Away from you

Chapter 2

It was the next morning and Yuma had just gotten his breakfast when his phone began ringing.

Tori wanted to FaceTime, and he accepted.

"Dang, man. You look worn. Who is he? Is it anyone I know?" Tori asked as she laughed.

Yuma rolled his eyes. "What'd you get?" He asked showing Tori his food. Tori did the same.

"What? Are those truffles? How'd you get truffles?" Yuma asked.

"Oh, you gotta bring them with, brother." Tori said, showing him a jar filled with the truffles.

"Wow." Yuma replied.

"Look at how spicy that food cart is." Tori showed Yuma the cart.

"I'm impressed." Yuma said.

"All right, let's talk about me. I'm single!" Tori yelled happily, throwing her arms up.

"You broke up with Anna?" Yuma asked sadly.

"Maybe she broke up with me." Tori said.

"Did she?" Yuma asked.

"It was mutual." Tori said.

Yuma gave her a look of disbelief.

"No, it wasn't." She replied.

"Why? You actually really liked her! And I thought she was gonna be the one." Yuma said.

"She obviously isn't." Tori said, taking a sip of her water. "Screw her anyway, right?"

"At least you got to do that." Yuma replied, eating some bacon.

Tori sputtered and laughed, but then began coughing.

"Tori?" Yuma asked.

Tori began gasping and coughing.

"Tori!?" Yuma jumped out of his bed.

Meanwhile, the phone at the front desk was ringing. Yuzu saw that Tori was calling, so she answered.

"Tori?" She asked. "Tori, you okay?"

Tori continued to cough.

"Choking, 310." Yuzu said to another nurse.

Yuzu and Yuma ran into the room.

"I'm sorry, Yuzu. My leg hit the call button." Tori said.

Yuzu sighed. "You scared us, Tori." She said.

"Yeah, try chewing next time." Yuma said, sighing.

"Oh. Here, Yuma." Tori said, flipping him off.

"Enjoy your truffles, asshole." Yuma said, walking back to his room.

"And please be careful." Yuzu said, walking out of the room.

"I love you, Yuma!" Tori yelled.

(With Shark)

"Phase one clinical trials only started only 18 months ago, so we need to be patient and Reginald needs to help us with that. The risk of cross infection will be even higher now, so-"

"Don't cough on any other CFers." Shark said as he stared out the window.

"Well, don't get close enough to touch them for their safety and yours." Dr. Arclight finished.

Shark sighed. "Six feet at all times. I got it."

"Reginald. In order for this to work, you need to keep up with your regimen." Dr. Arclight said.

Shark gave him a thumbs up.

"Okay, I will see you soon." Dr. Arclight said as he left.

(Back to Yuma, who's on FaceTime with Caswell and Bronk.)