Unrecognizable faces, indistinct voices, misinterpreted sounds.
The sll of iron wafting in the air.
The whirring of automobiles, an uneven tire slowly rolling around as if to hypnotize.
The distant lights. Police cars. The sticky reddish liquid flows on the asphalt.
"So? How was school?" A soothing cold voice asked. A face from the front seat turned and smiled.
The unrecognizable face of the man. His lips curved upwards as if to say everything was going to be okay. That smile. It had never faded.
A sudden flash of light, a deafening noise, and a crashing sound all drowned the response that the voice was about to receive. It was all in a matter of a split second and everything beca a fleeting mont, just like snow as spring began to approach. All of their eyes t, it was just a split second but they could feel the connection between them. Everything is going to be all right, that’s the expression written on their faces filled with longing and despair.
It all happened so fast that no one was able to react. The passengers by the front seat. The girl. Their eyes fixated on him and him alone. ’What... what can I do?’
Gone.
All Gone.
Only the sound of the ambulance could be heard in the background.
Everything’s all gone.
.....
"Another nightmare, huh."
The sun pierced through Haji’s eyes as they shot wide open. His jaw felt slightly painful as if he had been clenching them all night. Figures, he experienced the nightmare once again and today, he didn’t scream when he woke up. For the past few days, the nightmares seed to have been more frequent, and more vivid, causing Haji to wonder if sothing happened to his head when he was hit by a bat back then. Was that the sole cause of more nightmares? He couldn’t figure out why it was happening to him, now of all tis.
A month has uneventfully drifted by and there were still no improvents in Haji’s mundane life. Because of his savior, Hiroto, he managed to escape getting into debt by paying for the college students’ hospital bills. In turn, he even managed to wring money from them, credits to Akamine-sensei. Of course, the money didn’t go straight into his pockets though, since he didn’t need it anyway. ’Oh, I guess today’s the day, huh.’ Haji said to himself, a yawn escaping his mouth.
’It’s been two months, now I can pay so of it back. I still have a long way to go, though. What a pain.’ Haji staggered towards the bathroom, then he brushed his teeth. He was surprised that water still ca out of the faucet. It’s been more than four months since he last paid. ’Seriously, they need to replace whover that guy is. I’m basically getting water for free here.’
Haji almost regularly took a bath, taking advantage of the water that was still there. He could never get used to the freshness he feels every ti he did take a bath. It gives him a nice boost to start the day as if he had just won over the system or sothing. Of course, he’d use free water while it’s still there. There’s no harm in using water when it’s been freely given out to you, right?
Haji’s reasoning was misplaced, that much was obvious.
One might think that Haji’s house had reverted to its forr state. After all, it’s been a month since gumi ca for a visit and spring-cleaned the entire house from the bottom up. But such wasn’t the case, however, since Haji decided to keep the house clean from now on. And he miraculously kept it clean, even he was impressed by his own abilities. He realized that he just needed that little bit of a push in order to maintain a higher standard of living. Every free ti he had, he didn’t spend it by the park anymore, instead, he would go straight ho and clean as much as he could.
The only thing going against Haji’s life right now was his food. He still eats once or twice a week, and that’s on a good day. Another problem that Haji doesn’t think about too much were the debt collectors that endlessly harassed him. As long as he escaped every encounter, they’d give up on the chase. Besides, they didn’t want to damage the house so as long as he stayed inside, they won’t bother going in and demonstrating violence to him.
Haji didn’t know what ti it was, but he figured it was almost nine. He went through his routine once more, grabbing his hoodie, wearing a sowhat respectable shirt and pants before heading outside, and checking everything at ho, just in case sothing was amiss. "What ti did she say was the eting?" Haji asked himself but he couldn’t rember. It had been two months since they last t and he had a lot on his plate to have the leisure of rembering every single detail. That’s why he decided to just go to the eting place earlier than usual and wait for her there.
"Hopefully no one would see . The last ti we t led to quite a few misunderstandings." Haji shivered after rembering a certain mory of gumi, who insulted him about things he didn’t do as well. "How’s gumi doing though, it seems like she was absent more than I was this past month."
’Wait... did I seriously just think of her? N-n-no, I’m not worried about her or anything. In fact, I’m having the ti of my life! I don’t have to see her that much in school, she’ll just look down on anyways.’ Haji shrugged, heading to the park to get a quick sip of water by the drinking fountain. It had been three days since he last ate, but since the weather had been chilly these days, probably due to sumr almost approaching, Haji didn’t feel all that hungry.
A few minutes passed and Haji finally reached the busiest part of the city. By the heart of the city is where all shops and stalls gather, as well as large facilities such as the supermarket. Haji doesn’t really have the ti to go to these places so he wasn’t used to the noise and all that hustle and bustle, as well as the occasional screams and haggling that invaded his ears.
"She said by the cafe, right? Which cafe? There are a lot of cafes here?" Haji’s brows tightened. The best of him couldn’t rember the et-up ti, much less the cafe in question.
"Over here!" A voice called out from afar, and Haji noticed a faint figure of a lady, waving her hand towards him.
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