File 5. Tonight, I feel close to you
Shinichi had just fallen asleep, but he was soon woken up when Heiji's foot 'accidentally' lie on top of his chest. His cell phone ran suddenly, the caller-id displayed Ran's name. He was wondering whether he should answer the call, but he was worried about Ran, calling him in the middle of night. "Moshi, moshi, Ran," answered Shinichi, "what'd happened?"
"I'm at the beach, which we've our conversation," said Ran in a panic voice, "and…and I saw Ha…Haru-san, she's lying on the beach unconscious!"
"Stay calm, Ran," said Shinichi, "I'll be there in a minute, but first we need to sent Haru-san to the hospital first. We need to call the police also."
"Um, Shinichi," said Ran, nodding her head at once. "I'll wait you here."
Ran was waiting for Shinichi alone on the beach, and she just hoped that nothing had ever happened. She should not be arguing with Shinichi this evening, she should not have lost the ring; she should not come out at midnight…
While Ran was still blaming herself, Shinichi had arrived with the police.
"Shinichi," said Ran, "you're here finally."
"Ran, did you noticed any thing weird around here?" asked Shinichi.
Ran shook her head slightly, "it's too dark around here, and I could hear the waves only."
"That's okay," said Shinichi, "let's go to the hospital now." He immediately grabbed Ran's hand and headed to the ambulance, and then he noticed something weird on the beach. A few seashells were positioned awkwardly on the beach one large seashell, two smaller seashells, and a rock on one of the small seashell.
"…" Shinichi was looking at those shells carefully, and thinking about the hidden message behind it.
"Shinichi, let's go," said Ran, "they're waiting for us."
Shinichi, Ran, Heiji and Kazuha were all at the hospital. "Kudo, what'd happened? Is Haru-san okay?" asked Heiji.
"She's just fine, all we need is to wait for her waking up," said Shinichi, "she could then tell us what'd happened."
"Where's Aki-kun?" asked Kazuha, searching for Aki around in the room.
"He's at the main office giving the relevant information to the hospital," said Ran. She had looked at Haru carefully ever since coming to the hospital, and she noticed the slight movement to her.
Haru opened her eyes slowly, looking around the non-familiar place, "where am I?" She asked in a soft voice.
"We found you drowned in the beach," said Ran, "the doctor said that if you come late to the hospital an hour later, you can't be saved." Tears were almost falling from Ran's eyes after talking with Haru.
"Why do you come out that late?" asked Shinichi.
""I've received a message from Yusuke, he said in the message that he wanted to talk with me," said Haru.
"That's weird, I remember that Yusuke-kun had lost his cellphone," said Shinichi, thinking about the case. "Did you remember anything once you're at the beach?"
"Sorry, I can't remember anything," answered Haru, "I just remember that someone coming from behind…and then I felt unconscious…and I'm in the hospital when I wake up."
"But it's quite weird, if the murderer wants to kill you, why don't he just push you a few metres towards the sea," said Heiji. "Then, you'd not be noticed that easy."
"And also the message on the beach," said Shinichi. "It's quite clear that the message behind those seashells and rock are Haru, Aki, Natsuki and Yusuke. The two smaller shells are Haru and Natsuki, the larger one is Aki, and Yusuke is the small rock. Haru is the broken shell, and Yusuke is the murderer."
"Haru, are you okay?" asked Natsuki as she entering the room. "Where're Aki and Yusuke? Shouldn't they be here also?"
"They're at the main office," said Shinichi. "You should have seen them before coming."
"Oh, there're too many people there," said Natsuki, "I didn't notice. I'm too worried about Haru."
"Of course you must be worried," said Shinichi, "worried that she'd woken up, worried that she might have seen you on the beach."
"What're you talking about? I didn't go to the beach, I didn't drowned Haru there," said Natsuki in a cold voice.
"I didn't tell you that Haru was drowned," said Shinichi.
"You've mentioned the beach, so I think that Haru must be drowned."
"But you can't hide the truth," said Shinichi, "we've found a small piece of broken nail, with the same pattern as yours. You didn't notice that you've broken your nails when you're making that dying message!"
"Yes, I'm the one that stole Yusuke's cell phone, to send the message to Haru, and meet her in the beach," said Natsuki calmly. "I hate her, I hate her for having everything, I hate her for marrying with Aki, I hate her messing around the relation with Aki and Yusuke!" Tears already started dropping from her eyes, "if I'm cruel enough, she would not be here now….but we're childhood friends, she's just a nice girl, I can't make up my mind."
"Natsuki, I never know that I make you that unhappy," said Haru softly, "I'm so sorry, I never knew your feeling for Aki. You've misunderstood Yusuke and me."
"But it's too late now," said Natsuki. "I've confessed to Aki before, but he told me that he loves you only and forever!"
"Actually I think that there's someone much better, he's always there beside you," said Haru.
"Huh?"
"Yusuke, he told me that he loves you last time when he's drunk," said Haru. "That's okay now, everything settles now."
"But I've almost killed you," said Natsuki.
"I'm still here," said Haru, "I've told the police that a strange man attacked me!" Natsuki wiped her tears and smiled at Haru, "thank you so much."
"That's so nice," said Ran, "they've cleared up all their misunderstanding. Natsuki-san finally finds her true love."
"Right, if they talk and communicate more, this wouldn't happen," said Kazuha.
"Ran, can you come with me?" said Shinichi suddenly. "I've thought it all over again…um…I want to talk with you once again."
Ran was still wondering whether to go or not, Kazuha already slightly pushed her into Shinichi's arms, "go quickly, don't let happiness slip away from your hands," whispered Kazuha to Ran.
Ran was wondering where Shinichi was going to take her to, and finally he brought her to the chapel that Haru had mentioned last night. They entered the chapel, "have you heard of the legend about this chapel?" Shinichi asked Ran in a soft voice.
"Haru-san told me last night," said Ran, thinking about the legend, her face blushed slightly. "She told me that if lovers share a kiss and vow for their true love, they'll be happily ever after, and no one could separate them."
Silence filled in, and they did not talk for a while.
'After all these'd happened, I've already forgiven Shinichi, I'm just worried that I might not be good enough for him to love, but I still want to be with him,' thought Ran
'Is Ran still mad at me? Would she forgive me? I don't want any other girl except her; I won't lie to her again. Okay I'll just go as planned,' thought Shinichi.
"Sorry!"
"Sorry!"
Both Ran and Shinichi apologised at the same time, and then they laughed together. Ran decided to speak first, "I'm sorry that I've lost the ring, I've tried to find it at the beach, but…"
"That's okay, I'm worried about you going to the beach late at night," comforted Shinichi, "I'm sorry that I've made you sad, I didn't mean to lie to you, I just want you to be free from danger. Please forgive me on doing anything that had made you unhappy." He then went to a row of chairs and then he picked up something a large bouquet of pink roses.
"This is the first time I…uh…I give flowers to you," said Shinichi, blushing slightly, he then handed the bouquet to Ran.
"Thank you," said Ran, she was a bit surprise by Shinichi's action.
"There're 108 roses, do you know the meaning of it?" said Shinichi, "it mean 'will you marry me?'" He then took the ring out from his pocket, "I've found the ring already, and can I have your reply?"
Ran nodded her head, and tears of happiness already running out of her eyes, "yes!" Shinichi immediately put the ring onto Ran's ring finger, "now you're mine forever!"
Shinichi then gave Ran a deep and passionate kiss; their lips did not part until they ran out of air. "Ran, I swear to love you forever," said Shinichi, "do you know the meaning of pink rose? It's 'perfect happiness' and 'please believe me', we've fulfilled the legend, and so we'll definitely be happily ever after!"
"When did you start to have a good knowledge on flowers?" asked Ran curiously, and Shinichi's eyes turned into small dots already.
"Ah…the flower girl told me, I've told her the story of you and me," said Shinichi, "and she told me that my girl would definitely love the flowers!"
"Let's go back now," said Ran, "Kazuha-chan and Hattori-kun must be worried about us."
"They won't be worried about us," said Shinichi recklessly, "they should know that you would be perfectly safe, by staying with me."
They were heading back to their hotel, while they were entering the room lovingly; they found Hattori Heiji there.
"Yo, you two seem have clear all the mist and together once again," said Heiji.
"What're you doing here in our room?" asked Shinichi immediately, "this's room 707, and your room is 708, you should be next door!"
"Hey, you're the one that invite here last night," said Heiji, but Shinichi was already pushing him to the door.
Shinichi, Ran and Heiji were all at Room 708, "Ran, that's so great," said Kazuha, "you and Kudo-kun are finally engaged."
Shinichi then pushed Heiji to Kazuha, "we return him to you now," said Shinichi, "how can you tolerate his sleeping posture? I almost fell off the bed last night!"
"Hey, Kudo," said Heiji, "how can you be so rude? Don't you remember how I have helped you?"
"Of course I remember," said Shinichi, he then whispered into Heiji's ears, "and this's a little gift for you." He then handed Heiji a small paper bag, "enjoy it tonight!" Heiji was so puzzled at his words. Shinichi then quickly held Ran's hands and leaving the room, "Good luck to you both!"
Heiji immediately opened the paper bag, and his face blushed deeply after seeing the content inside. "Heiji," said Kazuha, "Kudo-kun smiled so weird, what did he talk to you?"
"Ahhhh! Nothing, he's just talking nonsense!" Heiji did not realize that his voice was so loud.
"Aho! Why do you raise your voice that loud? I'm not deaf!"
"Oh, sorry," said Heiji, "Kudo and neechan are finally together, so all the bans should be removed by now." Heiji was walking towards Kazuha, grinning evilly at her.
"Wait," said Kazuha, trying to push Heiji away.
"I've been waiting too long already," said Heiji, he then had his lips on Kazuha's. They were kissing so passionately that Kazuha did not even notice when they were on the bed.
Heiji continued kissing along Kazuha's neck, and she then unexpectedly produced some weird moans. Kazuha thought that this was so embarrassing, she just wanted to push Heiji away now. She accidentally had her hand placed on the remote control of the television.
They both were frozen when they found out what was showed on the television adult video. Kazuha quickly grabbed the remote, and tried to turn off the TV.
Silence filled inside room 708, both Heiji and Kazuha blushed deeply. Heiji decided to break the silence, "I'd better go for a shower now."
Kazuha noticed that something falling out of Heiji's pocket, "Heiji, this has fallen out of your pocket." Kazuha seized the small paper bag, trying to hand it to Heiji. She immediately knew that this was the same bag that Shinichi had given to Heiji before.
"Isn't this a gift from Kudo-kun?" Kazuha observed carefully the paper bag, "what's written on it? 'Congratulation to your first time! Hope you ever success!'" Heiji was so panic that he wanted to take it away from Kazuha's.
The worst thing had happened, the paper bag was torn into pieces, and the colourful content inside was falling everywhere. Kazuha took one of those colourful small packet and looked at it carefully, "it's a…a condom!" Her face were flushed even more severely then ever, "hentai!" She then struck the pillow directly on Heiji's face.
Heiji just escaped the attack; he then clutched both of Kazuha's arms tightly, forcing her back on the bed, "hentai! I've never done anything yet! It's just Kudo's idea!"
Kazuha was quite uncomforted on their weird position right now; Heiji was on top of her, "Heiji, what do you want now then?"
"Don't you want a more intimate relationship for us?" Not waiting for her answer, Heiji gave Kazuha another passionate kiss.
In the meanwhile, the room next door was filled with the aroma of roses. Pink roses were everywhere in the room, Shinichi and Ran were in the rose filled bathroom, taking a lovely bath together.
"Wondering how Hattori is doing? Success or not?" Shinichi murmured to himself.
"Hattori-kun, you've just mentioned him, what did you just give him?"
"A lovely present that both Kazuha and he would like it so much," grinned Shinichi. "I think that they may be actually enjoying them right now."
"Huh…you must be hiding something from me," said Ran, "and why do you pop up with this crazy idea about bathing together!"
Shinichi then approached closer to Ran, "you told me that you would fulfil any wish for me tonight!"
"Yes, I've said so, but…" Ran's face was blushing, though she did not know whether this was due to the hot water, or the embarrassment of bathing together with Shinichi.
"You never knew that how I want to bath with you since last time when I was still Conan, we were at the hot spring," whispered Shinichi.
Shinichi had reminded Ran when they were once together in the hot spring, but with Conan-kun, "pervert! How could you…?"
Shinichi kissed Ran suddenly, and he then started caressing her long dark hair, "Ran, I'm the happiest man in the world, with you staying with me."
"Shinichi," said Ran, "same as you, I'm the happiest in the world!"
Shinichi then started kissing her passionately, "Ran, do you want to…" Ran flushed even more deeply, but she still nodded her head slightly. Shinichi then embraced Ran tightly in his arms.
"Yes! We won't be lag behind Hattori now!" Shinichi said softly to himself.
"Huh? Shinichi, what did you just say?" asked Ran in a puzzled face, "you've just mentioned Hattori."
"Nothing," said Shinichi, "Ran, I love you!" He then gave a breath-taking kiss to Ran.
The End>
Finally I've finished this fanfic (the mystery part really make me lots of effort in writing it!)! I called this fanfic "START" when Detective Conan changed the opening last year, and now I can finish it before they change the new op (change on 18/4/05)! Have anyone noticed that all the chapter titles are the songs name by Kuraki Mai? I think that this chapter "Tonight, I feel close to you" fitted absolutely well for Shinichi and Ran, Heiji and Kazuha (I've make the last part a bit funny)! Please read and review! Hope you all like this fanfic! Thank you for all your support and patient for reading my fanfic for almost the whole year!