However, However

[Detective Conan fanfiction + Rei Furuya + police officer and doctor + interactions among the five + canon couples remain intact]

First-person narration. The entire main plot revolves around romance. The main characters are only the five police academy friends.

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Our story began eight years ago.

We were all young then.

He was 21, a new police academy student, full of justice and ideals.

I was 18, a surgical intern, with nothing on my mind but operations and papers.

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We met beneath the cherry blossoms in early spring,

exchanged a polite nod and a few pleasantries,

then went our separate ways.

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He said, “I just want enough strength to protect what needs protecting.”

I said, “To save the lives that can be saved, and prevent tragedies we would otherwise be powerless to stop.”

Even if the road ahead led into an abyss, I was willing to stand by his side.

But fate really did push us toward the abyss.

And fate seemed determined to swallow up every last trace of light.

And yet...