Internet Friends
A/N: This is a work of fanfiction. Businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. I do not own any of the characters from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
Chapter 2
Hayate POV
Finally it is lunchtime! Gosh! I'm starving for both food and information! Nanoha-chan has been fairly quiet in the forum lately. I can see that she is logged in but haven't been posting much.
I quickly made my way to the usual table out by the field and saw that the Nanoha-chan, Suzuka-chan and Arisa-chan are already there.
"Hey Nanoha-chan. You been fairly quiet recently in the forum lately. I've been meaning to ask but keeps getting side tracked… Is everything alright? Even when you are watching anime, you are still more active. You seem to be logged in daily but haven't heard much from you."
Arisa-chan jumps in "good luck with that. I had been asking her for days now. All I get is 'Nothing'."
Suzuka-chan joins in "Perhaps she had been busy with something else? Well, she is logged in though…"
At this point, everybody turns and looks at Nanoha.
Nanoha scratches her left cheek and replied with a smile, "Nyahaha. It's nothing. I am online, aren't I. Nothing to worry about."
The trio just look at Nanoha… She seems happy so that means nothing bad is happening they all presume and just let it slip.
-0-
Two weeks later
During lunchtime, the trio noticed that Nanoha was looking kind of down.
Yuuno-kun managed to join us today but as usual, he doesn't seem to be able to read into the mood Nanoha is in, and he just went on and on. He doesn't really seem to care that he is not getting any reply from Nanoha.
Finally, 10 minutes before lunchtime ends, Yuuno-kun rushes off while saying something about his assignment was due. Arisa-chan and Suzuka-chan took this chance to excuse themselves so that they can have some alone time. As they were standing to leave, they gave me the 'you go find out and update us later' look.
So it's up to me then.
"Nanoha-chan, what's wrong? You seem a bit down for a whole week now. Plus you haven't logged in for the last few days. Are you not feeling well? Are your family members all good?"
Nanoha takes a deep breath and lets it out, then replied "Everybody is fine, Hayate-chan. I am not sick too. Why is everyone asking me that? Even my mum was asking the same thing yesterday over dinner…"
"Well, it's because it is written all over your face…" Nanoha-chan immediately brings both her hands to cup her face, blushing a little and returning a sad smile… "Is it really that obvious? It's just… Nothing."
"Hey, don't nothing me. Come on, you know you can tell me everything."
-0-
Nanoha-chan seems to ponder a little, as if she is weighing some options in her mind, and finally replies as she slouches over the table, with her arms crossed on the table and buries her head in it "She hasn't come online for a while now. We had been chatting up a fair bit for two weeks daily. She's very nice to and easy to chat with. But suddenly out of the blue, she just stopped coming online… I wonder if I had done something or said something wrong…"
"Who do you mean by 'she'?" Nanoha-chan then looks up at me and replied "BardicheAssault…" A sly smile immediately forms on my face.
Nanoha POV
'Ohh, that smile…. This can't be good…'
Hayate-chan then says, "Ho ho… So, you have been chatting with that newbie from that day? And you had been chatting with her daily for two weeks… Hmm… It must be that two weeks where you are not active in the forum! What do you guys talk about for hours each day, huh?"
"Hayate-chan, it's not like we were constantly chatting. We just kinda watch anime together, discuss about it and such."
Hayate immediately replies, "How do you watch anime with her? Did you both meet in real without telling any of us?"
"Noooo… That is so not possible. And I barely know her! You know I won't do that! She says she is in Italy at the moment. There something called dual screen, Hayate-chan."
I can see a sparkle in Hayate-chan's eyes, that means she is going to poke fun at me now… Hayate says, "So, you meaning to tell me that you were busy chatting and watching anime with her instead of chatting with us? I see…"
Hayate immediately takes her phone out and start texting.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Hayate says, "Well, this is interesting news! And interesting news has to be shared!"
"Have you forgotten?! I told you she hasn't logged in for over a week now…" Nanoha says and sighs.
"True. But what does it have to do with you feeling down? Do you miss chatting with her?" Hayate said.
"That's not true, Hayate-chan. How can I miss someone that I've only known for less than a month…"
With that said, the bell rang, and both Nanoha and Hayate left the table to return to their respective class.
-0-
So for the next few days, the trio just gang up and make fun of me.
"Guys, you all really need to let it go…"
The trio replied in unison, "Only when we feel like it!"
With that, days became weeks, and weeks became months. And just when I have totally given up on BardicheAssault contacting me, a PM alert came up.
-0-
BardicheAssault: Heya, how have you been? Just checking in to see if the offer still stands. I will be in Japan next month!
RaisingHeartExelion: Hmm… you just disappear for months without any notice and you still dare to ask?!
BardicheAssault: Haha. Were you counting the days?
RaisingHeartExelion: Who's counting?! It's only been 4 months!
BardicheAssault: You were counting the days… Did you missed me?
RaisingHeartExelion: Why would I… miss you?!
BardicheAssault: It's been 4 months and 3 days. I really miss chatting with you.
RaisingHeartExelion: …
BardicheAssault: Gomen-ne, RaisingHeartExelion. One thing led to another… I didn't expect to be away that long.
RaisingHeartExelion: Fine. It's alright. It's not like you made a promise to chat with me every day.
RaisingHeartExelion: And I do miss chatting with you!
BardicheAssault: Really?!
RaisingHeartExelion: Noooo…. Typo! That was meant for my friend. Wrong chat! Please ignore that!
BardicheAssault: Right… But I already read it… So it's meant for me! *winks*
* After some moment of silence…
BardicheAssault: … So?
RaisingHeartExelion: I didn't miss you at all. Not one bit.
BardicheAssault: It breaks my heart a little when you say that… but I was asking if the offer still stands.
RaisingHeartExelion: Oh, that. Yea. Why not. But what days? Cos I still have to attend classes and all. How long will you be in Japan for?
BardicheAssault: 2 weeks stating from 08/03/2015.
RaisingHeartExelion: You can do quite a bit in 2 weeks. Any specific places you would like to visit?
BardicheAssault: Yeah. I was hoping to get a good look around. Have nothing planned out yet. Will have to do some reading I guess. Perhaps I can leave it to the local to come up with some fantastic plans.
RaisingHeartExelion: Well, I can recommend some places to visit and such I guess.
BardicheAssault: Even though nothing is set in stone yet, it's a date!
RaisingHeartExelion: Wait…! What?!
