kira kira || district seven {fin}

Kira does not strike the most impressive of silhouettes, that much can be certain. Perhaps it is the profound absence of posture when she stands (most certainly attributed to the hunched position she takes up when sitting), or the dull, almost dimwitted stare the young lady assumes when she is not paying attention, but one thing is for certain; 'young lady' is the wrong choice of words to apply to her, for she is not a lady — she is not anything that can be physically associated with grace, or beauty, or even propriety.

You see how she has split, oily hair and is suffering from an acne ambush as a result of her exit out of adolescence, and it's easy to come to the conclusion that Kira does not care overmuch for her personal hygiene -- and it is true, to a point. She is lazy about it, certainly, but she does shower; however, she is not against wearing a used bra if a cleaner one does not present itself. Even in the rich conditions she lives in, her dark brown hair most oft remains unbrushed (though not to the extent of matting) and is left messy and disheveled on every other day of the week while she remains inside, unsocialized. Its messy strands fall just so to cradle her jaw.

Standing at about five foot one, Kira is a short girl, often cradled by the too-big swathes of clothes she wears when she does choose to go outside. Her figure is somewhat bottom-heavy, a pear-shaped body dictating wider thighs than waist; and it almost seems as if her body is not proportional, with legs a tad too short for her body that do not lend her any kind of airy, graceful walk.

Behind thin frames and thick lenses (half blind, and she is not afraid to admit that) her eyes could only be described as droopy and somewhat hooded, the irises a chocolate brown color. Her face overall is not that impressive, with no cheekbones to speak of and a softly rounded jaw, but that is not to say it's unpleasant to look at.

Those who know Kira as an acquaintance would know her for her awkward chattiness, her insistence on filling an uncomfortable silence where there is none. She's simultaneously out-of-place in public settings yet strives to say the right thing; and it known for letting slip strange or inappropriate things at times.

Her humor is one that not many people understand and makes itself present in quite a lot of her situations, inevitably resulting in an awkward silence on the part of many she talks to as she guffaws at something only she had understood. It is incredibly rare for her to make a witty joke understood by everyone.

Nonetheless, she is unfailingly polite (and, perhaps, a tad forward) to those she first meets, almost distantly so, and most especially with those of a higher position. It only gets awkward she she has to make conversation, she insists, and so she would benefit hugely from not speaking where it is not needed but it is against her very nature to do so.

She is not a person who would willingly wish harm upon anyone, as much as her thoughtless insensitivity suggests otherwise, but Kira has the capacity to hold a grudge for years and these grudges are not so easily dropped; in fact, she is still bitter over the race in fifth grade she was not the fastest in, despite crossing the finish line first (and before the girl who insisted she had gotten the better time).

Kira is optimistic towards life, and more often than not always has a smile on her face; and more often than not, Kira can find a happy medium to settle in where the world and its opinions does not affect her. She has grown from a cripplingly self-conscious teen to one who does not let the world get her down, nor does she take it so seriously any longer.

Once scornful of anyone who was not the same as herself, she is now of the opinion that someone can do whatever the hell they want to do, as long as it's not causing her any harm; harsh, certainly, but tolerant and open-minded above all, Kira can accept that there are those who have differing opinions from her (a trait doubtlessly inherited from her mother).

But she is a remarkably lazy individual; she could even be called indulgent, because more often than not her responsibilities are unimportant in the face of her hobbies. Bull-headed and stubborn, she is someone who refuses to be broken, and often justifies her laziness with the excuse that her responsibilities do not define her. Being the daughter of one of the wealthiest people in District Seven has it's perks.

It is only sheer luck that she is actually an intelligent person, and a stubborn person, and she is able to get things done last minute because as much as she enjoys her luxuries, she also detests the idea of letting people down. 

She can only take so much social interaction and, in the end, she is a very solitary individual who prefers to work on her own rather than rely on anyone else to get the work done. It is in this manner that she is also quite mistrustful; she is of the opinion that she cannot rely on anyone else to help her with a job she is capable of performing on her own. Hating to disappoint anyone else, but also terrified of the thought of being disappointed, Kira does all she can to distance herself from people who are bound to do so.

It can also be said that Kira could be considered quite a strange individual, with not an ounce of shame in recycling jokes she's collected over the years and her giant potty mouth.

It was not an expected occurrence for Annie Kira to fall pregnant. Certainly, it was known around their neighborhood where they lived that the lady had been trying for a baby for quite some time, but rumors whispered that her partner, Thomas, was the source of the problem. Annie already had a son from a previous relationship. It was only when the couple were beginning to lose hope that they would ever have a child that Annie fell pregnant.

Kira Kira Kira was born on a relatively warm day, for October. There were many who questioned the choice of name but ultimately failed to be surprised; as an extremely strange lady who made candles in her home as a living, Annie had wanted to give her daughter a unique and "meaningful" name.

Hey, I've got an idea! Her last name is Kira! Why not make her first name also Kira? Ooh, and middle name too! That would be sooo cool!

Thomas had no say in the manner, and one could almost say that this was where the problems had started. He had come from quite the respectable and wealthy family, and that he would attach himself to a woman who had no stable source of income was not something that the Kira family were pleased with, even though most everyone wasn't as wealthy as they were.

The two had moved to the other side of the district primarily to be away from his suffocating family; it was safe to say, however, that their opinion had had an effect on him, and over the three years that they had tried for a baby their relationship had become quite strained.

Months after the birth of his daughter, it was with some amount of regret that Thomas and Annie thought it best to part ways cordially, with the agreement that little Kira would visit him every summer. And he doted on his daughter any chance he could; it was no secret that she preferred her father in that way that children tend to do.

The girl had always been considered an oddity; somewhat of an airhead, and most certainly her mother's daughter, at the start, who came to school smelling of candles and wax. The appeal lasted for a few months; it was intriguing, to the other children, to see someone raised so differently, but eventually their parent's tongue clicking towards 'that one rich girl and her hippy mother' prompted them to float away from the girl. It was around this time that Kira Kira Kira became 'the girl with the stupid name'; and as she grew, so did her resentment towards her mother.

At thirteen years of age she had developed into a quiet, reclusive sort, finding her amusement in books; and, most especially, looking forward to visiting to her father, because in that section of the district, she was known only as K, and her father never used her full name at her own request.

Resentment towards her mother grew as Kira's personality began to develop; she was nothing like her mother and yet the woman seemed to think she was. More and more she began to look forward to visiting her dad, especially as her mother met a new man and had children with him; Eric was his name. He was a likable fellow, and she did not have anything against him (that was for her mother) but by the time Kira was sixteen she had three younger step-siblings who she loved but was not attached to and it was all too much.

Kira began to feel more and more as if she did not belong in this family, and she wished that she could go live with her father, where she could be with her friends whose company she loved and who did not judge her based on a name and lifestyle and history she did not choose.

• TABLE TENNIS PLAYER: Ariel Hsing as Kira Kira