Everytime I Close My Eyes

(ShinxRan)

Disclaimer: Detective Conan belongs to the great Gosho Aoyama-sensei –I am not worthy!-

Engineer MOTZ1412: A pleasant day to all the passengers! This is your locomotive engineer, Aikamotz and I will be with you for today's trip. Soooooo, today's story is entitled, "Everytime I Close My Eyes"!!! It's based on the song by Babyface and thanks for boarding to Love Express, where every story has its own fantasy!!

P.S.: The story will be the continuation of Chapters 14 and 15

2 days after the camping (2 days after confessing their love for each other?!)

Yukiko opened the gate and let the two lovely ladies enter the Kudo Residence.

"So glad you two could make it," she smiled, her sweat dropped, "thanks for coming to help out," she looked at the young girl beside the older woman, "Shin-chan will be pleased to see you," she grinned.

Ran smiled nervously as she nodded unsure what to reply, "a-ah.. I'm sure he will be..?" she thought for a while.

"Anyway," Yukiko led the way inside the house, "I heard from Doctor Agasa that you were the one cleaning the house when we were gone for a while," she smiled at Ran.

"You sure did a pretty good job, Ran," Eri smiled. "Shin-chan and I decided to invite you guys over for tea," Yukiko smiled at them, as she walked to the kitchen. Eri and Ran followed in, "may I ask why?" Eri looked at her best friend who was busy preparing.

Yukiko shrugged, "I don't know either!" she chirped. Her facial expression changed, "ever since we got home from camping, he had busy with something in his room," she looked worried, "he said that he was calculating something and that he needed Yusaku's credit card," Yukiko put her index finger on her chin, as if thinking.

Eri looked at Ran, "did something happen between you two?" she asked. "H-happened? N-nothing happened," she smiled nervously. Yukiko and Eri looked at her with half-moon eyes.

"I promise," she smiled.

Yukiko sighed, "well, I guess it's nothing important. That cheeky kid is always up to something," Yukiko snapped with half-moon eyes and one eyebrow up, "anyway, Shinichi is in the backyard, raking some leaves," she pointed out the window with her thumb, "do you mind helping him, Ran-chan?" she asked with a wink.

Ran smiled and proceeded to the backyard. Eri and Yukiko were now alone in the kitchen. Eri suddenly nodded, "yep, something's up," she said, still, with half-moon eyes. Yukiko nodded in agreement, "definitely."

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Shinichi, who was busy raking the leaves, wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was crazily hot day so you really can't blame him for arguing with his mom before he was finally convinced by Yukiko, who used her ever-cute-and-irritating-but-always-successful teary-eyes.

Shinichi sighed as he raked the leaves under the trees. His cargo shorts were slightly stained with mud while the sleeves of his blue shirt were rolled up, showing off his muscular features, which didn't matter to him right now. He sighed again and cursed the sun for giving off such heat as he settled down on the grass.

Suddenly, he heard the door opened. His tired oh-so-blue eyes were quickly replaced with his happy-yet-tired oh-so-blue eyes as he stared back at the beautiful girl who was wearing a simple orange t-shirt and white shorts. His eyes drifted from her shoes to her lovely face. He couldn't help it! She was the most beautiful girl he knew.

"Shinichi?" Ran asked with half-moon eyes. "Wha-?" was the only thing he could say after his fantasies were cut. He stood up as he brushed off the dirt from his shorts, "h-hey," he greeted with a blush.

Ran smiled, "your mom asked me to help out," she walked towards his direction and grabbed the rake that was leaning against the tree. She started raking, sighed and started mumbling something like a lyrics from a song. Shinichi smiled and started raking as well.

There was nothing more to say of what this scene was implying. Both were slightly blushing as they raked. There was silence. There was nothing more to say. But both knew that even though they were speechless, either because of the confession or the kissing, they knew the loved each other, even without words.

After 30 minutes, Ran sat under the tree, leaning against it. She sighed as she wiped the sweat from her forehead. "Not as easy as it looks, huh?" Shinichi stood in front of her with a cocky grin. Ran looked at him with half-moon eyes, "don't get so boastful," she mumbled. Shinichi chuckled and sat beside her, one knee up as his hand rested on it.

A cool breeze blew by and both smiled. Suddenly, Shinichi held her hand. Ran looked at him, her eyes softened as she looked up at the leaved of the tree. "You know, I've never felt something like this before," Shinichi suddenly said with a slight blush.

"What do you mean?" Ran asked as she held his hand.

"Well, I never knew that someone can clean as well as I do," he grinned as their eyes looked around them.

True enough, the backyard looked clean.

"Eh?" Ran asked with one eyebrow up.

Shinichi chuckled, "it's a joke," he smiled at her as he wrapped his arms around her. She smiled and leaned on his shoulder, "me too," she smiled as she looked at the grass.

"Huh?" Shinichi looked at her.

Ran looked at him with a sweet smile, "I never knew you can actually clean."

Shinichi looked at her with half-moon eyes, as if hurt by her words. She smiled as her eyes softened, "but you always got me to clean," she kissed his cheeks, "right, Meitantei Kudo Shinichi?"

Shinichi chuckled and suddenly sat up and lay on her lap. He looked at her face, his eyes lost in hers. Ran smiled as she brushed his bangs backwards. She kissed his forehead and continued brushing his hair. He smiled until he fell asleep, so did Ran.

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Yukiko looked out the window and saw this. She smiled while Eri was preparing the tea to be brought outside. But before she could, Yukiko stopped her, "you wouldn't want to bother them," she smiled at her best friend. Eri looked at her with questionable look on her face, "why?" she asked. Yukiko put her hand on Eri's shoulder as she led her to the window. Eri placed the tray of tea and cookies on the counter and followed Yukiko.

Yukiko opened the window curtains and smiled as she saw Eri's reaction. "Looks like your daughter is doing a pretty good job on taking care of my Shin-chan," Yukiko smiled, "too bad we couldn't take a picture of this," she shrugged and sighed.

Eri frowned at what she's seeing but when she heard Yukiko saying that they couldn't take a picture, she looked at Yukiko.

"Don't worry," Eri said seriously. Yukiko tilted her head in confusion. Eri smiled and presented Yukiko with her camera, "you know me, I'm always ready for these kind of situations," she giggled.

"Aww, that's why I love you!" Yukiko chirped as she hugged her best friend, "you're so reliable," she giggled.

"Of course! I'm a lawyer, after all," she smiled as her camera clicked.

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Ran opened her eyes and looked at her watch. It was already 3 pm but as she was about to stand up, she felt something heavy on her lap, "oh yeah," she smiled, "Shinichi…,"

Her eyes softened at the sleeping detective. Her index finger traced his face. Her thumb brushed against his lips. Her finger traced lightly on his cheeks as Shinichi scratched it. She giggled and knew that he felt irritated by this. Her finger continued to the bridge of his nose down to the tip of it. She lightly and playfully tapped the tip of his nose.

Shinichi slowly opened his eyes and was delighted to see an angel greeting him. Without moving his body and head, he smiled, "may I help you with something?" he asked sleepily. Ran chuckled, "no. Just delighted with your face," she brushed her nose against his, "you're so gullible when you're sleeping," she smiled and lightly kissed the tip of his nose.

"I AM cute, aren't I?" he said with his cocky grin. Ran smiled, "very, very cute," she kissed his cheeks playfully, placing butterfly kisses. Suddenly, Shinichi pinched himself on his arm. Ran rubbed his arm and looked at him oddly.

"Why'd you do that for?" Ran asked curiously.

"Just checking if this was a dream or not," he smiled, "I never knew I could have the woman of my dreams," he looked at her lovingly, "the angel who's always looking after me."

Ran slightly blushed, "Oh, really?" she smiled, kissing her lips lightly.

"Really, really…," he smiled and sat up and with his body weight, he pushed her against the grass, his arms supporting him up at either her side, trapping her, "…beautiful," he finally finished with his detective smile.

He gave her a sweet, loving kiss, planting it on her lips as she wrapped her arms around his neck, "oh, Shinichi," she smiled under the kiss. "Did I already told you how beautiful you are?" he asked, looking at her deeply into her eyes.

"Including your phone messages? About a million times per day," she smiled. Shinichi looked at her lovingly, "the MOST beautiful girl," he whispered in her ears. Ran kissed him again, making his heart skip a lot of beats as he kissed back, hoping it would never end.

Suddenly, he remembered something. He pulled back and searched for it in his pocket. "Shinichi?" Ran asked worriedly. "Oh, here it is," he smiled. He sat up and so did Ran as he faced her with his detective smile, blushing a little.

"I-I bought you something," he opened the small box and presented her a fabulously crafted titanium ring that was elegantly decorated with vibrant ice blue topaz and two side diamond accents. Ran looked at it wide-eyed, her hands covering her mouth in surprise.

"Shinichi, I-I…,"

Shinichi smiled, "I had to borrow Dad's credit card to buy this, you know," took the ring, "and I'm pretty sure…," he took Ran's hand and placed the ring around her finger, "…you'll love it," he finally said.

Ran hugged him, "I love it!" she exclaimed, "very much!"

"You were looking at it with Sonoko last Wednesday, the day before we went camping," he smiled.

"So you were listening," she smiled.

"Yeah, well, sometimes, eavesdropping is the best way to know a lovely girl's likes and dislikes," he winked.

Ran hugged him again and planted a kiss on hi cheek, "thank you. You're so sweet."

Shinichi smiled, "of course…,"

"…I love you so much. More than anything else in this world…."

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Girl it's been a long, long time comin', yes it has
But I, I know that it's been worth the wait
It feels like springtime in winter
It feels like Christmas in June
It feels like heaven has opened up it's gates for me and you

Every time I close my eyes
I thank the Lord that I've got you
And you've got me too
And every time I think of it
I pinch myself 'cause I don't believe it's true
That someone like you loves me too

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