Buzz

-Kohaku-

I:

And now we have another problem. It started after that stupid meeting. One of the more popular girls panicked.

“My phone is gone!” she wailed. We all turned around to see this ganguro girl digging through her bag.

“No. No. No!” she wailed. “My phone is gone!” Her friends circled her.

“You sure you didn’t leave it somewhere?” one of them asked.

“No!” the girl wailed. “My phone was in the bag like I always had.” She started to cry. Her friends tried to comfort her. It didn’t matter to me. She’ll find it later.

That girl wouldn’t be the only one.

II:

More phones started to disappear. They would just vanish into thin air. More students started to panic. I looked at my own phone. Ha. Who would want to steal my crappy phone? I’m good.

But classes have to go on. So straight to class we go. That’s how life is. First period is math. The teacher walked into the room. Wait a minute…

I raised my head. I also raised my hand.

“You’re not Nakamura-sensei,” I said. The man with the bulldog face frowned.

“Nakamura-san left,” he said. The class didn’t respond at first.

“Why?” one guy asked.

“Family,” Bulldog Face said.

“Stand,” the class rep said. The class stood up.

“Bow,” he said. We all bowed.

“Sit,” the class rep said. We sat down.

“Thank you,” Bulldog Face said. And class began.

III:

More phones vanished. Now the teachers feel it. Time for another council meeting. Oh boy.

“Someone is stealing our phones,” the council president said. Chatter filled room. I rolled my eyes. Saori nudged her in the side.

“Stop,” she whispered.

“What?” I asked. She frowned at me.

“Rolling your eyes,” Saori said. “Just stop.” I frowned. Someone cleared their throat at us.

“Yes?” Saori asked.

“Is there something you need to share?” the council president asked. Saori and I didn’t speak at first. Suddenly, Saori stood up.

“Tenshin and I want to do a steak out!” she blurted out. We all looked at her. I glared fire.

“Why?” the council president asked. Saori shrugged.

“Better than nothing, right?” she said. “We might even catch the culprit.” The council president sighed and rolled her eyes.

“Fine,” she said. “Permission granted.”

“Thank you, pres,” Saori said, bowing. She sat down next to me.

“You’re dead,” I mouthed at her. She pretended not see me.

IV:

At least we’re out of class. But it’s boring. I stretched my arms behind my head.

“Why are we doing this?” I asked.

“I panicked,” Saori said.

“Why my phone?” I asked.

“Mine is broken,” she said. I narrowed my eyes.

“Uh-huh,” I muttered. We rounded the corner in the hall.

“Are you sure this will work?” I asked. Saori shrugged.

“We’ll have to see,” she said. I frowned and rolled my eyes.

“Why do you always do that?” she asked.

“Do what?” I asked.

“Roll your eyes all the time,” she said.

“Do I?”

“Yes. You shouldn’t do that. It’s not a good look for you.” I just frowned at her. Lame. So lame.

V:

Lunchtime and nothing happened. No culprit yet. I turned to Saori as ate in the gym.

“Hey, how long are we doing this?” I asked. She shrugged over her bento.

“I don’t know,” she said. I gave her an odd look.

“What?” I asked. Saori rubbed the back of her head and laughed. I flopped back, groaning. Seriously? This is a joke, right? It has to be. There is no way.

Meanwhile, thief struck again…