บท 700: Fools

Sayuri laughed with Kay, and they both put their heads together and started sniffing the opened packet of vinegar chips again.

"Well, since I can't drink, I might as well get high on this instead," Sayuri said, giggling again.

They started munching on the chips. Sayuri was glad that Kay seemed to have calmed down and she didn't push for her to start again. 

Start talking, that is. Not the crying bit.

"I think it began when we were at Country M, right after Kylie died," Kay said, thinking back, "He was so different from all the guys I knew. The depth of his feelings, the way he wasn't afraid of showing them. The way he cared for his sister. Him trying to be so strong."

Kay sighed.

"I think that's about the same for me," Sayuri admitted, "When it began, I mean. Kyle cooking chicken porridge for me when he thought I was sick."