Censored!
"So Sayaka and I ended up making a big explosion in the chemistry lab, and both of us walk out of the room with our faces entirely blue."
Both Taki and Tessie burst out laughing after the latter finished telling one of his life stories back in Itomori High School.
"How long did it take to wear off?"
"Two days."
"Harsh."
"Yup, two days of utter embarrassment. I guess you could say for the next two days, we felt…kinda blue."
The two men laughed again before Taki looks down at his watch. "Well, look at the time. I gotta get home soon. My dad doesn't want me to come back late."
"Me too. Sayaka will get suspicious of me if I come home late. She may look sweet but when she gets mad, she's a monster." Tessie said to his friend with a smirk. The two turn back to the front, pick up their cups and finish drinking their tea.
After they're done, they put down their empty cups onto the table. "I'll pay for the both of us." Tessie said, taking out his wallet.
"Thanks Tessie." Taki smiled. Tessie gestures the server to come over to their table. The server goes over to him with the bill. Tessie gives him the payment and he and Taki both got up from their seats and make their way out of the café.
When they step out of the café, they walk down the pavement and turn to the left. They kept walking until they arrive at the small carpark located at the back of the café. As Tessie makes his way to his motorcycle, Taki turns his head to the road and sees that it's packed with several cars and buses lining up in all lanes and moving closely to each other from behind.
"Are you sure you can get home safe? The traffic is pretty heavy tonight." Taki said, turning back to his friend and watch him hop onto his motorcycle.
"I'll be fine, Taki. And it's to be expected. It's December after all and both Christmas and New Year are coming soon in a few weeks." Tessie replied as he puts on his helmet.
"Alright. See you later Tessie." Taki said, waving his hand goodbye to his friend.
"Bye Taki." Tessie waves back at him. "And again, congratulations in finding a job." Taki turns away and walks down the pavement, making his way to the nearest subway station.
But right after he took only a few steps, he heard a small explosion.
Boom!
Taki gasps and stops at his tracks. He spins around and sees a huge cloud of smoke coming out from the front of Tessie's motorcycle. Tessie's jaw plummets and his eyes bugged in mortified shock.
"WWWWWHHHHHAAAAAATTTTTTT?!"
"Tessie, what happened?!" Taki cried as he runs back over to him.
"I don't know! I turn on the ignition and then it explodes right in front of me!" Tessie yelled, placing his hands at both sides of his head. "What am I going to do now?!"
"Tessie, I'm so sorry-" Taki tried to say but Tessie ignores him and gets off his motorcycle.
"Lousy hunk of junk!" He snapped as he kicks the side of his motorcycle, only to actually hurt his foot in the process and he winces at the pain.
"Tessie please, calm down."
"I can't calm down because my motorcycle broke down on me!"
"I know but-"
"How am I going to get home in time now?! Because of this, Sayaka is going to kill me and it will not be done with mercy!"
"Tessie-"
"This is just…"
"Please-"
"JUST…F-"
BEEEEEPPPPP!
As Tessie threw back his head and bellowed, a passing truck made a loud and long honk due to a car trying to cut into its lane without warning.
Taki gasps with his eyes almost popping out of his skull after hearing Tessie's roar.
When Tessie lifts his head back up, he lets out a frustrated sigh and turns to Taki. "I swear this piece of garbage will be the end of me!"
"Tessie, please calm down. You could always send your motorcycle to repairs. I'll find the nearest repair shop for you." Taki said as he takes out his phone and opens his map app.
"Good!" Tessie growled. "Because f-"
BEEP! A passing car made a sharp honk at another car for braking too early.
"…this f-"
BEEP! The car made another honk.
"-ing piece of s-"
BEEEEPPPP! The car made one more honk.
Taki quickly found the location of the nearest repair shop and shows the screen of his phone to his friend. "There, see? It's only about 3 kilometres from our position." He said.
"3 KILOMETRES?! I had to push 500 f-"
BEEEPPP! Another car which passes by them made a honk at a motorcyclist who abruptly cut into its lane.
"-ing pounds of scrap metal for 3 f-"
BEEEEPPPP! A truck made a honk at a slow-moving car, signaling it to accelerate faster.
"-ing kilometres?!"
"Whoa, your motorcycle weighs 500 pounds?" Taki said, widening his eyes.
"Yes! It's that heavy!" Tessie cried in agony.
"Geez, you could have gotten yourself a lighter motorcycle." Taki arches an eyebrow.
"I would have! Even Sayaka told me to do so, but I didn't listen to her. I bought a 500 pound motorcycle because I want a more expensive bike that looks cool and hip and doesn't make me look like a cheap person in public but now it has broken down on me and I have to push it FOR 3 F-"
BEEP! A passing car made a honk at another car that is accidentally driving into its lane.
"-ING KILOMETRES!" Tessie then lets out a wail of despair as he falls to his knees. He places his hands on his knees and hangs his head. "Oh Sayaka…I should I have listen to you! I should have bought a lighter motorcycle so that I wouldn't have any difficulty moving my vehicle around! I promise I'll always listen to you from now on! I cannot believe I'm in-"
Taki lets out a sigh, watching his devastated friend in pity. He made a call on his phone and places it next to his ear. "Hello father, I just want to say that I might be coming home a little late…yeah, I'll give you an explanation why when I do come home…I'm really sorry. Bye." He hangs up his phone and yells at his friend, "Tessie!"
Tessie instantly stops his wailing and looks up at his friend with his eyes wide.
"Let's push your motorcycle to the shop together."
Taki and Tessie both groan as they push the motorcycle together down the pavement. They both grab each side of the bike and trudge their way to the repair shop.
"Taki, thank you so much for helping me. You really are a good person and I mean it." Tessie said.
"Hey, it's really no problem." Taki said while making a few heavy breaths. "What are friends for after all?"
A soft smile appears on Tessie's face. "You know, it actually makes me disappointed that we never live in the same town and go to the same school together. We could have been like brothers throughout our youth. Sure I got Sayaka and Mitsuha and they are very good friends, but it would have been nice to have another guy in the group and we could have make an awesome foursome!"
Taki laughed. "Yeah, it could have been great." He said, liking the idea.
"Ah well, at least you're lucky to be born in Tokyo. My hometown is pretty crappy anyways. " Tessie frowned. "Trains come every 2 hours, short sunlight hours, no bookstores, no cafes, no-"
RING! RING!
Tessie's conversation with Taki gets interrupted when a cyclist pass by the two on his bicycle.
"Watch where you're pushing, dumbasses!" The cyclist yelled at them as he cycles away.
The words hit Tessie's nerves. He releases his grip on the right side of his motorcycle to turn around and snap angrily at the cyclist, "OH YEAH?! WELL I HOPE YOU FALL DOWN AND LAND ON A PILE OF S-"
"TESSIE!" Taki cried.
Tessie turns around and gasps as he sees his motorcycle about to fall to the side and Taki doesn't have the strength to carry it up and prevent its fall. Tessie quickly grabs onto the right side and handlebar of the bike and he and Taki brought it back up.
"Sorry Taki." Tessie said apologetically.
"It's okay." Taki replied.
"Ugh. Seriously, f-"
REOW! REOW! REOW! An ambulance passes by them with its sirens wailing.
"My piece of s-"
VROOOMMM! A Lamborghini sports car passes them with its engine roaring loudly.
"-motorcycle. I remember buying this at a motorcycle shop at Adachi, thinking that it's really great. And now, after three years, it breaks down in a spectacularly bad way. And I can't even get a warranty. F-"
REEEOOOOWWWW! A police car drives down the road with its siren wailing loudly.
"My life."
Taki lowers his head and sighs. He is getting tired of Tessie's swears and he wish he could stop doing it. He has heard enough profanities for the night.
They kept pushing until they arrive at a crossroad. They stop for a moment to catch their breaths and wipe off the sweat from their foreheads.
"Alright, according to the map, we just to get over this crossroad and we'll only be a few blocks away from the repair shop." Taki said.
"Good." Tessie nods his head. "Let's get this over with."
When the red light is shown, forcing all the vehicles on the road to stop, the two men continue pushing Tessie's motorcycle and trudge on the pedestrian crossing.
When they arrived at the middle of the crossing, one impatient driver sitting in his car made two honks at them. Tessie narrows his eyes in annoyance.
The impatient driver honks again and this time, he lowers the window and sticks his head out.
"HEY! HURRY UP! THE LIGHT WILL TURN GREEN SOON!"
"Ignore him." Taki said flatly, his eyes still fixed to the front.
"Right." Tessie replied, also focusing on the front and trying his best not to snap.
The impatient driver however, made a sharp honk on his car horn again and yelled, "HURRY UP SLOWPOKES! WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!"
Taki and Tessie both remain silent as they continue pushing. The driver then made three more honks on his car horn.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
"GET YOUR BUTTS MOVING, YOU-"
At this point, Tessie's mind went blank. He turns to the driver and opens his mouth-
"LISTEN TO ME, YOU IMPATIENT MORON! I'M HAVING A ROUGH NIGHT HELPING MY FRIEND HERE AND LISTENING TO HIS PROFANITIES AT THE SAME TIME AND I CERTAINLY DON'T NEED YOU TO BUTT IN AND BOIL UP MY ANGER TONIGHT! SO GIVE ME A BREAK, GET BACK INTO YOUR CAR AND SHUT THE HELL UP!"
Taki take in a few deep breaths after he finished shouting at the top of his lungs. Tessie stares at his friend with his eyes widened and his mouth opened.
The driver also stares back at Taki dumbfound. He then ashamedly gets back into his car, sits down on his seat and closes the window.
After he finally seemed to have gotten all of his rage out of his system, Taki takes one last deep breath before turning back to the front and fumes quietly.
"Let's go." Taki said flatly to Tessie.
"Um, right." Tessie said, still looking dumbfounded. He and Taki continue pushing his motorcycle through the pedestrian crossing until they finally reach the other side.
They eventually arrived at the repair shop, much to their relief. Taki and Tessie stood by and watch a mechanic checking on the motorcycle and analyzing the problem.
After he's done checking the motorcycle, he turns to the two men. "Your engine suffered from quite a severe combustion. But don't worry, it can be repaired." He said.
"And how much would the repair be?" Tessie asked.
"About 54,000 yen."
"54,000 YEN?! ARE YOU F-"
Tessie gets cut off when Taki holds up his hand in front of his face. Tessie turns to his friend and his anger vanished in an instant when he sees the dull and glazed frown on his face.
"It's okay Tessie. I'll pay for you."