Childhood Promise

"You will be my princess alright?! Once we're old enough I'll come find you in Tokyo and marry you~!"

"But I'm a guy! Shouldn't I be a prince?"

"Ehhh I'm already the prince so of course you'll be my princess!!"

"I bet you'll just forget about this but you promise alright?"

"Yup!! Shin-chan will be my bride!"

It was a childish promise but Shinichi held that close to his heart, even though he knows that the boy in his memories will never be able to fulfill that promise. As years passed by, he gradually forgot the identity of the boy but he can still remember the promise that was made clearly. Soon, that memorable summer with the mysterious boy ended and 15 years had passed by without meeting one another other than that day.

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"Ya really scary ya know, Kudo. Megure-keibu must've been right, yer probably cursed or somethin'! I mean, we just went out for 5 minutes and a case landed in front of yer feet, literally I might add!"

"Baro (idiot),  things such as curses doesn't exist and I only just happened to stumble upon them alright? Pure coincidence!" Shinichi protest as he looked blankly at the Osaka detective, who still didn't believed that he's not curse, beside him as they made their way back to his house after solving a murder case near the Cafe they were just in earlier. After graduation, Shinichi had became busier than ever since he had officially became a private detective and already has his own agency in Tokyo. 

His time as Edogawa Conan ended when they successfully took down the Black Organization 4 years ago and was able to make an antidote that'll permanently return him back to being Kudou Shinichi. Of course he didn't do it alone, his fated rival, Kaitou Kid, helped along with the FBI and CIA. It was all over the news about how the Phantom Thief helped that his charges were put aside, It is also revealed how he helped but as Kudo Shinichi. It wasn't revealed to the public about how he shrunk into a child; he only told Ran, his childhood friend, the Detective Boys, and a few of his close friends that he made as Edogawa Conan.

Despite the Black Organization being taken down and being back to his old life, he still feels like something is missing.. something he missed as Edogawa Conan and doesn't mind doing it until now. Yes, it was his time with a Phantom Thief under the moonlight, Kaitou Kid. The thrill he feels whenever he decodes a note Kid sent, the adrenaline of chasing him down and their usual duo on top of the rooftop, and sometimes giving each other a hand when one of them are in danger and even worked together a few times in some dangerous cases. He had to admit, sometimes he enjoys their small conversations, it feels like he got to talked with the person under the identity of Kaitou Kid, it's never personal but.. he had fun.

"Thinkin' about that Thief again aren't ya? Kudo." Heiji snapped him back to reality as he gave the Osaka Detective a look. Even if Shinichi denies it, Heiji knew who's currently occupying his mind. The distant look on his face, his eyes wandering around when he caught a glimpse of something white, he knows that the detective missed the phantom thief. He doesn't really care if his best friend likes guys, I mean as he says Love is Love, whatever the gender is though it's still not confirm if his best friend had fallen for the thief.

"Ya don't need to deny it ya know, it's already been...how long? 4 years since the last ya saw each other." 

"It's not that I want to think about him, he just...suddenly pops out of my mind out of nowhere.." Shinichi mutters as he sighed. It was bothering him whenever he thinks of Kid, is he alright? did he obtain the jewel he's looking for or did he gave up since the organization doesn't exist anymore? Will he.. meet him again?.. It was really out of character how the thief he used to chased around is now the only thing he thinks about. Did he perhaps harbor some feelings for the thief even if its just an infatuation? Possible. 

Distracted with his thoughts, he didn't realized how Heiji keeps glancing behind them. Far from them hiding behind a post, was a guy discreetly following them with a cap hiding his face. 

"It's obvious that ya want us to sense yer presence, whoever ya are."

***

"It's really unlike you to get into an accident like that Shinichi!"

"I wasn't paying attention, I'm sorry for making you worried, Ran." He muttered as he looked away from his childhood friend. After a few days from solving a case with Heiji, another case made its way to the detective. It was only a simple case about finding a missing person.

During the case he was sure he felt a familiar presence when he was gathering information for the missing son of the couple. It was only for a few seconds but he is certain.. it was his beloved Phantom Thief. He knows that he should focus on the case rather than have his personal affairs be involved but he just couldn't let this slide. He looked everywhere from the streets to the back alleys but the presence already disappeared, he felt disappointed but it was soon replaced when he felt a dangerous vibe behind him. 

"How can I not worry when you got stabbed?!" Ran shouted. Ever since Shinichi revealed everything about the organization and his sudden disappearance, she couldn't helped but be worried sick for him. Yeah it's been years since that incident took place but what if there's still someone out there who wants to take her childhood friend's life? It's still bothered her that he went through all of that without her knowing, he has been by her side but she couldn't do anything to give him a hand. 

Noticing the frown on Ran's face, he smiled softly, placing his hand on her head as he patted her head. Spending his time with Ran as Conan really changed his feelings towards her from romantic to that of a sibling. When he told Ran about this she felt the same way even without knowing back then that he's Edogawa Conan, her feelings for Shinichi slowly changed. 

"I'm fine, it's not that severe he only managed to stabbed my shoulder, nothing fatal alright? Even the doctor said so." 

"But you could've die from bleeding if Hattori-kun didn't made it to the scene in time." Ran protest. Well she was right at that part. Heiji arrived at the alley 20 minutes after he got stabbed, he already loss quite an amount of blood and didn't have the strength to call for help. Apparently the guy who stabbed him was the guy he was looking for, the son of the client was actually doing drugs and the reason why he ran away from home was because the maid found his stash. He misunderstood the presence of the detective and got scared that he might end up in jail and fortunately, his sanity returned back after seeing Shinichi injured in front of him. When the parents found out, they didn't have a second thought and handed him over to the police to repent for his illegal doing and for assaulting the detective of the east. 

It all ended well but now that his left arm is currently in an arm sling and need some time for healing, he was forced to rest and take a day off. As much as he wanted to refuse, Ran was there to make sure he rest so he didn't have any choice, either he rest or he'll end up breaking an arm or two from a certain someone. 

Shinichi and Ran talked for awhile and once it got dark, Shinichi sends her off. Seeing the bright smile on her face with the guy she currently goes out with made Shinichi smiled. If his feelings for her didn't changed, maybe they would've already gotten married and such but it doesn't mean he regretted letting her go for his feelings completely changed, he just feels.. lonely. Frowning, he looked up to the bright full moon in the sky. Remembering a bittersweet past he wished he can go back to but as him and not in the body of a child. 

"Ya love him don't ya?" The voice behind him made Shinichi startled, quickly turning around to see his dark skinned friend grinning at him like an idiot. 

"I don't know what you're talking about. Why are you even here? It's already late and you don't want to make Kazuha worried now do you-" He stopped when he saw the expression on Heiji changed. Did they had a fight again? They had been fighting a lot recently so it's no surprised if he's here this late. 

Shinichi sighed as he leads the way back inside the mansion making Heiji grinned once more while wrapping his arm around the detective's shoulder thanking him, completely forgetting about his injury as Shinichi quickly hissed in pain while pushing Heiji away, hard. This idiot is a bother as always but it's better than sleeping alone in this huge place, Shinichi thought as he stopped glaring at Heiji. 

As they head for the front door with Heiji apologizing, a white paperplane caught their attention landing in front of them. Looking at each other confused as to who will make a paperplane this late at night, Shinichi suddenly remembered a case related to a paperplane with a Morse Code in it. He quickly grabbed it but since he can only use one hand, he handed it to the detective next to him. Heiji helped out and what's written on the paper made him grinned wider than before making Shinichi nervous as to why this friend of his is showing such a ridiculous grin. 

"Someone has a date at Ekoda~"

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