File 6. Pain
"Shinichi, do you remember that we'd been here at the Mystery Coaster before," asked Ran.
"Um…yes, it does look familiar to me," Shinichi was smiling at Ran, "and I think that today is really enjoyable." Shinichi was sitting next to Ran, while Heiji and Kazuha were sitting at the front row of the Mystery Coaster.
As their journey of the Mystery Coaster started, Shinichi had a weird feeling about the surrounding. He remembered some bloody scene that had happened here before. 'There must be a murder here before,' though Shinichi. His head was aching severely, and he could see flashes of different people's faces.
flash a blond hair man in black clothes was smiling evilly at him flash
flash another man in black with sunglasses was looking at him flash
flash a blond hair woman was pointing a gun at him flash
"Shinichi! Shinichi! Are you okay? Shinichi," said Ran. She was looking at Shinichi with a worrying face. They had finished the coaster ride already, and found out that Shinichi was holding his head tight in his hands painfully.
Shinichi then looked at Ran, and his head hurt even more. He immediately pushed Ran away, "gomen ne, I don't feel well, I'd better go back now."
"Wait, Shinichi," said Ran. But Shinichi did not listen and headed to the exit already. "Kazuha, you stay here with Ran, I'll catch up with Kudo," Heiji said and he ran after Shinichi.
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"Kudo, wait, can I have a talk with you?" It's not easy for Heiji to catch up with Kudo; he just managed to get him just before the exit.
"Kudo, I don't know what'd happened to you, or whether you've recover your memory or not," said Heiji, "but I come all the way from Osaka is to tell you something about that black organization."
"Huh?" Shinichi was listening carefully at Heiji, and he found out that the place around him was so familiar. 'I've been here before,' said Shinichi to himself. He remembered seeing a man in black with sunglasses was here before, and then he was hit by another man with long blond hair.
Then Heiji told Shinichi, "I got this information from otoosan. Gin and Vermouth had escaped, they must look for a revenge, and so you must be careful."
"Oh, thanks," said Shinichi, "I'll be careful. Bye." Shinichi felt so confusing right now, flashes of memories were coming into his mind. He just wanted to be alone now, so he left at once.
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"It's gonna rain soon," said Kazuha to Ran, "it was sunny before. Oh, there's Heiji."
Heiji came back to where Ran and Kazuha had been waiting for him. "Where's Shinichi?" Ran asked in a worrying voice.
"He left already," said Heiji, "I think it's better to leave him alone."
"Hattori-kun, Kazuha-chan," said Ran, "thank you for coming to the Tropical Land with us. I need to leave now. See you later!" Then Ran left in a hurry.
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Shinichi had been walking for hours; he did not know where he was going, he just wanted to clear his mind a bit. It was raining heavily; his clothes were all soaked wet, so he decided to go back home. Then he saw someone whose clothes were as wet as his; Ran had been waiting for him in the rain.
"Shinichi," said Ran in a relief, "you're finally back."
"Ran," said Shinichi, "you…eh…you've been waiting for me in the rain?"
"I've just dropped by, that's so good to see you home again," explained Ran, "I should leave now, see you later." Ran was about to leave but Shinichi had caught her arm in his hand.
"Sorry," said Shinichi, he released her arm immediately, "um…Ran, it's still raining outside, and you don't have umbrella. Maybe you could stay at my house until it's stopped raining."
So Ran followed Shinichi into the house, "you're soaked wet, go to take a hot shower or else you'd catch a cold," said Shinichi, and he handed a white shirt to Ran, "you can wear this."
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Shinichi was changing his clothes; he was quite confusing about his feeling for Ran. He loved to see her smile; staying with her made him comfortable, but whenever he was trying to search through his mind on memories with Ran, his head was aching painfully.
Shinichi once again took the album from his drawer, and then he noticed something hidden in the drawer. It was a small blue box with a ribbon wrapping around it. "It looks like a jewellery box, what is it for?" Shinichi was examining the blue box, and then Ran entered his room.
The shirt was a bit too big for Ran; her face was blushing slightly, "Shinichi." Ran felt that her head was burning also, and then she fell down to the floor. Shinichi was just in time to hold her, "Ran, your head's burning, it must be the rain, you should lie down and take some rest." He then carried Ran, and put her down in her bed.
Ran was staying at the Kudo's house that night. Shinichi was looking at Ran's sleeping face, stroking her hair gently, "she's definitely look like an angel." The next moment he found himself was kissing Ran, "what'd I done?" Shinichi was more confusing now.
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To be continued…
Please R&R. Shinichi is getting confused about his feeling towards Ran…Next Chapter --- the comeback of Gin and Vermouth!! Shinichi and Ran in danger?!