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Edogawa Conan, 3 August 2015.
"Oi, Conan-kun!"
I craned my neck, and waved at Mitsuhiko who called me. The school just ended as the bell rang, and I had to quickly get into the football field's changing locker. It was Monday, the day Teitan High School football team had our weekly practice. Mitsuhiko grinned, happy to finally practice as an official defender of the team. Unlike me who joined the team last year as a freshman, he only managed to join the team earlier this year.
"I'll make a move, and see you guys tomorrow!" I said to my classmates at Teitan High School Class 2B
"Alright, Edogawa! Go straight home after practice, don't be a Shinigami (death god)!"
"And stop breaking hearts can you? Especially those pretty girls' – I wish I'm as popular as you are!"
I grinned at them. Popular, eh? From the outside, that's probably how people saw me. A high-school detective who helped the police force in solving the most difficult mysteries. With Ayumi-chan, Mitsuhiko, and Genta, the Detective Boys team was no longer strangers to the Tokyoite. A
If only they knew how Detective Boys team was never the same after she had gone. And so was my life…
I sighed as I walked towards the football field. Only football allowed me to be busy and tired enough so that I could stop chasing Haibara's shadow. Only by sweating and panting, chasing the round ball, I could continue living as Edogawa Conan without Haibara Ai for the past ten years.
I kicked the ball towards the other team's goalpost, and a loud cry of "GOALLLLL" deafened my ears. I caught a glimpse of girls throwing their arms to the air, waving excitedly. Long gone were my arrogant, cocky days, but I couldn't help to notice that they were waving at me. I gave them a little smile, and continued to focus on what's happening on the field, just like how the Teitan High School football captain should act.
After an hour and a half of running around, Mitsuhiko and I made our way to the shower room to freshen ourselves. I switched the shower tap on, and the warm water rained on me.
Haibara…
It was the 3rd of August. By the next day, Haibara would've left Tokyo for a solid ten years. The memory of her back view, walking towards the aeroplane, was still as vivid as if it happened yesterday. I thought time would heal, I thought time would allow me to forget about her one day, just like how it cooled my love down for Ran.
It didn't. Instead, I longed for Haibara even more, and my wish to see her again got even stronger.
"Why don't you try looking for her, Shinichi? Your parents are over at LA, it won't be difficult to go there and look for her, right?" said Agasa Hakase, two years ago on my graduation day from Teitan Junior High School. Ayumi-chan, who missed her 'Ai-chan' as much as I did, uploaded a photo of us four into her Instagram, and wrote:
"Ai-chan, if you were here, it would be the five of us instead of four. I don't know where you are, what are you doing, or if you have graduated Junior High like us, but I will always love you wherever you are. Stay pretty, Ai-chan :')"
My heart shattered when I saw that picture. It's not that I'd never considered Agasa Hakase's advice, but because I knew it wouldn't work.
"How am I supposed to find someone who doesn't want to be found, Hakase? Eight years and not a single phone call nor a message from her. What else does it tell you except that she doesn't want us to find her?"
I glared at Agasa Hakase, and continued, "By the way, my name is Edogawa Conan. No longer Kudou Shinichi. Don't get it wrong."
Then, I was reminded to that day, almost ten years ago, just one day after we destroyed the Black Organisation. The sky was dark blue when Haibara knocked at my house and thrusted a snow white pill to me.
"The antidote," she said curtly. Slowly, I took the pill from her. I thought of the question I'd been wanting to ask her as I watched her eyes quivered.
"Is it true? That you can't get your adult form back? Agasa Hakase told me…"
She looked away, but then she nodded. My heart trembled, and I thought I only pitied her for not being able to return to her life as Miyano Shiho. Agasa Hakase told me that because Haibara took the drug without water, unlike me, she became immune to the antidote.
"I'm going to go now. Bye-bye, Kudou-kun…"
How was I supposed to know that it was the last time I spoke to Haibara? How was I supposed to know that it was the last time I heard her icy cold remarks? How was I supposed to know that at the same night, as I laid watching the ceiling, I decided to live as Edogawa Conan, excitedly thinking about telling Haibara that I'd protect her for the rest of my life?
How was I supposed to know, when I called Ran that night and told her that I was joining the Witness Protection Program and asked her to forget about me, that Haibara would be gone the next day?
I switched the shower tap off, and I reached for the towel. Mitsuhiko shouted that he was going ahead of me, and I mumbled a short reply. I was about to walk out of the school when I saw a girl standing at the school gate. She saw me, and her cheeks reddened.
Kimura Megumi, I thought, as I walked towards the gate. She stood in front of me, stopping me from leaving the school ground.
"Uh…eh…Edogawa-kun?"
"Yes…uh, Kimura-san, am I right?"
"Uh, yes, I am…eh Edogawa-kun? Actually…um, I actually like you a lot. Would you…would you be my boyfriend?"
Ah, high school girls these days. Confessing their love to boys like this. When I was a high school student, confessing love to my childhood friend already took so much effort and gut. I feel old, really.
I looked at Kimura-san, and smiled, "Thank you for your love confession, but I'm sorry, I can't accept that. I'm really sorry. You are cute, I'm sure you'll be able to get a better man than I am…"
Kimura Megumi looked at me, her eyes full of disappointment. She looked at the ground, and murmured, "Why? Is there someone else that you love?"
"Well, there is, actually. The one who came and went without my permission," I said, as I walked away from her.
"Who's that, Edogawa-kun? Tell me!"
I stopped, and turned to look at Kimura-san. I smiled before I answered her question.
"My summer breeze…"
Edogawa Conan, 4 August 2015
Class 2B was buzzing with excitement. I raised my eyebrows, wondering why they were so unusually excited so early in the morning.
"There will be a new student! A transfer student from the US!" said Genta, when I reached my desk.
"It's a girl! I hope she is pretty!" this time round Mitsuhiko said, his freckled cheeks red with excitement.
"Really, you boys. Do you really have to be THAT excited over a new student?" said Ayumi as she hung her bag around the hook beside her desk.
A transfer student, eh?
"Good morning, boys and girls!" Kobayashi-sensei, who got transferred to Teitan High earlier this year, entered the classroom. The buzzing died down, and we settled at our desks.
"As what you have already known, we will have a new friend today! Please be nice to her, and especially you boys…" her eyes darted across the male students, "…behave."
The class was filled with laughter and excitement. I laughed along as I watched the sliding door gradually opened, welcoming the new student everyone had been waiting for.
My laughter stopped dead, and I thought I forgot to breathe for a second when I saw the new student. I stood up so quick that I knocked my chair down.
She is tall and willowy, with a unique Japanese-European look, and a wavy, bobbed auburn locks. I heard Kobayashi-sensei told me to sit back down, and I felt everyone's eyes on me. Her turquoise eyes met mine, and she looked just as surprised as I was.
"Ha…Haibara?!"
Finally, his "summer breeze" is back! What do you think is going to happen next? Don't forget to review! xxx –wendykei-
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