"You've got mail!"

A cellphone buzzed inside a very comfortable looking room. Everything was silent except the continuous alert the cellphone gave to its owner. When it reached its third alert however, a hand bolted from under the covers and grabbed the cellphone which was placed on the bedside table. The owner of the cellphone sat up and stared at its screen. His baby blue eyes were hopeful yet scared at the same time.

"You've got mail!"

The electronic device said once again. The boy's hand was trembling as it pressed the button that would access the mail. The screen then went on loading mode and the boy couldn't help but think of the possibilities the alert could contain.

'Is this it? Is this really it? I hope so. I've waited for a few weeks now.'

Sweat trickled down his face as his burning stare glared at the circular motion the loading screen is giving. The loading screen finally stopped and out came the mail. At this the boy's hopeful eyes saddened. It was not the mail that he is hoping for.

'Another message from the service center'

He sighed and put his phone back down at the bedside table. He was devastated. His favorite cellphone novel* has yet to be updated, and it is taking weeks now. He does not even know what happened to the author to make matters worse.

'Guess I just have to wait some more'

Kuroko got out from his bed and fixed it. He felt empty now that he isn't reading any new updates from that novel. It completely changed his life views and opinions. Kuroko closed his eyes as he reminisced the first time he got an alert.

It was a normal school day for Kuroko. Everything went as usual, except maybe during lunch for he received something that he didn't know would change him so much.

"You've got mail!"

Kuroko stopped eating as he momentarily looked at his cellphone. He's not really fond with it, his mother just insisted he should own one for safety reasons. Kuroko decides to leave it be, but something took over him and he grabbed his cellphone to look at the message.

"Do you want to receive a novel?"

It was a confusing message and it was from a stranger too. Though, yes he likes to read, but then again everything about this message is suspicious. Until Kuroko remembered something.

Cellphone novels.

They were quite a hit with his peers but he doesn't bother since authors never really messaged him. He head heard word that cellphone novels are pretty much the greatest and are very easy to read. He thought of reading one himself but as stated recently, authors need to actually message the readers themselves, and being the invisible guy, no one bothered to even message him. That or he was forgotten. Deciding that this is once in a lifetime and he also heard that he could always unsubscribe from the author, Kuroko answered "Yes".

Not even a minute passed, he received yet another message. This time, it was an introductory.

"Thank you for wanting to try and read my upcoming novel. My name is Aka Hasami, and my novel would be entitled: From Beyond The Stars. It will be a romance novel, so if you still want to subscribe, please reply 'yes' and if you don't, reply 'no'"

Kuroko is not really into romance novels, but then again, his romance novels are always overshadowed by his mystery and suspense novels. He ought to give this one a try though, for the writer displayed a good introduction, thus, Kuroko replied "Yes".

Then, Kuroko's days began to change, he received the first chapter of the novel right after he replied. He read it immediately. He was surprised by the amount of details and interesting keywords the author put in, despite the fact that cellphone messages can only contain a decent amount of characters, to which you won't really be able to make a very decent novel chapter. But this, this is a masterpiece. He was awed and he was already looking forward to the next chapter after that. After all, 1000 worth of characters is definitely not enough.

Kuroko opened his eyes and sighed once again. The last chapter was updated a few weeks ago, and he is literally dying on the inside. The author stopped updating just when the novel was already in its peak. Ever since the lack of update happened, he's more alert to the message notices his cellphone is giving, and not once has he became tired, even though all he is receiving are messages from the service center and occasional group messages from people that remembered him.

Kuroko looked at his cellphone once again before shaking his head. An update will not be coming soon, is what he thought. Once again Kuroko readied himself for school in a not so good mood. He showered, dressed and fixed himself up. The usual routine that is starting to become boring without the usual weekly morning reads.

Kuroko grabbed his bag and shoved his cellphone in his pocket. He took one last look of his room before nodding and heading out. He greeted his parents as he is heading towards the front door to put on his shoes.

"Aren't you going to eat first, Tetsuya?"

The worried tone of her mother most of the time makes him smile. He turned his head to smile at her,

"No need mother. I'll just buy myself some bread on the way"

His mother was hesitant but she lets him anyways. With a last goodbye, Kuroko headed out of his house and walked to school. Being the observant kid that he is, he looked at he people he is passing by. Some of them are businessmen, some are those who are taking their morning walks. But most are students, and those students are holding their cellphones and Kuroko knows what is making them so busy. Cellphone novels. He once again felt this pang of pain in his chest. Who knew that one novel would change him so much? People might think; why not accept another novel from a different artist? there are a lot to choose from. To Kuroko, the only worthy novels that he'll ever read are the novels made by Aka Hasami for he is the only worthy author there is for him. And besides, other novelists does not even notice him anyway.

Kuroko looked down. The feeling of jealousy is bubbling up inside him with a mixture of anger and betrayal on the side. Is an update too much to ask for? If ever he was an author, he would not let his readers down by suddenly not updating by not even giving any reason. Then it hit him. What if he will be an author? He has decent writing skills anyway and besides, the people from the Literature Club that he is currently in would no doubt help him.

With this new resolve in mind, Kuroko dashed towards the school with a smile on his face. Maybe, just maybe, if Aka Hasami were to receive his novel, the author would have the mind to actually update theirs.

A/N Kuroko shares our pain! XD everyone has been in this stage in their lives, especially the readers here in , well this idea came to mind when I was having a cold shower in the middle of a storm XD. Oh, to those that will be able to guess the pen name meaning of Kuroko's favorite author will get a virtual cookie from me~ hehe

*Cellphone novels: apparently at a particular time, these things were popular in Japan. This is were novels are spread with the usage of cellphones and that the limited characters are what makes these novels unique, for authors have to think up of a way on how they will incorporate all their ideas with limited characters

I hope everyone will enjoy this! R&R! Constructive criticism is always welcome!