Title: Phone calls
Author: Tuliharja
Disclaimer: Fruits Basket belongs to Natsuki Takaya, I'm only writing fan fiction about it.
Summary; A drabble collection about Ayame and Hatori's phone calls to each other, because Ayame just loves talking on the phone! Also, implied Mabudachi phone calls. Oh my, the phone bills just doubled...
Author's note: Most of these drabbles are based on true events or what I've heard from other people...I hope you'll enjoy reading this. Thank you Rot-chan for betaing this.
X. Missing
It was a quiet afternoon at the Sohma residence and Hatori was doing some paperwork. The whole day had been peaceful and to Hatori's mild surprise he had already done half of his workload.
Later that evening, Hatori finally finished for the day. He checked his clock, noticing it was already 7 PM. The doctor then walked to his answering machine, not finding any messages on it. This puzzled Hatori slightly, but he didn't think anything of it.
Afterwards, Hatori went to check up on Akito just to be sure, before going back to his office. The man sat for a while, thinking placidly. Hatori had nothing else to today. He looked briefly his clock; it now read nine PM. He again went to check his answering machine - but still there weren't any messages.
Hatori frowned and then walked back to his office, sitting down to his chair. He tapped the table thoughtfully, looking a the phone, a bit irritated. It was odd that Ayame hadn't called him today or left dozens of his usual messages. Usually he was so busy talking to Ayame, his work didn't progress at all. The doctor sighed.
He hated to admit it –but seemed to miss Ayame calling.…