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part 14

"I didn't know that you could cook, Ayanokoji-kun." Ichinose said.

"Just the basic things. I'm not that good of a cook." Ayanokoji said.

"Nevermind that. Who calls someone then ends it after a couple of rings?" Ike asked annoyed.

"Wrong number, maybe?" Shibata said.

I saw that Horikita Suzune had called. It was unusual for her to reach out. Even if Horikita had some business with me, she generally texted. Curious, I decided to call her back. However, no matter how many times the phone rang, Horikita didn't answer.

"Huh?" Horikita stared in surprised.

"Horikita-san?" Sato asked.

"Why did you called, Ayanokoji?" Sudo asked a bit jealous.

Horikita sighed, "How would I know? This is in the future."

"Suspicious." Ike rubbed his nonexistent chin hair.

Yamauchi nodded, "Highly suspicious."

Horikita's eye visibly twitched in irritation. "Can you stop it?"

"No."

I did think it was strange, but I decided to give up. I placed my phone on the table and went back to making dinner. Since I already had rice on hand, I settled on fried rice as a simple option. Once I added the egg, the finishing touches were all that remained.

Suddenly, my phone rang again.

By the time I turned off the burner and went to my phone, the ringing stopped. Another call from Horikita. I tried calling back again, but she didn't answer. This was getting suspicious.

"Again?" Tachibana said.

"Something's definitely wrong." Hirata furrowed his brows worried.

"Maybe she's in big trouble?!" Ike gasped. He looked around dramatically. Suddenly he let out a big oof, rubbing his side. Horikita glared at him.

"Why would Horikita called me two times and end it abruptly?" Ayanokoji appears to be having a funny and weird vibe.

Maybe Horikita just happened to become busy right after she tried calling? Considering her personality, it was hard to imagine that was the case. She was the type of person who called only when calm.

Even if something had happened, ending the call twice in a row, and not picking up afterward, was strange. I concluded that Horikita had probably been caught off guard by something unexpected.

"But she called two times." Ichinose frowned.

"That has to mean something." Kanzaki agreed.

"And it's 6 p.m. where could she be if she was caught off guard?" Katsuragi added.

"I wonder." Sakayanagi giggled.

Hashimoto stared at her, "Don't tell me you already know?"

Sakayanagi looked at him confused. "Whatever do you mean?"

"Why are you laughing?"

"Is it bad for me to laughed?"

"You know what? Forget I asked."

"Yeah, right," I muttered.

Exasperated at myself for reading too deeply into Horikita's call, I decided to stop cooking for a bit and send her a text.

Hey, looks like you tried calling me twice. Did you want something?

The read receipt instantly popped up, but no reply came. I waited for quite a while, but there was nothing.