I Don't Need No Beat

[Mimi]

MahKenzai was sitting on a park bench, wearing gray leggins and a dress. It was warm outside, and the sun was shining. Kenzie could also hear a bird singing in the distance. She watched as a lot of people walked past her. Some were walking dogs, and some were talking. It was a beautiful day outside, and Kenzie's siblings all had stayed inside, and she didn't know why. Kenzie put on her earplugs, and listened to her favorite song on her iPod. Softly humming to herself, since she knew all the lyrics, she started dancing, pretending that there wasn't anybody watching. She hoped not, she didn't want to be criticized on her dancing skills, though she was quite a good dancer. MahKenzai had taken dancing lessons when she was a child, though she also enjoyed making up her own dance moves.

[Redeim]

TaeHyun flailed his arms as he noticed the path begin to down hill a little, thinking it was probably a bad idea to borrow Akio's blades when he hadn't used rollerblades in probably the last ten years. He tried to stop before reaching the slight decline, only to fail and feel himself speeding up. "Watch out!!!" He called to a girl who seemed to be dancing right his path, though she didn't seem to hear him. Right before he was about to knock her over, he veered off sharply to the left and let himself fall into the grass, glad he was wearing protective gear. He wished he had brought regular shoes with him too, groaning as he turned onto his side, feeling a slight pain in his ankle. "십발 (fuck)..." He muttered to himself.

[Mimi]

A gust of wind blow towards her way, and unplugged her earphones and opened her eyes to see a boy about her age, on the ground. What happened to him? she thought, until she remembered that she was dancing right in the middle of the sidewalk. Feeling like it was her fault that the boy had fallen, she walked over to him slowly. "Sorry!" she finally told him. "I was just listening to some music, I didn't realize that I was in the middle of the sidewalk." she paused, and held out her hand to help the boy up. "Sorry." she repeated again.

[Redeim]

TaeHyun waved a hand at the girl as if saying, It's not your fault. "I-I'm okay..." He muttered, not sure how truthful that was. He moved onto his hands and knees, using the legs that wasn't causing him pain to get up, only to fall down again once he put pressure on the other leg, letting out a small cry as well. Wincing, he looked up at the girl, "I hate to trouble you but... can you help to the bench?" He asked her, one hand holding his hurt leg while the other was pointing to the bench nearby MahKenzai was originally using.

[Mimi]

Kenzie heard him mutter something, saying that he was alright, though she doubted it was the truth. The boy tried to get up, but fell again with a small whine of pain. Kenzie shook her head. "It's the least I could do." she told him, and helped him up, towards the bench she was using. "Sorry." she mumbled again.

[Redeim]

"It's... really not your fault," TaeHyun replied, finishing his sentence once he was sitting on the bench. "Thanks." He told her, looking up with smile. He took off the rollerblade from the foot that was hurting him, rubbing it gently. "I probably should've stuck to the driveway until I could remember how to stop..." He joked lightly.

[Mimi]

"It kind of is." Kenzie told him, sitting down next to him. Don't thank me, when it's my fault that your hurt and fell. she thought, biting her lip softly. She watched as he took of his rollerblade on the foot that was hurting. "Well, I'm Kenzie." she told him, slightly smiling.

[Redeim]

"TaeHyun," He said, extending the hand that wasn't massaging his foot. "And seriously, don't feel too guilty." He assured her.

[Mimi]

Kenzie shook his hand. "Um, nice to meet you." she said, smiling slightly. She shook her head, "But it's mostly my fault. I was dancing in the middle of the sidewalk!" she bit her lip.

[Redeim]

TaeHyun smiled, "I told you, I should've made sure I could still roller skate..." He laughed, only to wince as his fingers found the sore spot on his foot. He took in a breath, looking at it closely as if he could see through to his bones to know if he broke his ankle.

[Mimi]

Kenzie smiled when he laughed. "Does your foot hurt too bad?" she asked worriedly when he winced. "Is it broken?" If it was broken, Kenzie probably would blame herself for it. After all, it was mostly her fault that she was in the middle of the sidewalk.

[Redeim]

"I think it's just sprained..." He told her, still examining it. He continued massaging it, feeling the pain subside, if only slightly, and looking back up at Mahkenzai with a smile, "It's starting to feel better already." He assured her.

[Mimi]

Kenzie smiled as he told her that it was just sprained. She let out a sigh of relief. She looked at his foot, "That's good." she smiled when she heard that his foot was feeling better. "Can I do anything to help your foot?" Kenzie asked him.

[Redeim]

TaeHyun shook his head, "No, I'll be okay." He assured her, still massaging his foot and ankle. He set it on the ground without the blades on, smiling as it hurt not even half as much this time. "It's really nothing serious." He told her again. "Just a little time needed." He looked up at her, "So then... how old are you?" He asked, not quite in the know it wasn't something Americans normally asked each other at first meeting.

[Mimi]

Kenzie nodded as he told her that his foot would be alright. She watched as he set the foot on the ground without the blades on, and smiled. Kenzie smiled as he said his injury wasn't too bad. She nodded. "I'm eighteen." she told him, and then added in, "How old are you?" he looked about her age.