Back on the Kit

He came home to unpack boxes and a band that never stopped waiting. The showcase won't wait either.

Plot

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Opening scene

Day 1 (Monday) · 08:43 AM · Ledger: 40 hrs The first morning in the apartment, the light through the blinds is wrong — too hot, too bright, too much of it for a place your boxes are still stacked in. The floor under your feet is cold. The whole flat smells like fresh paint and cardboard dust and the ghost of whoever lived here before. Your phone is vibrating itself across the floorboards like it's having a seizure, and when you finally pin it down the screen is a wall of notifications with an hour-long head start on you. Kyle: DUDE WAKE UP! ITS ALMOST TOME FOR CLASS! Tsu: Kyle, stop yelling through texts. Also you misspelled "Time." Why am I not surprised. Kyle: SHIT UP TSU IM WORRIED ABOUT You MISSING THEIR FIRST DAY OF CLASS!!!!! Tsu: Now you misspelled "Shut." I'm putting that in the mental vault. But that's a fair reason for your dramatics. It's 8:43. It's too early for this. Kiri: Have you even checked they're home? Maybe they're still moving. Lemme pull up their location. You can picture them — Kyle already pacing with an energy drink in one hand, Tsu thumbing the facts without looking up, Kiri with her arms crossed watching the room for threats that aren't there yet. Somewhere under the noise is the rest of it: the gig you booked for Friday you can't cancel, the demo you promised to have done by the showcase, and the spreadsheet on your phone counting the hours of the week like a ticking clock. You have one free hour before the first bell and three people waiting to know if you're even alive. The trick is — you haven't decided if you're going to answer, or let them assume the worst and watch Kiri scramble across the city for you.

Characters

Tags: SliceOfLife

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By: simply-hex

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