The next day was a Saturday. Naohito woke up early at promptly 6:00 and went to go get Kimi. It was a long walk to her apartment. "I live in downtown in a shabby apartment. You'll know it when you see it, it looks abandoned," she had told him. Great. Very descriptive. When he finally got downtown, and spotted her apartment, he realized her description was pretty accurate. He walked through the double doors and was almost about to take the stairs up to her room when he realized that he didn't know her room number. God, I am so stupid! Why didn't I remember to ask her? Then he remembered that she could read his thoughts without trying. So if he thought something, she would defiantly hear it. Kimi get down here right now! He thought loudly, We need to get going! And he sat down contently on the ragged sofa by the doors.
A few minutes later, Kimi came trotting down the stairs. "I got your message," she said, winking at him. Naohito rolled his eyes. "Okay, Kimi let's go. No time to lose," he said. And off they went to Yufie's Magic Shop. When they arrived (it wasn't very far from Kimi's apartment), it was exactly as Naohito had pictured. Purple curtains all over the inside, very small building with a barely visible sign, and no customers. For a while, he wondered how Motoko had even found the shop. It was just so… remote.
They entered the shop and a short old man greeted them. "Hello young ladies," he said. Naohito frowned and opened his mouth to yell at him, but decided not to. If I yell at the old geezer, he might not give us the antidote, he thought. Kimi decided not to respond to this thought, and instead, asked the old man directly for the antidote. "Excuse me sir, but a while ago my friend bought this potion… er… a mind reading potion. And I kind of… drank it on accident," she said. The old man nodded understandingly. "And so now you can read this other young lady's thoughts. And you need an antidote," he guessed. Naohito rolled his eyes at this stating of the obvious. "That would be nice," he said sarcastically.
The old man went to the back of the store and began rummaging through a large pile of boxes. He came back empty handed. "Sorry, we're all sold out," he said. Naohito's eyes widened, and then he frowned. "Surely you don't have that many customers," he said rudely. The old man glared at him, but for a while said nothing. Then he turned around to face the boxes again. "I'm afraid we only had one. A young man bought it yesterday," he said. Kimi pursed her lips, in both anger and confusion. "Can you give us the ingredients?" she asked. He shook his head. "Young lady, I'm afraid I do not know the ingredients," he said.
So Kimi and Naohito left the store, empty handed and empty hearted. "How are we going to get one now?" Kimi asked, glumly. Naohito shook his head, "I don't know Kimi, I just don't know." Maybe I could look for ingredients on the internet? He thought. Kimi said nothing. "So, do you think that's a good idea?" he asked her. She turned to him and frowned, "What?" she asked, "Do I think what's a good idea?" Naohito's eyes widened, can you not hear my thoughts anymore? Still, Kimi said nothing. "Kimi, I think it wore off!" He exclaimed. She tilted her head in confusion. Then she realized what was going on. "You mean… the mind reading potion wore off?" she asked. Naohito nodded. "That's great, Nao!" said Kimi, hugging him. Naohito knew that getting rid of the mind reading should make him happy. He had tried so much to get rid of it, after all. But for some reason, it made him just a little sad. He had felt like, with the mind reading, there was some… connection between them. But Kimi had tried so hard to help him get rid of it, he couldn't sulk now. "Thanks, Kimi," he said, and hugged her back.