Break Trial

My Dear Yuki-kun:

By the time you wake up, I won�t be in bed with you. This is because I have gone off to Thailand for a trial for a murder in my past. This shouldn�t take no more than two weeks. Your friends will take good care of you while I�m gone. Be good until I return and maybe� Well, I�ll let you finish that sentence.

Until Then, Shizuma

*Yuki*

And just like that, he was gone. I woke up alone just like the note said. Read it over a couple of times. I lowered the piece of paper and looked up at the ceiling. I pressed my lips together and looked around. Right� I looked around the guest room again. Strange, when did this room get so big? It seems so quiet too.

My attention jerked back to earth when I heard my phone buzz. Hm? I reached down onto the phone and answered it.

�Hello?� I asked.

�You okay, Yuki?� I heard a familiar voice ask on the other line. My face became puzzled.

�Dave?� I asked. �Of course I am, why?�

�Just,� he said.

�Just what?�

�Shizuma asked us to look after you while he was gone.�

�Really now?�

�Yeah man.�

Shizu-kun has my friends looking after me? Okay�

�Thanks� I guess.�

�Shizuma knew you would be lonely.�

�I see.�

�You eating well?�

�Yes��

�Good, good!�

I shook my head to myself. �Look, I�ll be fine. Okay?�

�You sure?�

�Yes!�

�Alright. Don�t forget your homework.�

I blinked at first. �Huh?�

�You know, the assignment for Mifune-sensei�s class. It�s due today.�

�That�s due on Monday.�

�Today is Monday.�

�Today�s Saturday.�

�No, it�s not.�

�Yes it is.�

�You sure?�

�Yeah. We all went to Annette�s house last night, remember?�

There came a pause and then a chuckle from Dave. �Oh yeah, that�s right.�

�Anything else?�

�No. I�m good.�

�Okay. Bye.�

�Bye.� We both hung up. That�s how the rest of my day went. My friends all kept calling me and asking questions. It all seemed sweet� for the first eight calls. But then, I started to dodge them. That of course led to more calls. Asuka noticed as well.

�Aren�t you going to do that?� she asked. I looked at my phone as I ate my lunch.

�Nope,� I said. The phone rang again.

�Could be important,� she said.

�No,� I said. �It�s just my friends calling to harass me.� The phone rang again. Asuka blinked at me.

�You sure?�

�Yeah.� The phone rang again. I tried my best to ignore it.

�Yuki-kun.�

�I�m not getting it.� The phone rang again.

�Yuki-kun.�

�Nothing getting it.� The phone rang again. She didn�t say anything this time. I fought hard against screaming at my phone. That lasted about a good ten seconds. At last, I slammed down my fists.

�Fine, I�ll get it!� I snapped. I picked up my phone and put it to my ear.

�What?!?� I snapped.

�Yuki! What�s wrong?� Annette asked me. I breathed out in stress.

�Nothing,� I said. �Look, I know Shizu-kun asked to watch over me while he was gone, but can you please back off with the calls? It�s driving me crazy. I almost want to throw my phone out the window every time I hear it ring. So, please. Dial it down. Please, for my sake.�

�Okay,� Annette said. �Anything else?�

�No,� I mumbled.

�Okay then, bye,� she said.

�Bye,� I said back. We both hung up and I turned to my sister. I sighed out loud again.

�I�m going to take a bath now,� I said. She only shrugged at me.

�Fine, whatever,� Asuka said. I got up from the table and hurried down the hall. And this is only day one of Shizu-kun being absent. God help me!

Sorry I�m Not Home Right Now, Walking into Spiderwebs