Disclaimer: All characters from the Detective Conan belong to Gosho Aoyama.
Chapter 5
Ran found herself at the front door of her house, a while later. She didn't know how she got there, and didn't know how long it took her to her home from the hospital. Her eyes were red from all the crying. She rushed into the house, avoiding her parents as best she could, and rushed into her room, closing the door behind her. She collapsed down on her bed and cried.
She should have known. Shiho definitely liked Shinichi. She'd been living with Dr. Agasa. She'd been closer to the real Shinichi than she was. Shiho was with Shinichi, while she herself was with Conan. They are probably the only two people in the world in the same condition. They were probably the only ones who truly understood each other's feeling. Shiho understood Shinichi's feeling in a way she could never have. If Shinichi had ever needed anybody by his side, he probably would want someone who is understanding towards him. He probably wanted Shiho more than her. At this sudden insight, she sobbed harder.
Eri and Kogoro were standing in front of their daughter's bedroom door. Eri looked concerned. She turned to Kogoro for comfort. Kogoro just shook his head angrily. "That boy!" Eri sighed, knocking on her daughter's door softly.
"Ran? Sweetie, are you alright?" she asked in a concerned voice.
Ran tried her best to hide the hint of her crying in her voice as she replied, "Yes, mother. I'm just tired. Please leave me alone."
Eri and Kogoro could only looked at one another. Kogoro walked away with his hand in his pocket, cursing Shinichi on his way. Eri shook her head disapprovingly at Kogoro and looked back towards Ran's bedroom before she followed her husband to bed.
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"Careful now, Shin-chan." Yukiko helped her son out of bed. "Actually, why don't you let your father carry you."
"Mother.." Shinichi brushed her arms away. "I'm 20. Not 7 years old anymore."
Kid and Heiji laughed hysterically as Kazuha giggled. But Yukiko frowned at her son's comment as her husband put his arms around her shoulder from behind. "Now, now, Shin-chan. No matter what, you're still my little Shin- chan.. Don't be so mean to your mother. Now I kind of miss Conan."
"Hmm.. that's not a bad idea, either." muttered Yasaku, keep in thought.
"What is?" asked Yukiko innocently as she raised her head to face him.
"N-nothing!" Yasaku blushed and quickly change the subject. "Are you ready? We should be going now."
"Do you need help, little Shin-chan?" teased Shiho, though monotonously. Shinichi glared at her. He slowly started to stand on his own. 'If only Ran was here..' he thought. How much it would have made him feel better. Everybody was watching him with both concern and interest. He finally stood up and started to walk. Although his leg was still aching, he wouldn't let it show and kept his composure.
"See? Perfectly normal." He said, smiling at his friends, then eyeing his mother challengingly, though playfully at the same time. Yukiko laughed at her son's expression.
"Come on. Let's have a party for nosy boy's well being!" suggested Kid.
"No can do, Kaitou. Someone to see." He said, looking at Shiho. Shiho sighed, while standing with her arms folded. Looking uninterested.
"Oh! Get it!" Heiji said, smiling widely. Shinichi's parents stood there chuckling to themselves.
"Oh well, simple! You go to your sweetheart, beg her for forgiveness, and bring her to the party. We'll be waiting at your house!" Said Kid, lightheartedly.
"Great! Let's go to Kudo's house then! Come on, Kazuha!" Heiji added, smiling widely, motioning to Kazuha to follow him. However, to his surprise, she stood up and gave a peculiar smile before saying,
"Sorry, Heiji. Can't. Someone to meet." She walked out of the room.
"What? Who are you seeing? You don't even know anybody here!" Heiji called after her.
"Just this really nice person.." Kazuha hinted.
Heiji was startled. "What?" She walked off, leaving him to be stunned and then turned into a serious mood. "You guys go on ahead. I'll follow later." He said to Kid and the Kudo couple.
"Come on, Haibara." Said Shinichi, as he started to walk out of the room with his hands in his pocket.
'Show off.' Thought Shiho. "The name's Shiho. Miyano Shiho." She said after him, and followed him.
**
By the time Shinichi and Shiho reached the Mouri Detective office, it was 4 o'clock in the evening. With out thinking any further, Shinichi went up the steps leading to their apartment and started knocking. Nobody answered. He then knocked again.
Kogoro was watching Yoko Okino's special interview on TV at the time and was too involved to bother answering the door. "Ran! Get the door." His wife was off to work, and said she might be returning late because of this special case she's working on.
"But what are you doing daddy?" the girl asked, as she headed towards the door.
Shinichi continued knocking impatiently. "Ran!" he called. "It's me Ran! I need to talk to you!"
At the sound of his voice, Ran stopped abruptly in front of the door. At this point, Kogoro had also managed to turn his attention to the door rather than the show. He saw his daughter shaking slightly, as she looked darkly at the floor. "D-daddy.."
"I'll get it.." said Kogoro, patting her daughter gently on her shoulder. Ran stepped back from the door and let her father advanced forward.
Shinichi kept knocking until suddenly, the door creaked open slowly.
"What do you want?" asked Kogoro, sounding annoyed.
"May I please speak to your daughter, sir?" he asked.
"She doesn't want to see you. Go back." Answered Kogoro coldly. Shiho, who was leaning on the wall with her arm folded then looked up at him.
"It won't take long. We're just here to explain a few things just so that this guy is satisfied and I can go home." She said coldly.
"I SAID GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Kogoro shouted before he slammed the door in their face.
Shinichi quickly ran downstairs into the street and shouted up to the window of the apartment. "Ran.."
Ran was standing near the window, not revealing herself, leaning against the wall. She froze when she heard his voice.
"I.."
"Can I just say my part and go?" interrupted Shiho. Shinichi looked up to her. "Miss.. I don't know what you think you saw at the hospital.."
'Oh no! He knew she went to see him?' Ran thought as she shook on Shiho's words.
"But I'm here to assure you that me and your boy doesn't have any intimidate relationship whatsoever." She sounded annoyed as she continued, "I was merely bending over to see if there was any aftereffect from the pill. Besides.. he's not the type of guy I would be interested in. I like obedience men, not stubborn." She walked away after having her speech.
Ran stood still in her place. So it was a misunderstanding. They weren't kissing after all. How stupid of her. There was a long pause and Ran thought that he must have left. Then came a roar of thunder, followed by massive amount of raindrops.
"Ran.." came Shinichi's voice over the sound of the rain. "A thousand words wouldn't be enough to express my greatest apologies to you, since I know I am in no position to beg for your forgiveness..
"I don't know where to start.. Ran.. since that day that on our trip home from the amusement park.. our parting.. to the time I first met you as Conan..
"The time I spent with you as Conan.. The time I watched you smile, laugh and cry.. The pains in your eyes, and worries in your face.. How I wanted to tell you.. To yell out 'Ran! I'm here!' To hold you close to my heart, and promises never to leave you..
"How I wish to bear all your pains instead of you.. how your painful smile ached my heart.." He gave a weak laugh, looking down at the floor. He had a hard time focusing. His head was spinning as he felt his temperature rising. But he needed to let her know. She needed to understand.
"But whatever I say will not matter.. You've already decided to hate me - with a good reason too - may I add.. But Ran.. I need you to understand that though I really wish I could tell you the truth, I couldn't, because that could mean putting your life in danger. I couldn't allow that. Would never allow that. Do you understand Ran?
"I couldn't risk the life of the person I love most.." His voice trailed off. His strength was leaving him, his body was betraying him. "I love you, Ran.." he muttered these words as he fell. Although the words were lost in the storm, he needn't say more. Ran was already running down to meet him.
"Shinichi!" she shouted in shock, when she saw his motionless body lying on the ground. "Shinichi! Hold on, Shinichi.."
**
A/N: again, quite a short chapter.. like I said before.. this isn't supposed to be a very long story.. thanks for those who reviewed.. I'll try my best to look out for any grammar mistakes.. I know there's a lot since English isn't my first language.. and well.. grammar really isn't my thing.. so ^.~" sorrie ^.^ pls review!!!
Chapter 5
Ran found herself at the front door of her house, a while later. She didn't know how she got there, and didn't know how long it took her to her home from the hospital. Her eyes were red from all the crying. She rushed into the house, avoiding her parents as best she could, and rushed into her room, closing the door behind her. She collapsed down on her bed and cried.
She should have known. Shiho definitely liked Shinichi. She'd been living with Dr. Agasa. She'd been closer to the real Shinichi than she was. Shiho was with Shinichi, while she herself was with Conan. They are probably the only two people in the world in the same condition. They were probably the only ones who truly understood each other's feeling. Shiho understood Shinichi's feeling in a way she could never have. If Shinichi had ever needed anybody by his side, he probably would want someone who is understanding towards him. He probably wanted Shiho more than her. At this sudden insight, she sobbed harder.
Eri and Kogoro were standing in front of their daughter's bedroom door. Eri looked concerned. She turned to Kogoro for comfort. Kogoro just shook his head angrily. "That boy!" Eri sighed, knocking on her daughter's door softly.
"Ran? Sweetie, are you alright?" she asked in a concerned voice.
Ran tried her best to hide the hint of her crying in her voice as she replied, "Yes, mother. I'm just tired. Please leave me alone."
Eri and Kogoro could only looked at one another. Kogoro walked away with his hand in his pocket, cursing Shinichi on his way. Eri shook her head disapprovingly at Kogoro and looked back towards Ran's bedroom before she followed her husband to bed.
**
"Careful now, Shin-chan." Yukiko helped her son out of bed. "Actually, why don't you let your father carry you."
"Mother.." Shinichi brushed her arms away. "I'm 20. Not 7 years old anymore."
Kid and Heiji laughed hysterically as Kazuha giggled. But Yukiko frowned at her son's comment as her husband put his arms around her shoulder from behind. "Now, now, Shin-chan. No matter what, you're still my little Shin- chan.. Don't be so mean to your mother. Now I kind of miss Conan."
"Hmm.. that's not a bad idea, either." muttered Yasaku, keep in thought.
"What is?" asked Yukiko innocently as she raised her head to face him.
"N-nothing!" Yasaku blushed and quickly change the subject. "Are you ready? We should be going now."
"Do you need help, little Shin-chan?" teased Shiho, though monotonously. Shinichi glared at her. He slowly started to stand on his own. 'If only Ran was here..' he thought. How much it would have made him feel better. Everybody was watching him with both concern and interest. He finally stood up and started to walk. Although his leg was still aching, he wouldn't let it show and kept his composure.
"See? Perfectly normal." He said, smiling at his friends, then eyeing his mother challengingly, though playfully at the same time. Yukiko laughed at her son's expression.
"Come on. Let's have a party for nosy boy's well being!" suggested Kid.
"No can do, Kaitou. Someone to see." He said, looking at Shiho. Shiho sighed, while standing with her arms folded. Looking uninterested.
"Oh! Get it!" Heiji said, smiling widely. Shinichi's parents stood there chuckling to themselves.
"Oh well, simple! You go to your sweetheart, beg her for forgiveness, and bring her to the party. We'll be waiting at your house!" Said Kid, lightheartedly.
"Great! Let's go to Kudo's house then! Come on, Kazuha!" Heiji added, smiling widely, motioning to Kazuha to follow him. However, to his surprise, she stood up and gave a peculiar smile before saying,
"Sorry, Heiji. Can't. Someone to meet." She walked out of the room.
"What? Who are you seeing? You don't even know anybody here!" Heiji called after her.
"Just this really nice person.." Kazuha hinted.
Heiji was startled. "What?" She walked off, leaving him to be stunned and then turned into a serious mood. "You guys go on ahead. I'll follow later." He said to Kid and the Kudo couple.
"Come on, Haibara." Said Shinichi, as he started to walk out of the room with his hands in his pocket.
'Show off.' Thought Shiho. "The name's Shiho. Miyano Shiho." She said after him, and followed him.
**
By the time Shinichi and Shiho reached the Mouri Detective office, it was 4 o'clock in the evening. With out thinking any further, Shinichi went up the steps leading to their apartment and started knocking. Nobody answered. He then knocked again.
Kogoro was watching Yoko Okino's special interview on TV at the time and was too involved to bother answering the door. "Ran! Get the door." His wife was off to work, and said she might be returning late because of this special case she's working on.
"But what are you doing daddy?" the girl asked, as she headed towards the door.
Shinichi continued knocking impatiently. "Ran!" he called. "It's me Ran! I need to talk to you!"
At the sound of his voice, Ran stopped abruptly in front of the door. At this point, Kogoro had also managed to turn his attention to the door rather than the show. He saw his daughter shaking slightly, as she looked darkly at the floor. "D-daddy.."
"I'll get it.." said Kogoro, patting her daughter gently on her shoulder. Ran stepped back from the door and let her father advanced forward.
Shinichi kept knocking until suddenly, the door creaked open slowly.
"What do you want?" asked Kogoro, sounding annoyed.
"May I please speak to your daughter, sir?" he asked.
"She doesn't want to see you. Go back." Answered Kogoro coldly. Shiho, who was leaning on the wall with her arm folded then looked up at him.
"It won't take long. We're just here to explain a few things just so that this guy is satisfied and I can go home." She said coldly.
"I SAID GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Kogoro shouted before he slammed the door in their face.
Shinichi quickly ran downstairs into the street and shouted up to the window of the apartment. "Ran.."
Ran was standing near the window, not revealing herself, leaning against the wall. She froze when she heard his voice.
"I.."
"Can I just say my part and go?" interrupted Shiho. Shinichi looked up to her. "Miss.. I don't know what you think you saw at the hospital.."
'Oh no! He knew she went to see him?' Ran thought as she shook on Shiho's words.
"But I'm here to assure you that me and your boy doesn't have any intimidate relationship whatsoever." She sounded annoyed as she continued, "I was merely bending over to see if there was any aftereffect from the pill. Besides.. he's not the type of guy I would be interested in. I like obedience men, not stubborn." She walked away after having her speech.
Ran stood still in her place. So it was a misunderstanding. They weren't kissing after all. How stupid of her. There was a long pause and Ran thought that he must have left. Then came a roar of thunder, followed by massive amount of raindrops.
"Ran.." came Shinichi's voice over the sound of the rain. "A thousand words wouldn't be enough to express my greatest apologies to you, since I know I am in no position to beg for your forgiveness..
"I don't know where to start.. Ran.. since that day that on our trip home from the amusement park.. our parting.. to the time I first met you as Conan..
"The time I spent with you as Conan.. The time I watched you smile, laugh and cry.. The pains in your eyes, and worries in your face.. How I wanted to tell you.. To yell out 'Ran! I'm here!' To hold you close to my heart, and promises never to leave you..
"How I wish to bear all your pains instead of you.. how your painful smile ached my heart.." He gave a weak laugh, looking down at the floor. He had a hard time focusing. His head was spinning as he felt his temperature rising. But he needed to let her know. She needed to understand.
"But whatever I say will not matter.. You've already decided to hate me - with a good reason too - may I add.. But Ran.. I need you to understand that though I really wish I could tell you the truth, I couldn't, because that could mean putting your life in danger. I couldn't allow that. Would never allow that. Do you understand Ran?
"I couldn't risk the life of the person I love most.." His voice trailed off. His strength was leaving him, his body was betraying him. "I love you, Ran.." he muttered these words as he fell. Although the words were lost in the storm, he needn't say more. Ran was already running down to meet him.
"Shinichi!" she shouted in shock, when she saw his motionless body lying on the ground. "Shinichi! Hold on, Shinichi.."
**
A/N: again, quite a short chapter.. like I said before.. this isn't supposed to be a very long story.. thanks for those who reviewed.. I'll try my best to look out for any grammar mistakes.. I know there's a lot since English isn't my first language.. and well.. grammar really isn't my thing.. so ^.~" sorrie ^.^ pls review!!!