"Megu, long time no see! You free to talk?"
"What is it?"
"It’s been a while since we’ve chatted like this. Is life with Yamamoto-kun going well?"
"What about it?"
"Thanks for the usual salty treatment! I think I'm getting addicted to it."
"Akari, I have a shift starting soon, so I'll talk to you later."
"Sorry, I just finished."
"Good work! You started a part-time job!?"
"Yeah. At a convenience store."
"Wait, is it by any chance the same convenience store as Yamamoto-kun?"
"Got a problem with that?"
"Nope. It’s cute!"
"Don't tease me."
"Sorry, sorry. Anyway, are you free this Saturday?"
"Why?"
"Ito-chan and Ota-chan are coming to Tokyo for Silver Week. Let's all hang out!"
"I don't have the money."
"I'll treat you."
"No thanks. You guys have fun."
"Everyone was worried when you vanished, you know? Couldn't you at least just show your face for a bit?"
"I'm fine. It's not like those girls actually liked me anyway, right?"
"I mean, you might be right about that!"
"Way to be honest. Well, that's why I'm passing. If I told them how I'm living now, they’d totally look down on me."
"Oh, by the way, I haven't told them anything about your current situation, okay?"
"I wasn't worried about that, so don't be so dramatic."
"Come on, Megu. Please?"
"I said no."
"To be honest, saying the others were coming was just a pretext. I really just want to see you after all this time, Megu."
"So you thought I'd find it harder to say no if you brought up the group?"
"I did!"
"Sorry to disappoint you, then."
"Please! Please! Meguuuuu!"
"I said no."
"I want to see you!"
"No."
"I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you I want to see you"
"That’s creepy! Fine, fine, I get it!"
"Really?"
"Don't ask if you weren't planning to stop until I said yes."
"Thank you, Megu!"
"Where are we meeting?"
"Shibuya. 2:00 PM!"
"That’s pretty early."
"We’re meeting the others at 5:00 PM."
"Why the head start?"
"Because I want to see you sooner!"
"Fine."
"Oh, make sure you tell Yamamoto-kun, okay? Tell him you won't be home for dinner!"
There seemed to have been a massive time gap between the lines.