Deep Dark Secret
Chapter 7 - The Call

All that weekend Michiru was worried. She was completely unable to get a hold of Haruka. Everytime she had called, there was either no answer, or she was told that Haruka didn't feel well and was sleeping. Either way, it was bothering her a lot, knowing that her friend was avoiding her at any cost. That's when Michiru remembered that Haruka had never made the promise to her, about not hurting herself, she thought the worst, and had herself worried all night, that weekend.

Late Sunday night, early Monday morning, Michiru laid in her bed, unable to sleep. She was too worried about her love. 1 A.M. the phone in Michiru's bedroom rang, she answered it, praying that it wasn't the hospital telling her that Haruka was injuried, or worse...that she was dead.

"Hello?" her voice was soft, and worried.

"Mi...Michiru...ca...can I...come over?" It was Haruka, her voice seemed a little weak.

She looked over at her clock, and yawned slightly, trying to act like she had been woken up from a deep slumber. "But, Haruka, it's 1 a.m. Aren't you going to sleep?"

What she heard next scared her, Haruka screamed and she heard a click. She stayed on the line for a few minutes, hoping that she would come back to the phone. When she heard nothing, she hung up and cried herself to sleep, she hadn't known what had happened, the only thing that she could do was pray that nothing went wrong...



Monday morning came all too soon for a sleepy Michiru. She had kept herself up all night, thinking of all the reasons why Haruka would have screamed and why she would have hung up the phone in such a hurry.

The only thing she could hope for was Haruka being there, and being sane. She walked down the street to her bus stop, nothing went wrong. She made it to school, thoughts running rampent, worry about Haruka was killing her. The thought that Haruka may have been pushed over the edge was also bugging her. Why would she of called at such an hour and ask to come over?

That's when her bus pulled into the driveway of the school, and what she saw there nearly killed her...