I Must Wait

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Time is passing on and on, and Usagi-San still has not come home yet. I just assumed that he went out to get smokes, or go on a quick car ride. The suspense is killing me, and I can barely sit still.
That pit in my stomach is rising, and I am trying to distract myself. I cooked some foods I've been waiting to try, but it only reminded me of when Usagi-san would interrupt me cooking to wrap his cold arms around me from my back, and whisper into my ear with cigarettes on his breath.
Sitting next to Suzuki-sama did not help either. I glanced over at him whenever I took my eyes off of the door.
His fuzzy fur still had a slight dis coloring from when I split Ramen noodles all over him. Those weeks when Suzuki-sama was getting cleaned was pure hell when I had to take his place for Usagi-San until he was fully clean.
A teardrop manages to fall onto the palm of my hand. * * *

「私は本当にそれくらい彼を混乱させるま
したか? 」
[Did I really upset him that much?]

What I said was pretty harsh...

「彼は今までに戻ってくるのだろうか?

[Will he ever come back?]

My eyelids began to feel heavy, as I contemplate my decision and final results.
I lay down on top of Suzuki-sama and before I know it, I begin to fall asleep, with the door as my last sight before I drift away.

•••

The sound of the doorbell immediately made me spring up. My mind goes directly to Usagi-san.
I rush to the door, almost tripping over the glass table in the center of the room.

I press the button on the speaker phone to see two police officers. Terrified, and upset, I tell them I will open the door, and do so.

"Good afternoon sir, are you the resident who lives with the man, Usami Akihiko?"

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