Haha, she does reply :D The majority wanted her to, so here ya go!


She stared at the cell in her hand. Well… Her heart was racing and she felt nervous suddenly. Why should she reply? Or no...why shouldn't she? Why-why was this such a difficult decision?!

With a shaking hand, she texted back a reply.

"What"

Oh boy.


Add jumped when his phone gave a sound. He sighed and closed his eyes before opening them again and grabbing it, and putting in his pass key. His eyes widened. She...actually replied. He was not expecting that, to say the least. He swallowed. The hell was he supposed to do now? He quickly ran through a number of replies in his head before brainlessly typing

"I'm bored"

He cringed at himself. He sounded like a whiny child. Her reply came quickly.

"Well.."

'Well' indeed...What was he thinking? Why did he decide to text her without actually thinking about it. Now he didn't know what to say. He thought about not replying at all-just ignoring it, pretending he never texted her in the first place.

That would make him seem even more childish.

"How are you?" He wondered how creeped out she was now. He could feel the strained awkward tension.

"I am well." He could practically hear the frosty tone she would use.

"That's good"

Oh God this conversation hurt. It couldn't really even be called a conversation...He heard the doorbell ring and got up to get it. His dinner had arrived. He set the box on the table and sat down, picking up his phone. She hadn't replied...and for some reason he was disappointed. Despite the awkwardness, he noticed he had stopped thinking about his troubles, and now decided he didn't want their little exchange to end just yet.

"My dinner's here. What 'bout you?" He casually texted as he grabbed the box and headed to the couch.

"I cook." Oh yeah, that's right.

"What are you having? I just ordered pizza cause I'm a lazy ass." He cracked a grin at his own reply.

"I made soup...and I agree." He read as he clicked through channels. He moaned lightly as he bit into the slice of pizza in his hand, having found a random show to watch. (It was on cats).

"Well, at least the pizza's damn delicious."


Eve chuckled a bit at that. Actually, she had smiled or laughed at his past few texts. She hadn't thought such an awkward, hostile-on her end- conversation would turn out with her laughing. As hard as she tried to not feel anything, her heart fluttered every time her phone buzzed. She wasn't supposed to be enjoying speaking to-or texting him. Hadn't she made herself promise that? She stood up to clean her empty bowl, taking the phone with her, thinking about checking on her new kitten.

"What are you doing now?"

She set down the bowl and texted back.

"I'm washing dishes."

"That's boring."

"I'm so sorry."

She shook her head and smiled slightly. She had to admit he was quite good at holding conversations, or keeping them non-awkward. Having finished with her chore, she made her way upstairs, wanting to pet Shiro again.

She walked quietly, but he woke anyway, eyes opening slightly. She slowed her movements. The kitten watched her, and tensed as she approached, readying himself to run. Suddenly she got another text.

"You should be." Geez he replies late.

She kept an eye on her kitten and answered.

"'I'm actually not."

" ): "

She giggled, but caught herself and coughed. Her kitten moved away as she sat on the edge of the bed. She raised hand to pet him, but he hissed. She blinked, feeling her heart sink. She raised the phone and snapped a picture of the kitten. Attaching it to a text, she said

"He doesn't like me"


Add blinked in surprise. She had a cat? When did she get a cat? Never mind that. He smirked.

"Bet it'd love me tho"

"...No."

He laughed and responded. "Uh huh"

"Again, no he wouldn't, and are you done yet? I have stuff to do."

He felt disappointment well up in his chest. He sighed and texted back. "Yeah yeah, fine. I'll stop bothering you." After sending that, he thought for a second and added a ' :P '

She didn't reply and he leaned back on the couch, thinking about that exchange. It seemed he had gotten her to talk a little...something he wished he taken time to do before-wait- why? He furrowed his brows. There was no need for conversation with the relationship they had before. Did he regret not getting to know her, at least a little? No way..of course...not.

He had to admit, he enjoyed casually speaking to her. It was nice...calming, for whatever reason. His thoughts wandered to her new cat. It was cute, he begrudgingly internally admitted. There was just something about cats that made them so lovable.

He looked at the TV again. The cat show was still going on. He shrugged and settled in, grabbing another slice of pizza and watching intently.


Eve gave up searching for the little cat, as it had bolted as soon as it saw the opportunity. She sighed and leaned against the kitchen counter-where she had ended up. How long was he going to hide from her? Suddenly her phone buzzed-this time it wasn't too surprising.

"Heeeeelllllo Eve!"

Eve smiled at her friend's text.

"Hey, Rena."

"Sooo….I know this guy..and he's kind of lonely.."

Oh. She knew exactly where this was going.

"Rena..you know what I'm going to say."

"You're right-but I still want you to give it a try! I already set up the date...for this weekend actually."

Eve blanched. Was she serious? Her friend did this without actually consulting her about it? She slapped a palm to her forehead.

"PLEASE JUST GIVE IT A TRY!" Another text.

"Please."

And so, for a few minutes, Rena spammed her…

"Okay! I'll go…" She groaned as she pressed send. Well...what could she do now? She knew Rena really was trying to make her happy but...another man? She honestly didn't think...she'd be able to actually enjoy spending time with whoever he turned out to be...

She'd just have to politely make it clear that they were going nowhere, and that it was set up as a joke. Then she would leave and enjoy the rest of her lonely, stressful life, alone...by herself..in solitude. She sank to the floor, head whirling with thoughts. The thing is..she didn't want to be alone..but the only person who'd been able to steal her heart...also broke it.

What did you even see in him!? He used you...he didn't care..he didn't care.. She ran a hand through her hair. Would he...get jealous? If he found out that she was seeing someone, would it bother him?

No..why would it?

She clung to the small thread of hope that maybe he did care..even though it didn't make sense that he would. She wanted him to suffer-to see that she was alright without him. She wanted to make him envious. She wanted him to crawl back to her and beg-

Those were only illusions she convinced herself she wanted to see, she knew that. She rest her forehead on her fist. Why was one man clouding her thoughts day and night? Why couldn't she just stop thinking about him? Her heart fluttered and beat painfully against her chest.

"M-make it stop.." She whispered to herself, clutching at her heart. She felt her eyes begin to sting and she lowered her head. This was pathetic of her-crying over a man, and a man who had torn her apart.

"Shhh..it's alright." His voice sounded in her ear. "I'm here for you." He knelt beside her and pulled her into his arms. He stroked her hair and let her sob into his shirt pitifully.

She wrapped her arms around the knees and buried her head between them. In the end...it was all a dream.


EYYYYY I managed to update~ And guess who's gonna be here next chapter :D (If any of this is confusing, let me know.. I write at night when I'm brain dead so..) Managed to get my beloved Nemesis to Level 72 today, planning on capping her either tomorrow or Friday...I hate leveling.. Anyways~ Thanks so much for the continued support and reviews! To all the guests as well. And as for adding a lemon, as suggested by someone..uhh I think I'll keep this one free of that '^' ehehehe...

So, keep reviewing guys! I'm probably forgetting something I should add here but...I cant think of anything right now. Til next time!