Hey all!!! I apologise for the loooonnggg…wait, coz I'm quite busy right now as I'm attending college this April…but anyway, here it is, last three chapter on "As Long As You're Happy". Miss Mouri Ran will be here now, so sit back and enjoy!
Disclaimer : I do not own Detective Conan
True Love
Mouri Ran
My eyebrows were raised in confusion as I entered Shinichi's house and found out that the detective fell asleep inside the reading room. It was almost time to go to school now; how could he possibly fell asleep in such a place?
Slowly, I went into the room and began to shake Shinichi's shoulder to wake him up. He opened his eyes a bit, and grunted as the sunshine which streamed through the window hit his eyes. But when he saw me, he was startled and began to search something that could tell him what time it was.
"It's seven o'clock, Shinichi! Doushite yo? It's really not like you to fell asleep in the middle of reading a book and wake up late in the next morning, isn't it?" said I. He didn't seem to listen to what I said as he was rushing out from the reading room to quickly get ready for school. I sighed heavily, "Mou, Shinichi…"
"Wait for me, Ran! I'll be ready in ten minutes!" he shouted from the bathroom.
"Alright," I said, and then I sat down on the desk where Shinichi slept earlier. He used "Study of Scarlet" book as the pillow, something that I hardly believe as Shinichi loved every single books created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and he wouldn't possibly did something like that to those books. I took the book and about to placed it on the right place when a piece of picture fell from inside the book.
"Ah re? Conan…I mean, Shinichi?" I talked to myself.
The words Only You were scribbled at the bottom of the picture. Then, I remembered yesterday Ayumi-chan and the boys came to us, so maybe this was the thing that they gave Shinichi. He told me that Ai-chan gave them a picture that was supposed to be given to him...was this the picture he talked about? And the fact that the picture was inside the very book Shinichi held was…
Was he…was Shinichi actually…holding on the picture all night?
And if the words Only You were written by Ai-chan…there was only one think I could think about…
"Ran? Have you had breakfast?"
I quickly hid the picture in the book and closed the book upon hearing Shinichi's call. A loaf of bread was hanging from his lips as he put on his coat on top of his white shirt.
"Ah, yeah…I've had breakfast…c'mon Shinichi, we need to go now or else we're gonna be late!"
"Oh, OK then…I just don't want you to fall sick because you miss breakfast that's all," he said non-chalantly as he munched the bread. If he acted this way, he was still the old Shinichi that I knew. But this man was a good actor; he could deceive people's eyes easily!
Well, not my eyes though…
After school, Mouri Ran
The sun was almost set. I saw his tall figure stood rooted by the window, his eyes were gazing at the red sky up there. Almost everyone had left the school by then, except for the members of karate club who had just finished a very tiring exercise. I had just changed into my uniform and went to look for Shinichi to go home with him.
I opened my mouth to call him, but I decided not to do so when I saw the thing he held tightly on his right hand. That picture, I thought. The picture that sent him into deep slumber last night. I walked silently towards him to get a better look at the childhood friend of mine. I touched his arm lightly and he was startled by that light touch. I smiled at him when he looked at me with guilt in his eyes.
"Ran, I don't…it's not like…" he stammered as he quickly hid the picture into his blue coat. I grabbed his arms to stop him from hiding the picture from my eyesight. To stop him from hiding the facts from me. His eyes were penetrating into my soul, but somehow I didn't feel any pain in my heart. It was even more painful to see Shinichi kept on staring at a piece of picture for the whole day than to actually let him go from my side.
"Her flight is today, am I right?" Shinichi nodded. I smiled and took his fingers into my palms.
"Go after her, Shinichi. I'll be fine…"
"What are you talking about?" he said, his hands grabbed my shoulder.
"I just don't want you to have any regrets. I don't want someday you'll regret your decision to be with me, and that you never try to be with her, the true love that you carelessly let go. If she's really your true love, why don't you let her know how much you love her and how painful it is for you to see her go just like that?"
Slowly Shinichi drew his hands from my shoulder. I knew I was right about what I said.
"But…" he continued with a low voice, "…but you've been waiting for me! You've been waiting for my return for two years!"
I casted another smile for him, "Sincerity is important for a relationship, but the love itself is far more important. If you don't love me, why shall we be together? If our relationship doesn't make you happy, I can't be happy, Shinichi. I'll always be your best friend, yes, but for more than that, I don't think it will work out…"
Shinichi stared at me like he had never before.
"Why…why are you doing this for me, Ran?"
"As long as you're happy, I'm going to be happy as well. I'm sure Ai-chan thinks that, too…"
He eventually casted a genuine smile at me. He grabbed my fingers and nodded.
"Thank you, Mouri Ran! I'm sure there will be a better man for you…much better than me…"
"Yeah, thanks. Good luck, and say hi to Ai-chan for me, alright?"
And thus, my first love rushed out of the classroom to go after his true love…
Two more chapters, I promise you, TWO MORE! Thanks for all your reviews anyway ^^
