For the next forty-eight hours Millu didn't contact me. I talked with everyone in SUNSRISK HAHKG, managed all the updates and new systems Inu wanted done to the site and almost completed the skeleton.
Let's just say sleep had been my friend. To prove that, I was currently sitting back in my chair, munching on popcorn and watching the live action Avatar the Last Airbender movie. Kamakiri was watching the same thing on his monitor.
"Dude if you were here I would start throwing popcorn at you. I'm bored." My foot began tapping the lip of my desk and I found myself watching that instead of the screen.
"Aw, I want popcorn."
"Too~ bad soo~ sad." I sang. "Eh, did you know, your foot looks really cool when you tap your toes?" Then I giggled, holding my hand just in front of my mouth.
"You're not sleeping again are you?"
"How could you tell?" My voice dripped with sarcasm on the last word, my eyes seeking out my bare toes again.
"Didn't Inu tell you to go to bed before you get loopy again?"
"Thanks dad number two." I rubbed my eyes and shut off the movie. The colors were pretty but it was not holding my interest.
"Want to talk?"
"Talk 'bout what?"
"What's bugging you. You always stop sleeping when something is bothering you."
Was it really that simple? I could always give it a whirl.
"Well…" I paused as I sorted my thoughts. "I think I found out who Mr. Mystery is."
"Woo-hoo! Congrats girl! So who's the mystery guy? Or is it a girl and that is why you're all depressed?" He teased, I could almost hear the smile.
"Mr. Mystery stayed Mr. Mystery." I grumbled.
"So why the glum chum?"
"His real name… I think his real name is…" I gulped, suddenly feeling superstitious.
"Spit it out Kitsune!" Kamakiri begged.
"Zoldyck. Milluki Zoldyck."
Something came through the mic that was, well, I don't know what it was.
"Kamakiri? Hey, are you okay?"
"If I say no will you say this is all a nightmare?"
"Not a nightmare, you are wide awake."
"H-how can you even say that name?!"
"Believe me, I don't want to but I think it's true. Do you want to know the scariest part?" I pulled a lock of hair in front of my shoulder to braid it.
"Please! No more!"
"I think Illumi Zoldyck is in my class." I whispered, doubly afraid now that I have spoken two of their names.
Middle of the night, I live alone, I've invited an assassin into my home, and now I was repeatedly saying a name I swear is akin to 'Beetlejuice'.
"You. Are. Cursed. Sleep with one eye open. I know I will be." His fearful tone was not a comfort.
"Thanks man. At least you've got some distance between you, I'm… well, a lot of things. Tired? Not one of them."
"You can't stay awake forever."
"No, but I still have a good while before I drop from exhaustion." I heard him muffle a yawn.
"I don't. Stay alive."
"Meanie." I called as his mic disconnected. Only after the conversation was done did I see the message flashing on my laptop. I was the only one on chat, so that meant the message had to be from…
Kitsune.
-M
…Yes?
-Kitsune
Do you want to know who I am?
-M
Was this some kind of trick question? Or had he…?
I ran a quick check and found that there had been a bug implanted in my system. Nothing harmful but irritating.
When did you hack my system?
-Kitsune
Oh, you found it?
-M
$$hole
-Kitsune
I applaud your firewalls, they were quite a challenge. The bug won't be around for long, it was strictly for temporary use.
-M
Why?
-Kitsune
I was bored.
-M
He. Was. Bored?! I swear those three words gave me a permanent eye tick. One thing I loved was my system and he messed with it out of boredom?!
I was usually mild-mannered. Usually I was never overly serious while hacking. The last time I had gotten serious was when I had tried hacking into his system.
And that was when I had not been prepared. One of my current projects had been modifying all the codes he had used on me so they would turn back on him.
Time to test drive.
I pulled down the notebook I needed and copied the code with ease. Let us just see if he can deal with a little payback.
Over an hour later we were still going strong, but ever so slowly my eyes were drooping. Keeping up with Milluki was tough. He really was a master hacker.
I blinked my eyes closed for a second and came awake to my alerts beeping.
What's wrong? That was too easy.
-M
Grr! I bit down on my lip hard enough to draw blood and pounded away at the keyboard. How could I let myself slip up like that? Especially against someone like him.
Time to go Kitsune.
-M
He was gone. My shoulders slumped and I rested my head against my desk. That had taken a lot out of me. Now I felt like I really could sleep. I hadn't confirmed whether it really was a Zoldyck I was playing against, but know what? That was okay. He was a fun challenge.
I gave a big yawn before snuggling into the crook of my elbow. I was too tired to actually make my way to bed but I did remember to disconnect my mic before I slipped into sleep.
Weekends were awesome…