Initial D, A Night Kids Love Story *Remastered*

Impromptu Introductions

Kailyn

I was mentally absent for most of my classes, as I could not stop thinking about Takeshi's words, 'I'll give you a ride.' 'Text me, if you want.' I keep pondering the way he said them, 'he definitely wants to hang out again... Right?' I was so lost in my own world I didn't realize that Daichi was trying to talk to me until he quite literally shook my shoulders.

"Earth to Kai," he says bending to make our eyes the same level, "Are you okay?" I feel my face heat at the proximity, "Wa-what? I'm fine," I stutter turning away from him, "You sure? You've been out of it since this morning," he straightens his posture, I nod feeling that the heat is still prominent on my face, "I bet it has to do with that text from yesterday," I can hear the smirk in his voice, "Wah N-" the older boy begins to laugh, "It totally does!" I feel my face burning even more at his words, "You can't lie to save your life," he throws an arm over my shoulder as I hide my crimson face in my hands.

"Come on, tell me about it," he gives me a small nudge, I can only respond with a shake of my head, "If you don't tell me, Imma coming up with weird stories all on my own," his words trail off, as I don't give in, "Fine you leave me no choice," he states removing his arm from me, "You were invited to dinner by a client, which you couldn't 'not' accept, and at this dinner you found out that the client is actually a shady person who has dealings with the mafia, and they were trying to rope you into their dubious business schemes as no one would suspect our 'cute, innocent, little Kai' as a ruthless member of the mafia," I can no longer hold myself back from laughing, my embarrassment long forgotten as Daichi continues on with his delusions.

A few tears escape my eyes from laughing so hard, "S-st Stop," I try to tell him between huffs of laughter, "Okay okay, I'm done," he raises his hands as we sit on a near by bench so I can catch my breath from laughing. Finally calming down I see that Daichi is looking at me, "Hey I've been thin-" he was cut off.

"KAI!!" Aiya almost jumps into my lap, "It's Friday! Are there any races today? Are they tomorrow? Do they just announce this stuff? Where do you hear about them?" she rattles off a plethora of questions in about point two seconds, while jumping up and down, calling her 'existed' would be an understatement.

"F-firstly no, and I haven't heard about this weekend," I begin to explain, "No they do not post the races anywhere, that would be very bad, it spreads by word of mouth, and I have not been informed of anything happening this weekend," I tell her before breathing again. I can see her excitement quickly fade, "As soon as I hear anything I'll let you know, I promise," I tell her.

With an exaggerated eye roll, "Fine," she plops down between Daichi and I, "You guys' plan on studying this weekend?" Aiya questions looking us both over, "Nah, I've been doing fine on the mock tests," Daichi responds quickly, "I've also done fine on the mocks, but I'll probably do a quick review on Sunday for a refresher," my words are barely heard over the roar of a group of people passing by.  

Aiya lets out a long sigh, "I didn't do so great," she admits, "Just study with your brother," Daichi suggests while scooching a bit from Aiya as she was almost sitting on him. Giving an eye roll before turning her head to the older male, "Have you ever studied with him before?" The question came out almost rhetorically, "Yes," we both answered simultaneously, "He's really knowledgeable," I add, "Exactly, that's why he's a TA," Daichi follows, "Ugg, well he's not helpful when I study with him," she crosses her arms and leans back on the bench. Daichi and I shake our heads, "Maybe that's because you're siblings, and siblings get on each other's nerves," the oldest of the group mentions, only getting a grumble from their friend.

I pull my phone from my pocket checking the time, "I need to head to the shop," I tell my friends, "I thought you finished the cars you were working on?" Daichi questions, "I did," I pull my backpack over my shoulders, "Its prime racing season, I'm sure there is plenty to work on," I remind him, "Ooh, can I come with you?" Ai jumps up, "Hmm, I would say yes, but i-it's not a good time... Jiro's really been on one this week," I feel my hands tremble for a moment when recalling the events from yesterday.