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2~ Call me
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Lord Tamaki was in his corner, gloomy again. He was in that mood more and more often these days.
He had just found out that the Twins had access to a private cell phone of Haruhi's, and that he wasn't getting the number.
Kaoru, of course, joined in making fun of him... but he felt more malicious than normal, like he actually was serious about his gloating, that being closer to Haruhi was an accomplishment that he enjoyed hanging over Tamaki's head. To be honest, his thoughts scared himself a little bit.
He shook it off. No point in dwelling on thought like that. He knew where that got you.
Later that night, he lay in his bed, waiting for his brother to finish getting ready so that they could fall asleep. Rain was falling steadily outside, making hypnotizing patterns on the window pane that Kaoru's cat-like eyes watched with lethargic intent.
Then from the far corner of their room, under the backpacks, came the first bars of a digitalized version of Sakura Kiss. It took a couple startled, confused moments for Kaoru to figure out that the strange high-pitched sound was his ringtone. He fumbled over tiredly, blearily shuffling the bags full of books until he found the offensively ringy deice.
On the front in pixel letters, the name 'Haruhi' was displayed. He stared for a second before his eyes widened and he flipped the phone open, holding it to his ear. "h'llo?'
Literate, he cursed internally.
"Kaoru-chan? This is Haruhi."
"Uh..." My heart should not be beating like this, my heart should not be beating kike this, should not should not... "Hey, Haruhi-chan. What's up?"
"I forgot what pages our English assignment was on, and since we're in the same class, I hoped you could tell me."
"Oh, well..." He grabbed a backpack and zipped it open. It was Hikaru's, but some difference. He flipped pages and felt his stomach flip out for a second before saying "pages one-thirty-eight and one-thirty-nine."
"Thank you."
There was a silence that only phone conversations can have, where both aren't sure whether the other is awkward or not. There was no reason to continue the conversation, but Kaoru didn't want to end it. "So... that's the only reason you called?"
"Yeah, why?"
His heart jolted. Why the hell was she so good at turning questions back on you? He could see why she wanted to be a lawyer; she would be damn good in court. A response, a response... "just wondering. You never know."
"True. Then... I'll see you tomorrow at school."
"Of course." No, that sounded too blunt. "Can't wait." Too much?
"Do you think this rain will let up?"
What?... oh. Thunder. She was scared of thunder. "The weather forecast said it should only be a shower, but if it gets bad... you could call me."
"Arigatou. Tomorrow, then?"
"Mm-hm. Bye, Haruhi."
"Bye."
Kaoru flipped his phone shut, staring at the glowing numbers on the screen, not really comprehending anything but the heat of his face.
Arigatou. See you.
He shook his head and tossed the phone, not caring where it landed and walked back to his bed, plopping himself down on it with an exhausted sigh.
After a second, he turned to his side again and started watching the rain.