Ribs - bokuaka

Chapter 4

    We've been driving for a good six hours at this point, and I still haven't bothered to ask Bokuto where we're going this time. I'm starting to think we're just driving, and his only solid plan was the beach.

    "Akaashi! Hey, Akaashi. Look." I look over toward the passenger seat and then to where Bokuto is pointing. "Horses!"

    "Yes, those are horses," I say, my eyes returning to the road. This is the fifth time he has pointed out animals to me in the last hour. I don't really mind, whatever keeps him occupied works for me. I've noticed that he doesn't do well in long car rides over the course of this trip.

    He turns to me with a pouty expression, upset over my unenthusiastic reaction to his latest find. "Akaaaashhhiiii, let's talk."

    "About?" I don't look over, trying my best to keep my eyes on the road. I've found it harder and harder to pry my eyes from Bokuto when I let them wander as of late. I don't have any idea why, but it's really hard to keep from staring.

    "Anything. I'm bored. We should talk." I can practically hear the pout in his voice. I sigh, trying to come up with a topic for him before this escalates.

    "Where are we headed?" That's all I can really come up with. I'd rather not ask him about why he made me run away right now, since he seems to be in such a good mood.

    Bokuto immediately brightens up when I ask my question, like it is the most brilliant thing he's ever heard. "Great question. How about the city? I haven't been to a city this far before."

    I knew he didn't have any other plans. I just knew it. "What business do we have in the city?"

    He shrugs, keeping a smile on his face. "I've just always wanted to go, so why not! We've got plenty of cash. Lets go, Akaashi!"

    "Alright, then. City it is." He seems satisfied with my answer, and a comfortable quiet settles over us again.

    Both our phones are dead at this point, or I'm sure he'd be playing some sort of mobile game right now. I texted my parents before mine died, so they wouldn't think we had up and disappeared. However, if the cops tracked us down and dragged us home anyways I would not be surprised.

    A good thirty minutes passes before Bokuto speaks up again. "We should stop at a payphone somewhere."

    "Why? Do you need to call someone?" I briefly glance over at him, but he's turned towards his window so I can't see his expression.

    "I wanna call Kuroo! He's gonna be so jealous." That is not at all the answer that I expected. But, I'm not very surprised either. Kuroo is his best friend, I actually figured he knew about our little trip before we left. That must not be the case though, or we'd have no reason to call him.

    "If you see a payphone, we can stop. But there probably won't be one until we get to the city. People use cell phones, nowadays." I gesture to both of our dead phones that are sitting on top of the middle console.

    He laughs, picking up his phone and making a show of trying to turn it on. "Damn, I thought maybe it would've charged itself! Thats a shame, isn't it Akaashi?" He smirks, looking over toward me as he sets his phone back down.

    "Oh, hush. It's not my fault your car doesn't have a charger." He just continues laughing at me, but abruptly stops to roll his window down and stick his head out.

    "Akaashi, COWS!" He yells, hanging himself out as far as he can.

    This time, I can't help but laugh with him. "Get back in the car Bokuto, I won't stop if you fall out." I try my best to sound serious, but I'm having trouble doing that while stifling my laughs.

    "Meanie!" He says, coming back in to pout at me. I roll his window back up and send an amused glance over to him.

    "Whatever," is all I say in response. After that, we once again fall to silence. It stays that way until Bokuto and I switch seats the next time. I am quick to fall back asleep, knowing that he'll make me wake up next time we stop.