Long fic: ILLUSION

Rating: K+ (may be raised later)

Author: Ruby-chan

Translator: DaKiDu

Pairing: Green Bolton & Shiho Miyano

Disclaimer: Green Bolton & story plot are owned by Ruby, other characters belong to Gosho Aoyama

(*) Note: The origin is in Vietnamese. I had permission from author Ruby to translate this fic into English, so that international fans can enjoy this very special love story as well :D Sorry for any mistake, I'm on my way to improve my English skills. We do hope that Shiho's fans can have another choice, maybe better choice for her :D


CHAP 1: UNREAL FAIRY

If his Ran Mouri is an angel, you are my immortal fairy!

"Do you believe there are pretty fairies in this world?"

If I answered "NO" then Miyano Shiho in my heart would die

and so would I...

[Shinichi's house, Los Angeles]

It's a cold, snowy morning...

Shiho is laying on bed with a wet towel on her forehead.

She got sick again! Fever is something that always approaches and knocks down weak bodies, especially a little girl who has just turned back to a young lady not long ago...

Shinichi keeps staying beside and taking care of her with long chucks, and gently puts his hand on her forehead.

- Keep your hand off my face, Shinichi! – Shiho orders with tired voice

- 38.5 C degree! You seem to attract fever goblins, don't you? Better be glad that those things always go with someone intelligent! – Shinichi wraps his arms after holding a thermometer and smiles. He's way too used to this attitude of the brown-haired girl, who is beautiful but grumpy and cold as hell!

- It's non-sense! Don't tell me you believe in that stupid story.

- Did u...have nightmares again? I heard you scream at the middle of last night.

- No...nothing at all! – with the icy voice as usual, Shiho turns away to avoid his look.

The atmosphere between them becomes silent again. Shinichi frowns at his peer, who shared the same plight of being shrunk in a long time, who is cold but vulnerable. Getting hurt too much makes that girl close her heart to everybody else as a way to defend herself.
But cold to this extent ... perhaps also because of something else!

Or her heart's just been touched a little?

- Shiho...- Shinichi timidly asks - ...Did something happen between you and Green?

- NOT AT ALL!

Shiho shouts at him and quickly stands up, face-to-face to Shinichi. Her cheeks are getting red, which seems to be not only caused by the high body temperature or "fever goblins".

- Ok ok...why so serious? – Shinichi freaks out – Lucky for me you're not mad at him, becuz I called him and told him to drop by...

- You WHAT? (Shiho grabs his collar ^^)

- Uh oh...well I had him buy some food for sick people. You see my cooking skill is zero, while my parents are not home...

Shiho gazes at him for a few seconds, lets go of his collar then lays down on bed. The frozen silence goes on until the doorbell rings.

- Perhaps it's Green! I'll go down-stair to let him in!

Shinichi quickly leaves the room. Only Shiho with the aching things playing around in her head.

A nightmare with the dead victims of APTX-4869 causes her to scream in horror.

Bloodthirsty eyes of BO men with guns

And someone with short and soft sandy hair embracing his beautiful face, and gentle eyes which can see through her heart!

[FLASH BACK] The day before...

"Maybe it's not time to say this...but I'm afraid I don't have a chance once you go back to Japan."

"Another game of yours? Sorry I don't have time for it!"

"I know your feelings for Shinichi, and you try to give it up...for Ran Mouri."

"It's all non-sense! What do you want? Say frankly!"

"I love you!"

Until now thinking back, Shiho still feels her abnormally fast heartbeat. The young man called "science genius", who has stayed beside her for almost 3 years, spoke out those words with the embarrassment of a man looking at his dream girl.

And he really meant it!

What's about Shiho? She did not answer Green, or rather not refuse straightforward!

In her heart Green is a brother, a friend...or someone very special, very important?

Perhaps everything is not that simple...but Shiho can't let herself love him. Because anyone around trying to protect her had tragic endings, such as Akemi and her parents. Almost Ran Mouri, and Shinichi as well.

Shiho fears hurting and losses!

Maybe she'd better keep her feelings in a closed box so that no one can walk into her heart once again...after Shinichi Kudou...

"CRAAAASH!"

A horrible sound from the kitchen startles Shiho . Trying to get up in a whirl, she holds on to the banister and walks down. The kitchen floor is full of broken pieces of bowls, and of course the culprit is right there. The familiar sandy hair and tall stature of someone. That person turns around when Shiho whispers his name:

- Green...

- Shiho-kan! Why are you down here? Go take a rest! (*Note: He mispronounces "Shiho-san", which irritates her very much ^^)

- Stop calling me by that weird pronunciation! You are gonna blow up this place, ain't you?

- Shinichi is out for your medicines. I think homemade food is the best so I'm trying to cook you a little egg porridge...(flipping cook book)... some food are also good for people with fever but a little fussy so...

- So you broke everything? Well I don't feel like eating anything now, no need to cook!

Tiredly, Shiho heads back to her room before Green could say anything...but her little hand is softly taken.

- Shiho, you are worrying me!

- I don't ask you to, even if you wanna help me back to my room..

That's right! The worry of other people is nothing more than pitying a weakling, and she hates it!

She pushes his hand away and continues to take the heavy steps upstair, turns her back to the man with blue eyes like the sky in a sunny day.
...who touched her heart without permission.

She lays on bed with aches and fatigue. After a while someone knocks the door.

-May I come in, Shiho-kan?

Green walks in with a hot bowl of porridge and put it on the table. He smiles gently at her, trying to hide his right hand behind his back.

- Got burns, right?

- You said you didn't wanna eat, but I tried...not so bad huh? It will destroy the "flu goblins" in your body...

- You really believe in that stupid thing like he does? – Shiho says, putting her hand up on her forehead.

- Is "he" Shinichi?

- It appears when one found his Angel, he turns to believe in magic.

Thinking of Ran Mouri far away causes her heart throbbing a little. Longing to see Ran in his real shape, but Shiho's sudden and prolonged illness made Shinichi worried and cancel his flight back to Japan. For her absolute safety, Shiho can't be out for treatment. She wonders if Shinichi is nice or trying to get on her nerve...

- Shiho...ever since I met you I've believed in such silly things, as Fairy Tinker Bell of Neverland...

- Those thin-wing fairies do NOT exist in this world! – she looks into his eyes coldly, but receiving calm and tolerance.

- Don't ever say that. If you do, a fairy will lose her light and die in pain. See?

- I don't wanna argue with you about this tissue anymore! Leave me alone!

- You are a lot like me!

- What do you mean?

- I'm going home, Shinichi is about to come back soon. Please take a rest...sorry for bothering you.

The door is closed softly and harmlessly, but tightens Shiho's heart a little. Did she just hurt Green's feeling?

The food he made for her is getting cold...

Later Shinichi comes back with some medicines. He surprisingly asks:

- Where is Green?

- He's gone...after breaking many stuffs in this house just to get a bowl of egg porridge.

- He really cares about you! I hope he's fine on his way back home. I bought medicines for you both.

- What? Both?

- Green has a fever as well but I didn't know so I called him. Then he came here right away, geez...

- ...
Shiho discontinues the conversation. Nothing to do but quietly staring at the cold thing over there which is about to be thrown away. She frowns for a while.

- Shinichi, please warm up that porridge. I wanna eat it...

- What? Green made it? I bet you can't stand more than 3 spoons!

- None of your business!

- Fine...you have to eat something before taking pills anyway. But I won't take responsibility for it!

Yes it's hard to swallow, even with her tasteless sense of food. That idiot might not have tasted his "product" before serving her; even if he did, that thing couldn't get better with the tasteless tongue of a sick man. Despite Shinichi's grumbles, Shiho silently swallows each spoon. Because what she's enjoying is not only a food for the sick..

...but it's a heart!

Shiho is enjoying a quite peaceful time after returning to her former shape. But the up-and-down never lets her go...

The next morning, an invitation is sent to Kudou, for Miyano Shiho.

A birthday party for Miss Angelina Sergey, daughter of the world famous scientist Billy Sergey, will be held on this Sunday. Mr. Sergey's long had his eyes on the scientific work of Shiho and Green - APTX 4869.

Along with that formal thing...is the dead bodies of Immortal Butterflies (*) with torn-off wings.

A signal of death!

(*) a type of butterfly with black wings

…(to be continue)…