When I wake up before dawn, The darkness quiets down. Silence corners me, I can't find the words.
4:00A.M. - Taeko Ohnuki
Pre-C00lkidd
oh yeah he has his suprr cool outfit because cool
Were there any words to even describe what was going on anymore??
Noooot really.
So, pulling pranks and making life miserable for everyone with 007n7 wasn't exactly 'morally correct', but who was keeping track? Certainly not you (Nor him, as far as both of you were concerned). You'd known him for who knows how long?? (because he was preeeetty famous, for you-can-guess reasons), But it's been only about 3 years since you REALLY did. It was horribly stupid, actually, just bumping into him while heading to some coding class was some sort of makeshift start to a close relationship. But hey, who's complaining?
Months passed by in a blur that got happier and happier every day. 007n7 sought you out almost every day to try out one of his 'ideas', which half the time ended in something (or someone) blowing up or bursting into flames. You'd both love it, though. Wasn't this perfect?
One practically fateful day, you'd just finished blowing up some poor civilian's house with 007n7's special code of wonderful, destructive panels (Something called C00lgui? You had no idea with the amount of times he used 'C00l' in his creations). "You're sure we won't get caught again, right?" You asked casually, trailing behind him while both of you walked down a sidewalk, "We can't keep getting-" "Oh, please," 007n7 tossed his head to look back, one of his unreadable smiles playing on his face, "I'm being careful, promise!" "Yeah, last time you said that, we immediately got caught." You retorted, matching his pace to nudge his shoulder, 007n7 glanced sideways at you before looking back ahead as his apartment started to come into view, "Oh, yeah. You can do.. whatever you do tomorrow." He said absently "What? As in you're not hacking and stuff??" "...Suuuuure. You can say that." 007n7 said back slowly, opening his door and stepping inside, "I'll text you later."
Aaand everything seemed to shift after that. You couldn't exactly tell what the heck was happening with him, except for the fact he just.. stopped going out.
And, being the (totally) great friend you are, you decided to check up on him.
"Seveeen?" You called out, knocking on his door loudly, "I know you're in there, idiot!"
...
Screw this.
You turned the door to his apartment room, the sight almost catching you off guard.
...Yikes.
You always knew 007n7 wasn't.. well, 'on top' of cleaning his trash.
But this was definitely overkill.
"Dude-?" You spotted him laying flat out on the couch, his face half conceled by his shark onesie's hoodie (really, really ironic) as he knocked away some bottles and boxes to sit up groggily.