The bird says
"Tweet tweet! Tweet tweet! Listen listen! Listen listen!"
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And the word spreads
"Tweet tweet! Tweet tweet! Listen listen! Listen listen!"
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And a bird says again
The other bird says
"I know I know. I was there. It was me."
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"How why? Why how?"
"Sad story. Yes yes. But the feeder's empty now."
"No more? Any more?"
"No no. Gone gone. Move on move on."
"Gone gone? Move on move on?"
"Gone gone. Move on move on."
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And the other bird leaves
And a bird chirps
"Gone gone! Move on move on!"
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And the sad bird hears
And the sad bird stares
And the sad bird smiles
And says
"Move on move on."
When Rio placed the note in Waku's locker yesterday she began to regret doing so. This whole note idea was almost boring her. Perhaps that wasn't it, but something had her shaken up at least.
She blamed that on the vice principal. Thanks to a call from her mother, Rio was called down to the vice principal's office earlier today. She told him everything that happened that day during lunch and details about Waku's "condition" for the last month.
Now she was thinking about giving up her notes. The vice principal was going to talk with Waku today (since he wasn't in school yesterday). He didn't say a word to her all day.
Technically, that should be a good thing. In fact, that's what she was trying to tell Waku in her last note. The news about what happened at lunch in going to reach everyone soon enough, but he can't stay in that moment. He needs to move on.
Now she wouldn't have to listen to his voice and his dreams that would never be reality. However, Rio was disappointed he didn't say anything all day.
In all honesty she just wanted him to tell her about I.Q. in some way. That was the only good thing that would ever come out of Waku's mouth as far as she was concerned. Even with knowing that, Rio would've been content with almost anything, but if that happened she would pray for him to stop talking to her.
Rio frowned at herself. The only reason she wanted Waku to talk to her was so she could hate him. She needed that hate in her life for some reason. She needed that drama that was slowly going away. As pleasant as a drama-free life was, Rio needed some kind of excitement. That seemed to die today.
However, things could change quite a bit in the near future. Rio spotted Waku holding her note as he showed it to Alit (he was one of those friends you only talk to in a certain class and never speak to anywhere else). She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she made out one thing.
"I.Q." Waku said as if the letters were pure gold. He treasured them as if they would fade away.
Alit looked to the ceiling as if he was searching for an answer. He responded, "I don't know."
Rio assumed Waku was trying to find out I.Q.'s identity. She chuckled inwardly. It seemed that Waku was asking for a girl with the initials I.Q. Even if there was someone with those initials Waku would never find the I.Q.
Rio was proud in her work. It looked like Waku was either a bad detective or he hasn't thought of the possibility of an alias being used. Sure, Rio wouldn't think of an alias at first either. She would've taken the same approach, but honestly who has initials like I.Q.?
Perhaps I'll keep up this game, Rio thought. So Waku, will you ever be able to find me?
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A few days have passed since Waku was called down to the vice principal's office and since the last note from I.Q. Waku hasn't spoken to anyone at the lunch table in days. He seemed like he was ready to cry for the last two days, but that seemed to be gone today.
Rio kept an eye on the poor boy in the classes they shared. She would always catch him writing something. Rio hoped it would be something for I.Q., but she did know that Waku would just write his own theories and political views for his own amusements.
However she was still hopeful that what Waku was writing was for I.Q. Normally, Waku would write his views in a notebook. He had been writing on a sheet of loose-leaf paper lately. Was this because it was I.Q. or just because that was the paper available?
Regardless, Rio began plotting her next move. Without the drama, she could use a good mystery.
So Waku, will you play this game?
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A/N: So there's no more drama! (Right now)
I'm also excited for this mystery to unfold some more. When Benny asked his friend about the note I thought he said"C.I." as opposed to "C.L." However, he asked another girl for the name "C.L."
I know that I'm going to outright propose this game of "Who is C.I.?" to Benny by the end of the year. Let's see if he can figure out who it is by the end of high school. If not, I'll tell him when we graduate (since I'll never see him again, probably).
I hope you all enjoyed!
