"You're late." Tezuka commented as he handed a can of cola to Fuji, which he then waved off.
"An emergency came up." Fuji curtly replied.
He settled on the novelist's writing table and skimmed the outline of the 'novel' he was 'supposed' to transcribe direct from Tezuka's mouth. It was already 8:20 in the evening, and Fuji still had to meet up with his sister by 9:00.
"Got some appointment after this?" Tezuka mused, noticing Fuji's slight worried look.
"Sort of."
"With who?"
Fuji stopped what he was doing, and flashed a min-your-own –business look at Tezuka. The novelist cleared his throat.
"Well you better go." he simply said.
Fuji sighed.
"And then what? You'll let me go back here right after my appointment, and continue doing this stuff?...You got to be kidding.."
Silence.
"You may do this tomorrow night. I'm not in a hurry anyway." Tezuka casually declared.
Fuji frowned and glanced at the digital clock on the desk. 8:30. 'Not good',he thought, considering the traffic and all other possible street problems that may come up along his way. He hated it, but Tezuka was right, …he really need to go.
"Tomorrow night, then." Fuji said the moment he stepped off Tezuka's room.
Tezuka just answered him with a nod.
"Ne, Syusuke..what do you think about Tezuka-kun?.." Yumiko suddenly asked.
They were having a dinner at a restaurant together with Saeki, her sister's boyfriend. Had it been known to Fuji that this would be a date, he would have refused her sister's invitation to dine with her.
"Onee-san …how can you talk of other guys in front of Saeki-kun.."
Saeki chuckled.
"Daijobo, Syusuke-kun. He saved Yumiko after all. Maybe I'll pay him a visit some time."
Fuji smiled.
He then made up his mind to do his unfinished business. He couldn't anymore allow his family to have any close tie relationship with Tezuka.