#detective conan chapter 6

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Detective Conan chapter 6 : we see the client signing the contract with Kogoro and filing the form with her adress and phone number. Granted, it's the setup for a gag, but I love how mundane and practical it is. You almost never see the business part of the detective job.

Also, today excuse for Ran and Conan to be on the crime scene is : Ran wants to see what a star's room is like.

Another thing in Ran's skillset : cooking.

Kogoro Mouri is such a Yoko Okino stan.

[roydeezed]

[subbe93]

It Has Always Been You, Chapter 6

Shinichi took part in the class reunion, which hadn't gone as he had thought of: His mother and Sonoko had claimed that he still loved Ran was the most ridiculous thing, and even if that's not enough, his old classmates had taken him to the nightclub and finally Ran had taken him to the dancefloor. Though he had had fun and finally remembered every detail that he had loved in Ran…

A/N: Happy New Year to everyone ❤ Without any other words, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Chapter 6: Acceptance

Those blue eyes… 

They were still so beautiful, so captivating. Ran could have stared at them the whole day without getting tired of them. They were something that Ran wanted just to drown in. She had forgotten how soft and yet firm his hands were around her, she had forgotten how safe she still felt in his arms, how comfy it was to feel him close to her…

And she felt him coming closer to her. That same, familiar warmth that she had always felt while being near to him, calling her closer, asking her attention. She felt his breath mixing with hers and those same butterflies started to fly around her stomach the same way as when they kissed for the first time. She couldn’t wait to feel his lips, after…

And it all disappeared so fast, leaving Ran in the cold. Confused she opened her eyes, meeting Shinichi’s terrified face. She frowned. What was…

And only then she realised what she had done. And she stepped away from him.

“I… I’m… I…” She tried to say something, but somehow any word didn’t come out. She looked away, trying to avoid those blue eyes that were looking at her. She just couldn’t meet his eyes and… and…

What were you thinking?! Trying to kiss a man who was in a relationship with someone else, who is going to be married one day? From all the people she, who had always been loyal and thought that she would never seduce anyone who would be in a relationship or be a part of someone’s cheating, was here, trying to kiss him! He who she knew was also loyal, kind-hearted, someone who would never cheat.

What in the world was she doing?!

“I… Just… I need to go to the bathroom”, she said fast and turned around, walking fast to the closest toilets. She just needed to get away, away from him, away from those blue eyes. She needed time, needed to be alone, and… and…

She just opened the first door and went inside, locking the door behind her. Yet, she avoided the mirror, looking only at the sink until she got closer and opened the tap. She just couldn’t face herself.

She was so ashamed.

She lowered and washed her face with cold water. She knew she was ruining her makeup, but she needed it, she really needed it. She needed to shape up, get hold of herself, and… and…

And yet it made her feel only worse, and it was because somehow all those per milles that she had had, felt like they were washed away too. It made her only more aware of what she had done.

You stupid, what were you thinking? She couldn’t answer for it. She really couldn’t. She didn’t have any idea what she had thought or how in the world she had dared to try to kiss him.

God, who was she trying to kid? All the thoughts that had been in her head in that moment had probably been how handsome he had looked. Again, she had fallen into those beautiful blue eyes, into that irresistible smile, let herself lull in his soft voice, wrapped herself in those strong and safe arms. She had let herself fall again under his charm and somehow forgot that he was engaged to someone else. She had let her guard down and lost that control that she had had.

Or had she had any? She started to doubt it. When it came to him, maybe she had never had any kind of control. And even a thought of that made her desperate. Why she hadn’t realised it? Why she had thought that she could still spend some time with him like in high school? How she had thought that it wouldn’t affect her in any way, even when she had known that she still had feelings for him? If she had been so shocked about hearing him having a fiancee, how she had thought that she could still be with him as a friend?

Maybe that idea had only been there because she had been so sad about the truth that tomorrow he would be gone again. She had been so sad about the truth that she had met probably the most important person in her life again, after five years, and her heart would have a big hole just because he would be gone again. All she had thought had probably been that she would want to spend as much time with him as she could before losing him again.

It seemed to be a mistake. And now she had destroyed that little what they have had. She wouldn’t be surprised if… if…

And when she raised her face, looking at herself from the mirror, she saw tears flooding on her cheeks.

This whole class reunion has been a mistake.

Shinichi just stood there, staring at the empty place in front of him. For a moment ago, Ran had been there, but now she was gone and he wasn’t even sure where.

And all his feelings were mixed up together, and he wasn’t even sure where to start or what to think.

What to think? Well, that was a good question. Because what in the hell was he thinking? For a moment he had just danced with Ran, having fun, laughing with her, but in another second he had caught himself trying to kiss her. Why? Why?! He would never cheat on his love with anyone, not for any reason, because that wasn’t right! Because that was something that he wouldn’t want to be done to him either. When there had been problems or doubts or something, he had always talked about them with another one. Because he believed that talking before doing anything unforgivable was the better option.

And yet, here he was. He had forgotten his fiancée and almost kissed someone else. And what was the most unbearable thought was the truth that he hadn’t thought about Julia, not even for a moment. Not until he had almost touched Ran’s lips.

Why he hadn’t realised it sooner? Why hadn’t he stopped earlier? Where had he even got the urge to kiss her so suddenly?

“You still love her.”

No, I don’t…

“I don’t think you really let go of Ran-chan.”

Shinichi closed his eyes and shook his head trying to get those words out from his head. He did let go of Ran, right? He really did! The reason why he left was to give him more time to move on and leave her behind, and… and…

Why did he still feel like a loser? Like he was just lying to himself?

Shinichi opened his eyes and raised his left hand enough to look at the engagement ring. He loved Julia. He really did. He had meant it when he had asked her to marry him. But…

But.

Shinichi let out a heavy sigh and turned to leave. He glanced at tables where all his high school classmates were, having fun, and for a moment he hoped that he could be there with them. He kind of wished that he would have stayed with them, being as carefree as they were right now. Laughing with them sounded a much better option than fighting with his feelings and thoughts.

Just forgot how - again - he had just messed up his life.

It was his time to leave before anything else would become more complicated. And part of him wanted to say goodbyes to them, because after tomorrow, he wasn’t sure when he would meet or hear about those people again, but he was also pretty sure that they would try to make him stay longer. And right now, he wasn’t really in the mood to fight with them. So he avoided their tables as much as possible and left without saying anything. It was a little chill outside, but he still decided to walk: the hotel wasn’t that far, and he needed a little time to think about what he was going to do.

Because that was sure that he needed to talk with Julia. But then what?

He felt lost. As lost as he felt after the breakup with Ran.

Well, maybe the first step was to finally admit the truth. And even though he didn’t like it - and even less because it seemed that his mother and Sonoko had realised it sooner than him - it was the truth. After what had happened, he just couldn’t lie to himself anymore.

He still loved Ran. He loved her more than anything. More than Julia.

But what would happen next? What he would do with that truth?

As long as he was in love with Ran, he knew that he wouldn’t be worth Julia. It wouldn’t be fair for her that he would dream about someone else. He wasn’t even sure if he could live with Julia in the same way as he had done at this point. He couldn’t give all his love to her, as much as he would like to. Because a big part of it belonged still to Ran, and as long as he was still clinging to Ran, he couldn’t be there for Julia.

But could he get over Ran? He wasn’t sure anymore. Even for a few days ago, he was sure that he was over her. God, it could have been thought that after five years he would have gotten over her and lost his romantic feelings for her, but joke on him, there he was, proving himself wrong! And if he hadn’t gotten over her over five years while trying to work on it, how he could do it now? How many five years he would need more?

Because even though his mother applied something else, he was still pretty sure that he had done everything to get over Ran. Even though it had hurt, he had finally opened up and talked about his feelings and their breakup with other people, including Julia. And every time it had made him feel better, but it seemed that any of that hadn’t really taken away his feelings or changed them. The only reason - probably - why he hadn’t felt like this, was because he hadn’t seen or heard about Ran in a long time. He had kind of moved her aside, ���forgot” her, lived in his little bubble, and pretended to be happy and in love with someone else. And now that bubble had been pierced.

So he wasn’t sure if going back to America and trying to be with Julia was a very good option. Not if he couldn’t get over Ran. Which kind of left him with one other option.

He would break up with Julia.

He would do the same that Ran did to him over five years ago.

Well, he should talk with Julia before making any harsh decision, and to be honest, he didn’t feel good about this, but deep down he already knew his decision. He even hated that one, but he also knew that it would be the better - both of them. He was madly in love with someone else and Julia deserved better. He couldn’t promise to get over Ran if he wasn’t even sure he could do that.

But if he broke up with Julia, what would he do then?

Shinichi stopped in front of the hotel where they were staying and looked at its front. Even though he knew that the first thing was to talk with Julia, he still felt so lost. Even though he knew deep down that breaking up with Julia was probably the most reasonable solution, he still didn’t like it. He still remembered how it had hurt when Ran had told him about her decision, and to be honest, he didn’t like to hurt anyone ever again.

But if he didn’t get over Ran, he would hurt Julia anyway. He would always hurt her.

Shinichi let out a sigh. Well, he was probably thinking this too much. It was almost midnight and Julia was probably sleeping already. His chance to talk to her would be in the morning. And that made him feel uneasy because part of him would have liked to get over this as soon as possible, but at the same time, maybe this would give him more time to prepare.

Though he wasn’t sure how he could prepare for it. Could anyone be ready for a talk like that? And he was pretty sure that these thoughts and feelings wouldn’t let him sleep.

The hotel’s doors opened and he stepped inside. Somehow his feet felt heavier and his walk just slowed before he stopped middle of the lounge. He felt like he wasn’t ready to go to their room, not at all. He lowered his head, looking at the floor.

Part of him wanted to turn to his parents and talk about this whole mess. He knew that they probably couldn’t help him, but maybe he just wanted to talk about this with someone, get it out of his chest, and maybe they could give him some kind of advice or something. But he didn’t feel very proud of himself right now, and even though he knew his parents would be kind and wouldn’t judge him - and it probably wouldn’t surprise them that he still loved Ran -, he still felt like they would be ashamed of him. He knew that he was wrong, but he couldn’t help it.

But if he would stay alone, he would just feel guilty about the whole mess he had made. And he wasn’t sure if he could just go to their room and lie down beside Julia like nothing had happened. That would probably only make him feel more guilty.

Maybe he just should turn to his parents. They would understand, right? And even the idea, of spending the whole night alone with these thoughts…

“Shinichi!”

And even if he wanted to say that voice was the best thing he knew, hearing it made him feel sick. He hadn’t waited to hear that voice this soon. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, hoping that he wouldn’t vomit right there.

He wasn’t ready for this. 

Yet he opened his eyes and raised his head to see, how Julia ran to him, looking surprised, but happy. Her hair was in a bun and she had a nice dress and high heels, and Shinichi was pretty sure that she had been in the hotel’s restaurant with his parents.

And even though he had a moment ago wondered if he should speak with his parents, now he started to hope that they wouldn’t come out to witness that exact moment when their only son was going to mess up everything he had.

And it was enough that Julia was there, smiling happily and those bright eyes looking at him. It just made everything harder. Even though he knew that it would be best just to tell her everything, he hated to be the one who would swipe that happiness away from her.

But whatever he would do, he would make her life just miserable.

“Hey, darling”, she greeted him in English, wrapping her arms around him and hugging him tightly. Shinichi hugged her back even though that little gesture felt also so wrong. “I thought you would be back later”, she continued before kissing him on the cheek and moving a little away to meet his face. “How…” Yet, that question died there while that happiness changed into a worried look. “Is… everything okay?”

And Shinichi let his hands drop, making her take a step away from him. Yet, he observed those light blue eyes and thought about this one last time. She was nice and kind, energetic, he liked her. Not strong-willed but loving. He genuinely loved her, he really did…

But not as much as he loved Ran. She was strong-willed, had her own mind, and dared to say what she was thinking, didn’t turn around because he said so. Her touch was soft, her orchid-colored eyes special, and her smile the most beautiful. With her, everything was easy, comforting… She made his head pound, she made him stare at her, wanting to memorize all details of her, every shape of her, observe her every movement, learn her every mood, every expression, every…

She was still the mystery that attracted him. The mystery he wanted to investigate, learn…

And Julia could never be that close.

And even though he would go back to America with her, trying to forget Ran again… It wouldn’t be fair to her.

Julia deserved better. Better than this.

Better than him.

“Shinichi?”

“I… I almost kissed her.”

“Wh… what?”

Shinichi closed his eyes for a moment, taking a deep breath, before meeting her eyes again. They were mixed in confusion, but at the same time, he could see a hint of sadness and hurt.

“Ran”, he said finally. “I… I almost kissed her.”

And seeing how that confusion changed into sadness and hurt, he knew she had understood where he was going with this. He wanted to say something, but he had no words. He didn’t feel good just to tell her that it was over, but at the same time, he didn’t want to say out loud that he still loved Ran.

“So… You still love her?”

Well, she said it. And looking at those eyes made Shinichi feel pretty bad. Over five years ago, he had looked at different colored eyes that looked exactly the same, and back then, even though the situation had been a little different, he had hoped that he wouldn’t be the reason for those hurt and sad eyes, but it seemed that he couldn’t do anything else than bring misery.

He dropped his eyes because he just couldn’t look at her any longer. “I do”, he admitted. “More than anything”, he added before he could stop himself.

“Why?”

The question made Shinichi raise his head to look at her. She looked angry. “Why?” she repeated. “Why do you still love her that much? After all this time? God, she was the one who threw you away, she was the one who broke your heart! She was the one who left you and moved on, and still, you care about her enough to leave everything else behind you?”

“She had her reason”, Shinichi said. “I lied to her…”

“Just to keep her safe”, Julia shouted. “And if she would have loved you as much as you love her, she would have understood it!”

Shinichi felt how something cracked in his heart. “Julia…”

“What in the world makes her so special that you still can love her?”

Shinichi lowered his eyes. Everything, he wanted to answer. You have met her, you can tell, he wanted to say. Like he could name anything or even tell. This was ridiculous, because Shinichi had always had some explanation for everything, something reasonable to explain himself, but this time, he just couldn’t. It was a feeling that he had. When he was near Ran, everything felt somehow different: relaxed and comforting, and yet a little bit exciting. Every time Ran was away, he missed her, thought of her, wondering what she was doing, if she was okay. And every time he thought about her, he just wanted to see her. He just wanted to be close to her, be with her…

He didn’t wait for Ran to take him back. Even less now that he had tried to kiss her. Hah, who even would want to man who was ready to kiss another woman behind his fiancée? But even though he knew that his chances with Ran were long gone, he just couldn’t make himself hate her or stop feeling like he did. Because he understood that she had her reasons and they were understandable. He didn’t blame her.

“She just… is”, he said finally and let out a weak laugh, because his answer was so childish, so stupid. Yet, he couldn’t give any better. “Everything just feels so much different with her”, he continued and met Julia’s eyes finally. “I don’t say I didn’t feel good being with you, but somehow, with Ran, everything I feel with her goes even further. Like… far beyond.” He shrugged. “I can’t explain it, really, but… for me, she is special.”

“So special that after everything, you would go back to her if she would give you a chance?”

Shinichi smiled shortly. “I would”, he answered. He wasn’t proud of that answer, but he knew deep down that it was the truth. Ran could throw him away as many times as she would like to, but he would be fool enough to still love her and go back if she would just ask him to. But then he let out a sigh. “But she won’t want me back”, he said, feeling another sting in his heart, but tried to ignore it. “She had said it herself.”

“Good”, Julia said much harsher than Shinichi waited for. “Because I think she doesn’t deserve you.”

“No”, Shinichi corrected. “I think I don’t deserve anyone.”

“You’re wrong, Shinichi”, Julia said and her expression softened. Shinichi observed how she came closer, lowering her hand to his chest… “You deserve only the best”, she said with a smile.

I don’t, he wanted to argue.

Julia lowered her head for a moment before meeting his eyes again. “If you need more time to get over her, we can take a break”, she suggested, smiling at him. He could still see tears in her eyes. “You can take as much time as you need. I will wait. As long as you need me to.”

Shinichi lowered his eyes and smiled.

“I asked someone once to wait for me”, he said silently. “And she waited. As long as I needed her to. And for what?” He raised his head and smiled at her sadly. “I’m not worth waiting. Don’t waste your time for me.”

“Shinichi…”

“Really”, he stopped her. “Because… As much as I want to say I can get over her, somewhere deep down I know that I can’t. And… It’s not fair to you. It’s not fair to waste your time if I can’t get over her.” He kept a little pause. “If I can’t give you back as much as you deserve.”

Julia still kept looking at him, tears in her eyes, like pleading, hoping for a difference. And Shinichi looked back, determined. He felt bad. He really did. But it was for her best. She wouldn’t wait for him, she didn’t need to go through the same as Ran once did. Instead, she would have all the time to get over this and… and find someone who would deserve her and could make her happy.

But even though Shinichi felt a little bit better, he had no idea what he would do next. Probably like Julia, he had thought of going back to America, marrying Julia, and maybe starting a family with her, but now that has changed. All he seemed to know to do was to break his own and others' hearts, and it seemed that again he was the one who would carry that sadness on his shoulders. He felt like he was at the same point as he was five years ago. He was lost again.

“I can’t turn you around, can I?”, Julia said finally.

“You can’t”, he said. “It’s better this way.”

She let out a broken sigh, yet, even though there were tears in her eyes, she smiled.

“If I can be honest, I… I was a little afraid this would happen”, she continued and looked a little down. It made his heart crack. “That day, I… I saw how you looked at her, and…” She let out a broken laugh. “Well, I realised that you may still like her.”

God, had it really shown from him? But if Julia had seen it and suspected something, why hadn’t she said anything?

“I’m so sorry, Julia”, he said finally and lowered his head. “I should have realised it sooner. I should have realised that I’m not over her and…” He let out a weak laugh. “I still think I like you, pretty much, but… but…”

“I’m not her.”

“You’re not”, Shinichi admitted. “She is just… She is just something… special.”

“Well, you can tell it to her”, Julia said finally. Shinichi frowned but observed how Julia took the engagement ring from her finger and grabbed Shinichi’s hand, putting it on his palm. Then she met his eyes again. “Because of what I have seen and heard, I think she loves you too.”

Shinichi frowned at the same time when Julia let go of her ring and took a step away from him. “Ran?” he asked confused. Then he let out a dry laugh and shook his head. “I have told you, she doesn’t like me like that anymore…”

“Really?” she asked unamused and looked somewhere behind him. “Then why she is here, then?”

Slowly, Shinichi turned around to look at the outdoors. And to his surprise, Ran stood there, looking at them, like she wasn’t sure if she should come closer or leave.

How much she had seen?

“I take my things and take another room”, he heard Julia say. He turned to look at her, and she had already turned her back to him.

“Julia…”

“We are fine”, she said without turning to look at him. “But if you excuse me, I feel like I need to go to cry my heartbreak out, so… I need a little bit of time to myself.”

He knew he had done enough already, but he wished he could do something to make her feel better or take that pain away. But he couldn’t do anything else than say: “I’m sorry, Julia… I really am.”

She looked at him over her shoulder, trying to smile. “You and me both, Shinichi”, she said before turning and walking away.

“Shinichi?”

Nice. He had just broken up with his fiancée, and now he needed to face his ex, whom he still loved deeply.

What a mess he had arranged again. But maybe he deserved this.

“Ran”, he said and turned to look at his childhood friend who had come closer to him, looking worried and like she had… cried. And he also realised that she had lost her make-up. To be honest, he wasn’t sure if she had even worn one, but something about her face was different, so it made him believe that she had had one. “What are you doing here? I thought you had fun with others.”

She frowned and looked even more frustrated. “Well, I… I…” It seemed that she didn’t get out any words, and instead, her eyes wandered to the elevator. It took a moment before she asked: “Was she angry with you?”

Shinichi turned a little bit to look at the elevator door which behind Julia had disappeared a moment ago. “Yeah”, he answered simply, and as a habit, he put his hands on his trousers’ pockets.

“I… I can explain everything to her.”

Shinichi frowned. “Explain what?” he asked and turned to look at Ran. He didn’t follow what she was talking about. “There is nothing to explain anymore.”

“We- well…” Ran seemed to be nervous. “She was angry because… because of me. Right?”

Shinichi shook his head. “No”, he said. “She isn’t angry because of you.”

“But I tried to kiss you.”

Shinichi knew it was late already and he was pretty sure that he had drunk only that one beer that Ran had offered him, but somehow he felt like he was so lost. To be honest, he wasn’t even sure what had happened during that “almost kiss”: He just remembered looking at Ran’s eyes and got some urge to kiss her, and when he had realised what he was doing, he had stopped himself, and then Ran had been gone. So it had been his fault, right? He had tried to kiss her.

Maybe Ran was just trying to take the blame to save him.

“No. I tried to kiss you”, he corrected. “And she isn’t angry because of that, but because we broke up.”

“You… you broke up?” Ran asked, looking even more sad. “But… why?”

Shinichi looked away. “What does it matter?” he asked and turned to walk to the couches. He sat down on one of them before raising his hands and rubbing his face. What a day he has had: An argument with his mother, the class reunion, Sonoko claiming that he and Ran were still in love with each other, then Ran taking him to the dancefloor, he had almost cheated on his fiancée and finally broke up with her.

But there was still one mystery: “But why are you here?” he asked finally and dropped his hands to look at Ran, who had followed him with slower steps like she was hesitating to follow him. She stopped in front of that couch, yet she didn’t sit. She met his eyes before lowering her gaze to the floor.

“Well, I… I was worried”, she said finally and glanced at him fast. “You disappeared so suddenly and I… I thought you left, and… and…” She stopped. Then she finally looked around and turned to sit down on that same couch, just leaving a little space between them. Then she just stared at her hands which she kept on her lap, looking somehow bothered.

“I’m so sorry”, she said finally.

“Ran…” Shinichi sighed.

“Because if I hadn’t tried to kiss you, you wouldn’t have to tell Julia and she wouldn’t be mad…”

“Ran, stop!”

Ran shut her mouth. Shinichi took a deep breath before opening his mouth again. “Listen. It didn’t happen because of you okay?” he said. “It happened because of me. Because I broke up with her. Because I didn’t want to hurt her more than I have hurt you. Because… Because I…” He lowered his eyes, looking at the floor. Well, there goes nothing. “Because I still love you”, he said finally. And before he could stop himself, he continued: “More than anything else.”

“Shinichi…”

“So I did what was right”, he said, hoping to stop Ran from saying anything else. He didn’t need her pity, he didn’t want it. Yet, he opened his hand and looked at the engagement ring. He remembered how he had bought it for her, how he had carried it in his pocket wherever he had gone with her, only waiting for the right moment. And how he had finally kneeled in front of her…

“I really loved her though”, he said finally, closing his hand. “I won’t lie: when I went to America, I just wanted to take some distance from you.” He collected all his courage to meet Ran. “I was so jealous of you when I saw you with someone else and I was so heartbroken from the truth that you looked so happy and free without me. So, I thought that some time with my parents would give me enough space so that when I came back, I wouldn’t feel so bad. In the end, for me, the most important thing is that you are feeling fine and safe. And if it is without me, then so be it.” He kept a little pause, looking at his hands again. “But I got my chance to study there, and I met her… And of course, some other people. But I told them about you and our relationship and I really worked hard with it. I wanted to get over you and my feelings because it was the only right thing to do. And I did and then I fell in love with Julia, I genuinely did. But… But then I came back to Japan, met you again, and…” He let out a laugh because he felt really, really stupid. He straightened himself only to lean on the couch back and look at the ceiling. “All this time I had lied to myself, thought I could love someone and give my heart to them, let them be something special for me. But… It has always been you.” Then he turned to look at Ran. “And probably will always be.”

And he could see how tears glimmered in her eyes. “I’m… I’m so sorry, Shinichi.”

And even though he had known it all this time, it felt like she had broken his heart again. His mother, Sonoko, and even Julia had been wrong. She didn’t feel the same. And even though he hadn’t had time to build any new plans on that, maybe, deep down, he had hoped that maybe, maybe there would be even a little chance to him, that maybe they could try at least one more time…

“I just threw you away five years ago because I was always doubting you and all your words. I didn’t talk about it even though now I realised that I should have said about it. Tell you about it. And only after you disappeared, I realised that I was just looking for someone like you in my life”, Ran continued with a cry, making Shinichi out of his miserable thoughts. “And when you finally came back, I was so happy to see you and all, but when you introduced your fiancée, I was… I was so heartbroken”, she said, and even though she was wiping her tears, she smiled. “Because I had been so selfish and hoped that one day, I would meet you again and I would get one more chance, because… because I still love you.”

Ran…

“I met Julia-san just because it seemed to be important to you, but… but all I wanted to do was cry”, Ran admitted. “Because even though I thought you deserved only the best and all the happiness, I… I was so heartbroken because I just… just… wanted you back. I also knew that the class reunion would be a mistake, but I still wanted to spend even a little more time with you before… before you would leave again.” Then she started to cry and covered her face with her hands. “I’m… I’m so sorry Shinichi. About… everything.”

Shinichi looked at her crying before straightening himself and gently, wrapped his arms around her, making her lean on him. “It’s okay, Ran”, he said while pressing his head against hers, closing his eyes and listening to that familiar cry. “I’m so sorry too.”

Epilogue

[eleni-cherie]

detective conan be like: you’re a lil kid, you can’t walk around crime scenes, but sit down and i’ll give you all the details to that case and even the details to a 17 year old case.

[detectivejay]

Detective/Mystery Media List

Open to more recommendations if I’m missing any favorites I should check out, let me know! Particularly any other good Sherlock adaptations, but also interested in finding more female, PoC and/or queer-led detective media.

Watched/read/played/etc:

Sherlock Holmes (ACD canon)

Sherlock - Basil Rathbone adaptation film series

Sherlock - Granada, Jeremy Brett adaptation TV series (some episodes, need to rewatch) - shoutout to @thegreatandlovablespacedorito for reminding me to revisit this one

BBC Sherlock TV series

Sherlock - Robert Downey Jr movies

Enola Holmes (movies)

Moriarty the Patriot/Yuumori (manga and anime)

Ron Kamanohashi: Deranged Detective/Forbidden Deductions aka RKDD (anime, need to read the manga)

Hercule Poirot novels (not all but a large portion) - need to watch more of the TV show Spenser novels by Robert B Parker (not all but a large portion)

Auguste C Dupin - The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe (short story)

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (book)

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (book)

Case Closed / Detective Conan (anime, some episodes/seasons)

Knives Out movies

Psych TV series

Only Murders in the Building TV series

The Dresden Files books

Brookyln 99 TV series

House MD TV series

Monk TV series (watched some episodes)

Murder She Wrote (a few scattered episodes)

The Clue movie

Anita Blake book series (up to book 10)

Some Nancy Drew books

Ace Attorney video games (AA1-AA6 plus Investigations 1)

Professor Layton video games (not all but I believe at least the first 3)

Sherlock Hound

The Great Mouse Detective

Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century

Inspector Gadget cartoon

Scooby Doo cartoons

The Boxcar Children

Detective Pikachu movie

The Case Study of Vanitas (anime/manga)

The Millionaire Detective - Balance: Unlimited (anime) - @prapo237 got me into this one x3 so silly

Currently watching/reading/playing/etc:

Sherlock - Elementary TV series (on 2nd season)

Only Murders in the Building season 4 (TV series)

The Invisible Library novel series by Genevieve Cogman recommended by a friend IRL - up to book 6 currently, The Secret Chapter

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (video game duology, includes Herlock Sholmes)

Ace Attorney Investigations 2 (video game)

Persona 5 (video game) recommended by friends on the JR Discord

Sherlock Holmes and Co - podcast (seen a lot of posts about this, but I’m terrible at following podcasts so TBD, going to try some suggestions from @wasabitheweirdo to help with this)

To watch/read/play/etc:

My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files manga suggested on the JR Discord

Detective L - Chinese Sherlock-inspired TV series on Youtube recommended by @meg-pond

Miss Sherlock - Japanese series also suggested by @meg-pond

Bodkin TV series on Netflix - Irish, female-led, recommended by @rubycountess

Columbo tv series

Murder on the Orient Express movie

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes film

Bonnie MacBird Sherlock Holmes books recommended by @romanathree

Soviet made Sherlock Holmes film recommended by @imlostatau on Youtube

Baskerville play by Ken Ludwig suggested by @wolfyraged

Without a Clue suggested by @helloliriels

Young Sherlock suggested by @helloliriels

Charlotte Holmes books by Sherry Thomas suggested by @lej418

Sherlock Holmes stories by Anthony Horowitz ("House Of Silk" and "Moriarty") recommended by @bringerofworlds

Miss Marple novels by Agatha Christie

Any other Agatha Christie novels I haven’t read (Sad Cypress recommended by @romanathree )

AJ Raffles books by William Hornung recommended by @romanathree

Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix

Elemental Masters by Mercedes Lackey

Holmes, Marple and Poe by James Patterson - curious to see how this book treats these original characters inspired by the greats, the new characters are Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple (maybe related to Jane Marple?) and Auguste Poe (takes his first name from Poe’s detective, Auguste Dupin)

The rest of the Dupin stories

The rest of the Raymond Chandler books

More Arsene Lupin stories (including ones vs Herlock Sholmes)

Nero Wolfe novels by Rex Stout

Pet Shop of Horrors anime/manga recommended by @eden-falls

Otherside Picnic recommended by @eden-falls

Lonely Castle in the Mirror recommended by @eden-falls

Phryne Fisher's murder mysteries books and TV show recommended by @milenathebrave

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison, saw this one posted recently by @seeingteacupsindragons and I'm curious so added it to the list

Magnus Archives horror/thriller mystery podcast recommended by @writingandwritten

[1000sunnygo]

Random thoughts (collection) #3

(10/6) Law's birthday tag didn't trend in Japan this year.. but👆 was a new sight for me.

fun thing about Law's birthday is that he's one of the very few characters whose real "birth" date can be traced back. Oda came up with his concept (along with every other supernova) the same week he worked on chapter 498, which was published in late April. So we can assume Law was created some time between late March to early/mid April of 2008.

Speaking of Law's birthday, this comic got me teary eyed 🥺

(10/11) ch. 1129 (kinda?) spoiler: So chapter title and cover art having connection is a legitimate possibility. (x) This might apply to Bepo and Law cover too? HM

There's approximately 5/6 more chapters to release in 2024... I think. Not many, at all. Too early to make a comment about Elbaf arc but. I loved the latest chapter a lot.

(10/13) :re anime long break: Got a slap on the face after hyping up myself about Ginny in flashback lol it's okay I can wait a couple more months 🙊

If toei reanimates punk hazard and Dressrosa after anime egghead completes, I would have literally no reason to look forward to WIT remake LMAO

HUH so apparently "call Kamiya to voice the mob character we'd refer to as character A" trend happened in film red too! One piece under three different anime directors has been maintaining this subtle inside joke for two decades. I'm pretty sure Kamiya will be there to do the same for the WIT remake lol

And TIL kaji yuki voiced in film red, a background character? This means One Piece's cast includes the voices of nearly all of its long term rival anime series's protagonists. Goku = Dr. Kureha, Naruto = young Sabo, Ichigo = Marco, Shinichi (Detective Conan) = Usopp, Gon = Tama, Gintoki = Katakuri, Eren (AoT was originally a wsj series) = film Red's shepherd kid. Maybe Toei did it intentionally as an act of respect. Mayumi san (Luffy) on the other hand has only voiced in DragonBall among the mentioned series. Toei owns both DBZ and One Piece so there's that.

amv that's stuck in my head rn

[shukumeinorivals]

I love your translations and I love Kaito and Shinoichi even if I never watched Detective Conan. Thanks for translating all those doujinshis, I appreciate it.

Hi! Thanks for your message, it makes me really happy to know you loved them because of the djs! Now I can say I've done a good job as a KaiShin ambassador lol.

And I understand how daunting it is to try and get into DCMK when it has over 1000 chapters/episodes already, I was there myself. If you want to check their anime versions, I can recommend watching the following movies and episodes only, since KID/Kaito only appears in a handful of them.

Anime: Detective Conan

Episode 76 (The first time they met in person. It's a must-watch) Episodes 132-134 Episode 219 Episode 356 (Highly recommended) Episodes 394-396 Episodes 469-470 Episode 515 (Highly recommended) Episodes 537-538 Episodes 586-587 Episodes 627-628 (Highly recommended) Episodes 701-704 Episodes 724-725 Episodes 746-747 Episodes 887-888 (Highly recommended) Episode 983-984 Episode 1105-1106 Movies: 3, 8, 10, 14 (My personal fav), 19, 23. 27 OVA 10 Anime: Magic Kaito 1412 (the 2015 remake) Episode 6 (Highly recommended) Episodes 10-11 (Highly recommended) Episode 16 (Highly recommended) Episode 21 (Highly recommended) OK, that's it. Check those out if you want to see them banter in glorious 2D animation, maybe? Ao.

[dudadragneel]

I'm just updating this

So, here's the list I said I'd share.

This is a mess, there's manga, webtoon, kdrama, jdrama, animes, tv series...

Not all of them are whump, some might be just my favorite episodes (probably because the animation was good.

ChaoS Child - 10 (vomit)

Tales of Zestiria - 4 (nausea)

Argevollen - 15 (vomit)

M3 - 3 (vomit)

Mob psycho 2 - 6 (vomit)

Persona 5 - 2,4,5, 15 (pain, injury)

Dororo - 5, 12 (faint, fever)

Fukigen na mononokean tsuzuki - 6 (faint)

Donten ni warau - 3 (nausea)

Darling in the franxxx - 5,6,11,12, 13,15,17, 18,21 (fever, faint, pain)

Duel ep 8 (vomit)

Wolf's rain ep 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14

God's Quiz - season 2 ep 12 (vomit)

God eater - 5, 6❤, 9,10 (injury)

Re: zero - 5,8, 10 (vomit)

Sign language - 68 (fever)

Aldnoah zero - 5 (vomit)

Battery chapter 10 (vomit)

Forever mine - 43,44,45,46, 63, 64,65, 69 (collapse)

Kakao 79 - 113-115 (fever)

Plastic memories - 07, 12 ( faint)

Doukyonin - 08 (faint)

Miira - 3,07 (fever faint)

Goboutan - 12 (fever faint)

Plastic Memories - 07 (faint)

Hyouka - 07 (nausea)

Black Lagoon - 1 (vomit)

Full metal Panic Fumoffu - 2, 8 (fever faint)

Knights of sidonia - 2 (vomit, faint)

Fruits basket - 23

Ai yori aoshi - 4

Guardian - 8

My love from another star - 9, 16

Guardian - 8,9,10,12, 19, 20,21, 23, 28

Love shuttle - 2,3,4,5,6,9,10, 11,12 (fever, vomit)

Riverdale - 4season ep 1

GRAND HOTEL - 1Temp - 7 3 TEMP - 2,3, 19,20 (injury)

Tokyo ghoul movie (emeto)

TEEN WOLF- Season 6 ep 6, season 1 - 1,2,6,8,11, season 2 - 6,7,9,10, season 3 - 5,6,11, 13 season 5 - 6,9 , season 6 - 13

RIVERDALE- 1- 10,11,12

Love stage - 9 (fever)

Skip beat - 15 (fever)

Miira no kaikata - 07 (fever)

DETECTIVE CONAN -  49,188,191,193,522,927,928,219, 118,126 (pain - faint)

Bleach - 9

Code breaker - 6

Tada kun - 9 (fever)

Mayonaka no ocult komuin - 1

Omiai (hentai) - 5,6 (fever)

Naruto - 140

DIVE!!- 12 (faint)

Katsute - 09

Beelzebub Ojou - 04

Cagaster -3,4,5

Pinocchio - 5,12,13

Itaewon class - 10 (emeto)

Richard - 10

Kakafukaka - 5 (emeto)

Uzaki - chan - 3 (fever)

Titan's bride - 4

Grisaia - ep 1 & 3 (vomit)

The God of Highschool - ep 5 (vomit)

Run with the wind - 8 (fainting), 18 ,19,20 (fever)

Kanojo okarishimasu - 73 (emotional breakdown/vomit)

Inuyasha - 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 32, 42,45, 46, 51, 57,58, 70, 78, 82, 87, 90, 89, 107, 113, 117, 122, 125, 126, 132, 137, 138, 140, 146, 155, 156, 161, 162, 163, 164, 167

Umibe no etranger - 7

Kkondae intern - 8

One piece 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83

Kekkai sensen - ep 4, 5, 8

Kekkao sensen and beyond - 9

Tensei shitara slime datta ken - 10,11,13

Persona 5 - 2,4,5, 15

Dororo - 5, 12

Fukigen na mononokean tsuzuki - 6

Donten ni warau - 3

Darling in the franxxx - 5,6,11,12, 13,15,17, 18,21

Naruto shippuden - 9,11,17,18,19,20,23,24,25,26,29,30,31, 39,40,41,42,43,44,45,49,50,52,56,68,70,71,73,74,75,79 ❤,80 😢,81,82😢, 84 ,85 🤯,86, 87 🤯🤯, 88🤯,89

Fruits bqsket ep 12j

13 reasons why - 4×02

WHUMP

ChaoS child - 10

Tales of Zestiria - 4

Argevollen - 15

Kimetsu no yaiba - 12

The K2 - 4

Healer - 6,12, 13,14

Train 2020 - ep 2 (emeto)

Pinocchio 4, 12, 18

One piece - 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 597(Law) 598, 599,600,601,602

Jujutsu kaisen - 23 (megumi vomit)

Taishou otome - ep 2

One piece - nebulandia, 3d2y

True beauty - 5 (panic attack)

Casualty - series31 ep 34 (vomit)

Love and leashes - slight gag

Attack on titan - season 1 ep 3 (eren gags)

Tokyo ghoul movie - emeto

Hamatora (emeto)

Boruto - 234- 236 (emeto)

Anatomy of a scandal - 3 (emeto)

Slam dunk - 8,9,10,11,15,16(whump),23,24💜,25,28,29,30,33,38,39,40,42,43,44😭,45,46,48,49(whump),51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58(w),59😭,60,61,62,63,65,66,67,70,71(w),72(w)73,74,75,76,77,79,81,82,84😭

My strange friend (c-drama) - ep 14 (emeto)

Miss Hammurabi (K-drama) - ep 12 (emeto)

Lucky Romance (k-drama) - ep 9 (emeto/panick attack)

Goodbye Mr. Black (kdrama) - 18 (emeto)

Your honor - 19+20 (emeto)

Outlander - season 3 ep 9 (emeto)

2gether the series - 13 (emeto)

Kimi no tonari de yurarete (emeto?)

Stranger things - s1e4 - Jonathan gags

Kinnporsche - 2, 4 (emeto)

Time (drama) - 4 and 6 (emeto)

- my strange friend (c drama -youtube) - ep 16 (emeto)

- stranger things - s1ep8 (not really emeto but the scene gave me whumperflies)

- Kinnporsche - 02,04 (emeto)

- Banana Fish - 5 (nausea - I know but like, the scene gave me whumperflies)

- Chainsaw Man - 1 (blood), 6 (blood)

- Romantic Killer - 6 (slight panic attack) 11 (emeto)

- Aku No Hana - 8, 11 (emeto)

- Kimetsu no Yaiba - Mugen Train movie and season 2 episode 1

[indelibleme]

Chapters: 6/7 

Fandom: Detective Conan                  Rating: T

Relationships: Kudou Shinichi/Kuroba Kaito

Summary: Celebrities don’t interest Kudo Shinichi. He comes from a family of celebrities; in fact, he is a minor celebrity himself. But the one living next door seems to get into one too many shenanigans for his peace of mind. Which really wouldn’t be an issue, if the latest one didn’t happen to involve a dead body.

Or, in which Kaito goes from being darling of the entertainment media to scourge of the internet in no time at all, hounded by paparazzi, only to find solace in the utter indifference of his neighbour… until he gets involved in a murder.

...

(Excerpt from the fic)

...

After a long beat of silence, Kaito finally decided to take the first step. “Uh, Kudo-san?”

“Interesting,” Kudo said, which definitely wasn’t an answer to any of Kaito’s questions. Kudo’s lips were lifting up into a semblance of a smirk, a finger tapping steadily at his bicep. “I, too, have a slightly personal question for you, Kuroba. How do you know about that story of Sakamoto Ryoma and my mom—”

Kaito scrunched up his nose, confused. Hadn’t he just explained—?

Wait! No way. Absolutely no fucking way was my first theory actually—!

“—when the only two people present for that conversation were Edogawa Conan and Kaitou Kid?”

Kaito stared.

[wormwoodwine]

Height for Akai, Bourbon and Vermouth

Short conclusion: Akai is about 185 cm and Bourbon is about 183 cm.

I did some height calculations for Akai, Bourbon and Vermouth. But it seems like characters with disguise super power are able to transform their heights for … reasons.

*Magic*

If someone likes to calculate the height themselves, I recommend using depictions which characters appear as themselves and not in any disguises.

I can’t find the dimensions for Tokyo Phone Booth. So this is an approximation.

Given Phone Booth height is approximately 226 cm.

Each glass panel would be about: (226 - 10 (the top approximate height))/6 = 36 cm

And Akai is standing up to the fifth glass panel, we have: 36 x 5 = 180 cm

Given the platform approximate height of 5 cm:

We have Akai standing at 185 cm approximately.

(Detective Conan Chapter 380)

Here we can see Akai and Bourbon standing at approximately the same height. However, the consensus among fans is that Bourbon is a little shorter than Akai.

Bourbon’s height would be around 183 cm.

(Detective Conan Chapter 954)

Here you can see Vermouth in disguise as Azusa is only a little taller than Ran (160 cm) when she's in fact quite tall (around 180 cm). Her knees are bending so she would appear shorter. But it wouldn't account for the whole 20 cm missing from her true height. Take of it what you will.

Conan’s height chart for preferences: Gin (190 cm), Vermouth (180 cm), Ran (160 cm) approximately.

PS: I understand the logic behind this discrepancy. Because using true height of characters will limit their disguise capacities.

For example: Vermouth can’t disguise as school girls who are all standing at 160~cm. If someone stands at 180 cm showing up at my house, I’m gonna notice, regardless of good the disguise is.

[teddyseong]

•°. *࿐ cherries jubiles - 01

detective conan wannabe

ׂׂૢ cw! : food mention, stealing of food mention, constipation mention, sexism joke (we support women in this household), the boys clown on jay for being down bad for 6 screenshots straight, religion mention, beomgyu going bald mention, anxiety mention, dying mention

ׂׂૢ a/n! : finally got around to posting part 1 omg... i unfortunately didnt get to post this on JAY DAY but dw i ate cherries to celebrate his birthday! gonna try to post more consistent updates/pre-plan a couple chapters!

smau masterlist ۵ pretty girls inc. ۵ belift survivors support group

[nexvius]

Things I wish for future Chapter/Cases in Detective Conan.

1.) WHO is the owner from Café Poirot

2.) What happend to Nakamoris Wife?

3.) A case that Show US the first Meeting between Toichi AS Kaito Kid and Yusaku, and this case will repeat in the on going time with Conan/Shinichi and Kaito. And it was like a Deja-Vu.

4.) Komei find out what happend to his brother or just reconized Rei and talk to him about his brother. (In the snowy mountain case He was hold back by Kuroda on purpose.)

5.) A case were WE meet some family member from Takagi. Like his father or a sister WHO was suspected for a murder, and Wataru AS a family member can't take part of the Investigation and go to Mori for help. (I Just want to know more about this guys past/family since didn't even know that much about his privat Shit. Like WE know more about Komei 🤣)

6.) The Origin of the Black Organisation

7.) Ist Toichi alive (end of Magic Kaito)

[subbe93]

The Symptoms of Love: The Diagnosis

After Sonoko's parents' party, Ran hadn't been herself: the certain detective has been on her mind nonstop, and it is time to do something about it! But before she can do that, she needs to meet her last client of the day.

A/N: Well, here it is, the last part! I want to thank all of you, once again: Thank you for reading this story, thank you for leaving a like, thank you for comments, and thank you for sharing these (and leaving comments on tags, I have read them all!) ❤ They have all meant so much to me! And it also makes me happy that you have enjoyed the story so far ^_^ Now, let's wrap up this story! I hope you enjoy the last part ❤

The First Symptom The Second Symptom The Third Symptom The Fourth Symptom The Fifth Symptom

The Diagnosis

Ran’s fingers ran fast on the keyboard when she typed her report on the computer. It was the last one of the day. It was almost four and Ran was so happy to know that after this, she can start her weekend. The day had been very long, busy, and challenging and she was so ready to go home and rest.

Well, the end of this week had been one kind of a mess in many ways. She kind of didn’t want to admit it to herself, but Sonoko’s parents’ party and how it had ended had been running through her mind all over again. As much as she tried to move on, get them away from her head, it all came back to her, haunting her nights and distracting her days.

She was still very disappointed that she hadn’t had a chance to talk with Kudo after the whole mess. She knew that there was a simple solution, but even though she had tried, she was still too shy to make contact with him.

But she had promised herself that it was going to be her mission for a weekend: She would do something about it! She has to!

But… maybe tomorrow. She deserves her rest for today, right? Right?!

She knew that if she would do it after work, it would have been done, but only the thought made her stomach twitch. Somehow the idea of buying some wine and good food on her way home, taking a warm shower, and taking it easy, maybe watching some movies or series, sounded so much better. Oh, and only the idea of wearing something nice and cozy, just be and enjoy peace and silence…

And probably thinking about Kudo, stressing about the call or the message, thinking about all kinds of outcomes…

Well, maybe you should contact him right after work, so you can relax as soon as you got an answer?

Ran let out a sigh. Yes yes, she would do it. Tomorrow.

You said that yesterday too, right?

Fine! I’ll do it after this!

She heard the knock on her door.

What now?

“Come in!” she called. She could hear the door opening. Fast she ended the sentence that she had been writing before she ripped her eyes away from the report and turned to look at the door. It was Hotogi, their receptionist, who peeked inside from the doorway.

“Mouri-sensei?”

“Yes”, Ran answered gently and turned with her chair to encourage that young man to come in and tell what was on his mind. “How can I help you?”

“Well”, he started nervously. “I know that your day is over, but… There is a client who wants to meet you.”

Ran frowned. “Well, Natsuo-san is working on six, so he can…”

“But the client said it has to be you.”

Ran wanted to sigh, but she kept it to herself. “Is it urgent?”

Hotogi hesitated for a moment. “Well, he said it is”, he answered, sounding unsure. “He said it can’t wait…”

Ran glanced at the clock on her table. There were five minutes before her day would end, so technically she didn’t have to take this client in. But at the same time, she didn’t have the heart to turn him off, and if he really got something urgent…

She reminded herself that this isn’t going become to a habit.

“Fine”, she said finally and smiled at Hotogi. “Tell him to come straight in. But he is the last one, period.”

He showed her a smile and nodded before closing the door. Ran looked at the closed door for a moment before she turned back to the computer and looked at the report, checking it through. God, she felt a little disappointed that her day was stretching a little, but at least she would get paid for it, and in the end, it wouldn’t take long. At most a half hour…

She heard a knock on the door. A client.

“Come in!” she shouted and hoped that the client was brave enough just come in. She typed the last sentence to the end while the door opened and closed. She almost hit Enter to mark it as done.

“Good day, Mouri.”

Her movement stopped and her index finger stayed hovering over the Enter

That voice… 

Butterflies started to fly on her stomach and a wide smile came to her lips. God, she almost wanted to hate herself for that! And this time, she couldn’t even blame the wine.

What was he doing here?

Well, at least you don’t have to contact him now.

It almost made her stomach turn around, but she tried to get hold of herself.

“Good day to you too, Kudo”, she answered as casually as she could while finally pressing Enter. Ran tried to control her smile when she turned around with her chair, meeting the man in front of the door, and raised her leg on top of another. She looked at Kudo Shinichi, who stood there, his sparkling blue eyes looking at her. He got a little smile on his lips, and like a few days ago, he got a suit on him. Not as formal though: Light-colored jacket, dark shirt, and a little darker jeans and tie.

Well, who was she trying to kid? He probably looked good in anything he wore.

But for a man who had come to see her with an urgent matter, he seemed to be fine.

“How can I help you?” Ran asked and raised her eyebrows, trying to ignore how her heart beat in her chest. “I hope you know that this is going overtime.”

He sneered out. “I know it very well”, he answered. “It took so much time and effort to talk your receptionist over.”

Ran rolled her eyes. “Well, I also hope you know that since it is you, I’m going to charge you with very good extras.”

Kudo laughed. “I figured”, he said and looked at her. “But I promise, I pay as soon as we are done here.” He kept a little pause. “And with good extra, if you accept it.”

To be honest, she wouldn’t. But he would find it out from the bill.

“So, before your bill is going to be too much to pay, what can I do for you?” she asked and smiled. She enjoyed this too much. Suddenly, she wasn’t in that much hurry to leave.

Actually, now she felt like she would love to stay in this moment forever.

Ran observed how Kudo’s smile faded before he looked away like… Like… Was he nervous? That made Ran become serious too. She couldn’t say that she knew Kudo too well, but to be honest, she wanted to claim that she had spent enough time with him that she could tell when the situation was serious and when not.

And now it looked like this was something serious.

“I… I think it’s my heart.”

Ran felt her chest tightening and it made her only worried.

“Your heart?” she asked and stood up.

“Yeah”, he answered and looked at her from the corner of his eyes. “I… It’s… sometimes beating so fast and… and I got nervous and… warm, and restless, and…” He looked away like he was embarrassed. “And sometimes it feels like it’s… hard to breathe…”

That didn’t sound good, not at all! Ran stepped closer to him and took her stethoscope in her hand. “Took off your shirt, I listen…”

He startled a little and took a step away from her. Ran raised her eyes at him, seeing how he looked terrified. “Oh… well, I… I don’t think it’s necessary…”

Ran frowned for a while before she smiled at him gently. He must be really worried. “I know it’s sometimes scary to find out what’s wrong”, she started as gently as she could, hoping it would make him relax. “But to be honest, that doesn’t sound good at all, and the sooner we find out a reason for it, the sooner we can start to act and take care of it…”

Kudo looked at her troubled, yet he didn’t meet her eyes. “I don’t… think it’s anything that medicines can help with.”

Ran tilted her head. “You don’t?” she asked and looked at his chest. She doubted it. “Maybe you should let a doctor decide about it.”

“Well, it… it usually happens around one certain doctor”, he continued.

What?!

Ran raised her eyes to look at him. He was looking at her, with a weird expression, while his cheeks got a nice shade of red. Wait, was he meaning…

“So”, he continued before stepping back a little bit and taking his hand away behind his back. Before Ran really realized it, in front of her was a big, beautiful bouquet of red roses. “Would that Mouri-sensei, who has been messing with my feelings for some time now, maybe go out with me?”

Ran stared at those flowers for a moment before she raised her eyes to see Kudo’s expression. He was looking at her with a determined look, and yet, she could see his nervousness.

He means… me?

It made something flutter on her stomach while her cheeks were burning. She dropped her eyes back to the roses, trying to get out any reasonable sentence, but instead, she felt like her head was empty. She didn’t find the words, not any kind of…

Then she started to smile. God, she felt like she was smiling so much that her cheeks would be torn apart.

He is asking her out?!

She is going on a date with him?!

“When?” she asked finally, as soon as she got hold of herself even somehow. She courage herself to look at him again, trying even a little bit to hide her excitement, but when she saw his face, she could tell that she hadn’t succeeded. He seemed relaxed and he smiled. He looked as excited as Ran felt right now.

“As soon as you get out from work”, he answered.

She let out a laugh. “You know you’re the one who is keeping me here?”

He glanced at the clock on his wrist. “And if I’m fast, maybe I don’t have to pay extra”, he said, gave those roses to Ran’s hands, and winked. “I’m waiting for you in the parking lot.”

She just stared at those roses, feeling happy and excited and… and…

And then the reality hit her.

Ran raised her eyes fast from the roses. “But… wait!” Kudo stopped at the door and turned to look at her. Ran felt nervous, so she lowered her gaze. She kind of hated that she was the one who was ruining this moment, even though she tried to tell herself that it wasn’t her fault. How in the world she could have known this morning that she is going on a date? Of course, she had put those cozy, worn-out clothes on her before coming to work. In the grocery store, they wouldn’t mean anything. No one would care. And after that, she had planned to go straight to home. But…

But knowing Kudo, he would take her just somewhere. She was pretty sure that he would take her to some fancy place, somewhere luxurious… And looking at him, in a suit…

God, she could never stand beside him with that old, pink hoodie and sweatpants.

So, as much as she wanted to… “I…” She stared at those roses, feeling sad and disappointed. “I don’t really have suitable clothes with me that I could go for a… date…”

“A woman like you looks amazing in everything”, he answered, making Ran blush even more. She felt like a teenager, getting flattered by one, simple and very cheesy sentence. She could hear her mother's voice telling her how men with cheesy words like those would be the worst and that she should stay away from them.

But had Kudo said anything nice to her before? Considering that she didn’t have anything in her mind, she believed that he wouldn’t say that for fun.

Or maybe she was the fool here, getting flattered about every nice word he said?

She let out a short laugh and courage herself to look at him. “I don’t think I look very good on worn-out sweatpants and hoodie.” Then she let her eyes wander to his suit, and she felt even more awkward. Even the thought… “There is no chance I can go out in those, with a man in a suit.”

Kudo frowned. “Well, I would go out with you even if you have dressed in sweatpants and a hoodie”, he said casually, making Ran smile again and roll her eyes. God, she felt really stupid right now! Has she really fallen for him that badly? “But if you want to, I can always drive to your place so you can change before we go.”

Those butterflies started to fly on her stomach again when she tightened her grip around the bouquet. “Then I’ll be there soon”, she answered and raised her eyes to meet Kudo’s. He nodded before stepping outside and closing the door, meeting her eyes just before the door was shut.

Ran looked at the door for a moment before lowering her eyes to roses. After a few seconds, she let out a silent shriek and carefully hugged those roses, trying her hardest not to ruin them. God, she just wanted to dance around and scream with her excitement! God, she was so happy!

And with that excitement, she hurried to check out that she had made all her work and reports ready before shutting the computer and leaving the room in a hurry, running to the dressing room to change!

That night, she got a fancy (and expensive) dinner at the restaurant and a nice walk in the city, and after he escorted her home, she got a long and sweet good night kiss.

~ The End ~

[sakublogs]

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LIST: This is @gisachi's masterlist

This is @purplellamanator's masterlist:

This is @defectiveconantoy's masterlist By @subbe93 These posts have all the chapters: click on ch 1/prologue to read from the beginning: It has always been you The Symptoms of Love: The Diagnosis The Light in my Nightmares The Roulette of Destiny One shot: Yukiko/Yusaku: Our Greatest Masterpiece Eternal Flame ShinRan's firstborn About baby Ran jr. part 2 The background story for Black Knight & Princess AU Memories of a little princess in a pink dress Day 3: Those lucky ones Fan shorts #1, Fan Shot #2, Their Secret by @ckiine Fireworks by @dcsr392 A Genius Like Him by @lollipop1141  A Christmas oneshot by @yzkhr Kingdom come by @detcodrivels Congratulations on your wedding by @alitheakorogane A Titanic Night by @quite-a-character Shinran oneshot by @azure-bliss Just a call by @myfriendsarerealidiots December 21 Summary by @akemimiyano Rosebud by @ravenclawwitchc Shinran week: Day 7: Detective in Distress Day 6: Like in the Old Days Day 5: I wish I could tell you that I love you Day 4: The Lucky Princess Day 1: Forced rest Day 5: Your Face, My Face Day 6: Healing Touch Day 4: Kiss and Tell Day 7: Through your eyes Day 1: Horrors in the Darkness MINI-PROMPT Day 4: "Not so good" memory Day 7: Only a matter of time Day 6: Can I have this dance? Day 5 Day 2: I just called to say I love you By @sadisticwoof-dcmk until the flowers bloom again Love Flows in You by @marisandini-chu-blog and @sadisticwoof-dcmk in this life I pray we are happier the light we see in each other

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[cal-writes]

He held his breath, fingers gripping the keys until the metal wouldn’t make a noise, and listened. 

There was a noise somewhere down the hall outside of Shinichi’s room. 

It could be Shinichi himself. 

It probably wasn’t. 

[ladyofthelake13]

so i’m *slowly* rereading Detective Conan

And I forgot how much of a little gremlin he actually is. We all meme about it here, but srsly tho

shout out to that one time he

1. recruited his elderly neighbor to help him break into a murder victim’s vacation home to

2. fuck around and find out if he was being staked out by the bad guys.

3. Then he impersonates the murder victim to set up a meeting with the bad guys

4. they’re hauling ass on snowy roads to try and get to the meeting in time when the neighbor’s car (predictably) breaks down.

5. He hitchhikes with the first car that passes- BY JUMPING IN FRONT OF THE MOVING CAR AND HOPING THEY BRAKE IN TIME

6. about 30 seconds in he clocks that the people he just flagged down are A. driving a stolen car and B. actually jewel thieves that are trying to use them to get past a police check point

7. the absolute mad lad lies to the police and helps the thieves because he still wants to make this meeting with hardened criminals who will try to kill him (again)

8. Once they’re near the meeting place, this teenager in the body of a first grader knocks out the driver with a tranq dart, sends the car into a controlled spin out, and disables the other thief with a wacky new gadget he got less than a day ago and hasn’t had time to test yet.

9. he then ditches his neighbor to lie some more to the police while he goes to the meeting- incidentally leaving the only person who knows where he is and what he’s doing held up for hours with no way to get help if he needs it.

IN CONCLUSION: Shinichi/ Conan is an absolute maniac and I love it!

*edit*

Someone in the notes wanted to know what chapter/episode this happened in. I *meant* to look it up and add the notation.... but then I didn’t. My bad. This happens during anime episodes 309-311, and manga chapters 380-382. it’s called the jewel thieves case in case anyone wanted to know!