©Fujiwara Hiro

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CHAPTER 7: CALL FROM AFAR

RIIING! RIIING!

An insistent call from my cellphone woke me around midnight.

I gropped it on my side table until I found it.

'Hello?' I croaked.

'Misa-chaaan!' Usui sang on the other line.

'Do you know what time it is here?' I irritably asked him, though my heart leapt at the sound of his voice. It had been 3 long weeks since I've heard from him.

'Yeah, it's around 9pm-' he started to answer.

'No! it's already midnight here, you idiot!' I shouted at the phone.

'Oh, sorry. My calculations were off,' he apologized.

I sighed, 'S' alright, just don't do it again. I might threw this stupid cellphone of yours!' He usually made his calls between 7 to 10 in evening as he didn't want to disturb my sleep.

I heard him laughed, 'Sorry!'

A long paused.

'So, how are things there?' I asked casually.

'Fine, just busy as ever. Sorry, I hardly have time to call you,'' he sighed.

'Hey... it's not your responsibility to call me everyday. I just want to hear from you from time to time, that's all. It doesn't have to be everyday, okay? I know you're busy so I understand,' I explained to him patiently.

A few seconds past before he answered, 'Thank you,'

We exchanged stories & news to each other from these past weeks. We laughed & teased each other like we always did. I didn't realize how I much I missed him until I had tears in the corner of my eyes.

After a few minutes, I heard a muffled voice on the his line.

'Excuse me for a while,' he said hastily.

'Sure,'

He hold the call & when he came back, his voice was filled with sadness.

'Misaki...' he said solemnly.

'Hmmm?' I knew he has to finish our call for tonight. My throat tightened.

'I wish I could talk to you more but I need to go now. I have to attend to a conference. I'm sorry, I promise to call you some other time.'

'Yeah, it's fine. Take care of yourself, don't skip meals & sleep well,' I ordered.

He chuckled, 'Yes, ma'am!'

'Okay, bye... I love you, I miss you.' I whispered.

'I know. I love you too, so much,' he emphasized on 'so much', it made me smile.

I dropped the line & check out the phone. The call was just for less than 5 minutes but it was the best 5 minutes of my life for these past weeks. It made me so happy to hear his voice again.

Before I went back to sleep, I caught a glance on my phone's wallpaper, which has the image of a grinning Usui, a picture he sent to tease me. I grinned too & slumbered back into a pleasant sleep.

minna-san, harooo! Thanks for reading my story. I hope you like it :)

it's a short chapter, ne? I just want to them to take a break from being together & being lovely dovey... sometimes it makes me sick but we love them, right? we love them! o*u*V

(oh & also, I'm sorry for such long chapters... believe me, its not my idea! the culprit is my fingers! they just love to type & type & type until I realized its already 6 pages long o.O)

anyway, watch out for the next chapter, okay?

ja, mata ne! :)

BTW: Belated Merry Christmas & A Happy Prosperous New Year To All Of You!