After hanging his cloak and hoodie on the wooden pegs, Hitori walked across the table in the drawing hall and reached out for a magic phone that was hanging down the wall. Hitori punched his father's number.
No answer. He tried his mother's cell, no answer. The message was: No signal available. Where the heck would the signal not be available? The magic net has spread to the corners of Japan-- and the whole world.
Hitori placed the phone back and jumped into the sofa. He waited for Kamiya to show up, and he did, from the kitchen.
"We will eat outside today," Kamiya said, rubbing his hands dry. "It is okay to spend a few thousand yen here and there once."
"Yeah," Hitori replied.
Hitori and Kamiya had already taken their lunch at the mall, and then they came back home. Kamiya had canceled the plans for today so they had plenty of time in their hands before Christmas eve.