The Boy with Glasses

Morning sunlight slowly crept through the curtains.

Shiho opened her eyes.

For a brief moment…

She forgot everything.

Then reality returned.

She was no longer Shiho Miyano.

She was trapped inside the body of a child.

A soft knock echoed from outside the room.

“Good morning,” Professor Agasa said with a warm smile.

“I made breakfast.”

Shiho quietly followed him downstairs.

The smell of toast and freshly brewed coffee filled the house.

It felt…

Normal.

Almost too normal.

She sat silently, staring at the cup in front of her.

Agasa noticed.

“You don’t have to say anything.”

“You can stay here as long as you need.”

Shiho looked down.

“…Thank you.”

Before Agasa could reply…

Ding Dong.

The doorbell rang.

“Oh?”

Agasa stood up.

“I wonder who that could be.”

He walked toward the front door.

Shiho instinctively held her breath.

Her heart began beating faster.

Could they have found her already?

The door slowly opened.

A boy wearing large glasses stood outside.

“Professor!”

“I forgot my detective badge yesterday.”

The cheerful voice echoed through the hallway.

Shiho froze.

Her eyes widened.

Impossible…

That face.

That presence.

She had seen him before.

Not as a child…

But as Shinichi Kudo.

The high school detective who had interfered with the Organization.

The boy stepped inside.

Then…

Their eyes met.

For a brief second…

Neither of them spoke.

Conan tilted his head.

“Huh?”

“I’ve never seen you before.”

Shiho remained silent.

Countless thoughts raced through her mind.

Should she tell him?

No.

Not yet.

If he truly was Shinichi Kudo…

Then he had already become involved with the Organization.

Telling him everything now could place both of them in even greater danger.

Agasa quickly laughed.

“Ah, right.”

“This is…”

He paused.

Looking toward Shiho.

“What was your name again?”

The room fell silent.

Shiho slowly lifted her head.

“…Ai.”

“Haibara Ai.”

The name left her lips naturally.

As if it had always belonged to her.

Conan smiled.

“Nice to meet you, Haibara!”

Shiho looked into his bright blue eyes.

A strange feeling stirred inside her.

For the first time…

She wasn’t looking at the famous high school detective.

She was looking at another child…

Who carried the same secret as her.

Neither of them knew it yet.

But that single meeting…

Would change both of their lives forever.

Then He smiled.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Edogawa Conan”

Conan smiled naturally.

To him, she was simply another quiet girl Professor Agasa had decided to help.

But something felt… unusual.

She wasn’t frightened like most children meeting a stranger.

She didn’t seem curious either.

Instead…

She watched him.

Not with the eyes of a child.

But with the calm, careful gaze of an adult who had already experienced far too much.

Conan frowned for a split second.

“What was that?”

The feeling disappeared as quickly as it came.

Still…

He couldn’t shake the strange impression that the girl standing before him was hiding a secret far greater than her age could possibly explain.

Shiho noticed his expression.

Without saying a word, she quietly looked away.

The less she revealed…

The safer everyone would be.

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