Don't Get Lost in Earth
*Taro*
This still doesn't really make any sense to me. Robin sat by me on a fence, drinking her juice through a straw. She still won't tell me anything about herself. To tell you the truth, she is creeping me out worse than she was already. Robin finished up her drink.
"Ah!" she said aloud. "That was so perfect!" I frowned as she turned and looked at me. She made an odd face at me.
"What's the matter, Taro-kun?" she asked. I tried to think of something to say to her that wouldn't come off as sounding rude. Only one question came into my mind at that minute.
"Why don't you tell me about your family?" I asked. Robin still gave me a creepy-looking grin.
"What?" she asked. I shrugged at her as I decided to run this direction again.
"You never tell me about yourself," I pointed out, "So, what is your family like?" Robin played with the juice can in her hand.
"Didn't I tell you?" she asked. "My father is a total jerk and I ran away from home."
"Well… what about any siblings?" I asked.
"I have a brother," she said before I finished asking the question.
"What's he like?" I asked. A high school kid on a bicycle rode by us as Robin built up the answer in her head.
"He's really great!" she said, "I love him this much!" That lady held out her arms really wide as she stood up on the fence, laughing to the sky. I titled my head at her.
"You do?" I asked. Robin sat back down smiling.
"Of course, silly!" she said. "He's only the best brother in the world!"
"Wow…" I muttered. She nodded at me, but then I noticed that the glow from her face began to die a little.
"What's the matter?" I asked. Robin lowered her can by her side.
"I miss him," she whimpered, "I miss my brother!" Her lips trembled as if they were trying to hold back more whimpering. It was then I inadvertently stuck the knife in deeper.
"What about your mother?" I asked. She dropped the can on the ground. I watched as rolled around at feet before coming to a complete stop at the fence. All of the color drained from her face.
"Robin?" I asked. She didn't answer me; she just wandered away down the empty road. I didn't see her for a few weeks after that.