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Conan had left Hakase's house with the antidote he received from Haibara and makes his way next door to his house. He then arrived at his front gate. He stood there reminiscing. "Hmph, every time I look at this place it reminds me about who I really am." Conan laughed at the thought of this. He had been Conan for sometime now and had to admit that he enjoyed the time he spent as him. He felt like he had forgotten what his old life was. There wasn't anything wrong his old life, he enjoyed it very much. He had a great life being a famous high school detective and going to school with...

"Ran." Conan thought to himself.

Well Conan thought that was enough reminiscing so he entered his house. No one was home, nothing out of the ordinary. Although the house looked pretty clean. He remembered Ran would come clean his house from time to time. No one had asked her to do that, she chose to do it of her own free will. It was an unnecessary thing to do, but still she did it. Another reason why he had to let her go.

He went to his room to get his clothes and took the antidote there. It took effect almost immediately. Conan clenched his heart dropping to his knees, feeling his body burn up then letting out a scream.

He had changed back to his real body. He changed into new clothes then headed toward the restroom. He entered and gazed at the mirror. "My real body." Shinichi thought to himself. He let out a sigh. "It's time." He thought.

He took out his cellphone getting ready to make the call, but he couldn't help hesitating. He continued staring at the phone for a while then decided to make the call.

"Hello Ran." Shinichi tried to say calmly.

"Shinichi?" She sounded surprised to hear from me.

Shinichi took a deep breath. "Wel...

"You idiot!" Ran interrupted yelling through the phone

"Huh?" Shinichi sounded confused.

"You're such an idiot. You rarely call me and I can't get hold of you no matter what I do." She sounded really mad.

"I worry about you Shinichi." Her tone suddenly changed.

"Sorry for making you worry."

"Anyways Shinichi why'd you call me?" She asked.

"Oh, well I'm back in town."

"Really that's great to hear." Ran sounded really happy.

"Well there's something I need to discuss with you."

"What is it?"

"Meet me at the coffee shop we'll discuss it there."

"Huh? Okay Shinichi." She sounded worried. Well her worry is understandable considering what's gonna happen.

"See you then, Ran." The call ended. Shinichi put his phone away in his pocket.

He sighed deeply then gazed at the mirror once more. "Well it appears it's time." He said to himself.

He left his house walking towards the gate. He closed it and took one last look at his house. He just smiled and made his way to the coffee shop.

He arrived at the shop and saw Ran waiting for him. She was already sitting at a table. He took a seat across from her.

"It's nice to see you again Shinichi." She said with a smile.

"Yeah, you too."

"I really wish you weren't always so busy with cases Shinichi." She said lowering her head.

"You're never around anymore."

"Ran." Shinichi thought to himself feeling guilty.

"Well, it's alright I know how much of a mystery freak you are." Ran said jokingly.

"Mystery freak?" Shinichi restated with an annoyed expression.

Ran laughed. "So what is it you wanted to talk about?" She asked.

It grew silent, it seems Shinichi was having hard time putting his words together. Ran seemed so happy, how could he just suddenly destroy that feeling.

Shinichi hesitated. "Ran, do you love me?"

"What?" Ran sounded surprised.

Ran blushed. "Of course not!" She exclaimed. "We're just friends Shinichi." Shinichi knew she was lying.

Shinichi stared at her. "Ran." He said still staring at her.

Ran's face was completely red, she could tell Shinichi knew how she really felt. She thought she shouldn't hide it anymore.

"Yes." She answered.

There was silence again. Ran felt embarrased after what she said and just continued looking down. But she was curious. "Why did he suddenly ask me that?" She wondered. "Could it be that he feels the same way?" She had to know.

She looked back up. "Shinichi, do you love me as well?" She asked. She impatiently awaits for his reply.

Shinichi smiled. "Yes, I love you too."

Ran bursted into happiness. "Really." She asked sounding as if she wanted to hear it again.

"Yes." Shinichi replied.

"That's really great Shinichi!" She said sounding really happy. "I wanted to tell you for a long time."

"Now, we can finally be together." She said looking as Shinichi.

After hearing that Shinichi froze. He couldn't say anything. "No, I can't do it." Thinking to himself. "If I tell her, then it would break her heart."

Shinichi couldn't bring himself to tell her, not now. But it's already too late he can't turn back now. He knew he wouldn't be Shinichi for very long, so he can't let this drag on. It would just hurt her more if he left like this, especially since he confessed to her. He would have to return to being Conan soon, but would Ran let Shinichi leave just like that. No, of course not. If he suddenly just left, then she would just wait for him again, but this time she would be in even more pain. The point of this was to make her stop waiting for him, to move on with her life, not to make it worst for her. This has to be done, no matter how much it would hurt her. "This will be the last time I hurt you Ran, I promise." He thought to himself.

Shinichi's expression turned serious. "No Ran, we cannot be together."

"What?" Ran expression suddenly changed.

"We can't be together." He said again.

"But, why?" She asked.

"You said you loved me." She restated.

"I know and I meant it."

"Then, why can't we be together?" Tears then started to run from her eyes. "I don't understand." Ran lowered her head.

Shinichi looked sad seeing her like this. Everyone in the shop suddenly turned their attention to them. That made him feel very uncomfortable, but he ignored them. "As you know I'm never around, so it well never work out." Shinichi pointed out.

"It doesn't matter!" She yelled. "Sonoko's boyfriend Makoto is not always around too, and they're still together!"

"That's different!" He yelled.

"How's that different Shinichi!" She yelled.

"Because!..." He stammered. "Because..." Shinichi couldn't think of anything to say. He couldn't tell her the real reason why, that would put her in danger.

The entire shop was quiet. Everyone was still staring at them. Shinichi still didn't say anything. Ran was still crying, clearly she was devastated.

"Fine, don't answer." Ran said in her tear filled voice.

"Huh?" Shinichi sounded confused.

"If you don't want to give me a reason, then that's fine Shinichi!" She yelled in anger.

She glared at Shinichi, then she stood up. "I never want to see you again Shinichi!" She shouted. She then ran out of the coffee shop leaving a trail of tears.

Shinichi stood up. "Ran, wait!" He said reaching his hand out to her.

He noticed everyone in the shop was giving him a dirty look. That didn't really help. He then ran in chase of her. Ran made her way up the stairs of the detective agency and shut the door behind her. Shinichi followed her up. He tried to open the door, but Ran locked it.

Shinichi banged on the the door. "Ran!" He shouted. "Ran!" He shouted again. There was no answer.

Shinichi stopped banging and sat down on the steps. "Ran." He thought to himself. This wasn't how he wanted it to turn out. Is he just going to leave her like this? No, he wasn't going to do that, he had to do something. He got up ran down the stairs and rushed to his house. He hurried into his house retrieving his violin, then makes his way back to the detective agency. He returned panting from exhaustion. He went back up the stairs then sat on the steps. He positioned his violin getting ready to play. "Ran, please forgive me." He thought to himself.

He then began playing the song "Amazing Grace," the song echoed around the agency. Ran heard it clearly and she knew who was playing it. Shinichi played it until Ran had opened the door. He stopped playing and then set the violin down. He stood up in front of Ran. It was silent, neither of them said anything. They just gazed into each others eyes, then Shinichi broke the silence. "Ran, I'm sorry."

Ran still had tears in her eyes. She wiped them away. "It's alright." She smiled.

"I don't know why you don't want us to be together Shinichi, but I know you have your reasons." She said.

"I don't want you to wait for me anymore Ran, I want you to move on." He said.

"I can tell that you're in pain when you wait for me Ran."

"I'm not gonna be around a lot and I don't want you to waste your time waiting for me."

"Idiot." Ran exclaimed.

"Hmm?" Shinichi acting confused.

Ran closed her eyes. "I may cry when your not around anymore, that much is true."

"But that's fine, because the longer I wait, the more happier I'll be when I see you." She said opening her eyes.

Ran stared at Shinichi. "I'd wait for you forever Shinichi, even till death." She said smiling.

Shinichi smiled. "Please don't do that."

Ran laughed. "Okay."

"Are you sure you don't want us to be together Shinichi?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Shinichi replied.

"It be better if we were just friends." He said.

"I understand." Ran then hugged Shinichi.

"Friends it is then." She said still hugging Shinichi.

The hug lasted a while. She then let go. "Are you leaving again Shinichi?" She asked.

"Yes, there are a lot of cases for me to solve." He replied.

Ran smiled. "I know you'll solve them all."

Shinichi laughed. "Well this is good-bye." He said walking down the stairs.

"Good-bye Shinichi." She said while waving.

Shinichi kept walking. "This is what I wanted." He thought to himself. "Why am I so upset." He wondered.

Shinichi headed back to his house. The effects of the antidote had already worn out. He was once again Conan Edogawa. He changed into his kid clothes. He had got what he wanted, for Ran to move on. But still didn't feel happy, it didn't matter as long as she was happy. The little detective made his way to his library, he took a look around. He went to the desk with his violin and took a seat. He positioned the violin getting ready to play it. He played the song "Amazing Grace" again. The melodious sounds echo throughout the room, the sound from the song of forgiveness.

End of Chapter 3

To be continued...

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