I'm here... [ShinRan]

[Extract:]
It was an emotional case. Unfortunately, for all of them.
Conan knew it, he honestly could feel it when Ran's heart got crushed. It was the moment when the girl broke down in front of everyone, crying helplessly about her fiancée never being there for her. Never answering her calls, never attending any parties or family celebrations. It was like he wasn't here. Except...
Unless the man Shinichi literally was never here. He was like a ghost in Ran's life, winking in and out of existence like a light shut on and off. He was right by her side though she never noticed. And that was the point, wasn't it?
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