Showered by the Stars

10. It just makes you weak

The honking car from the next house woke me up from my sleep.

It was strange. It seemed as if I wasn’t really dreaming and I was just closing my eyes, yet I still slept for a long time.

The house was unusually quiet. I went to the kitchen to grab something to eat and found a letter on the table.

‘Mi-chan, we’re going out for awhile. I’m going to accompany your dad to the company’s party. There’s some burger, pizza, onigiri and pasta. You can eat it until dinner. We’ll be home at 9:00 pm.’ Mom’s letter said.

Hmm—what time is it?

I looket at the wall clock. Ah? It’s almost lunch time?

“Ah!! It’s so boring inside the house” I shouted at the empty house.

I got myself some pizza and sat on the couch. I phoned Kana-chan but the manager was the one who answered. I messaged Ran-chan and she replied me with, “I’m on a date with Ryu. Disturb me later.”

 “But I’m so bored. Nobody else’s home.” I replied. Ran finally called.

“Kana called me this morning. She said she’ll be busy all day. Call those people in your phonebook.” She said.

“But they said they’re busy. And some of them said that they want to sleep all day. Others have dates! Waaaa! Hang out with me! Leave Ryu!” I whined.

“Sorry. That’s not possible. If you’ve called everyone in the phonebook then I’ll send you a few numbers.” She said.

“Okay!” I said, happily.

She sent me three phone numbers.

I called the first one but it says out of coverage area. The next one is Kurosaki’s phone number.

Hmm---

Eeeek! No!!!!! I don’t want to hang out with him! I’ll look like a mistress of a mafia boss.

Then the next one is—eh? There’s no name on this one. Ah! Whatever.

I called the last phone number. It rang. After a few seconds, it was picked up.

“Yeah?” the voice over the phone said. It was a guy.

“H-hello?” I said.

“Yes? May I ask who this is please?” he asked.

“Erm—it’s Minami Mizuki—Umm—you might not kn—“

“Aiya! It’s you Minami-san! What’s up? Why did you call?” he asked.

“Eh??” my voice was loud over the phone.

“Don’t ‘Eh??’ me! What’s the matter? Why did you call?” he asked.

“Erm—actually I just kind of called the number Ran gave me. I didn’t know who owns it.” I said.

“Ah.—I thought it was odd that Minami-san will be the first one to call me. So that’s what it was about.” He said.

Eh? Oh no! Was he hurt? Or could it be that he thought I was trying to look for some phone pal? No!!!!

“Um—may I ask who you are? Sorry to bother you,” I said.

“It’s—Takeshima Masato.” He said, hesitating.

“Eh?” Why did Ran give me his number?

 “……………” he didn’t speak.

Ah! Crap! I was really mean just now!

“Hey! Um—I was wondering, would you like to hang out?” I asked.

“Hmm—so that was sure purpose for calling?” he asked.

“Um—yeah.” I said. What does he mean?

“What if I refuse?”

“Ah! Eh? Um—if you’re busy then it’s fine. I’m sorry to bother you on a rest day. Well then—goodbye.”

“Oi! Oi! I did say ‘If’, right?” he said.

“Um—yeah—you did.” I said.

 “Well then, what if I say okay?” he said.

“Ah—then please hang out with me today ‘cause I’m really bored.” I said.

“Alright. If you think you’ll have fun with me.” Ah!

I blushed.

“Ah—y-yeah.”

“Where should we meet up? What time?” he asked.

“Um—how about in Shibuya? An hour from now. If it’s okay.” I said, hesitating.

“Okay. See you there.” Then he hung up.

My mind was blank. Did I just ask a guy out? Eh!??? No way!!!!

I ran upstairs to dress up. I wore a blush rose tank top, linen cargo shorts, Estaphania sandals, falabella bag in nude and an Eco 101 aviator.

I sprayed on some Coach perfume then went to Shibuya.