Chapter Twenty-One: The Poisoned Apple (Part V)

Third Person's View

Palms are sweating, eyes are shaking and legs were like noodles. The atmosphere felt so hot and pressured as Ran took the plate carefully with the poisoned apple.

She took a huge breath before exhaling with heavy breath.

This was it. She thought. There's no turning back.

She took one step at a time. She wanted to slow down her time but as she took every step, the anvil on her shoulders seemed to slowly and slowly burdening her deep into the depths of Hayley's evil plan.

The truth is, she didn't even want to do this because she really, really loves Shinichi.

Her legs wobbled as she gets near Shinichi. She can't possibly do it when everyone's around so she asked the nurse to take it to Shinichi.

Yes, there's a nurse but a male if you possibly mistaken it is a woman.

As the nurse take it to the table right in front of Shinichi, a figure turned his eyes into slits as he observed the nurse talking to the man.

"Kudo-san, Mouri-san wants you to eat this for today," the nurse says with a bright smile.

Shinichi only nodded in response and continued talking to his friends. The nurse left with innocent conscience.

The figure keep looking at the apple, observing it as he crosses his arms while the light flashed through his glasses.

He noticed one thing in the apple: a fallen piece. There's a balck tiny hole and that part was quite pinkish as it circled around it.

He walked near Shinichi without anyone noticing and took the poisoned apple but soon was caught when Shinichi averted his gaze to the apple.

The stranger became frozen as he felt Shinichi staring at him with furrowed eyebrows and judgment eyes.

"You..." Shinichi muttered, almost a whisper when he saw him.

The stranger slowly looked at the man looking at him and smiled with a knowing look before standing up and biting the apple he took.

As he gulped the big bite in, a flash of pain strucked down his throat down to his heart. He held his throat with two hands as he fell down to his knees, consciously knew what was going on.

He can't seem to breathe and his eyes were slowly going blind. Tears were forming on his eyes as the whole poison came through his body within seconds. The taste of his slowly became the sign of his near death.

A loud scream came out of his mouth as he resist of being fought by the poison in his body.

Shinichi sat there, eyes widened and mouth agape as he witnessed the stranger struggling. He stared at the apple on the floor and saw it became rotten in seconds.

He clicked his tongue as his shaking eyes were worriedly seeking for assistance in helping the man. He knew the man and he wanted to help him but he can't just stand because of his decision.

Damn it. He cursed. What should I do? Please don't die, Araide-sensei.

As he watched Araide from his seat, Ran was staring at the poor doctor's body slowly giving in to the poison.

Her body was stiff as she's standing there with guilt engulfing her. Her eyes held something much more than disgust and fear.

Her fist clenched as she heard the last faint scream of Araide-sensei before a lone tear escaped her eyes.