P.T.C. Episode #07 - Tech
Written by: CS-Masyet
Raena (scared): E-everyone thinks I killed her... What should I do? I don't want to get my family involved... I have to run away... but to where?
The next day, after school...Ail: In his room. Yes, finally!
Tear: Comes in the room. Huh? What happened, Ail?
Ail: I finally got my own bed!
Tear: Oh, that's great! Do you want your own bed back?
Ail: No, you can still use that one. You said you had a hard time getting used to beds, right?
Tear (happy): Yeah, that's right. Thanks.
Ail: It's not really a big deal... Opens his refrigerator. Oh, darn it...
Tear: What's wrong?
Ail: I'm almost out of food... I'm going to have to go buy more...
Tear: I'm sorry...
Ail: Why are you apologizing? It's not your fault; you barely even eat anything.
Tear: Still, I ate your food... Because I don't have any... Sorry...
Ail (annoyed): Alright, that's it! You're not allowed to say sorry anymore, got it?
Tear: But...
Ail: No buts!
Tear: Bu-...
Ail: No!
Tear: I just...
Ail: Glares at Tear.
Tear: Okay...
Ail: Let's go.
Tear: Huh? Go where?
Ail: To buy food...
Tear: O-oh, right!
Ail/Tear: Leave the room.
Tech: Walking down the hall.
Ail: Hey Tech, where are you going?
Tech: Going to see a friend... Leaves.
Tear: Huh? I didn't know he had any friends outside of school...
Ail: Me neither. Let's follow him.
Tear: W-wha? Why?
Ail: I want to know who his friend is. Let's go.
Ail/Tear: Follow Tech to a flower shop.
Tear: Why is he here?
Ail: Hm, I wonder...
Tech: Grabs a pot of flowers and brings it to the counter.
Female Clerk: You going to see her again, Tech?
Tech: Yeah...
Clerk: Isn't it about time you forget about her?
Tech: No, I can't. I don't want to forget...
Clerk: I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that...
Tech: ...
Clerk: That'll be $3.
Tech: Gives her $3 and leaves.
Ail: Hiding behind a shelf with Tear. So it's for a girl, huh?
Tear: I wonder...
Ail: What?
Tear: What if the reason he programs is to get money to buy stuff for this girl?
Ail: You're right, that must be it! He shouldn't be wasting time for a girl who doesn't even like him! We have to stop him from doing this!
Tear: But why a pot instead of a bouquet...?
Ail: He's just weird like that. Let's go!
Tear: But Tech's already gone...
Ail: *sweatdrop* Um, uh...
Tear: We should ask the clerk what she knows about this.
Ail: Good idea.
Ail/Tear: Go up to the clerk.
Clerk: Oh, hello. How can I help you?
Ail: Can I ask you something? About Tech, he's our friend...
Clerk: Oh, so you're Tech's friend? He told me to give this to you. Gives Ail a piece of paper.
Ail: Huh? Reads the note:
Dear Ail,
Stop following me.
- Tech
Ail: *sweatdrop* Eh?
Tear: Please tell us about Tech and this girl. We want to help him.
Clerk: I'm sorry. If you really want to help him, it's best you leave him alone.
Ail/Tear: ... Leave the store.
Ail: Great, now what?
Tear: I guess we should just buy the food and go back...
Ail: Yeah... *sigh* Goes to the grocery store with Tear.
Tear: So, what food are we getting?
Ail: Hm... Milk, eggs, bread, cheese, butter, and chicken. And some other stuff that might be good to eat.
Tear: What about ingredients?
Ail: I'm not like chef boy; I can't cook.
Tear: Oh...
Ail: Why, can you?
Tear: Not really...
Tech: At the register, putting food in a bag. Thanks. Leaves.
Tear: That was...
Ail: Tech is buying food for this girl, too? We won't lose him this time! Let's go, Tear!
Tear: Bu-... Ail grabs her arm and runs out of the store, chasing Tech.
Tech: Walks to the park.
Ail: Hiding behind a tree. Now the park...
Tech: Grabs a watering can and fills it with water at a fountain.
Tear: Hiding with Ail. What is he doing?
Ail: It must be for the flowers... But he just bought those; why would he need water for them?
Tech: Walks away.
Ail: Darn it, he's going somewhere else! Grabs Tear's arm and follows Tech.
Tech: Goes to the cemetery.
Ail: Hides behind a gravestone. Why did he come here?
Tear: Hiding with Ail. Ail, you're hurting my arm...
Ail: Oh, sorry... Lets go of Tear's arm.
Tech: Plants the flowers in the ground near a gravestone.
Ail: Huh? Weren't those flowers for a girl?
Tear: Hm...
Tech: Waters the flowers.
Tear: *gasp* Oh...
Ail: Hm?
Tear: The girl he likes... must be...
Ail: O-oh... (So that was it... I'm sorry, Tech...)
Tear: But why did he buy food?
Tech: Takes out a piece of bread, breaks into pieces, and throws it onto the ground. Birds comes down and eat the bread.
Tear: Huh?
Tech: I know you guys are there. Come out.
Ail: (W-what? How did he know?)
Ail/Tear: Walk up to Tech.
Tech: Why did you follow me?
Tear: I'm sorry, we thought...
Ail: If we knew this is what you were doing, then we wouldn't have followed you...
Tech: ...
Tear: We'll leave you alone now...
Tech: ...
Ail: Before we go; can you tell us who it was who died?
Tech: ...her name was Leia. She was my girlfriend.
Ail (shocked): Y-you had a girlfriend, Tech?!?
Tech: Why are so surprised...?
Tear: How did she die?
Tech: She drowned in the river near here...
Tear: I'm so sorry...
Ail: Wait, the river? Isn't that how Taffy died, too?
Tear: Yeah, that's right... What a coincidence... (Taffy...)
Tech: Throws some more bread on the ground.
Ail: What are you doing?
Tech: This is something Leia liked to do... I do this every time I come here...
Ail: Oh...
Tech: Throws the last of the bread on the ground. That's it. I'll go now...
Tear: Already?
Tech: Yeah, I'll come back later.
Ail: Alright, see ya...
Tech: Walks back Tear. Good luck...
Tear: Huh?
Tech: Walks away.
Ail: What was that about?
Tear: I-I don't know...
Ail: Anyway, we should head back too...
Tear: Yeah...
Ail and Tear head back to the school dorms. But it seems like they forgot something...Tear: Ail, we forgot to buy food!
Ail: Dang it!
Oh well. They still have time to do normal things like shopping... for now...