(Shino's POV)
"Shino?"
I look up, alarmed and a bit panicked and caught a glimpse of red hair and very brown eyes glance at me from the bus drivers seat.
"Tsuboi?" I asked, dumbfounded. He chuckled at my response.
"Aren't you going to hop on?" He motioned me to come closer. I scanned my bus card and took a seat near the bus drivers seat.
I was the only one on the bus at this hour. As the rain poured down, and the bright colorful city lights outside my window, it became a beautiful sight.
"So what brings you here?" Tsuboi broke the silence. I shrugged.
"I'm going to visit my hometown," I mumbled. I couldn't lie about that.
"Weren't you invited to the movies? I mean I was too but I kinda had to do this," Klein continued to make stops at empty bus stops and continued.
"I was," I replied vaguely.
"Does Kazuto know about this?" He asked a bit worryingly. I sighed
"No, and I don't want him to," I couldn't believe the words escaping my lips. But I didn't want him to...
"I told him I had a lot of homework to do today," I responded. I felt so guilty about the lies I've told him, I seem to be confessing all of them to Tsuboi. And it was working, I did feel a bit better, although I didn't want anyone to know, I might as well tell Tsuboi. He caught me.
"Ahh, I see," he replied.
"I didn't know you were a bus driver," I changed the subject.
"It pays the bills. But it is a hard job," he murmured. I lifted a brow.
"How is it hard?"
"You see the people come in. Some, are just ordinary people. But others have a story to be told. You can see by the way they look at you. By the way they're dressed. And what they're holding,"
"I don't understand,"
"Just a week ago I saw a girl about Keiko's age. Its not to pry in other people's business. But that girl. Her expression tells me she's been through a lot. Her clothes tell me she put on whatever she could find at the last minute. And what she was holding told me she was never coming back," Tsuboi spoke, I saw a glimpse of his eyes. They were sad. Just like that day I left his apartment.
"What was she holding?" I asked.
"A suite case," he murmured.
"We don't know for sure if she was running away," I reassured.
"I do," he sighed as he made another stop at a empty bus stop and continued on. The bus was so lonely today.
"But I know you, and I feel obliged to ask. What's your story?" Tsuboi...
I was quiet at first.
"Its my mom. I'm going to visit her at the hospital," I whispered.
"Is she okay?"
"She's never okay. But something bad happened," I mumbled.
"What's that?"
"She slipped into a coma, the doctors notified me. I'm going got see her. And soon will make a decision, to keep her alive in that state. Or let her die," I glanced back at the colorful window, the dew drops of the rain glistened brightly with bright colors.
"This is my stop," I mumbled. This was my hometown. Time sure passed by quickly. I guess it was because I was talking to Tsuboi.
"Promise to keep this a secret," I pleaded, at the bus door, looking back at him.
He sighed and nodded.
"Of course," he responded with a sad smile. I felt guilty I had to lie and keep secrets, making Tsuboi do it made me feel worse.
"Here," Tsuboi handed me a umbrella, and I took it.
"Just in case,"
"Thank you Tsuboi," I smiled gently at him before stepping off, and my smile disappeared. I grimaced. Now I head for the small hospital.
•••
What kind of story would this be if we completely forgot about her mom when I mentioned her so so so many times!
Anyway more to come.
Sorry for the short chapters!
Until Next Time!
-InGameProdigy 🙏
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