Phone Calls

One phone call: I realized it was as simple as that. People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it's frighteningly easy.

Chris Cleave

Fon didn't get phone calls very often. Phones could be traced after all, and in his profession that was never a good thing, even with his title of World's Greatest.

He did keep a personal phone so his sister could get in touch with him if necessary, but she understood that calling him should only happen if absolutely necessary and for something very important.

So, he had to admit to a sliver of trepidation when he say his sisters' caller ID.

"Mingxia?"

"Big Brother!" Mingxia exclaimed excitedly, and Fon let himself relax, "Kyouya made a friend!"

Fon blinked.

"Really?"

"Yes!" Mingxia all but squealed, rambling on about how this new friend of his nephews wasn't afraid of him, wasn't another of his cousins, and how Kyouya had been going out more, looking happier, and how she was still trying to convince Kyouya to invite his friend over so that she could meet them.

Fon hadn't heard her this excited since they were young children.

Happy, for both his nephew and his sister, he settled down to talk and ask more questions.

He'd finished the job early, so the Triads wouldn't be looking for him just yet.

This place was safe enough.

000

Mingxia had started calling often, not wanting Fon to miss a moment of his nephews' life with the friends he was only now starting to make. Fon had been surprised to learn Kyouya's friend had been a little girl of all things, a few years younger and family only just moving to Japan. He assumed most small children, younger girls especially, would have been intimidated.

According to Mingxia, she wasn't intimidated. She was more annoyed and resigned to Kyouya's more violent streak and was perfectly capable of giving back as good as she got. She had also introduced her other friend to Kyouya as well, a boy this time, and they would regularly get together to play before and after school. Mingxia had sent him pictures of the black eye and bruised ribs Kyouya had gotten to prove it, the boy smiling smugly that his friend wasn't an herbivore.

Fon really shouldn't have let Kyouya watch those nature documentaries the one time he babysat.

Kyouya's friend didn't seem to mind too much the animal kingdom hierarchy the boy preferred. The boy was hesitant around Kyouya, but didn't seem to mind his more violent tendencies too much which officially extended Kyouya's circle of friends to two.

Mingxia had been ecstatic when she had finally been introduced to them, more so once she realized that Kyouya was jealous that the little girl wasn't spending as much time with him as she was with her other friend.

Mingxia had started making wedding plans that night. This girl, whatever her name was, was solely being referred to as future daughter-in-law whenever his sister referred to her to the point Fon didn't even know her name.

It wasn't official at the moment. They were still children after all, and Mingxia and Ryouta would have to talk to the girls' parents and get approval to make an engagement official. The girls' parents apparently traveled for work so they were difficult to get a hold of.

The girl also seemed suspicious of Mingxia's motives and wouldn't give out their phone numbers.

Fon approved of her suspicion. His sister could be quite devious when she wanted to be.

Humming in amusement as his phone went off only a few hours after the last phone call, Fon answered, fully expecting to hear his sisters excited babbling about the birthday party and more chaos in the back ground.

Five minutes later he hung up, face still serene but hands putting cracks in the plastic covering.

He was going to have to rework his schedule a bit, Fon mused. He was originally going to finish this current job subtly, take a week or so, but with current events he was just going to murder them all whole sale to save some time. The Triads will have to take care of covering up the mess.

Sending a quick text to Viper Fon put the phone back in his pocket before he gave into the urge to crush it.

He wasn't sure how long this would take, but he needed a way to communicate with his sister and the time it would take to get another phone couldn't be spared.

He would also need it so he could transfer money to Viper for the delay. The Mist may be babysitting I-pin for him due to a favor, but any extended amount of time he would be gone would cost him.

It was just another reason to kill the ones who kidnapped his nephew.