Title: Waiting
Author:
Ree
Theme: Motoki - hurricane
Genre: General
Version: Anime
- season 1
Rating: G
Most of these characters belong to Takeuchi Naoko. I just asked Motoki and friends to tell us some tales.
Waiting
The TV in the corner of the Crown was stuck on the international news station. No one was allowed to change the channel. Motoki leaned out of the kitchen, and peered at the screen. The map filled him full of dread. There it was in all its white spiral cloud glory, and it was heading for Kenya's coast. He knew that Reika was in Nairobi, but that it didn't stop him from worrying. You never know how far a category four hurricane was gong to blow in-land.
Straining to listen, he caught that the storm surges were already hitting the shore.
Placing the trays down where Unazuki could get them, Motoki headed back into the kitchen. Turning the radio up, he listened as the news reported the landfall of the leading edge. They were already tallying the death toll, and the most of the storm was still over the water. The beeping of the fryers covered over the breaking news report. Hitting the button that shut off the timer with more force than it needed, he yanked the basket out of the grease. 'What was it? What happened?'
Glancing at his cell phone sitting open on the corner of the prep counter, he stared at the message he could not bring himself to erase. The person you are trying to call is currently out of range.
'I'll try again tonight. That will give the storm time to blow out.' Holding onto hope with all his might, he waited. Waiting was the hardest part. Waiting undermined hope.
Dragging his eyes from the phone, he prepared the next order by route.