A bittersweet story...novertheless, a great story. So well written, and I feel like it does justice to the main characters in it. You did great and I thank you for writing something like this!

Awww, it is really cute how Ran realizes and Conan does not. It might be sad for Ran but I agree with you that after all what happened Ai and Conan are the better pair.

this is heart breaking T.T i should have known before reading a ship i'm not sailing huhuhuhuhuhu

I started only recently with DC (watching the first episodes during my childhood many many maaany years ago) and am still at around episode 430 of the Anime, but I just couldn't wait to search for CoAi Fics. Since the very first moment of appearance of Haibara, a possible pairing of her with Conan somehow captivated me. Watching every next episode, knowing (guessing) it's all about Ran and Shinichi in the end, made me a bit sad, imagining what could be with the great CoAi dynamics and their backstory; more so after the next episodes confirmed what I already guessed: That Ai really fell in love with him.
So I started to search for very old (to not get me spoiled) Fanfiction of them, but none of them where like I would have imagined the dynamics between them to be, or the characters were oddly ooctill this piece here now.

This fic is simply beautiful, exactly how I imagined a CoAi fiction to be when I started my search. A bittersweet SR component that is destined to fall apart due to the distance that was built, and a CoAi part that flows so naturally, that only a bystander can make Conan realize it fully. Just perfect.

I don't know what will happen in the real series, I don't even know if it is maybe already finished or not till now, twelve years later, and although I know it is going to be SR all the time, I still keep the hope alive that maybe, just maybe, the series will give me something like in this Fic, because I personally think that Shiho and Shinichi are just perfect for each other.

Thank you for your Fic.

huh, I ship it

A great story with an sad touch.

I'm a big Conan/Ai shipper, and it's hard to find fic written this well for them... but what I really like in this fic is your portrayal of Ran; her perceptiveness, and her straightforward ability to see to the heart of things. To put on her big girl panties, and deal with things like a grownup. To know when to let go, even while letting Conan know that he still has her in all the ways that count, and being such a good friend to him, because that's what really counts.

i realy hope the manga will be have ending like this!

I kind of love this. thank you

Good story!

If only this would happen... ai deserves better, aoyama gosho-sensei T.T
Fave!

Ohemgeeee. I loooove this! Could you please write more? :) I am a die-hard ConanxAi fan *hearts* so can you imagine my happiness to read this great fic with my fave couple? *squeals* I juuuust love this!

If only this will become the real end. I love ShinichixShiho/ConanxAi as a pair. But well i know this is impossible. Add to fav~

I know you wrote this long ago. But this is a great one-shot!

amazing! I love this story very much. Thank you-