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Senpai-notice-me: Matsuoka-senpai?
Senpai-notice-me: Matsuoka-senpai?
nitoriplzleave: WHAT
Senpai-notice-me: Why aren't you responding to my calls and text messages?
nitoriplzleave: read the username
Senpai-notice-me: Oh. I'm sorry.
Senpai-notice-me: The team misses you.
nitoriplzleave: I don't care
Senpai-notice-me: I hope we see each other soon.
nitoriplzleave has disconnected
Senpai-notice-me: I miss you.
"Why doesn't senpai like me anymore," sighed Nitori. The rain was hitting the concrete pavements hard, and he could hear car wheels splashing through puddles on the road. Nitori was glad he had his hood up.
"Oi," came a voice. Nitori turned.
"You…" the person slowed down. "You got the stuff?" he whispered.
Nitori held out a bag. The man gave him the money, took it and left.
Nitori sighed again. This job was no fun.
"Hey," someone said. Nitori blinked.
"You're Nitori, right?" The guy was about half a foot taller than him. Nitori looked up to see his face.
"'Big Nit', actually," Nitori corrected. "Unless you're a cop, in which case, it's Aitori Nichiro and that is definitely not an anagram."
The other boy smiled at him. "Are you new to this?" he asked.
"No," Nitori said defensively. "I've been doing it for a month,"
"Are you friends with Rin Matsuoka, Big Nit?"
Nitori gasped. "I-I-I… I can't tell you that."
"Well, he was talking about you recently."
Nitori felt butterflies in his stomach. Senpai was talking about me?!
"Really?" Nitori said, attempting to sound nonchalant. "What did he say?"
"Something about you texting him every day. He asked Chikato to block your number."
His heart dropped and he felt anger pulse through his veins. "Who is this Chikato?!" he yelled.
The other boy backed away. "I don't know." He looked as though he was about to leave, until he remembered what he originally came to ask. "Do you know why Rin came back from Australia?"
Nitori was still fuming. "He didn't tell me. He stopped talking to me!" he cried.
"Ok. I'm sorry for disturbing you."
The boy walked away.
"Wait!" said Nitori. "Who are you? How do you know Matsuoka-senpai?"
"My name's Makoto. Makoto Tachibana. I used to go to his swim club. We're starting up another one… just don't tell him I said that." Makoto smiled again and left.