stuff and some other stuff

"Oh! Tomo-chan thank you so much. You've been extremely helpful to me!"

Tomoko stifled a sigh of relief as JK closed his book and jumped up from the table. She wasn't sure JK got what she was trying to explain to him - he kept on checking his watch and nodding at inappropriate moments and asking her to repeat concepts and definitions over and over again. But if he said they were done, then they were done. She wasn't going to argue with him about that.

The rest of the club had gone home - or at least, that was what it looked like. Tomoko got her things and went with JK to the door, then waved goodbye to him when he dashed off. It was just her now, just the way she liked it. Just the way it should be.

Oh, well.

She took her white snake skin out of her bag. Would it help her find Meteor today? It had been failing her recently, telling her Meteor was around when he wasn't.

She wondered if it was worth the trip of having it replaced with a new one.

It was too early, she was told. Her book launch and signing wouldn't be for another hour. Would she like some tea, perhaps? Coffee? Maybe a magazine to read.

Tomoko shook her head to all three choices, though she did ask for an internet connection to be made available for her. As usual, her agent had been calling her nonstop about her schedule - there was an event she needed to attend later that day, not to mention all the book-signing activities she simply had to go to this month - and since she wasn't answering her phone, then she must find some way to communicate with him. Stat! Pronto!

She sighed. Who knew writing could also be so stressful?

And here she thought she would have the quietest career out of all the Kamen Rider Club members.