#killjoygenius

[text] I miss you as well Naoto. I’ll be back soon though. [text]

Teddie had dreaded the day that the first one of them would die. And secretly, he had always wished it would be him. Even though it was selfish. To wish that you would be the only one, who wouldn't have to suffer of losing... a part of the most precious thing.

But he knew it wouldn't be him. He had always known that. Who it actually ended up being was Naoto. 

It was so sudden. So simple too. And so ironic. Shot, with her own gun, taken from her by a suspect. Shot right in the head. And she was gone. There wasn't even a scream, or any last reaction from her. She was ripped away. That was it.

"Nao-chan..."

Teddie was still trying to heal. A-After all, it did happen much too fast! It couldn't happen that fast, right? People couldn't die that fast! Without even a chance... that couldn't be...!

"Nao-chan... hang in there..." he said, a glimmer of false hope in his voice. Maybe, he could call her back. "I mean... that can't take you down, right? You're one tough, hard-boiled detective!! Like, in the movies! And you think they're down, but... they stand back up again! Right...?"

...All lies. He knew it. All lies. But they were so comforting.

"Right...?"

...Reality hurts...

"..."

...What's worse than a goodbye is the lack of one. Teddie learned that that day.

He could only hope his tears might somehow carry the message to her.

Across the street from the Inaba police station, there was a single, uncomfortable bench. Few people occupied it for long, preferring to walk, sit in the nearby grass, or sit on a stretch of stone fence rather than linger on that bench for too long.

That Sunday, Ran Hoshino started sitting there at 10 in the morning, and had no intention of budging for the next seven hours.

Well, that might have been an exaggeration. She did move quite frequently, actually, stretching and shifting about to keep from getting too sore. She refused to give up the bench, though, and occupied it quite thoroughly; she had a backpack with her laptop, which she was currently tapping away at, along with two spare batteries, and a smaller mesh bag with drinks, snacks, and a small bento box. Ran was prepared to spend the whole day there if necessary.

She's already done all of the necessary 'homework' for this part of her plan; she knew that on Sundays, Naoto worked the 9-to-5 shift at the station. She also knew from past experience that Naoto wasn't the sort to sneak out the back way; unless Ran's presence was enough to make her change her behaviour to that degree, at some point Naoto would have to spot her there. The bench was the first thing that someone saw when leaving the station... and given the reputation of that bench, even within the station walls, the fact that she was sitting there should make it plain that Ran was serious.

She hoped it was enough, because Ran was at her wit's end. If Naoto somehow squirmed out of a confrontation this time, she'd... she'd... well, she had no idea what she would do. She didn't want to give up on the detective, but she knew that she was already edging perilously close to harassment with her behaviour.

Ran simply couldn't understand what she'd said or done to upset or offend Naoto. She had to know, to try to make amends for it, or she'd go crazy trying. Even if it meant cornering Naoto by unfair means, she felt she owed it to the girl to try and correct her mistake.

18. Some sad news

((KATIE IS PRETTY!))

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[To: Naoto  -   9:31 am]

hey. haven't heard from you in a while. how are you doing? you were always yelling me about overworking but look at you lol.

7. Nose

Naoto have no siblings. Kuro, being a Naoto, is the exact same. So she have little idea how a sister would behave. Normally, that's irrelevant because... well, no siblings. That is until she somehow felt like she fell into the role of an older sister to another version of herself.

It was very complicated, but Kuro isn't exactly unwilling, save for the fact she doesn't know what do sister even do to one another.

As such, she thinks a little kiss to the nose seems about right as far as showing sibling affection. So she does so without much hesitation.