Transition And Restart

Kyoko looked up when she heard foot steps closing in . Kuri-chan; she still recognised the distinctive sound of shoes touching ground . The sound of a professional, and the sound of a profession that eventually bled into the very essence of Kuri-chan .

"Got something you want to say?" Kyoko said .
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Kuri-chan sat down beside her . "It"s about the third summer," she began .
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Kyoko nodded . "Noriko"s on the way here with some tea . Let"s wait for her . "

Kuri-chan shook her head . "I owe her a separate apology . This one is for you . "

Kyoko hugged her knees and waited . Third summer, the second one in Himekaizen, hadn"t been the best of summer vacations for any of them .

"I"m sorry I led Ulf on the way I did despite being together with Ryu . "

But from a friend that made no sense at all . But from a friend .

"Yukio and I didn"t really care," Kyoko said . "We took Urufu"s and Noriko"s side, and I"m not going to apologise for that . "

A thin shimmer behind her spoke of yet another absurdly early Swedish morning coming to life . It would continue to do so for hours in the same, lazy way evenings took forever to become night . This was nothing like j.a.pan at all . Even nature was different .

Kuri-chan draped a blanket across her back . "It"ll get colder still," she said after tugging it in across Kyoko"s shoulders . "I know," she said and sat back . "Ulf told me . Still owe you an apology though . "

"Why?"

"Because I didn"t give you one back then . An apology for the lack of one . "

Her face, still beautiful like an angel"s despite her reaching 40, turned, and Kyoko silently sat facing Kuri-chan like she had so often during the years their friendship remained unbroken . It wasn"t any longer, had been both broken and mended somehow; yet Kuri-chan remained her most important friend .

"I"ll accept that apology," Kyoko said . "Thank you . "

Kuri-chan rose . "I"ll go find Noriko now . "

Because that apology has to be the real thing . "Kuri-chan, you"re a much better friend than you think . " Kyoko turned and stared after the receding back of what was, despite everything, the best friend she had ever had .