I'm so horrible! I haven't posted anything in ever (As in, forever)! I truly, truly do apologize. I'm going to respond to some comments (though I love them all) and then get back to the story!
Jaedeon Sierra Thank you for pointing that stuff out! And for the complements too! They were really nice and unexpected since my friends sneer and lift their noses at fanfiction (of course, that all changed when I showed them a mindless behavior fanfic, but still).
Kumioko Now that really is a good question! The only problem with that is that I don't even know how many chapters there will be, much less how it will end! But I do have a really good ending that makes a bittersweet smile of shock and awe pop on, so stay aware ;)!
kitty.0 I do too. I really do. Shocking though, right?
Okay, I've annoyed you all with my consistent blathering enough. Time to read!
The small remote slipped out of Kyoko's hand as her mind went haywire. One side of her brain was worrying about everybody she knew, if they were safe, if they knew about the meteor, if they were even awake. Another side starting to quickly pump adrenaline into her blood stream, just in case she needed to run anywhere fast. Another part caused her stand straight up and grasp the cell phone harder. She could hardly hear Ren's worried calls of her name as the thoughts ran through her head.
At least it won't hit Tokyo directly, the optimistic side of her said, but even that could make her cheer up. She was going to die and there was nothing she could do to stop it. All the things left unsaid!
"KYOKO, ARE YOU OKAY?" Ren's voice snapped her out of the trance. Kyoko, too mind-numbed to notice he had called her by her first name, brought the cellphone to her ear. It felt like an eternity before she was finally able to say "Y-yes?"
She heard Ren's sigh through the receiver. "Has anything happened to you? You weren't responding?" Kyoko shook her head and walked all the way out to one of the restaurant's table before realizing he couldn't see her.
"No. I-I'm fine. Tsuruga-san, are we all really going to…to…" Kyoko didn't finish her sentence but both of them knew what she meant. Ren stayed silent, letting the silence answer the question. For five straight minutes, the two of them sat (Ren on his couch, Kyoko on a chair) and wondered what the heck they were going to do on their last day on Earth. Kyoko shivered without being cold.
Ren spoke first. "Mogami-san, I don't think we have to go to LME today."
Kyoko sat up straight and stared in confusion at the phone. Tsuruga Ren of all people, saying that they didn't have to go to work? It was completely out of character.
"Tsuruga-san, are you okay? Did the shock of the meteor dislodge something in your brain? Because you said-"
"I know what I said. But don't you think that the end of the world allows for going a bit off schedule?"
Kyoko blushed at Ren's teasing and glanced out the window. The stars shone the same as always. The moon was just as bri-wait, no? Kyoko scooted closer to the window until her breath almost made marks on it. Yes, right there. It was a black dot that most might have mistaken for a crater, but all of Kyoko's studying prevented that.
It was the meteor.
On the other side, Ren was forced to sit through another silence from Kyoko. He wondered if she had been thrown into another deep thought from her overactive mind, like his had been doing to him ever since he had found out. At first, he thought about going out onto to the street and spending his last day acting like a normal person. Then he thought about completing all of his acting work and spending his last hour at a commercial for toothpaste. His last view of life would be of extras and blazing red, blue, and white logos.
Then he thought about going on a date and confessing his undying love to Kyoko right before the world exploded, but that thought was quickly catapulted out the window before it could actually formulate into something.
"Tsuruga-san? Tsuruga-san, if you look out your window, you can see the meteorite. It's really small though." Kyoko's voice suddenly said through Ren's speaker. Curious, he stood up from the news channel still on his TV and made his way toward the pale blue blinds in a corner of the room. He swept them aside with his free hand and stared up.
It took him a while, but he eventually saw it. That thing that would everyone's life seemed so small now.
"I saw it." He said, but instead returning to the couch he made his way for the door. Shrugging on a trench coat and sunglasses, he left the apartment with the serious need for fresh air. Ren simply couldn't stand being in there any more.
Kyoko crossed arms on the table in front of her, placed the phone on speakerphone with low volume, and laid her head on her arms, still staring outside. "It seems too tiny to cause so much destruction. I suppose it'll get bigger. Hey, Tsuruga-san?"
"Yes?" Ren said, stepping into an empty elevator. He pressed the 'L' button without looking and leaned back on the rails on the sides of the teal-colored elevator.
"I have to tell you something." Kyoko whispered into the receiver of her cell phone, looking for lit lights in apartments across the road. There were one or two, but she doubted they were watching the news. Probably late-night comedies. She sunk her head deeper her interlapping of appendages.
Ren couldn't help but wonder exactly what it was that had her address him in such a casual manner. And also why she chose to tell him on the last day of their lives. His hand gripped the phone and the rail. "Go ahead."
Kyoko looked at the empty streets before suddenly realizing something. She had been working the late shift overtime on night at a part-time job back when she thought she loved Sho. There had been far more people on the streets when she had been rushing to make a delivery. Where was everyone?
"Tsuruga-san, I-"Before she could finish her sentence, a flaming chair came flying through the Darumaya window.
And, another cliffhanger! Thank you for all the comments, favs, follows, etc. Thank you!