A Hero I Look Up To

Let Us Have Fun!

One year later, Tobio is now four years old, which means he could speak more than three sentences than he used to when he was three. He wakes up from his bed and takes clothes from his closet. It's a fine-looking gray hoodie with black basketball shorts that has a white stripe on each side. He also grabbed calf-length black socks that has two stripes on the top of both pairs.

Tobio heads on into the bathroom to brush his shiny white teeth and change into his clothes. Then he rushes downstairs to see his parents, only to find out his mother was the only one there. Tobio's mother was wearing a dark gray dress shirt and white pants. She is working something on her computer that looked like it was online documents. Would it be the best idea to say good morning to mom, Tobio wondered. He did anyways.

"Good morning mommy!!" Tobio greeted his mother with a smile. "What's for breakfast today?"

"Please be quiet, I'm very busy." The mother replied with a serious voice. "There's some toast with butter I made for you earlier on the counter if you want."

Tobio accepted the offer. He sat down quietly on the table watching his mother work. It became... too quiet. Quiet as if you could hear a waterfall from far away. This is when his mother brought up something.

"Tobio, mom's not going to be home this evening. When you get picked up, you will be picked up by your babysitter, Chris. You remember him, right?" The mom explained why Tobio had to be picked up by his babysitter than his own mother. Work. Business related things... mostly because of work. Tobio put his head down in despair. He wanted to cry, but at the same time, he didn't want to make his mother mad.

"Don't worry Tobio, we'll be back by 9 p.m. I'll drop you off at pre-school now. Get ready and when you're finished, hop in the car." Hearing this, Tobio was relieved. He ate his toast as fast as he could, went upstairs to brush his teeth, put on his clothes and went in the car. The car was a red 2001 Toyota Camry.

The car ride was also silent. The car's engines were loud enough to hear in a silent car ride to school. Tobio stared out the window to see a lot of cars ride past him. He looked so amazed. There were even cars that were faster or slower than the one he's in. After a while, Tobio got bored. He didn't want to see the cars anymore and just started at the passenger seat. With this, he asked mom if he could have her phone to play. She refused. She didn't want her son to ruin her business plans. This lasted until they made it to school.

Tobio waved goodbye to his mother. As Tobio walked in, he saw many students, even the same ones he sees every day. The people he wanted to avoid though, are the ones who bully him. Tobio is a shy kid. He never really got involved or he couldn't say a word. That's what people think. Tobio just thinks about his parents and how he's going to miss them both. He's only a little child... his parents can't just leave him alone! That's until he enters school. Tobio ignores everyone around him, worried that they wouldn't have the same interests as him. He sat aside with his bag, while someone comes up to him.

"Tobio... was it?" A student walked up to lonely Tobio. Specifically a girl with medium-length dark auburn hair tied up into two braids. She also wears a plain pink shirt and dark blue jeans. "I'm Mia, your classmate!"

Mia Levine was Tobio's classmate since the start of pre-school. Tobio did see her multiple times, but didn't have a chance to communicate with her. This was the perfect strike where Tobio could talk to her.

"Hi... Mia. It's nice to meet you..." Tobio replied to Mia with a shy tone. "I'm sorry... I've never talked to someone like that before."

"Don't worry about it! I hope we can make some memories in school." Therefore starts the friendship of Tobio and Mia. They talked a lot of fun stuff, much to the likes of Tobio. Mia also shared some interests with Tobio, although both are different genders. Tobio felt happy after talking to Mia. The bell then rang for class and the teacher came in front of the class.