"I'm... annoying..?"

Part 18: "They're being mean."

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Tsukasa finally made it back home after about an hour and a half. Even though that was his goal, he wished he'd gotten home sooner.

He walked into the house and saw Saki in the kitchen.

"I'm back," he said as he took his shoes off and closed the door.

Saki asked, "Who did you hang out with?"

Tsukasa didn't want to lie to her again. "I forgot the times. We are all hanging out tomorrow, and I lost track of time."

"Ohhhhh. That explains why Rui came here earlier. I thought he was with you!" Saki laughed.

Tsukasa laughed with her.

"Wait, Rui came here?" Tsukasa asked as he stopped laughing.

"Yea, he asked if you were here, but you weren't, so he left."

"I see..." Maybe I've messed up...

Tsukasa and Saki talk for a while longer before Tsukasa goes up to his room.

His phone rests on his bed. Just how he had left it.

Tsukasa sat down and turned his phone on.

New messages? From Rui?

He opened taps the notification and reads the missed messages.

"If you don't want to talk
that's fine too... please give me a call
when you can...?" He mumbled to himself.

Rui wants to talk to Tsukasa because he's worried?

There's no way.

There's no way Rui is worried about him.

After all the mean things he did- its just not possible.

But what if he really is worried?

Tsukasa could have misjudged the situation. He could really be the one in the wrong, so maybe he should talk to Rui.

Either way, he wants to talk to Rui to just talk. Like how they would before Tsukasa overheard him, Nene, and Emu.

Tsukasa hovers his finger over the green call button.

He wants to talk to Rui, but the thought that Rui was just messing with him was scary.

Tsukasa closed the messaging app.

There was only one place with people that could help him.

Probably his favorite place. Well, most likely.

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Tsukasa enters the Sekai.

Everything is bright and fun like normal.

The carousel spining slowly. All the plushies playing with each other. Except for one who is sitting alone crying.

Tsukasa was worried. He didn't see anyone around and the poor plushie was being left out.

He was about to walk up to the plushie when he heard a familiar voice shout at him.

"TSUKASA!!" Miku yelled, "How have you been??"

Tsukasa turned around to her. "Hey Miku. I've been good."

"That's great! How was your show today?" she asked.

Tsukasa did not want to talk about it. He ruined it so badly and destroyed hos relationship with his friends as well. "Good. Anyways what have you been doing?"