[quote=@Plank Sinatra]
[color=00a651]"I've been alright. I went to school today."[/color]

As they left the school grounds, Daisuke dragging his bicycle behind him, Kimiko pulled out her allocated pack of Friday gum - not a pack at all, truly, a large circular box containing enough Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape (TM) to put a Megazord on a leash. She tore off a strip about as long as a finger, rolled it into a tight circle, and popped it into her mouth.

[color=00a651][i]A whole new kind of bubble,[/i][/color] she thought in approval as they began traveling a route of streets familiar to them both.

[color=00a651]"I don't know what I'm going to do this weekend, though. I think my parents are out of town. House gets quiet."[/color] She tossed her hair over her shoulder (perhaps not coincidentally, the left shoulder; thus affording protection to her auburn mane from the gum she chewed on the right side of her mouth) and made it bob slightly with a shrug. [color=00a651]"I'll think of something. I usually do. What's up?"[/color]
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"Not much. Having to cut back on my hours a little, boss is trying to groom the new guys. And one of the teachers was bitching about me looking too tired." The (reformed) delinquent snorted, a puff of air exiting his nostrils to produce the sound. The noise, really, summed up his opinion on the perceived lack of sleep. Still, he changed gears pretty quickly towards a slightly related line of thought instead of lingering on it. "Been trying to keep up with homework. Make sure sis does hers."

"Not much. All in all."