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Chapter five: Love

He ran as fast as he could to Ran's house. He stopped suddenly to catch for breath. He wanted to hear Ran's voice so much, and hug her close to him after so many years. He knew deep down in his heart that Ran loved him greatly, especially whenever she cried while thinking of him when he was still Conan, he really wished that he could just go up to her and give her a consoling hug. He couldn't then but he could now. However, he did not wish to hear about her marriage to Kaito. He wants Ran all to himself, not to Kaito. He had even wished that he had not eaten that pill so that there is still way to cancel off their wedding.

Knock. Knock.

"Who are you…" Ran opened the door and gasped when she saw it was Shinichi.

"Hi! Is Mr. Mouri in?" Shinichi wanted to double-check if her detective father is around.

"Nope, he will be out of country for this week." Ran stared at Shinichi for a while.

When she realized that Shinichi was glancing back at her, she quickly asked, "Would you like to come in for a drink?"

Shinichi nodded and sat at the sofa in the living room. Ran went back into the kitchen to pour him some tea.

"Thanks," he replied softly as Ran passed him his cup of tea.

They sat there in silence.

None of them dared to move an inch. However, Shinichi had lots of things to tell Ran and he knew she would not want to listen. Even so, he wanted to get some answer from her.

"Ran?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you…." Shinichi tried to brave himself up.

"I left something in the kitchen…" Ran stood up abruptly, knowing what he would say if she let him continue. However, he stood up just in time to grab one of Ran's wrists.

"Don't leave me, will you?" Shinichi said softly but loud enough for Ran to hear.

She shivered a little as Shinichi drew closer to her, hugging her from behind.

"You won't leave me unless you don't love me anymore," he said in a sympathetic voice.

Ran was in dilemma. She did not want to leave him! Of course she doesn't want! She had yearned to hug him for a long time.

But her body did not obey her. Eventually, she pulled away from Shinichi and went to the kitchen.

Shinichi was heart-broken. Had she really given up on me so soon? He was hurt and walked towards the door.

Ran thought Shinichi had left and so she re-entered the living room, walking towards the window. "Shinichi," she called out as she looked out of the window. "I don't want to leave you but I have to," tears fell down her pinkish cheek. "I love you."

All of a sudden, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist. She gasped. "I thought you had left," Ran said softly, blushing from embarrassment.

"I was going to, but I thought I would stay to bid goodbye," Shinichi replied passionately. "And fortunately I did stay, long enough to hear your true feelings."

"I am taking back what I had just said," Ran's face was beet red from embarrassment by now.

"Oh no, you can't" As Shinichi began kissing on her neck and trailed downwards. It sent shivers down her spine. He turned Ran around so that she was facing him, eyes-to-eyes. Ran knew she could not escape anymore. She could no longer resist the temptation to kiss him. He pulled her closer to him, so close that her chest was against his. They kissed passionately. Ran never wanted the kiss to stop but eventually, they had to catch their breath. She stared into the eyes of his, the eyes she had been dreaming of for the past few years. It had been long. Really long. She thought that Shinichi would pull away from her and leave, as he would do in her dreams but surprisingly, he 'scooped' her up and carried her up to her bedroom. He closed and locked the bedroom door. It is obvious to Ran what he is trying to do now. "No, Shinichi, don't" Ran whispered into his ears. Even so, she yielded to him as he kissed her again. He lied her down on her bed, kissing her deeply, arms moving up and down her back. She could feel her T-shirt being pulled off by him. He was so close to her face when he did that that she could feel his warm irregular breath. She knew he was nervous himself, yet he could still act calm and composed in front of her. As soon as he took off her T-shirt and shorts, she felt her body was blushing deeply, as she tried to unbutton his shirt and take it off. Her slender, smooth fingers ran over his chest as he was on top of her. She could see the scars left on his body after several attacks from criminals during the cases he solved and her heart ached as she ran through them. She placed a kiss on the scars she could find; making him blushed in turn. She was pulled back into their intimidate moments as he kissed her again, with more passion and love. They slept through the night together, in the same room.

Ran was feeling so fortunate as she could finally sleep in her love's arms, so close together.