Chapter 20 - Goodbye Everyone!
Cooper was at work, attempting to sell a well-used March to a young woman.
“Skipping all the technical jargon, it’s perfect for a young lady like yourself. It gets around 500 kilometres on a full take of fuel if you just drive normally around the city.”
“But it has driven over 200,000 kilometres. My boyfriend told me not to get such a high mileage car.”
”Ah but that’s the wonders of Nissan’s build quality! It may have 200,000 kilometres on it but it still goes like it just passed 20,000!”
“I’m not sure, I’ll have to come back with my boyfriend.”
“Well how about a Vitz?”
”I need to go now, thank you.”
”Well, okay. See you.”
The woman walked off, just as Yuka walked onto the lot.
“Is that…? Yuka! Hey Yuka!”
Cooper ran over to Yuka.
”Hey Cooper. What’s up?”
”The usual, I can’t sell that damn March.”
”The high miler?”
”Yeah. No matter what I do, no one will buy it.”
“Well there are better cars for the money.”
“See! That’s why I cant shift it!”
”Sell it for less then.”
”I can’t. It was an auction buy that we’re trying to profit on.”
”Oh. Well best of luck to you.”
”Yeah, I need it. So what about you, Yuka?”
”I’ve come to say goodbye.”
”Goodbye?! Where are you going?”
”Europe. Me and my cousin are going to take down some European drivers.”
“You’re coming back though, right?”
”Yeah, I just don’t know when.”
”Ah. Well best of luck to you too!”
”Thanks! Anyway I need to make this quick, Kei’s waiting back home for me. She’s got some surprise for me.”
”I see. Well then, I’ll make sure I keep an ear out for news of a couple of Japanese girls taking Europe down single-handedly.”
”Haha! I’d be amazed if we got that famous. Anyway, I’ll see you around, Cooper.”
”Yeah, laters.”
Yuka went on inside the building to say her goodbyes.
Later on…
“Kei, I’m back!”
”Yuka! Just in time!”
Kei ran at Yuka with a blindfold.
”Wear this!”
”Okay…”
Kei blindfolded Yuka and guided her into the kitchen.
”Okay on three, you can take it off. One… Two… Three!”
Yuka removed the blindfold and saw Kei’s surprise in front of her on the table.
”Oh my… Kei!”
”Do you like it?”
”I love it!”
In front of Yuka was a cake, covered in blue icing to resemble the Civic.
”I thought you would! Do you want to cut it?”
”No, wait.”
“For what?”
Yuka ran out of the kitchen, then ran back in with a camera.
”Oh!”
”Sit and pose with the cake.”
”Shouldn’t you be the one posing?”
”We’ll take turns.”
Kei posed with the cake whilst Yuka took pictures.
”Your turn!”
They switched places and continued taking pictures.
”Okay then Yuka, let me set the timer and we’ll take a few pictures together.”
Kei set the camera on the opposite table and sat with Yuka. The camera took pictures every few seconds, allowing Yuka and Kei to switch poses between shots.
“Okay Yuka, one last shot.”
”What pose is there left to do?”
Kei pouted her lips at Yuka.
”This one!”
”Kei! You can’t photograph us kissing!”
”Why not? Lots of couples do it. Besides it’s not like we’re taking nudes and putting them on Facebook now, is it?”
”Well alright… Just don’t get too touchy…”
One week later…
“Thanks for taking me to the airport.”
“You’re welcome Yuka.”
“Even though you’ve changed the R33 a lot, it still feels the same as when I had it, TJ.”
“Yeah, well. You have a good feel for handling, so I trust your settings.”
“Haha, really?”
”Really. Even that Dave guy said the Vitz felt better to drive after you tweaked it.”
”Tweaked the Vitz? I just let some air out of the front tyres. You over inflated them.”
”Only to get better fuel consumption. Your idea of over inflated is everyone else’s idea of normal. You traction whore.”
“Traction whore? Says the guy in the Skyline!”
”It used to be your Skyline!”
”Yeah but I drifted it like a boss.”
Yuka made a smug face at TJ.
”Alright, alright. You win Yuka.”
They finally reached the airport.
“Well, this is it. Thanks for the ride.”
Yuka got out and retrieved her suitcase out from the boot of the R33.
”Have you packed enough?”
”I think I have. It’s mostly clothes anyway.”
”Shame you don’t have room for the Civic.”
”Well it wouldn’t matter if I did, the whole point is to take them on with their own cars.”
”Ah. I see. Well the Civic is safely tucked in the back of my shop. I’ll give it weekly cruises just so it’s not wasting away.”
”Thanks TJ. Well, I’m off then. See you!”
”Bye Yuka, have fun!”