Hollow Heart

26

3:00 pm, Saturday

-Kayden-

"Ah~ that was fun!"

Asami stretched her arms up in the air as we left the mall area. Well she must have enjoyed...

WHILE I PRACTICALLY SUFFERED

Trailing behind her was me, carrying about 7 bags of fashionable clothing. One of these bags were mine, while the rest belonged to her.

"Fun for you maybe, but I am tired!" I whine softly,

"Huh? Did you say something?"

"Nothing, princess-sama"

Asami looked at me with a strange look as I said that.

"Why call me princess?" She asks suspiciously,

"Princesses are rich aren't they?" I answer honestly,

"Ohoho, I'm not rich" she chuckles,

"Yes you are"

"Got any proof professor??"

Oh its on now...

"First of all, your house; a freaking mansion!"

"I believe I told you I won that in a lottery"

"Second, these bags filled with expensive items"

"Those aren't expensive"

"Oh really?"

We stopped for a moment at the edge of the sidewalk. I opened up one bag and pulled out a blouse made out of what I knew to be velvet.

"Well?" I asked,

"You do realize that that blouse is made out of cheep cotton"

"Wait what? I thought this was velvet"

"It looks like that doesn't it?" She snickers, "Oh and I'm a bit surprised"

"About what?" I asked,

"You don't know much about the world yet you know what velvet is"

She then began laughing softly as she walked ahead of me as I stuff the blouse back into the bag. I look up for a moment and notice that the path forward was a street-crossing section. I didn't find it that suspicious until I noticed a flashing red light on a black box impaled on a thin black stick.

What does that mean...?

I then heard a loud horn on the west side. I looked and my eyes gazed upon a tanker truck, going in a speed where I feel like it wouldn't brake in time when-

It was then I realized...

Hold on a second...

I turned back towards the path forward and noticed Asami frozen in fear right in the smack middle of the truck's path.

Asami...

"ASAMI!"

I left the bags as I kicked off the ground. Running as fast as I can in hopes I can reach her in time, yet the truck closed in faster than me.

Suddenly time slowed down.

My hand wavered.

I couldn't reach her.

N...No... not my... first-

All of the sudden I felt a force push me backwards. Due to that, I landed buttfirst back on the sidewalk. I looked up and saw a green and grey blur headed towards Asami.