New things

She kept her promise. When the year ended... disappeared completely. Kira no longer existed. A few months before the graduation party tried to invent the excuse of a trip, in the eyes of his classmates she would go with her father, the father who was working far away and was not dead at all.

Some days, it was difficult for her to sustain the lies. His neighbors seemed to realize that something was wrong, and the dynamics of the house simply changed. Without restrictions, Kira usually returned very late, when only the moon illuminated the streets, preferred to be outside rather than return to a house where only silence kept her company.

As a result, she spent several nights without coming back. The nocturnal air had a healing effect on her being, observing the landscape, feeling how the cold made his hair stand on end. All his worries stopped, and they frezze and evaporated like water. She really enjoyed those moments in contact with nature.

Kira, how are you, kid? - It was the lady who used to sell homemade bread to them. Despite feeling his heartbeat increasing, she turned around with a fake smile.

-Mss. Lon - she shook his hand vigorously, as she used to do as a child - everything is fine, how are you?"

Oh, well kid, some age-related pains - she laughed. Have you spoken to your father these last few days? When I try to call him, no one answers.

-Ah- she pretended to remember something, hitting his forehead with his hand. Then she laughed distractedly-. The coverage - tried to explain - the networks don't work there. You must call him from a landline, I use the police phone to talk to him-she surprised herself when Mss. Lon seemed to accept that stupid lie. In the years of networks and communications, who would think of making a call from a police station?

-I see. It's a shame, I wanted to send my greetings for his birthday - Kira's smile faded. Birthday. Yesterday had been his father's birthday and she had forgotten. For full-. Next time you're going to call him, let me know, okay?

-Okay- she smiled again. I'll be late for school. Goodbye-waved her hands and ran towards school.

A cold began to form in his chest, as if, little by little, his entire being was freezing.

“You need to go, now”

At the end of classes, she decided to stop by the office. She thought about informing the reason why she would miss the last week of classes. Take a deep breath and knock on the door loudly.

Once explained the situation, the lie more like: she talked about a trip, a plane ticket already purchased, and how much she would love to stay until the last day.

-It's a shame - the lady agreed, after a few seconds of what seemed intense thought she spoke again-. You are a good student, your grades are perfect, Kira. If you have to leave, and you don't know when you'll be back, like you say, then I can bring forward your graduation... the papers. Would you agree?

-Yes, of course- it wasn't that the idea of having papers was pleasant to her, but those would be the last ones with her name, the real one, on them. They were something symbolic worth obtaining.

-Okay, give me a few days to talk to your teachers, and everything will be fixed.

That night, there were no stops. She returned home with the sun still high. Washed and folded all her clothes to put them in the suitcase. Didn't want to carry too much weight. Then she cleaned the entire house, collected photos, documents, notes, books, everything... that place needed to look abandoned, without any trace of life.

Kira waited until nightfall to leave, a giant bag with belongings in each hand. The weight made it difficult for she to walk properly but was able to get on the bus. Then, she got off at the last stop, blocks from the dump; remembered been there before, with his cousin, to see how the cars were crushed until they were thin as a sheet.

She entered the place, sometimes dragging the bags. Chose a red car, which looked like it had just arrived from a brutal crash; opened the doors, the inside smelled of citronella and lemon. Arching his face, placed both bags in the back seats, then grabbed a nearby bucket of gasoline and set it on fire. She walked a few meters away, hidden among scrap metal, to make sure that everything turned to ashes. Knew the schedule, no one would go until dawn, and no one would be surprised to see smoke coming from a place like that.

After a few hours, she approached, when there was little left of the fire, looked out to check his work and nodded satisfied.

The next thing was to buy the ticket, the city would be their new home. She would start from scratch, abandoning his past.

-A one-way ticket to Nucin City. It's a day and a half of travel, the young woman handed her the ticket, smiling-. Be here at six in the morning to check out the suitcases.

-Thank you- she said, putting the ticket in her shoulder bag.

-Oh, I have to put you on the list. What's your name?

“Don’t tell her”

-Lyra- responded after a few seconds of thinking.

New home. New name.

Just new things were coming.

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