Sakura Kiss

Chapter 6 - He called

Mitzu's POV 

Before 1st week of school ends... 

On one Sunday morning, an unexpected call caught me off guard. I stop reading my textbooks in the living room and head towards the telephone inside our house. The telephone sits on a working table next to a laptop. 

 *Ring Ring*

 The telephone still keeps ringing until I reach for it. 

*Ring Ring*

"Moshi moshi (Hello), who's this?", I answered without knowing who called. 

 "It's me!", an unfamiliar masculine voice speaks from the other side of the line. 

 "Pardon, who are you?" 

"Ouch...That hurts, Ash. After 7 years, you already forgotten about me.", he chuckles.  

Wait, how did he know my code name? I thought. Only my childhood friend knows my code name. Is he really my childhood friend? I didn't recognize his voice but... where is his cute voice? I always remember his voice is so calming. I guess because he's a teenager now. From what I know, he's 15 years old this year. 

"Well, I can't argue with you for forgetting about me. I left you without saying a word and my voice gotten deeper. I'm really sorry, Ash.", he apologized to me and it sounds like he regrets it. 

 "A-ace? Is that you?" 

"Of course. It's me, silly."

"A-ace...it's really you.", a genuine smile was plastered all over my face.

"Anyways, are you okay without me? You always live alone on your parents house. I was wondering if you're taking care of yourself. From what I know, you repeatedly skipped your meals just for the sake of studying."

"No, I'm okay." Am I that kind of person when I was little? I thought. Then I added "I can manage by myself."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yeah. Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Thank you for your concern."

"Y-yeah, you're welcome."

"By the by, how's school?"

"Stop it, you sound like my father.", I giggled and he chuckles also.

"How's school and work, Ace? Are you doing fine?"

"It's alright." 

"Anyways, can we continue this call online. To be honest, it's kinda old fashion whenever you called me on the telephone.",  my feet hurts by standing up for so long so I ask him if it's okay to continue our chat online.

"Oh, right sorry. Actually, I was thinking of the same thing too. Your feet hurts, isn't it? But it's kinda unique tho. When you think of it, there's still telephone even if there's a mobile phone. Nowadays, the majority of people are using mobile phones but there's still some people who uses telephone up until now.",  he didn't complain, he also said that he's thinking the same way too.

"Yeah. W-wait, h-how did you know my feet hurts?"

"Shhh... That's a secret.", his soft voice echoed in my mind.

"Can you please tell me how did you know my feet hurts?"

"Okay, since you ask kindly. Your height is still small and you get tired so easily when you stand for so long."

"H-how did you know my height is still small?"

"Are you possibly spying on me?", I lower the telephone to look at my left and right side if he's watching me from the sidelines.

"..."

There was silence between us for a short while.

"H-hey! Say something, would you?"

"Actually , I see your pictures in your recent posts in the internet."

He then laughed softly, "What makes you think that I was spying on you?"

"...", I was silent for a moment also...

I glance quickly at my surroundings once more..."I just feel like some pair of eyes are watching me right now."

"Oh, that explains it."

"Would you hurry up and let's continue this chat online?"

"Oh, sorry. S-sure!" 

It's silly that he still know my telephone number at home. We tried to catch up. Our long talk lasts until night. From what I know and remember, he only opens up to me so easily but to other people he seem cold towards them. It seems like he only softens his heart and feel comfortable with me. I do feel comfortable when I'm with him. I don't feel awkward at all. In fact, I feel secured. I'm happy that he didn't forget about me. For a second there, I thought I was daydreaming or I thought this was all just a dream but it turns out to be true. I'm thankful that my dream came true and that dream is to hear his voice once more even if he's far away from me. I hope one day, our path will meet. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A/N: *Kyaa* (>_<) The long wait is now over. I'm a lazy author. But since this anime story is just short chapters, bear with me readers. Anyways see you in the next chapter. ~ (^_^) ~