Disclaimer: I never had one in my first 2 chapters so… here it is. I don't own Imadoki. If I did I would have paired Erika up with someone in the manga. Even though she probably doesn't deserve it ;)

Ok! On with the story that I haven't updated for so long!

Erika sighed. Why was this boy having this sort of effect on her? "I – I'm Erika" she said, slightly reluctant to relinquish her name.

Upon hearing her name Eric grinned. "You're kidding! You must be kidding right?" – and when she shook her head – "Whoa! This is like fate or something…! We must be destined to meet! Wow!" Erika stole a glance at him. He seemed extremely and sincerely pleased that their names were similar.

"So Erika – wow I love your name – if you would like to… tell me a bit about yourself?"

"Well," said Erika slowly "I'm here in London to study. This is actually the first time I've been without my family. I'm trying to be independent you see…. – Eric nodded as if he understood – I'm going to be staying with a homestay family. To tell the truth I'm a bit nervous really, because I've had a bit of a sheltered life. How about you? Tell me a bit about yoursel –?"

She was interrupted by "RRRIIINNNGGGG! RRRIINNNNGGGG!"

"Sorry," said Eric "my phone." He held up a vibrating mobile phone. He checked the caller ID. "Sorry Erika I gotta take this call. Can you wait for me for a sec?"Erika nodded and he walked to about 10 metres away and picked up.

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"Hello?"

"This is Martin, I presume? Or, I should call you Eric?" said the voice on the other end. It was female.

"Yes. Yes it's Martin. Don't call me Eric. You know I hate it. You don't have to check every time you know. It's always me."

"Have you met the girl?"

"Uhhhh what girl?" Martin said in a teasing voice.

"You know who I'm talking about! Erika Yanahara! Have you met her"

"Ok, ok. You don't have to get all scary on me! Yes I've met her. And befriended her. Well…. sort of."

"Well see to it that you do! And don't forget the objective of all of this! That is all."

"Hey! Wait! Don't hang up! You're always being so cold! You never call me just to say hi. And we hardly ever have a real conversation." Martin interjected in a slightly hurt voice.

"I'm sort, really I am. I promise we can be together soon. You know that I care about you. You know I love you. But this is really important. Please , try your best for me" The voice was pleading, soothing and soft, as if filled with real emotion.

"Of course I'll do my best. You know I'd do anything for you! I just really, really miss you. I should go now. I love you." Martin (or Eric?) ended the call. He looked down at the phone in his hand as if he could see the face of the owner of that voice. He smiled a soft and loving smile but his eyes, reflected through the shiny surface of his phone, were sad.

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When he returned Erika looked at Eric as if observing him. "Ah sorry," he said. "That was a really important call and….." He trailed off at the look on Erika's face: a slight smile which soon turned into soft laughter. "What?" he asked, bewildered.

"You know what?" Erika said as she finished laughing, "You have an extremely lame ringtone." And with that she turned and walked towards the exit of the airport.

Eric stood shocked for a second. "What the – ? Man. What a weird sense of humour! She doesn't laugh at anything I say, but she laughs at something like this? Hey… Hey! Wait for me!" Eric suddenly realised that she had left him standing alone. He jogged a bit to catch up to Erika and walked with her out through the exit and into the bright afternoon sun.

I'm not sure if my use of relinquish in this chapter is right. If not… please excuse. But I like the word

Also please assume they went through customs and picked up their luggage and did all the things you do at the airport when you arrive in a country (sorry I'm so unprofessional)

But there are 2 reasons I didn't include those things:

1) I want uninterrupted conversation and interaction between them to fit in all the things I want to express.

2) I think those details are a bit irrelevant to my story.

3) I don't think I'm good enough at writing to add those things AND make my story flow well.