~ Day 4- Good Night! ~

Takane's phone vibrated impatiently next to her as she booted up her PC. She thought for about two seconds if she should check out whom had sent her that text, but, since there was only one person who ever texted her, she thought it would be a waste to not at least read it.

As she unlocked the screen, a small box saying One new message! –Kokonose Haruka: "hey takane, are y..." greeted her. Couldn't those stupid cell phones at least display the whole message? Their screens were big enough to, so why bother? Irritatedly, she opened the text.

Kokonose Haruka, 6:47PM, wrote: "hey takane, are you coming online today?"

Takane smirked at that and threw herself on her futon, choosing to torment Haruka just a little while with the suspense whether she would come online or not. Plus, she liked texting this way much better. And so she wrote,

I, 6:49PM, wrote: "well,well,i really wonder"

Of course she would go online then, later on, and she knew that Haruka knew that too, but he wanted to make sure of it for he planned on playing together with her and she... what kept her from doing that? It could be fun. But it was Haruka, so she couldn't play with him by her side, because of...

Because of what exactly?

Irritating as that was, they still kept on playing that game of "will you come or not" until Takane's screensaver turned on. Only then did she give in, getting up to take a seat in front of her PC and logging in on Dead Bullet 1886.

At around midnight, her phone vibrated again. Haruka had somehow forgotten that he could just use the in-game chat for his messages. But that was just so like him, Takane thought.

Kokonose Haruka, 12:05AM, wrote: "you should think about going to bed, takane. –w-"

I, 12:06AM, wrote: "rigth back u"

Haruka was ill. He should have gone to bed at least two hours ago. Takane felt awfully bad about not telling him to go to sleep back then and kept him up until midnight on a school night. And now he was the one telling her to go to sleep. But he was right about that. She should go to sleep and then, tomorrow, she'd be more bearable than usual.

Kokonose Haruka, 12:08AM, wrote: "i just wanted to tell you that before going to sleep myself. jeez takane."

She chuckled a bit at that. Of course Haruka had the guts to tell an elite-gamer such as Lightning Dancer Ene that she should go to bed like a good little girl. Takane grinned and felt her face heat up a bit from exhaustion.

I, 12:10AM, wrote: "im goin 2 bed login of real quik chec it"

Kokonose Haruka, 12:14AM, wrote: "good night, sleep tight!"

Takane really did log out, then, just to play another game, this time one she rarely played anymore. After she was sure that Haruka was in bed, that meaning, fifteen minutes after his last text, she went back online at Dead Bullet again and sighed.

Haruka was just troublesome, sometimes. He meant well, but when Takane herself didn't care about being well, then it should bother that guy even less. Yet he disregarded her wishes and instead, he became her walking conscience. He was, theoretically, good for her in some aspects, she reluctantly admitted to herself.

After she'd played for five minutes again, her phone vibrated. Nervously, she checked her in-game friend list. Damn.

Kokonose Haruka, 12:41AM, wrote: "i can't sleep if i know you're still awake."

The girl smiled wryly and, now, without any intention of coming back on in a few minutes, she logged off and shut down her computer.

I, 12:44AM, wrote: "happy now? god nighe."

Kokonose Haruka, 12:47AM, wrote: "see you tomorrow. sweet dreams."

Takane fell asleep quickly that night, even though she was wondering whether Haruka was getting enough sleep now. Looking out for each other, was her last thought that night.

But her dreams turned out to be sweet, anyways.

I can't come up with anything! Argh, it sucks so much that they can't always hang out outside of school!