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She shifted in her sleep, her fanned out pale hair tangling as she moved. Waking, her eyes barely cracked open before she rolled over again to face the window. Movie expectations be damned; if someone actually woke up shooting out of bed drenched in sweat with eyes wide open after having a nightmare, they had bigger issues than what they were seeing in their sleep.
She groaned as she reached out a blind hand to pull the blinds closed and cover the early morning light. Her stomach ached as she sat up, eyes still closed and mouth watering. Crossing her legs, she twisted quickly to snatch her cell phone off the nightstand and sat it in front of her. Leaning her back against the headboard of the bed, she yawned while waiting for the phone to ring. Her eyes grew heavier and heavier as she waited until she gave out a final yawn and…
Buzz… Buzz… Buzz…
Call From:
Panda Blair
"Hello?" She croaked in the phone speaker, her hand shaking as she held the phone and stretched out her arms at the same time.
"Cinnamon Roll, you're awake!" A voice chirped into the phone. She groaned. It was too early in the morning for chirping, let alone being awake.
"Hi Blair," she answered. "Am I late for my shift again?"
"Nah, you've still got… two. Two hours."
She sighed in relief, her head hitting the headboard again while she subtly began to nestle back into her blankets. "Then what'd you call me for this time?"
"I honestly didn't think you'd be awake by this hour, and neither did Gray, and Kaneki agreed with both of us―"
"I'M GOING TO KILL THAT STARCHY HAIRED PIECE OF―"
"Oh shush, you fluffy piece of trash," Blair interrupted smoothly. "You can hardly swat a fly away; catching Hide and actually hurting him would be something I don't ever think your magical coffee could give you the power to do. Beside, I was the one took the dare. Fight me, Cinnamon Roll. Fight. Me."
She made a whining sound before shaking her head and squinting at the closed blinds. She sighed when a weird feeling came over her."What day is today?"
"The first of October. Saturday. Why do you ask, Cinnamon Roll?"
She shook her head as if Blair could see her, gnawing on her free thumb nail. " 'Nuffin," she hummed before smiling. " 'Nuffin muffin. 'Nuffin muffin button." She frowned. "That doesn't rhyme."
Blair agreed over the phone. "Indeed it does not."
"Oh shush you," she snapped back. "You… You… Fellow American?"
"Well you're not wrong, Koral," Blair laughed as Koral groaned and threw the covers back over her head.
"Is there any other reason you called me at," she paused to check her phone, her warm breath heating her face under the blankets, "four-thirty in the goddamn morning?"
"Besides being able to get paid five hundred yen? Nah. Just do me a favor and text Hide that I called you, alright?"
"Wait, can't you just tell him yourse―"
"Byyyye Cinnamon Roll!"
Koral sighed as the other end of the line clicked. Rolling onto her back, she held up her phone as she punched in the numbers and letters and texted Hide.
To: Stupid Face :P
You are so dead and owe BMW 500 yen.
His response was almost immediate.
From: Stupid Face :P
I dared her to do that 3 weeks ago! So not cool…
Koral scowled, now knowing that Blair had just been saving up the excuse to aggravate Koral. She smirked though, still liking the idea of bugging and messing with her friend. Besides,
To: Stupid Face :P
Don't worry, I'm American; your death will be quick and painless. Electric chair or injection?
From: Stupid Face :P
.-.
To: Stupid Face :P
Firing squad it is. BMW, the Plant, and I shall be executing u 8 today at Anteiku. Be there or be |=|!
From: Stupid Face :P
You know if i didn't know any better, i would think you just secretly asked me out. p.s. |=| is a rectangle, not a square.
To: A Dead Man x_x
Next tim = a ded man is what you shall b. XO p.s. leave me alone, i'm sleep deprived.
From: A Dead Man x_x
\(*O*)/ I'll try not to late for my own death. XO p.s. If i bribe you w/ 500 yen and still come, can I not be killed? Pretty please?
To: LOSER
*sigh* Buy me a cup of coffee too and you live another day. Loser. Now let me sleep!
From: The Plant (*^*)
Still flirting w/ Hide?
Koral frowned at the new text. These people need to stop being annoying psychics…
From: LOSER
Deal. Now zzzleep! (get it?! :D)
To: The Plant (*^*)
No. Now let me sleep you crazy ppl! I only have an hour left before i have to get up again and go 2 work.
From: The Plant (*^*)
If u r so tired, then why r u txting?
To: The Plant (*^*)
. GOODNIGHT/MORNING.
From: The Plant (*^*)
Good luck.