Coming together

Chapter two

By KellyQ

Yuuichrou, Shinoa, Kimizuki, and Yoichi walked the dorms. The building didn't look like much. It had simple archways and numbers and names on the side of the doors. Yuuichrou found his room and opened the door. The walls were painted white. The floor was made out wood, and the room was occupied with one desk and two single beds.

Yuuichrou sighed and sat his stuff next to the bed and landed face first on the bed. The broken springs sighed under his weight. Yuuichrou rolled over and looked up at the ceiling. He glanced at the empty bed next to him. I really miss you, Mika! He shook his head. Yuuichrou wanted to move on and forget his friend. He wanted to forget Mikeala's soft husky voice, and his dark blue eyes. But the meager thing Yuuichrou wanted to forget, when it came down to it, was Mikeala's presents.

"I really need to stay focused!" I told myself that I would stop and move on, Yuuichrou thought, sitting up. Yuuichrou fell back down. He was about to morn even more when there was a light knock at the door. "Come in."

The door opened a few inches and Shinoa popped her head in. She had a hopeful look on her face. Yuuichrou sat up with a frown. It wasn't often she had that expression. Yuuichrou had a feeling that there was something up and it involved himself.

"What's up?"

Shinoa opened the door wider and walked in. She closed the door and sat on the empty bed. "I got a message Mikeala –"

"That's nice," Yuuichrou muttered. He lay back down, staring at the ceiling again. He never liked the fact that they talked to each other. It made Yuuichrou feel that Mikeala was using Shinoa to keep an eye on him.

Shinoa watched for a moment before she spoke, choosing her words carefully. "He's coming here to take some classes for a couple of months."

"Well..good for … wait? What?" Yuuichrou turned and sat up, looking more alive. Then he frowned. "Why didn't he tell me that?" Then he just remembered – he blocked Mikeala's number.

Shinoa smiled and shook her head. "You can unblock his number and talk to him … you know." There was a hint of amusement in her voice.

When Shinoa got the message from Mikileala, she gathered, he wanted her to get Yuuichrou to unblock his number so they could chat. Shinoa smiled and replied that she would.

Yuuichrou sighed. "Fin. I will." He closed his eyes and lay back down.

Shinoa nodded her head, got up and walked to the door. Before she opened the door, she looked over her shoulder.

"Mikeala does miss you," Shinoa pointed out, "and I think that you two need to patch the whole thing. I know you two will feel better."

With that, Shiona walked opened the door and walked out. Yuuichrou grumbled to himself. He lay there for a moment until got he himself to sit up. He pulled out his cell phone and found Mikeala's number. Yuuichrou hesitated to unblock Mikeala's number for a brief moment. Just do it! Yuuichrou pressed three buttons and put it to his ear.

"Yuu ...?" came Mikeala's soft voice from the other end.

"Hey ... Mika," Yuuichrou muttered. He tried to keep his heart from beating fast.

"Thanks for unblocking my number," Mikeala said. He sounded tired and stressed, "I need to talk to you ..."

Yuuichrou closed his eyes for a moment, feeling a pang of guilt how he treated Mikileala before he moved.

"We do ..." Yuuichrou finally said, trying to keep his voice from cracking. "Where are you?"

"I'm still in New York ..." Mikeala answer. "I'm going to be attending school in a few weeks..."

"I know ... Shinoa told me ..." there was a short pause before Yuuichirou continued. "Mika ...?"

"Hey ..."

"I'm sorry that I was an ass ... it's just that it wouldn't be the same without you ..." Yuuichrou expressed. He let out a sigh, "I do miss your face ..."

A soft chuckle came from the other end of the phone. "So do I ..." He paused for a moment. "Can I have your e-mail address so you know what day and time to get me at the airport?"

"I will ... it's ..."

"Text me your e-mail," Mikeala said quickly. "I need to go ... but is it okay if I call you later ...? I do miss talking to you."

"Sure ..." Yuuichrou muttered.

They both hung up and Yuuichrou glanced at his phone for a moment before he decided to take a few selfies of himself. It felt strange to do it since he hadn't done it for a while. Yuuirchiou text his e-mail to Mikileala. Yuuichrou looked at the selfies, wondering if he should text them to Mikeala. Yuuichrou decided to text Shinoa what happened.

Down the hallway, in Shinoa's room, she was in the middle of texting Mikeala, when she got Yuuichrou's text. Shinoa chuckled and shook her head. She understood how nervous they were and it was cute.

The Be Continued ...