Boss Rimi's posts

Kaneko and her father enjoyed their breakfast, sharing in conversation. "What time do you go in today?" Her father asked. Kaneko shook her head though, she didn't plan on working today. "Too many other things to do. If I did go to work, I'd be late anyway. I have to do laundry since I wasn't able to yesterday. I might go later though, and just work extra hours again to make up for it. I'll let you know if I do that though. What about you? Going to be home late?" Kaneko asked her father then continued to eat her food quietly. "I'll try not to be late but you know that sometimes things don't go as planned." Her father explained.

After her father had left for work, Kaneko finished washing up the dishes and then started on the laundry. She wondered what Allen was doing. Hopefully he was getting plenty of sleep. He looked pretty tired after taking the remedy. Hopefully that did help with the pain. She wondered if there was possibly a remedy that prevent him from ever feeling that pain again. She didn't know though, she knew nothing when it came to herbal remedies and even if she wanted to learn, she wouldn't even know where to turn to. She doubted that the library had books on these things.

Kaneko passed by the tree again and stopped, backed up a bit and looked at it. Really looked at it. Her hands tightly pulled her cardigan closer around her. Whatever had done that to the tree was really strong. It was frightening to think that it was probably still hanging around and maybe watching her now. Paranoia set in and off she ran as fast as she could, jumping over a fallen branch and looking silly doing. Her cardigan got caught a couple of times in her run, making Kaneko stop and struggle to free it from the branches' grasps.

The town came into view and she wondered if her father was still sleeping. Out of breath, Kaneko continued to run towards her house. With trembling hands, she unlocked the door and walked inside to the smell of coffee and breakfast. "Oh you're awake!" She gasped, seeing her father setting the table. "Of course I am. I saw your note. Had a nice walk?" He asked, although gave her a look that said, 'Are you alright?' Kaneko smiled and nervously clasped her hands behind her back. "Well...it was a nice walk but then it turned into a run." She explained and helped finish up setting the table. Her father nodded and served the breakfast and Kaneko served the drinks. She was going to work on laundry after this then take a nice hot bath and relax.

Kaneko nodded, "Hear anything off, run. Got it. Thanks for the tip." She answered and gave him a soft hug. "Sleep well. Bye-bye, talk to you soon." She said softly and reluctantly let him go before leaving him to rest. She slowly made her way down the creaking steps. Taking this time to look at the paintings on the wall as she walked past. Once she reached the front door, she turned the knob and stepped outside. Kaneko closed the door behind her and gave one last look at the large lonely looking house before carefully making her way back to town. She kept her ears alert, listening for any sounds that might be off.

Having put the skates on and Troy put his shoes back on, Lyle pouted underneath his scarf and followed Troy to the rink. He did as he had seen Troy do and removed the guards then stepped onto the ice and wobbled a bit before managing to stand. "Alright, there I have done it. I have conquered the ice." Lyle said, stuffing his gloved hands in the pockets of his jacket. "Barely. Now you actually have to skate." Troy said, leaning against the small wall barrier. "You'll be fine Lyle. Ever skated?" He asked him. Lyle raised an eyebrow and looked at the other prince blankly. "I'll take that as a no. Just watch Aria and do what she's doing." Troy explained. Lyle grabbed onto the wall and pulled himself to it then looked at Troy. "What she is doing doesn't seem safe. If I fall Troy. If I fall and cut myself." He warned. Troy laughed and shook his head. "You won't fall. And besides, Aria hasn't fallen." Troy pointed out as the two of them turned to watch her.

Hearing his story, it made Kaneko mad that his supposed friends would leave when he needed them the most. She narrowed her eyes, if she had them in front of her she would slap every single one of them. How could they just up and leave him here all alone? "Well I'm not going to leave you. That's not what friends do. Friends look out for each other, they do whatever they can." She explained. Sure she couldn't stay here, she knew that but she wasn't going to just vanish like the others did. Kaneko wasn't that type of person.

"Cheers." She repeated and watched him move to the bed. He probably wanted to rest now. The pain must take a lot out of him, or the remedy had side effects that made him drowsy. "I am pretty sure that I can." It coudln't be too hard to get back right? "You get some rest. I promise to visit you when I get the chance." She would even surprise him with food. Hopefully he didn't mind takeout. Though homemade was a lot better and healthier. It would depend on the time. "I s-should probably go then and let you get some sleep." She smiled softly at him.

Kaneko listened carefully and watched his behavior. "I see, well that's a smart move." She admitted and giggled. If she made them, she would have done the same thing too honestly. Best to get ahead rather than rush to get it done later. She was glad to see that he didn't seem bothered by her questions. It was probably a nice change of pace for him.

Her eyes widened at the last comment he made. He was allowing her to visit him whenever she wanted? "R-really?" She asked and fought the urge to hug him. It was probably for the better though because seeing him closely, something seemed off. "Allen? Are you okay?" Kaneko asked and knelt down to look up at him. "Is it your eyes? W-why don't you take the remedy?" There was nothing wrong with taking a remedy if you needed it. It was medicine of the older times. Just like people took medicine nowadays, he took his remedies. Well, she hoped so. Last time she mentioned it he was insistent that he didn't need it.

Kaneko nodded. "I really did. There is something wonderful about watching someone work. I do not know what it is. Perhaps it is the attention to detail. Or how the person does it with such ease, never once faltering." She said in a hushed tone. Her eyes examined the glass from where she stood as he held it up for her to see, it looked really nice. The color was really pretty actually. Kaneko blinked a few times when he told her which remedy it was. The one for his eyes. The one he said he didn't need last night. "I see. Was this the one you were making at the park then when we first met?" She wondered if he'd get annoyed with all of her questions. She didn't ask them in order to annoy him, she asked because she was curious. Truth was, she wanted to know more about him. Well, whatever he felt comfortable telling her since she was too shy to ask questions most of the time.

Kaneko smiled, happy that Allen was really going to show her how this was done. She walked to the table and stood by, watching every little thing he did. She kept true to her word, watching him work in silence. It was like watching anyone at work when she was younger but this was more personal, perhaps because she was the only one here. Her parents weren't around asking questions.

The sound of the pestle grinding the herbs against the mortar could be heard and she gasped softly, raising a hand to cover her lips when the wisp of smoke rose from the mixture after he had added a clear liquid. She thought it was water, but clearly that wasn't it at all. Kaneko's eyes were glued to his work from beginning to end. When he was finished, she was silent. Her hand fell to her side, a grin on her face to show how happy she was. "That was such a treat to watch Allen. Really it was." She looked at the finished product. This was a remedy, a remedy he made thousands of times probably and sold to people. "Thank-you so much for allowing me to watch." She said, resting a hand on his shoulder gently. "What remedy did you make just now? Is this one that you sell in the market?" Kaneko asked, curious as ever.