Herro minna! This fanfiction I shall dedicate to tanteibouzu. Thank you for leaving such a nice comment!

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Be the Man Shinichi

Shinichi was nervous. He had already rechecked himself through the reflections of the shop windows countless times, each time fixing his hair, his collar, etc. In one hand, he held a bouquet of roses that he took roughly one hour to pick and his other hand was shoved casually into his pocket. Right now, casual was probably not the right word to use for Shinichi. He was at the moment, what one would call, very agitated and uneasy. He had already beforehand, asked Ran out on a dinner date where he had previously book a reservation to which she, of course, agreed to almost straight away. He wore his navy blue suit but left the top button undone so he would not look too formal. He had specifically left out the tie. He personally thought that he looked quite good today and so did the young teenage girls that passed him by, giving him flirtatious looks while he only ignored them. The only opinion he cared about was the one SHE gave him. She was the girl he had dated for two years now: Mouri Ran. He was secretly hoping that soon the last name would be changed into something else.

When he finally reached her apartment, he took a deep breath before ringing the door bell. When Ran opened the door, Shinichi thought that he had never seen her lovelier in his life before. She beamed up at him brightly. "Hi," she said, "You ready to go?" Shinichi stood there for a moment dumbfounded. Ran was wearing a long red silk dress with slits revealing her legs. She had worn jewelry (which she hardly ever wore) and high heels that matched. Ran was naturally beautiful but when she actually tried, she was just breathtakingly gorgeous.

"You look beautiful Ran," he finally managed to say. He kissed her delicately on the cheek owning himself a light hazy blush from her. He offered her the bouquet of roses, and she delightedly accepted them, breathing in the flowers' scent.

"Thank you, Shinichi, they're beautiful," she gave him a quick peck before saying, "Alright, shall we go?"

"Uh...yeah, of course," the detective still had not recovered from the shock of how nice his girlfriend looked tonight.

He offered her his arm. She took it eagerly. "Take me away, tantei-san..."


Shinichi had been the most perfect gentleman ever that evening. He had booked a reservation at one of Beika's most renowned restaurant. It was a very classy place. There were expensive crystal chandeliers hanging all over the place. Each table had an immaculately white table cloth draped over it with a candelabra set on top making the atmosphere more romantic. The boy sure knew what made a girl happy.

Heh. I bet he's probably borrowed his parents' credit cards again. That boy sure has a naughty streak in him. Ran looked over at him and couldn't help but notice that he was fidgeting more than usual.

After the waitress had placed their courses down on the table, they started eating. Shinichi kept on shifting nervously in his seat and taking glances at her every once in a while like he wanted to say something.

Finally, Ran broke the ice. "Shinichi, do you need to use the bathroom?"

The question seem to take him by surprise.

"No. What? Why?" He stuttered.

Ran rested her hand on her hands. "Oh, it's nothing, you just seem... restless..."

He chuckled nervously before continuing to dig his knife into his cuisine.

Shinichi stayed silent for a few moments before saying, "You know Ran... the reason I asked you to come here today was...uh...because..."

Shit. Man. Just ask her the simple question. Man up you pussy.

"Shinichi?" Ran looked worried, "You know that if something is bothering you, you can tell me right?"

Shinichi smiled at her, "Of course." Ran could tell from his face that he wasn't telling the entire truth but she let it go without saying anything.

In Shinichi's head, he was swearing at himself for acting so idiotic. However, nothing to him was logical when it came to anything about Ran. Especially when she looked so beautiful tonight.

As the main course passed, and it came to the dessert, the couple decided to engage in small talk. It was pleasant enough despite the fact that Shinichi was mentally kicking himself.

The time had come when they (Shinichi actually) paid for the bills, and left the restaurant. They strolled along the lake, hand in hand as the sky turned into a mixture of pink, red and orange.

"The sunset is so pretty today..." Ran said, softening her eyes.

"Yeah..."

Suddenly, Shinichi pulled Ran into an embrace. She seemed startled for a moment before relaxing into his arms and in turn, wrapped her arms around him.

Shinichi lightly brushed her hair back with his fingertips before whispering in her ear, "Ran, please let me do this properly."

She tilted her head to the side, looking confused. "What do you mean?"

The detective then bent on one knee while he held her hand. Ran opened her mouth in shock. Oh God, Shinichi... You're not going to...

"Ran... I wouldn't be anything without you. I love you... I love you more than anyone else in this world. Will you do me the honour of becoming your husband?" If Shinichi was nervous at this moment (which he definitely was), he certainly didn't show it. He opened up a velvet box which seemed to magically appear and inside was a white gold band with a glittering diamond engraved into it.

Ran couldn't think of anything to say at that moment. Her mind was a huge muddle from her emotions. She, instead, nodded and smiled so happily. Shinichi got up and claimed her lips as they locked into a passionate kiss. It was a long kiss and by the time they broke off, the stars had already been hung into the dark sky.

Then Ran started laughing and Shinichi looked at her curiously. "What?"

She kissed him on the cheek lovingly. "Shinichi, the reason you were so nervous when we were dining, was it because of this proposal?"

He stared at her sheepishly, "Yeah."

She started grinning. "Did you honestly think I would say no?"

There is our detective's proposal. Aish, I'm sick and tired of seeing "Shinichi" being underlined by that stupid red line. It ignores me every time I click "add to dictionary." Poo this.

But I'm very happy that I finished this chapter. :)

What did you think of it? Did you like it? Please review and I will give you candy. ^^ haha

Ja ne

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