fairy lights | Amasai

five. | phone number

I walked to my locker, unlocking and opening it.

It was the end of the day, meaning I could study for my math test.

I got my stuff, hearing the locker next to me open. It was probably Rantaro getting his stuff.

"Hey."

"Hi."

"You look sad when you were at lunch."

I stopped for a bit, then getting my hat. "..What do you mean?"

"I saw what happened. You didn't look happy."

I frowned a bit, and Rantaro noticed.

"..You want to talk about it?"

I looked at the ground for a moment, before shaking my head.

"..Alright, well.."

He got out a piece of paper, handing it to me.

"If you ever need to talk to me, my social media and phone number is right there on that piece of paper." Rantaro said, smiling.

I took the piece of paper, looking at it then looking into Rantaro's eyes, returning the smile.

I swear I could see some pink on his cheeks when I smiled at him.

"Well, I have to go. See ya, Shuichi." Rantaro said, his school bag over his shoulders, waving goodbye at me.

I waved goodbye as well, watching as Rantaro left.

I smiled a little before closing and locking my locker.

I look down at the piece of paper, I wanted to bounce up and down with joy, I can actually text Rantaro now!

I smiled, walking home, still holding the piece of paper with Rantaro's contact info on there.

His hand writing is nice.. I thought, waiting to cross the street.

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I got home, unlocking the front door and stepping inside, slipping my shoes off then closing and locking the front door.

I ran up the stairs, and walked into my room, putting my backpack down near my bed as I unzipped it, getting my notebook to study for my test.

I glanced at my phone, then remembered something.

Rantaro's phone number!

I quickly realized I dropped the paper somewhere, luckily it was next to my backpack.

I picked the piece of paper, grabbing my phone and unlocking my phone with my thumb as I went to contacts and added Rantaro's number, changing the name to 'Rantaro'.

I quickly decided to follow Rantaro on twitter, his username is not bad.

He decided to see if Rantaro posted anything, and, of course, he does.

@avocadoenthusiast
| Gotta love my siblings.
| [Photo of Rantaro's sisters making a mess in the kitchen.]
145 likes | 20 retweets
|
| @gamergirlbathwater
| yo is that girl okay? It looks like she's suffocating in flour.
| [Photo zoomed in on a girl laying on the ground covered in flour, head to toe.]
125 likes | 21 retweets
|
| @avocadoenthusiast
| haha yea she's fine she just got smacked with flour, but she's fine lol.
|
10 likes | 1 retweet
|
| @emohighschooler
| I gotta say, I didn't know you had THAT much sisters, I thought you only had like 2 aheuerujwa
|
1 like | 0 retweets

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I decided to text Rantaro after briefly browsing his social media, and I've came to a conclusion.

Rantaro posts goofy pictures of his siblings, and sometimes selfies of himself.

And..honestly..

I.. might have.. saved some of them..

I went to my messages app, then typing out a simple "Hello!".

I tapped send, waiting for a response.

Ding!

"Hi!"

I smiled a bit, typing out another response, and hitting send.

"I'm Shuichi."

3 dots appeared, then it disappeared, and a message got forward.

"Oh! Hello, Shuichi. Why are you up so late?"

I furrowed my eyebrow checking the time displayed on my phone at the top.

What?! It's that late already?!

I quickly typed in a response, but then ended up deleting it and writing something else.

"I.. kind of got woken up by a nightmare, that's all."

"Oh. Is that so? I usually listen to some calm music and fall back asleep."

"Oh. I never thought of that! Thank you, Rantaro! I'm sorry to bother you at such a late time. I'll see you at school tomorrow!"

"No worries! I'll see you tomorrow. gn!"

"gn!"

I was grinning like an idiot, plugging my charger in my phone, then placing it on my night stand.

I got in bed, exhausted.

I really do need sleep..

Wait..

I grabbed my phone again, putting on a calm playlist I could sleep to.

I placed my phone down, snuggling in my blankets as owls were hooting in the night. Crickets chirping their melodies, until I fell asleep.

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