Snake added Heiji's last name to the phone's address list and then gave his own number to Heiji. The name had alliteration and Snake knew he could easily remember it.

"I suppose that is true, but think of the alternative. In order for me to run into you again, that would literally need to happen. That would only put us in a bad mood and running into things hurts." The amount of things he had run into while learning to be blind was staggering.

"Besides, you're as voracious a reader as I am and that's something I particularly enjoy with my friends." He slipped the word in there as though it belonged. Surely Heiji wouldn't give him a number if they didn't consider them friends. He drank his coffee and ate his delectable cake, feeling as though something was finally going his way.