"Uncleeee!" When we arrived, Toma was the first one to greet my dad, as if he was the real son. Though it doen't upset me how he act like that, he only annoys me with his loud voice of his.
"Toma! Yuji! It's nice to see you two again." Dad said while patting Toma on the head like a dog.
"Yeah, we won't be here for long though, so let's dig in on that feast!" Toma excitedly got in the house first looking like a starved animal. I only sighed and went inside the house with my dad.
It was nice being with dad again, I find it comforting to see him around. I just feel a bit sad sometimes whenever this house reminds me of mom. That's why I chose a boarding school, it was kind of unfortunate Toma had to tag along. I'm like babysitting and studying at the same time.
As it was time to sleep, we had Toma use the guest room while I rest in mine. He insisted to sleep in my room, but I want him out of sight even once in a while. But when I got into my bed, it got difficult to sleep with all the weird thoughts on my mind.
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"What the heck is that?" I muttered as I heard footsteps outside my room.
I've taken peek outside of my room and saw Toma standing near and answering a phone call. So he was still awake in the middle of the night? Maybe he's talking to Cami.
"…I told you, not yet. Just give me two more weeks."
Who is he talking to?
"N-No. Don't pull Noru in this conversation, he's already done with his part."
I tried getting nearer so I could hear the other person he was talking to. Though I never intend to eavesdrop.
"You want me to give you another pay!? What the fu… you fucking bitch."
…this seems like an intriguing gossip for me. It's rare for me to hear Toma talking so seriously like this. Most of the time when he's with me, he's just some kind of moron who talks a lot.
"Okay, tsk. I'll pay for that. Make sure you do your best, and I swear we'll never see one another ever aga-"
As I tried getting nearer, it was stupid of me to trip over nothing, causing a loud noise to disrupt Toma. I also fell on the floor and got exposed. Toma stares at me as he ends the call. "Yuji! You're still awake?" He asked.
"Yeah, I heard you were talking on the phone. I didn't mean to eavesdrop-I mean! Uhh… you woke me up with your loud voice." I told him.
"I'm really sorry about that, I'll be going back to my room."
"W-Wait!" I stopped him from leaving and asked. "Who were you talking to? What was that about?" I'm really curious about it, I've never seen Toma so serious after all.
He chuckled and waved his hand, gesturing it was nothing. "…don't mind it, and you know yourself that it's bad to pry in other people's business." He said. That got me surprised, since when did he learn to talk like that?
He looked at me with a serious face again that made me feel weird inside. Then we stared at each other for a short moment until he grabs my cheeks and pinched it. "Damn it Yuji, don't look at me like that, hahaha!" He laughed.
I got embarassed, realizing that I was dazed when we were staring at each other. I brushed him off and made him go back to his room already. "Ugh just shut up and go back to your room."
"Yeah, goodnight!"
"Goodnight." When I got back to my bed, I thought I might fall asleep quickly but I still couldn't sleep. Toma's serious face earlier kept flashing on my mind and won't let me go to sleep. Damn it!
What the hell is happening to me?