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[spoilsfun]

Who: Conan and Anyone
What:: Various
Where: Various
When: Last Week of December

1. For Ran
Ever since their last discussion, Shinichi had been trying to think of a better way. Being there by text message was something. But it was not enough. There was no way to predict how often the personas would activate, and with no voice changer, speaking to her over the phone was not an option.

That only left one possibility. 

Several days later, Conan approaches Ran with a sealed envelope in his hand.

2. Snow [Open to Anyone] 
No matter how many times people warned him, Conan never had learned not to run in snow. Running on the way home, he hits a slippery spot and goes sliding into a snowdrift.

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[spoilsfun]

Conan frowns. It was not a question he'd ever wanted to ask. But it seemed like more and more he was starting to wonder here, with all the time he had to think.

Would Ran be happier if she wasn't waiting for him? He didn't want her to cry any more, but it seemed like he was the cause of her tears so often

"But would it be easier if he did?"

[singlefaith]

It startles her no less the second time than the first. She stares at him -- the small, quiet face, so strangely grown up. He means the question.

Inside, she stings with guilt. She's made him ask it.

". . . Easier doesn't mean it's better, Conan-kun." The words come slowly. She has to get them right. "You shouldn't always choose 'easier' because it's there. Even when it hurts. Not when the person on the other side of that choice is worth more than that."

A small smile, very faint. "If the roles were different, if it were me instead of him, I think -- I hope? -- he'd wait for me too."

[spoilsfun]

His gaze drops. They were the words he'd hoped to her, but he couldn't bring himself to be happy over it. Not when he knew how much Ran had suffered over him.

"Mmm, I think he would wait for you too."