Lying on her bed, Anri scrolled through the contacts in her cellphone. Reaching her destined spot, she mumbled the name right in front of her.
"Shizuo Heiwajima..."
She recalled the blonde man giving her his number in the aftermath of the hotpot party, telling her to call him if she ever felt like it. However, she wasn't sure whether he would respond or not. If he had something important to do at the moment, she didn't want to become a nuisance to him.
But still, it would be nice to have someone to talk to—especially with Kida gone and Mikado acting completely strange lately. (The latter even started to distance himself from her, much to her confusion.) Her two closest friends, the ones she depended on the most, were now drifting away in the sea of secrets and problems. It was time for the lonely girl to look for someone who at least anchored their problems on land.
Dialing down the number, Anri waited as the phone took its time.
Brrrrring...brrrrring...brrrrring...
"Hello?"
"Hello, Shizuo-san? It's Anri."
"Anri? Oh hey, what's up?"
"Oh—um, nothing much. I just wanted to see how you're doing, that's all," the girl responded with a shy smile. Hearing the man's pleased tone eased her from thinking she was bothering him.
"I'm doing fine, thank you. I just got out of work for today, and for the first time in forever I didn't have to deal with some idiot giving me crap about paying back his dues."
Anri couldn't help but chuckle, amused by the cheery way Shizuo described his day. Typical Shizuo. But then, she brought herself to ask something. "Umm, by any chance, are you busy at this moment? Or maybe even for the weekend?" She could feel herself swallow just by that bold question alone.
A brief pause. "No, I'm free this weekend. Why?"
"Do you... do you maybe want to hang out?"
Note: I apologize for the months-long hiatus to enthusiastic readers; it's just that I'm busy with schoolwork and two fanfics I'm working on—though they won't be posted on this website. How do I say this... they're too racy for this site's standards—like, "delete adult content standards"—so I'm not willing to risk it. However, I will say this... one of them is ShizuAnri-centered, very intimately so. ;)