Chapter 2
"Minna! It's Emi-chan on the phone!" Emi heard Aiba shouting on the other end. She smiled and became curious to find out who was with him. "Masaki-chan.. Who are you talking to?" Emi asked. To her surprise she heard familiar voices on the phone. "Emi-chan! Welcome home!" She giggled and smiled. "Minna, I'm so happy to hear your voices. I missed you guys so much! I feel like crying...." Emi started to have tears in her eyes. She was so thrilled that they remembered her. "Look, you made her cry! Bakas!!" Aiba shouted as Emi was on the floor sniffling. Then there was a smack on the other end. "You're the baka! You were the one who made us talk to her." It was Nino's voice. Emi laughed and Arashi stopped bickering at each other. "You guys never changed..." Emi said and everyone laughed.
"Where do you live? In the same apartment as before or you moved?" Aiba asked over the phone. Emi wiped her tears with her hands. "No, I'm in a smaller apartment than before. I decided not to use my parents money, I want to earn my own money." Emi walked over to her fridge and grabbed a cold water bottle. She sat on her sofa and opened the bottle.
"I'm craving for your home cooking..." Aiba whined over the phone. She giggled and smiled. "I just got here. I'm tired and my muscles are aching. I feel like making a cup of instant ramen and then going to sleep. I don't want any work today. Gomen, Masaki-chan. How about next time?" There was a pause during the conversation and then I heard someone grabbing the phone. "Emi-chan, why don't we treat you to dinner tomorrow?" It was MatsuJun. How he said it, it sounded like he was demanding Emi to go out tomorrow. "Sure...Text me later about the details. *yawned* ..I guess I should hang up and go to sleep." Emi got up and went to her bedroom and got into her bed.
"Oyasumi." Arashi shouted. "Oyasumi." Emi replied and hung up. She was glad that Aiba and everyone else talked to her even though she suddenly left to Canada, without telling them why.
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Emi woke up with a pain on her back. "I guess I woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Emi slowly got up and checked her phone for their text. It was MatsuJun, since he usually is the one that picks the restaurant.
Meet at Aiba-chan's restaurant at 6 p.m.
-Jun
Emi got up and did her morning stretches. It was 10:21 a.m. "Yosh! What should do until the dinner?" As Emi was walking around thinking, she tripped over one of her boxes. "Ah, I should unpack and find something suitable for tonight!" Emi became really excited and started opening the boxes. She organized her things and notice that it was already 3:00 p.m. She finish unpacking her things and decided to take a long bath, to remove the sweat and dust from her.
While she was in the bath, she remembered the day when Aiba introduced Arashi to her. She was really shy at that time and stood behind Aiba. She kept holding on to his shirt. "Emi-chan, don't be scared. They won't bite." Emi glared at Aiba and stood back. "That's what you said when you told me to pet Moko-san's dogs. You made it so easy to pet them but when it was my turn, they almost ripped my hand off." Emi crossed her arms and everyone else laughed. "I'll never trust you again, Aiba Masaki.." Emi pouted her lips and Aiba laughed. "I thought those dogs wouldn't bite you.. Anyways, these people won't bite. I promise." Aiba held his pinkie finger at her and she nodded. She introduced herself and that was the start of their friendship.
"I wonder if Nino still likes playing games..? Maybe Ohno found a hobby...? I wonder if Jun stopped being a DoS...? I don't think Aiba has stopped being a baka.. I wonder what Sho is doing?" Many questions lingered inside of Emi's head. She was nervous about seeing them tonight. She didn't want to lose more of her precious things.