My Voice - Tsukishima Kei

6- I'm Home

"Meet...me...at...noon." I read off the text. "I would like shome ice please."

I look at the time and groan. I've been studying for the past 2 hours, but I'm so sick and tired of it.

The air conditioning went off last night and I've been burning up like crazy.

Exams came and went in no time, and I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I was able to get them in English. However, some were left in Japanese and I was able to understand them all thanks to Tsukishima's notes.

It's break now, but I've been bored and just working on learning how to speak properly. And on top of that, Tsukishima has gone to a training camp, so I haven't been able to talk to him much.

I think it's been a week already. When is he coming back?

Ugh...I need to make more friends. We don't even talk in school much, I'm sure it's probably because I annoy him with how much I try to talk to him outside of school.

I'll try to stop bothering him after I give him those tickets to the volleyball match I bought. I wanted to give it to him before summer break, but they didn't deliver in time.

As I lay on the floor of my bed, sweating my nonexistent balls off, I hear my phone go off. I haul myself up and grab it off my bed, sitting down on my mattress.

Ah, it's an email from Tsukishima!

From: TsukishimaK
To: EvaThom
Subject: I'm home
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My eyes light up and I quickly type up a message

Re: I'm Home

Welcome home! Did you have a safe trip?

Re: I'm home

Yes. I'm texting you aren't I?

I purse my lips, not knowing what to say. It doesn't seem like he's in the mood to text. His first email didn't even say anything.

Maybe this is just his nature.

Re: I'm home

Haha, sorry for asking then. I'm glad.

I hear a knock on my door and I put my phone down. I wait a little bit before going and opening it. I gasp in excitement when I see a small orange envelope on the floor with my name on it.

I hurriedly pick it up, taking it to the kitchen and using a pair of scissors to cut it open.

The tickets are finally here! And Tsukishima got home today, I wonder if he can meet up right now.

I excitedly run to my room, getting out a white envelope and putting the two tickets inside. I grab a notecard and start to write what I've been practicing.

'To Tsukishima,

I hope you can enjoy this better. Thank you for the notes!

~ Eva'

Heh, I wrote it all in Japanese! I slip it into the envelope and seal it, writing Tsukishima's name in Kanji carefully on the front.

I grab my phone, seeing he emailed back already.

Subject: Are you busy?
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