Disclaimer: I do not own Beauty Pop.

Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait. I've been quite busy with school works. There were a lot of things I needed to do first. BUT, here it is! Story number two! Read and review!

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A Basket of Life in Alphabets

Story Number Two: B for Boring

At the Narumi Residence, 11:30 pm…

Narumi walked out of the bathroom while drying his hair with a white towel. He was wearing a white shirt and a blue pajama. He was on his way to his bed but his phone suddenly rang.

"Who would call this time of evening?", Narumi asked himself furiously, picking up the phone while looking at the caller ID. He noticed that the number was unknown so there were three options for him to do. Option 1: To not answer the phone, leave it ringing, and then answer it in the morning. Option 2: Cancel the call and go to sleep. Option 3: Answer the call, yeller at whoever the caller is and get over with it.

Option 1 was a good choice, but only during morning. To leave a phone ringing while trying to sleep is an idiotic idea. Option 2 was a bit better, but he was a bit curious to whom the caller was, and cancelling before answering is a bit rude. That makes Option 3 the winner.

After deciding what to do, Narumi then pushed the answer button and brought it to his mouth. "HEY! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON WHAT TIME IT IS? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?", Narumi shouted on the top of his lungs. It's a good thing that his parents were on a business trip and Chisami was on a slumber party. They would kill him for shouting like that, especially Chisami.

Narumi brought the phone to his ear to listen to the caller's reply. The other person on the line was silent for a moment before answering.

"Oww…Naru-Naru, did you really have to do that?", came a voice that Narumi was very familiar with.

Hearing that certain voice, Narumi immediately knew who the caller was. At that time, a lot of emotions were building up inside him. But mostly he was shocked, joyful and nervous.

"Naru-Naru? You still there?" the caller asked, bringing Narumi out of his trance.

"Ki…Kiri?" Narumi asked uneasily. He was sweating violently though he just came out of bath.

"Hmmm…That's strange. You called me Kiri. Not Puffy Head?", Kiri inquired on the other side of the line.

"Wha..What? N..No! It's just… Because you… Why did you have to call this late?, He stuttered. Narumi was out of things to say so he just blurted out the first rational sentence that he thought of.

"I didn't though about the time difference. Besides, you're still awake.", Kiri answered back.

Narumi blushed for the thought of Kiri calling him. But still, he answered, a grin visible o his face. "Why did you call anyway?, He asked, wanting to know the details.

"I really don't' know. I guess I'm a bit bored. I woke up too early and I have nothing to do here." He heard Kiri's explanation.

'WHAT? YOU CALLED ME JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE BORED? MAKING ME STAY UP LATE IS YOUR WAY OF SPENDING TIME?, Narumi was disappointed with Kiri's reply. He plopped on his bed while finishing his rant, still holding the phone to his ear.

"My ear hurts.", Kiri said with her carefree voice. By hearing that voice, that carefree but sweet voice of hers, Narumi's anger faded slowly, a hollow feeling replacing it.

"I miss you…a lot.", He stated. He was shocked with the suddenness but that sentence contained his feelings for that moment of time.

Narumi waited for Kiri's response. There was a short pause before he heard her reply. "I missed you, too..a lot", Kiri finally answered back. "You have to go to sleep. It's already late.", She instructed.

"Aren't you bored? You said so yourself.", Narumi asked, remembering the reason why she called in the first place.

"Good night.", Kiri didn't answer to his question properly.

Narumi smiled wholeheartedly, knowing that Kiri wants him to take a good rest. "Yeah, I know. I love you.", he stated just a second before Kiri ended the call.

Narumi brought the phone down and stared at it. He felt so contented by just hearing her voice. He then saved Kiri's number to his phone memory and was about to put it back to the desk but it unexpectedly beeped.

1 new message. This was visible to his phone screen.

He opened it and saw that it was Kiri who sent it. It said:

I love you, too. Goodnight.

PS

I'm note bored anymore. Thanks to you.

THE END

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A/N: Letter B: check! Hoped you like it. I thought of this while I was about to sleep. Thanks for reading! Hope you like it! ^^

Next story: C is for (I haven't came up with anything yet.. heheh)