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 Japan 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 .
Chapter end
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