline containing show!

Now or never

Outside the storm had finally decided to stop, still the last cool breeze blowing though. One cannot expect such a storm to rush through the plains of Beika City and that to near the onset of winter in November. How much noise of downpour or the rustling of leaves were heard outside, inside was calm, even a heartbeat was easy to detect. And in the building where the main concern delved with life and death, so all of there were the sounds of electrocardiographs.

Ran slowly opened her eyelids, letting the lights of her cabin to refract her lenses. Opening her eyes was not a big task but moving her head proved to be. "Urgh!", she gasped with slight pain as her head still bore the same injury it had 3 hours ago. It got annoying for her only to satisfy herself in straight military type pose. She closed her eyes, trying to remember what exactly happened with her.

Departmental store…

Conan…beside her walking…..

Three petty robbers….masked faces….

And…..!

She deduced-one of the robbers had taken Ran as seize, had pointed a gun on her head and accidentally shot her right through her brain. Yeah, the bullet accurately had ripped my brain cells, then how am I alive? I should be now in full pain..or in coma or whatever, but…not a square inch I feel any bullet shot patient must be!

Wait..how am I here? Who brought me here? I don't suppose Conan to be carrying me!

After a minute of self mumbling, she pushed the random thoughts, "If anyone is here, can please tell me the exact time?", she questioned for knowing anyone's presence and the time both. She remember Kogoro had an appointment with his recent client so he was keeping on straightening Ran's hair by the demand of food. Unavailability of some food stuffs persuaded her to visit the the nearby store and then make a lunch for the super busy one. And now it was expected to be late..if her dad didn't knew!

"Ah Ran you don't have to talk, I'm here so just whisper me your needs", then he adjusted his right hand to focus on his wrist watch, "2 pm, anything else?"

"Shi-Shi-Shinichi! How you can be..how you know!", Ran felt like every words in her heart wanted to erupt through her mouth by catching glimpse of him. Both knew each other from childhood phase, things were so known about each other untill the day at Tropical Island…And Shinichi appearing to her for less than occasionally seemed to be like a comet of him!

"Ran it was good you got slight hemorrhage, only. The bullet just brushed through the skin of your skull! So in order to get perfectly fine you should cooperate by not getting excited!", Shinichi said in his most calming tone, gently caressing her bandaged head. He understood Ran wanted to sit up, so he helped her to do it.

"You didn't answer my question!", she pouted, though feeling warmth having him beside.

"Conan called me, to take you to the hospital."

"What about those robbers?"

"Those three? Well..the one holding you got a good bicycle kick from your dear brother after he shot you. They are now having peaceful time in their desired place!"

"Conan did it alone!"

"That was easy for him, as he said. Big thing was he should have kicked in right time, just a fraction of a second late got you here on the patient's bed!" It was true he felt his timing was incorrigible and unforgiving given how his fault got Ran nearly sacrifice her life. If that how it went, god also don't know if he ever could forgive himself.

Only one carried a pistol, the others were more engrossed in imitating that to fear all the customers. From since Ran was caught in order to force all the people to throw their purses and wallets towards them, Conan kept on thinking ways. Ways how to defeat them. As soon as the idea of putting off and kicking his own shoes towards that pistol man came in his mind, the evil did his deed.

Then all the drama and action followed. After successfully handing over the goons to the cops, he sought the plan of turning back to his teen form. Three antidotes are still left with him, and Conan carried it everytime he was with Ran. The excitement with the amount of antidotes was surpassed by the grief of the lesser duration he availed as Shinichi. Why such a necessary evil Ai gave him?

With less time as Shinichi, the less time he got to transform. Who knows after repeated usage, the antidote mustn't be active as long as five hours? He couldn't curse anyone knowing that won't help, so he blamed the strong immune system of his! After making a comeback as Shinichi, the more he felt obsession to confess everything to Ran-his state and feelings both.

And when the appropriate time came, everytime his nervous system ached to the fullest, in the most crucial time. Thus ended leaving a badly hopeful and lamented Ran. Though she always fell less than required tears for his unknown leave, Shinichi well knew her heart crushed into million pieces. And he was the damn eccentric to leave all these in the hands of fate.

Shinichi realized his resistance to the antidote was increasing at a faster rate, and maybe this time spending in a hospital with Ran must be the last one in his adolescent stature. Now or never…he thought while looking at Ran expecting her to sleep. She didn't. The fear he would leave again in her sleep strained her eyes to open as possible.

"Ran..I think I have something to tell you..", he murmured in a very quite volume, only she could hear. And he unaware, slowly wrapped his hand around hers.

"For your words..I'm waiting till now..whatever, tell me!", Ran forgot she was speaking directly with Shinichi, not over the phone as if her true colors on the face couldn't be watched.

"There have been something for which I was..away..not only cases but other situations also. I should have told you before! For a year now, I've been waiting for the opportunity to tell you. No matter what we have both gone through..you were more than everything in my world. Ran..whatever I did that hurt your soul, I'm sorry. Because those very actions were meant to tell you the truth which were obstructed many a times"

He took a deep breath to tell the vital words. Ran kept on holding her breath, because she forgot how to breath when such a moment like this appeared. Shinichi abruptly clutched both her hands into his tightening the grip and brought to his lips. "I love you..Ran, and you're my everything!"

A moment of long silence. Both remained in the same position, except Ran twitched her eyebrows and made her eyes big like a ping pong ball. "And I'm not saying without thinking or in a haste", he assured his words to her by brushing her fingers over his lips.

"Hmm..I see!" Ran muttered, lowering her gaze on her blanketed lap.

"Ran?" Shinichi felt he did a colossal mistake. Did Ran expected something else? Or she's now more into someone else? But she had said with great agony how she wanted to tell him..or it was not involved with feelings?

"And this took you a year? Poor easy detective!" a small twinkle like smile crept on her face, shining the plain patiently look. This sudden words shook Shinichi when absorbed in deep thoughts. "Stupid! You made me wait for such a long time", and she cupped his face, looking into his azure pupils, "With all heart, I love you and will forever!"

It was normal for Ran to shed happiness-after-a-year tears, instead Shinichi's tears rolled over on his cheeks. He was but more into the warmth of hers, taking in the strawberry scent of her hair, erasing all other thoughts. This was the ultimate bliss he looked forward to. He still couldn't believe he said it! But..

But…he knew if he confessed his love to Ran, she would miss her more now, maybe the most! No..I only wanted to say what I wanted..and we've been in too many hurdles in past. More than that, she's seemed to be happy equally! Still…

Still the confusion remained.

"Shinichi..well at last you said it!", Ran's blue stars glowed in watts unexplainable.

"So, we're now lovers apart from best friends right?"

"Uh..uh!", they kept looking into their same hued eyes, swept by each other's aura. Shinichi felt the grip on his face by her hands was securing more, simultaneously lowering his head over hers. It got to be that…that special touch..

As the distance between them decreased, their noses brushed against each other. The hot breath of his fell on her lips. Finally, he wound his hands around her waist. Their lips met for that special touch..the so called affection any lover's showed.

They were absorbed in this phenomenon so much that the torment had occurred again didn't got their attention, though the beats of the fury were matching quakes in their hearts simultaneously. Because…both had waited for this despite how many hours had went by.

A/N: Well this was a prologue, teaser or trailer whatever you wanna call it..so it's way too short. Actually the theme of it kept bugging in my sleep and later in the morning it sprouted to a whole story! So next chapters will be somewhat lengthier than this. And about the criticism..please guys do keep criticize in the form of reviews so that I know if the story can launch or not, and by that I'll also get to know if the fanfic to be updated anymore. Because a writer without criticism can't improve. So read and review *puppy dog eyes*