Erase

Act 78: The Shadow

SATURDAY

-Hideout 11:06 PM-

Over a week has passed since the incident at the playground. Yuichi had just been discharged, and was still recovering from his injuries at the hands of Kyoko.

Jun was taking care of the stab wound in Yuichi's midsection, disinfecting it with alcohol and dressing it with gauze.

On a "normal" day, this would be the other way around, Jun goes home with some kind of injury, Yuichi takes care of said injury. But today is a different day.

"Seriously, Yuichi. You need to be careful with what you do next time." Said Jun. "I know you 'serve to protect' and all, but sometimes you're being damn reckless."

"I don't care. The safety of Shino is all I care about." Yuichi replied.

"Yeah, but there's a fine line between being protective and being a reckless hardass." Said Jun.

"And how about you? You certainly aren't the most cautious person around." Yuichi replied.

"Hey, at least I put my fucking recklessness in order." Said Jun. "... Most of the time, at least."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say." Yuichi replied.

Jun was about to disinfect Yuichi's wound with an alcohol-drenched cotton ball. As the cotton ball touched Yuichi's skin, Yuichi began to scream in pain.

"OUCH! C-Careful with that!" Said Yuichi.

"Fuck's sake, Yuichi. It's just alcohol." Jun replied. "Stop crying like a bitch."

"I'm not crying!" Said Yuichi. "I'm just telling you to be careful!"

"But I thought you said that I was reckless?" Jun replied.

Yuichi groans.

"Fine, whatever." Said Yuichi. "Just go on with it."

"As you wish." Jun replied.

Jun continued to cleanse Yuichi's wound, deliberately doing so in a rough way to mess around with Yuichi.

While treating Yuichi, Jun takes a look at her phone and realized that it's already 11:15. Time for her to go to the motorcycle shop to fetch a few new parts for her trusty motorcycle Ashura.

"Shit, it's 11 already?" Jun thought. "I better go to the shop."

Jun drops the cotton ball that she was holding as she prepares to leaves.

"Wait! Where you goin'?" Said Yuichi.

"To the motor shop." Jun replied. "Hafta go fetch some shit there."

"Don't worry, I'll come back in a few minutes with some lunch from Luigi's." Jun continued. "Catch ya later."

And with those words, Jun took her jacket she walks toward the garage, rides Ashura, and leaves for her destination: Kentaro Umino's motorcycle shop.

"Dammit! She always leaves me behind." Said Yuichi. "Guess I'm just all by myself now..."

Yuichi looks at the couch, where he saw his smartphone lying around.

"Well, I suppose I can call for some company." Said Yuichi.

-Kentaro's Motorcyle Shop 11:31 AM-

After a long ride, Jun eventually arrives as the motorcycle shop, run by longtime motorcycle aficionado and reformed bosozoku Kentaro Umino, who's been a close acquaintance of Jun for a long time.

"Kenta?" Said Jun.

"Hey, Jun! Long time no see!" Kentaro replied.

Kentaro has black, unkempt hair and a handlebar mustache. He has a Western-inspired fashion sense, with his standard outfit consists of a white undershirt, red bandana and dark blue jeans. He wears sunglasses at all times, in order to hide an eye injury that he got from his younger days.