The rain poured onto Ken's dark purple hair as he left the train station and started walking through the streets of Tamachi. He wanted to go home, but somehow, the feeling of extreme sadness wouldn't leave him.
/I can't go home like this. Mother would get so worried./
He continued walking, alone. The day was a pretty good one while it lasted. Daisuke needed a little help taking all his stuff home from college and Ken was glad to volunteer, even if it meant having to work with Daisuke's fickle sister, Jun. Hey, it did prove to be somewhat fruitful for him as Jun liked to tell embarrassing stories about Daisuke when he was little. It gave him a little bit more time with Daisuke before they went their separate ways, for what may as well be the rest of their lives. Daisuke was going back home to Odaiba for the summer and had vowed to work at any job he could get his hands on. And Ken was going to go to summer school, to catch up to where he needed to be for the upcoming semester when he would be attending Tokyo University. With his test scores and 'Ken Ichijouji', his accursed name, Ken could get into any school he wanted. No university would be stupid enough to turn down a transfer request from the boy genius of Tamachi.
The rain felt warm on his cheeks as he walked aimlessly. The more he thought about the past day and everything that had transpired in the last eight months, the more he wanted to cry. He hated the thought of losing a close friend. He disliked the thought of being so far away from the first and only person he knew and let into his life so deeply. He feared that he would never be comfortable and relaxed around Daisuke again; that they will always have a strained and tense relationship from now on. Even though they were finally on speaking terms again, Ken had a feeling that things would get a lot worse before they would get better.
Slowly, Ken's resolve gave way, and his tears poured out to mingle with the rain on his cheeks.
He stood there, in the middle of the sidewalk, with his face turned upwards to face the falling droplets.
And he let himself cry, until there were no more tears left.
Notes:
-This was just a chapter to explain some loose threads and close out this section of the character's lives. You can see that Ken's getting a little better psychologically, cause he thinks about how his mother would worry if he went home depressed.