Mikan lays down on her bed, she stares at the ceiling above. Then she remembers what happened earlier as her face turned bright red, her ears were steaming like a hotpot.

    Flashback

    "I think I saw Sakura-san somewhere before. You're the girl who fainted at the station in spring, right?"

    After that question slipped pass Kuroko's lips, Mikan's eyes widened as a gasp escaped her throat. She couldn't believe it, the person who saved her was...

    "You're the guy who saved me?" she asked him.

    "Yes." he bluntly stated.

    Mikan began rolling like a sushi on her mattress like it was a frying pan, she cannot believe it, she wanted to say lots of things to Kuroko. Yet she doesn't know how to or what to say.

    "I thought the one who saved me was Aomine-kun..." she mumbled.

    She grabbed hold of her pillow and hugged it tightly, cuddling with it, trying to hide her flustered state.

    If only I have an opportunity to tell him... she thought.

    "Oh, I know! I'll call him!" she cheerfully stated.

    She grabbed her phone that was charging, she unplugs it and opened the device and hit the contacts.

    But her face turned pale and glum when she remembered such a crucial point, she doesn't know his email address in the first place.

    "How am I going to call him?" she sighed in dismay.

    Suddenly, her phone sets on its ringtone as she flinched, completely surprised to the point she dropped her phone as it fell on the mattress.

    "Who is it...?" she muttered.

    She grabbed the phone and flipped it over as her eyes stared at the screen that was all lighten up.

黄瀬 涼太
Kise Ryota is calling...

      Accept.                         Decline.

    "Kise-kun?!" she exclaimed, completely surprised. Then she was now completely confused, if she should answer the call or not.

    "It'll be rude to not answer it, alright..." she sighed and tapped the accept button.

    Mikan puts her phone near her ear as she waited for few moments and she finally heard Kise's voice from the other line.

   "Hello? Kise-kun?"

    [Hi, Sakura-chii! What are you doing? I just want to chat.]

    "Nothing much, I'm just laying on my bed. What's up?"

    [Hey, hey, hey...about what happened earlier, what's that all about? The towel thingy?]

    "Oh...that? Remember the first day of school when I was late? I almost fainted from an anemia at the station, then a guy helped me and left the towel."

    [And that guy happens to be Kuroko-chii and the towel belongs to him?]

    "Yes. I didn't really know that it was him in the first place, I wanted to thank him...but I don't really know how."

    [You wanted to thank him...huh Then what about giving him something that he likes?]

    "Something that he likes? For example?"

    [For examples...um...let's see...]

    "Kise-kun?"

    She waited for the blonde to reply as the male continued to hum, thinking for an answer that never gots in his head. He was losing ideas.

    [Erm...I don't really know what Kuroko-chii likes...]

    "Oh, is that so? That's really a shame..."

    [Don't lose hope, Sakura-chii! I'll help you think about it...but if nothing really comes in mind, you can just plainly thank him.]

    "That won't do, Kise-kun! What if your about to die and someone saved you, wouldn't it be common sense to repay for their kindness?!"

    [I thought it was you almost fainting from anemia...?]

    "It's the same matter!"

    Mikan's lips formed a small pout as she huffed, then Kise laughed a little from the other line. Now she feels like as if he was mocking her.

    "W-What's so funny?"

    [Oh, sorry, Sakura-chii...I just found it hilarious. Alright, I'll help you find what you want to give him.]

    "Eh? Really? Thanks, but you don't really have to..."

    [It's fine, you don't have to feel so reserved around me. It makes me think sometimes that you still aren't comfortable with me.]

    "I-I'm sorry if that's what you think, I just don't want to be a pain to you or to other people...that's why—"

    [A pain? What are you talking about, Sakura-chii?]

    Mikan sat up from her bed as her feet touched the floor of her room, she began to saddle her feet, back and front continuously. Getting a little bit self-conscious.

    [You're not a pain...at least not to me.] 

    Mikan was taken back a little from what he just said, she lowered her head a little, a smile formed her lips.

    [Honestly, I like you, as a friend. Your probably the only girl who isn't fawning from my looks.]

"Should I take that as an compliment?"

[Take it as whatever you want, but it's true. There is no way you could be a pain, not to me or to others.]

"How can you be so sure? You don't know what other people thinks."

[Well, it's not like you know too.]

"This is kind of misleading and sort of confusing..."

The blonde boy from the other line chuckled from Mikan's ability to not be able to comprehend with what he actually means. He found it ridiculous.

[How can you be a pain to others when you work so hard for them? I know how much you help us in the basketball team, I appreciate your efforts. So does Akashi-chii.]

Mikan felt blood rushing up to her cheeks, she was burning red when Kise suddenly mentioned Akashi to their phone conversation.

[Are you perhaps...blushing? Sakura-chii?]

"Wha—no! I'm not blushing or anything! Gosh, please refrain from blurting such embarrassing things!"

[How cute~]

Somewhat, Kise could sense if Mikan was blushing or not by listening to her voice that was quivering in embarrassment.

He felt something pricked in his chest, this feeling was completely unknown to him as he just decided to laugh it off.

"P-Please stop laughing...I'm not blushing or anything..."

[Sure you are, haha.]

After the laughters and teasings, it led them to talk for hours, not really bothered by the fact that it was already 12 o'clock am in the morning. Somewhat, Kise was a guy who was easy to talk to.

He was a person with a sense of humor, out-going, funny, and really fun to talk with. That was the main reason why Mikan was still talking to him even though it was already late.

Mikan slumped towards her bed, laying down on the soft mattress as she kept her phone close to her ear, listening to Kise's every word.

Her eyes were getting droopy as it was a sign that she was getting sleepy, she would yawn time to time and rubbed her eyes. She was also losing focus as she can't keep up to Kise's energetic self who was bantering her for the past few hours, non-stop.

She laid her head down on the pillow while tossing turns, replying constantly to Kise. It would be rude if she fell asleep while calling him.

[When I first joined the first strings, which was just recently, Aomine-chii and the others celebrated a party with me. I was overjoy, but we ended up celebrating it at an convenient store! What's more is, they used my money to pay their ice cream. Not only that, more people are joining the party which made me cost my money even more! Aren't they heartless?]

"That sounds fun itself..."

[You think? And what's with that short reply? It makes me think that you're already bored talking to me...]

"B-Bored? No, It's not like that...you keep talking continuously that I don't have the chance to talk..."

[I am?! Oh, sorry Sakura-chii! I'll keep quiet this time and let you talk.]

"You don't really have to be quiet, you can continue talking about your story. I'll just listen to you talk."

[Eh...But I don't want that, I want you to talk too!]

"But I do talk...it's just that..."

    [Just what, Sakura-chii?]

    "It's just nice to hear your voice."

    Kise felt his pulses quickens and his heart thumping inside his chest, a light blush spread his cheeks. He was caught surprised by her statement.

    "You see, it's actually my first time talking to someone this long and this late. I don't know, but...simply hearing the sound of your voice brings a smile to my face."

    That just even made him blush even more, she always know what words to say to make him blush.

    [I see...so you like hearing my voice, huh?]

    "Yeah, so are you gonna continue your story or not?"

[I will, since we're in a good part.]

"Okay, I'll listen."

    A smug formed Kise's lips as he opens his mouth and continue talking to Mikan with a giddily voice, he has to admit that what she said made him extremely happy.

[Then you know what happen next? There was a man riding a motorbike and snatched the old lady's purse, me and Aomine-chii chased the snatcher. Suddenly—there was a shooting star! But when I looked at it closer, it was a box of maiubo that Murasakibara-chii bought earlier. Midorima-chii was the one who tossed the box of snacks, I was surprised that Murasakibara-chii was so angry that the snatcher stepped on his snacks!]

    "Wow, you guys worked as a team."

    [That was like Kuroko-chii's response, but he didn't do anything! Then I realized that everyone that I was with was actually in the first string basketball team. I was so surprised, like so much surprised!]

    Mikan could only chuckle from Kise's story that happened before she became a manager in Teiko's basketball team.

    The blonde continued telling amazing stories about his life as the girl would reply time to time about that, two hours has passed as it was already 2 o'clock am in the morning.

    Kise really knows how to keep Mikan up until 2pm.

    [Hey Sakura-chii, are you even listening?!]

    "..."

    [Sakura-chii? Are you asleep? Wake up pretty please! I have an insomnia and can't sleep.]

    "...Zzzz."

    He heard a soft snore from the other line, it seems like Mikan has finally fallen asleep while holding her phone.

    [I guess she's asleep...huh?]

    A smile formed his lips as he laid his back on his bed, holding the phone near his ear while staring above the ceiling. He could hear her snoring and her breathing patterns, she was fast asleep.

    [Goodnight. Sleep tight. Sweet dreams. Dream a little dream of me.]

    Call Ended.

    ♛♛♛

Mikan has awoken from her sleep, her hair was unruly and was all over the place. She wiped away the drool tugging on her lips with her hand, she glanced at the clock to see that it was 9 o'clock am in the morning.

The sun has long arose from the sky, good thing that today was Saturday, she has a whole day rest. She noticed that she was holding her phone tightly in her hands.

That's when it hit her, she fell asleep while talking to Kise last night. She felt bad about sleeping and leaving him hanging, she was about to call him to say sorry when she realized something.

"I forgot to ask Kise-kun about Kuroko-kun's email address..."