Tyson always knew that Kim would never be his to keep.
Though he wishes they had fought harder for their relationship at the end - and unknown to Tyson, Kimiko does too - but Tyson always knew the day would come.
Kimiko was fun and free. Wild. Fireflies in the night, always just out of reach, dancing around him and tempting him in, like a silk ribbon slipping through his fingers. The playful burst of a sparkler, its smoke disappearing with the wind. Always a game with Kim. Fun and free. Never to last. Never to keep.
And Tyson doesn’t regret a single second of it.
He will always be glad that he took the time to trade in compound chores with other soliders for out of compound time with Kim, and Tyson will always be grateful to Hal for trading chores to help get that time with her; and for providing him with a clean shirt when he returned with lipstick stains on his collar.
Or boxers when Tyson had to go commando to convince Kim to wear one item of clothing for a little while. Though, sometimes, having Kimiko dancing around her kitchen in his boxers was more distracting than watching her skipping around naked. Once their relationship ended, Tyson ended up keeping her green jacket.
She always smelt of coconut shampoo and citrus shower gel, but Kim could never fully wash away the scent of sawdust and grass stains. Those scents always remind Tyson of her. Especially sawdust.
He treasures every little cut in his hands from learning to whittle with Kim and, even though it was months after their first kiss, Tyson’s lips will still tingle so vividly with the memory of Kim kissing him, voice singing with pride and praise in a language he didn’t understand, the first time he carved something vaguely recognisable.
She cared deeply, but Kimiko could be a little stuck up and elitist when people weren’t quite as carefree and unreserved as she was. Kim’s way of life was free and flowing, always on the move, but she was stubbornly set in her ways of that being the best way to live. The only way to truly live.
Kim was too laid back to stress about things that she really needed to stress about, like late bills or her tests coming up that she hasn’t studied for. She failed her drivers test twice for her car, but passed her motorbike test the first time with flying colours.
She hated vodka with a passion, but would always do shots regardless of what was in them. Kim would say that she loved fruity wine, and she did like it, but secretly she liked a glass of whiskey best whilst sitting on her porch to whittle; working on a personal project after a long day of carpentry for other people.
Kim told Tyson that she thought it tasted better because it was traditional, but she bucked tradition at practically every turn. The only exception was family. Kim would do anything for her family. She always wanted to be a mom. Two kids, a boy and a girl. A little cottage made by her own hands. That was her dream.
Though Kimiko was Vietnamese, her first name is Japanese after her great-grandmother on her father’s side of the family. Kim knew Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean, and English. She was also conversational in Chinese, but struggled when writing it.
She referred to Tyson with the Vietnamese pronoun of em, but having grown up with a Japanese speaking extended family in the house, Kimiko tended to merge it with the Japanese honorifics system: calling him Ty-Em.
She always preferred to go by Kim rather than Kimiko or Kimi, but whenever she called him Ty-Em, Tyson would reply by calling her Kimi-san, which would always get a giggle out of her.
Kim had an impossibly sweet tooth. From pouring far too much honey on her morning toast to being able to pinpoint any stall selling sticky-sweet treats at the market, Kimiko loved sugar.
It was fun. It was all just a game, and Tyson knew it would hurt like hell when it ended, but he treasures every precious moment with Kim.
And he would do it all again.
Kimiko Bùi
UNIVERAL TRUTHS
- Birthname: Bùi Mai Kimiko (裴 梅 貴美子)
- Blood Type: B Negative
- Date of Birth: October 25th 1980 - Scorpio – Monkey (Metal/Gold)
- DnD Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
- Dominant Hand: Left
- Ethnicity: Vietnamese
- Myers Briggs Type: ISFP-A | The Adventurer
- Orientation: Bisexual
- Religion: Buddism
- Signature:
FAVOURITE
- Favourite Animal: Otter
- Favourite Author: Ray Bradbury
- Favourite Colour: Yellow
- Favourite Film: The Evil Dead (1981)
- Favourite Food: Bò Lúc Lắc
- Favourite Plant: Tiger Lily
- Favourite Poem: On Icarus’ Wings - Alonso Menendez
VERSE DEPENDANT
- Avatar Element: Air
- His Dark Material’s Dæmon: Common Squirrel Monkey
- Hogwarts House: Gryffindor
- Hybrid!Verse Pairing: Mugger Crocodile
- Mass Effect Species: Salarian Biotic
- Pokémon Team: Aipom, Heracross, Tyrogue, Banette, Timburr, & Sawsbuck.
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