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『13』Talk to Me

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Chapter 13 - Talk to Me

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"Talk to Me" is a simple phrase to depict the longing or yearning for conversations/discussions.

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Saeyoung wandered around his hallways, knowing that if he arrived somewhere, he would end up doing something productive. It has been three weeks since his most recent task. Vanderwood hasn't been visiting often, so there wasn't much informative discussion under the household.

He ate all of his Honey Buddha Chips.

He drank all of his PhD Pepper.

He didn't even feel like fantasizing about Jumin's pet cat.

...Not like he would actually fantasize about Jumin's pet cat. What are you talking about?

The only other thing that he would do was talk to (Name). They exchanged numbers not long after her move to Zen's place. The three - MC, (Name), and Zen - have been cooped up in the small area for a while now. The RFA members were completely okay with Zen's idea of letting them stay, and so the two girls did.

Saeyoung was also glad that Yoosung found key evidence for the accusation case that was filed by Echo Girl herself. The vendor of the goldfish bread.

End scene!

But really, Saeyoung thought that it might prove Zen's innocence. And after a while, they collected more and more hints to the point that the case was pointing towards Echo Girl instead. Talk about karma; Saeyoung knew clearly that this will crush her completely.

And so, the peace begins once more.

"What to do?"

It wasn't long before he continued pacing around and conversing with himself. He considered going outside to shop for food, but he had to see people, and he didn't like people seeing him in his current state. He then considered surfing through the internet to troll people for fun. But then again, trolling seemed to grow old and that people would be irritated to the point of sending him death threats. It wasn't like he didn't mind, or anything, but as he said, "It pinches my poor dark heart".

In the end, he ended up calling (Name). They haven't talked in a while, and he was curious about (Name)'s life while he was away. "Should that be the conversation starter?" Saeyoung asked himself, and ended up discarding that thought right before she picked up.

"Hello?" asked the other end of the line.

"It's me." Saeyoung whispered sheepishly, recieving a deafening silence in reply.

"Oh haha, nice reference. I swear, if that song isn't a meme..."

"Yeah...."

It's nice hearing her voice, Saeyoung pointed out in his head.

"So, what did you call me for?"

"Oh, um, I-I just wanted to say hi." he stuttered, fumbling with his sleeves. He didn't know what to say, as boredom was seeping into his mind. But by then (Name) would end the call too early, and he would be stuck in this torturing isolation once more.

"That's nice to know! Hi, too then, haha."

Saeyoung instantly became awkward. What should you say to a returning friend? The two weren't really best friends, since they didn't talk often to each other. But even so, they brought up very interesting topics, so what happened now?

"So do you...uh...have any pets?"

(Name) seemed to hesitate. "You...want me to talk about pets?"

"Yeah...yeah, I'd like to talk about pets."

"Well, I have no animals whatsoever. Maybe because the landowner here doesn't allow pets. Does your landowner allow pets?"

"I live in a house."

"Oh, okay! So what pets do you have then?"

"I had a fish. It...died a few hours later."

Saeyoung's breath hitched when he heard silence once more. Then he jumped when he heard her bubbly voice.

"My deepest condolences! I'm sure it was a very good fish! I'm sorry for your loss. I hope your okay..."

He laughed upon her unsteady rambling. "The fish and I weren't all that close. I wasn't able to even name it!" 

"Well then. No need to worry now anymore."

"Um....so how was your life, when I was away?" Saeyoung blurted out, internally cringing at his mistake. Never ask someone about their personal life, he always said to himself, but he can't help but feel curious.

Well you should've kept that curiosity to yourself, he said.

Well I couldn't, he replied.

Haha, as if you couldn't, he said again.

I can't believe me, he replied again.

That makes sense since I can't even keep my undying curiosity to myself, he interceded.

Saeyoung just couldn't tell what he was talking about anymore. Did his mindless conversations take to play whatsoever? Did they even have a proper story to tell? It didn't particularly matter though. They're useless thoughts.

"...and then my pet cat suddenly ran away, which was pretty sad. Did you remember the time when I first introduced you to that cat meme? Haha, good times. Anyways, there was also this time when I had a boyfriend-"

"-boyfriend?"

And soon silence echoed. Silence, silence, silence....

(Name) replied, her paced voice more slower as if trying to emphasize her statement, "Yeah....but we broke up a little while later, so it's all good and stuff. I still remembered that time when we first had an argument. We-"

Saeyoung breathed in and awaited for the rest of her story. But she didn't finish it and suddenly changed the topic to cats again.

"There's those munchkin cats, british shorthairs, ragdolls, siamese cats, scottish folds, japanese bobtails, ragamuffin cats... Hey, Saeyoung?"

"Yeah?" he immediately replied.

He noticed her sudden change of tone. Soft. Gentle. Concerned. Caring.

"Do...do you still have that cross necklace I gave you when we were little?"

"Um, yeah, why?" he asked, intuitively grasping onto the necklace and held it close.

"Are you still planning on keeping it?"

"I'll keep it forever if you want me to." Saeyoung answered with a small smile.

(Name) was silent for a moment. From the other line, he heard voices that were seemingly shouting or screaming in the distance. They didn't seem aggressive though, maybe lazy and bored, but even so, Saeyoung couldn't comprehend the words that were being said.

"Sorry, I gotta go. Apparently MC wants me to binge-watch Anime with her. Haha, I can't help but agree because she has a giant pile of food besides her. Sorry. Hope to see you again soon, okay?"

"Okay."

And unfortunately, the soothing voice ended to another pit of silence once more.