Things You Said With Too Many Miles Between Us
She called him too many times to be healthy. At least, that was what Kami said, but Kami thought calling him even once was too much.
Nonetheless, Marie thinks that her close friend is, for once, right. How many times was she going to torture herself with calling Stein when she was trying to adjust herself to Oceania's timezone, attempting to get over her jetlag? How many times was she going to listen to the dial tone, dreaded the fact that he wouldn't answer?
When the droning, mechanical sound came through once more, informing her that his phone was ringing, she held her breath. Her lungs felt cold and almost all of her felt jittery and nervous.
"We can't come to the phone-"
She hung up.
Every time, she would wait with everything inside of her coiled tightly, tense, not wanting to hear the voicemail message they recorded together.
Perhaps he was angry at her. Maybe he was resentful that she left, but she had never wanted to. She wanted to stay in Death City, with him and all her other friends: she didn't want to feel alone in Oceania, lugging around paperwork, in charge of too many people, halfway around the world.
He was the one who wanted to make her a Death Scythe. He had no right, no right at all, to avoid her calls.
But, then, she realizes that he likely wasn't. Maybe he didn't even hear the phone ring. He'd always been so caught up in his experiments, often times not even realizing if she was in the room with him.
She takes a deep breath and calls once more, her fingers playing with the cord of the phone.
"We can't come to the phone right now! Plea- oh, just say please, Franken!-…Please leave a message after the beep!"
Marie almost wanted to giggle. It took them twelve tries to get the recording, and even then, she had simply given up. Her cheerful tone mixed with his deadpan, making for a humorous contrast.
She just wanted to see him again. Hear him saying something other than the prerecorded message. She took in a deep breath, her heart flopping in her chest.
"I miss you."