Detective Conan : We Still Continue

Chapter 3: Desperation

Shinichi ran non-stop into the snow. He had to find her. He had to explain her everything. He had to tell her everything himself. He wanted to embrace her and tell her what he kept secret so many years. How much he loved her. How much he regretted everyday looking at her and not telling her how beautiful she was and hiw much he loved every bit of her.

With all these thoughts in his head he finally arrived out of the house who hosted him for the last two years. He tried to open the office door but it was locked. He climbed the stairs and rang the bell of the house but no one answered. He didn't have the keys anymore as he lost them during the last three months.

'Strange' he thought. 'She is usually home by this time!'

He sat and waited outside the office. The café below Mouri's agency was closed. The time was 10pm and still no one of the Mouri family had showed up.

'Where is she? I am four hours here and no one is back yet... Nah, Ran maybe stayed at Sonoko's and uncle is still playing mahjong.', thought our protagonist and retired to his house because he was too tired from the trip and the wait outside the door of her house.

His house was empty. His parents were still in America. Journalists and editors were chasing his father, Yusaku Kudo, to finish his new book. He walked through the hall and began to climb the stairs to go to take a hot bath and sleep. The next day he had a job to finish.

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The next morning

Shinichi woke up late in the afternoon around 4pm. The sun's rays entered the room from the half-open window. With this little light someone could see a room cluttered and dusty. Shinichi remembered the times when Ran came and snuggle despite his complaints. 'Good times' he thought and got out of bed. He got dressed and left again for the detective agency. He arrived outside of the office door and rang the bell. No answer. ''Again?'' he exclaimed.

He descended the stairs and entered the café that was under the agency.

Once he entered he approached the counter. There a familiar face to Conan welcomed him smiling. "Good morning! Are you alone or are you waiting for someone else?" 

"No, I will not stay. I just want to ask you something. Do you know where Detective Mouri is? Because I can't find him anywhere. I am a client you see and I need his services.'' he lied so he won't be susspected.

"Ah! Mouri-san left on holidays with some old classmates two days ago, I think. If I remember correctly, they were classmates from his college days." she answered willingly.

"Oh... and his daughter?"

"Uh... I don't know... I haven't see her here for a week now but I don't know anything about that.", she replied sadly. "If you do not need anything else I got to go back to my work."she said and left. The youngster thanked her for her answered and left disappointed the cafe. He decided to take a walk around the blocks when he remembered Professor's words from the day before.

-Flashback-

-But you haven't said anything to the police right?

-No, I explained everything to them when we closed the case. Why!?

-Because her parents may have heard something and told her! Remember? Her mother is a lawyer and her father a private detective!

-END Flashback-

He began to tremble. ''If Ran learned about all these and not from me then I lost her forever... I must find her!'' He stayed for a while where he was standing to think to whom he had to go. Ran would be with Sonoko and no one knew where. Her father was out and the only person left was her mother who didn't like him at all. He took a deep breath and started to run towards her mother's office hoping he will learn where Ran was. A few minutes later he found himself knocking the office's door. The secretary opened the door smiling.