[Time: 4:00 p.m.] [Meanwhile, Kyon and Satoshi are camping out the girl's bathroom in Shunyo.] [Sa'right? Sa'right.] [Action!] * Satoshi answers quietly. "Nope, they're both still in there." [Fuyuko ran into the bathroom, and Izumi followed her. Satoshi doesn't know her, though, and Kyon hasn't seen her.] [Furthermore, apparently Fuyuko's diary has been taken and read aloud by some mean nasty girls who walked by Not Long Ago.] * Kyon takes a couple of steps after the mean nasty girls, and raises a hand tentatively. "Excuse me?" The girls stop and turn, as if noticing the two for the first time (which isn't so hard to believe, as they were reading the torn diary as they walked by the first time). "Yes?" * Satoshi is still sitting there, making sure that Fuyuko and the scary girl don't escape while Kyon's busy. Or something. * Kyon smiles a bit sheepishly. "I was wondering if you could help me. This is my first time here, and I can't find the literary club room. I was supposed to meet the club today there. My name's Kensuke Sorazawa." * Satoshi blinks, then stifles a laugh. [They glance at each other and blink a few times, before laughing. "You can't be serious! You're just a kid!"] * Kyon blushes slightly, and jams his hands in his pockets. "No, really. I'm him. I can give you business cards, if you need proof." "Are you really Mr. Sorazawa?" * Kyon nods. "That's what I've been saying." He fishes a name card holder out of his pocket, takes one out, and presents it to the nearest one of them. [They squint at it, and suddenly Kyon is surrounded. "Oh! Mr. Sorazawa! I read all of your books!" "I read them twice!" etc. etc.] * Satoshi grins, though he's still keeping an eye out for Fuyuko and Izumi. * Kyon blushes a bit deeper, and looks around. "Thanks for your support." He cocks his head. "I don't remember seeing you all at my book signing." [They chuckle nervously. "Uh, I had a project..." "I was at cram school..." "I forgot."] (Lame excuses. Lame.) (*thumbs down*) * Kyon shrugs. "Don't worry about it. If you help me out, I can sign for you now." "Uh, I don't have my book." "Me neither." "Me neither." (Ask him to sign your shirt!) (School uniform. Woot.) (*laughs* Yes. Do it.) * Kyon shakes his head mock sadly, then laughs. "Well, I can't expect you to carry them around everywhere. Tell you what... I'll sign something else for you if you give me directions, and those things you were reading." He grins. "I think I could work it into a new plot, from the sounds of it. Something dark, for contrast." "Oh, this? It's nothing important." "Yeah, really." * Kyon shrugs. "Can I see, anyway?" "Uhhh...." * Kyon looks slightly crestfallen. "My autograph isn't even worth that?" They look at each other nervously. "Well... I guess so, if you really want it." * Kyon holds out a hand, and gives them a wink. "Don't worry. I always keep my sources confidential. Only you'll know where it came from." "Ok." They slowly offer the ripped pages. * Kyon looks over the pages quickly, then takes a couple more name cards out. "I could just sign these for you. What do you think?" "Okay." ( Unless Ard and Kate insist they get their uniforms signed @_@ ) (*giggles madly*) (^_^) * Kyon searches in his pockets, pulls out a pen, and signs his name on the back of each card with a flourish. He hands them to each girl in turn. They grab them and try not to look too happy. "Oh yes, and as for the literature room..." They give directions. * Kyon nods, and screws up his face as if trying to remember. "Okay. I think I got it. Thanks a lot! You've been a big help." He smiles warmly at them. "Sure!" They bow and run off quickly. * Satoshi has been sitting throughout this exchange, still waiting for Fuyuko and Izumi. * Kyon goes back to Satoshi, the pages in hand and a smirk firmly entrenched on his face. "Any signs?" None whatsoever. Nice work, by the way. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Some people are easy to read." He leans back against the wall opposite the bathroom and calls out, "Got your pages back for you." * Izumi has joined #RedTears * Izumi comes out of the bathroom presently. * Satoshi blinks at her. "Hello," he says hesitantly. Hi. * Izumi holds out her hand. "Can I have those back?" * Kyon looks at Satoshi sidewise with a smirk. "You talk like that every time you meet someone new? Or is it just girls?" He looks over at Izumi sidewise. "They're yours, then?" No, they're Fuyuko's. * Satoshi looks back. "You could introduce me, since you apparently do know her." * Kyon nods quickly. "You two OK?" * Izumi sighs in frustration. "No." * Kyon rolls his eyes, and gestures quickly at Satoshi. "Satoshi Watanabe. Sakuragaoka's hockey captain." He gestures curtly at Izumi. "Izumi Motobuchi. Met her yesterday. Eats tomato and cheese ramen." So? What's wrong with tomato and cheese ramen? * Satoshi nods at Kyon. "Thanks." Then he nods politely to Izumi. "So you're a friend of Fuyuko's?" * Kyon shrugs quickly, then smirks. "Nothing. Just don't know anything else much about you to say." I try to... * Izumi shakes her head. "Anyway, can I have those back?" * Kyon holds them out, and looks at her coolly. "Why aren't you all OK? Just the two of them?" * Izumi takes them. "They read her diary aloud. What do you think?" Never know when there's something else. * Izumi sits down against the wall. * Satoshi looks over at Izumi and smiles awkwardly. She doesn't seem quite so scary now, but you never know... ( /me bites off Satoshi's fingers! ) (Wah! I should have known!) * Kyon cocks his head, and looks down at her. "They do that often? * Izumi shakes her head. "They talk about her a lot, but usually she just ignores it. I guess they didn't like that." Why do they talk about her so much? * Kyon smirks. "Sometimes all bullies understand is force. Should know." I don't know. But you try to defend her? For all the good it did. Because she won't stand up for herself? Well... That's what friends do, right? * Satoshi looks down for a second, then nods. * Kyon looks back and forth between them, snorts, and looks at her. "Better off with you than without you." * Izumi stands back up. "Well, I better give these back to her." * Kyon nods quickly. "We probably shouldn't talk with her. But tell her that if she needs help, we're good for it." Uh, yeah. We'll try, at least. * Satoshi seems somewhat less than confident. (Satoshi, seem somewhat more than confident, will you? You're letting down the team.) (Hey, when it's my team, I am confident. Just wish I had it off the ice.) * Izumi nods. "Thanks. I'll let her know." And she disappears into the bathroom. (You need a portable rink.) (On a keychain!) (Yeah!) * Satoshi sighs. "Well. I guess we're not going to be able to ask her about Yushiro." * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Doesn't matter." He pushes off the wall and heads on down the hallway, not waiting to see if Satoshi's following. * Satoshi follows. Because, really. So. What now? Call it a day? * Kyon waits a bit, then speaks in an even, low tone. "No more to do here." He stretches out his back. "Got them on our side. More useful than just beating them down without getting the rest of the info." * Satoshi looks confused. "I wasn't going to beat anyone down. Just look for Yushiro and try to see what I could get out of him." * Kyon snorts, and looks at Satoshi sidewise. "Haven't met the guy, but he doesn't sound like someone who'd just answer questions over tea." I wasn't going to get him tea. I was going to go in here. * Satoshi taps his head. * Kyon nods quickly. "To find out if he did it. Then what if he did?" Then I tell the others, and then we make plans. Which may or may not involve me beating him up, in the end. I generally like to avoid that sort of thing, but... like you said, no tea. He did it, the bike mechanic's going to want to warn him off or take revenge. Either way, he probably fights. Better to undermine his support before going there. * Satoshi nods. "Yeah." * Kyon shrugs quickly, and smirks hard at Satoshi. "Besides. Can tell you want people like that on our side." * Satoshi blinks. "Uh, no." * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly. "Right." He heads out into the schoolyard. "Anything else now?" Not that I know of. * Kyon nods quickly. "Right, then." He waves back over his shoulder tersely as he heads on out of the schoolyard towards his bike. * Satoshi heads for the subway, and from there to his apartment. [Done here!]