File 3. Realised
Ding-dong.
"It's must be Sonoko," said Ran.
"Okay, let's me open the door." Shinichi went to the door.
"Hi! Mr Detective," said Sonoko in her cheerful voice. "I've got a present for you." She gave a photo to Shinichi, "but you need to solve a little mystery first. Do you know who's in this photo?" An evil smile shone on her face.
"Sonoko, thanks for coming," Ran found out that Shinichi was looking at a photo, with a confusing face. "What do you give Shinichi?"
"Do you remember where we first met Makoto?" Asked Sonoko.
"Yes, you're in danger, and Kyougoku-san saved you."
"Shinichi is looking at the photo I've taken at the beach there, the one that you're fixing your bikini." Sonoko smiled evilly; Ran's face had turned as red as a tomato. "Can you figure out who's in the photo, Mr Detective?"
"This one is a bit tricky," said Shinichi. Sonoko was too happy that she could at last have something difficult for Shinichi.
"It's Ran in the photo, right?" Shinichi grinned.
"You're great!" said Sonoko. "Okay, this is a present for you." Sonoko took a large box from her bag, "hope you'll enjoy it. Maybe it can bring back some of your memories."
"Oh! Thank you."
"Sonoko," said Ran, "where're you going? Aren't you come here to help us to do the cleaning?"
"I don't want to be a light bulb between you two," said Sonoko. "bye-bye. Enjoy your lovely time!"
"Sonoko!"
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"Shinichi," said Ran. "What did Sonoko give you?" Ran noticed Shinichi's eyes had turned into a pinpoint size, "she just gave me a photo album."
"An album?" asked Ran, "let me have a look." Upon seeing the photo album, Ran's eyes had shrunk into dots immediately. Sonoko had given Shinichi a full collection of Ran's photos, in bikinis, school-uniform, tennis skirt, etc. "What does she think? Giving you my photos."
"If you don't want to, you can get it back," said Shinichi.
"No. You can keep it, Sonoko has given to you," said Ran. "or you don't want it?"
"Of course not."
"But Shinichi, could you give me back that photo Sonoko first shown you?" said Ran.
"Sure."
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Ran had been helping Shinichi to clean the Kudo's house for the whole afternoon, and they had finally finished. Ding-dong.
"It maybe Sonoko coming back at last, I'll open the door," said Ran. At the door, it was a reddish brown hair girl, but not Sonoko. She was Sherry or Haibara Ai. After destroying the Black Organization, she was under the witness protection program. She was staying at Dr. Agasa's house now.
"I'm coming here to invite Kudo-kun for dinner," said Ai coldly.
"Hi! Ai-chan, I'll call Shinichi." Ran knew that Haibara Ai was the girl that invented the drug that shrunk Shinichi into Conan, and herself into the little Ai that she met before. She noticed that Ai was always not too friendly with her, but still she wished that they could be friends one day.
"Ran, do you want to come and join us for the dinner," asked Shinichi.
"No. That's okay. I need to go back and make dinner for otoosan," answered Ran.
"Arigatoo," said Shinichi. "For helping me today."
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"Haibara, you should not be so cold to Ran," said Shinichi. He was having dinner with Ai and Dr. Agasa.
"…"
'Kudo-kun still know nothing, he's really poor to notice other people's feeling,' thought Ai.
"I know it," said Shinichi. "You must be…"
"I must be?" said Ai, her face was flushing slightly.
"Think that it's a pity for me to lose my memories."
Ai had almost dropped down on the floor, "Baka. It's not pity at all. I think that it's not that bad after all. At least you can forget all the unhappy memories that you don't even want to remember," continued Ai. "You can have a new life."
"Ai-kun," said Dr. Agasa.
"I don't mean anything, Dr. Agasa," said Ai. "Don't worry."
~*~*~*~*~*~
Shinichi thought that the two girls around him were so different. Ran was always tried to be happy, but he knew that she was pretending to be happy most of the time. He knew that she must play a key role in his lost memories, which was a reason for him to choose to stay here. Ai was cold to everyone, she never showed her true emotion. She was clever, but she was not as strong as she looked.
Shinichi was flipping the album that Sonoko had given him today, and he noticed that there was a brown envelope hidden in it. He opened it immediately, there were photos inside. They were photos of Ran and Shinichi since their childhood, photos of him as a black knight hugging Ran tightly in her princess outfit.
"Ran!" Shinichi was trying to think hard about every photo.
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To be continued…
Sonoko was a great help to Ran and Shinichi, she's a really great friend for both of them. A special guest next chapter --- Kaito Kid!? Shinichi and Ran took a big step to their relation? Ai and Shinichi…pls R & R.