[Ring.... Ring.... Ring....] The phone is answered! "Hiiii! You've reached Takeuchi bike repair! It's such a great shop! Why not come by?! I just loooooooove talking with new customers. Tee hee!" "Oh! I'm sorry, it's not a bike shop anymore. We do exotic dancing now. You wanna hire Nanami, right? One sec." She says aside quickly to someone. "Hey! Your brother's on the phone!" Quiter, but still loud enough to hear. "Actually, business is up by 32% since last week! Yaaaaay!" "Yes." She snickers. "I don't know! But they like it!" "Uh huh! She says we might be able to raise sales by 57% next week!" She snickers again. "It's a girl thing. You wouldn't understand." "Oh, that's too bad. We needed your help picking out a tattoo for Nanami." "They're all the rage in America, you know!" "Personally, I think she should go with this one. It's a big heart with the English words, "I love stud muffins." It'd be great! "Oh? Aww... We'll have to go with the 'Die-hard lovin' machine' then." "Okay, since you asked so nicely!" There's some shuffling as she passes the phone to Nanami (probably), saying in a sing-song voice, "Don't forget to tell him about the piercings!" A few seconds later, Nanami answers, "Hello, I understand you're looking for an exotic dancer?" There's some snickering in the background. "Oh, we figured you were on a date with Ryan." More snickering. "Yeah, love potions." Her tone changes to seriousness. "But putting your love-life aside, what the hell happened to you last night?" "What am I supposed to think?! You didn't come home! What if something happened to you? Nevermind that the shop would have been empty if Akemi hadn't agreed to come and watch it." "The wha?" "... Yeah, sounds like it." "God, I don't believe this." "So you hung out all day at Tokyo Tower. That's just great. I can't believe you!" "What, is that some restaurant or something near Tokyo Tower...? No, don't bother to answer. If you're not gonna give me an at least half-decent excuse, fine. But later, you had better thank Akemi for skipping school to help out today." "See ya. If you come home at all tonight." She hangs up.