Kevin Day

**Kevin Day** is the starting striker of the Palmetto State Foxes. He was originally a member of the Edgar Allan Ravens and was considered one of the best contemporary Exy players alongside his adoptive brother Riko Moriyama until an injury to his dominant hand forced to relearn to play with his right hand.

Along with Riko, Kevin is often called "The Son of Exy" and "The Future of Exy," because his mother, Kayleigh Day, invented the sport along side Riko's uncle, Tetsuji Moriyama.

## Biography

### Childhood

Kevin was born presumably to Irish national Kayleigh Day and David Wymack, who was told he wasn't Kevin's father. Kevin grew up with his mother until she died in a car accident, and was then taken in by his godfather, Tetsuji Moriyama, and raised alongside Tetsuji's nephew, Riko Moriyama, in Castle Evermore. Tetsuji didn't care much for either of them as their guardian, his main goal was the train the two to become the best Exy players in the world. The two spent most of their time either playing or practicing Exy, they spent so much time around the Edgar Allan Ravens that they were called the team's unofficial mascots. The pair had a number one and two drawn onto their cheeks from a young age, Riko being one and Kevin being two. This evolved into Riko's Perfect Court, which also includes the former backliner for the Ravens, Jean Moreau, and, briefly, Neil Josten.

Kevin and Riko were inseparable ever since Tetsuji took the pair in, neither of the two ever appeared alone on camera. The two were constantly in the limelight since their childhood, although this lead to some concern over the effect this could have on their psychological well being, it led to a widespread obsession with the pair and many considered them the future of Exy.

Before the events of The Foxhole Court, Kevin accidentally found a letter from his mother to Tetsuji that revealed his father's identity.

### Evermore

Kevin grew up with the Ravens and his adopted brother, Riko, who saw him as his property. Their goal was to become Exy champions, which they reached, being signed to the US Court, the highest level of American Exy competition in college, as well as playing for the Baltimore Wildcats for an unknown time.

Kevin was the Ravens' best player, and by winter of his sophomore year on the team the NCAA had concerns about Riko holding Kevin back on the court and accused Coach Moriyama of ordering it during an ERC meeting. In response, he pitted them against each other and Riko won, though probably not fairly.

Right after this match, Riko broke Kevin's hand and Kevin went to Coach Wymack's hotel room at the southern winter banquet, following him to South Carolina. Edgar Allan had to release Kevin from his contract due to the severity of his injuries, and covered up the situation as a skiing accident.

### The Foxes

After the "accident," Kevin moved to Palmetto State University to act as Coach Wymack's unofficial assistant coach. This offended his fans, because they thought that Kevin should have stayed with the Ravens. For his junior year, he signed as a striker for the Foxes, now playing with his right hand. This once again made his fans feel betrayed.

Kevin promised Wymack that he would get the team past the fourth match this season.

To train his right hand, he goes to the stadium at night, accompanied by Andrew who won't play with him. Instead of forcing Andrew, Kevin says that he must want to train with him of his own accord. He thinks that one day he will want to.

### The Foxhole Court

When Kevin learns that the Ravens have transferred districts so that they can compete against the Foxes, Kevin panics and has a physical fight with Coach Wymack. He doesn't want to go back to the Ravens and Riko's abuse but considers returning anyway before Riko can make him, in the hopes that this would assuage Riko's rage. Wymack tells him that he and Andrew will handle Riko. Kevin takes his stress out on Neil during practice.

## Appearance

Kevin previously had a number two tattooed onto his left cheekbone, it symbolized his position on Riko's "perfect court," and establishing that he would always be second best when compared to Riko. As a child, he and Riko would write their numbers in permanent marker and retrace it when it faded.

At the end of The King's Men, he has the number tattooed over with the queen piece from chess. This is because the Queen is the most dangerous and powerful piece, despite being less "important" than the king, much as how people treated Kevin compared to Riko, "the King."

Kevin has green eyes and dark hair, and is about 6' to 6'2.

## Personality

Neil’s describes Kevin as arrogant, spineless, and Exy-obsessed. Because of his traumatic upbringing, Kevin most likely suffers from anxiety and PTSD, and is obviously afraid of the people who abused him most of his life. He doesn’t know how to cope with things in a healthy way and lashes out in the court or drinking. He didn’t drink before he joined the foxes. He obsesses over Exy to cope. He’s also made fun for being a ‘healthy nut’ when actually this can also be a result from his time with the Ravens and it’s most likely an eating disorder. Kevin was never alone during his time with the Ravens and probably also has a codependency problem. His teammates care for him to some degree, but they don’t really understand the extent of Kevin’s traumas, even though they know what the Moriyamas are capable of and what Riko did to him.

Because of Tetsuji and Riko, Kevin grew up with the mentality that Exy is the most important thing someone can have, which causes him to be merciless when it comes to the game. He has really high standards when it comes to Exy players and is not afraid to point other people faults.  This, at times, causes people to get angry and snap at him.

Even though he’s shown as someone cold and egoistic, he has his own ways of caring for other characters, like not telling Wymack he is his father to protect him from the Moriyamas (fact that got him angry reactions from his teammates, especially Dan even though this was a matter that only concerned Kevin and Wymack), he’s the first person to recognizing Andrew as someone worthy of something, promising him something to build his life around (he probably meant Exy, as this is something he thinks it’s the most important thing a person can have, but ends up being Neil), he promises Neil to make him court and continues to practice with him even when he knows that Neil is going to die, he promises not to tell anyone the truth about Neil, he offers to remain sober one night so he could watch over Neil while he drinks and offers to be Neil’s listener when he comes back from his time with the ravens. He is also shown to have a close relationship with Abby.

Other people are put off by Kevin's cold personality and his unapologetic way of criticizing. This makes it hard for them to react neutrally and instead causes them to snap back at him.

He is possibly an alcoholic, demonstrated by his crutch on alcohol in stressful situations.

## Relationships

### Andrew Minyard

Kevin was the first person to tell Andrew he was worth something.

Kevin holds on to Andrew's medicine while Andrew is sober, so that Andrew isn't tempted to take it.

He trusts Andrew to protect him from the Moriyamas after they've made their deal. Since Andrew is the only reason that Kevin can stay at Palmetto, Kevin listens to everything he says.

Andrew's first smile after coming off his medication was when Kevin covered his '2' tattoo, signaling him overcoming the hold Riko had on him and becoming his own person.

After the series, they visit each other when they are in the same town, and Andrew always picks up when Kevin calls.

### Neil Josten

Neil and Kevin met for the first time at Evermore for Neil's tryouts. With Riko Moriyama, they watch Nathan Wesninski kill a man. During his time on the run, Neil had a binder full of news about Kevin, as form to keep him connected to himself.

Neil caught Kevin's attention because Coach Hernandez sent the Foxes Neil's file with a tape of him playing. Kevin liked that Neil played like he had everything to lose, so he became determined to sign him to the Foxes. To achieve this, he argued in front of the school board and Coach Wymack that Neil would make Court in five years. Kevin does not recognize Neil from their childhood meeting, though he remembers Nathaniel Wesninski.

When Neil is recruited to play for the foxes, Kevin says Neil can go on to go play court if he promises Kevin "his game". Neil gives it to him and after Andrew clears Neil from his suspicions, Kevin takes him to his night practices, where he teaches Neil Raven drills.

At Kathy Ferdinand's show, Kevin forces Neil to be a guest on the show by reminding him that he gave him "his game" and threatening to stop teaching him at practice. Since Kevin wants to make him one of the best Exy players, he believes publicity like this is the only viable course of action for Neil if he aspires to go pro. When Riko appears as a guest star on the show and starts launching subtle attacks at Kevin, Neil jumps to his defense and calls Riko an asshole on national television.

During the Thanksgiving get together at Abby's house, Kevin offers to watch Neil in case he wanted to drink, saying that he would stop him if he got drunk and started saying things he would regret.

After the incident where Neil goes to Castle Evermore over winter break, Kevin offers to be a listening ear to Neil in case he wants to vent. He tells him that he knows the extent of Riko's cruelty and asks if he wants to talk about it.

Neil states how he doesn't blame Kevin for his fear but needs to see him overcome it. He pushes Kevin to fight back against Riko and stop settling for second place when he could be first.

### Thea Muldani

When Kevin was a freshman in college, he and Thea began a secret relationship behind Riko's back. Thea played as a backliner for the Edgar Allan Ravens before graduating. They lost contact after her graduation and, when Kevin leaves Evermore, Thea learns from Jean that he does not want to remain in contact with any Ravens. She comes to Palmetto State University to confront him at the end of The King's Men and the two rekindle their relationship according to Nora Sakavic, though Thea never truly understands the extent of Kevin's trauma from the Ravens.

### Seth Gordon

Kevin and Seth hate each other. They do not feel a need to reconcile their differences, as Seth is a fifth-year senior and was supposed to graduate at the end of the year.

### Matt Boyd

Because Matt is such a good player and shows enough commitment to Exy, Kevin respects him, but they frequently gravitate from understanding to antagonism.

### Dan Wilds

Dan is angry on Wymack's behalf that Kevin didn't tell Wymack about his paternity.

## Trivia

* Kevin seems to prefer reading or watching Exy games at his desk to playing video games with his roommates.
* Kevin hates sitting in the back of Andrew's car, so he mostly rides shotgun.
* He sometimes slips up and calls Coach Moriyama "the master" despite no longer being a Raven.
* Kevin's last public appearance was on December 4th the year before Neil joined the Foxes.
* Kevin is not a morning person. It is very difficult to wake him up if he is still tired, which is why Wymack keeps him moving to stop him from falling asleep again.
* He knows how to manipulate people.
* Kevin is majoring in history. When he first got to Palmetto he used to talk about it a lot until the other foxes told him to shut up. With time he just stopped altogether.
* He loves to take photographs. In his dorm at the Nest he had a wall of pictures that he had taken during his travels with Riko.