<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong>Building Tensions</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Rt2ECxS.gif)</div>NAME: Kevin Finch<br/>DAY: June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/>LOCATION: Yuki Katsura Bridal Store (Outlet)<br/>TAGGING: Mallory<br/>EXTRA: Reunions<br/>WEARING: Camos - like always . Including knife and pistol<br/><hr/><br/>There she was. In something Kevin had never seen her in before. Never imagined her in before.<br/><br/>OK, maybe imagined.<br/><br/>Still, reality trumped imagination. God. God. God. Mallory was... hot.<br/><br/>It was hard to get on track. Kevin tried. "N... No. I was... was wrong. I should learn to trust you to be able to handle yourself. It wasn't like... you know... you've never proved it before."<br/><br/>It was the first time he mentioned that day with Reckley and Company back in school. To be fair, it still scared him. But that wasn't the point now.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry about that. I... I just got so used to being the one who was protecting you, that I... well between the whole using you as bait thing and Kyless showing up. I wasn't ready. You deserved better than that. I'm sorry. But you've got to know that I worry. I always worry about you. Maybe it's time I stopped a bit."<br/><br/>He looked a bit sheepish. Almost the same kind of sheepish he looked when Toshiro caught him looking at the collection of piano pieces back in the anime store.<br/><br/>"By the way..." he added coyly. "You look... um... really good. Kinda took me by surprise... again."<br/><br/>