Otsu and Hirase were sleeping in the room next to mine. Knowing this didn't help me go to sleep. In fact, I doubted anything would.
I sighed, rolling over to my side and wrapping Hiro into a tight hug. Hiro, help me fall asleep. Why can't I sleep?
Bling!
Bling!
A small patch of the room lit up. That would be my cell phone. Since I couldn't sleep anyway, I rolled lazily off of bed and snatched it up from my desk. It was almost midnight.
I crawled back under the warm covers. It was a notification that I had an email. At this time? No, wait, this mail had been sent a few hours ago, at about 9 PM. It was just telling me that I hadn't seen the email yet. What a surprisingly pesky phone.
"From: Haninozuka Mitsukuni Subject: Hi Rika!
Hello. Did your talk with your mom go well? Are you sleeping yet? This is my email, and my cellphone number is xxxxxxxxxx. Feel free to call or email me whenever!"
Aw, sweet Honey. I like him so much. I blushed at the thought, as my stomach decided to practice flips. What am I thinking? I wonder what it'd be like without him though... Actually, I don't even want to imagine that.
Should I call him right now? No, he must be sleeping. What if I emailed him? I can't sleep right now though.
"Hiro-chan, should I call Mitsukuni right now?" I whispered to the bear in the dark. I closed my eyes, relaxing. There was just no way I'd be sleeping well tonight. Besides, it'd be fine if I just slipped over to Honey's house and slipped back before anyone found out, right? And I can always leave a note to tell Azumi where I was. But I guess the main issue is: Would Honey mind?
The endless what-ifs swirled in my mind. Eventually, I got confused and gave up.
I'll just listen to my gut.
And my gut is telling me to call Honey right now. I think my gut is a selfish brat, but I'll listen to it anyway.
Ringggg! Ringggg!
I waited. There was no way he'd pick up, and if he did, he'd be in pissed-off-Honey mode. Maybe I shouldn't have called. I'm disturbing his sleep after all.
"Hello?" Honey's groggy voice came through. I stifled a laugh. His voice like that was so cute and much deeper.
"Mitsukuni?" I said. "It's-"
"Why are you calling right now, Rika?" He asked rather loudly. He was definitely annoyed, but it seemed like he was also trying not to be annoyed.
