Title: the struggles of a girl in need

Series: Boundless Kakera, Chapter 14

Fandom: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

Summary: Getting soy sauce is easier said than done for Furude Rika. Crack.

Note: Based on ficwips' 2024 December Prompt for 3 Sentence Fic, which is about "a stranger who breaks into a home."

Posted: December 8, 2024

Sonozaki Mion:

"Nipah✰!" Rika beams, her smile so radiant it makes Mion wonder if the bluenette had been born from the sun.

Putting two and two together upon noticing the soy sauce bottle in Rika's hands, Mion rubs the back of her head and says, "Ah, sorry, Rika-chan, but we just ran out of soy sauce."

Rika leaves her room through the window she entered, though not before telling her friend, "Hearing you say that hurts my soul."

Ryuuguu Rena:

"Please assist me, good sir, for I am in dire need of soy sauce!" Rika cries to Rena, acting like she didn't just use a lockpick on the front door before breaking into Ryuuguu residence.

Rena's eyes turn into stars, a clear indication that the auburn-haired girl has already entered Cute Mode.

That is Rika's sign to run.

Maebara Keiichi:

Having unlocked the door in front of her, Rika bursts into the Maebara Manor and pleads, "KeiKei, I am desperate for soy sauce!"

Instead of a warm welcome, a cold silence greets her back.

Rika slumps her shoulders, muttering to herself, "Oh, yeah, he and his parents are out of town for a few days."

Houjou Satoko:

"Nipah✰!" Rika shows Satoko the huge bottle, flashing her signature grin all the while.

Satoko takes the bottle… only for the blonde to hand it back to her friend while frowning, "Rika, I asked you to get soy sauce."

Rika shakes her head as she responds, "I cannot believe I wasted my catchphrase on you."

Sonozaki Shion:

"Rika-chama?!" Shion yelps at the unexpected visitor in her apartment.

"Meep… Do you think you could give me some soy sauce, sir?" Rika shows the girl her empty soy sauce bottle.

Shion whips out the pepper spray.

Chie Rumiko:

"Sensei, do you have any soy sauce?" asks Rika.

"Breaking into my apartment is one thing, Furude-san, but… you dare ask me for soy sauce and not my curry?!" Chie-sensei brandishes her arsenal of t-squares.

That, of course, is the moment Rika flees.

Ooishi Kuraudo:

"Good sir, would you be so kind as to provide me with the soy sauce I require before Chie-sensei manages to hunt me down?" she lifts up the empty bottle for the cop to see.

"Why, I'd be more than happy to do that, young lady… after I arrest you for trespassing in a police officer's home!" Ooishi dangles the handcuffs menacingly.

"Oh, my, I do believe it's time I see myself out," Rika runs in the opposite direction.

Mamiya Ritsuko:

Rika approaches the pink-haired woman, opening her mouth to speak.

"Who are you, and how the heck didja get in my apartment?!" Ritsuko draws out a pocket knife.

That's one more person on the list of people chasing after her.

Houjou Teppei:

"Me, soy sauce, give, now!" Rika demands.

Cracking his knuckles alongside four other men, Teppei sneers, "You dare enter my place uninvited and then start tellin' me what ta do, foolish girl?"

Make that five more people on that list.

Irie Kyousuke:

Rika makes herself known to Irie, much to the bespectacled doctor's surprise. "Soy sauce?!"

Irie cocks an eyebrow, drawling, "No…?"

"…Oh, okay," Rika quickly leaps out the window right before the man can ask how she knows where he lives.

Takano Miyo:

Intruding in the thoroughly clean apartment via broken window, Rika flourishes the bottle and bellows, "Soy sauce?!"

"Syringe," Takano replies, donning a wide grin that is anything but sweet as she reveals the very sharp item in question.

No one has ever made Rika run like mad the way that nurse has.

Tomitake Jirou:

"Soy sau–"

"Everyone, I found Rika-chan!" the photographer shouts as he stares back at her frantically, gripping the phone tight.

Rika tilts her head. "So would that be a no, then?"

Akasaka Mamoru:

Wasting no time at all, entering Akasaka's room after having picked the door lock, Rika begs the man, "Soy sauce, quickly!"

Akasaka nods, smiling, "Now what kind of man would I be if I refuse such a simple request and–your days of breaking into our homes end here and now!"

Right at that moment, Chie-sensei, Ooishi, Ritsuko, Teppei, Takano, Tomitake, four random people, and a bunch of police officers storm into the room.

Furude Hanyuu:

Hugging the large bottle now heavy with the soy sauce, Rika chirps, "At long last, I have acquired what I sought… though it's a shame I got arrested in the end."

Hanyuu manifests in front of Rika, places her hands on her hips, and scolds, "Rika, why did you resort to forcing your way into people's homes rather than simply knocking on the door?"

Rika smirks deviously at the fuming spirit, chuckling, "Oh, Hanyuu, where is the fun in doing that?"