A New Neighbour

...7am...

...Date:10/12/24...

A calm and peaceful morning for me.

Got out of my bed,brush my teeth,wash my face,made breakfast,got ready for work.

Staring at clock I said, ‘It’s already 8am I gotta go’.

Waiting for my train I saw a couple and their kid,they were looking happy.

‘I wish I had atleast my mom with me’

‘No,mom I want to cross it myself’

‘Kaoru!don’t run’

‘See Mom, I told you I can cross it’

Suddenly a truck was coming towards me at high speed.I was scared,I couldn’t move.

Suddenly my mom pushed and saved me.

The first thing I saw after getting pushed was my mom lying dead on the road.

‘MOOOOOOM!’

I woke up,another memory,another sad dream.

‘Next stop,Kasukabe’

‘Next stop,Kasukabe’

The train driver announced.

After work I came home,a peaceful and calm night for me again.

As I was entering my apartment,I saw light from the apartment next to me.‘Looks like I’ve got a new neighbor’,I thought and entered my apartment.

...8pm...

Sitting and watching a TV programme,I heard a knock at the door.

'Knock,knock!'

‘Is anybody home?’,a voice of a girl.

‘Who could it be?’,I thought.

When I opened the door I saw a cute girl with short black hair,her eyes ocean blue,and kinda short in height.

^^^(In a soft voice)‘Hi....’^^^

‘Hi...’ I replied.

^^^‘I’m your new neighbor,nice to meet you’^^^

‘Nice to meet you too’

^^^‘My name is Hina,Aoi and yours?’^^^

‘My name is Kaouru,Masashi’

^^^‘I actually wanted to give u this’^^^

...(Handing me over a bag)...

^^^‘These are cakes that I bought’^^^

‘Thanks’

^^^‘No problem,I just wanted to greet my^^^

^^^neighbor properly’^^^

‘Oh,thanks for the cake again’

^^^‘No worries,see ya tomorrow,Masashi-Kun’^^^

‘Yeah,goodnight’

‘See you tomorrow,huh?’,I thought.

...10pm at bed...

‘Why am I so excited for tomorrow’I thought

I was never excited for a single time since my mom died but that night it changed for the first time.

...(That night for the first time I felt excited to see someone again)...

...6am...

...11/12/24...

A cold,calm and chilly morning,It’s was just another day but something was different.

I woke up as always,brushed my teeth,washed my face,made breakfast and my lunch,checked my phone,called my grandparents and said,‘Hi’...

I don’t know but it felt good to talk to my grandparents after a long time.

I checked the time,thinking it would be 8am,because every time I checked it after my morning work it’ll always be 8am.

But as I looked at the clock it was still 7:15am.Time was slow today.

So,in the mean time I watched a TV programme,after that it was 7:55am,so,I got ready for work

As I was closing my apartment door,I heard another door closing,I looked to my right and saw that it was the girl who came yesterday to greet me.

She saw me,

...(With a smile on the face she looked at me and said)...

^^^‘Goodmorning,Masashi-Kun’...^^^

I replied,‘Goodmorning,Aoi-san’

(I was so nervous for the first time)

^^^‘Are u going to work?’^^^

‘Yeah,and you’

^^^‘I’m also off to work’^^^

‘Oh,well then wanna go together’

^^^‘Yeah,it’ll be great’^^^

She said she had to go by bus to work so I walked her to the bus station and went to catch my train.

I was 30mins late for work.

My boss scolded me for my late coming but I didn’t heard any of his scoldings,because on my mind Aoi-san’s good morning was on my mind and it made my day.

...(For the first time I was really happy the whole day and I didn’t know why or maybe it was because of Aoi-san)...

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