Chapter 13
Before he could mentally rehearse how to behave in front of Katashi Kurica, his phone buzzed. Instinctively, he pulled it from his pocket to check the time—2:17 PM.
That was when it happened.
The screen flickered.
Not from a notification. Not from a call.
His Lust game—the one he only ever opened when he was alone and, well, bored—suddenly launched by itself. "What the hell..." he mumbled, trying to exit it.
But it didn't respond.
The screen flooded with dimly lit red and blue lines, and then the moaning theme music started playing. Yuki scrambled to lower the volume, glancing nervously at the woman beside him. She didn't seem to notice. Or maybe she was pretending not to.
He pressed the side button again, but the screen didn't dim. Instead, it glitched the more, blinking severally without control. "Did Renji install a virus in my phone for revenge or was it that porn site I opened up that brought a virus? Shit! To clear a virus meant clearing the entire phone memory. Goodbye to his projects and school slides."
He muttered, hitting the phone. An idea popped to his head to just switch it off and later switched it back on after it had rebooted. He hit the button on/off for a while but when nothing had responded, he sighed, looking so lost at the phone.
What the heck was this about?
Heat surged from the phone, hot enough to sting his palm. He nearly dropped it. "Shit," he whispered, holding it by the edges. Then, just as suddenly, the screen went black.