May 14, 2021
AND NOW THE DAY BLEEDS
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seen from Israel
seen from Canada
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from United States
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AND NOW THE DAY BLEEDS
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Chapter 7: The Problem
Too curious to let the matter drop – and too curious to remember where she was meant to be focusing her attention – Botan crossed the room and opened the bedroom door, crossing a small hall area to the front door. She opened it with a smile, but her smile vanished when she found herself looking out to an empty hall. She stepped over the threshold and looked left and then right, yelping as she found herself looking at a familiar face she had not expected to see.
“What are you doing here?” they both asked each other in unison.
“This is the girls’ accommodation block!” Botan hissed, edging out of the door and pulling it almost closed behind herself.
“I came to see… Whoever lives in here,” Kurama said, pointing at the door he had just been knocking on. “But I don’t think she’s there any more.”
Botan gasped.
“You’re one door over!” she squeaked. “The girl you’re looking for is in here!”
Kurama leaned back and frowned at the door behind Botan, pausing that way for a moment before shaking his head.
“Yes, she is!” Botan said, nodding enthusiastically. “The plant she grew was a climbing plant – and not just any climbing plant, it was a huge climbing plant that broke through the window and climbed all the way up the building! This girl is Hana!”
Kurama stared at the door in front of himself for a long moment.
“I can feel her presence in here,” he said quietly, pointing at the door he was facing.
“No, no, she’s in here!” Botan insisted.
Kurama shook his head, and, before Botan could argue the point with him any further, a series of things happened, each of which made her gasp louder and more forcefully, until she almost felt as though she would pass out: first of all the door in front of Kurama opened, secondly the look on his face when he saw who was on the other side of the door was a surprised look she rarely saw on his face, and finally, when the person behind the door stepped over the threshold and into her line of sight.
“It’s a little early for a boy to be wandering around the girls’ dorm, isn’t it?”
Kurama recovered himself and smiled politely.
“My apologies,” he said softly.
“I knew it!” Botan shrieked before she could stop herself.
Kurama and Ayumi both turned to her with vaguely critical expressions.
“I knew some of it!” Botan corrected herself.
“Knew what?” Ayumi asked her.
Botan faltered slightly.
“I sort of maybe knew a part of it,” she said quietly.
“A part of what?” Ayumi asked.
“Botan was just leaving, weren’t you Botan?” Kurama said.
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Chapter 8: The Solution
He cleared his throat as he reached the other side of the table she was sitting at, but she did not look up, despite his shadow having fallen over her in a way he was sure must be obvious, no matter how invested in her reading material she was. Determined not to give up so easily, Kaito craned his neck and tilted his head slightly to make out what she was reading. It was not an easy task, as she was leaning one arm over the lower half of the book, and she was hunched over it somewhat, her face closer to the pages than seemed necessary.
“I see you’re studying foreign languages,” he said.
Keiko made a small noise of alarm and flinched, her head snapping up and wide eyes fixing onto Kaito’s face.
“I’m something of a language expert myself,” he continued. “Language has always been my area of expertise. What I’m trying to say is–”
“That you’re a cunning linguist?” Keiko whispered back to him.
“I suppose you could call me that, yes.”
Keiko studied him with a critical look for a long, awkward moment, before sighing softly.
“I have a lot of work to do, excuse me,” she eventually said, before lowering her head to her book again.
“Maybe I could help you,” Kaito offered, undeterred. “I could test your oral skills.”
“Are you kidding me?” she hissed, her head snapping up again. “I just told you I just broke up with Yusuke, I told you I wasn’t interested in anyone, and I told you I’m busy. Also, this is a library! You’re supposed to be quiet!”
“I meant we should go outside and test your oral skills out there,” Kaito qualified.
“Will you please stop trying to hit on me in the library?”
“I was just trying to offer my help.”
“No, you’re hitting on me.”
“You seem very sure of yourself for someone who hasn’t even washed her hair…”
Keiko slammed her book closed and her chest inflated as she inhaled deeply.
“You’ve twice suggested that I should give you head!” she hissed angrily.
“What?” Kaito echoed.
“This is a library, what is wrong with you?” she continued.
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