Spring crocus 28
[Spring] Crocus- youthful gladness
Mouri detective agency
3:45
Ran's pov
"Ran-neechan why do think Isabelle and Rose look so similar?" Conan asked looking up from his book.
"I never really notic-" I began but was cut off by a knock on the door,"I wonder who that is," I said, walking up to the door to answer it.
I opened the door,"Oh Hakuba-kun, Bella-chan. Please come in . . . I can call you Bella-chan right?" I asked as the two came into the room.
Isabelle's face lit up with a joyful smile,"Yes you can call me Bella, it's my preferred name anyways,"She said with a chuckle, her lively attitude seemed to brighten up the room.
I smiled,"Well can I get you anything to drink?"
"No I'm alright, we shan't be here long, but thank you for asking," Bella said, she paused briefly and pulled something out of her pocket," Here I want you to have these, their tickets for Rose Adler's live performance. I originally got them for some friends but my father ended up getting a reservation for our entire class. You were the first person I thought of so," She said, with a shrug, I took the four tickets from her.
"Bella-chan can you come with me?" I asked.
She looked at Hakuba, who looked back at her and nodded.
I led her into my room, I pinned the tickets up next to my calendar and sat down on my bed,"Please take a seat,"I said, gesturing toward the office chair at my desk.
Bella sat down,"Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"Y-yeah, how long have you and Hakuba-kun known each other?"I asked, looking at the picture of Shinichi and myself that was sitting on my desk.
She glanced in the direction I was looking at, she looked at the picture and turned back to me,"Ten years."
"When did Hakuba leave London?" I asked.
"Early September, he didn't say much about it at the time but he called often to make sure I was doing alright," Isabelle said, meekly.
I could feel my eyes start to water,"When did you come here to Japan?"
"The first of March, seven months, we were separated for seven months . . . Now tell me who is that in the picture with you, it isn't Kuroba-kun. That boy he means a lot to you doesn't he?" Bella said in a quite reassuring tone.
I took a deep breath,"Kudo, Kudo Shinichi. He's a very good friend of mine, he left a few months ago without saying anything," Tears rolled down my cheeks as I explained the events of that day he left and the seldom times he called.
Bella-chan took it all in, she got up and sat next to me on the bed, she handed me her handkerchief," Back west we have a saying that goes like this 'Absence makes the heart grow fonder'," She said, gently rubbing my hand,"When I first heard that phrase I quite skeptical, it wasn't until recently when I realized how true it was."