The sliding doors make way for a crutch wielding Misha and a tired Lucie. They hobble back out to the Tokyo streets from the police station. They breathe. They hug.
“Soooo… cake and bubble tea?”, Lucie asks, with a grin on her weary face.
The pair look at each other. They burst out laughing as they hobble down the street.
Lucie had hit the nail on the head.
DING……..DING!!
The little bell rings like always, less aggressively though.
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“So then, are you planning on telling us what happened, or are you gonna act all mysterious and cool all day?”, Tora asks, with a mouthful of croissant, spilling crumbs on every possible bit of fabric that he can.
Kichiro sighs. “Long story short, I stopped a rape.”
A silence comes over the café.
Tora's loud munching has stopped.
He and Yukio both stare wide eyed at Kichiro.
“…What?”, Kichiro asks.
“Alright, Batman. I didn’t know you had it in you.”, Tora says as he goes in for another bite.
Yukio is still taken aback. He knew something happened, but not something of that magnitude. His heart aches slightly. If only Kichiro told them earlier. He gets up to go and buy something else.
YAP! YAP! YAP!… YAP AHAHAHA!!
Kichiro feels a sharp pain in his head when he hears a voice. Oh god, it’s her isn’t it. Kichrio pulls his cap lower and sinks in his seat.
“Oh, Misha what are you like!”, a strong American accent screeches from behind Kichiro.
Misha.
He resists the urge to look. That conversation would be way to awkward for his liking.
Yukio plops back in his seat. He slides a white chocolate and raspberry muffin to Kichiro. Kichiro glances up at him. Yukio, with a hopeful look on his face, smiles.
“Thanks Yuki”, he says as he tucks in. Oh yes, that was much needed.
Yukio blushes and smiles to himself.
"It's the least i could do..."
“OOH HE’S CUTE!”, Lucie says loudly, pointing at Yukio.
“Lucie…”, Misha gives her a death stare, indicating her to shut up. She knows that its Kichiro and his buddies sitting at that table.
Yukio eyes creep out from under his long fringe to meet Lucie’s.
“HEY CUTIE! MY FRIEND LIKES YOU! HEHEHE!”
Misha grabs Lucie and spins her back around to look out the window.
“Please… shut up.”
Lucie, ignoring her, gets up and starts approaching the table. Misha, stumbling, tries to get up to top her, but she’s too slow. Before you know it, Lucie is leaning over Kichiro’s shoulder asking the startled Yukio for his number.
Yukio looks between Kichiro and Tora, seeking any form of help. Tora laughs as he sips his milkshake and dangles his leg off the side of his seat. Kichiro is looking down hiding his face. Yukio was on his own here.
“Err I have a … girlfriend.”, Yukio unconvincingly says, with a blush on his face as Lucie stares at him up and down, examining her prey with a evil smile displayed all across her face.
Tora laughs out loud, kicking his feet in the air. “F**k off Yuki! You’ve never had a girlfriend-“
CRASH!!
With her crutches now sprawled over the floor, Misha, with a bright red face... is draped on Kichiro’s shoulder. Kichiro, who had now shot up was staring straight forward, also with a tomato-like face.
The worst possible scenario has occurred, they both think.
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