"I'm Xiao."
(Xiao could have many meanings such as small/youthful, dawn, laugh and etc…)
Xiao Liu is what I would call my full name but I prefer it to just be "Xiao" for short.
Sometimes, people would call me "Xiao Xiao" and for young kids, they would address me as "Mr Xiao"
"Xiao Liu... Is your full name, correct?"
"Yes"
My mom named me that because I looked small when I was a baby. Until now, people would call me small for my name and my height.
"That name really suits you as your height is only 177cm"
The sound of their giggles while they try to hold it in front of me, as in mocking me terribly.
They would tease me about it every time I walk by but I couldn't care less. And if I did, they'd still continue to tease me about it.
As I stand in front of them, as if they didn't happened, I stared at her awkwardly in silence after I had answered her question.
"I'm Yi Mei Lu."
I nodded in understandable and turned to the pregnant woman for her answer
"I'm Akiyama Suzu…"
Pretty name fits with a youthful woman. With her grayish light brown hair being straightly short while wearing oversized clothes.
She was the quiet one, if Yi Mei Lu didn't ask that question just now, she wouldn't even say a word.
"Hmm… Then, I will call you Mr Xiao."
"Sure, I don't mind."
I answered to her word,
She had medium length black hair with her bangs being on the side, almost covering up her other eye. Her hoodie is covering up her uniform with her long socks being black and her shoes were shoelace.
It seems that she just got off of school and was probably walking home.
Let me guess.
She's the type of person to be chalant yet nonchalant in a situation where she knows how to control herself, isn't she?
"How old are you, Mr Xiao?"
She asked,
"It is quite rude to ask an adult like that."
I said,
She chuckled at my answer and gave me a little "tch" sound as a response of annoyed and replied back with,
"Right but seriously, how old are you??"
She asked in desperation before intertwining both of her hands together, her hands were leaning to her mouth as she stares at me with her plead eyes
"I don't think it is okay to answer something like that in a situation like this.."
"But I really wanna know…"
She says while getting closer to me, her expression was starting to get sadder the more she continued. She really is desperate to know a single information about me?
I didn't want to take it to a harder choice and sighed before finally answering with,
"I'm 20 years old"
after I answered her question, she went to excitement and replied with,
"Really?? I am 9 years old!"
"And you??"
She said, turning to Akiyama Suzu. Waiting for her to answer her too like how I did, her eyes were really full of desperate to know more.
"I'm… 16 years old.."
Akiyama Suzu answered nervously. She seemed to be uncomfortable answering.
Yi Mei Lu noticed her slight change of mood and tried to comfort her by slowly caressing on her back
"It is okay, Ms Suzu."
Akiyama Suzu turned to her as her expression saddened more, she had mixed feelings. Somewhat… Sad, relieved and worried.
She smiled at Yi Mei Lu warmly for trying to comfort her. While I looked at her, something felt familiar to me when I looked at both of them.
But I didn't know why,
"Yi Mei Lu, I'm fine. You don't have to worry much about me—"
"No, it is not fine."
"Huh?"
I stared at her seriously, my eyebrows narrowed a inch. She seemed confused and anxious with my sudden reaction
"It is really not fine for a pregnant woman like you being in a situation like this, especially because you have to carry on a baby for 9 months to give birth"
"..."
"..."
Both of them stayed silent like two kids had been scolded for making a bad mistake.
I didn't want to make this disastrous to be just a little game that's easy to play along with.
I just had to say it to remind them that this isn't just a one time disastrous. It might be an eternal time.
"Bu—"
Before Yi Mei Lu could actually take part to say something, there was a way to go to the train station. We looked at the pathway with the awkward silent between us.
The others even stared at the paths quietly,
And it was really getting awkward between us and Yi Mei Lu was not gonna let it go silent for the past few minutes, so she breaks the silence,
"Since when was this here?"
She asked, looking confused. Turning to the back. There was nothing but foggy, we couldn't see any buildings, paths nor dead bodies.
I watched through the pathway to the train station, seemingly that the path way seemed to be strange, the backgrounds are.
There were no other stores, buildings or people standing except for us.
Akiyama Suzu started to feel more anxious than before the more we stood there doing nothing but figuring cluelessly. She gently held on her big and round belly, caressing it as if she heard her baby calling for her while she looked down at her belly.
I noticed her caressing her belly and took a glance at her. I've seen this kind of situation. The way she looks upset, while she caresses her belly.
"Let's just go."
Both of them took notice of me walking on the pathway to the train station andso did the others followed me down through the way.
"Wait— Wait up!"
Yi Mei Lu tried calling out to me to wait for them, but I didn't stop walking and still continued walking until we got to the main lobby of the train station and there was already a train stopping
Akiyama Suzu was still yet near behind, trying to reach out to us as she walked,
The three guys at the back were gossiping with each other about themselves and were secretly laughing to each other while she was trying to approach to us faster.
"If she's really struggling in walking faster with that big belly of hers, then it is really just her fault for not taking care of herself more!"
"I know right? She's so stupid to have experienced that"
"Is really just her own fault for not being careful on her own"
Words were spoken behind like a knife stabbing you deeply,
Slowly later, she approached us into the train and the doors of the train closed.
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