At night
Akemi : I'm home!
Conan : Ah, have you found the cat?
Akemi : Yeah. It was quite tough though....
Conan : Well good job!
Akemi : Thanks. Huh? Where are you're glasses?
Conan : Professor is fixing them. He said he wanted to give me upgrades.
Akemi : I see.... You... Look..... Young though....
Conan : Ei???
Akemi thinking : His face.... It's like the old days... As if me and Shinichi are young again.... And it feels like... Me and Shinichi are given a second chance... I'm given a second chance to be with.... Him.....
Akemi : Conan....
Conan : Huh? Ran you're starting to creep me out....
Akemi : Can I ask you for a favor?
Conan : S... Sure...
Akemi : ........ Call me Akemi....
Conan : W.. What?!! Ran you're....
Akemi : I said CALL ME AKEMI!!!
Conan : ........
Akemi : Shi.... Conan.... Nothing.... Lasts... Forever.... You know?
Conan : Ran what are you talking about?! Stop talking weird things!
Akemi : ......... What are those?
Conan : These? These are Haibara's files. I'm trying to find a formula for the antidote.
Akemi : .......
Akemi walked to the couch and then patted on it.
Akemi : Sit.....
Conan : .... Ok....
Then Conan picked the box and say next to her. Her eyes were already empty.
Akemi : Why did you have to pick that...
Conan : Huh?
Akemi : Sh... Conan..... Why are you obsessed with cases?
Conan : R.. Ran...
Akemi : WHY DO YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THOSE GODDAMN THINGS?!!
Conan : ?!! What is wrong with you?! Just now you came back normally and now you're blabbering nonsense!
Akemi : Nonsense?! Is that what you think it is?!
Conan : Yes! You just yelled about nothing for no reason!
Akemi : ........
Conan : What's wrong?
Akemi : I... I don't want to become a teenager anymore.
Conan : W.. What?!
Akemi : Today... Akatsuki told me... Nothin lasts forever..... Conan, now we're children again. It's as if we're starting a new leaf. I..... If I take the antidote... It.. As if I'm wasting a second chance of my childhood....
Conan : .......
Akemi : I.... You're so attached to cases..... I wanted to... Spend more time with you....
Conan : R... Ran....
Akemi : I..... If we manage to find and take the antidote. I won't have many time left.... To be with you......
Conan : Ran.... You can't run away....
Akemi : Huh?
Conan : We are already high schoolers. I know you suffered much because of Haibara's death. And also from the culprit's attacks, but turning back into a child won't solve anything.
Akemi : Conan....
Conan : It's Shinichi, Ran. And you're Ran, not Akemi.
Akemi : I'm.... Scared of.... Growing too fast.... Then I would have.... Less time....
Conan : I know, I'm also scared of growing up. I'm also scared to face reality. But we can't run away from it. Haibara ran away from hers. And now look how much pain it gave to the people who loved her.
Akemi : ........
Conan : If you run away, don't you think you're friends would be sad?
Akemi : But Shinichi, I'm not like you!
Conan : What?
Akemi : I'm not some popular high school student who has a reputation of being a great detective and a smart student. I'm not you who is loved by everyone in this school due to what you can deduce in those cases. I'm just a normal girl! I don't have anything to care about when I'm normal. Sonoko can find a new friend, the karate club can find a new leader! If you, people need you for your intelligence to figure things out. But I don't. I don't have any point of going back living as a high schooler again!
Conan : Really? What about me?
Akemi : Eh?
Conan : Why do you think I'm so obsessed with this case? I don't want to see you hurt Ran.
Akemi : .......
Conan : I did a lot of mistakes that made you end up dealing with a lot of pain, physically and mentally. I don't want to add them, that's why. If we can find the culprit, there will be no more crisis. We can live with no worries and.... We can spend more time.... Together....
Akemi : I.... I....
Conan : Don't run away Ran. You have to face pain to solve problems. Got that?
Akemi : Yes... Shinichi...
Conan : Hm. Then why don't you get some sleep? Must have been a hard day.
Akemi : Yeah okay.
Then Akemi walked to her room.
Akemi : Shi.. Shinichi?
Conan : Yes?
Akemi : ...... Thank you....
Conan : For what?
Akemi : For everything.
Then she went inside and closed the door.
Akemi : And for being my best friend....
Author : ShinRan request ✅ Most of you voted for ShinRan so, here you go!
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Detective Conan - The Fire Dancer
Fanfiction(WARNING : THIS STORY IS DISCONTINUED! A RE MAKE IS ALREADY PUBLISHED) This is a story when Ran was shrunk by the Black Organization. And there is a case of murder where the murderer keeps attacking Ran's family. Conan will have to confess about hi...
