Ours

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                Beeping resonates through my studio apartment indicating that it was time to get up for school. Slowly lifting my hand, I slip it under my pillow in a closed eye search for my phone.

The screen reads Wednesday, 8 am. This means that I have thirty minutes to get to school. This means thirty minutes to go through my bathroom routine, eat breakfast, and get to school. This means that I have thirty minutes to get to school from here, which is a thirty-minute walk...

I groan and look over towards my feet where Ares had curled himself into a ball like he always does. Shifting my body, I make my way over to him, letting my hands gently pet his head and back. He opens his eyes and lifts his head for a second, staring at me as though saying good morning.

"It's a bit cloudy outside but overall sunny...let's not go to school today." I insisted, Ares, responding with a light bark and climbing onto my lap before curling into a ball once again.

I took that as a sign and laid my back against the nearest wall, looking through my phone to see what notifications I got last night.

It was the usual: Wattpad Notifications, LINE texts, Missed Mystic Messenger chatrooms, and a full box of emails.

I shifted through the emails, noticing one with the subject of Yen Yen Bank. Just like the start of every month, it was a mail to inform me that 150,000 yen was deposited into my bank account.

The small smile on my lips vanished at the sight of this. Normally, people would be happy to know that their parents gave them free money. I, however, knew the true meaning of this money.

This is money to live off for the month. Take care of yourself. There will be more money next month.

Unconsciously I began to scratch my wrist at the thought of it, a habit that I developed a bit before I got Ares. A reason why I got him in the first place.

My mind must have drifted, Ares had put himself in a seated position and had my wrist in his mouth. I blinked about three times before realizing that he was doing what he was trained to do, meaning that I was involuntarily giving off warning signs.

I smiled sadly at Ares before shaking my head, getting rid of the mindset that I was currently in. "Sorry Ares, I probably scared you again," I said, peppering his face with kisses. "I'll make it up to you, I promise."

I waited a couple of more minutes for Ares to get off my lap and slid off my bed. Going through my regular morning routine, I made sure that Ares was fed and took note that the fridge needed to be refilled again.

Just as I finished breakfast, I decided to send a quick text to Saiki and Shun. It was likely that Saiki already knew that I skipped but it's nice to let him know nevertheless.

Me:

Good Morning Saiki. Just wanted to let you know that I'm not going to school today.

(9:10am)

Saiki ❤:

Skipping?

(9:11 am)

Me:

...

Stop reading my mind. (=.=)

How did you know???

(9:13 am)

❤:

Don't need to read your mind to know your thought process.