Namco Namja Town (Amusement Park) [ K i d a//open]

[Lin Yamada]

The amusement park was as busy as ever. Laughter and screaming was just about the only noise a person could hear. It was break for the students attending Raira Academy and numerous students could be seen running around. The weather wasn’t too hot, so walking around was pleasant without the large glare of the sun. Lin was walking around watching families enjoy themselves and high school students trying out the more extreme rides. Lin didn’t really know why she wanted to go to the amusement park that day. She didn’t even really think about going there. Yet somehow she had managed to walk there from her apartment while thinking about other things.

It was a bit of an annoyance whenever Lin ended up some place she wasn’t even thinking about. A couple of times already she had gotten lost because she had wondered onto a strange street. The only difference this time was that she at least knew where she was and knew how to get back home. Ah well she was here now so she might as well stay and watch. She didn’t really feel like going on any rides, but she was okay with watching other people go on them. It made her happy to be around other people who were enjoying themselves.

Amid the crowds, Lin could recognize some people. It was mostly from the bookstore she worked in. Some of them were frequent customers while others were people who had just walked in recently. Working at a bookstore had its perks since it was a generally quiet place and almost everyone there was friendly. The only bad thing right now was the manager who was in a state of depression since it turned out that his son was in deep with the Yakuza. Lin hoped that the manager wouldn’t do anything rash and bring the bookstore into a mafia group’s attention. Lin shook her head slightly; the amusement park was not the right place to think about work. She’d deal with work problems at work.

[Masaomi Kida]

It was terrible, His many attempts at 'wooing' a girl to spend the last of the day with him were failed and he seemed to only get laughed at for the cheesey pick ups. of course little did they seem to phase masaomi; but the bore of it seemed more dragging then anything and made him finally give up and bench himself off to the side watching people walk passed arms hooked with partners or laughing with there friends. it really was a shame Anri or Mikado hadn't come today on their day off of school, but Kida didnt complain he'd see them tomorrow or maybe later today.

His foot kicked against the dusty floor his head turnning each way scanning for someone he knew; it wasnt hard to spot the brunette as she walked figuring that she was by herself just as kida was, well at least it appeared as so, oddly enough he could have sworn he'd seen her before but that wouldnt have been to hard for kida after all he did seem to get around a lot.Her slight ackward watching of others seemed to be the only thing she gave off she didnt seem to be looking for someone or for a ride for that mannor.

What was her name? the question crossed more so as if he were questioning if he knew it at all; hadn't he seen her sometime? he shifted a bit looking around some more but the pending issue of the girl and if he'd even met or seen her seemed to trouble him, he never had issues figuring out someone's name if he knew them and he was pretty sure he did or had it just been his boredom that convinced him it was better then just sitting there doing nothing but getting his boots dusty.

He stood shortly and weaved himself within the passing people once more in search for the brunette he'd seen shortly before when he did find her Kida greeted her how he seemed to greet everyone. A grin plastered to his lips and light laugh and a strange 'sparkle' in his eyes. "hey~" he soothed in a coo figuring if he knew her she'd call him by name or acknowledge him in a return without a odd 'are you crazy' look.

[Lin Yamada]

A boy with dyed blonde hair approached Lin suddenly with a large smile. His voice was flirtatious and then Lin instantly recognized him. She had seen him before with his friends on the streets and sometimes flirting with girls. Even more recently she had seen him stop by at the coffee shop she went to on that one rainy day. “You’re the boy I saw that the coffee shop that one time.” Lin said while wondering if he remembered seeing her or if he even did see her. She tried to recall that day at the coffee shop. Surely it wasn’t that long ago.

It was definitely raining that day and she had gone down there for some tea. Ah, yes, she had met that guy named Izaya and the girl, Alice Carol. She had suspected that Izaya was part of the underground of Ikebukuro along with the girl Alice Carol. Alice didn’t seem to like Izaya at all and Izaya didn’t seem to care for her that much either. Then the boy came in and started talking to other people. He didn’t stay that long though and just left. Well that was the last time Lin had seen the boy up until that moment.

It was odd though that the boy would be by himself at the amusement park without his friends. Perhaps his friends were with him and he had just set out by himself to flirt. Or perhaps he really was alone and hoped to pick up a girl. “Did you come to the amusement park with your friends?” Lin asked casually. There was a very small chance that the boy’s friends ditched him, but they didn’t look like the type to do that from what Lin saw when they were together. In the end he probably was here by himself.

[Masaomi Kida]

The blond grinned at her with a childish excitement; he had seen her before and he wasn't completely crazy after all, she'd claimed that she'd seen him in the cafe and he half heartily thought about the cafe for a moment before he remembered, it was when the cafe had been packed and the rain was pouring down endlessly and the world attempted to escape the streets in a rush.

They hadn't talked or anything and he left quickly after he got there, she'd been with izaya and that alone either meant she was trouble and was in league with the informant, or she was just another victim being added to his many pawns. Masaomi looked at her his smile had faded in his thoughts but returned quickly to his lips as he snapped back from them. "Oh yeah i remember you were with Orihara." he mumbled shortly but tried not to appear to be bothered or in queer thoughts of her due to that fact. More so, Kida was interested in just what izaya was up to and if he'd stuck his 'claws' into her as he had to him when he wasn't aware of his ill intentions.

"Unfortunately, " he began shortly after his last words as he smiled at her with a wide grin mimicking the last one. "I'm here by myself today, 'Sir study a lot' and Anri couldn't make it today" he placed his hands up passively as he shrugged. "So it seems I'm on my own today" He sighed as if it were a troubling fact, not that kida didn't see it as a troubling fact in all honesty; Shifting slightly to walk ahead in front of her he made striking poses with his arms in excitement. "I almost forgot! I'm Masaomi Kida!" he announced receiving a few glances from those around him from the odd loud claim of who he was stopping he placed his hands at his waist and leaned toward her with a toothy smile. "now. Your turn~" he appointed quickly his brown hues staring at her waiting for her name in response.

[Lin Yamada]

A sign of recollection dawned on the boy's face. So he did remember that day after all. The smile on the boy's face faltered a bit, but he recovered quickly and was soon smiling again. He mumbled something, but the words were clear enough. So Izaya's full name was Orihara Izaya; that was good to know. It seemed once again this Izaya person was not a popular person to be around. What could this man have possibly done to make himself so unlikable by everyone? Well, there were a lot of things actually, but Lin couldn't know for sure what exactly he could have possibly done.

The boy continued to talk in a very enthusiastic tone. He used hand motions to emphasize parts of his speech. So his friends were busy with other things, well that was understandable. "That really is too bad, this is the perfect day to be at the amusement park." Lin said in a slightly sympathetic tone. Truly it was a shame that a few high school students like the blonde boy didn't have free time. The boy suddenly was in front of her again and dramatically introduced himself. Lin smiled at his flamboyance while others looked at him strangely.

"A pleasure to meet you. My name's Yamada Lin." Lin said in return, "So Kida-kun, were you planning on doing anything here today?" Of course he probably was looking for someone to hang out with for the day, but he could also be waiting for other friends later on. Well, it wasn't like Lin was going to do anything else that day so hanging out with Kida might not be that bad. He didn't seem to want to do anything except get to know a girl who was willing to talk to him. Lin just happened to be that person.

[Masaomi Kida]

The blonde shifted on his feet as he gave a short shrug of passive emotion his lips parted as he lightly laughed. "yeah~ its a shame they couldnt come out today; left me on my own" he mumbled the last part shortly before giving a repeated shrug as he laughed once more his hands held behind his head as he walked his eyes closed with a wide grin on his lips. "This place is so cool i felt bad for not insisting on dragging mikado with me!" he sighed shortly as he tilted his head; he really did feel bad for ditching mikado at home he normally always dragged his best friend with him no matter where he went, it was to bad he was busy, maybe with anri or school he didnt really know much less push mikado to tell him.

"As for my plans i unfortunately dont have any" he sighed with slumped shoulder before he turnned his head to look at the female with a smile slowly crossing his lips. "hey what about you? if you dont have a boyfriend to go hang out with why dont you just hang with me?!" he grinned widely as he tilted his head with the offer. perhaps she'd be the first of many to take up the offer or deny it without pursing her lips staring at a cellphone typing like some maniac with no life.

He shifted a bit to look at her more easily "you know it would be my treat!" he added as he mused to himself slightly lifting to shift his hood as he once more began his slight shifting of poses. "it could be a once in a life time "like-a-date"" he laughed as he gave a playful wink his lips parted with a toothy smile. "come on it will be fun!" he urged friendily hoping he wouldnt get rejected like what often happened when he went out to 'pick up girls' with mikado though surely it wasnt his fault it was cause mikado didnt know how to pick up girls at all.

[Masaomi Kida]

This died. On to better things now . - .