COTE Fanfic(lol)

A Childhood Friend I Never Met. Part 7 [Phone Call]

Arisu POV

April 23

There was only one night before school began once again along a new wave of challenges. Ryuuen and his class C, and the Acting Director are examples of such trials, however, the first one was about to start now.

It was nearly 10 pm, but instead of going to sleep, my heart was racing as I was wide awake. This was because in a few minutes, I would have my first phone call with my lover, Kiyotaka Ayanokouji.

Neither of us have had any experience in this field before, but I still pestered him into doing this. After all, I too was a girl who wished to enjoy a heart throbbing call with the person she loves.

"This should be fine."

*Ring, ring

《Hello, Kiyotaka?》

Just as I had expected, I began to feel a little restless.

《Arisu... there's still almost 10 minutes before the scheduled time.》

《Fufu, it seems I got a little too excited. Sorry about that.》

It was 9:52 pm.

《Well, I guess it's alright, I had nothing better to do anyways.》

《Hm? By the sound of things you've been waiting for a while yourself.》

《...Well, I am still quite new to this. Besides, I don't think you can talk about being early.》

《Heehee》

We haven't been dating for too long yet, but our conversations were already flowing quite smoothly with one another considering his lack of social skills. I couldn't help myself from giggling every once in a while as I failed to hold my excitement.

《This is also new for me too, and I must say; it gets my heart racing.》

《I see.》

His voice was as calm as ever, but I've learned to look passed this and was now able to see things as if I were him. The emotions he was feeling probably weren't the same as mine, but I could still tell he was enjoying himself as he experienced something new.

This was a time where both of us didn't have to pretend, a time where we could converse as ourselves without ulterior motives.

《So what did you have in mind for this phone call?》

《Hmm... I never really thought too much about that. All I wanted to do was hear your voice.》

《Couldn't you have just done that during our dates?》

《Perhaps, but the feeling of it being over the phone is different. You feel it too right?》

Our last date had been on the 17th, which was 6 days ago. I had wanted to meet with him more, but our free time never matched up as we needed time to prepare for the upcoming year.

《I suppose that's true.》

《Oh right, before I forget we should make a schedule for our dates during school days. It would be pretty sad if we could only send gazes at each other in the halls.》

Although we had talked about the possibility of our time together decreasing, we hadn't actually done anything about it. So seeing as this was a good time, I took the chance and asked him.

《It would become pretty difficult to hide it at that point. I'm sure some people around us would start suspecting our relationship no matter how much we hid it.》