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100 Feelings: Ran and Shinichi Drabbles
Quote 9
Moon Kitty 2005
October 25th, 2006
never leave the one you love for the one you like because the one you like will leave you for the one they love.
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Ran sat on her bed, wiping her nose on the thin material of her shirt, trying valiantly to hold the tears back. She couldn't believe today was even happening. In an attempt to wake herself up, she pinched the soft flesh of her upper arm, finding out that it wasn't a dream at all.
She slipped off the bed and buried her face into her knees, crying harder than she had been before. Shinichi... had broken up with her.
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"I'm sorry, Ran," Shinichi apologized, looking nervous as he scratched the back of his head. "I'm just really confused right now. I love you. I always will. But... I like someone else."
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Ran could hardly believe her ears as he had indulged her in that little bit of information. He liked someone else? Why? What was wrong with her? Did she do something wrong so he liked that other girl?
Why couldn't he have been happy with her?
She climbed back onto the bed, wrapping her arms around her knees, curling into a ball, willing the feelings of hurt and betrayal seeping into her to go away.
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A week later, in class, Ran peered over her textbook to see Shinichi looking at another girl. Her insides boiled with hate and loathing, and then she bit her lip, staring down at the surface of her desk, eyes filled with tears. How could this be happening? She couldn't exactly blame it on Shinichi, though. It was her fault. She knew it. She had done something wrong.
Convinced that this whole ordeal was her doing, she sighed and ignored Shinichi, concentrating on the lecture the teacher was giving.
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Ran had heard the news, and things seemed to be going fine for her. She had moved on. It had been hard, but she had somehow managed it. Concentrating more on her classwork, homework, and honing her detective skills seemed to take up most of her time. She had no time at all to think about Shinichi. She guessed that's why she got over him.
Sure, sometimes when she still thought about him a peculiar little pang would rise in her chest, causing her to blink back tears as she remembered how things were and how they could've been.
And she hadn't spoken a word to him in almost three months.
That day, as she exited school on that bright sunny day, leaves scuttering across the ground, she gasped as someone reached out and yanked her into a dark alley, and her fist suddenly raised in case she needed to protect herself.
"Ran!"
She froze. She knew that voice. She could never forget it. She lowered her fist and stared the infamous Kudo Shinichi straight in the eyes. "W-what do you want?"
Silence met her inquiry and she sighed, looking down at the ground. "Shinichi, I really don't have time for this. I have a lot of homework to do tonight, not to mention finals are coming up soon, so I need to-"
"I'm sorry," he interrupted sharply, his eyes shining dimly. "For everything. You were always there for me and I threw it away. I know you loved me. Do you think it's possible for you to again?"
Ran stared. "What ever happened to your girlfriend?" She spat the last word out bitterly to her own surprise, and clamped her mouth shut.
He smirked. "Turns out she didn't love me as I thought she did. She told me that she loved someone else. That she was only using me until she could get to him."
She shook her head. "Shinichi, when you broke up with me for her, I was hurt. I don't think I wanna go through that again. I'm sorry, but when you left me a while back, you lost me."
He sighed deeply and stared at his feet. Then he looked up at her with the most haunting eyes anyone could possess. "So there's no hope for me at all? Not even just a little?"
Tears filled her own eyes and she stared at him, memories rushing through her head of all the good times they had had, but also all the bad. She sniffled and gave him a quick hug, then said, "Meet me at the movie theater tonight."
His heart skipped a beat and he stared at her incredulously. "Does this mean-?"
Ran giggled and began walking off, calling over her shoulder, "You're on probation!"
Somewhere deep in her heart, she knew she still loved him. And somewhere deep in his heart, he thanked God that she was such a forgiving and wonderful person.
He hadn't lost her after all.
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Authoress Notes
Aww, a kind of sad yet sweet chappie. Hehe, Shinichi's on probation. Am I the only one who just pictured Shinichi in handcuffs? -drool
Okay, I'm done.
:x
