The Current Me [Detective Conan]

I'm NOT Him!!

It was just another day in the middle of Autumn where Conan just cleared another case that he accidentally caught on on his way back from school. However, since he was too occupied with the case, he didn't realize that someone was watching him making the brilliant deduction.

And now, as the consequences of his carelessness here he is, sitting in the living room feeling dread of Ran's sudden question...

"You are Shinichi, right?" She asked, more like stated. Eyes both narrowed despite on the longing look on her face.

Not knowing what to properly react, Conan cracked an awkward smile as he said, "w-what? Why did you think of that Ran-neechan? I'm Conan-"

"-ne, aren't you tired of lying, Shinichi? Why don't you just tell me the truth?"

"But I'm saying-"

"The truth, Shinichi! I've enough of your lies... At first I thought that it was just a mere bunch of coincidence that you have the same birth date, a look a like face and hairstyle, and amazingly smart. there's just no way for a child like you to actually steered the officers to solved such of complicated case as that... " Ran suddenly raised her voice, shocking Conan as he's panicking inside.

"-and not just that... if you really are not Shinichi then how could you speak so similarly like him? You too sometimes acted way too mature than you supposed to be. And besides, where were you every time Tou-San makes his deduction? You always missing and only appears when he asked you to assist him. Even someone as dumb as me could connect all the dots after this long. Or did you think that I'm much stupider than that? Seriously, Shinichi... you're underestimating me..." Ran accused none stop as her glare become more fierce in every words and on top of that, she even banged the table, almost breaking it into two.

She was expecting for Shinichi to get scared enough to tell her the truth. But what she get had never get crossed her mind.

"Tou-san, Kaa-san, Yukiko-san, Yusaku-san, Hakase, Hattori-niichan... and now, you too?" Conan murmured as his head hung low and body shakes a little.

"You know Ran-neechan? I'm tired of this kind of talk. I mean, what's with my intelligence, huh? There are many kids that's smarter than me! And I might looked like him, but I am my own person. Can't any of you see that??!!!!" He suddenly shouted as he ruffled his own hair desperately. And now since Ran can see the tears that falling from both of his eyes she felt all of her anger turned into guilt, especially when she heard of his voice...

"-why?" He chocked

"It was always him... Shinichi, Shinichi, Shinichi...It's always Shinichi-niichan who got the most attention. Why Ran-neechan? I thought that if I'm matured enough I can finally get you. But I was wrong.

I hate him! I hate Shinichi-oniichan!" By now Conan is sobbing with both hands clenching on his sides.

Ran, who has never seen this side of him can only stunned on her place and only snapped back after Conan shouted one last time...

"And I hate you, Ran-neechan. I thought you're different from them!" -he then running out and slammed the door.

"C-Conan-kun wait!!" But it was too late, because Conan has been too far to hear her. He's also (un)surprisingly a fast runner, and thanks to his full knowledge of the whole map of the neighborhood, Ran was easily lost track of him. And now all that left with her is regret...

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"I'm sorry, Conan-kun..."