Case 54 - Turnabout Farewell

[little_thief]

[Well, Yamamoto's gone.  Kay confirmed it herself when she went over to his place earlier in the day to see if he wanted to go out on a date.  His swords and baseball equipment from home were nowhere to be found, and the drone's insufferably annoying greaser personality was back in full force.  She quickly and angrily snapped at the hollow shell of the person who used to be her boyfriend, breaking it off with him before running out of the house and down the street.

If anyone's looking, Kay can be found in a couple of locations today:]

[Action; afternoon; Mayfield High baseball field]

[Kay's at the field with a baseball bat and a bucket full of baseballs, just standing there practicing her swing.  She lets out a loud, pained cry with each swing of the bat.  Most of the time she misses entirely, which only serves to increase her frustration further.  When she does hit, it's so hard that the ball goes flying well into the distance, but she doesn't even seem to notice.]

[Action; early evening; Neutron Diner]

[Later on, after she's worked out some of her frustration, Kay heads to the Neutron Diner.  The best salve for heartbreak is, of course, a huge milkshake and an equally ridiculously proportioned ice cream sundae.  Instead of sitting out in the open like usual, she takes her food back to the corner booth to eat it.  But even though she's purposely isolating herself, she's pretty hard to miss back there, as she digs into her comfort food with the ferocity of a tiger relishing in the kill.]

[Action; late night; Makeout Point]

[At the end of the night, Kay ends up at Makeout Point.  She and Yamamoto gone on so many dates up here, and made so many happy memories together.  Memories that she would always keep with her for as long as she remained here.  And after working out all of her anger and frustration earlier, Kay sits down on the edge of the mountain, hugs her knees to her chest, and finally allows herself to cry.]

...Goodbye, Takeshi.  I love you.

Comments

Diner!

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe's there for dinner when he spots Kay scarfing down dessert alone. Isolating herself in the back is pretty unusual, so he'll approach, looking curious.]

Ah, hi Kay.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[Kay sort of frowns when she sees Crowe approaching, but that doesn't stop her from eating another bite of ice cream.]

Oh... hey, Crowe.

[Yeah, lookin' pretty sad over here.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[The frown does cause him to stop. He gives her a concerned look.]

A-Ah, don't let me bother you then, yeah? Just surprised to see you back here all by yourself.

Neutron Diner

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

[Edward'll be treating himself to some fast food for a change, though Kay's hefty meal in the corner doesn't escape his notice. He'll approach the table after some time.]

Quite an appetite.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

So what? I can eat what I want!

/finally tags after forever (doh)

[puzzlerprince.livejournal.com]

I wasn't even aware they served sundaes this large.

diner;

[xuffasch]

Are you trying to induce vomiting?

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

No! I'm just... really hungry today.

[Kay grumbles and shoves another bite of sundae into her mouth.]

[xuffasch]

There's no way someone with your body mass could have an appetite like that.

Baseball

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[A ball thumps nearby. Lucas has no reason to be on school grounds, but he's there anyway. Probably he needs remedial mathematics. He'll stare at it for a bit, pick it up, and glance in the direction of the baseball field.

And put up a shield just before another ball thumps through him. Sometime later after picking himself off the ground...]

Kay?

School's out for the summer...

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[Under normal circumstances, Kay would have noticed this and run over to check on Lucas. As it is, she's far too wrapped up in her own grief to know he's even there until he approaches her.]

...I know.

[Swinging at another ball and missing spectacularly before hurling the bat out into the field!]

Ugh! This stupid thing!

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

[Something was quite clearly wrong. He'll watch this display in silence.]

It would probably be easier to practice if you had someone to play with.

afternoon → baseball field

[bombbrat]

[He knew this was going to happen. With his hands in his pockets and a cigarette hanging off of his lip, Gokudera approached the baseball field, hearing Kay's cry every time she swung. Goddamn it was irritating. He hadn't been alone in Mayfield for nearly two years, either the Tenth or Yamamoto were always there.

But part of him knew that someone else was going to feel it too, which is why he was here.]

...

[After a while, he'll clear his throat.]

Kay.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[Kay stops when she hears Gokudera's voice, sending one last ball sailing off into the distance and then dropping the bat. Her hand clenches as her head sags, and there's the sound of light crying.]

G-Gokudera...

[No sooner does Kay turn to look at him than she's running toward him, sobbing her eyes out and wrapping him up in a big tight hug. There is now a girl crying into your shoulder, Gokudera. What do.]

[bombbrat]

[He almost wanted to shrug her off, because for the most part, this was annoying. It wasn't that he didn't understand why she was crying, but it was still a little inconvenient.

Still, he doesn't move his arm or anything.]

...che. He wouldn't want you to cry like this. You know that, right?

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

[Zidane happened to be on Makeout Point that day, since he was busy trying to get away from his drone parents who were grounding him for not going home at 8.30 p.m. He mostly ignored it but now their yelling was giving him a headache so he decided to get some fresh air. He did not expect to see Kay sitting there all alone, crying. Not being the type to abandon someone in need, Zidane walks up to her with a look of concern]

Hey, Kay.

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

O-oh, Zidane...

[Kay looks over, blushing a little in embarrassment as she tries to put on a smile and wipe her tears away.]

What's up?

[ohlookboobs.livejournal.com]

Er....nothing. You don't look too good, though. Is it anything I can help with?

/cheers up Kay? || make out point

[trueguardian.livejournal.com]

[ Lan Fan is curious as to why the girl is crying but she doesn't approach her. She gets the pain about being separated from a person you're close to though.

Instead, she sits on a tree branch and stalks her about from the forest. No, this isn't creepy at all ]

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[Kay doesn't really notice just yet. She's too wrapped up in her own sadness. Which means she'll be really easy to sneak up on.]

[trueguardian.livejournal.com]

[ If Kay looks even the slightest bit up, she can catch Lan Fan leaning against a tree. She should be recognizable to Kay if she's seen her before. She's observing her in secret, but her reflexes would allow her to look away if she noticed that Kay was going to turn towards her. ]

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

Nothing ice cream won't fix!

[Yup, totally lying to herself about that one. But it's all she's got right now. Shoveling some more of that sundae into her face.]

Diner

[springtime4me.livejournal.com]

Kay?

[Hitler was just passing by the diner when he saw her through the window. She looks upset....]

What's wrong?

[thief-of-truth.livejournal.com]

[Best fake smile!]

Nothing, really... I'm just really hungry today for some reason! Hahaha...