Why / k.j.h

04

April 7th, 2016

i sat down in my seat, silent. the bus was travelling rather fast, as if the driver was rushed. i mentally questioned why, but did not put too much thought into it.

i looked out of the window, thinking of nothing. i did not even bother to observe my surroundings.

then, i heard a small breath beside me.

i looked up to see the boy, who i now know as jonghyun, sitting beside me and smiling.

he said hello.

i said hello back.

he asked me what school i went to.

i told him.

he said he went there as well.

i told him that i stopped going there last year.

he asked why.

i told him that my parents pulled me out because the teachers were fed up of me not saying a word.

he laughed, and said that was a stupid reason for them to complain.

i told him that i did not say a word to anyone at school ever for the entire four years that i went there for.

he smiled and said that his brother did the same.

i asked him how old his brother was.

he said his brother would have been eleven.

i questioned his use of tense.

he explained that his brother died three years ago.

i asked him how.

he said suicide.

i frowned.

i told him that it was a coincidence.

he asked why.

i told him that my sister commit suicide three years ago and that she would be eleven.

he gasped.

i sighed.

i reluctantly told him that until we spoke for the first time, i had not said a single word to anyone in the entire world since my sister died.

he smiled.

he said he was glad that he was special.

he said i looked pretty.

he said that we should be friends.

i agreed.

we exchanged phone numbers.

i smiled.

so he smiled too.