Chapter 2

Phone Shopping

"There it is, Reo," Mai says as we arrive at the store. "Mobile devices with touch screens."

My eyes widen as I observe most people trying out the devices. "Wow! It looks even better than I pictured!" There wee some old cell phones here and there, but most of the store consisted of phones with touch screens.

"So," Mai says, eagerly. "Do you know which one you want?"

"No," I reply. "There's so many of them that I can't choose one."

"Well, let's look at this section first." She leads me to something called "Samsung Galaxy". That's an odd company.

"Umm . . . this looks complicated," I say while staring at the rectangular phone.

"Not to worry," Mai picks up the phone and touches a few buttons. "See? These apps all have labels on them. And look, they even have internet." She presses the "Internet" app on the phone and my eyes widen as a web browser appears on the screen.

"You can even go on the internet with these phones?" I exclaim. "Maybe technology really did improve over the years."

Mai chuckles. "I still can't believe you've never heard of this stuff."

"Shut up, you idiot," I grumble, turning away.

"You know, for a rich girl like you, you could probably afford these phones, right?"

"I guess, but I'm not buying those. Too many buttons."

Mai can't help but laugh. "Every touch phone has many buttons, silly! Like I said earlier, you'll get the hang of it once you try it a little."

I puff my cheeks out as I frown. "Fine, but take me somewhere else. I want to see what other mobile devices they have."

"No problem," She takes me over to another section where it says "iPhone" on it.

"This looks a bit . . . small," I say, picking up the phone.

"It is, but it's about the same as the other phones we looked at," Mai points out. "Here, give it a try." She hands one of them to me as i stare at it like it's totally new to me.

"So, um . . . I press this to turn it on, right?" I mumble as I touch the center button on the bottom. The screen shows up with an arrow pointing to the right. I slowly slide it and a bunch of apps appear on the screen. My eyes widen in amazement. "Wow! This is so cool!"

"Hmm . . . so you like it, huh?" Mai says while rubbing her chin. "Well, I'm glad you like it."

"Mai, I want one that's pink."

"Oh . . . well, the phones themselves come in white or black, but the store does have colorful cases right over there." She points to a section where a few people are buying those items. "The cases are to protect your phone if you ever drop it. You want one right now?"

"Yes. Get me one that's pink."

"You got it." In less than a minute, Mai comes back with the case I wanted and her own.

"I decided to buy the same phone as you," she says with a smile. "I might just have enough money to buy it anyway."

I just give her a nod as both of us make our way to the cash register to pay for our items. Once that's done, the two of us leave the store, holding hands.

"And done!" Mai says as she presses a button. "All my contacts have been added."

"Who did you put in there?" I ask.

"Oh, my family's number and yours. I definitely didn't forget that." She checks her phone again. "Let's see . . . I also put in Shizuku -sama's, Kaede-san's and Yuuna-san's number in as well."

"I see," I say, softy as I finish adding my contacts.

"I'm guessing that you're only adding me to your contacts, right?"

"U-umm . . ."

"What about your parent's number? Don't you call them?"

"T-they almost never contact me since they live overseas," I mutter, almost to the point where I'm close to tears.

"Don't say that, Reo. I'm sure your parents still love you even if they are away. Don't they want to know what their daughter is doing right now?"

I hesitate as I think about this and nod. In that case, I immediately put in both of my parents' numbers on my phone and saved it to my contacts.

"Done," I say as I lock up the phone.

"Excellent. Now then, what should we do now?"

"I'm thirsty," I say, quickly.

"Sure," Mai says. "You want hot chocolate, right?"

"Yes, yes. The usual. Make it really sweet, got it?"

Mai gives me a thumbs up and a wink. "You bet!" With that, she's gone in a flash.

I look over my phone, feeling my heart racing as I look at the phone I bought. "My first touch phone," I whisper to myself. "With the case that Mai got me. I'm so happy." To be honest, I can't be any happier now that both of us got new phones. It makes me so excited to play around with it.

Ring! Ring! Ring!

The sudden ringing made me jump, almost dropping my phone. "Ah! It's ringing!" I look at the screen to see who it is. "Hmm . . . the number. It's from . . . Mai!?" Why would she be calling me when she's this close in the house? "Hello?"

"Hey, Reo!" Mai says, cheefully on the other line. "Just wanted to test it out and see if you like it. Well, bye now!"

She hangs up. I can feel myself trembling with anger from that unexpected call. Once she gets in the room, I'll make sure I'll give her a peace of my mind! The door opens a minute later and Mai comes in with a cup of hot chocolate in her hand.

"Here you go, Reo," she says as she hands me the cup.

"Thanks," I mutter as I take it and sip on it. "Hey, you almost scared me, calling me like that."

"Hehe! Like I said, I just wanted to test it out."

"Were you doing this just to be silly like last time?"

"Why, no, Reo. Didn't you hear what I said?"

"I did. It's just . . . nerve racking that's all." More like annoying to put it this way.

Mai puts her hand on her hip. "It's not nerve racking if that's what you're thinking. You know, you should be grateful that I would be the first one calling you on our new phones."

"Hnnnn~" I couldn't find anything else to say, so I just turn away, feeling my face burning.

Then, it's just a few minutes of silence. I just keep staring at the ground, looking down at my phone. Mai does have a point, I think to myself. So why am I getting so mad over this? "I am grateful. You just scared the heck out of me, that's all."

"Well, you have a weird way of showing it," Mai says, shrugging. She glances at her watch. "Well, time for me to get going. I can't stay in here all day, you know."

"Where are you going?"

"Back to my house. My mom needs me to help out my siblings. I'll see you later."

"Okay, bye."

In a wink of an eye, Mai leaves the room, leaving me seated on the couch. I look over to my received calls again and feel my heart beating. I really am grateful to have Mai be the first to call me.

A/N: Here's the second chapter for you guys. By the way, I got this whole phone idea from "Reo and Mai Diaries" since the whole topic of the series is getting a new phone. So, I thought I would use the phones we have today and use that as a topic. Anyway, feel free to give out any suggestions questions or concerns and don't forget to review. :)