chapter 5 - Dreams
At the station number of office fellowship, with workaday in the brain, waiting at the platform. A minute later the train arrived, walking inside like a group of zombies. zombies carrying suitcases and handbags, she stood there at the platform near the escalator. her face was downcasted, looking at the people throw the window, they all look tedious, she heard a voice coming from the platform speaker, " for your safety. Please stay behind the yellow line, please be careful of the closing door ". As the door closed and the train leaves, she stood there alone at the empty platform with the same downcast look on her face for a minute or two. At the garden, akizuki with his sketchbook " oh hey, good morning. I thought you might not come today. It's a miracle you haven't been fired yet ". she closed her umbrella, stood behind akizuki, leaning towards him.
" wow! is that a shoe design? "
" Hey! " said akizuki while he covers his sketch with his hands,
" I can't see?" she asked
"it's not something worth showing "
"really "
"yes, really now come on, sit down over there "
she laughs and sat next to him, with the silence, he took a break from the sketching, akizuki opens his lunchbox as he left his house without having the breakfast. "would you like to join me?, I am going to have my breakfast " he said,
" okay, but I have brought my own "
" you made it yourself?" he asked, " what?, I cook sometimes, you know "
" Oh! "
she opens her box, as he took a glance at it," wow, you really can, my mom used to make those " he said, while he took an egg from her lunchbox.
"wait, I'm not good at...cooking, now," she said, but he has already had a bite, while he was chewing, his face turn indistinct as it was unpalatable yet he swallowed.
"it's your fault, though," she said, as she gave a bottle of water to him.
"that's a side of you I didn't expect "
"what," she asked,
"sorry, but it is tasty in its own way. it got...bite "
"Don't patronize me," she said.
" can I have another"
both laughing at that moment and the rain is gone soundless.
the wind blows with the autumn shines, small feet running on the grass while I heard my mom calling, "hurry up" she shouted
"wait for bro "
"Takao be careful "
A big box covered with plastic wrap, ribbon on top. I leaned towards, As my mom opens the box "What could the three of you have gotten me?" and there it was a beautiful shoe, shiny and sparkling as the light reflects it. I stared at that shoe for a long time and with that, I was dreaming again. while the rain was still dripping, he slept so peacefully
" hey...do you think it's too late for me?", she wondered with a despondent look on her face.
At the apartment laying on the bed ", I could actually taste the food and you know what? "
" so your taste disorder is improved "
"I won't go that far "
" it's just, nice able to taste other than liquor, chocolate everything else was flavorless "
"I think you decided to quit was really for the best "
" hmm..maybe so, it's strange how you talk like this, gently like you touching something that you can break "
' because back then, when I find hard to even breathe much less talk, he didn't believe me, he only heard the rumors, why did you believe them so quickly? '
" we will start the resignation paperwork after the holidays, I'll notify the higher-ups "
" even after we split up, sorry to cause you all this trouble "
"I am glad, really... about that old woman you met, the one who brings lunch box in the park, you know the one you keep talking about, it's good that you are talking to someone "
call ended
" ever since then, I've been nothing, nothing but lies "
she slept as the night falls.