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Bachira laid back on his pile of blankets, holding the crumbled paper between his finger tips. There wasn't anything complicated about the numbers scrawled on it, but still his mind played tricks on him every time he gained the urge to finally type it in.
“Jesus..” Bachira sighed, eventually switching over to YouTube to watch compilations of Soccer matches. Everything would be fine, or would it? 2 hours had passed since he first received the slip and still he's done nothing about it.
“Okay, no idea what's happening in that little brain of yours but if you're going to do something, do it. I'm gonna lose my mind if you sigh one more time.”
Bachira looked over to see Chigiri brushing his hair, it was only the two of them in dorm yet the room seemed filled up with all the little noises he seemed to be making.
“Sorry, princess!” Bachira giggled, easily switching back to his main persona.
“Dont sorry me, if you felt anything then just get it over with. There's a number on that paper, right?”
“Eh? Well, yeah..” Bachira smoothed the paper again, some of it hard to read now from the clamminess of his palms.
“Perfect, if you won't call it then I will~” Chigiri playfully reached for it but Bachira dodged and switched to his calling app.
“Okay, okay! I'll do it.”
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Ness stared at his reflection, his eyes blank as if he didn't know the other person on the side of the mirror. After all, if his childhood self saw him he probably wouldn't recognize the loser he became either. His whole world revolved around Kaiser but he felt like an alien that intruded in his own space.
*Brnng ..* his phone rang loudly on his night stand, earning a scoff from his roommate.
“Hello?” He put his phone snugly between his shoulder and ear as he picked up his scissors once again and trimmed his hair lightly. It was getting too far close to his eyes and that would only affect his playing.
“huh?..” The voice on the other side was soft, basked in confusion as he heard talk echo from the background.
“You called me, how are you confused?”
“Um.. no hablo German??”
“That's Spanish–” Ness bit his lip to stop himself from laughing as he tried to understand the language of the boy. From the initial tone, it sounded Japanese, but he didn't want to assume.
“Chigiri help I think I called the wrong number..no hanging up would be rude!” Ness listened to the nonsensical murmurs as he eventually stopped his movements and listened in.
This was no different than any other time he was an outsider, but the difference laid in the tone, was the boy worried? Because of him?
Ness moved back to his room and opened his computer, typing in “Japanese conversation starters.”
“um.. moshi..moshi?” An audible gasp was heard as the boy quickly went on a long spiel.
“You speak Japanese? Oh my gosh, hi! I'm sorry about earlier, I was trying to call my friend but it's clear I called you instead. What's your name? I'm Bachira, my favorite things to do are..”
Ness pulled the phone back slightly, trying to zone in on what he heard. There was a clear apology and introduction mixed in there.. Bachira, was that his name?
“My name is Alexis Ness, nice to meet you.”