fortuneprince | 21st Case - [Written] - Foward-dated to the morning of the 4th

[ It's a weird feeling, deja vu is.

Standing in the doorway of what used to be Rise's room, Naoto staring in at the bareness of it. The bed is neatly made, no fluffy or frilly pillows resting around it, just white sheets and a single pillow. Everything the idol once possessed and stored in this room now gone. Accessories, pictures, books, clothes, you name it, all gone.

It felt as if Luceti just wiped the girl off the face of the earth. Like she was never even here. That every moment Naoto spent with her here was a lie. Much like when Souji left.

Naoto doesn't panic as the reality of the situation sets in nor does she cry. Instead, she closes the door to the unoccupied room quietly, and walks away from it, sitting herself down on the couch while Kuzunoha stays behind and stares at the door sadly, waiting for his playmate to come out and scream at him.

It takes her a good thirty minutes to pick up the journal, but when she does, she almost decides to try a filter, to try and deny what she knows what's really going on, but she resists. What would the point be? She knows it would break. So she pulls out her pen, in fear that her voice may crack if she speaks, and writes: ]

Rise Kujikawa has been sent home. [ ...She stares down at her own message and frowns, the tears finally well up in her eyes. It's going to be so much quieter without Rise around. Without her best friend. ]

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I cannot say I have ever been one for vacations [work-o-holic], but I suppose if you insist, I will comply.

I really wasn't either, but Axel used to make me take them. We'll take one just for a day.

And what do you propose we do for this one vacation day?

I don't know, maybe we can go to the beach.

The beach? [A hum] Since the summer season is getting closer, I don't see why we would not be able take a brief trip there. Though we may have to wait for a warmer day.

[Since it's still a little cool]

You've been to a beach before, right?

Once. It was last year in August, if I remember correctly.

I've only been a few times myself. We'll have a good time. Promise.

I do not doubt that we will. [Then a more thoughtful look] What sort of activities have you done at the beach before?

We've gone swimming and we made sand castles and sometimes we just watched the ocean. [It depends on who he's gone with, really.]

I see... [She tilts her head, thinking] I have never constructed a sandcastle before.

They're pretty hard to keep standing, but if we have all day I bet we can make a really good one.

Should we draw blueprints for it? [No Roxas. She doesn't quite grasp the idea of real fun]

...is that a real question?

...A stupid one, it seems, but yes.

Blueprints involve work, and work can't come on a vacation.

I-I suppose that is correct... [BUT. ROXAS. WORK IS EVERYTHING... ]

Naoto. Do you trust me?

Yes, of course I do.

Then believe me on this one and just let me take care of everything, okay?

Alright.

Just pick a day. ...or maybe I should pick a day. If I let you pick, we won't go until it's too late.

[She smiles, amused] Then be sure to inform me when you have chosen a date so I know to not schedule any plans for that day.

Probably sometime in June...June's a nice month.

...if you really can't get away from working, maybe we can study some crabs or something.

June will have much warmer and appropriate weather for the beach, I believe.

Hm... though I admit studying any species of crab would be fairly interesting [And really, she means that. More knowledge the better] I will keep to my word and enjoy one day off of work.

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