The next day...
Crystal felt like her first time working at the library could've been a little bit better than it was. The fact that Elmira was a living hell to work with made her question how somebody like Ian allowed himself to live with her. That's all Crystal could wonder. Elmira was pretty bossy towards Crystal as well, nearly working her to the ground how she did things around the library. To her, the rest of June was going to be hell on Earth alright.
To try to find some sort of comfort, Crystal decided to go to the graveyard. The goths no longer hang out around there, due to the fact that Yuki was now dead. But that didn't stop Crystal was visiting the girl, time to time. Sometimes, her best friend was somebody she needed to go for comfort, and despite her death, Crystal still visited Yuki's grave regardless.
The rebel approached the grave that belonged to Yuki, before pulling out some flowers. Ones from Japan, which were Yuki's favorite type of flowers. The rebel girl places the flowers down on Yuki's grave, keeping herself from crying as she did such. She stood back up, and then looks down at the grave, heartbroken.
"Yuki...wherever you are...I hope you're being treated better." Crystal said out loud, looking down at the grave. "I'll never forgive Goth Boy and Winter for what they have done to you...especially with the fact that those two made you do what you did to yourself." The anger in her voice turns to sadness, as she continued to say her next words to the grave. "...I don't know if...you can really hear me, but...if you actually do...I just want you to know that I am very sorry that I didn't wake up when you actually were leaving the house. I could've stopped you, or...changed your mind if...I were to have woke up around the time you've left the house...I miss you, Yuki, and I appreciated our friendship even if it was short lived for us." Crystal felt a tear rolling down her eye, after she said that. "If you do hear me, please watch me and my friends from above."
"Still visiting Yuki, huh?" A boy's voice said from nearby.
Crystal looks up hearing that voice from behind herself. She looks behind herself, seeing Ian, leaning on the side of one of the lamp-posts that were around the graveyard. Crystal was surprised by the genius being behind her, and was wondering why he was even here right now. Probably, in her mind, he was only here to taunt her for her past mistakes.
"If you're here to mock me, save it." Crystal mutters to him. "The last thing I need to hear while I'm visiting my friend is to hear you sitting there, mocking me for losing her." Ian stood up, before walking up to her.
"Now why would I do that?" Ian asked her, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I've destroyed the junkyard, helped Goth Boy, Yuki, including a member of MorcuCorp to escape prison, and then head off to Simhatten. Then when I attacked Winter after Yuki took her own life." Crystal told him. "What the hell do you think?" Ian sighed, before glaring at her.
"You're fortunate that Winter didn't parish from the fight you caused. I will admit that much." Crystal looks at the grave again. "But you're also fortunate that all of the SPA Agency workers agreed to not let people around Simport know about that incident this time."
"Yeah. I'm lucky, but..." Crystal closes her eyes, facing the ground. "...If you haven't noticed, Yuki's still dead...now I have nobody that I'm friends with. Katie, Chaz, Ghostly, Violet, Ray, and Raven no longer give a shit about me...Goth Boy and Winter are still furious about what happened...the only person I have left is...gone..." Crystal sighed. "Truthfully, the only person who still cared about me is Luke. Granted, the dude can be thoughtless at times, but...he still cares about me, even if I want to steal him from Summer..." Ian nearly scoffs at that being said.
"Well, at least you can admit to that..."
"Oh shut up...like I need to have sarcasm right now..." Crystal looks down at the grave in front of her still. "...Parts of me feel like...I wish it was me and not Yuki..." Crystal closes her eyes, tears still strolling down as she continued to talk. "I miss her so much, but apart of me is concerned for the rest of her family. You know?"
"Me and Eleanor visited Yuki's family, and they said this was probably the hardest thing that they've ever been through." Ian rubs his chin, before looking at Crystal again. "I'm sorry for your loss regardless, Crystal. I know it must be hard for you to handle such a problem like this, but Yuki would want you to continue on with your life. You know that."
"Funny this...coming out of the guy who wants nothing to do with me, and sees me as nothing more but a trouble-making bitch."
"No need to be hostile, Crystal. I understand your pain. Something like this is painful to endure, and I can be sympathetic towards that." Ian then backs up from Crystal, bowing his head. "I'm going to give you a couple more seconds to say your goodbyes to Yuki, before I bring you down to my aunt's library." Crystal nods her head.
"Alright." Before Ian could leave, Crystal looks behind herself, seeing the genius was about to walk off, before she finally spoke to him. "Oh...Ian..." Crystal looks behind himself at the rebel girl, hearing what she had to say. "Thank you for...being kind to me at this moment...I really appreciate at it." Ian crossed his arms, before looking forward.
"I must say I don't sympathize with you on what you've done to Winter...but I can only sympathize with you on losing Yuki." Ian kept his eyes away from Crystal, before finally speaking. "Either way now, if you slowly try to turn yourself good, I believe you and I will become better companions. But that will have to be your own decision if you're going to allow that." Crystal scoffs, looking forward at the gravestone again.
"Doubt it..." She whispers, before looking down at Yuki's grave one more time. With a sigh, Crystal pats the top of the gravestone, before saying her final words to Yuki. "Me and my friends will miss you forever, Yuki. I hope wherever you are, you're having a wonderful time. I would...still be with you at the moment, but...I must be going to the library now...I'll stop by again one of these days, for you." Crystal felt another tear rolling down her face, as she backs up from the gravestone again. "I miss you, Yuki." Wiping the tears from her eyes, Crystal walked off to go back to Ian, so that she and him can go to the library.
Meanwhile...
Chaz decided to bring Renee out to the town's mall so that she can get some time out of the house. Katie could babysit his little cousin, but Katie was sadly busy at her dentist job to get to the two of them. So this morning, it's just Chaz and Renee who are at the mall by themselves instead. Renee was the younger of the two, with orange hair, with freckles like Katie, as well as a pink t-shirt, with a light pink skirt with a purple tulip on it.
Walking through the mall, the two walked, until they stopped at a toy store that was there. Chaz waited outside of the store, as Renee went in by herself. Chaz leans on the wall next to the toy store, waiting for Renee to get done inside of the place. He knew this was going to get boring real quick, so he pulled out his phone to text Katie something, only for the sound of Summer's voice came out of nowhere again.
Looking over to the department store across the way, Chaz could see Summer and two other cheerleader friends who also graduated Royal Academy were walking out of the store holding bags of items. The three of them were walking to each other, while giggling and laughing about something. This sort of sight bothered Chaz to the extreme, now that he and Summer were no longer together. Now parts of him were hoping that Renee would hurry up inside the toy store than get out so that they can go somewhere different.
"Uh, Charles...I'm done in there." Renee said, nearby.
Chaz looks down, seeing Renee standing next to him with a shopping bag in hand. "Oh, finally..." Chaz said, before holding onto Renee's hand. "Now...we go somewhere that Summer is not heading off to." Renee groans, before glaring at Chaz.
"Summer Baxter, again?" Chaz points behind himself, before the little kid looks over to see Summer and her two friends talking to each other. "Oh wow, it seems like she just can not get away from somebody like you, now can't she?" Chaz mutters something under his breath, as the two of them began walking off to a different part of the mall.
"Yeah, and the last thing I need is to be encountering that bitch once again."
"Charles, language."
"Renee, don't call me that. Only your mom and dad can call me that all they want because they are my aunt and uncle." Renee rolls her eyes, as Chaz continued to talk about Summer. "Besides, Summer is somebody that I don't need to face. Not after what she did. Not after she decided to cheat on me with that Luke bastard, and show no remorse for her actions after we broke up." Chaz threw a hand in the air, before looking down at Renee. "Tell you, Renee...when it comes to dating, find somebody who won't cheat on you." Renee cringed, before looking away from her older cousin.
"Considering I'm only eight years old, I guess I don't have to worry about that."
"Good to know that. But still...I don't see what that annoying bitch can even still sit there and mock me, not even giving a shit that I'm feeling depressed." Renee cringed, knowing that Chaz is ready to go and rant on and on about Summer once again, like he did during New Years Eve once again. "But whatever, you know? I mean, me and Katie Morris are dating now, and she's been a way better girlfriend than Summer has ever been. Not to mention, she is hoping that would be babysat by her one of these days, you know?"
"Charles, I don't need to be babysat, I'm mature enough to go around a place on my own..."
"You're only eight years old, Renee. No way are you going to a place without your older cousin." Chaz looks away from the girl, before the two arrived at a completely different store. "But anyway, about Summer..." Renee groans, before the younger girl looks up at him.
"Come on, Charles...you go on and on about Summer breaking up with you as much as you talk about Katie all the time." Renee points forward. "Can we just get to the next store before I end up having my head hurt?" Chaz pats his little cousin on the head. "Come on, let's just go into this store right here so that I can shop around?" Chaz nods his head.
"Fine. Sorry I mentioned Summer around you." Chaz and Renee entered the store, ignoring Summer Baxter as she was here at the mall.
Meanwhile...
"So you just went to their date as if he told you to come anyway?" Candy asked her girlfriend.
The two party girls were at Club Candy, hanging out in the upstairs hangout room. Candy was busy playing at the pinball machine, as Sapphire was sitting in one of the beanbag chairs. Their friend, Zack was here too. The guy with the spiky yellow hair, brown tank-top, red jeans and brown sneakers was busy playing the group's PlayStation 4 at their TV, in the other beanbag chair.
"Dude, why not just listen to the dude, and not go to their date?" Zack asked the party girl he was sitting next to. "The couple probably wouldn't have left the restaurant if you just stayed out of their love life." Sapphire glared at Zack, annoyed by his sarcastic behavior.
"Oh, like, what were YOU doing when me and Candy were helping Tim out with his date?" Sapphire asked him.
"With Vic Vector all day, playing Street Fighter 3 in his break room." Zack said, holding up a hand. "You'd do it too if you like the game." Sapphire rolled her eyes, before looking over to her girlfriend by the pinball machine.
"Either way, Tim and Pinky are together, and I'm sure things are going to be great for those two." Sapphire stood up from the beanbag chair she was sitting on, before walking over to the pinball machine, leaning on the side of it. "That I know for a fact is going to end up happening in the future. Maybe even married." Sapphire closes her eyes, finding that idea, just wonderful. "Oh, think of that happening, Candy." The blonde tomboy chuckles, before walking over to her girlfriend, kissing her on the cheek.
"I can only imagine that happening, babe." Candy said. "But really, if things were not really going to be too much of a big deal, I wish you would just listen to me and take Tim's words into account when it came to the date in general. Things were totally okay for them."
"I know, but I like, wanted to be there for extra support."
"Rather dumb reason to go and help them out anyway." Zack said, keeping his eyes on his video games.
"Oh shut up there, Zack...there's a reason why me and Sapphire never talk about dating near you anymore..." Candy said, glaring at the party boy. "By the way, Saph, I was hoping that later on in the week, that me and you can just...go enjoy ourselves on another date. If that's alright with you." Sapphire smiled, before nodding her head.
"Just the two of us again?" Sapphire asked her girlfriend. "Oh, that is just wonderful. I totally would love to do that." Candy smiled again, before kissing Sapphire on the cheek again. The blonde tomboy than looks at Zack.
"By the way, we're going to see a movie together this weekend. Zack, considering that you're beginning to get on my nerves, you are so not invited along with our date whatsoever. You're acting like a total prick." Candy told the party boy, clearly annoyed by his previous sarcastic remarks. Candy and Sapphire walked pass him, leaving him to be in the hangout room by himself, as he stared at the TV confused.
"Damn, Candy...what the hell did I do?" Zack asked, as the two friends of him were now out of the room. "Guess I never should've went to Vic Vector's Arcade while Tim and Pinky needed dating. Sorry, if I'm not much of a romance-liking kind of guy." Zack rolled his eyes, as he continued to play his video games.
