Untitled Conan II

Looking at the small cluster of purple flowers in the bottle, I couldn't help curling the corners of my lips after all.

This little bottle was in a little box I found in my coat pocket on Christmas Day, and as for what's in the bottle...

……

"Dad, can't we stay here for a few more days?" Sitting in the purple flower field, I hugged my knees and raised my head, asking persistently.

"No, Dad still has performance arrangements." The man's face was a little guilty, and his smile was gentle and pampering. He reached out with his big hand and gently stroked the top of my hair, "Xiaoyou really likes it." If so, when we go back to Japan, Dad will plant a lot of lavender in the garden, so Xiaoyou can see it every day, okay?"

"Hmm..." pouted, I shook my head like a rattle, "It's different..."

"Why is it different?" He asked with a smile.

"It's just different." I looked up at him and pointed to the other side of the flower field, "Over there, my brother said, my mother sleeps there. My brother also said that my mother likes lavender the most. These flowers are all guarded by my mother. So, it's different."

After listening to me, he froze for a moment, some emotion flashed quickly in his warm eyes, and then he covered it up with a smile.

He stood up, then stretched out his hand to hold my hand, looked far away at the other side of the flower field, and said with a smile, "That's true. Then when we come next time, we should find a way to preserve the flowers and put them in the garden. Put it into a small bottle and let Xiaoyou take it with you. In this way, Xiaoyou can see lavender every day, and mother can also guard Xiaoyou every day, is this good?"

"Yeah! Daddy can't forget~!" I squeezed his hand happily, and my face was full of anticipation.

……

It's just a pity that at that time, I didn't wait for that gift.

……

That is the gift that only Dad knows, the gift I want most.

As soon as I saw that little bottle, I knew one thing.

Dad, he is not dead...

He's not dead, he's been, always...

But, that being the case, why did you keep it from me?

Does he know how I survived these seven years?Does he know how much I hate that organization, how much I hate myself, and how much I... miss him?

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In the days that followed, it was as if someone accidentally pressed the fast-forward button. There were several heavy snowfalls, and the sun melted the ice and snow all over the ground. Then, thin clouds floated in the blue sky.

So, finally slowly warm up.

It’s April, and schools big and small have started a new school year. Among the people who are slowly moving around, I am still leisurely guarding the small room, holding the books that have been rummaged through. With excellent medical skills, he curled up on the recliner and basked in the warm sun.

Since Sheng Daojun left, the coffee shop has never been opened again.

During this time, I obediently stayed at home and didn't go anywhere.During the period, Uncle Maori was invited to the "Vampire Villa", and Sonoko attended the gathering of "magic lovers".

Ever since I learned that my father is not dead, I am no longer so obsessed with tracing the organization and the black hands behind the scenes. If I hadn't insisted on finding out Xiaochun's death and finding a way to treat Xiaoyou, I almost felt Nothing can move my emotions anymore.

It was as if gradually fading out of this world, and my mind was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

It feels as if I have returned to before I was five years old, and there is nothing in my heart except my father and brother.Total indifference and indifference.

However, while I was slowly counting the steps of time in the hourglass, the outside world was full of earth-shaking changes all the time.

Of course, most ordinary citizens may not notice anything unusual, and only those who pay attention to political affairs all the time will catch the vague vision.

Only those who stand in the political arena will know what kind of turmoil Japan's political circles are experiencing.

From the sudden high-profile comeback of several ancient families who had maintained a low-key and silent attitude, to the unexpected jump of the royal family from a nominal symbolic position to the center of power, and secretly regained control of Japan's political power.

Then, there was a joint resistance from the few remaining families.

This is a change that has quietly swept across the entire Japanese political, military and even business circles, involving all the big families in Japan's upper class society.

Of course, all this doesn't seem to have much to do with me.

I don't know if it is affected by my body, since I was destined to stay at the age of 12 forever, I seem to be slowly, unconsciously and deliberately fading out of the sight of others.

I can't say whether this situation is good or bad, but I can see the growing worry and anxiety in Shinichi's eyes.

Until... One morning, when I opened the door, the boy who had recovered his original appearance smiled warmly at me under the bright sunlight.

After a soft "girl", I was hugged into his chest.

My fingers unconsciously clenched the hem of his shirt, I leaned against his chest, opened and closed my lips a few times before murmuring his name, "... Shinichi..."

----split line----

"...Why...to change back to this appearance?"

Sitting on the recliner surrounded by him, rubbing his palm with my fingers, I lowered my eyes and asked quietly.

A warm breath came from behind his ears, and it was his soft laughter.He rested his chin on the top of my hair, his hands tightened in front of me.

"I haven't shown up for too long, I'm afraid you'll forget what I look like."

I closed my eyes, and for some reason, there was a hot, damp and sour feeling in my heart.

Turning around, I reached out and hooked his neck, actively buried myself in his arms.

"...I miss you so much..." I said softly with my eyes closed.

He lowered his head, rubbed his cheek against mine, and then softly scolded, "Silly girl..."

"...you are the... idiot..." I retorted in a low voice, slightly curving the corners of my lips.

Silly boy... I have warned him so many times, but I still foolishly took the experimental antidote.

"Isn't this better?" He laughed, his voice full of complacency, "From now on, the silly girl and the silly boy will live together forever... Being silly together... How nice... Isn't it?"

My arms tightened involuntarily, I still closed my eyes, and repeated in a hoarse voice, "...forever and ever...?"

"Ah."

"But... I'm scared, Shinichi..." My eyelashes trembling, I murmured and shook my head, "I once had a dream... Ten years later, my brother, Heiji brother, and Xiaolan sister They are all married, Luo Ning and their children have grown up...but I am still the same...Then, 20 years, 30 years, 50 years, 100 years...everyone left, only me...I I'm afraid, I don't want such a future..."

He gently stroked my hair, his voice was full of smiles, "Then in your dream, what about me?"

"...I can't find you...I can't find you...I can't find you anywhere..." I was trembling with fear, because of the dream that seemed to foretell the future.

"So, that dream must be fake." The hand that was stroking my hair moved to my face, and then lifted my chin up.I opened my eyes, and saw the funny and distressed expression on his face. He looked at me, and although he was smiling, he said seriously, "I will always be by your side, no matter what happens, I will never stay Leave you alone."

I fixedly looked at him.

"Even if you don't grow up anymore, even if you will stay at this time forever, I will be with you and won't let you be alone." He lowered his head, pressed his forehead to mine, and curled his lips warmly Laughing, "If it doesn't work, I won't look for the antidote. I'll just stay by your side in Conan's appearance. In this way, I might be able to accompany you for ten more years."

Suddenly my eyes widened, and I stared at him blankly.

"Silly girl, why are you crying?" He smiled helplessly, leaned down and kissed my cheek tenderly.

"...idiot..." The gentle touch on the face was so hot that it seemed to be ironed directly through the skin and into the bottom of my heart. I stood on tiptoe, tightened my arms and pressed my lips to the corners of his lips.

Shinichi, do you know?I don't want eternal life, I don't want the so-called forever and ever, just being with you for the rest of my life is enough.

----split line----

In the days that followed, Shinichi never returned to Conan's appearance.I know that every three days, he will take the antidote of the experimental product.

As if to prove to me what he said, he is true, and he doesn't care if he can't recover in the future.

He stayed with me and stayed with me every day, reading books and playing the piano. When I was resting in the afternoon, he would go out to continue the investigation, and he would come home on time in the evening. He would never let me worry about him.

I didn't ask him what he had found, nor did I ask what the situation outside had become. I just stayed in the house quietly, read a book, played the piano, and then prepared dinner.

It was as if time had been frozen.

Still receiving intelligence summary from Aolongji every day.

The confrontation between the two parties in the Japanese political situation is intensifying. A group of families headed by the Fujita family supported the imperial family to regain power, while the Tezuka and Sanada families combined with the emerging forces in Japan in recent years to resist the expansion of the other party's power.

It is still in turmoil, but ordinary people don't know it at all, and they still live their lives peacefully